Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

"Now we don't have to count on those military ministers anymore. They have abandoned us old brothers and no longer stand with us. Haven't you noticed that they were not there during the moonlight banquet. Brother Liangzu were killed, and so many other brothers were exiled, did they ever ask for His Majesty’s favor?”

Everyone looked at Lan Yu, waiting for Lan Yu to give them an idea.

Now Huaixi military general, he Lan Yu is the backbone.

After Lan Yu was silent for a moment, she said, "By the way, Hu Weiyong! We can meet with Prime Minister Hu."

"Hu Xiang? Does he have the courage to see us?" Lu Zhongheng asked.

Lan Yu looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "You don't know this. Hu Weiyong, among other things, has always been unparalleled in his courage. He is even greater than his teacher, Li Xiang."

"Besides, he was the one who hinted us to stand still during the Xiaoliuqiu Island incident. Now that such a big thing has happened, he can't even think of staying out of it!" Lan Yu's smile faded and she said in a deep voice.

"Okay! Let's go find Hu Xiang!"

"go!"

Zhongshan Palace.

"Master, General Lan and the others are gone."

Xu Da was not sick at all. After hearing the news that Lan Yu and the others were leaving, he shook his head and sighed at a middle-aged man next to him: "Lanyu and the others are too impulsive. Not to mention that this military reform is not involved at all." Without generals like them, even if it was involved, they wouldn’t have swarmed into my house like they did today.”

"In this way, even things that could have been accomplished will be self-defeating."

You must know that from the day the Ming Dynasty was founded, Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to be wary of Huaixi Xunjiu.

The old Huaixi troops who originally followed him to conquer the world were scattered throughout the court, which was always a hidden danger in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, nostalgic sentiments, local accents, fellow villagers, and local party members all came together to make a fuss. This was a court, not an ancestral temple or an ancestral hall.

This is also the reason why he appointed Liu Bowen as the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and let him take charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the Huaixi people could not control the Huaixi people.

The blood here is too thin and involves too many things.

As soon as one person sneezed, another person immediately informed him.

Zhang San committed something, and Li Shiding came to intercede.

Therefore, as long as Xu Da lets Lan Yu enter the gate of his palace today, regardless of the specific content of the discussion, in Lao Zhu's eyes, this matter has been sentenced to death.

The middle-aged man on the side looked at Xu Da and said with a smile: "Third brother, I'm afraid that Lan Yu and Lu Zhongheng are already scolding you in their hearts for ignoring brotherhood and only caring about preserving themselves as you, the prince."

The middle-aged man was none other than Tang He, the first marquis of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da said angrily: "Stop gloating about others' misfortune. If they hit a wall here, they will go to your house next."

Tang He shook his head and said: "They know that I am cautious, and Lan Yu and the others have determined that if you don't dare to get involved in this matter, then I will be even more afraid."

Speaking of the soup, He put down the wine glass in his hand, smiled, and then said: "Besides, since Lan Yu became a duke, he may not take me, the original big brother, seriously now."

"Brother, what are you talking about? I don't know about others, but you will always be my good brother." Xu Da said.

Tang He raised his head and looked at Xu Da. He was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, it's me, the eldest brother, who made a mistake."

"If they don't go to your house, then where will Lan Yu and the others go?" Xu Da asked.

"Hu Weiyong's Prime Minister's Mansion." Tang He replied.

After hearing Tang He's answer, Xu Da's face became extremely serious and he said, "Hu Weiyong really dares to meet them?"

If there is anything that Zhu Yuanzhang is more afraid of than Huaixi people clumping together, it is the mixing of civil servants and military generals.

This can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo, and it was also a taboo for every feudal emperor in ancient times.

Because if civil servants and military generals join forces, it will pose a great threat to the throne.

In Xu Da's opinion, it is impossible for Hu Weiyong not to know this.

Tang He said: "Of course it's impossible to see it openly. During the day, Lan Yu and the others are sure to accept the rejection, but secretly, you can't tell."

"Our Prime Minister Hu is even more ambitious than Prime Minister Li back then."

"Forget it, let's not talk about these annoying things. Let's talk about business. This time, the military reform, third brother, what do you think?"

After Xu Da pondered for a moment, he replied: "The national policy of stabilizing the country and the new military system will definitely create more powerful Ming soldiers."

Tang He nodded and said: "I have the same idea, which is why I am willing to serve as Minister of Military Aircraft. Otherwise, according to my temperament, I would never push myself to such a position at the forefront of the storm."

"I support all the reforms proposed by His Highness the Crown Prince. I just want to give more preferential treatment to the conscripts. This way, these old Huaixi brothers will have an easier time."

Xu Da shook his head gently and said, "It's difficult. Your Majesty will never have any less affection for joining the army than we do."

The soldiers Tang He mentioned were the soldiers who first conquered the world with Zhu Yuanzhang, and most of them were from Huaixi.

In addition to the conscripted army, the Ming Dynasty soldiers now also include the surrendered army and the exiled army.

The so-called surrendered army refers to Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and military households from all over Jiangbei who surrendered.

The banished army refers to people who were conscripted into military service due to crimes.

"Moreover, the number of disarmament this time is as high as 20, and the money required for disarmament is already very high. Now that the military is restructuring, money is needed everywhere, and the imperial court may not be able to spend any extra money for a while. and preferential treatment.”

Xu Da paused and then said: "What's more, in any matter, the problem is not the lack of numbers but the unevenness. Although the conquest army contributed to the founding of the country, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the people who guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty were vassal troops. In Yang Guogong Before Hengkong was born, every year, the defenders on the northern border alone would die countless people when faced with the Tatars harassing the border."

"If we treat them differently at this time, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of these brothers."

Tang He picked up the wine glass next to him, took a sip, and sighed: "That's all I can do."

"By the way, there are five ministers of military aircraft. Why hasn't Yang Guogong come to discuss this matter?"

Tang He was not familiar with Yang Xian, so he looked at Xu Da and asked curiously.

Xu Da smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the entire military reform now is caused by that boy Yang Xian. It doesn't make any difference whether he comes or not."

Based on Xu Da's understanding of Yang Xian, Xu Da believed that this matter was almost the same.

The other end.

Sure enough, as Xu Da and Tang He expected, Lan Yu and his party received a big rejection in front of Hu Mansion.

"Hu Weiyong really doesn't dare to care about this!" "There is no such thing as a good scholar."

Lu Zhongheng and others were cursing and angry in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Only Lan Yu glanced down at the small piece of paper in his hand, then quickly put it away, then glanced around, and suddenly said loudly: "I don't know how to praise! Brothers, let's go!"

After saying that, he turned around and left first.

Inside the Hu Mansion.

"Father, Liang Guogong and the others have left." Tu Jie said.

Hu Weiyong nodded slightly and continued to make tea.

"Is the adoptive father afraid that there might be His Majesty's eyes and ears around the Hu Mansion?" Tu Jie said.

"It's not possible." Hu Weiyong handed a cup of brewed tea to Tu Jie, looked up at him, and smiled. "There must be."

Tu Jie bowed and took the tea cup.

"Thank you stepfather."

"Tu Jie, how do you think His Majesty treats me?" Hu Weiyong asked.

Tu Jie didn't know how to answer Hu Weiyong's sudden question.

Hu Weiyong took a sip of Kuding tea and said with a smile, "I'll tell you the truth."

"The founding of this dynasty has thirty-six meritorious officials. No one has more honor and favor than the King of Zhongshan. He takes off his clothes and feeds him, and he sincerely talks about everything. Among the civil servants, the most important one is Li Xiangguo. But even if The two of them were also divided into the left and right prime ministers of Zhongshu Province at the beginning. But why come to me, the position of prime minister of Zhongshu Province is controlled by me alone."

"Tu Jie, do you think His Majesty's trust in the truth can be compared to that of Prime Minister Li and the King of Zhongshan?"

"Your Majesty is going to take action against Zhongshu Province."

Originally, Hu Weiyong had not had this idea.

It wasn't until the Military Aircraft Department was suddenly established not long ago that this idea suddenly popped up in Hu Weiyong's mind.

And the more Hu Weiyong thought about it, the more he became firm in his opinion.

At this time, Hu Weiyong only thought that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to reduce the power of the Zhongshu Province. He did not know that what Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to do was far crazier than what he thought. Lao Zhu planned to directly abolish the prime minister system!
This is a tug-of-war competition between imperial power and prime ministerial power.

Hu Weiyong saw this very clearly.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang took action and established the Military Aircraft Department to take away the power of the Ministry of War from the Seven Departments of the Third Academy (plus the Ministry of Education) under Zhongshu Province.

If he doesn't take any countermeasures, then next time it will be the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ministry of Works, etc.'s turn.

This is why, even though he knew it would be dangerous to contact Lan Yu and other Huaixi generals at this time, he still chose to do so.

Because Hu Weiyong couldn't let Zhu Biao and his army reform so easily this time.

And Tang He is very good at judging people.

Compared with Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong is more ambitious. He will never be satisfied with being the emperor's microphone and rubber stamp.

Hu Weiyong himself also wanted to establish contact with these Huaixi generals.

In the original time and space before Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang was cautious, Xu Da often led troops outside, Wang Guangyang only knew how to drink wine and recite poems, and the contradiction between imperial power and prime minister power was not yet prominent. However, Hu Weiyong, who had been prime minister for seven years, used power and chaos and acted arbitrarily, which made the conflict between prime minister power and imperial power more clear.

Moreover, in the original time and space, among the four major Hongwu cases, Hu Weiyong was the only one who was convicted of the crime of treason against the Nine Tribes!
Although it was said that Zhu Yuanzhang was raising gu on purpose, given Hu Weiyong's temperament, it was really possible that he could do it.

That night.

A carriage stopped at the back door of the Hu Mansion, and a man covered by a black cloak got out of the carriage. The man got off the carriage and was quickly taken into the house by the housekeeper of the Hu Mansion.

study.

"Hu Xiang, is it necessary to be like this? Are you too careful?" The man lifted the hat on his cloak, revealing the true face inside, which was none other than Liang Guogong Lan Yu who came back during the day.

Hu Weiyong looked at Lan Yu and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, Mr. Liang, now is a very special season, so be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. It's not like you haven't seen the tricks our Majesty has used over the years."

Some bad memories came to mind, and Lan Yu nodded with an ugly expression.

He seems to be involved in everything that has happened over the years.

Starting from the earliest Yangzhou snowflake salt incident, Lan Yu can be said to have been beaten all the way to the present.

"Duke Liang and the generals, why are you visiting me?" Hu Weiyong said.

"Hu Xiang, why bother pretending to be confused while pretending to understand." Lan Yu snorted coldly and then said. "We brothers want to know the specific details of this military reform."

Hu Weiyong put down his tea cup and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Liang Guogong asked the wrong person. Today's Zhongshu Province is no longer the former Zhongshu Province. Zhongshu Province doesn't know anything about this military reform. Liang Guogong, you should ask the Military Aircraft Department King Zhongshan, Tang Shuai and the others."

"Let’s not hide this from Hu Xiang. The first person our brothers went to was Xu Shuai, but he excused himself by claiming he was ill. It is obvious that he has not only been crowned king, but also entered the military aircraft department, and ignored us Zihuai. Brother Xi. Otherwise we wouldn’t have come to see you, Mr. Hu.”

Lan Yu looked at Hu Weiyong and said, "We regard you, Mr. Hu, as one of our own. Mr. Hu, don't hide anything you know from us."

Hu Weiyong thought about it for a moment, and then slowly said: "I heard that last night, His Royal Highness the Prince discussed with the military ministers of the Military Aircraft Department all night, and planned to let the older generals also disarm and return to their fields, so that the young people could Make room.”

Hearing this, Lan Yu immediately exploded.

Because the layoff of veterans has been announced and decided, Lan Yu has no doubt about the authenticity of Hu Weiyong's words, even if Hu Weiyong used the word "heard".

"Are you looking down on us veterans? We are too old?!" Lan Yu said angrily.

Hu Weiyong quickly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Liang, even if this reform decision is really made, this matter will not fall on you. If I remember correctly, you are only thirty-seven this year. If you really want to attack the older general, It’s not your turn either.”

"According to my calculations, generals over forty years old are probably a little hung up."

After listening to Hu Weiyong's words, Lan Yu became even more angry, and the elder's face immediately darkened.

If the generals over forty years old have to retreat to the second line, then Lu Zhongheng and Tang Shengzong are not running away.

But even if he was lucky enough to escape this time, he is already thirty-seven years old. How many years are left for him?

Lan Yu's ultimate goal is to be granted the same surname as Xu Da.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu gritted her teeth and said: "Old? A general in his forties is in his prime, and he is now fifty-one years old when he is in power. Why don't we see him abdicate!" (End of Chapter)