., Since Chen Shun led the army to send troops, the capital has fallen into an atmosphere of panic and speculation. Whether it is the government offices or teahouses, people will talk about this war in three words. Facing the old enemies who bullied themselves repeatedly and claiming to be the country of the Celestial Kingdom, the people of the Ming Dynasty were too eager to win a game quickly, but they have long been used to failure in the face of repeated defeats..., Everyone was looking forward to winning, but they all felt from the heart that the possibility of losing was much greater.
As a result, rumors spread everywhere. Today, the legend of being silent and being captured was lost. Tomorrow, someone spread rumors that he died in battle and his head was cut and still stood firm...
"Isn't that Xing Tian?" After hearing Zhang Juzheng's reposting the message outside, Xu Ge Lao laughed and said in a silence: "It's really a rumor." As he said, he looked at his students and said with some pity: "You have not had a good time these days, you have lost weight." Since he decided to betroth his daughter to Zhang Siwei, he always felt sorry for Zhang Juzheng. Fortunately, the latter was not depressed, but was more courageous to do things. This made him feel a little more regretful while comforting... It is indeed regrettable to miss such a virtuous son-in-law.
"The student is fine," Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly, "but his life and life are all under this scene, and it is inevitable that he will be restless in bed and food, which makes the teacher worry*..."
Xu Jie shook his head and smiled, and asked softly: "If you have any difficulties, just mention them. What else can you be polite to the teacher..."
"You can't hide anything from the teacher." Zhang Juzheng sighed softly, "The affairs of inferior military supplies have been found out*..."
"Oh*..." Xu Jie said lightly: "Which link is missing?"
"This time the matter is a bit big." Zhang Juzheng whispered: "Military procurement has always been the important task of the Ministry of Revenue, and it is personally managed by Lord Shangshu. However, when I went to several subordinate cloak offices to investigate, I found that they were no longer under the name of the Ministry of Revenue. But after checking, they were transferred to some Beijing merchants. After further investigation, I realized that as long as the Ministry of War has no objection to the acceptance of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue will pay directly, and even send personnel to supervise*..."
"This is reasonable*..." Xu Jie pondered.
"It's here," Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "I led people to seal those clothes and hats and weaving bureaus, and found a large number of inferior cotton cloth and finished quilts in their warehouses, which are the kind sent to the King of War." It cracked with his hands. How could such a thing pass the acceptance of the Ministry of War?"
"You mean..." Xu Jie frowned and said, "Yang Bo clearly knew about it, but he deliberately took it...", and said, "What's going on with military rations?"
"This is even more strange..." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "The Guangji warehouse is obviously full of good grains, so why is it mixed with half of the sand when transported to the Ministry of War? I compared the military rations in the two places and found that the ones sent to the officers and soldiers were all Chenmi. The disaster relief at the beginning of the year has exhausted all the inventory of Guangji warehouse. Now the warehouse is full of new rice after autumn harvest..."
"Has someone got rid of the bag?" Xu Jie's expression remained unchanged: "Is there any evidence?"
"Hmph, such a big move cannot be without flaws." Zhang Juzheng said: "They have not enough cars and horses. They rented the transportation capacity of several cars and horses. Although they were done secretly, they could not block everyone's mouth. Later, I learned from a coachman that day that they transported the grain from Guangji warehouse and sent it to a coal merchant warehouse in the outer city. Jingcheng was in a very quiet place, but they didn't let them transport it out... I have sent people to keep an eye on it day and night, so I won't let the grain slip away again." The Ministry of Revenue actually made such a big basket. Zhang Juzhengshen felt ashamed, and he was really cruel this time.
After listening to Zhang Juzheng's report, Xu Jie pondered at the opportunity, "I just said, "Tell me the answer."
"The people who contracted the hooded knitting bureau were several members of the side royal family. Of course, they must be a cover. Only a few dukes and marquis could hand over this fat man without saying a word. And that coal merchant warehouse was leased by Prince Qinghe..." Zhang Juzheng said without hesitation in front of his teacher.
“Some unusual*…”
"Yes" I smelled the breath of conspiracy." Zhang Juzheng nodded slowly and said, "Someone is giving advice behind the scenes, and some are jumping in front of the stage." There is only one purpose, which is to make us look good." At this time, there is a problem with the military rations and military uniforms. Obviously, people cannot just use someone to fill their pockets and explain, but someone is digging a pit for him and Shen Mo. You must know that they have issued military orders. If the soldiers refuse to fight, then they will be labeled as disgraceful and may even be depressed.
Fortunately, the two handled it in time, and the deterioration of the situation was stopped. But the matter had spread and the censors were furious. The memorials of impeachment these days flew to Tongzhengsi like snowflakes, but were only suppressed by Xu Jie's excuse of the overall situation as a priority. "..., but many officials in the capital have regarded Gao Yao and Zhang Juzheng as guilty ministers, and they don't respect their words and deeds.
Zhang Juzheng, who is in the whirlpool, naturally has the deepest understanding of the cold and warmth among them, but he can still withstand the efforts and do what he should do well. This mind alone is very rare.
Both the master and the apprentice know that they are really hoping to win a big victory on the front line and to cover up a hundred ugly things, otherwise they will not end.
"Yang Bo is not the mastermind..." Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was under too much pressure and was already a little suspicious, Xu Jie had to speak and wake him up, "He is an old minister of the country, and it is impossible to be inconsistent with seriousness, and he is even more disdainful to plan and plant tricks, "Who else can there be?" Zhang Juzheng frowned.
"Who have you offended?" Xu Jie said softly.
"The royal family's honor..." Zhang Juzheng said in a moment: "The two "Regulations" made them hate the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites to the core, and it is also possible to take the opportunity to retaliate."
"You can find so many clues by having a secret investigation. If you hand it over to the Ministry of Justice, you will definitely be able to pull out the radish and bring mud*..." Xu Jie said slowly: "The time is not yet ripe, but you can't do it..." Xu Jie told Zhang Juzheng: "Don't you always have a headache about the royal family causing trouble? Don't waste the opportunity to martial law in the capital*..."
Zhang Juzheng suddenly remembered that Xu Jie had told him and Shen Mo that the royal family should not be anxious to make trouble, and there will be a time to resolve the problem soon. This is what he meant... It turned out that the old man had no fantasy of a peaceful solution from the beginning, but was just waiting for the right opportunity.
Jiang is still old! He couldn't help but feel a little shocked. Xu Jie's deep and cruelty is indeed worth learning from.
But this does not mean that he will lose his thinking. After thinking for a long time, he decided to be honest and honest: "Teacher" students think that Yang Bo's problem is not that simple, and even without planning it himself, it will not work. It is impossible to deliberately indulge or even fuel the fire."
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was still struggling in front of him, Xu Jie sighed and said slowly: "The new king succeeds to the throne, everything is waiting to be promoted." There are few people in the pavilion, and I think repeatedly. If I win this time, Taiyue, you can join the pavilion to manage the government*..." The tone was so plain, as if I was talking about an insignificant thing.
"Entering the cabinet..." Zhang Juzheng was shocked. Although Xu Jie had mentioned it to him before, he was extremely eager for it. But he finally knew that with his qualifications, he knew that "it was impossible to pass the court to recommend it... Even Xu Jie was in the cabinet and among the officials of the court, and it was difficult for him to speak with confidence. After a while of excitement, he regained his calmness and said softly: "The teacher is very loving." The students were grateful, but the students had no talent and had no old labor. How dare they be among the old and old, and they should be proud of their cooperation in praising the emperor's plan and becoming sanctified? Moreover, the emperor was at the beginning of the imperial court and watching the sea. When the teacher was following the changes of the new and old, he held the sun and the moon in his hands, shining on the world, and his reputation was rising. If the students were introduced, they would be boiling all over the world, and the students could not refuse the blame for personal gain. "Besides, the emperor was approaching the beginning of the imperial court and watching the sea. When the teacher was following the changes of the new and old, he held the sun and the moon in his hands, shining on the world, and his reputation was rising. If the students were introduced, they would not be able to give up the blame for personal gain. "I would also like to think about it again."
This was reasonable and reasonable, and Xu Jie couldn't help but nodded slowly. He stared at Zhang Juzheng for a while, and then said, "It's good to be clear-headed, but you don't have to be too pessimistic. Li Chunfang and you were the same year as you, so didn't you enter the cabinet early?"
"He is the top scorer." Zhang Juzheng said softly.
"Jing Ci is just the top scholar." Xu Jie's face appeared with a hint of pride, and he said in a flash: "You said you don't have it, but he has it? You just kept writing Qing Ci, which was favored by the late emperor, so that Yang Bo could take power." As he said, he looked at him and said: "Do you know why you recommended him to the cabinet first as a teacher*..."
"It's for students..." No matter how stupid Zhang Juzheng was, he could hear three of them: "Do you pave the way?"
"No," Xu Jie nodded and said, "With Li Chunfang first, you are not so abrupt." He asked again, "Do you know why I want to let Cheng get close to Gao Gong?"
Zhang Juzheng whispered: "In order to prevent him from opposing..."
"Do you know why I betrothed my beloved daughter to Zhang Siwei?" Xu Jie finally pierced the layer of window paper after laying the groundwork.
But Zhang Juzheng's expression changed and he whispered: "The teacher is for my own good..." In addition, there must be a exchange of interests. If Xu Jie didn't say it, Zhang Juzheng could not ask.
"Yes, you and I are just teachers and students. How can I promote you? Others can only feel uncomfortable and can't say anything." Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "But if you want to become a son-in-law and son-in-law, I can only exile you far away*..."
"It's the students who are ignorant..." A warm current wandered around Zhang Juzheng. He was full of joy and gratitude. The resentment suddenly disappeared. Now he couldn't calm down. His gratitude for Xu Jie arose, and he stood up and kowtowed, "The students can't repay the teacher even if they are broken..."
"The teacher treats you like this not because he has some selfish intentions, but because he hopes that you can become a good minister to save Shi." Xu Jie said in a deep voice: "I hope you can do it well and not let my expectations down today.
"Students keep in mind the teacher's teachings. If there is any violation, heaven and earth will be punished!" Zhang Juzheng cursed... As for the topic about Yang Bo, he will naturally not mention it again.
It was useless that Zhang Juzheng waited for a long time, and the fast cavalry that had won the victory came to Beijing. A battle that was not favored ended with a complete victory in the morning.
No one dared to lie about this kind of thing, but the officials who were used to failure still couldn't believe that the Ming Dynasty could wipe out 30,000 Mongolian cavalry. How much water did it add? But soon the commissioners of the Ministry of War and the Censorate sent back an investigation report from the front line. After repeated verification, they wiped out 17,000 enemies in this battle... Most of them were injured and dropped, and were killed by the Ming army after being killed; 8,000 people were captured. They also killed Altan's uncle Buke Taiji, captured Altan's son Buyan Taiji, and the famous traitor Zhao Quan.
The cabinet and the Ministry of War were sure of it and quickly reported to Emperor Longqing, who had been hanging his heart. Longqing was ecstatic when he heard this, and raised his head to the sky and shouted: "Father, my son asked you to protect you. He avenged you, and finally won't let you down!" The reason for his revenge is because in the Gengshu Incident, Altan made Jiajing lose all his face. Jiajing deeply thought he hated him and even said, "Who can take Altan's head" he would be the Duke of the country... Now with the same experience, he defeated Altan. Of course, he could say this, but it sounded a little strange, as if he was showing off to his father.
When people are happy, Longqing no longer stays in the harem to kiss all day. He goes to court early the next day to discuss the post-war affairs with his ministers. Xu Jie is also very happy. The representative emperor said first: "Today I can celebrate the victory here. The emperor is wise and powerful. In the next battle, the soldiers and soldiers use their lives. You all have made great efforts. Today we will gather ideas and discuss everything, and add glory to this victory*..."
The ministers repeatedly said yes, and at this time there was no distinction between the pro-war faction, and the pro-sects and the pro-sects." They all regarded themselves as victorious factions, and they looked proud of themselves.
Yang Bo is the Minister of Personnel and Minister of War, an important minister who is on par with Xu Jie. He always speaks first whenever he encounters major events. Although before the war, his role was not very glorious, he left no handle. So today he was also very energetic and spoke first: "What Yuan Weng said is, "Today, we discuss the victory of the victory, which reminds me of the past... I remembered the Gengxu Incident, when the Mongolian soldiers were at the city, the late emperor also summoned the ministers here. At that time, he was bleak in the face and exhausted his holy heart. We ministers were ashamed to die. "Today, we finally revenge...", and said with tears in his eyes, he looked at the people in the Hanlin Academy and said, "You have to write a good sacrifice and pay the predecessor to the late emperor."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, and the high-ranking Emperor Longqing was even more red and said loudly: "Yes" Yes! If the late emperor is here today, the old man might be very happy!"
Although Zhang Juzheng nodded, he sneered in his heart that Old Yang Bo is really powerful. After stroking his past and showing off his qualifications, he washed away the anti-war stains on himself and made the emperor happy.
But not everyone is so forgetful. Everyone was smiling when someone suddenly said strangely: "Some people are really interesting. They said they would never go to fight, but they also refused to let others fight. Now they have won, so they come to pick peaches again! They are so thick-skinned!"
The atmosphere in the court was stagnant. When everyone saw that it was the censor Zhan Yangbi, Gao Gong immediately scolded: "What are you talking nonsense!"
In fact, Gao Gong was protecting him, but unfortunately, Censor Zhan had not yet understood the officialdom, and thought Gao Gong was talking for Yang Bo, so he said with a hard neck: "Whoever says clearly..." and the peers immediately started yelling.
Yang Bo smiled as if nothing happened: "Since it was a pre-war discussion, we have to allow different opinions.
Once it is settled, I am fully supportive. Don’t you know who quelled the rebellion of Xuanda Bing Camp? Who reorganized the Ma family army for Lord Shen, and was responsible for the great relationship and sent the most elite Shenji Camp*…” These words must be made clear, because the officialdom loves to beat the dogs in the water, and he must ensure that he is always right... at least nominally correct, so that he will not become the target of public criticism.
Zhan Yangbi wanted to say something else, and Xu Jie said, "Mr. Puzhou is right. Since it is a discussion, naturally those who speak are not guilty, and they cannot be regarded as evidence of the crime afterwards."
Xu Jie's prestige was too strong, and Zhan Yangbi could only stop talking, but Yang Bo's face was also lost.
Xu Jie quickly changed the topic and said, "How should the ministers who have made meritorious battles be rewarded? Please ask the Holy Lord for the Long Live*..." Although the cabinet is almost in charge of heaven and earth now, because "gratitude comes from the best and is deeply rooted, the emperor still needs to decide on the reward matters.
Longqing thought about it and didn't know how to reward him, so he turned to Gao Gong and asked, "I am not very familiar with the rules and regulations. According to Gaoge's opinion, how is it the most appropriate to reward Lord Shen and the others?"
Gao Gong pondered and replied: "Report to the emperor, according to the etiquette system, this is the merit of Pinggu. Now he is the Minister of Rites. As the rules are the Prince Taibao." He paused, "There is a saying that he is the title of rewarding merits and responsibilities to responsibilities. He thought that his words were not only of great achievements, but also of great ability to accomplish great things. The cabinet was not enough, and the four old men were too busy. It would be better to let him enter the cabinet to counselor Jishu and share the burden on our shoulders. Wouldn't it be a good place to both worlds?"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but envy and jealous, thinking that Lord Shen has worked hard and made great contributions, but he has only been the Minister of Shangshu for a few days... It's too fast. But then I thought, what's the best thing to do when entering the cabinet? You can't be ranked in seniority when you go in? Mr. Xu is only 63, Mr. Gao is fifty-four, Mr. Li Chunfang and Guo Pu are younger. How long does it take to sit on the bench in silence to make it come true?
If you can't eat grapes, it's probably what it means.
But it is indeed reasonable...
Chapter completed!