Yes. On the surface, Zheng Jin lost this game, but he actually didn't suffer. This is the main reason why he has remained calm until now.

Zheng Ying made great contributions in Qinfeng Road, but the benefits that Zheng Jin got in the suppression of bandits in Tongshan were not only praised by the emperor. After the Tongshan bandit, Chunzhou Mansion Yin and Thorn Shi have secretly fallen to King Yi's faction, and exchanged their loyalty for King Yi's protection.

In this trip to Zhending Mansion, Yin Zhao Zhiliang of Zhending Mansion also traded with Zheng Jin with his loyalty, so Zheng Jin's trip on the surface seemed to be suppressed by Zheng Ying, but in fact, it was quite fruitful.

Therefore, Zheng Jin was not in a hurry, and the lives of several third-grade officials in his hands were much more valuable than the low-level officials that Zheng Ying sent Jiling to contact in private. Zheng Ying's hole cards are clear to him, but Zheng Ying doesn't know the hole cards in his hand.

On the same day that Gu Yilan set off to return to Beijing, Yin He Wenmao, the original Chunzhou Governor, received a secret letter sent by Lin Xiang with a carrier pigeon, and happily instructed his family to pack up their things and prepare to go to Beijing to take up his post.

Lin Xiang wrote very clearly in the secret letter that the holy decree to transfer He Wenmaoping back to Beijing would arrive in Chunzhou in early February, and Lin Xiang asked him not to delay at that time, and to rush back to the capital immediately, without delay.

It's just a New Year, there was such a big thing in Beijing, Qin Fenglu pacified Cui Wenju and was escorted into Beijing by King Xin, and then the military department Shangshu fell, of course, these things can't be hidden, He Wenmao has already gotten the news.

Therefore, of course, He Wenmao knew what his mentor meant. The military department is still hanging, and the various factions in the DPRK and China must have fierce competition, and his mentor let him enter Beijing quickly for the next step. After all, the position of the secretary of the military department is special, and the Great Zhou and Rong Di have been fighting for many years, which position is vacant, and it is impossible for the emperor to have no one in this position for a long time, so now, it is the best time for them to intervene in the military department and expand their power.

It was also on this day that Mrs. Yongping Hou suddenly ran to the house of Shangshu Ling Wang Zhixiu to be a guest, Wang Da Rao's eldest daughter-in-law took her children to ask Mrs. Yongping Hou to say goodbye, Mrs. Yongping Hou seemed to like Wang Da Rao's eldest grandson very much, and was full of praise for the child's appearance and knowledge. Hearing that the seventeen-year-old prince was not yet engaged, Mrs. Yongping Hou seemed to have come to her senses all of a sudden, and immediately wanted to be a big matchmaker for the prince.

"You must like this candidate of mine," Mrs. Yongping Hou said with a smile on her face: "Third Sister Xie Shuyi in Prime Minister Xie's Mansion, are you still satisfied?" There is no tutor in Xie Xiang's family, the girl is good-looking, her mother was born in the Qinghe Cui family, and she is also a first-class family. The girl is sixteen years old this year, and she has not yet decided to marry, and she is the same age as your parents and grandchildren. ”

"It turns out that Third Sister Xie hasn't been engaged yet?" Mrs. Wang opened her eyes and pretended to be stupid.

"It's not because Xie Sanye is picky," Mrs. Yongping Hou replied with a smile: "Xie Sanye has three sons, but his daughter is only this one, of course he is reluctant to order her out so early, so although the third sister is already sixteen, she has not yet agreed to marry." ”

"But girls are going to get married," Mrs. Wang still pretended to be stupid: "Such a good girl, where can my grandson climb up!" How could Xiang Xie be willing to marry his granddaughter into our house. Then Fourth Sister Xie will be a princess in the future, and she is also a cousin, where is the third sister Xie's husband's family in the future too far away, she must also be a first-class prince and noble."

"You don't have to worry about this," Mrs. Yongping Hou smiled: "If you also look at Third Sister Xie, I will help you open this mouth." Your eldest grandson, you don't have to pick your appearance, character and knowledge, I don't believe that the Xie family is unwilling. ”

Mrs. Wang is very shrewd, why did Mrs. Yongping Hou come, she has the same mirror in her heart, so she only pushed the marriage of the eldest grandson to be carefully discussed with her son and daughter-in-law, so she first perfunctory Mrs. Yongping Hou.

In the evening, Lord Wang dispersed, and Mrs. Wang told Mrs. Yongping Hou about the matchmaking to Mrs. Wang, and Wang Zhixiu was speechless for a long time, and he didn't do it, and he didn't do it

However, at present, as far as the situation in Beijing and China is concerned, such a thing as marrying a family can be regarded as a matter, and what makes the courtiers most nervous is the situation between the DPRK and China, which is changing day by day. Cui Wenju's case has not been concluded, Zhou Shangshu's case has just begun, Dali Temple, Yushitai and the Criminal Department are busy, and Feng Ying, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, is about to fall to his cheeks.

In just three months after the year before the year, the officials of the Ministry of War were dismissed from their posts, and the prisons were half empty.

And the courtiers are staring at the vacant position of the Ministry of War, no matter who recommended the candidate for the Ministry of War, some people jumped out and objected with reason, Zhou Shangshu was imprisoned for five days, and the court quarreled for five days, and he did not decide on a successor to the Ministry of War.

It's so hot, the emperor can't wait. Therefore, on the twenty-sixth day of the first month, the emperor no longer asked the opinions of the courtiers, and directly sent three edicts:

First, Jiang Wenbin, the director of the Ministry of War, was promoted to the head of the Ministry of War;

second, two Cheng Zhilang and a secretary were transferred to the military department as directors, including Qiao Wenjin, who could not be a young leader;

Third, the Shangshu seal of the Ministry of War was temporarily handed over to Gu Zhengze, a scholar of Duanming Palace, and Wang Zhixiu, a scholar of Shangshu Ling, for joint custody.

The emperor deliberately bypassed the three phases and handed over the seal of the military department to Gu Zhengze and Wang Zhixiu, who were not involved in the affairs of the six ministries, without showing the three phases' face. And he deliberately chose Gu Zhengze, the new in-law of the Anguo Mansion, and Lord Wang Zhixiu, who was good friends with Sun Shangshu of the household department, there was another consideration.

The emperor has a good memory, but he has not forgotten that the northern border will increase the number of troops after the year, and he understands very well in his heart that if the three phases are jointly in charge of the military department Shangshu Yin, I am afraid that the increase in troops will have to be delayed until after the new Shangshu takes office. The most important matter at the moment is to increase troops, and Lin Xiang must not be mixed in, this is the emperor's bottom line. And Xie Xiang and Li Xiang are definitely not good, this is a pair of enemies, if they jointly take charge of the military department seal, I am afraid that they will use any military affairs and tear them upside down.

At present, the most important thing is to increase the number of troops, and the emperor will not allow anyone to use the military department as a stage for party struggle.

The emperor, who was clear about these things between courtiers, even knew how to issue a seemingly irrelevant edict after the promulgation of the three edicts.

He personally gave a marriage to Mu Zhengyi, the eldest son of the Anguo Mansion, and Gu Yilan, the ninth sister of the Gu University Scholar's Mansion, on the surface, this was the old lady Mu of the Anguo Mansion who came into the palace to ask for it, but in fact, this was also a bargaining chip handed by the emperor to Gu Zhengze, and it was also a warning to him.