prosperous age

Chapter 467 Chapter 466
Tell Yu Wang, in fact, it is also for the sake of comforting the heart of Yu Wang. After all, there are rebels with tens of thousands of mercenaries in the south of the Yangtze River. Yu Wang is also very worried, but there is nothing he can do.

In fact, this is the main reason why King Yu supports Yu Dayou so much.

With the battle of Datong as the foundation, if Yu Dayou commanded the battle to wipe out Zhang Lian's rebels, King Yu would feel more at ease.

After hearing Wei Guangde's report, King Yu rubbed his hands and asked: "The Ministry of War didn't say who will be the chief general to suppress the thieves?"

"No."

Wei Guangde replied.

"It can't be Hu Zongxian personally supervising the teacher."

Yu Wang said casually.

"Hu Zongxian probably didn't know the plan of the Ministry of War, otherwise he wouldn't have played it. He suggested setting up a deputy commander in southern Jiangxi to guard against Fujian thieves."

Wei Guangde replied immediately.

"Forget it, don't worry about this matter. Seeing that the Ministry of War is so confident, let's take care of it."

King Yu said with some regret that he actually wanted Yu Dayou to make great contributions to the extermination of Zhang Lian's rebels. In the future, he could use him better. He could be transferred to Jiubian as a general and stationed in a town. At least he would not have to worry about the North Defense up.

Just as Yu Wang and Wei Guangde were talking, Yan Shifan had already analyzed the meaning of Emperor Jiajing's performance to Yan Song in the cabinet Yan Song's duty room.

"Father, why don't you take out Hu Zongxian's memorabilia and directly recommend Shi Deyu as the deputy commander-in-chief of Gannan."

"Do you think His Majesty will nod?"

"How will you know if you don't try it? The Ministry of War knows to recommend Yu Dayou, so what if we don't recommend it."

The two were talking quietly in the room. Obviously, Yan Song's performance today did not follow Yan Shifan's original plan, which made him very nervous.

"Father, no matter what your majesty's attitude is, he hasn't made up his mind to let dad go into office. We must take this opportunity to maximize Ruzhen's rights."

Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song, and said word by word: "I don't care about that Yu Dayou, he's just a martial artist, not worthy of attention, but if Ruzhen can't control the whole Jiangnan, our Yan family may really have no way out. .”

"That day when I entered the palace for my father, His Majesty was very cautious about the memorial, and had no intention of agreeing to it at all."

Yan Song looked up at Yan Shifan and said, "I know that it was your idea to add the Deputy Commander of Southern Jiangxi to attract the attention of Prince Yu's Mansion, but you really think that controlling Jiujiang will make those people in Nanjing work for you ?"

"Father, you have seen the things that the boy sent people to investigate last time. You said that if you let His Majesty know about those things, the tricks played by Xu Pengju and Liu Shiyan, and the incident of those people using waterways to traffic in private salt has happened, Your Majesty How will we deal with them, the income of millions of taels of silver a year is enough for His Majesty to punish with death."

At this time, Yan Shifan's eyes showed a stern look, "With this handle in hand, I am not afraid that they will not listen to us. With Jiangnan, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be scruples. Only when His Majesty is afraid, our Yan family will not be in danger."

"I'm old after all, and I still want to go back to Jiangxi for the elderly."

Yan Song glanced at his son and said: "Even if we can control them for a while with those methods, once we return to Jiangxi for our father, do you think our family will be safe?

For those warriors, they can do anything. At that time, can't you imagine what will happen? "

"I will let them know what I have left behind. If something happens to the family in their hometown, those things will definitely be sent to His Majesty."

Yan Shifan said harshly.

"That is a double-edged sword. If it is not used well, it will push the family into an endless abyss."

Yan Song ignored Yan Shifan's words, just shook his head and said, "Instead of threatening them with those things, it's better to let Maoqing continue to befriend them and continue to provide them with convenience. Retire, for their benefit, they will try their best to protect us."

"But what if those people in the capital don't want to let go?"

Yan Shifan immediately retorted: "If you can't control the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, then it will be a man for the sword, and I for the fish."

When Yan Shifan said this, he suddenly felt a slight chill in his body, he stopped talking and looked at Yan Song.

At this moment, Yan Song looked at him with a stern coldness in his cloudy eyes, "Do you think that with those people from Nanjing, assisting King Jing, it's really difficult to get peace again.

What are those people in Nanjing like?Not to mention anything else, can their soldiers defeat the army of Jizhen? "

"Hu Zongxian"

Yan Shifan wanted to refute again, but was stared back by Yan Song.

"The group of people under Ruzhen listened to him and took the money he gave. The reason was not because he was appointed by the emperor as the governor of military affairs. If he raised the flag to rebel, those people would kill Hu Ruzhen immediately. In the chaos, destroy all evidence.

The warriors you look down on, when life and death are at stake, can do anything, you look down on those people too much. "

Yan Song said to Yan Shifan, his tone was full of regret.

Yan Shifan is very smart, but he uses it in the wrong place. He doesn't think about being upright when doing things, but likes to use unexpected tricks to achieve his goals.

King Jing is obviously exhausted, but he still wants to change his fate against the sky.

"You tell Maoqing that the private salt trade with Nanjing should be gradually reduced. Don't stop it all at once, and don't reduce it too much. You won't be able to catch them with these methods."

At this time, Yan Song is still trying to persuade Yan Shifan to give up his plan.

"Father, that's an annual income of one million taels of silver. If Your Majesty knows, it's impossible not to be tempted."

Yan Shifan still wanted to persevere.

"A few years ago, it might have been possible, but not now. Your Majesty wants stability."

Speaking of this, a trace of regret flashed in Yan Song's eyes, "If it was earlier, for so much money, His Majesty would have been ruthless, but not now, His Majesty will not plunge the country into turmoil for the money.

Ever since His Majesty fainted, in fact, he had been making preparations before that.

It was too late for everything, from the common people to the magistrates, they all still had their hearts towards the imperial court, they came out at this time to make trouble, but they thought they didn't die fast enough. "

"How does the Ministry of War plan to deal with Fujian thieves?"

Yan Shifan was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked again.

"With Liu Xianchong, the governor of Nanjing, as the commander-in-chief, and Yu Dayou as his deputy, the two of them, together with the governor, conspired to suppress the bandits. When they faced the battle and guarded the affairs, they listened to the decision of the two."

There are very few people in the Ministry of War who know this plan, only a few people, but Yan Song has been the chief assistant for many years, and there are countless hidden and obvious stakes buried in the six ministries, and many people have also been secretly supported by Yan Song to high positions. that's it.

"Liu Xian, Yu Dayou."

Yan Shifan muttered in his mouth, "I said why Nanjing suddenly wanted to add a battalion officer and transferred Liu Xian, the general soldier from Sichuan, into the battalion. At that time, Yang Bo was already prepared."

"You, you still want to maintain the current situation. What good does it do us?"

Yan Song knew from Yan Shifan's words that his son still wanted to maintain the current chaotic situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yes, it is indeed in their best interest for Jiangnan to maintain the current state, at least Hu Zongxian's position can be stabilized, and the capital has no reason to take action against them, at least for the time being.

However, if Yan Shifan is really allowed to secretly help Zhang Lian and his group, once the incident happens, it will be beyond redemption.

Emperor Jiajing would never let their Yan family go. No matter how much friendship he had with the emperor before, it would be useless at this time.

"Don't think about helping Zhang Lian and his group. They are rebels, not robbers. The emperor will not condone them."

Yan Song warned.

"Father, how can I help the rebels?"

Yan Shifan said in a relaxed manner, but obviously confident.

Yan Song sighed, he understood that even if Yan Shifan succumbs to him now and agrees to it, there will still be some small moves after he goes down.

"No matter what you do, you must not leave a clue, otherwise it will be difficult to die."

Yan Song could only warn Yan Shifan in this way, he didn't expect that his family would be ruined because of this when he was old.

No matter what, he has assisted Emperor Jiajing for many years, he has no credit for his hard work, and he has never had the slightest excuse, so that he can get a good result in the end.

Emperor Jiajing is such a person, the more you argue, the deeper his hatred will be in the end.

If you don't say anything and let others talk about you, Emperor Jiajing will miss you instead. He has been helping the emperor carry everything for so many years, no matter what the emperor will not let him go.

As long as the palace doesn't say anything, nothing serious will happen to him and his descendants, not to mention that he has also secretly made private deals with some people, and if they help overtly and secretly, this test will be passed.

However, Yan Shifan obviously didn't want to live in peace like this, and still wanted to make trouble.

If you are ten years younger, it might be a way to do so.

Looking at the back of Yan Shifan leaving, Yan Song could only pray secretly in his heart that Yan Shifan must not leave any clues to be discovered by others.

At the beginning, because of the benefits of maritime trade, Zhao Wenhua urged him to intervene in Jiangnan affairs, but now that Yan Song thinks about it, he feels a little regretful.

There is also Luo Longwen, who kept instilling in Yan Shifan the huge benefits of trading with the Japanese country, and asked him to write a letter to Hu Zongxian behind his back, delaying the army to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates, and indulge the Japanese pirates.

The fear is that after the Japanese pirates are wiped out, Emperor Jiajing will re-impose a more stringent ban on seas, thereby preventing them from sending ships to the Japanese country for trade.

The current chaos along the coast is an opportunity for them to take advantage of the fire.

But at this moment, outside the guard room of Yang Bo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, two third-rank officials were walking hand in hand.

"Is Master Shangshu here?"

One of them asked the scribe outside the door.

"Master Shangshu is here, the younger one will go in and report."

The scribe said to him with a smile on his face, then turned and walked into the house.

Not long after, the scribe came out, and said to the two of them with the same face: "Sir Shangshu, please Mr. Ge and Mr. Zhang to go in."

"Shouzhi, let's go in."

The man called Mr. Ge spoke.

"Ge Shilang was previously."

Zhang Shouzhi hurriedly said to Ge Jin.

The two entered Yang Bo's room one after the other, and after saluting with fists together, Yang Bo invited them to sit down.

"Are you two here for something?"

Ge Jin is the right servant of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Shouzhi is the Minister of the Taipusi who took office at the beginning of the year. The two came hand in hand. It is absolutely impossible to say that nothing is wrong.

"Da Sima, I only found out when I took office at the Taipusi. The Taipusi has been short of horses for the past two years. The Bianzhen and the Ministry of War ask me for horses all the time. Let's see where I can find them."

The person who spoke was Zhang Shouzhi, Minister of the Taipusi, who previously served as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and moved to the Minister of the Taipusi at the beginning of the year. This is a complaint.

The horse administration of the Ming Dynasty had actually declined at this time. The folk horse herds were directly turned into Changyingku’s income, but the official horse farms had horses. That was when they were inspected. After that, these horses had to be sold as Died for various reasons.

Just like in the unofficial history, "There was a handsome man in the Ming Dynasty who said: 'The horses I raise don't die, how can I sell the horses I raise.'

Bi said: "The horse is not dead, so where is the money for my horse inspection?" '

The army said: "The horse is not dead, but how can I get the benefit of buying it with Mahu and the whole family?" '"

Corruption prevailed from bottom to top in the Ming Dynasty, and Ma Zheng was naturally not immune.

It's just that after Hongzhi, the pressure on the northern Mongols increased sharply, and the Ming army began to urgently need a large number of war horses. It's hard to say whether this is for preparations for war or what.

However, Yang Bo, who is the minister of the Ministry of War, naturally knows the tricks. It is a fact that the frontier army lacks horses, and it is also a fact that the frontier army sells horses.

"What do you want?"

Since Zhang Shouzhi and Ge Jin came here together, presumably they came to discuss with him because they thought of some way.

"Master Yang, let's not talk about the frontier army, just talk about the lack of horses in the Beijing camp and we must first solve it."

Ge Jin spoke first at this time.

"You should have discussed what to do, let's talk about it first."

Yang Bo frowned and said directly.

"I asked the old people in the Taipu Temple, and they said that when the court lacked horses in the past, they used the method of appointing horses to solve the problem. This method has many advantages. The most important thing is that it can quickly obtain a large number of horses and solve the problem of lacking horses. .”

Zhang Shouzhi said bluntly, and took out a memorial from his sleeve, "Master Yang, please read it, and if it is feasible, please ask the Ministry of War to hand it over to the emperor."

"Nama's appointment? Is this how you solve the shortage of horses in the capital?"

Yang Bo naturally knew what Nama's appointment was. Although the word "Nama" was used, it was actually settled in silver.

Those who need to be appointed give the money to Taipusi to gain a higher level of advancement, whether it is entering the Imperial College to wait for the appointment or other places.

As for the money, Taipusi would naturally buy horses from surrounding Fanbang and chieftains with silver and hand them over to the army.

As for sending horses directly?

The answer is of course no. Although it is called "Nama", if everyone sends horses directly, how will the officials in charge of buying horses handle this matter.

There was a shortage of horses in the Beijing camp. Ge Jin went back to the ministry a few days ago to talk about the lack of horses. After that, he has been negotiating with the Taipu Temple. Today, he has reached a conclusion, but Yang Bo is still hesitant about the "appointment of horses".

Take a look at Zhang Shouzhi's official document. The case of Ma Que in Taipu Temple, please open Nama's conferment. Students of Beijing, Wei and Wu who have been in the imperial examination are allowed to be imprisoned with 240 taels of silver; Those who took the imperial examination received 320 taels of silver, and those who had civilian military registration and those who came to Beijing to visit relatives were willing to accept the same.

Those who have made meritorious service in the frontier of the army will be redeemed with silver, thousands of households and townsmen will receive 100 taels of silver, commanders will receive 140 taels of silver, and all commanders will receive 200 taels of silver.

The border towns are the governors, and the provinces in the two capitals are paid by the yamen and returned to their posts. The salary is calculated for the full day of meritorious service. One is in Beijing. In the case of a lawsuit, the post will be restored upon acceptance, and the edict will not be allowed for those who violate the obstacles.

(End of this chapter)