Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Your Majesty," although Zhang Shouren is considered one of Xue Guoguan's generals, but at this time the interests of the entire civil service are at stake. It is heard that those who are more than [-] years old and made uncles because of military merits, it is better to slightly reduce their rewards, give more gold, silver and gifts, and suppress their meritorious titles, and it is advisable to leave them for future titles."

"Master Xue's performance is very correct, and the minister seconded it."

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

For a while, apart from the eunuchs and unqualified ministers, all the civil servants present expressed their opinions one after another, and they strongly opposed Chongzhen's bestowing the title of Earl on Zhang Shouren. [

And because of Xue Guoguan's prominence, many civil servants present who had opinions on him and had embarrassment in their hearts also nodded slightly to express their approval.

This Mr. Xue, after all, has nothing to lose, and he was the first to oppose this matter, which naturally satisfied everyone.

But Chongzhen was very dissatisfied.

He glanced at Xue Guoguan with extremely stern eyes. This person has become more and more dissatisfied to him recently. He has no outstanding performance in government affairs.

Locally, disasters and abnormalities are endless, the actions of the government are very limited, and complaints are everywhere.

In terms of taxation, there has been no improvement, including the salary of the newly recruited trainees. Some local officials have been fattened up in vain.

The trained soldiers are even more despised.

In terms of military affairs, ten Xue Guoguans in Chongzhen's mind are no match for one Yang Sichang. National affairs are nothing more than military, political and taxation. Xue Guoguan has already been demoted in Chongzhen's heart.

In fact, it was because of his own lack of skill. The court operation of the Ming Dynasty originally had a set of rules. Although old-fashioned things lacked vitality, they at least had a certain program and operating rules. Boldly establish a new set of rules, the result is chaos in the court, intrigue among courtiers, the party fights against dissidents, and the frequent replacement of the first and auxiliary ministers makes the center lack stability and authority. It is more difficult to control the six ministries and local officials. With the lack of solid achievements in the cabinet, Chongzhen changed people again, and so on, it was a vicious circle.

Now it's time to change people again, so Chongzhen was not polite to Xue Guoguan. He first glanced coldly at his chief assistant. Decisiveness, not rewarding meritorious deeds, is not the way of the imperial court, and it will lose the hearts of the soldiers, gentlemen, can't you think about it?"

Without waiting for the ministers of the cabinet to speak, Chongzhen immediately said: "Now the captives are raging, and there will be fierce battles in the Guan, Ning, and Jin areas. I am determined to use Rong Chengbo Zhang Shouren as a member of the Privy Council, and give gold orders and arrows to civil and military officials below the third rank." , let him act with restraint, give the seal of the general who conquered the captives, and supervise the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and seek justice for me!"

In other words, the emperor had no intention of keeping Zhang Shouren in Huguang for a long time, nor was he transferred back to Shandong and Denglai. captive battle.

In the past two years, the imperial court's tolerance for the Donglu has reached the last juncture. The invasion of the Donglu in Chongzhen from 11 to 12 years has caused great damage and destruction to the entire North China. There are millions of them. Although there is a small victory in the battle of Jinan, it is completely insignificant to the collapse and loss of the overall situation. From the 13th to the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the imperial court has mobilized in many ways to accumulate food, grass and military resources. Weapons and gunpowder, including silver taels for mobilizing the army, repairing post stations and roads along the way, dispatching generals from commander-in-chief to guerrilla generals, etc.

It is now the 13th year of Chongzhen, and it is expected that in this year, there will be a large-scale invasion of the Eastern Captives, but where the war will start and what form it will take is temporarily unknown.

More than 20 soldiers were mobilized, and there were more than [-] logistics personnel. It also involved the dispatch of first-level generals from all the important towns on the nine sides.

In the Saarhu battle that year, nearly half of the Liaodong soldiers and Southern soldiers who had fought in the battles of Yang Yinglong and Imchen Yuwa in Bozhou lost nearly half, and then the loss of three consecutive strategic locations such as Liaoyang, Shenyang and Guangning also lost the frontier army of the Ming Dynasty The other half of the elite, the elite mobilized this time is the full strength of all the frontier troops in the nine border towns trained during the years of Tianqi and Chongzhen!

Unlike in the past, if he loses this time, Da Ming will have little power to stand up, and there will be no chance to linger on!

Chongzhen himself may not be very clear about the stakes in this, but which of the great scholars in the cabinet is not a dragon and a phoenix, and they are all top-notch. When they heard the emperor's final decision, the eyes of the few great scholars shone, almost In the blink of an eye, a decision has already been made.

Seeing that Xue Guoguan was still in a daze, several senior scholars winked, stomped their feet, and some coughed lightly. [

A group of officials of the Eastern Palace looked at it in a daze, while Wang Dehua and other eunuchs stood aside blankly. This matter is a major military matter, and the emperor will not allow them to speak.

"The minister waits... to receive the decree."

After a long time, Xue Guoguan sighed slightly, finally bowed down, and accepted the will.

The emperor's decree is legal only after it has been counter-signed by the cabinet. Regardless of whether it is civil or military, one must not resist the decree. .

After Xue Guoguan led the decree, the rest of the cabinet leaders bowed down to agree. After this time, the next step will be the rewards of generals and civil servants. This time, the cabinet and the Ministry of War can decide on matters that should be in charge of the yamen. Please trouble the emperor's sanction.

Chongzhen didn't quite understand how much his ministers had changed their minds in such a short time. He always felt that he was wise and decisive. After the general, he felt that in addition to the great victory over the peasant army, the war against the Donglu might also improve a lot, at least not like the Chongzhen 13 years ago, when the Donglu rushed in and burned every few years Looting once will make the country lose face at all.

"But I hope Zhang Shouren will wipe out the remnants of the bandit battalions as soon as possible, and go north as soon as possible!"

When the ministers bowed down and withdrew, Chongzhen sat on the golden platform, thinking with a smile on his face.

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The cabinet is very close to the Wenhua Palace, and it is also in the outer court. Those who can work inside the palace gate, except for the lecturers in the East Palace, are the cabinet scholars and the cabinet officials. What's more, they are separated from the cabinet. The officials of the six divisions not far away.

After withdrawing from the Wenhua Palace, all the great scholars went to their cabinets one after another. However, when they parted, they briefly discussed the details of rewarding Zhang Shouren and his subordinates, as well as the details of the capital and other places. The cost of coming to the big rewards and offering victories, the cost of the emperor's visit to the Taimiao and the defense, etc.

Discussing such a matter, everyone is happy and in a good mood.

"Old gentlemen, we need to make preparations for the transfer of Rong Cheng Bo to Guan Ning. The troops, horses, servants, food, grass and military pay of the troops need to be prepared."

"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry." Fan Fucui said with a smile as the second assistant, "It's still very early, now Rong Chengbo is still in Huguang, we are good at making opinions, Master Yang must be anxious in Huguang."

"Rong Chengbo has great martial arts skills and has his own ideas. Why do we have to go too far?"

Among the optimism of the cabinet colleagues, Xue Guoguan was the one with a heavy heart among them. It was easy to adjust Zhang Shouren, but a series of preparations had to be made. In the cabinet, it seemed that they were still acting out of selfishness. Few people I think this is a battle of fate between Daming and Donglu!And transferring a famous general like Zhang Shouren to Guan Ning is also Daming's last resort, so he must be more careful.

From the perspective of the cabinet, the views are completely different from those of Xue Guoguan.

Among the rogues, the rogues were the ones that the scholar-bureaucrats feared the most, and Zhang Xianzhong was the most popular among them, and he was regarded as the most dangerous person.

Once this thief is eliminated, it shows that Daming still has a destiny, and at least there must be a Jiazi Guozuo. In this case, everyone, as ministers of Daming, is in a good mood.

Among the thieves, the domineering generals are of course considered the most threatening, and Zhang Shouren is of course bearing the brunt of it now.

Fortunately, the emperor dealt with it very well, and it was the best way to send this person to the front line of Guanning. [

With Zhang Shouren's ability, if it is placed in Shandong or Denglai, the foundation is there, and General Boga is appointed, who can control it in the local area?Of course, the governor can no longer control Zhang Shouren, but at least in name the governor and military supervisor can still control the commander-in-chief, and once they can't control it in name... the consequences will be too serious!

Send Zhang Shouren to Guanning, the generals there are all from the family of generals, Yang Guodong from the Xuanfu is an old man, he has three generals in one family, and I don’t know how many members of his family are deputy generals and generals, as well as the ancestral family and Wu family in Liaodong, and even more. It is a powerful military family, Taiyuan General Soldier Wang Pu is extremely cunning, Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Guang are qualified first, and their subordinates are strong, and they will not buy anyone except Hong Chengchou.

With so many arrogant soldiers and powerful generals in one place, the military pay was paid by the court, even if Zhang Shouren and the admiral Wu Jinglue were there, and there was a sophisticated governor Hong Chengchou on top, how could he still turn the world upside down?

Back then in the Korean battlefield, Song Yingchang was Wen Jinglue, and General Ma Guijiabei was the admiral of Wu Jinglue. They were also subdued by Song Yingchang. With Lao Hong's methods, it was probably not difficult to do so.

In this way, when Zhang Shouren arrived in Liaodong, he was also a tiger without claws and teeth. He was restrained by Liaodong and General Xuan, and suppressed by Hong Chengchou and other civil officials.

Throw it in Liaodong for a few years, put it under pressure, and then send it to other places. Anyway, the world is so big and there are too many war-torn places, so I am afraid that this earl general will not be needed.

This is nothing more than the way civil servants deal with generals.

This Zhang Shouren has been really complacent these past few years, so he should restrain his activities and keep a low profile.

This is naturally everyone's idea, and it doesn't need to be announced, but it is absolutely in the heart.

When everyone separated, only Xue Guoguan sighed, and there seemed to be infinite sigh in this sigh.