The next morning.

The ministers had lined up before the noon gate early in the morning, preparing to enter the palace to attend the court meeting in Fengtian Palace.

Li Dongyang first went to have a brief conversation with Ma Wensheng, and then returned to the position listed in the cabinet to wait, and the news brought by Li Dongyang also made Liu Jian look worried.

It was obviously a good news, but this battle became an unbearable burden for the cabinet for the change of the pattern of the Ming court.

“…… According to the preliminary battle report obtained by the Ministry of War, Bo'an cut nearly 10,000 ears of Di Yi in this battle......"

not only killed, but also brought back the "evidence", even if it is not the head, but if Wang Shouren wants to run for three thousand miles, it is not easy to bring back his ears, and it is obvious that he must bring the head back.

Xie Qian took a step forward and asked, "Is it true?" ”

It's not that Xie Qian has to ask, it's that Xie Qian also feels that the fruits of this battle are a bit too exaggerated.

Just like in the original battle of Biaotouguan, Wang Yue Shangsheng said that he killed 2,000 Tartars...... It can't be said to be outrageous, it can only be said that it is beyond the "cognition" of civilian officials, so many people in Tatar really kill you? No matter how powerful your artillery is, the Tatars will line up for you to bombard?

Li Dongyang couldn't answer this.

At this time, Zhou Jing and Xu Guan also approached, and the two also had the same questions.

Zhou Jing asked: "It is said that nearly 10,000 enemies have been killed, this should be something without a spectrum, right?" ”

Liu Jian's face was silent, he glanced up at the palace gate, and then he seemed to be relieved, and said with a long breath: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no way to change it, let's see how Bo'an and Dehua report it." ”

This will directly call Wang Shouren and Wang Qiong's cousins, as if the cabinet is close to the two.

It's probably also a reminder...... Regardless of whether I Liu is the first assistant in the future, the only way to balance Zhang Zhou is to disintegrate the "dead friends" in Zhang Zhou's camp.

Who let Zhang Bingkuan, a kid, always recommend others to fight instead of going into battle in person?

Even if everyone now worships Zhang Bingkuan as the god of war, but there is still a sense of it, if Zhang Bingkuan's "wings" are cut off and they are all brought together, the pattern of the Ming military and government can still achieve a balance.

While speaking, Liu Jian also glanced at Wenchen.

Standing over there, there is Wang Shouren's father Wang Hua, Wang Hua at this time seems to be alone, although they all know that his son has made great contributions, but because of Wang Shouren's standing problem, Wang Hua was alienated from the people.

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Fengtian Temple, court.

Zhu Youzhu was in good spirits, and when he saw this look, he knew that he had a good rest yesterday.

Let go of the big stones in your heart, fully enjoy the joy, and people are in good spirits at happy events, or their physical fitness can follow to the next level.

At the beginning of the court meeting, no one took the initiative to come out to do something, and they were all waiting for Zhu Youzhu to announce the news that the government and the opposition were looking forward to.

Zhu Youzhu said: "I should have asked people to play the new Bo and read it out in public, but I felt that there was no need for it, the new Bo led 6,000 troops, attacked the grassland from the land of Liaodong, and trekked thousands of miles along the way, although three days ago, the troops had not yet retreated into the pass, but the Tatars had withdrawn their troops. ”

Xu Jin, the head of the household department, said: "Your Majesty, the governor and the chief officer of the expedition should report to the army after they retreat and enter the pass, this is the rule." ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't mind Xu Jin's provocation at all, he smiled and said, "Maybe Xinjian Bo also wants to report his safety as soon as possible." He's fine. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhu nodded with satisfaction, "I finally lived up to Bingkuan's trust in him, he was able to fulfill his responsibilities in these battles, and when I showed my merits in this battle, I will reward him as appropriate." ”

Speaking of which, the biggest doubt in the minister's heart was still not released.

What kind of achievements did Wang Shouren achieve that made the emperor value him so much?

"Li Rong, you say." Zhu Youzhu said.

Li Rong came out and said: "With a few belated battle reports from Xinjian Bo, to summarize the situation after Xinjian Bo marched into the grassland, first at the edge of the desert, devoured the two Tatar people, men, women and children were not left, and livestock and goods were burned on the spot. Then he led his troops westward and fought with the soldiers and horses of the Tatar kings. ”

"After a few days of westward advance, there has not been a single battle with any Tatar men."

"Immediately, Xinjian Bo led his troops to the southeast, four hundred miles northeast of Guanshan, turned the road to the southwest, intercepted the Chahar tribe of the Tatar headquarters, and intercepted 100,000 cattle, sheep and livestock from the Tatar Khan's court."

"The soldiers and horses of the Tatar Qin King were stationed on a high place, intercepting the Xinjian Bosuo Department at 200 miles east of Guanshan, and the two sides fought fiercely for an hour, and the Tatars lost more than 5,000 soldiers and suffered more than 70 percent of the casualties, and then they still pursued more than 100 miles westward, killing more than 3,000 Tatar people."

"Then he withdrew his troops and returned to the east, and fought with more than 30,000 Tatar Qin kings in the north of Guanshan."

"In several battles, a total of more than 9,700 pairs of Tatar ears were cut, and 7,500 ears were cut by young and strong men, countless livestock were killed, and the Tatar tribe's wealth and goods were burned.

"Along the way, there are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Tatar king, and there is still no battle, and the headquarters of the little prince of Tatar has not been seen for a long time, and the troops of the little prince of Tatar are located thirty miles north of Haizi, and more than 17,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Qiong to patrol Shanxi and other places are in one place."

"The Tatars withdrew, and the war was resolved."

"Summing up, a total of Tatar goods and goods were seized, worth 34,000 guan, a total of more than 10,000 enemies were killed, 9,713 pairs of enemy ears were gained, 65 Ming soldiers were killed, 26 were seriously wounded, and more than 100 people were lightly wounded, all of whom went south with the army. It is specially reported to the imperial court to show meritorious service. ”

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When Li Rong's words fell, there was silence in the hall.

To say that this is Wang Shouren bragging, after all, there is also Wang Qiong's joint name, although these two people were recommended by Zhang Zhou at the same time, but how to say that they are also from Jinshi, and in the eyes of the court officials, they still pay attention to courtesy, righteousness and shame.

Besides...... With such a great achievement, the ears were embalmed with lime and brought back.

If it all comes to this point, if Wang Shouren and Wang Qiong still have to lie about their war exploits, it will be simply unreasonable.

Zhu Youzhu saw that the ministers did not congratulate him one by one, and no one came out to question the accuracy of the results, and he was also a little satisfied in his heart.

I just like to see you can't get used to Bingkuan, but you can't do anything about him.

Process?

I only look at the results.

"Ma Qingjia, what do you think?" Zhu Youzhi didn't evaluate first, but directly asked Ma Wensheng's opinion.

Ma Wensheng came out and said: "Lai Guogong and Xinjian Boju have made great contributions, Lai Guogong is in Yingtianfu, strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, enough to lead the official affairs of the military department, the old minister resigned, and elected Lai Guogong to replace the old minister." ”

His words are straightforward.

The ministers present were not shocked by Wang Shouren's performance before, but they were calmed by Ma Wensheng's words.

You Ma Wensheng...... That's a pretty fast run.

Seeing that the limelight is wrong, I want to pick a pick, let us go around with Zhang Bingkuan?

"I don't want to pay attention to the old man returning to the field or something, and the court doesn't only pay attention to ability...... Zhu Youzhu was polite at this time.

The minister is also pondering.

What do you look at without looking at ability? Your Majesty, do you still have the intention of ranking seniority and letting Zhang Bingkuan continue to survive? Something is wrong!

"It also depends on whether he can get along with his ministers and whether he has the will to lead the court, if he can only give advice, and can't go to the front line to lead the troops, he may not need to make a book, even if it is only occasionally in the court, so that the ministers know his ideas!"

Let my Bingkuan be the secretary of the military department?

Am I such a hasty person?

Besides, my pursuit is obviously not to let Bingkuan be a secretary of the military department, since he can be the secretary of the military department, why can't he enter the cabinet as a cabinet elder and participate in the planning of major military affairs?

Moreover, the permission I gave him to walk in the listening office can be used as my personal advisor, which is more direct than the military department's book.

Of course.

The position of secretary of the military department is still to be given to him, but I still have to be polite to you.

Ma Wensheng raised the wat board and said: "The old minister is ashamed, he will really have no face to stay in the court in the future, and please ask Your Majesty to fulfill the old minister, so that the old minister can enjoy his life in peace." ”

On the bright side, I, Ma Wensheng, even did not hesitate to bet with Your Majesty in order to punish Zhang Bingkuan.

Now that the bet is lost, he will automatically leave the position of the secretary of the military department and hand it over to Zhang Bingkuan, which can be regarded as willing to gamble and lose.

"No more mention." Zhu Youzhu refused simply, "You don't have to ask for it this time, I won't allow it!" ”

I don't agree to let Marven be promoted.

It's incomprehensible.

Your Majesty, you have a direct opportunity to let Zhang Zhou return to the capital to replace Ma Wensheng, you actually let go of such a good opportunity?

Just when the ministers were puzzled about what the emperor meant by this move, Zhu Youzhu suddenly turned his gaze to Ni Yue and said: "After Ni Qing's family arrived in Beijing as a teacher, he twice asked me to return to his hometown on the grounds of eye disease and old age. Give Tian Shiyao again. ”

"Huh?"

The minister was in an uproar.

Ma Wensheng took the initiative to resign, but the emperor did not allow it.

Ni Yue stood beside him, like a bystander, and was actually sent back to his hometown like this?

This routine...... It's a little deep.

"Old minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty, Long. Ni Yue didn't expect that Ma Wensheng and Zhang Zhou would fight each other and become a victim.

But he has long been used to it, who let him see that the emperor did not want to see him when he was assigned to Nanjing as a scholar?

Zhu Youzhu said: "The candidate to succeed Ni Qing's family, the court will make a conclusion in the past two days. As for the resettlement of Xinjian Bo, I have an idea to let him continue to be the governor of Datong and assist in the construction of Maoerzhuang City, and then discuss it further after Bingkuan returns to Beijing. ”

Really.

The emperor still couldn't wait to bring up the matter of transferring Zhang Zhou back to the capital.

Wang Shouren made miraculous achievements, but he didn't seem to be too valued by the emperor, and just arranged for him to be the governor of Datong...... It stands to reason that with Wang Shouren's merits, there is no problem at all in being a Xuanda general.

Liu Jian walked out and said: "Your Majesty, with the merits of the new uncle, he will also be the military affairs of the Xuanda, and the peace of the land can be guaranteed." ”

The emperor didn't mention it, but I, Liu Jian, mentioned it for Your Majesty.

Or rather...... is to sell favors to Wang Shouren.

If you don't want Wang Shouren to be a new marquis or a national prince, let him be the general system of Xuanda, which is tantamount to giving Wang Shouren a signal, you are still a civil minister, or we are respected by our traditional civil officials, you do a good job...... In the future, you will be the one who will enter and exit...... That's right, we're all on your side.

Before the emperor could answer, Wang Hua, who had always been on the cusp of the storm, but had not spoken for a long time, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the dog is shallow, and I also ask Your Majesty to transfer him back to Beijing and give him a chance to continue his training." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "Actually, I also have this intention. It is said that since the beginning of this year, Yanwutang has not been able to start classes smoothly, mainly because the people who can be mobilized have been transferred to Liaodong before...... Coupled with the previous determination of the civil strife in Korea and the achievement of pacifying Liaobei, I have not been able to reward Bingkuan, Tang Yin, Xinjian Bo and others, which is my negligence. ”

Haven't been rewarded yet?

Tang Yin is also a fledgling, but he got a Bohai governor, responsible for shipbuilding and Jinghai, and now he is also going south to Yingtianfu to raise shipbuilding money and grain.

As for Wang Shouren...... is even more exaggerated, now Wang Weining, who is directly about to become a new generation, can almost stop the grassland children from crying with his name.

The person who can clean up the Menggoljin Department and the Chahar Department in a row, he Wang Shouren can do it.

"But there's still no hurry." Zhu Youzhu added, "Bingkuan is not in Beijing, and many things cannot be promoted, so I intend to transfer him back to Beijing." He also needs to be responsible for the bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy, and he will be put aside for the time being when he talks about the affairs of the East Palace, but he also needs to participate in the planning of major events in the court, and I actually want him to participate in the court discussions. But his temperament is a little lazy, and he never wants to get up early every day to go to court. ”

…… The minister was speechless.

Or Your Majesty, you know Zhang Bingkuan's kid.

After he entered the court, he became powerful, and it seems that he really doesn't come to the court often.

In the past, we always felt that he was embarrassed to come because he was not qualified enough.

The feeling is that he is "lazy" and doesn't want to come?

It's not that he's afraid to face us, but he's too lazy to face us? This...... Do you know if you don't hit someone in the face?

"Let's talk about it when he returns to Beijing." Zhu Youzhu said, "Send an order to Ying Tianfu, let Bingkuan put down the matter at hand, and escort the prince north on the same day, if there is an errand along the way that cannot be completed, he will preside over it." ”

not only transferred Zhang Zhou back to Beijing, but also did not say that Zhang Zhou should completely put down his errand in Nanjing.

Roughly speaking, you have the ability to take care of it, and you can pick it up to you.

"Your Majesty, then the new uncle ......," Liu Jian reminded.

You always favor one over the other, and you always talk about Zhang Bingkuan, but we are now mentioning Wang Bo'an, the minister of the "first meritorious", how should you settle him, Your Majesty?

"Didn't I say it all? Let Xinjian Bo stay in Datong as the governor, in charge of local military affairs, he had been the governor in Datong, and he knew the local situation best. Zhu Youzhu was still a little impatient.

After saying this, Zhu Youzhu looked around at the ministers present, and then said in a serious tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I still want to ask you, do you still think that I shouldn't use Bingkuan?" ”

No one objected.

This made Zhu Youzhu very satisfied.

"Since there is none, then I put my words here, if there are any more people who use my leniency to carry out impeachment, don't wonder I am merciless." Zhu Youzhu said, as if his anger had not subsided, "The six departments have taken out the previous impeachment of Bingkuan, and they have all been taken out as they are, and I won't care about it this time!" But if anyone makes any more irresponsible remarks, it will be difficult for me! ”

"Let's not mention the matter of discussing merit for the time being, there will be more war reports coming in the next few days, and the military department will also draw up a strategy for requesting merit as soon as possible, and as for the degree of use, we will also discuss it after Bingkuan returns to Beijing."

"I don't need to mention the Northwest today, let's talk about the next thing!"

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Zhu Youzhi is very simple.

The transfer of Zhang Zhou back to Beijing and the placement of Wang Shouren in Datong were almost decided in one go, and no one was consulted.

But after Zhang Zhou was transferred back, he didn't say clearly what kind of errand he was entrusted.

After the court meeting ended, on the way out of the palace, no one was willing to talk about Zhang Zhou...... There is nothing to talk about, it is clear that Zhang Zhou's rise has become unstoppable, providence helps him, the emperor helps him, and even the Tatars help him......

The emperor has made it clear that whoever participates in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou will not be directly prosecuted without asking for mercy, and it is no longer stipulated that he cannot be impeached for disasters, even if he is justified and well-founded, Zhang Zhou is not only a powerful minister who singles out the court, but also a person who you can't touch...... People who can't even participate in impeachment, talk about him...... It's just asking for trouble.

On the way out of the palace, many people said goodbye to Ni Yue.

Ni Yue's face was calm.

Obviously, when I returned to the capital, I was ready to do a big job, and I finally got into the official department, and I had the opportunity to make some achievements, which can be regarded as the top position of the six foreign ministers, and one person is above 10,000 people.

But after a few days, I had to pack up my bedding and go home.

"Ni Butang, I don't know who recommended you to replace you?" Someone was still idle and had nothing to do, so he went to ask Ni Yue's opinion on the replacement candidate.

Ni Yue was also very unhappy after hearing this.

Do I have the authority to decide this? Or will Your Majesty listen to my opinion?

And you can't get kicked in the head by a donkey, right?

His Majesty did not allow Ma Wensheng to become a general, but let Zhang Bingkuan return to Beijing, but asked me to give way, what do you mean by me speaking bluntly?

Apparently ...... Ma Wensheng replaced me, and Zhang Bingkuan replaced Ma Wensheng, and then everyone was happy, and I ended miserably.

Ni Yue ignored those who said goodbye to him, took the initiative to walk over to Liu Jian, and took advantage of Liu Jian's going to the cabinet duty room, and arched his hand: "Elder Liu Ge, this court, I can leave it to you." ”

"Hmm."

Liu Jian just nodded and didn't reply.

It doesn't need to be explained too much.

After Ni Yue gave up his rudeness again, he was considered to have completed the last entrustment before leaving, and he had no worries, and he walked in front of the minister with his head held high, which meant saying goodbye to everyone.

"What does he mean by that?" Xie Qian frowned and asked.

Liu Jian said: "He asked me, who should I entrust?" ”

Ni Yue retired, looking unwilling, and he Liu Jian actually didn't want to continue to be this first assistant.

Too tired.

And it is obvious that he is no longer trusted by the emperor, so it is better to give up his position and appear to be "high-spirited", anyway, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are also his trusted figures, and they are much younger than him, so that no matter who is the first assistant among the two, it can also ensure the operation of the court.

Xie Qian hurriedly said: "You can't say that, the more stormy it is, the more someone must be able to do this Seagod Needle." ”

Li Dongyang looked at the two, he obviously heard the conversation between the two, but he didn't answer anything.

There were a lot of people laughing next to them.

And around Lin Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, there are obviously more people gathered...... Or many people think that Lin Han is a strong candidate for the competition for the official department, so that the clear stream of the Ming Dynasty has begun to move closer to the "turbid current".

(End of chapter)