Chapter 441: The Battle of the Military Department

Zhengde asked one by one, the matter has come to this point, only a fool will speak out against it, but it is a pity that Xu Guangzuo thinks that he is old and has a big face, but he is a person who does not recognize the direction of the wind, so he insists on saying something.

"Your Majesty, outside the capital, there are eight guards under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and there is really no need for the assistance of the Beijing camp, which is an overlap of responsibilities and a waste of troops; The old ministers of the 3,000 battalions have no opinion on changing the Shenshu battalion, but the responsibilities of the ministers remain the same, and the number of troops remains the same. ”

With Xu Guangzuo as the head of the horse, Xinningbo Tan You, Hui'anbo Zhang Wei and others all took the opportunity to echo them, these people were all veteran relatives of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and their disdain for Song Nan was undisguised in their words.

Zhengde choked on a single sentence, and they were speechless: "Old man Xu, the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi almost affected the capital, the soldiers and horses stationed in Gyeonggi by the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion are not reassuring, and the defeat of Dongchang Mansion is still in sight; The old man still thinks about how to rectify military discipline, improve combat effectiveness, and let his generals not be defeated by the rabble of anti-thieves, and then talk about it, the old man should not worry about the affairs of the Beijing camp. ”

Xu Guangzuo's face was full of shame, and he quickly closed his mouth and retreated, and then entangled, the emperor was afraid that he would bring up the old matter again, and investigate the responsibility for the failure of the thief in the first place, his son Xu Yande has been ordered not to lead the army because of his defeat in Shandong, if he falls again, it will be all over.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided, before going to the palace, no one expected that it would be such a result, before that, the vast majority of officials knew the attitude of the commanders of the regiment and battalion, so they all thought that Song Nan would get nothing today, and maybe he would be said to be hostile by the marquis of the regiment and battalion, but he did not expect that Song Nan not only bypassed these, but also got a position that was more beautiful than the commander of the regiment and battalion; The Shenshu battalion and the regimental battalion are among the three major battalions, and although they cannot be compared with the regimental battalion with an army of 120,000, they are at least nominally equal.

The most depressed person is undoubtedly Liu Jin, Song Nan's strength has increased, but he has missed again and again, Zhang Yong and Song Nan have made it clear that there is an alliance relationship, even their own inner court cannot be fully controlled. And from Zhengde's attitude, Liu Jin felt a great sense of crisis, although he tried his best to make Zhengde happy, and never dared to rebel against Zhengde's intentions, but in fact, in the emperor's heart, the person he really trusted was still the person who could keep the country for him, and his own little cleverness and small ideas might make Zhengde happy on weekdays, but they didn't work at critical times.

The holy decree was written and promulgated one by one, Ma Yongcheng was fortunate to become the first person to read the holy decree for the emperor, he has been promoted to the priest to become one of the eunuchs of Bingbi because of the post of supervising the army to suppress thieves on the west road, although he is still under Liu Jin's gaze, but at least it has taken a key step, and Ma Yongcheng also clearly sees the future trend, following Song Nan and Zhang Yong's ass is the right way, following Liu Jin, I am afraid that I can only eat fart for the rest of my life.

"The commander of Jinyiwei made Song Nan give orders in danger, led the army to suppress the thieves, and made outstanding contributions, and I was very relieved. Today, Song Nan was crowned with the title of Marquis of the Second Class Yongguan, given a jade and gold belt, and awarded the post of Governor of the Divine Pivotal Battalion. Song's mother taught her son well, and she was specially awarded the first-grade lady, and Song Nan's wife, Shuyi County, advocated the title of the second-grade lady. In addition, the emperor and the queen mother additionally rewarded a Jingdong manor, 500 acres of land for the title of private property, a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, 10 silk cloth, and 3 royal horses. ”

"Jiang Bin, the deputy chief soldier of Datong, has made meritorious contributions to the suppression of thieves, and he will be given the title of first-class Dingbian Earl, transferred to the post of governor of the Shenshu Battalion, and will be rewarded with a Beijing mansion and five hundred taels of silver."

"Xu Tai, the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu, has made meritorious contributions to the suppression of thieves, plus the first-class Anbian earldom, transferred to the Beijing camp Shenshu Battalion to serve as the governor of the capital, and rewarded the first mansion, five hundred taels of silver."

Ma Yongcheng's high-pitched and somewhat harsh voice echoed in the hall, and compared to his excited tone, Liu Jin, Wei Bin and the others bit the back molars stuffed with meat residue, and their feelings were also extremely low.

The rest of the meritorious generals such as Ma Ming, the guerrilla general of Datong, the commanders of the left and right guards of the Xuanfu Guard, and the generals led by Jiang Bin and Xu Tai were also commended, and some of the personnel were transferred to serve in the Shenshu camp.

The dream of these border town generals is to enter the Beijing camp as a general, which was originally an unattainable dream, just like the counterattack of Diaosi, suddenly one by one knighted into Beijing, and suddenly the dream came into reality, and how not to be excited and crying.

Above the noisy and lively court, Yang Tinghe is probably the calmest person at the moment, he still remembers the transaction with Song Nan, Li Dongyang and Wang Wei all voted in favor under their own lobbying, and did not put the slightest pressure on Song Nan in today's court, so Song Nan's promise should also be fulfilled.

"Your Majesty, there is still one thing to be decided today, since Liu Daxia's resignation, the post of Shangshu has been vacant, and the affairs in the cabinet are complicated, although Li Shoufu is also the leader of the military department, but after all, his energy is limited; The candidate for the secretary of the military department proposed by the previous cabinet should be finalized today. Yang Tinghe raised his voice and said to the water ducks who were all over the house.

The officials calmed down all of a sudden, and the selection of the secretary of the military department was no less than Song Nan's reward today, which was also a major event; Regardless of whether you are in the Beijing camp or the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, it is the position of the leader, and the right to transfer troops is still in the Ministry of War, and this position will undoubtedly become the focus of contention.

Liu Jin cleaned up his decadent mood, shook his spirits, and secretly glanced at Xu Guangzuo, Jiao Fang, Gu Zuo and others, Xu Guangzuo knew what he meant, and said: "What Scholar Yang said is very true, the candidate for the secretary of the military department is still undecided, and after the rebellion, there are many things to rectify the military affairs and supplement the bereavement and awards, and the things reported by the Beijing foreign guards under the Governor's Mansion are accumulated and dusty, Li Shoufu is afraid that he is old and lacks energy, and it is time to quickly implement the candidate." ”

Zhengde nodded and said, "Okay, today's court meeting can solve these major matters together, and I can easily have a New Year." The candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of War, the cabinet has voted for the candidate, that is the right attendant of the Ministry of War, Lu Wan, I don't know if you have a plan for the cabinet vote? ”

Lu Wan bowed his head and stood in the middle of the train, and the holy decree of the reward did not have his own name, but he was not in a hurry at all, because he already knew that today he would be named as the candidate for the secretary of the military department, this position was not inferior to Song Nan's today's income, in a sense, once he was nominated for TongguΓ², Song Nan became his subordinate in the position of commander of the Shenshu battalion.

"Lao Chen thinks that since he is the best candidate to discuss the secretary of the military department, how can he not choose a candidate? Lao Chen recommended a candidate, Ningxia general soldier Jiang Hanrong has been a horse for half his life, and has made countless military achievements, and what is even more rare is that he has a unique set of methods for military affairs. In the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the emperor personally praised his ability, and once wanted to transfer him back to Beijing to serve in the military department; It's a pity that at that time, the Tartars knocked on the pass, Jiang Han wrote to ask him to stay in the border town to defend against the enemy, so the emperor added his position as a squire in the military department and allowed him to stay in the border town. Xu Guangzuo forgot about his previous setbacks, shook his head and stroked his beard.

"Oh, my husband's words won my heart, I remember the matter of Lord Jiang Han, the emperor's original intention was to let Lord Jiang Han return to Beijing to perform his duties after repelling the Tartars, but because of the continuous war in the border town, Jiang Han has never had the opportunity to return to the military department to perform his duties. However, this person was very open-minded, so he simply resigned from the position of the squire of the military department, and stayed in Ningxia to guard the northwest border town for the Ming Dynasty. This time there was a vacancy in the Ministry of War, and the first person who came to mind was him, who was incomparable to others in terms of talent and qualifications. Jiao Fang, a cabinet scholar, shook his head and echoed.

Yang Tinghe's face is ugly, the two factions in the cabinet are well known, Jiao Fang and Gu Zuo have always been working against themselves and Li Dongyang and Wang Wei, fortunately, they have a numerical advantage, and they will not be allowed to succeed in deciding to re-do affairs, but every time they disagree in court, this is not only a heartwarming matter, but also a big blow to Li Dongyang and his own majesty.

"Jiang Han?" Zhengde is very unfamiliar with this name that suddenly appeared, there are many soldiers in the border town, and Zhengde knows no more than a slap in the name.

"Your Majesty, several singers from the Western Regions in the Leopard Room in Xiyuan and the Western Regions python were sent by this person to send thousands of miles away, do you remember?" Liu Jin leaned over and whispered in Zhengde's ear.

Zhengde sighed, and the image of several white-skinned, blue-eyed and high-nosed exotic women with big breasts and bee waists came to mind, in the past ten days, Zhengde was fighting with them, and the soul elimination place was also a soul flying meat crisp at this moment, but he forgot who sent it to the palace, it turned out to be this Jiang Han.

Zhengde looked confused, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the ministers didn't know the image in Zhengde's mind at the moment, otherwise they were afraid that they would die one by one.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Liu Jin reminded gently.

Zhengde's body moved and sobered up, and he hurriedly said, "Hmm...... This one...... Now that there are two candidates, Lu Wan and Jiang Han, who do you think is more suitable? ”

"Naturally, Lu Wan is the most suitable candidate, and this time the thief is also meritorious, familiar with military affairs, and he is the right attendant of the military department, and during the period when the chief officer of the military department is vacant, he also has a share of credit for the operation of the military department."

"No, no, no...... Lu Wan is good, but unfortunately he is too young to be able to hold the position of chief officer of the three sides, so how can he be in charge of the military department? Jiang Han is a veteran of the two dynasties and has rich experience, so it is the best choice to sit in the military department. ”

"The patriarch of the two dynasties? Doesn't that mean that he is old? Can Lian Po still be able to eat? Not to mention being in charge of the military department, even if the border towns go into battle to fight, they may not be able to do it. ”

"Phew, what kind of bastard are you talking about, Lian Po Old? I still eat three bowls of rice at each meal, my body is still hard, and my brain is still enough. ”

"Hehe, three bowls of rice? What's the use of eating too much? I'm afraid it's 'three arrows in an instant'. ”

The court was automatically divided into two factions, not giving in to each other, and doing their best to be sarcastic and sarcastic, arguing endlessly.