"Shao Situ, this is serious, Shen Xiangbei is Sanyuan and the first are deeply favored by the emperor, how can he act rebelliously?"

"Besides, he is only the military governor of Fujian, not the chief military officer of Fujian, you compare the military to Wenchen in the future?"

Qian Xili, who was supposed to be a scholar in history, was still serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites at this time.

As Shen Yichen's master, he can turn a blind eye to inconsequential matters, and now Nai Heng, a member of the eunuch party, wants to frame him for rebellion, which makes Qian Xili unbearable!

With Shen Yichen's identity and prospects, after returning to Beijing, he can be called a splendid future, and it is even conceivable that he will enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister before the year of his establishment, as long as his brain does not have problems, will he rebel?

"Then I would like to ask Uncle Shaozong, how do you explain that Shen Yichen did not call the troops to return to Beijing?"

"Shen Xiangbei is leading the army north to suppress the Japanese, what is the problem of worrying about the safety of His Majesty and temporarily asking for help from the Beijing Division?"

I have to say that Bian He's proposed excuse to go north to suppress the Japanese did bring more room for turning around than entering King Qin. And Shen Yichen also got on the bus first and then made up the ticket on the way to Beijing, and sent a few letters asking for aid in Beijing, which can be regarded as an excuse that can be explained.

Many things have to be justified, even if you really rebel, you have to be branded in the name of "Qing Jun's side" and "Jing Nan".

In the face of Qian Xili's rebuttal, Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who was standing on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and sneered: "Is there such a way to help the Beijing master throughout the ages?" ”

"Uncle Shaozong, do you treat our colleagues as fools, or do you despise King Yu?"

Wang You's words triggered the whispers of the ministers in the palace, and it was true that Shen Yichen's move was not in line with the law.

But if you really want to say that he plans to rebel, few of the civil and military ministers who stayed in Beijing believe it, and I always feel that Shen Yichen's move is really a little inexplicable.

"Liu Tingwei, what do you say Admiral Shen wants to do, it is not a trivial matter to go to Beijing without a summons, not to mention that he is leading the Fujian army."

"Maybe it's really that I went north to suppress the Japanese, and I heard that the Mongol Tatars were attacking, and I rushed to the aid of the Beijing division in a hurry?"

"With the talent of Admiral Shen's three yuan and the first, he would do such an impulsive thing to give people a handle?"

"Do you think it will be a reunion with Chengguo, after all, the two of them are father and son......"

When the three words "Cheng Guogong" were proposed, many people's faces changed instantly.

You must know that it is nominally Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition, but this military operation to aid the Northern Expedition of Datong, the real military commander is Xun Qi Chengguogong!

Now these two fathers and sons, one in Datong controls the Beijing camp, and the other controls the Fujian Weisho Army in Dagu......

"Nonsense!"

The cabinet minister Gao Gu listened to the group chat in the hall and became more and more exaggerated, and stood up and shouted angrily.

"Daming Xunqi, rest with the country!"

"Now Chengguo Justice is following His Majesty in the front to conquer in person, but you are disturbing the morale of the army in the rear, are you really not afraid of being beheaded according to military law?"

Gao Gu's angry shout made the ministers in the palace silent, and teasing a few words Shen Yichen is nothing, if you offend the Ming Xunqi group, it will be a big trouble.

When Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, returns to the dynasty, can he easily let himself go?

Seeing that the discussion direction of the ministers in the palace was becoming more and more crooked, Chen Xun, the current head of the cabinet, stood up, coughed and said: "Colleagues, you should be cautious, and this matter will be left to King Yu for decision-making." ”

If Ma Yu, the former first assistant of the cabinet, is still underqualified, and it is difficult to suppress some old ministers in the DPRK and China, then Chen Xuna simply has no qualifications.

Chen Xuncai entered the cabinet in April of the ninth year of orthodoxy, and it has only been a short period of April, and the cabinet during the orthodox dynasty was not as strong as in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

So Chen Xun simply threw this pot to Zhu Qiyu, the servant king of the "prison country", after all, there was still a high top when the sky fell.

Zhu Qiyu saw Chen Xun kicking the ball to him, and he felt the urge to scold his mother for a while.

Just when Zhu Qiyu was a little at a loss, the eunuch's high-pitched voice came from outside the hall: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

The Queen Mother is here?

Hearing this term, the ministers in the palace were stunned for a moment, and they had the history of the Queen Mother's regent in their minds, and they had to follow the period of the Empress Dowager Zhang in the seventh year of orthodoxy.

Since the collapse of the Zhang family, the Empress Dowager Sun has been a big difference in terms of means, tactics, and determination, and she is an ordinary harem woman. In addition, Ming Yingzong has grown up and is pro-Zheng, so naturally she has no opportunity to interfere in court politics, and many officials have forgotten that there is such a great god in the palace.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother, Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

Seeing the Empress Dowager Sun stepping into the Fengtian Hall with an angry face, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, also hurriedly saluted and said, "The son of the minister to meet the queen mother." ”

The Empress Dowager Sun is not the mother of Zhu Qiyu, but Zhu Qiyu's biological mother, Wu, is just a palace maid and does not pose any threat to the Sun family, but makes the nominal mother-son relationship not bad.

Facing the servant king Zhu Qiyu, the empress dowager Sun's face retreated a little with anger, nodded towards him and said, "King Yu, let's get up, and the ministers should also get up together." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Seeing everyone in the hall get up and stand up, the Empress Dowager Sun said with a frosty face: "The Mourning family should not be involved in the major affairs of the court, but now that the emperor is personally recruiting, the king lacks the experience of supervising the country, so that the young people are above the court, so they have to come forward to say a few words." ”

"Throughout the ages, when has there been a truth of cutting first and then playing, let Shen Yichen lead the Fujian soldiers and horses into Beijing, in case there is a heart of disobedience, who will take responsibility!"

In the early years of the Empress Dowager Sun, because of the matter of King Lu, her impression of Shen Yichen was very poor, and she even took advantage of the opportunity to meet the wife of the Zhengdan Dynasty and secretly clicked on Chen Qingtong.

A seed was originally planted, and after Shen Yichen and Wang Zhen became enemies, the eunuchs and maids in the palace were all his people, and it was not easy to say something bad in the ears of the Empress Dowager Sun?

So in Sun's portrait, Shen Yichen is an unscrupulous and arrogant minister, and Emperor Zhu Qizhen was blinded, so he would be a petty person like Enlong.

Today in the harem, I heard the little eunuch tell me that Shen Yichen actually did not summon the army to enter Beijing, and the Empress Dowager Sun was even more furious, and she no longer cared about the tradition of not interfering in politics in the harem, and came directly to the Fengtian Palace to discuss matters.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had a precedent for the Empress Dowager Zhang's regency for many years, and the civil and military ministers had long been surprised by the Empress Dowager's interference in politics, as long as it was not particularly excessive, they were almost resigned, not to mention the current leaderless realm of dragons.

No one took the responsibility, naturally no one dared to speak, seeing that the ministers in the palace were silent, the Empress Dowager Sun said coldly: "If Shen Yichen is truly loyal to the monarch and patriotic, then let the Fujian soldiers and horses be stationed at Dagukou on standby, and let him go to the palace alone!" ”

I have to say that although the political methods of the Empress Dowager Sun, compared with the Empress Dowager Zhang, it is no different from a child. But after all, he stays in the palace all the year round, and he is still handy on how to deal with the "ministers".

Regardless of whether Shen Yichen has the intention of rebellion or not, the top priority is to separate him from the soldiers and horses. This is why the ancient rulers would often let the feudal officials return to Beijing to report on their work, on the one hand, to weaken the connection with the local area, and on the other hand, to control it when they arrived in Beijing.

"The Queen Mother Shengming, the minister thinks this move is very good!"

Wang You, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, immediately agreed, not to mention that Shen Yichen is a civil servant, even if the generals have no soldiers in their hands, they can't afford to make any waves.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Another minister stepped forward and made his attitude clear.

Indeed, this is the best of both worlds, otherwise it is too risky for Shen Yichen to lead the army.

"The ministers seconded it!"

In an instant, the ministers in the palace all agreed, even Qian Xili, Gao Gu and others, who expressed their trust in Shen Yichen.

"The minister suggests that Yu Shao Sima go to pass the decree and exercise the authority of the military department!"

Naiheng, the head of the household department, took the opportunity to make a statement, and asked Yu Qian, the head of the military department, to pass on the decree.

You must know that the eunuch party currently has two thorns in its eyes, Shen Yichen is locally, and Yu Qian is the center of the imperial court.

Orthodoxy did not put Yu Qian to death for twelve years, and he has always been regarded as a shame by Wang Zhen. If it weren't for the fact that the three fronts of the southeast, Luchuan, and Mobei were facing a war crisis at the same time, it would not be good to attack the chief officer of the military department at such a time, otherwise this hard bone would definitely not have survived to this day!

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Now let these two thorns in the eye touch each other, regardless of whether Shen Yichen has the intention of rebellion or not, he is absolutely disgusted in the face of this will, Naiheng finally seized the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

"Okay, let the cabinet draft the decree of Yu Shao Sima."

"Minister, obey!"

At this kind of moment, even if he knew that Naiheng had the intention of sowing discord, Yu Qian couldn't show any hesitation, otherwise it would bring trouble to the two.

At the same time, Yu Qian always remembered what Shen Yichen said to him when he went to Shandong to take office.

When will my husband live? An can hang his wings!

The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, how could he be afraid to retreat, this is the original intention of Shen Yichen to lead his troops to Beijing.

He is not afraid of being misunderstood, let alone being doubted, Yu Qian believes that Shen Yichen has such a mind to shoulder the family and the country!

After retiring from the dynasty, Yu Qian went to Dagu with the holy decree and recruited Shen Yichen to go to Beijing alone. At the same time, in Datong, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, encountered an unprecedented crisis.

Originally, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, received an order to join Wu Kezhong, the Marquis of Gongshun, to cover the retreat of the main army of the Beijing camp led by Zhu Qizhen.

But after Ming Yingzong decided to retreat, he hesitated to run away, and there was always an unwilling mentality.

After all, he led an army of more than 200,000 troops to the north, claiming to be an army of 500,000 to the outside world, but he returned to Beijing in ashes without fighting a big battle, which was unacceptable for Zhu Qizhen's self-esteem.

Even he could imagine how this history would be recorded in the history books in the future.

The tired army of returning to the division was endless, and with the rainy weather, Zhu Qizhen sat on the dragon chariot, and his mood was as gloomy as this weather.

"Sir, is it really like the courtier's admonition, this battle can't be fought?"

Zhu Qizhen finally couldn't hold back the depression in his heart, just like when he was a child, he habitually found Wang Zhen to vent.

"Military affairs, slaves and maids dare not speak falsely."

Wang Zhen pretended to excuse himself, but in fact, the loss in his heart may be even worse than that of His Majesty Zhu Qizhen.

After all, it is easy for the emperor to expand the territory, and it is difficult for the eunuch to ascend to the sky if he wants to make meritorious contributions, and he missed this opportunity to accompany the emperor to conquer in person, and it may be impossible to accumulate military merits in the future.

"Sir, why do you say that, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

"That slave and maid have the courage to say a word, and withdraw the troops before the battle, which is really detrimental to the long-lived Lord Longwei, how to lead the ministers in the future?"

Wang Zhen's words are simply to Zhu Qizhen's heart, the reason why he will use eunuchs in a big way is in a sense to counter the growing power of the civilian clique.

The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was indeed far superior to that of the previous dynasties, and reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

But there is a price to be paid for the centralization of power, and Zhu Yuanzhang can abolish the prime minister and shoulder important military and political affairs. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di is eloquent and strategic, and he can still follow in his father's footsteps, and he has not slacked off in government affairs, at most he has created a cabinet system to share his own pressure.

But which dynasty and which generation can ensure that every emperor is a diligent and wise monarch, and can get up early every day to deal with government affairs?

In the period of Ming Renzong and Ming Xuanzong, the imperial power began to gradually decline, and it was too troublesome to even correct the recitals, so it was split into two parts of the right to vote and red, and they were granted to the cabinet and the celebrant respectively.

Since then, the center of power in the Ming Dynasty has shifted from the emperor to the cabinet.

However, the system that really played a role beyond the control of the emperor was the birth of Tingtui!

Think about the Ming Dynasty cabinet members, three grades and above nine kings, completely elected by the courtiers themselves, the emperor only needs to agree to seal it.

This means that when the emperor can't arbitrarily install his own people, then the officials under the orders issued may not necessarily listen. As a result, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperor's order did not leave the Forbidden City, and no matter how Emperor Chongzhen changed the cabinet, it was useless.

Zhu Qizhen is not stupid, on the contrary, he has been talented and intelligent since he was a child, and he has been recognized by Ming Xuanzong and a group of ministers, and he is admired as a future generation of Ming Jun.

So he has realized that the imperial power is divided, and wants to use the power of the eunuchs to check and balance, but it is a pity that Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong chose the wrong object, even if the eunuchs have the blessing of the cultural foundation of the inner library, the vast majority of them are still Adou who can't be supported.

Why is it comparable to the elite literati who were killed by thousands of troops under the imperial examination system?

Relying on eunuchs to take power is undoubtedly to quench thirst.

Wang Zhen's favor made Zhu Qizhen feel very reasonable, so he replied: "I also feel that I can't just return to the dynasty like this, at least I have to inflict heavy damage on the Mongolian Tile Thorn Department and combat the arrogance of the Tartars." ”

"Otherwise, how about ordering the Chengguo Gong Department and the Gongshun Hou Department to take the initiative to attack and find the main force of the Mongolian Tile Spur Department?"

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Chengguo and the Marquis of Gongshun are all cavalry troops, and they are highly mobile, which can be attacked and retreated. As long as they can find the main force of the Tile Spur Department and hold it back, when the main force of the Beijing camp led by the Lord of Long Live arrives, it will be the day of ambush for such rebellious ministers and thieves! ”

His idea was approved by Wang Zhen, Zhu Qizhen's mood came up instantly, and he still raised his hand not enough, he had to change the withdrawal route to prepare for the attack on the Tile Spur army.

The original retreat route was to bypass the Datong and Xuanfu lines, and take a long road back to Beijing from the rear Bauhinia Pass. But now Zhu Qizhen wants to change to Xuanfu and Huailai and return to Beijing from Juyongguan.

Compared with the Bauhinia Pass route, the Juyong Pass route is undulating and hilly, which is not very conducive to the charge of cavalry, Zhu Qizhen fantasizes about relying on the mountainous and hilly terrain to offset the Mongolian best cavalry attack method, so as to defeat the opponent's army in the field!

Ming Yingzong's temporary intention, in order to cover the emperor's face in "Ming Shilu", became Wang Zhen's fear that the army would trample on the crops in his hometown of Ulzhou, and at the same time had the mentality of showing off his hometown, so he prevented the army from returning from Bauhinia Pass.

History, many times, is a little girl who is dressed up by others, as a traitor who enjoys the supreme glory and wealth brought by the imperial power, she has to take on the role of taking the blame during the critical period......

Of course, in a sense, Wang Zhen is also an accomplice and is not innocent.