prosperous age

Chapter 545 Chapter 544

Wei Guangde waited in the cabinet for a while, when the door of Xu Jie's room opened, he saw Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, come out.

"Old Xu Ge, Lord Yang."

Wei Guangde stepped forward to salute.

"Shan Loan, you come here"

"Send a note for Mr. Qu."

While speaking, Wei Guangde handed over Qu Jingchun's note, "Because it is related to the transcription of the grand ceremony, let me personally send it to Mr. Ge."

"Is it related to the transcription of the Grand Canon? Why?"

Xu Jie asked puzzledly.

Copying books is not as technical as him, and it's not about letting them sort out books.

It is more complicated to say that when "Yongle Dadian" is completed, it must go through multiple screenings and require many reviewers.

But Qu Jingchun and the others just supervised the copying of books. The imperial court gave people, goods, and money, so they shouldn't encounter any difficulties.

Hearing Xu Jie's question, Yang Bo also stood aside with great interest, so Wei Guangde had no choice but to cup his hands and said, "Old Xu Ge, most of the people selected by the Ministry of Rites are Confucian scholars with high morals. It’s no different than young people, and copying books is also a lot of energy.”

As soon as Wei Guangde explained the current situation of more than a hundred Confucian scholars transcribing, Xu Jie understood it, and lowered his head to open the statement made by Qu Jingchun.

In fact, the statement is very simple, briefly describing the difficulties encountered, and asking the Ministry of Rites to select and transcribe Confucian scholars.

Of course, the reason is actually very simple, that is, most of the supervisors are young, no more than seventy or eighty-year-old Confucian scholars. Although they have high prestige, copying books is really exhausting, and they can't adapt at all.

"There should be no problem with this statement. I will send the ticket to the palace in a while, and I will try to hand it over to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow."

After reading the report, Xu Jie felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Emperor Jiajing's attention to this matter has not faded because of time, in fact he still pays attention to this matter.

There is no need for Xu Jie to ask, as long as he is called into Yongshou Palace, he can almost see a copy of "Yongle Dadian" on the imperial book case.

Since Yang Bo is here, Xu Jie doesn't mind letting him take a look, it's not a military matter after all.

Yang Bo took a quick look at the note from Xu Jie, and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, priority is given to selecting those who are good at regular script from the Imperial College students to participate.

At the beginning, I said that Hanlin and Guozijian should be the main ones, and folk Confucian scholars only need to select a few to participate in the transcription, so there will not be so many illnesses and deaths, which will affect major events. "

"Ah."

Xu Jie nodded, as if he recognized Yang Bo's words, but the arrangement for this matter at that time was not so simple.

Copying the Grand Ceremony seems to be just a copy of the book, but it is actually a means for the court to promote the emphasis on culture and education. How could it be so simple.

The purpose of attracting folk Confucian scholars to participate is actually to show scholars an attitude of the imperial court and to be friendly to scholars.

After Wei Guangde finished sending the note, he naturally had to take his leave and leave the cabinet with Yang Bo to go to the palace gate by the way.

Walking alone with Yang Bo is naturally a rare opportunity.

After two or three pleasantries between the two, Wei Guangde asked about the rewards for this battle.

"Your Majesty has ordered Jiang Dong to return to the Ministry of War to discuss together."

Curious about Wei Guangde, Yang Bo only thought it was because Jiang Yingxiong also made meritorious service. Wei Guangde was worried that the court would reduce the reward for Ma Fang, so he replied indifferently.

"This time, Governor Jiang personally commanded the Datong Army to set up an ambush along the Great Wall, severely injuring the Huangtai Ji tribe of the Tartars. I'm actually not worried about Ma Fang. After all, he is already a commander-in-chief. Where can he go if he is promoted? Is it because of this that he is three men and three orphans. "

Seeing Yang Bo's appearance, Wei Guangde guessed his thoughts, so he continued: "I also participated in the war at the beginning, and I know very well that the whole army is united as one.

The commander-in-chief supervises the battle, and the subordinates work hard, which is the prerequisite for winning the battle.

But if you win, but your subordinates don't get the rewards they deserve, they will lose their hearts for a long time, and they are not far from defeat. "

"You mean, you are worried that Jiangdong will increase the contribution of the generals of the Datong Army and lower the performance of the Xuanfu Army?"

Yang Bo stood still when he heard the words, glanced at Wei Guangde, stretched out his hand and smiled and said, "No, no matter if it's the Xuanfu Army or the Datong Army, they are all under Governor Jiang's command."

"But after all, closeness is different. No matter how you say it this time, the Datong Army won the battle under Governor Jiang's personal supervision. From top to bottom, the Datong Army has different thoughts about Governor Jiang."

Wei Guangde just said lightly.

"Okay, don't go around the corner."

Yang Bo glanced at Wei Guangde, and said angrily, "Tell me, who do you want to recommend this time? Does your lord know?"

King Yu knew about Dong Yikui, but Wei Guangde hadn't had a chance to talk about Dong Yikui's desire for Shanxi Town's commander-in-chief this time.

But with Yu Wang's temperament, he would never deny such a thing.

Yu Wang, is helping relatives but not helping.

Yang Bo didn't dislike Wei Guangde coming to him to recommend generals. In fact, the people he recommended were generally pretty good, and it wasn't random recommendations.

"I heard that during the Battle of Pinggu, Xuan Dajun's general Dong Yikui made a good profit."

Wei Guangde spoke.

"Dong Yikui?"

Yang Bo muttered something in a low voice, nodded, and then walked forward again, saying as he walked, "He should be stable this time as the deputy commander, and there will be no more resistance."

Yang Bo thought that Wei Guangde was looking for him to implement the matter of being the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu. In fact, Dong Yikui had the opportunity to be promoted as the deputy commander-in-chief a year ago. fierce opposition.

The one recommended by the Xuanfu was Dong Yikui.

At that time, Wei Guangde also participated in lobbying for this matter, but the border town is special after all, the local forces are intertwined, and the influence is too great, sometimes the court has to be scruples.

In the end, Dong Yikui failed to formally mention the deputy commander-in-chief, but actually exercised the power of the deputy commander-in-chief, and guarded all the way.

Knowing that Yang Bo had misunderstood, Wei Guangde hurriedly followed, half a step behind Yang Bo and whispered: "I heard that there is a vacancy for the general officer of Shanxi Town."

Hearing this, Yang Bo stopped in his tracks again, Wei Guangde was also jerked and almost hit Yang Bo.

"You knew already?"

Yang Bo asked in a low voice.

"I heard Uncle Zhang mentioned it."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Yes, the Ministry of War intends to transfer Ma Fang to serve as the chief military officer of Ji Town. I remember you mentioned this earlier."

Yang Bo said.

"Yeah, I had this idea at the beginning, but it faded away later."

Wei Guangde replied with a smile.

Yang Bo looked at Wei Guangde, nodded his head after a while and said, "Since King Yu has this intention, I understand, and I will discuss this matter with Governor Jiang after he returns to the capital."

Then, the two continued to walk towards the palace gate. On the way, Yang Bo told Wei Guangde that His Majesty was quite dissatisfied with Ji Town this time, and would make a major adjustment to the civil and military officials of the border town.

"Understood, I have something to go back to Prince Yu's Mansion in a while."

Yang Bo is selling Yuwang good, since Yuwang intends to promote Dong Yikui, it is hard to guarantee that there will be other people.

Taking this opportunity of His Majesty to adjust the officials is actually an opportunity for Prince Yu's Mansion.

Seeing that Wei Guangde understood what he meant, Yang Bo just nodded and didn't continue talking.

After leaving the palace gate, the two naturally separated and went back to the yamen.

From the second day onwards, the officials who were in the Jiajing emperor's book were locked up by the Ministry of Punishment and taken back to Beijing one after another.

Although they are all foreign ministers, they are far away from the capital at the moment, and it only takes a day or two to arrest them.

The next day, Xu Shen, the governor of Shuntian, and Lu Yi, the deputy envoy of Bingbei Road in Tongzhou, were the first to be arrested and returned to the capital.

On the third day, Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao was also escorted back to the capital from Pinggu, where he was directly imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation.

Also on this day, Wei Guangde saw three carts of belongings sent by Ma Fang in the mansion.

"Move it back to the warehouse, organize it into a book, and the master will be useful when the time comes."

Wei Guangde gave instructions to Zhang Ji.

Some of these things will be kept by myself, while others will be sent to various mansions in the capital.

Three carts of things were delivered to him, Wei Guangde did not believe that others could not see them.

In the capital, how many pairs of eyes are watching from outside the mansions.

"Is everyone gone?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"After delivery, I left the capital and went straight to Changping."

Wei Guangde nodded.

After Ma Fang's Xuanfu army and Jiang Yingxiong's Datong army reconciled, they returned to Xuanfu via Huairou and Changping via Juyongguan, and Jiangdong went to Shunyi to the capital.

At this point, the battle in Ji Town is considered to be completely over, and the next step is to clean up the work, that is, to convict of meritorious crimes.

Naturally, someone in the Ministry of Punishment would inform the Prince Yu's Mansion, and Wei Guangde didn't need to inquire about the content and answers of the questions Yang Xuan and others were asked.

Although the trial has not yet been concluded, the Sanfa Division has actually made a conclusion on the charges of Yang Xuan, Xu Shen, Lu Yi and others, but it has not been made public yet, and the permission of Emperor Jiajing is still needed.

Although Yang Xuan, Xu Shen and the others wanted to quibble about the crime of not setting up a lock and garrison by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, after all, it is undeniable that the cavalry entered the country and the people were plundered.

In fact, for Yang Xuan, he knew very well that he might not be able to escape this time, and he had already made predictions after he learned that Prince Yu's mansion had returned the gift.

The crime of not setting up guards is not a small crime, it is a serious crime according to the law.

However, the Ministry of Punishment has not yet reported it, mainly because of the Yang Xuantong thief that Emperor Jiajing wanted to investigate.

The Ministry of Punishment found no real evidence, and Yang Xuan himself tried his best to deny it, pleading not guilty.

But if it was reported in this way, Huang Guangsheng knew that Emperor Jiajing would definitely not be satisfied, but it would be difficult for Yang Xuan'an to force Yang Xuan'an to commit the crime of informing foreign countries, and Huang Guangsheng was caught in a dilemma.

This is actually because Emperor Jiajing was angry with Yang Xuan for deceiving the emperor, and he wanted Yang Xuan to be executed on extremely disgraceful charges.

Wei Guangde and Huang Guangsheng also had a relationship on both sides. As Yu Dayou's fellow from Quanzhou, he also made great efforts in the process of turning Yu Dayou back, otherwise the Ministry of War would really not be able to give him a promotion.

Wei Guangde also didn't want to delay the award of General Xuan because of the procrastination of the Ministry of Punishment, so he simply visited Huang Guangsheng at home and gave him an idea.

Huang Guangsheng was asked to play, saying that Yang Xuan was unwilling to confess, and because the matter was confidential and related to the state system, it was better to hand it over to Jin Yiwei for investigation.

The memorial was sent up in the morning, and in the afternoon Jinyiwei Commander Zhu Xixiao personally went to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to pick him up and sent him to the Imperial Prison for trial.

Jin Yiwei was originally the white glove chosen by the emperor to do dirty work, and the trial process did not have to be responsible for the foreign court, and the trial was directly submitted to the emperor for final judgment.

Within two days, the news came out from the central government that Zhu Xixiao, the governor in charge of Jinyi and guards, found out that the traitor was Yang Xuan. Yang Xuan sent people to investigate the traces of the bandits and was killed. However, the traffic was actually carried out during the exchange of hostages.

According to the confession of the prison guard in Jizhen, Tong Han and his son inquired about various news about Daming after they were imprisoned, and then took them away during the exchange. They wanted to appeal but were bullied by Governor Yang Xuan.

Everyone in the court knew that Jin Yiwei fabricated the so-called criminal evidence according to the emperor's wishes, but no one would say a word for a dying person.

This story is actually not attractive at all, because it is completely impossible to explain what benefits Yang Xuan can gain by hooking up with the bandits.

However, Zhu Xixiao only relied on Yang Xuan's confession to admit that he captured Tong Han and his son, and directly deleted the later denials of indulging Tong Han and his son and colluding with the enemy, and reported Yang Xuan's crime of collaborating with the enemy.

However, it was this kind of memorial that was approved by the supervisor of ceremonies and sent to the cabinet for execution together with the previous memorial of the Ministry of Punishment.

Xu Shen and Feng Zhao were executed according to the law for the crime of not setting up defenses. Lu Yi and others were demoted to guard the border. Yang Xuan was beheaded for the crime of colluding with bandits and not setting up defenses. Loyalty ring.

In Wei Guangde's view, this is the biggest joke of Jiajing's 42 years.

The big officials in the Ming Dynasty would hook up with a tribal leader on the grassland, get nothing, and lose their heads in the end.

The Ministry of War and Xuanda Governor Jiang Dong jointly signed a petition for meritorious service and was quickly approved by the Rites Supervisor. Liu Han, Ma Lu, Ma Jin, and Zhang Chengxun each rank one level.
However, in two days, Dong Yikui, a general of the Shengxuan Mansion, also issued a decree to guard Shanxi as the governor of the capital, and Zhang Bangyan, the governor of Datong and Shuntian, also issued the same day. Zhang Shouzhong, the magistrate of Tongzhou, organized Miyun's military equipment for Shandong according to the inspector's affairs, and Zhang Shijun, the governor of Liangzhou's right deputy general army, was the left deputy general's assistant to guard Datong.

However, Wei Guangde's focus at this time was not on the appointment and dismissal of personnel, but on the transcript of the "Pacesetter" played by Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Yang Bo made a report, discussing the issue of the governor and the commander-in-chief's personal soldiers based on the matter of managing Jizhen, and based on the comparison of the combat strength of the officers and soldiers of the various ministries in the battle, he suggested that the governor, governor, and commander-in-chief build a battalion of personal soldiers. That is, the pacesetter.

The pacesetters belonged directly to the governor and other officials, and were formed with the battalion as the basic unit, with a battalion general commanding the battle, and a member of the Chinese army or the battalion officer to convey military orders.

Wei Guangde understood at a glance that most of Yang Bo's performances were ordered by Jiang Dong.

The pacesetters are actually the main barracks directly under the commander-in-chief, but this kind of organizational system is only available under the commander-in-chief of each town, while the governor, governor and other high-ranking officials do not have such personal guards, and can only recruit servants.

According to Yang Bo's intention, the governors and governors of important towns in the Nine Frontiers would select soldiers from each district or recruit from households in each district. Each would set up a branch with 3000 men each, and the police would listen to the commander-in-chief's unified dispatch and kill them on camera.

What does it mean?
Attack on Ma Fang?

What Wei Guangde was concerned about was not increasing the number of pacesetters. In fact, Ma Fang's main army battalion of tens of thousands of people was the pacesetters in Yang Bo's memorandum. Was it because Ma Fang had too many soldiers and horses and didn't distribute them to Jiangdong?

(End of this chapter)