prosperous age

Chapter 237 Chapter 236 Return to Beijing
Nie Bao inspected the various flags and other trophies captured by the Xuanfu at the Ministry of War, and hurriedly took the battle report and these trophies to the cabinet to check in.

These days, the ups and downs inside and outside the capital are nothing to the scheming Yan Song and Xu Jie. The common people don't know, how can they not know the battle situation on the front line?
Al Da Khan did break into the Xuan Mansion, but it has been considered quiet in the Xuan Mansion recently, and did not continue to make trouble, let alone attack important places such as Yanqing and Juyongguan.

The current cabinet of the Ming Dynasty is waiting for the news that the Ministry of Defense has robbed enough and played enough, and it should go home.

After reading the battle report sent by Weng Pu, Yan Song's white brows trembled slightly, and then he smiled at Nie Bao: "I didn't expect that we, a little fellow, can actually fight the battle like this. No wonder we are valued by today .”

"That's right, Your Majesty should be very satisfied with Xiao Wei's outstanding achievement, but it's a pity that I Dahan, a thief chieftain, was not caught and let him run away."

Nie Bao laughed.

"Ha ha."

Hearing this, Yan Song just smiled, then turned to his assistant Xu Jie and said, "We have this good news, let's go to Xiyuan to tell His Majesty right away, he should be very happy."

"Yes, yes, as it should."

Xu Jie agreed with a smile.

When the members of the cabinet were rushing to Xiyuan, the news of the Xuanfu military newspaper also spread rapidly in the various yamen in the capital.

The news in the various yamen has always spread quickly, and most of them will not be out of shape at a glance, but in the afternoon, after the news spread to the wells of the capital, the taste completely changed.

In the story, Wei Guangde is portrayed as a character like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, resourceful, with a feather fan and scarf, talking and laughing, and the mast and oar are wiped out in ashes.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been widely circulated in the market at this time. After the people heard the news of the victory in the border town, they habitually used the characters of the Three Kingdoms, and directly described Wei Guangde as Zhou Yu's appearance + Zhuge Liang's ingenuity. .

Xiyuan's decree has also been issued, calling Wei Guangde back to Beijing to report on his duties, and Weng Pu will continue to preside over the finishing work on the front line of the Xuanfu.

Although Altan Khan led his troops back to the north, he should have reached the border by this time and will leave soon.

They left, but the affairs of the Ming country were not over yet.

The credit book, Wei Guangde has already prepared it. Originally, there are still lost population and property to be registered in the book, and the breached passes have to be dispatched to guard, and the damaged city gates have to be conscripted for repairs. A lot of things fell on Weng Pu's head, Wei Guangde took advantage of it and left first.

It was a few days later that Wei Guangde received the imperial court's order to recall him, and at this time he was struggling with a lot of messy things.

Don't look at it as just giving orders, but there are too many things, and there are too many mutual entanglements. It's not like the leader just opens his mouth and the subordinates run away to solve it.

Liu Dazhang has been sent to his own mansion. The letter from Weng Pu has already stated that the memorial of impeachment has been uploaded. Now he has to wait behind closed doors. As for whether there are other small actions, it is unknown, at least now that he is the head of the Xuanfu. The military officer is in the end, and what will happen next depends on the imperial court's order.

But now it's all right, he can finally leave the complicated government affairs here, and leave the matter to Tian Shiwei and Li Zhen who just arrived. Wei Guangde left Baoan Prefecture under the escort of Dong Yiyuan, and went directly to Yanqing Prefecture via Huailai County.

Here, he met Master Weng Puweng. Now that the fighting has stopped, the rest is finishing work. He is going to the front line to guide the work in person.

After enjoying a dinner under the arrangement of the magistrate of Yanqing Prefecture, he was called by Weng Pu to speak alone, rested here for one night, and went straight back to the capital on the next day.

There was nothing to say along the way, although the officials along the way wanted to curry favor with him, the new emperor's close minister, but Wei Guangde didn't want to get involved so early, so he could only run all the way back to the capital.

When their horse team saw the majestic towers of the capital towering in the distance, Wei Guangde actually had a feeling of being away for many years.

At the gate of the city, Wei Guangde and Dong Yiyuan separated. They were going to the capital camp to report. With Weng Pu's warrant, they escorted Wei Guangde to the capital to complete the task.

The troops guarding the Ming army are not allowed to enter the capital without an edict, and they are even more forbidden to enter the city if they want to.

Wei Guangde brought Zhang Ji and his guard Li San into the city. After entering the city gate, Zhang Ji asked behind him: "Master, should we go back to the guild hall first?"

Wei Guangde shook his head when he heard the words, "Let's go to the Ministry of War first."

This patrol was an order from the Ministry of War, so he still wanted to hand over the errand first.

The three of them rode on horseback and arrived not long after.

Wei Guangde changed into the official uniform of a seventh-rank official early this morning, but no one dared to stop him outside the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Handing over the reins to Li San, he just took Zhang Ji and walked into the office of the Ministry of War. The clerk at the door hurried over.
By the time Wei Guangde walked out of the Ministry of War, it was already noon.

After leaving the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Zhang Ji asked behind him, "Master, what do the adults inside say?"Are we going back to the hall or where? '

"Let's go back to the guild hall first, rest these two days, and wait for the summoning."

Although Wei Guangde brought Zhang Ji into the Ministry of War earlier, after entering, he could only wait in the courtyard outside, while he was brought into the inner hall. After the handover procedure, Minister of the Ministry of War, Nie Bao, summoned him alone, and he was the one who asked the question. This Hanlin Academy is reviewing whether they want to work part-time in the Ministry of War.

It's a fool's job.

Wei Guangde knew that he had made a show in Bao'an Prefecture this time, and it is estimated that the Ministry of War wanted to take him to the military and civil service, which he was naturally unwilling to do.

With a bright future, who the hell would want to be a civil servant in command of the army.

As long as he really goes, he may skyrocket like a rocket in a short period of time, but at the top he will be the Minister of the Ministry of War. If he wants to continue to rush forward, he will find that there is no way.

At that time, other colleagues in the DPRK and China will also exclude him and will not let him enter the cabinet, even if he has experience in the Imperial Academy.

"My lord, should we go to Nanxunfang house to see first, it's been about two months since we went out."

At this time, the guard Li San had already brought the horse over, and whispered to Wei Guangde.

"Let's talk about it later."

Wei Guangde is not in the mood to take care of the house now, and now he is still thinking about that Xiyuan man, if that man also wants to push him into the military civil service, there is no way to refuse.

According to Nie Shangshu, the emperor should have summoned him after two days to learn about the Xuanfu battle, so he can't run around in these two days, and has to wait for the emperor Jiajing to summon him at any time.

It's annoying to say, I bought a house but haven't lived in it, the Imperial Academy is free, but just entered the officialdom, Wei Guangde hasn't had time to ask monks and priests to figure out when to move in will be beneficial to his official career.

The three got on their horses and rode out of the inner city all the way back to the Jiujiang Guild Hall.

Wei Guangde was greeted warmly by the manager of the guild hall before he got off his horse as soon as he arrived at the door.

"Assuming that Mr. Wei will be in Beijing in the next two days, the younger one will have hot water prepared all the time. Should Mr. Wei have something to eat first or go take a bath and change clothes first?"

Wei Guangde has lived here for a long time, and the shopkeeper naturally knows that he loves cleaning, not to mention now, even in the winter, he has to take a bath once or twice a day.

"Eat something to cushion your stomach first."

Wei Guangde smiled and said to the shopkeeper, "It's been two months since I left, and I really miss the taste of your cook."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Wei, sit down quickly, we will go and order in person, and ask him to come up with some good ones."

The shopkeeper smiled flatteringly.

"Sit down and eat, too. You've been running around for a long time, and you're exhausted."

After finding an empty table and sitting down, Wei Guangde said to Zhang Ji and Li San with a smile.

Seeing that Zhang Ji seemed to be refusing, Wei Guangde shook his head, unable to refuse and said, "Sit down as soon as you are told, there are so many rules."

"I'll rest in the guild hall in the afternoon. You and Li San go to the house to have a look. Take some time out these few days to find someone to see, when will you move in?"

After buying the house for so long, Wei Guangde felt that he should live in it, otherwise it would be a waste. He never thought of hyping up the housing prices in the capital during the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Wei, you are back now. Our fellow villagers in Jiujiang Mansion made an appointment before. When you return to the capital, we will hold a reception banquet for you. Look."

At this moment, the shopkeeper of Jiujiang Guild Hall returned from the back kitchen to the front, stood beside Wei Guangde and whispered.

Wei Guangde knew in his heart that now he might become a favorite in the eyes of these Jiujiang businessmen, and if he agreed to their banquet, he would be softened if he wanted to accept the gift.

Wei Guangde didn't mind taking their favors, as all Beijing officials are like this now, their salaries are pitifully low, if they don't receive some filial piety, they really can't live.

"it is good."

Wei Guangde would not break this rule, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde took a nap in the guild hall. Zhang Ji and the others came back and said that everything in the house was fine and they could move there anytime.

Tonight, the Jiujiang Guild Hall was very lively. Not only a dozen of Jiujiang businessmen in the capital were present, but also many new scholars who had a good relationship with him also came.

The news of Wei Guangde's return to Beijing had already spread among the yamen in the afternoon.

Whether it is the new Jinshi or the previous Jinshi, many people are envious and jealous of Wei Guangde.

The dinner was also very rich. Wei Guangde had been away from the capital for a long time, and he was bombarded by the latest news from the capital last night, but what he was most interested in was the news brought by his colleagues from the Imperial Academy, Zhu Dashou and Tao Dalin. I was pleasantly surprised.

Lying on the bed at night, Wei Guangde was still doubting this matter.

This matter itself has nothing to do with him, but it just happened to happen at this time.

Speaking of which, Wei Guangde, the protagonist of the incident, is still very familiar with him. He has drank wine with him many times. He is Chen Jin, the No.

I heard before that Chen Jin was dispatched to participate in the canonization ceremony of the vassal king because of the three-year exam. According to the practice of the court, this is to give Chen Jin a promotion.

But just now I heard from Zhu Dashou that Chen Jin was unlucky this time, something went wrong with his business.

Perhaps it was because of the weak bones of the scholar. On the way to Shanghe to enshrine King Kangshun, he contracted an illness and couldn't arrive on time.

If it is now, can people still have three diseases and two pains?

Just take a vacation and you're done.

But this was in the Ming Dynasty, during the canonization ceremony of the vassal king, his deputy envoy represented the imperial court, and the envoy Guangning Bo Liu Yunzhong represented the royal family. His absence as a deputy envoy was naturally a serious dereliction of duty.

The current Chen Jin has already lost his official position in the Hanlin Academy because of this incident, and has been demoted to Huizhou Prefecture as an official.

Wei Guangde was surprised that Chen Jin could make such a big mistake for such a small matter, and he was naturally happy that the Imperial Academy had vacated an official post for revision, and there was also the vacant seat reserved for Chen Jin by the imperial court.

There are not many official positions in the imperial court, one radish and one pit.

On the way back to Beijing, Wei Guangde was still thinking about what kind of reward the imperial court would give him after this battle. It seemed that Chen Jin was being generous to himself.

Wei Guangde didn't think anything of the chance of picking up Chen Jin. It was his own fault that Chen Jin went wrong on a business trip. Even without him, someone would take up the vacant position, and he just bumped into it just in time.

However, after being pleasantly surprised, Wei Guangde was still a little worried after he calmed down, that is whether Emperor Jiajing would throw him to lead the army.

It seems that the summoning of the emperor for two days is very important, how should I behave?
Military background is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

If he hadn't shown the ability to lead troops to fight before, Wei Guangde wouldn't have worried at all, but now it's different.

In the eyes of the emperor, people from hereditary military families are all families that have been favored by the emperor. Their ancestors followed the old Zhu family to conquer the world, and the old Zhu family did not treat them badly. The benefits brought by the body should naturally be faithful.

However, what they need to pay attention to is the change in the mentality of those who have ascended to high positions after gaining the emperor's trust and empowerment.

In fact, the emperors who rebelled in history certainly never thought of rebelling when they first entered official careers or joined the army.
It is only with the continuous increase of power that the ambition increases. When one person is under one person and above ten thousand people, he finally covets the supreme throne and embarks on the road of rebellion.

Therefore, while promoting officials, the most important thing is to observe the changes in his mentality, especially the decentralization of power, so that no one can monopolize power.

Wei Guangde's soul comes from later generations, so he naturally has a deep understanding of this.

There have been many emperors in Chinese history, and many rebelled against their superiors. Most of them were in high positions and rebelled successfully.

The emperor who successfully rebelled from the bottom of society in history seems to be the current one.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s records are very clear. He was born as a cowherd baby, and finally completed a complete class leap, jumping from the bottom of society to the top. But when he participated in the anti-Yuan uprising, he certainly never thought that he would be the emperor one day The throne is just for eating and living.

When he finally had a group of fans and a strong military force, he developed the ambition to be emperor, and some people died inexplicably afterwards.

It's a bit far-fetched to think about this, but Wei Guangde has to consider the consequences of being a military civil servant. One day the emperor won't trust you, and there may be some consequences.

If you are an official in the imperial court or an official in the central government, if you lose the political battle, you just go home and farm.

On the second day after Wei Guangde returned to Beijing, he was restless in the guild hall, but the day was still calm and there was no servant summoning him.

(End of this chapter)