Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 802
"You can't let my loyal and brave men bleed and be sad, Wang Tong, you did nothing wrong."

After a quiet meeting in the side hall, Emperor Wanli said slowly, after the army returned from a great victory, rumors arose in the capital, and there were many rumors until the end of Wang Tong's arrest and warning. The whole incident, Wanli Emperor always thought it was Wang Tong's business .

At the beginning, it was guessed that Wang Tong had evil intentions, and later it was Wang Tong who punished these bastards who spread rumors, but the explanation just now made Emperor Wanli understand that what the civil servants don't want to see is not only Wang Tong's meritorious deeds, but also Wang Tong's deeds. It is the warriors who make achievements.

These actions carried out in the name of sages, righteousness, loyalty, etc. are really aimed at themselves. The more correct decisions the emperor makes, the more successful he is, the more confident he speaks, and the more he can have his own opinions.

If this continues, the civil servants in various yamen in the court will have a weaker grasp of government affairs. The emperor does not need to listen to their suggestions, and can build great achievements without their help. It is something that civil servants in the world do not want to see.

So they want to desperately deny and discredit Wang Tong's victory in northern Xinjiang, which is also the meaning of denying Emperor Wanli's decision.

Let the emperor know that the decision he made was wrong, and it is not good for the country, and it will not lead to good results to listen to the opinions of the internal officials and generals, but this time the victory is so brilliant that they have no way To deny it in a formal procedure can only be done in a crooked way.

Before Shen Shixing, the Emperor Wanli made a bitter statement about his interests, and the reason why he was able to persuade the Emperor was because the Emperor Wanli realized that his position might be shaken, and the country and society might be unstable.

No matter how close friends are, how close relatives are, or even brothers, mothers and children, when it comes to the throne and the world, you can't give up a single point.

But now Wang Tong made Emperor Wanli also realize that what civil servants did was also a threat to the imperial power. What a close, capable confidant.

What the civil servants think, the emperor wants to govern the world, he can only rely on the civil servants, listen to the suggestions of the civil servants, and rely on the civil officials at the first level to govern the country.

In this form, it seems that Emperor Wanli is superior, and first-level civil servants manage the Ming Empire from the center to the locality according to their grades. However, in this form, Emperor Wanli is just a vacant position, and the real master of Ming Dynasty is not him. It's these civil servants and scholars.

"At the time of the emperor, first Xia Yan, then Yan Song, and then Xu Jie, never let one person take charge of the government alone. At the time of the father, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng did not have anyone in charge of the government. On the contrary, I After ascending to the throne, let Zhang Juzheng rule for ten years."

Emperor Wanli murmured, Zhang Cheng just looked at Wang Tong, he understood what Wang Tong said, but felt a little confused, Wang Tong was staring at Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli was aroused by what Wang Tong said just now.

"I also introspected myself later. I didn't know how to check and balance, which led to Zhang Juzheng's dictatorship. Zhang Siwei also had this kind of dictatorship. Fortunately, Ding You returned to his hometown. After that, Shen Shi will act as the chief assistant. The rest of the six cabinet departments are all Zhang Siwei has one party, let them control each other, and I will control it in the middle."

Having said that, Emperor Wanli paused, looked back at Zhang Cheng, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Let civil servants control civil servants. In the final analysis, you are still civil servants. This time, Wang Tong, you came back with a big victory. Yan Qing arranged for people to go to Shu, and arranged for people to spread rumors. Shen Shixing came to see me. In the final analysis, you are still one!"

Emperor Wanli stood up from his seat and said with some emotion:

"What kind of person I am, since I was a child, I grew up with rich clothes and fine food, became the emperor's grandson, became the prince, and then ascended the throne to become the emperor. Every step was smooth and smooth. It was comparable to the emperor's heroism. When he ascended the throne, he had to fight Yang Tinghe and others. Ban Weilue still wants to use civil servants to control civil servants, but today I am different. I am going to do something unprecedented. For him, I will give him glory and wealth, for the sake of my family's power and status, regardless of the world and the world, and fool people with sage principles all day long, I will let him go, don't waste Lumi."

The voice gradually became higher, and when it came to this, Emperor Wanli looked at Wang Tong and said:
"The reason why the emperor let the ministers rule over him back then was because of Lu Bing. Why do I dare to change this rule today? It's because of you, Wang Tong!"

Wang Tong stood up quickly, before he could speak, Emperor Wanli stepped forward and patted Wang Tong on the shoulder, and said:
"Slandering meritorious ministers, this trend must not last long, Wang Tong, you let go and investigate, if there is anything, I will decide for you!!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, I will definitely."

"Long live, long live, servant."

Before Wang Tong finished speaking, Zhang Cheng hurriedly interrupted. Emperor Wanli frowned and turned his head. Zhang Cheng hurriedly lowered his head to make amends, but still hurriedly said:

"Long Live Lord, this matter is too easy to lead to entanglement, and there will be a lot of noise inside and outside the court, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to end!"

"They will make a lot of noise about these things. If my soldiers are made to make noise by these rumors, it will be really hard to end. What will we do then!"

Emperor Wanli turned his head and said sharply, Zhang Cheng quickly knelt down, Emperor Wanli also felt that his tone was a little heavy, and said:
"Come on, partner Zhang, there's nothing wrong with you. It's so noisy outside, you have to beat and beat."

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit awkward at this moment, since the words had come to this point, Wang Tong had already achieved his goal, and Emperor Wanli's mind was also opened.

What followed was a few gossips, talking about the entry of the army into the city, and the distribution of spoils, etc. Speaking of this, the tense and awkward atmosphere in the hall just now dissipated a lot.

The storage of several million taels of silver, as well as the large amount of income generated by Guihua City every year in the future, will enrich the expenses of the palace. Wang Tong also talked about the fact that since merchants have light and heavy firearms to protect themselves on the grassland, After they have such sharp weapons, they will also pose potential dangers to the border town.

In order for the Nine Borders to respond quickly enough to such dangers and to suppress them in a timely manner, there should be a cavalry of about 3000 to 5000 people. In addition to the equipment that cavalry should have, this cavalry also To equip enough firearms.

Such cavalry requires nearly ten thousand horses. In addition, saddles and bridles, weapons, and daily maintenance will cost a lot of manpower and money. Last year, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households would scold their mothers for this proposal, but this year it has achieved results. After the victory of Huacheng, the finances are greatly affluent, and horses are not a problem.

But with this fast-response cavalry unit, it is debatable whether it is necessary to set up the two border towns of Datong and Yulin, because placing the army at the point of Guihua City will change the original passive defense of the Hetao area of ​​the grassland. The defense turned into an active attack, and Daming won the victory.

But these are just small talk. After saying a few words, Wang Tong was ready to leave. Before Wang Tong could speak, Emperor Wanli, who was interested in this quick-response cavalry unit, patted his forehead with a smile and said:

"After talking so much, I forgot to call you here. Yesterday, Luo Sigong gave the memorial to be sick and resign. I have already approved it. He is a transitional character. Wang Tong, I promised you to be a royal guard back then. Commander of the capital, but was obstructed by Zhang Siwei, today I will do what I said, and tomorrow I will send someone to the Jinyiwei to announce the decree, you are now the commander of the Jinyiwei!"

Wang Tong had to stand up and kneel down to thank him. Emperor Wanli smiled and waved his hands, and said:
"Get up, this position is not because of your military exploits. This is what I promised you. In terms of military merits, your merits, you can also be named a duke, but it will be a long time. The title I will give you this time is Fenghou, the name has been decided, Dingbeihou, this is also related to your achievements."

Speaking of this, Emperor Wanli smiled and said:

"As for the reward, you can figure it out for yourself. When the time comes, report the amount to me, and I will confirm it."

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Zhao Jinliang would not be allowed to participate in some secret talks. On such occasions, Zhao Jinliang usually waited outside the palace gate, and it happened to happen when Wang Tong came out of the palace to bid farewell.

The sun was setting and was already covered by the surrounding city walls. Just as Zhao Jinliang was about to greet him, Wang Tong smiled and said in a low voice:

"Xiao Liang, send someone a message to Zou Yi, tell him to come to me quickly, I have something to say!"

Spreading the word in various yamen in the palace, Wang Tong could only ask Zhao Jinliang to help, Zhao Jinliang was stunned, Wang Tong had already walked out under the guidance of the eunuch.

There was still some distance from the palace gate, but Zou Yi rushed up in a soft sedan chair, which was also one of the privileges of the eunuchs in the palace. After Zou Yi got off the soft sedan chair, the eunuch who was leading the way for Wang Tong consciously moved away. Wang Tong briefly explained the content of the conversation in the palace. Before Zou Yi could react, Wang Tong said:
"Don't ask me first, I'll ask you first, what I said to His Majesty, Eunuch Zhang should think that I am a traitorous minister like Jiang Bin and Qian Ning!"

Hearing what Wang Tong said, Zou Yi pondered for a while, then said with a wry smile:

"If it's what you said, Brother Wang, I'm afraid that in the heart of my foster father, you are even inferior to these two people."

Wang Tong shook his head and walked a few steps, then said solemnly:
"Go and tell Eunuch Zhang that since Emperor Wuzong, because of Liu Jin and the Eight Tigers, the three generations of emperors have strictly restricted the inner court. They only know the outer court but not the inner court. Such a great opportunity, doesn't Eunuch Zhang not want to seize it?"
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