Jingming

Chapter 135 Suppress, Suppress, Suppress Chaos in the Southeast?
How big is Nanzhili?
Of the three capitals of Ming Dynasty, two are in South Zhili: Nanjing and Fengyang.

In addition to Yingtian Mansion and Fengyang Mansion, there are also Twelve Mansions and Four States.

However, Nanzhili did not set up three divisions, such as the chief envoy, the inspector, and the commander. All the prefectures in Nanzhili were under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

For example, for finance and taxation, each prefecture directly communicates with a certain department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.According to the current practice, the finance and taxation of the prefectures and prefectures in Nanzhili are connected with the Sichuan Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.When he arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, he was evenly distributed to the clean officials in several provinces.

It is the censor of sub-roads that exists in the thirteen provinces of the world, but Nanzhili does not have the same.There is no single governor of Nanzhili, but the governor of Yingtian and Fengyang.

All because of the importance of Nanzhili: summer grains of wheat and autumn grains, Nanzhili accounted for about [-]% of the country; the style of writing was at its peak, and all high school students in the North and South List incident were from Nanzhili; the ancestral mausoleum was in Nanzhili; An important section is in Nanzhili; after diversion, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which seizes the Huaihe River and enters the sea, is in Nanzhili...

Nanjing is also located in South Zhili. During the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of nobles settled in Nanjing. Some government offices in Beijing also have a backup in Nanjing.

Nanjing Guoben, Zhang Zilin often sees these words in many memorials and edicts.

But now, he's above it.

Not only the governor of Nanzhili, but also the governor of Zhejiang Province, who incidentally took over the authority of the governor of Fujian, who has not yet decided on a candidate.

"Xingdutai, I don't know if you supervise the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian. How about the defense inside and outside Nanjing and the affairs of the river? Are you also under restraint?" Qiao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, asked the question.

The Nanjing Garrison Office is the largest "wharf" in Nanzhili and the core of Nanzhili's power.

Among the six ministries in Nanjing, there is only one Minister of the Ministry of War who can be called the real power. That is because the Minister of the Ministry of War is usually the counselor for the meeting and maintenance of the garrison hall.

At this moment, the internal garrison is the garrison eunuch Dai Yi, the Nanjing garrison is Xu Pengju, Wei Guogong, who has just succeeded Zhu Fu, the Duke of Cheng, and is resigning from the governor's office of the Chinese Army in Nanjing, and the coordinating garrison is Song Liangchen, Marquis of Xining, who just came to the throne after the death of his father. In charge of Caojiang affairs, that is to say, the drill of the Yangtze River Navy was Li Quanli, the head of the former Nanjing Military Governor's Mansion, Xiangcheng Bo Li Quanli, and the admiral of Caojiang was Hu Zan, Zuoqian Capital Censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This group of people, together with Li Chongsi, Governor of Yingtian and Shangshu of Nanjing Ministry of Industry, Zang Feng, Governor of Fengyang, and Yin Mengchun of Yingtianfu, all looked at Zhang Zilin at this moment.

In their eyes, there is not only doubt, but also anxiety and vigilance.

Zhang Zilin understood them, so he said calmly: "Everyone knows why the governor came here. Before the governor returned to Beijing, the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Fujian were naturally controlled by the governor. If you want to report to your majesty, what do you think?" No, take it easy."

All these civil servants and nobles suddenly had complex expressions.

Nanzhili, together with Zhejiang and Fujian, almost sits on [-]% or even more money and food in the world, and there are also the left-behind Nanjing guards controlled by the five Nanjing prefectures-although the combat power is very poor, there are also Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian guards And the soldiers and sailors under the jurisdiction of the inspector.

It can also hold the throat of water transportation.

The governor of Zhejiang Province has too much power.

This is no longer a question of whether the structure of Nanjing, which provided a large number of official positions, might be abolished, but a question of how angry the emperor was by the killing of officials in the southeast before he would appoint such an imperial envoy.

Xu Pengju was very young, and he was afraid, so after Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu resigned, he took over the defense of Nanjing and handed over his resignation to Beijing almost half a month later.

The same goes for Song Liangchen, whose father had just passed away.

The Guangdong and Guangxi eunuch Fu Lun committed suicide in fear of crime, and the Nanjing garrison eunuch Dai Yi sat here without saying a word, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Zhang Zilin's "please go ahead" made them all silent.

Everyone knows why Zhang Zilin was appointed by the emperor. At this time, it was said that "the governor of Zhejiang Province has too much power, and the country of Nanjing may be in danger of being shaken"?
Zhang Zilin is not Yang Tinghe who "shows weakness and exhausts the enemy". At that time, Zhang Zilin, who dared to listen to Yang Tinghe's words and show "ruthless" to the emperor, now speaks clearly: "The governor went south for three things, supervising food, suppressing rebellion, and calming chaos. You don't need to speculate What is the holy will, I can tell you clearly."

He is not Zhang Fujing, he has his own rules.

He had been an official in Nanjing for ten years, and Zhang Zilin knew exactly what kind of people these southeastern officials and gentry were.

He doesn't need to rely on the emperor to give a sword to show his authority. He is one of the nine ministers and a minister who participates in the national policy meeting.

He doesn't need to kill local officials to shake his ruthlessness, he is already a ruthless person.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Da Sikou said calmly: "Neglecting autumn grain and water transportation is regarded as treason, suppress! Killing officials is rebellion, ineffective handling of cases, hiding and hiding are also treason, suppress! Chaos, treat it as a traitor, suppress it!"

One sentence at a time, this garrison hall can listen to needles quietly.Won't this suppression cause chaos in the southeast?

But if there is chaos in the local army, who will come to suppress it?
"Why did Mao Cheng become an official? It was just because he forgot the big things in the past." Zhang Zilin gave an example, but did not say the second half of the sentence. Was Mao Cheng really unfaithful?Just pedantic.

But the essential question is whether loyalty is absolute or not.

So Zhang Zilin continued: "Killing an official is rebellion, and there are only two paths in this matter, loyalty or rebellion. Everyone, do you understand?"

"... I would like to obey the holy will, please show me the supervisor." Dai Yi opened his mouth.

He is a courtier, and his attitude is very clear.

Zhang Zilin looked at him, probably after Wei Bin and Fu Lun, the courtiers were already the most sober.

"Your Majesty is as merciful as the sea, and his spirit swallows the sky. Before the governor went south, all the officials at the national policy meeting were united, and the monarch and his ministers had prepared for the worst." Zhang Zilin's words once again made many people's hearts jump wildly, "As your Majesty said, the feudal Wang Jitong, is there no chaos? Your Majesty Yuji, it was the cabinet ministers who supported him and all the ministers persuaded him to come in. Wei Guogong, you were the leader at that time, did you forget?"

The young Xu Pengju called out to his mother in his heart, not knowing why Zhang Zilin named him: "I never forget!"

Qiao Yu was terrified when he heard that, and then saw Zhang Zilin looking at him: "So if the frontier army needs to go south and the provinces serve the kings, it will be a battle for the big legal system, and the world will be turned upside down. Counselor Qiao, tell me, at this time, the autumn grain and water transportation Is it chaotic? Should the real culprits who killed officials be investigated? Should those who are not ministers be suppressed? Are the armies in the southeast still loyal to the emperor?"

"...Every sentence of the governor's platform is the most reasonable."

"This governor will warn you all in one sentence: At the national policy meeting, you may not fully understand the unity of the monarch and his ministers. This governor is here on behalf of Yang Ge." Zhang Zilin finally said the heavy news, " In less than half a year, Mr. Yang Ge asked his son to abandon the imperial study to study with him and go to Guangdong to record events. Mr. Yang Ge also invited the south to be the foundation of his majesty's township. Your majesty's majesty's great talent and strategy, you all understand with your heart."

Coming to Southeast, how many people's nerves will be affected by this round of killing officials?How many people's interests have been touched?

The civil servants attending the meeting now understand the essence of it better than Xungui.

So why did Yang Tinghe ask himself to go south?Has His Majesty completely suppressed him, or has His Majesty made him completely worship him?
Zhang Zilin said: At the national policy meeting, it is unimaginable to outsiders that the monarch and ministers are single-minded.

If the imperial court can't get into chaos at all, what can Southeast have to rely on?
It's nothing more than a temporary pain.

The pain of the imperial court lies in taxation and water transportation.

The pain in the southeast is the destruction of the family, and the heads are rolling!
Zhang Zilin only left this warning to the senior officials in Nanzhili, and then went to the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment.

The prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and the Chancellor of Zhenjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili, the three prefectures where the accident happened in Nanzhili have arrived ahead of time.

"This governor was in charge of the world's criminal names before. The county magistrates of Kunshan County, Qingpu County, and Zhenjiang Prefecture were assassinated. How have you investigated?"

Sitting beside him was Li Chongsi, Governor of Yingtian.Of course, he can't be the governor of Yingtian Mansion. The governor of Yingtian generally has roughly jurisdiction over several prefectures to the east and south of Yingtian Mansion: this time, all the accidents happened within the scope of his governor.

"Master Dutai, now only Qingpu County has caught the assassin on the spot." Li Chongsi replied on his behalf, "The magistrate of Kunshan is suspected of a vendetta, and the assassination of the magistrate of Zhenjiang may be the work of Yangtze River bandits. We only have some clues. The file is here..."

"Water bandits in the Yangtze River? Let's suppress them first." Zhang Zilin didn't even look at the file, "Zhu Wan, you go to Counselor Qiao, Admiral Hu, and Uncle Xiangcheng first, and then go to Zhenjiang Prefecture to supervise the assassination case of the prefect of Zhenjiang."

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Along with Zhang Zilin, there were quite a few people from the Ministry of Punishment, including Zhang Fujing and Huang Zuo's fellow student Zhu Wan from Suzhou.

He was imprisoned only three days after he was born, and the Zhu family was punished a hundred days later.

Because of the changes brought about by this subject, when he was appointed as an official, Zhu Wan no longer watched the Ministry of Politics and Industry as in history, but the Ministry of Politics and Punishment.

Now, 27-year-old Zhu Wan also has his chance.

"Since the Yangtze River water bandits are suspected, they should be suppressed for the purpose of supervising Taiwan. If the suppression continues, there should be new clues."

In front of Hu Zan, Zhu Wan saluted: "I will go to Zhenjiang first, and wait for the navy camp."

Hu Zan, the censor of Jiangdu, nodded and watched him leave.

More than half of the Yangtze River water bandits are related to illegal salt trafficking.Xinjiangkou Naval Camp, Nanhu Camp in Jiujiang Prefecture and Anqing Camp in Anqing Prefecture spend 10,000+ taels a year to build paddle boats for naval households along the river to arrest robbers.

How much food and salaries will be spent to suppress the bandits this time, and how many people's interests will be mobilized?

But the Yangtze River water bandits are suspected of assassinating the prefect of Zhenjiang...

Hu Zan gritted his teeth, and said to Li Quanli, Boss of Xiangcheng, "Li Caojiang, the water transportation cannot be delayed. The army of suppressing bandits, please send troops from Nanhu Camp and Anqing Camp to go down the river, and suppress them along the way!"

Li Quanli clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry about it, Admiral, I'll make arrangements right away."

Zhang Zilin's first strike in the south began with the suppression of bandits.

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"Guo Xun, please go to Shandong to suppress bandits and train soldiers?"

Zhu Houcong looked at Zuo Shu with a strange expression.

At the national policy meeting, one person was temporarily missing. Although the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was temporarily assumed by Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, he did not get the opportunity to participate in the national policy meeting.

Everyone understood that Zhang Zilin would come back after finishing this matter. This was the emperor's reassurance to him, and it was also the emperor's way of telling Southeast that the governor of Zhejiang Province was only a temporary setup.

Now Cui Yuan has not started to go south, he reported: "The bandits in Shandong have their own way to suppress them in Shandong, and the minister has dissuaded him. However, he was afraid that going south would cause trouble, so he insisted on training the soldiers first. The minister and Da Sima discussed it. In Zhending Mansion, there are occasional bandits who steal the canal boats. The army is unable to protect the water transport, and it is really difficult to divide the troops to chase them down. Zhending Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhili. Since Marquis Wuding intends to train troops, he may allow it. Nowadays, autumn grain in the south The Northern Movement is exactly the time when thieves are rampant."

"That's right, at least you have the courage to fight without fear." Zhu Houcong nodded, "The middle army of the Shenji Camp was originally selected from the Beijing camp. Even if the drills were slack before, they are not completely new. Let's see if he cripples the army of the Shenji Battalion, or he develops his edge."

He thought for a while and then said: "Zhang Zilin has already gone south, let the right servant of the Ministry of War temporarily supervise the water transport to suppress the bandits, and make unified arrangements. Cui Yuan, tell Guo Xun that if you want to kill good people because of meritorious service, I will say that the whole family will be copied and beheaded." , will not be ambiguous."

Cui Yuan's heart shuddered: "The minister leads the order."

Yang Tinghe looked at the emperor, the right servant of the Ministry of War was his younger brother, Yang Tingyi.

Zhang Zilin has gone south. Southern Zhili and Zhejiang are important places for autumn crops. He has to shoulder a layer of responsibility first.

Now Yang Tingyi has to shoulder another layer of responsibility from the aspect of water transport and suppression of bandits.

If the Ming Dynasty's autumn grain drops sharply by one or two levels, even if a lot of officials and troops in the capital are abolished this year, it will be difficult for the capital to stabilize.

The emperor must use an upright attitude to control the southeast, so the matter of controlling the risk can only be left to their courtiers.

Yang Tinghe said again: "Your Majesty, I'm in charge of the Huangzhuanghuangdian. In order to protect Zhili in the north and export grain to the border, I ask your Majesty to give it to you. If you ask me to confiscate 27% of the good land in Huangzhuang and sell it, there will be no autumn grain this year." In addition, can the [-] official stores and [-] imperial stores in central Beijing be taken over by the household department to stabilize food prices?"

Zhu Houcong took a deep look at him: "Yang Qing played three parts of Huangzhuang, a total of seven places, involving a lot. Although there is my will, it may still be difficult to implement."

He has seen the cleaning plan that Yang Tinghe sorted out. This time, the emperor's own Huangzhuang was not touched. Of the seven Huangzhuang, accounting for [-]% of the area, half belonged to Queen Mother Zhang, and the other half belonged to certain princesses. , Other royal families.

It also includes Cui Yuan's family.

And those imperial stores were all vacated by Zhu Houzhao, and were previously run by the ministers and relatives.Official stores are basically run by dignitaries in Beijing and China.

These shops sell all kinds of goods from south to north, and there are even some items for imperial use made by the 24 yamen in the palace. The inside story is very complicated.

The plan that Yang Tinghe asked to play was all about the interests of the royal family, the emperor's servants, and nobles.

But Zhu Houcong didn't want to stop it.First of all, Yang Tinghe didn't touch those that went directly into the emperor's private treasury.Secondly, nobles and nobles use this method to make money, without paying taxes, and continue to suppress the space of other businessmen, which is indeed a problem that needs to be solved.

Zhu Houcong just didn't expect Yang Tinghe's attitude to be so firm now, and he really dared to directly offend Empress Dowager Zhang and offend so many relatives.

"If Your Majesty has a will, the matter of implementation will naturally be handled by the minister." Yang Tinghe said frankly, "If there is no major event in the southeast, it will be very difficult for the minister to implement it. Now is the best time, but I just need Your Majesty to work hard and help I appease Renshou Palace and all your relatives."

He also said to Cui Yuan: "Dai Ping has another salary now, the eldest princess shouldn't care about the harvest of Xu Huangzhuang, and the profit of some shops, right?"

Cui Yuan was a little embarrassed: "Now that I'm trying to persuade you, the Eldest Princess will listen more. If there is a will, I will follow it. Your Majesty will see clearly."

Everyone in the royal study showed knowing smiles.Not counting the early days of the founding of the country, Cui Yuan may be regarded as the most powerful son-in-law captain in the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. Recently, it is obvious that the momentum and spirit are slightly different.

"Since that's the case, then let's play it." Zhu Houcong was also waiting for the day when Yang Tinghe formally raised the matter, "I will host a banquet and admonish you."

What Yang Tinghe said was appeasement, but when he came to Zhu Houcong, it became an admonition.

The emperor's Longevity Day was not a big deal, but after the emperor's biological mother and sisters arrived in Beijing to enter the palace, the long-delayed meeting with the relatives of the Xunchen Kingdom was finally arranged.

But this time, it was Xun Chen and his relatives who also entered the palace together, and His Majesty held a banquet in Qianqing Palace.

Dare not to go?
After I go, can I come out without expressing my opinion?

After Mai Fu went to Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhang Yong was still in charge of the Yumajian, and his status did not decrease at all.

It was Wei Bin and Gu Dayong who went to the palaces of the emperors and nobles in the capital to announce the decree.

Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo was thinking about leading troops to kill Guo Xun who was suppressing the bandits, and his old teeth smashed.

And the ones who are most afraid are the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling.

(End of this chapter)