On the morning of the next day, a grand farewell ceremony was held in the capital, and hundreds of civil and military officials gathered outside the city to send off Emperor Xuande on his personal expedition, and Zhu Qizhen, the crown prince who stayed in the capital to supervise the country, saw off Emperor Xuande under the support of Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, Jianyi, the secretary of the ministry, and Zhou Zheng, the prince of Zhongguo.

Before leaving, Emperor Xuande lovingly leaned over and confessed a few whispers to Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qizhen nodded obediently, and the father and son were affectionate.

"This situation is abnormal, you must be careful!" At the same time, Zhou Zheng also whispered to Li Yuntian on the side, he felt that the Tatars' invasion of Shanxi Xingdu Si this time seemed a little weird.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, son-in-law must be cautious." Li Yuntian bowed to Zhou Zheng, then remembered something, and couldn't help but whisper, "Father-in-law, from the capital to Liaodong, you have to pass through a long coastal area, and my son-in-law is worried that they will ambush my Ming reinforcements. ”

Uncle Zhang in Li Yuntian's mouth naturally refers to Zhang Hao, the Duke of Yiguo who led the army to reinforce the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, if it were him, he would definitely "encircle the point and send reinforcements", and ambush Zhang Hao's troops halfway to avoid Zhang Hao from joining forces with the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and in the field battle, it was obvious that those Wuliang Ha Sanwei and Tatars were superior.

"This guild reminded him." Zhou Zheng smiled when he heard this, and his eyes showed a look of approval, which was also something he was worried about, although Li Yuntian was young, his military talent had already been shown through the quelling of the Jiaozhi rebellion, which made him very pleased.

"Guogong!" At this time, Xiaoyong Marquis Wang Jian, Wu Ping Bo Liang Shaojie and An Wubo Li Da Niu came over and saluted Zhou Zheng together.

Wang Jian, Liang Shaojie and Li Daniu, as senior generals of the Xiaowu Army, naturally wanted to command the two major armies under their command to accompany Emperor Xuande to the north, and the three of them could be said to be senior generals in the Xiaowu Army second only to Li Yuntian.

In fact, after Li Yuntian led the army from Jiaozhi last year, Wang Jian, Liang Shaojie and others could have been transferred to the major governors' offices, but they resolutely chose to stay in the Xiaowu Army, and now they form the core command of the Xiaowu Army, which is regarded as an emerging force among the Ming nobles.

Not only are there zài factions among civil officials, but there are also different camps among the nobles, and now they are mainly divided into three categories, one is the founding nobles who followed Emperor Hongwu, the other is the camp of Jing Nan Xun and Zhang Fu, and the other is the Jing Nan Xun and Zhou Zheng camp.

Because Li Yuntian is Zhou Zheng's son-in-law, the nobles of the Xiaowu army are also regarded as people in Zhou Zheng's camp, but they are different from the Jingnan nobles represented by Zhou Zheng, they belong to the Yiyun and Yiwei nobles who were promoted in peacetime, plus the Xiaowu army has no connection with the major governors.

Therefore, those newly promoted nobles of the Xiaowu Army also have their own line, with Li Yuntianma as the leader.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor's safety is entrusted to you." Zhou Zheng smiled and nodded to Wang Jian and the others, and couldn't help but feel a trace of emotion in his heart.

Ten years ago, when Zhou Zheng decided to do this family affair between Zhou Yuting and Li Yuntian, it was just to avoid getting involved in the affairs of the Han King, and he didn't expect that Li Yuntian, who was just a county magistrate at that time, would have today's achievements, and he could firmly establish himself in the Ming Dynasty's noble circle as a civil official from the two lists, and there was a noble like Wang Jian behind him, it was like a dream.

Zhou Zheng believed that in time, Li Yuntian's achievements would definitely be above him, and the Zhongguo Mansion would be touched by Li Yuntian's light.

"The humble duty must live up to the trust of the country." When Wang Jian heard this, they all bowed to Zhou Zheng and said in high spirits.

Because the promotion of the Ming military rank and lord needs to rely on military merits, so every time the war breaks out in the Ming Dynasty is actually a battle for the promotion of the soldiers in the army, Wang Jian, Liang Shaojie and Li Daniu's excitement at this time represents the mentality of the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army for this expedition, and they all want to make contributions in this war.

Compared with the armies of the governors, the Xiaowu army was more energetic and morale for the Tatars in this northern expedition, and the mood for war was more urgent, looking forward to a showdown with the Tatars.

Ten days later, the long-distance northern expeditionary army arrived at Xuanfu City, the seat of Wanquan Dusi, after passing through Juyong Pass, Huailai and Tumubao.

According to the matters decided by the imperial council, Emperor Xuande's holy car stopped in Xuanfu City, and Niu Shihao, the former military governor of the palace and the Marquis of Anping, led an army of 100,000 to Datong City to reinforce Shanxi Xingdu Division as a general soldier.

Niu Shihao can be said to be the most senior nobleman among the marquis, when he put down the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, he could have participated in the war and was promoted to duke, but he did not participate in the war because he led the army to deter the king of Zhao, and unfortunately did not get the war achievements.

Therefore, after the rebellion of the Han King was put down, Emperor Xuande promoted him from the position of the right governor of the Qianjun Metropolitan Mansion to the post of the left governor, which can be regarded as a small promotion of half a grade.

This time, Emperor Xuande drove his personal expedition, and naturally he would not forget Niu Shihao, who was loyal to Emperor Xuande and could fight well, so he was appointed as the chief military officer of this expedition to make up for the regret of quelling the rebellion of King Han last time.

Li Yuntian naturally stayed by Emperor Xuande's side, not only to assist Emperor Xuande in handling government affairs, but also to play chess with Emperor Xuande in his spare time to pass the time, and his status in Emperor Xuande's heart was unparalleled.

"Marquis Zhenwu, you see, I just have some silver in my hands, and the various ministries and local yamen in the capital begging for money and food are one after another, saying that one is more miserable than the other, and the other is more impassioned, as if I don't give them money, I am not sympathetic to the people's feelings!"

One morning at the end of May, in the pavilion in a courtyard in the backyard of the Yamen of the Xuanfu City Command Envoy, Emperor Xuande threw the piece in his hand on the stone table in front of him, and looked at Li Yuntian who was sitting beside him with a wry smile, his smile was full of helplessness.

Li Yuntian confiscated hundreds of millions of property in the Lianghuai Salt Road embezzlement case, which naturally made the major yamen and local government offices in the capital red-eyed, and the Ming household department had never been as wealthy as it is now, so they all went to the chapter to ask Emperor Xuande to allocate money, for various reasons, including building bridges and paving roads, disaster relief and helping the people, etc., and they were all exaggerated, and the purpose was only two words - asking for money!

According to common sense, the money and property needed for these recitals asking for money should be allocated by the household department, but if the money and property figures required for these recitals are added together, not to mention that the tens of millions of taels of money and goods that should be given by the household department cannot be coped, even if the sum of the funds occupied by Emperor Xuande's inner treasury and Jiangwutang is far from enough.

In fact, those yamen who went to the concert did not expect that Emperor Xuande would allocate all the money, anyway, the crying child has milk to eat, if everyone asks for money in the concert, who will not be a fool if he does not play the chapter, in case the court allocates money?

Moreover, even if the imperial court did not allocate the full amount of money, only a part of the money was allocated, which was an unexpected gain.

Not only that, some people in the imperial court said that the property confiscated from the Lianghuai Yandao corruption case should be taken from the people and the people, and hoped that Emperor Xuande would hand over all the property to the household department for allocation, so as to solve the dilemma caused by the lack of funds in the yamen in various places.

What's more, some officials even thought that it was not in accordance with the law for Jiangwutang to obtain the two or a half of the property, and that according to the process of the imperial court, the household department should allocate the arrears to Jiaozhi and the Guangxi Governor's Office.

In addition to civil officials, military generals have also asked for money, no matter how to say that the yamen of each guard house has a history of decades, and it should be repaired, and each guard is usually self-sufficient, so there is a lot of financial deficit, and the court also needs to make up for it.

Since the conclusion of the trial of the Lianghuai Yandao corruption case, Emperor Xuande has been troubled by the recital of the civil and military officials asking for money, which makes him tired but helpless.

"Your Majesty, this is human nature, the emperor doesn't need to take it to heart." Li Yuntian naturally knew that Emperor Xuande was annoyed by those recitals that asked for money every day, so he smiled and said, "In Yichen's opinion, many of these recitals are just following the crowd, and only one or two percent of the money that really needs to be allocated by the imperial court is only one or two percent." ”

"Marquis Zhenwu, I read the report of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy, in addition to various expenses, the income of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy last year was as high as two million silver, which was really beyond my expectations." Emperor Xuande smiled when he heard this, then remembered something, and looked at Li Yuntian with interest, "You tell sù me, what method did you use to make Jiaozhi have so much balance in a year?" ”

In the sixth year of Xuande, the Jiaozhi political envoy paid 3 million taels of tax and silver to the imperial court, of which the treasury of the household department and the inner treasury of Emperor Xuande each received 1 million 100,000 taels, and the annual income balance of the Jiaozhi political envoy was 2 million taels, which was really unexpected by Emperor Xuande, and he never imagined that Jiaozhi could receive so much tax silver.

"Your Majesty, after the implementation of the apportionment into the mu in Jiaozhi, a large number of villagers were able to move into the towns to make a living, so that the local business had sufficient manpower, so that agriculture and commerce complemented each other."

Li Yuntian had already prepared, bowed slightly to Emperor Xuande and said, "In addition, the minister has set a promotion standard for the officials of the local government, those who are good in government affairs are promoted, and those who are inferior in government affairs are reduced, and taxation is an important reference. ”

"Marquis Zhenwu, no wonder some people say that you are bent on getting into the eyes of money and sweeping the floor, which is also fortunate that Jiaozhi is a barbarian land, otherwise it will inevitably lead to the impeachment of the ministers." Emperor Xuande nodded first when he heard this, and then smiled at Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian's selection of officials in Jiaozhi is different from that of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, and 13 provinces, not at all based on how well those officials have done in their articles, but on their ability to engage in politics.

Moreover, the official system of Jiaozhi is also different from that of the Ming Dynasty, all the officials are from the six colleges under the jurisdiction of the martial arts, so they are all military attachés, so in a sense, the people of Jiaozhi can be said to be all military households, similar to the situation of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Wanquan Division.

However, Jiaozhi is different from the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Wanquan Division, not only the Imperial Division, but also the Political Envoy Division and the Imperial Envoy Division, and the operation of its local yamen is no different from the yamen of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, which can be described as an alternative among the provincial yamen of the Ming Dynasty.

With the operation of the government system of Jiaozhi, Li Yuntian also had some criticism in the imperial court, not that he replaced the officials of Jiaozhi with military attaches from the six colleges of Jiangwutang, but that he combined the political achievements of local officials with taxes, which was regarded by some scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty as contaminated with copper stench and insulting Sven.

Originally, Jiaozhi was a remote barbarian land, and military control was implemented, although the scholars and doctors had some slight remarks about what Li Yuntian did in Jiaozhi, they did not feel inappropriate, after all, the officials in Jiaozhi were all military attachés, and the civilian officials originally despised the military attachés, so they didn't bother to pay attention to this matter so as not to lose their status.

Since Li Yuntian was still in charge of Guangxi's military and political power, last year a group of magistrates who were in the position of corpses and vegetarians were taken down by him because of their inaction, and they were dismissed from their official posts after reporting to the Ministry of Officials, so those magistrates began to spread rumors and slander Li Yuntian for wanton expropriation and expropriation for money in Guangxi, and they offended Li Yuntian because they could not bear to levy taxes on the people, and then offended Li Yuntiandao and lost their officials.

This matter reached the ears of Emperor Xuande not long ago, and Emperor Xuande was disdainful of it, he knew Li Yuntian's personality very well, so he naturally didn't believe the rumors on the market.