Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 281

What time is it now, the Ming Dynasty urgently needs a victory to boost morale due to internal and external troubles, and Cao Wenzhao won such a crucial victory at such a critical time, no matter how much he praises it, it cannot be overstated.

But he impeached Cao Wenzhao at this time, isn't it nothing to do?

Everyone knew what the emperor meant, but everyone kept silent, clearly wanting to fish in troubled waters.

Because regardless of success or failure, everyone will not benefit, but there is no harm.He is the only one who is in the early stage, no matter what, he can't get any benefits.

Thinking about the reason, Liu Lingyu immediately stopped moving forward, clapped his eyes, clenched his fists at Wang Chengen, turned around and walked back.

Seeing Liu Lingyu rushing towards the back hall, all the officials waited to watch the excitement, but Wang Chengen only said one word, Liu Lingyu retreated, everyone felt bored, and then walked out of the hall one after another.

For Daming, this incident was really a trivial matter that couldn't be smaller.

But when Li Jing heard that such a scene happened in the court hall, he couldn't help sighing.

If Daming continues to be ruled by these people, then it is really not far from extinction.

In this troubled time, these people are still thinking about their personal interests, completely disregarding the overall situation of the country.

Liu Lingyu dared to impeach Cao Wenzhao at this time. It seemed courageous, but in fact it was entirely for personal purposes. He only dared to impeach Cao Wenzhao because he caught Zhu Youjian's mentality of not daring to do anything to the officials.

If Zhu Youjian could dispose of the officials at will and give Liu Lingyu ten courage, he would not dare to impeach Cao Wenzhao.

Soldiers are the most important weapon of the country.

A high-ranking general like Cao Wenzhao would attach great importance to it in any country. Even if he made a mistake, he must be cautious when dealing with it. What's more, Cao Wenzhao has just made extraordinary achievements. How can he allow someone like Liu Lingyu to be impeached arbitrarily?
Li Jing really didn't understand what Zhu Youjian was thinking. Daming's speech officer had seriously disturbed the order of the court, so why couldn't the function of speech officer be changed?

Of course, Li Jing does not want to abolish the institution of the speaker, the speaker is still very useful to the country. In some respects, it is precisely because of the existence of the speaker that the emperor and those high-ranking ministers dare not do whatever they want .

Li Jing believes that a speech official is an official who speaks, which is similar to the work of journalism in later generations. His duty should be to report problems and play a supervisory role, and he has no right to convict officials.If the officials can convict other officials, then what about the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and other judicial departments?
The only difference is that most of the news in later generations said good things, but the officials said all the bad things.It is precisely because the words of the officials are not pleasant to listen to, that their role is highlighted.

In fact, the Metropolitan Procuratorate established by Li Jing in Pingyang Mansion was trying to figure out how to change the function of the speech officer.

However, the Metropolitan Procuratorate of Pingyang Prefecture has limitations, because the structure of Pingyang Prefecture is too small, and Li Jing’s government orders can basically be understood. functions.

Through Liu Lingyu's incident, Li Jing suddenly came up with the idea of ​​setting up a rumor department.

The reason for this name is that the censors can play things by hearsay, that is to say, there is no real evidence, and they can play only by hearsay.

This department is dedicated to dealing with things that have no real evidence.

Anyway, the gang of Yanguan are free all day long, don’t they like to talk nonsense after hearsay, then let them investigate these hearsay things, and then tell their boss when they find out, and then the boss will go up Report, so as to avoid listening to those officials wrangling during the discussion.

After thinking about it for a while, they will no longer hear hearsay, and then set up a fact-finding agency for them, with real evidence in hand, and they can impeach whoever they want.

Of course, it is not impeachment in court, but in another way: Di Bao and Tang Bao, to put it bluntly, are newspapers.

Li Jing's style of doing things has always been to act as soon as he thinks about it. Although it can't affect the court situation for the time being, but Pingyang Mansion is under his control now, so he will do it first in Pingyang Mansion.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Jing picked up a pen and wrote down his thoughts.

After finishing writing, Li Jing read it carefully again and corrected some unreasonable parts.

Putting down his pen, Li Jing sighed. There were too many evils accumulated in the Ming Dynasty, and it would be very difficult for him to eliminate the evils and make innovations by himself.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a person beside me say: "The commander-in-chief doesn't seem to be in a good mood, can we let Wen Zhao share what's on his mind?"

Li Jing looked up, but it was Cao Wenzhao who entered the study at some time, and he didn't even notice it.

Shaking his head, Li Jing called Cao Wenzhao to sit down, and then sighed: "Everything is messy, and I was a little emotional at the moment. Brother Cao came just in time, please help me to go over it, take a look, this is the charter I just figured out."

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly waved his hands and smiled: "Commander, you are making Lao Cao happy. How can Lao Cao understand this? But Lao Cao knows that the Marshal's idea must be good, so we just do it."

Li Jing pointed at Cao Wenzhao and tapped twice, then smiled and said, "Brother Cao, you are always honest, when did you learn to flatter me?"

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "Marshal, you have wronged Lao Cao, Lao Cao is not flattering you."

After a pause, Cao Wenzhao sighed: "To be honest, Cao has never admired many people in his life, but for the general, Cao admires him from the bottom of his heart. Lao Cao came today to express his loyalty to the general. From now on, Lao Cao will be with the commander-in-chief."

In fact, Cao Wenzhao has long been under Li Jing's command, and he has no second thoughts. He said this now because Zhu Youjian had just rewarded Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Wenzhao was worried that Li Jing would have other ideas.

When Li Jingwen heard this, he patted the back of Cao Wenzhao's hand lightly, which meant he understood.

After being silent for a while, Cao Wenzhao suddenly took out a jade pendant and a ruyi from his bosom, and then said with a smile: "Commander, I heard that the two wives have added a son and a daughter to the commander, and Lao Cao forgot to congratulate him." You are handsome, these two things are playthings given by Lao Cao to the children, and I hope the handsome will accept them."

Li Jing took a closer look and found that they were the two treasures that the emperor bestowed on Cao Wenzhao a few days ago.Li Jing waved his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Brother Cao, these two things are very valuable. I accept Brother Cao's wish, and I don't want the things. You keep it as an heirloom."

Cao Wenzhao was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Marshal, Lao Cao knows that you never accept gifts, but this is not for you, it is for the young master and young lady. If you don't accept it, this is not to beat Lao Cao." Face? If you want Lao Cao to keep a family heirloom, then give Lao Cao one of your good things."

"Hahaha, you are looking for the wrong person. How can I have anything good?" Li Jing laughed loudly.

Cao Wenzhao laughed: "The commander-in-chief doesn't have any good things, all the good things are with the madam. I will ask my wife to take the child to pay my respects to the madam. I think the madam will definitely not let my child go back empty-handed!"

Li Jingwen laughed loudly when he heard this: "Okay! You'd better ask Mrs. Sister-in-law to take all the children, and let Mrs. Bleed out."

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "That's fine, when the commander returns to Pingyang Mansion, I will let the wife and children go with the commander."

After a pause, Cao Wenzhao suddenly said seriously: "I wonder when the commander-in-chief is going to return to Pingyang Mansion? How to arrange here in Datong?"

Li Jing restrained his smile and said: "It's not a short time for me to come out this time, and I should go back, and I will leave in a few days. As for Datong, I will leave it to you, and I will leave all the troops to you. After I leave, There are two things you need to do right now."

After pondering for a while, Li Jing continued: "First of all, Donglu has suffered a great loss this time. The Mongolian tribes who have just surrendered to Donglu must be unstable. You have to seize this opportunity to take the initiative to send troops to send troops to the Mongolian tribes near our border. Second, Donglu has suffered a great loss this time, and it will be difficult to lure them into being fooled. In the future, we will have to rely on cavalry to fight against Donglu. Our number of cavalry is insufficient. The terrain north of Datong is flat and suitable for cavalry training. You must hurry up and train the cavalry."

Cao Wenzhao nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Commander, Cao will definitely live up to the Commander's trust."

Li Jing nodded slightly, and turned his gaze to the outside: "Don't get involved in the official affairs of Datong, and don't pay attention to what they say about me. The only thing is that you must grasp it when it comes to military affairs, and don't let others interfere. The emperor sent you to fight against captives. The supervising army sent by the emperor hid in Datong and did not dare to fight with you. Now he will regret it. In my opinion, when you fight with the Mongolian tribes, he will definitely follow the army and will inevitably point fingers at that time. This You have to deal with the relationship clearly, and if it doesn't work, just use money to gag him."

Cao Wenzhao scratched his head: "That dead eunuch is really a headache, I'll think about it later, how to deal with him!"

Li Jing smiled: "Brother Cao, enough is enough, don't overdo it, after all, he is someone close to the emperor, so try not to offend him for the time being."

Cao Wenzhao nodded slightly.

……

In late July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Li Jing returned to Pingyang Mansion.

After leaving Pingyang Mansion for nearly a year, what Li Jing cared about most was the physical condition of Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi.

Both Yuan Keli and Xu Guangqi are 74 years old this year. The common problems of many old people are getting worse. In particular, Yuan Keli has been working hard all year round, and his physical condition is getting worse every year.This time when Li Jing left home, everything was on Yuan Keli's body. Li Jing was really worried that Yuan Keli would be exhausted.

Although the family often wrote letters to himself, saying that Yuan Keli's health was safe, but Li Jing was afraid that Yuan Keli would be worried about himself, and would report good news instead of bad news.

Back in Pingyang Mansion, Li Jing went straight to Yuan Keli's mansion before he could rest.

To Li Jing's surprise, he heard Yuan Keli's hearty laughter in the courtyard not long after he entered Yuan's mansion.

Li Jing was surprised, what good news made Yuan Keli so happy?

Li Jingji stepped inside and was startled when he saw Yuan Keli, but he saw Yuan Keli was holding a child and teasing him.Next to Shen Ying, Zhu Huiling fanned Yuan Keli with a fan.

Li Jing hurried forward, knelt down in front of Yuan Keli, kowtowed three times and said, "Sir, you are well, the student is back!"

(End of this chapter)