I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 106 The Southwest Incident Begins
"It seems you haven't slept all night. Thank you for your hard work. He Ning, please give me a seat and make Wei Zhongxian a cup of tea."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian who looked tired and asked with concern.

"Thank you, Lord Long Live. I can't wait to catch all these traitors in one night.

This is the list of people involved in embezzlement of money and salary and obstruction of the reform of the Beijing camp, which the slaves came up with after interrogating the generals who committed the rebellion yesterday. There are many nobles among them. Your Majesty, please take a look. "

With that said, he showed the list in his hand to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao took the list and saw that Wei Zhongxian's achievements last night were quite fruitful, except for the three battalion officers who had more than 40 people in the school yesterday.

There are also many battalion officers serving in the three major battalions who are also involved in taking empty pay and obstructing the reform of the Beijing camp. There are almost more than 100 of them.Now we are waiting to see how Zhu Youxiao will deal with it.

Now Zhu Youxiao didn't care about being angry anymore. He just wanted to solve all these things, and then he told:

"Arrest those who participated in the rebellion. As for those who are just taking empty pay and obstructing the reform of the Beijing camp, give their list to Chen Liangbi. Those who should be dismissed will be removed from their posts. Those who should be recovered will recover the stolen goods. Don't show mercy. When the time comes, give me a question book and let me Just take a look.

Take advantage of this opportunity to get things done, otherwise it will be difficult later. "

Zhu Youxiao also wanted to settle the matter once and for all and didn't want to delay it any longer. This also suited Wei Zhongxian's thoughts and he agreed immediately.

"My slave obeys the order, let's do it now."

After saying that, he left directly without looking at Liu Yishen and the others.

Seeing that the emperor trusted Wei Zhongxian so much, Liu Yishen and others had a bad feeling, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for Wang An's departure.

In the past, Wang An often disclosed some information about the emperor to Dong Lin, intentionally or unintentionally, so that Liu Yishen and others could always know the emperor's movements and thoughts in advance, which made it much easier to do things.

It's just that Wang An sent a letter the day before yesterday saying that the emperor felt that he was not in good health and wanted him to rest more and stop working in the ceremonial department. Once Wang An retired, the source of future information would probably be cut off.

Now Wei Zhongxian is gaining momentum, but he is ruthless and ruthless in his actions. Many people in Donglin don't like him very much. In the future, I am afraid that the relationship between himself and others with the Supervisor of Ceremonies will not be as good as before.

Compared with Liu Yishen's bad premonition, Shen Guan was happy to see Wei Zhongxian being important.

Because when he was in Hanlin, he had taught illiterate eunuchs in the eunuch lecture hall, and Wei Zhongxian was one of his students at that time.

Now that Wei Zhongxian has become prosperous and has become a eunuch, he is wondering whether to contact him more and get acquainted with him to improve his relationship.

But there were more important things to do now, and I saw Wei Zhongxian coming over again to mention the matter about the Beijing Camp.

Liu Yishen thought for a moment and decided to speak.

"Your Majesty, I have come here today because since Your Majesty appointed Chen Liangbi to reform the capital camp, someone in the court has been proposing that the court has its own system. In addition to appointing a general and a commander-in-chief, called the governor of the capital camp, there are also Assisted by a member of the civil service, he was called the Assistant Manager of the military affairs of the capital.

Nowadays, there are often vacancies in the position of assistant to manage the military affairs of the capital, and there are many problems in the affairs of the capital, which led to this major incident. I hope that your majesty will appoint a good minister to assist the Marquis of Taining in managing the affairs of the capital. "

After hearing these words, Zhu Youxiao looked blank, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

I cursed in my heart, I really picked the peaches on my own head. Why didn't I see you speak out when I was rectifying the Beijing camp? When the reform of the Beijing camp encountered obstacles, I didn't see any civilian officials come up with countermeasures.

Instead, he put himself in danger and finally settled the matter, only to come and say that he wanted the position. It was really a good calculation.

But it didn't matter after he thought about it. His idea was that in the future, his trusted ministers or military generals must serve as governors and take charge of the capital camp.Even if civil servants come to so-called assist in running the government, their duties will be empty and useless.Now arranging an individual to hold this position can be regarded as appeasing the subordinate officials.

"Well, that's okay. Do you have any suitable candidates?"

When the three of them heard Zhu Youxiao asked about candidates, they were eager to try.

"Your Majesty, after deliberation, I feel that Li Sancai, who is currently idle at home, is outstanding, courageous, and daring to do things. He has achieved remarkable results in tax supervision and water transportation, and he can serve as Minister of War to assist in the government affairs of the capital."

Why do they love Li Sancai, a big corrupt official, so much? Zhu Youxiao was annoyed. Ever since he learned that Li Sancai had a lot of corruption from the Sanmen corruption case last time, his impression of this person had drastically changed, and he even asked people from Dongchang to investigate secretly. , I guess we will soon arrive at Nanzhili.

"This person cannot be used. I have heard for a long time that this person is disorderly and has a mixed reputation. I cannot use him."

Li Sancai and Liu Yishui actually had some opinions about him, but Han Xu and others were friendly with him, so he didn't say anything.Now seeing the emperor's objection, he immediately named another person.

"Then Li Banghua, who is currently idle at home, can take up this position. He is an upright man and often puts state affairs first rather than personal gain. He is a suitable candidate." Li Banghua, this person Zhu Youxiao had heard of in his previous life, in Chongzhen Yuan He rectified the capital camp in 17 and achieved remarkable results, but he was excluded and left. Chongzhen committed suicide in [-] years and died for his country. He was a loyal and capable man.

"This person is good and a suitable candidate."

Zhu Youxiao paused and said with satisfaction, and then asked Shen Guan again.

"Shen Aiqing, do you have a suitable candidate for me?"

Shen Guan saw the emperor asking, and he had already prepared a draft.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that Huang Kezhan, the current Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, also served as the Assistant Manager of Beijing Camp Government Affairs. During his tenure, he also co-cast cannons with Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi. The effect was remarkable, and Your Majesty also knew about it. It can be seen that the two of them get along well. That’s right, now that Taining Marquis is the governor of Beijing Camp, he has to deal with many things every day, and he needs capable ministers to assist him, so he will get twice the result with half the effort.”

To be honest, Shen Guan didn't have a suitable candidate. This Huang Kezhan was not from the Qi Chu Zhe Party, but it didn't matter, as long as someone from Donglin couldn't hold the position.

Shen Guan's advice actually moved Zhu Youxiao more. He didn't want civil servants to take care of the affairs of the Beijing camp. Although Li Banghua had achieved remarkable results in reforming the Beijing camp in history, he was no longer required to do so. This kind of useful People with abilities can be put to other uses.

On the contrary, Huang Kezuan is a good person. He is old and is expected to become an official. He had a good relationship with Chen Liangbi in the past, so he will definitely not point fingers.

"Huang Kezuan has held this position before and is indeed the right candidate, so he is the one."

Shen Guan was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked him. Liu Yishen and others on the side saw that His Majesty had already chosen this person and could not insist on anything, so they remained silent.

Then Zhu Youxiao stayed with them and told them about the report in Liaodong. He saw that Xiong Tingbi and Yang Lian were catching spies and ransacking homes in Liaodong. The results were remarkable. More than 2000 hectares of land have been confiscated and they will be reclaimed in the coming year. Later, it is estimated that there will be more.

He was also more and more satisfied that Yang Lian had gone to Liaodong at the right time, so he praised Yang Lian for doing a good job in front of Liu Yishen and others.

However, he was also worried that after destroying the Jianlu spies in Liaodong and learning that the imperial court was well prepared, next year's Battle of Liaoyang would happen as scheduled in history.

Although he had to rely on fate in terms of personnel and affairs, he could not let Liaodong build troops out of thin air. The new battalion built by Chen Liangbi was not long established, and its combat strength could only be said to be average based on yesterday's performance, nor could it be sent to Liaodong rashly.

Now we can only give him more money and equipment, fully support Xiong Tingbi and give him full trust.
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The war in Liaodong seems imminent, and there are also undercurrents surging in the southwest.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to nip the trouble in the bud since he time traveled. He wanted to get information and make plans in advance before She Chongming and An Bangyan rebelled, so he asked Luo Sigong to send Jin Yiwei to Sichuan, Guizhou and other places to check the situation.

Luo Sigong also knew that this matter was a secret order from the emperor and did not dare to neglect it. He immediately sent the Jinyi Guard Qianhu Liu Beiyu, headed by Liu Beiyu, with more than [-] people to spy on the information.

At this moment, Liu Beiyu and his party had arrived at Xuanfu Division in Yongning (now Xuyong County, Sichuan Province).

The so-called Xuanfu Division is a hereditary official position for chieftains in the Ming Dynasty.In order to consolidate its presence in the southwestern region, the Ming Dynasty established a large number of hereditary official positions filled by ethnic minority leaders. According to their levels, they can be divided into military positions such as Xuanweishen, Xuanfu Envoy, and Appeasement Envoy, and civil positions such as Tu Zhifu, Tu Zhizhou, and Tu Zhixian, etc. .

The Yongning Xuanfu Division was hereditary from the She family in Sichuan, which was equivalent to the local emperor, and the imperial court was beyond its reach.

The current Xuanfu Secretary is She Chongming. Although he has only served as Xuanfu Secretary for 15 years, he has already been deeply entrenched.

It's just that although he was the local emperor in Xuanfu Division, in order to strengthen the management of the southwestern chieftains, the imperial court often appointed roving officials to manage them together with the chieftains. These roving officials were not willing to come to these "barbaric" places, and they would not come after they came. She looked down on these "foreign people", so she often humiliated the local chieftains, and always exploited and demanded bribes. She Chongming was often exploited by them, and she hated the officials appointed by the Ming court deeply, and she gradually began to rebel. .

So he planned to imitate Yang Yinglong of Bozhou and raise an army to rebel. But he was smart. In order not to make the same mistake as Yang Yinglong, he prepared secretly. He contacted the surrounding chieftains to build weapons, train troops, and take the opportunity to rebel.

Liu Beiyu set out from Beijing and went to Chongqing via Henan. He bought some goods and pretended to be a businessman going to Yongning to do business, taking the opportunity to gather information.

As soon as they entered the territory of Yongning, they discovered that the soldiers of the Yongning Xuanfu Division were particularly strict in searching outsiders, especially Han people. They had to check where they came from, where they were going, and what they were doing.

Fortunately, they were well prepared, their identities were perfectly matched, and they used money to clear the way, so they wouldn't be in trouble.

When they arrived in Yongningwei, they also rented a warehouse there and sold their goods everywhere. They secretly cultivated relationships with the locals and inquired about information from them.

However, Yongningwei was originally the residence of the chieftains of the Yi ethnic group. They came here rashly as outsiders, and their customs and languages ​​were different. Their deliberate conversation suddenly aroused the vigilance of the locals, who were unwilling to talk to them at all. Many people also complained to the Xuanfu Si Yamen Report that there is a suspicious person spying on information.

This gave Liu Beiyu a headache, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

　Thanks to book friend Yijian Shuanghan Shishiju for providing the supporting role of Liu Beiyu.

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