In June, Jiang Ning was like a steamer, taking a large wooden basin to hold the ice cubes stored in the cellar, and the dormitory was also cool, but the stuffiness in people's hearts was difficult to understand, Liu Zhi got the seat, sat under Zhang Yan, and listened carefully to the emperor to find him and Zhang Yan to complain.

"Isn't the person I fancy qualified to be a deputy marshal?" Emperor Yongxing's face under the purple crown was as heavy as a purple jujube, and his short mustache trembled slightly when he spoke, which showed that he was very dissatisfied with the silence above the temple in his heart, "All the powers are concentrated in the Imperial Camp Division, and the six departments have their names but not facts, and they have their advantages and disadvantages." ”

"The emperor is very worried, but the prime ministers may also have their thoughts......," Zhang Yan said ambiguously.

When King Ning ascended the throne in Jiangning, the six departments of Jiangning were already in vain, and they could not bear the heavy task of turning the tide and reorganizing the world. In order to cope with the extremely chaotic situation at that time, the Imperial Camp Department was set up outside the political affairs hall, and the Military Commander Division was set up under it, which controlled the world's soldiers, horses, money and food, and the envoys of the Imperial Camp Department were concurrently served by the prime ministers.

This move coped well with the chaotic situation in the first two years, but it also actually caused the military power, political power, and financial power of the government and the opposition to be concentrated in the hands of the prime ministers, and the six ministries were put in the air.

This also makes any edict of Emperor Yongxing must pass through the ministers, and the officials below must also pass through the ministers before they can be forwarded to the emperor.

Of course, if there is any concert, the prime ministers think that it should not be seen by the emperor, so they will naturally directly draw the election and put it aside; Or if any edict issued by the palace is not in accordance with the rules, it will be reprimanded back - the weight of the phase is unprecedented since the founding of the dynasty.

Although there have been no obvious drawbacks since the establishment of the Imperial Camp Division, in matters such as the new dormitory, Chen Xiyan and others have repeatedly rejected it, and if the emperor has no complaints in his heart, Liu Zhi does not believe it in his heart.

This time, Xie Chaozhong's matter of leading the troops, Jiangning City was boiling and discussing for more than half a month, but there was no movement on the temple, and he opened his fingers and thought, knowing that it was caused by Chen Xiyan's deliberate suppression.

Liu Zhi couldn't figure out Zhang Yan's thoughts, and he couldn't speak in front of Zhang Yan, so he followed the emperor's tone and said: "Every time I listen to Feng Anbo's discussion of military affairs, I feel that it makes a lot of sense, maybe because Weichen doesn't know about military affairs, he can't refute a word, and it is more than enough to be a deputy marshal......

Xie Chaozhong was awarded the title of Amber.

Liu Zhi's words made Emperor Yongxing feel more comfortable, waved his hand and said: "You guys go down, it's a big matter, and it's not something that can be decided in a few words......

Zhang Yan and Liu Zhi knocked on the dormitory and walked down the stairs, Zhang Yan asked Liu Zhi: "Lord Liu, do you think Xie Chaozhong is really willing to succumb to Yue Lengqiu as a deputy?" ”

Of course, Liu Zhi knew that Xie Chaozhong would not be willing to be Yue Lengqiu's deputy, but the emperor's tone had gradually eased, and he had no intention of letting Xie Chaozhong lead the army independently all at once, and there was always a step to go down.

"The emperor's mind is clearly there, as ministers, we have to relieve the king's worries," Liu Zhi said, "I don't understand, Xie Chaozhong led the troops to the battle, what's wrong?" ”

"It is said that what Huaidong opposes, we should support," Zhang Yan sighed lightly and said: "However, Dong Yuan is also against Xie Chaozhong's leading troops - now Lin Lian, Dong Yuan, and Yue Lengqiu are all against Xie Chaozhong's leading troops, so this matter has to be carefully considered!" ”

Dong Yuan gave up the military power of the Hanghu Army last year and took the initiative to show favor to the Wu Party, not only winning the trust of Chen Xiyan and other Wu Party bigwigs, but Zhang Yan also pinned his hopes for suppressing Huaidong on Dong Yuan.

At the beginning of the year, if Zhang Yan had not secretly acquiesced, Weiyang Salt Shangyan might have supported Dong Yuan to gain a foothold in Huaixi on a large scale? Zhang Yan, who has been the salt envoy of Lianghuai for a long time, has an influence on Weiyang salt merchants that Shen Rong and Ding Zhiru cannot compare.

"Dong Yuan will not be without selfishness!" Liu Zhi has no friendship with Dong Yuan, and he naturally speaks mercilessly, Dong Yuan disbanded the 20,000 imperial battalion army in Huaixi and organized it into a cantonment, which has caused the city to complain, in Liu Zhi's opinion, he supported Xie Chaozhong to lead the imperial battalion army to go on the expedition at this time, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face.

As for Huaidong and Yue Lengqiu's intentions to oppose Xie Chaozhong's leading troops, you can understand it if you think about it with your toes.

Of course, Liu Zhi would not deliberately go against Huaidong, but the emperor's mind was clearly there, if they didn't know how to promise as courtiers, they might find an excuse in the future, and they would be kicked aside - no more than those handsome ministers who led troops outside, the emperor couldn't move easily, and if they couldn't please the emperor, that son would be in danger.

Zhang Yan also sighed lightly and said: "If there is no official to bring this matter up below, depending on the emperor's intentions, he himself will be eager to bring it up in the court discussion the day after tomorrow, and you and I will look ......at it."

"Isn't that ugly on everyone's face?" Liu Zhi asked.

"Alas!" Zhang Yan sighed lightly, if the matter evolves into a direct confrontation between the emperor and the prime ministers, this matter will be much more tricky, and it is impossible to drag things out.

Two days passed like water, and when it was time for the court meeting of Qingyun Palace, when the sun was rising, the ministers were led by Chen Xiyan according to the class order and walked into the main hall.

The palace guards stood on the hall with a sword, the gilded dragon chair was still empty, the courtiers stood in His Royal Highness and whispered, Liu Zhi looked at Chen Xiyan, Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, Xie Chaozhong and others in the class order, unlike other people whispering, the four of them were holding their hands in front of them, and more often they were looking at the grinding stones of the cloud pattern on the ground, so that people could not see through what they were thinking.

In the past two days, the emperor frequently summoned Chen Xiyan, Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, Xie Chaozhong and others to the palace to discuss matters, and as far as Liu Zhi knew, Cheng Yuqian, who had always behaved very softly, did not compromise in front of the emperor on the matter of Xie Chaozhong's troops.

Liu Zhi thought to himself: If the emperor must discuss the matter of Xie Chaozhong leading the troops today, how will Chen Xiyan and Cheng Yuqian deal with it, saying that they are sick and picky?

Chen Xiyan wants to pick a stack, the money and food for the imperial camp army to go out can't be scraped up, and Xie Chaozhong will naturally lead the troops to go to the battle, but the emperor and Chen Xiyan tore their faces, how can the dignity of the court be maintained in the future?

Looking at Chen Xiyan's old face as tense as a string, he must be thinking about all kinds of consequences, right?

Looking at Lin Xuwen again, his face was as heavy as water, worried, Liu Zhi thought: What is he thinking in his heart, isn't he optimistic about today's court discussion?

"The emperor has arrived!" The palace guards shouted loudly, and His Highness's ministers immediately stopped whispering.

Emperor Yongxing suppressed the irritability in his heart, sat high, looked at His Highness's ministers, and said: "Zhongqing, what is there to discuss today, come quickly?" ”

Liu Zhi was very impatient when he heard the emperor's tone, and said secretly: Could it be that the emperor compromised? glanced at Zhang Yan, thinking that it was the best, it was really going to make a fuss, and I didn't know how to clean up the situation!

"The minister has this to play!" Hubu Shangshu Wang Xueshan lined up the crowd and walked into the hall.

"What is the matter with Wang Aiqing?" Emperor Yongxing asked, his eyes were also puzzled.

The so-called court discussions are all military and political matters that cannot be adjudicated by the ministers of the political affairs hall, and they must be brought to the temple for public discussion. What is to be discussed in the palace, in fact, the political affairs hall will be listed in advance, and Wang Xueshan's initiation is obviously out of plan.

Don't say that Emperor Yongxing is confused, Chen Xiyan and others are very puzzled, and they can't guess what Wang Xueshan has to do to bypass the political hall and bring it up directly in front of the temple - Wang Xueshan's behavior is itself a provocation to the political hall, but Chen Xiyan can't stop Wang Xueshan from speaking.

Wang Xueshan didn't look at others, and said directly: "The matter of using troops after the autumn has been discussed a lot, except for Huaidong, Yue Leng used troops against Yuzhang in Jiangzhou at the same time after the autumn and autumn, and it was also a decision. Wechen has no objection to this, but he wants to exterminate the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian once and for all after the autumn, and only use troops on the two lines of Huaidong and Jiangzhou, and Wechen thinks it is not enough......"

As soon as Wang Xueshan's words came out, it was like a stone falling into the lake, and it suddenly stirred up a circle of ripples. His Royal Highness and the ministers whispered one after another, but they didn't expect that it would be Wang Xueshan who would directly pierce the window paper.

Xie Chaozhong's leading of the troops, Chen Xiyan, Lin Xuwen, and Zuo Chengmu were strongly opposed, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, and Zhang Yan were silent, Liu Zhi was ambiguous, and Yu Xinyuan was supportive, but unfortunately his voice above the military and political affairs was very weak - even if Emperor Yongxing really had the heart to insist that Xie Chaozhong lead the troops to the battle, in the face of such a situation, he could only give up in despair.

No one thought that Wang Xueshan would suddenly rise to prominence, and Emperor Yongxing suddenly became excited.

Wang Xueshan is not an insignificant figure, before moving the capital, he served as the governor of Jiangning Mansion for a long time, alongside Gu Wuchen, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, Yu Xinyuan and others.

After moving the capital to Jiangning, Chen Xiyan concurrently served as the secretary of the ministry, and the military department was vacant, and there was no power to do things.

Liu Zhi was also very puzzled in his heart, supporting Xie Chaozhong's troops, which was not of much benefit to Wang Xueshan. Even if he could please the emperor in this matter, Chen Xiyan and others strongly opposed it, and this matter was still not feasible, and in the end he only turned his face with Chen Xiyan.

As long as Chen Xiyan does not leave the temple for a day, what is the benefit of Wang Xueshan falling out with Chen Xiyan? Even if Chen Xiyan is defeated, it will not be Wang Xueshan's turn to enter the political hall.

In comparison, Wang Xueshan remained silent, although there is no benefit, but it will not be harmful!

Now in the temple, Chen Xiyan is extremely strong, and the emperor is inseparable from Chen Xiyan in many things, and Huaidong's attitude is also very clear. Compared with offending Chen Xiyan, Liu Zhi did not offend Huaidong, even if he understood the emperor's thoughts, he did not have the idea of being a rafter today, but he didn't expect Wang Xueshan to jump out.

Chen Xiyan and the others were shocked and suspicious on their faces.

His Royal Highness and the ministers had any expressions on their faces, and Emperor Yongxing immediately raised his interest, leaned forward, looked at Wang Xueshan, and said, "Wang Aiqing, what do you think, please speak freely!" ”

"Now the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels are mainly concentrated at the two ends, and the troops in western Zhejiang are weak - the imperial camp division proposed the post-autumn military strategy, only use Deng Yu's department to contain the enemy soldiers in western Zhejiang, according to Weichen's view, it is too conservative," Wang Xueshan came prepared, Kan Kan said, "Once Huaidong and Jiangzhou can't use troops against eastern Fujian and Yuzhang to solve the problem quickly, the idea of solving the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels in a war after the autumn will fall into the void." If the situation in the south cannot be fundamentally improved, how can we talk about recovering the land of the swallow thistle? According to Weichen's humble opinion, if the imperial court can strengthen Huinan and send troops from Huinan to western Zhejiang, it will be able to hit the weak point of the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels; Even if the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian are forced to draw troops from elsewhere to supplement western Zhejiang, they can also reduce the resistance of eastern Fujian and Yuzhang - Wei Chen really doesn't know, such a best policy, above the temple, why is there no discussion? ”G！ ~！