The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 467

Sending eunuchs to the army to serve as supervisors existed in the Tang Dynasty, but it was an invention of the Ming Dynasty to send eunuchs to guard the main prefectures and counties across the country.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this has a lot to do with the distrust of civil servants by the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, no matter how arrogant a military general is, it is impossible to cause too much trouble under the Ming Dynasty's military household guard system.

But civil servants are completely different.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have evolved to a state where they can influence public opinion and public sentiment.

If the emperor dared to fight against the civil official group, he would probably be sprayed badly.

The most important thing is that the system established by Zhu Yuanzhang has great flaws. Powerful monarchs like him and Zhu Di can handle the government alone, but future generations do not have such a strong ability.

Therefore, the prime minister system that Zhu Yuanzhang painstakingly abolished has revived to some extent.

The establishment of the cabinet was actually because the emperor was too weak to handle government affairs alone.

The emperor couldn't do it alone, so he introduced the cabinet, hoping that the cabinet scholars could complete most of the proposals for memorials.

Some emperors were so lazy that they didn't even want to review the memorials prepared by the ticket, so the supervisor of ceremonies was granted the right to approve the red.

To be precise, the power of the chief minister of the cabinet has been reduced a lot compared to the prime minister.The cabinet plus the supervisor of ceremonies is barely equivalent to the system of prime ministers pursued by successive dynasties.

The emperor needed a group of eunuchs to check and balance civil officials, which can be seen from the operation mode of the cabinet and the chief inspector.

In fact, Xie Shen himself has no prejudice against eunuchs, and after dealing with them a lot, he somewhat understands the eunuch's principles of life.

Compared with civil servants, eunuchs are more loyal.Or in other words, the civil servants were too disrespectful.

Teacher?Master?As long as they are in the face of interests, civil servants can all betray.

On the other hand, the eunuchs are loyal to the "godfather" who has worshiped on the top of the mountain, and rarely change their families.

"Mr. Xiaoge, this servant is flattered by your words."

He Shan was surprised, the majestic cabinet scholar, the celebrity around the emperor had heard of him, the little eunuch guarding the Xuanfu.

"Eunuch He, I have some things to go out for a while, so you can talk to Xiao Ge."

Yang Tinghe found a reason to get out, leaving Xie Shen and He Shan alone in the hall.

"If Eunuch He has anything to say, you may as well just say it directly. What are you talking about when you come to Xie?"

Xie Shen didn't want to go around in circles with He Shan, so he asked straight to the point.

"Old Xiaoge is really a cheerful person."

He Shan laughed and said: "Actually, this servant came to look for Mr. Xiaoge just to ask you for one thing."

I rely on!

Xie Shen thought I'll give you some color, do you really want to open a dyeing workshop?
Do we know each other well?You just ask me to do something, isn't that good?
Seeing that Xie Shen remained silent, He Shan hesitated for a moment and still sighed: "The slave has been in the Xuanfu for three years. If possible, please ask Mr. Xiaoge and Your Majesty to transfer the slave back to the capital."

what?
Xie Shen even suspected that he had heard wrong.

He Shan begged him to return to Beijing?
He had heard that civil servants tried their best to return to the capital, but he had never heard of eunuchs who were willing to go to the capital with their real power released.

After all, the capital is under the emperor's feet, and the eunuchs are also the emperor's servants. It's not easy to live in the deep palace.

But here guarding the eunuch's mansion, He Shan can live happily, even Governor Yang Tinghe has to give him some face.

He Shan had his head kicked by a donkey before he planned to return to Beijing, right?
Xie Shen thought and thought, and finally came up with a possibility.

That is He Shan is for power, he wants to climb to the top, to the Supervisor of Rituals.

But this possibility is really too small.

One must know that there are only a few positions as the chief inspector of ceremonies, and even Gu Dayong, who is extremely favored, dare not say that he will definitely be the chief inspector of ceremonies. Where does He Shan have the confidence.

"Ahem, Eunuch He, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. You and I have different identities. If Xie intervenes in this matter, I'm afraid it will cause gossip."

After a short pause, Xie Shen continued: "Besides, isn't it good for Eunuch He to be the guarding eunuch in the Xuan Mansion, why bother to go to the capital to get married."

"Hey, my little Ge Lao, if you can't do this, no one can do it."

He Shan looked sad, and paused for a while and said: "Your servant wants to return to the capital for your own reason. As long as Mr. Xiaoge can help you transfer your servant, your servant is willing to contribute 10 taels to build a shrine for Mr. Xiaoge."

Xiusheng Temple?Xie Shen almost fainted.

This is where and where.

Not to mention that the ancestral halls are all empty-headed things, even if Xie Shenxin would definitely not build any ancestral halls, it's too unlucky!

Moreover, Xie Shen is now a big fan, what he is most afraid of is that someone will use his strength to criticize him, how could he do such a thing of giving others a handle.

This He Shan's brain seems to have some problems
"Ahem, there's no need for that. It's Xie who just said that, I can't do anything about it."

He Shan was not reconciled, he gritted his teeth and said, "The servant is willing to send the money for the construction of the shrine directly to Xiaoge's old mansion."

Damn, this is the rhythm of hugging his thigh and not letting go.

Xie Shen secretly groaned, thinking that Yang Ting and the man who killed a thousand swords must have known about He Shan's pissing nature, so they would have avoided it without hesitation.

It is estimated that people surnamed Yang were often harassed by He Shan. Eunuch He turned to attack Xie Shen when he saw that Yang Tinghe was really reckless.

"Eunuch He, please go back."

Xie Shen did not intend to make concessions on matters of principle.

It's not that he can't cooperate with the eunuch, isn't Ru Gu Dayong just cooperating very well.But he couldn't accept this unreasonable cooperation.

10 million taels?
Not to mention that this is likely to be the ill-gotten wealth collected by Eunuch He, even if it is the legal income of Eunuch He's business, he cannot accept it.

Xie Shen earns several 10 taels a year just from the income from the bank and the tea shop, why bother with such hot money?

He Shan was so rejected by Xie Shen, his face turned blue and red, and he sighed after a long time: "Since that's the case, I will stop bothering Xiao Ge."

Eunuch He and Xie Shen were too different in status, so even if Xie Shen refused him mercilessly, he couldn't get angry at all.Otherwise, don't talk about being transferred back to the capital, I'm afraid he, the eunuch guarding the Xuanfu, will have nothing to do.

After Eunuch He left, Xie Shen also left the hall to look for Yang Tinghe in the garden.

He knew that Yang Tinghe would not go far, so he found Governor Yang on the rockery built by Taihu Lake.

"Mr. Shi Zhai, it's really time for you to leave."

Seeing the resentment on Xie Shen's face, Yang Tinghe said awkwardly: "Uh, I've been bored in the room for a long time, so I came out to enjoy the scenery."

Xie Shen just wanted to roll his eyes, this glance is full of bleak scenes, what is there to appreciate.Did Yang Tinghe not even bother to find a reason?
Too perfunctory!

"Stop talking about that."

Xie Shen knew that if he continued to argue with Yang Tinghe, he couldn't figure out why, so he simply said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shizhai. When His Majesty comes to the Xuanfu, he must watch the formation of the troops. You have to prepare properly for this matter. "

But it is said that Emperor Zhengde likes to line up troops very much.

When Jiang Bin was still favored, he often bewitched Zhengde to practice the forbidden army in Xiyuan.

Emperor Zhengde and Jiang Bin each pretended to be generals of one side, leading the imperial army to fight.

The two parties are very lively, and they often "fight" from early morning to dusk.

The entire Xiyuan became a school ground for the emperor to practice the imperial army.

Although the civil servants wrote to the emperor many times to persuade the emperor, they did not achieve much effect.

Emperor Zhengde still went his own way, and even asked the forbidden army to dress up as Tatars to confront the Ming army led by Jiang Bin.

Naturally, such a rebellious thing could not last long. Jiang Bin was considered to bewitch the father, and finally being demoted was considered a punishment for him.

However, Emperor Zhengde did not give up this hobby because of Jiang Bin's relegation, and still practiced the imperial army in Xiyuan in his own way.

Only then did the civil officials suddenly realize that the emperor was not bewitched by anything, but the emperor's own wishes accounted for a large proportion.

Without Jiang Bin, there would still be Chen Bin and Liu Bin. It would be as difficult as climbing the sky to change the emperor's mind.

Therefore, during the emperor's northern tour, the civil officials only made symbolic dissuasion.

As the most important town in the Nine Frontiers, Xuanfu has a very large campus.

Although it is not as exaggerated as the rumor that it can accommodate 10,000+ people to practice at the same time, it is indeed much larger than the Jingshi School.

Since Emperor Zhengde came to the Xuanfu, he would definitely go to watch the army drill, Xie Shen also told Yang Tinghe in advance, so that Governor Yang would not be in a hurry when he arrived.

Yang Tinghe nodded gratefully and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaoge, there will never be any problems."

But it was said that Emperor Zhengde rested in Xuanfu for one night and felt that his strength had recovered a lot.

Early the next morning, he summoned Governor Yang Tinghe to inquire about Xuanda's military affairs.

Although Zhu Houzhao is absurd and dissolute, he is never confused about major issues.He understands the importance of the Xuanfu to the defense system of the Ming Empire, so as long as it is a military report from the Xuanfu, he will read it immediately.

At first he was very satisfied with Yang Tinghe.It's just that Dayan Khan, the bandit chieftain, led a crowd to harass Xuanda several times recently. Although he didn't get any real gains, he showed off his might after all.

Zhu Houzhao valued face the most, and he was naturally annoyed by Dayan Khan riding on his head like this to show off his prestige.

Therefore, he once made a decree to Yang Tinghe, ordering him to choose the opportunity to fight.

Yang Tinghe was also very distressed about this.Emperor Zhengde's order is a golden rule and must be followed absolutely.

It is definitely not a wise move to declare that the current garrison and the Tatars are fighting in the field.

Although Shanxi, Shaanxi, and the capital have bred a lot of horses after decades of horse administration, which can basically guarantee that each cavalry has one horse, but there is still no abnormal configuration for the Tatars, who have two war horses per person, or even three war horses. What an advantage to speak of.

Attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own strengths will only end in disastrous defeat.But the emperor didn't believe in this evil, Yang Tinghe was really dumb and couldn't tell if he suffered from eating coptis.

This time the emperor came to Xuanfu, Yang Tinghe finally had the opportunity to explain to the emperor in person.

When Zhu Houzhao summoned Yang Tinghe, he presented the draft he had prepared to the emperor without haste.

Zhu Houzhao is not stupid, it's just that he is younger and more competitive.After listening to Yang Tinghe's analysis, Zhu Houzhao also fell into deep thought.

He really thought of the problem too simply.

Even if he is as strong as Chengzu, he can't wipe out Mobei Mengyuan in one fell swoop.Now that the world has been at peace for a long time, the army is exhausted, and it will take a lot of time to restore its original combat effectiveness.

When the army has no combat effectiveness, they go out to fight the Tatars in the city. Once they lose, even Xuanfu may fall.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to be this eternal sinner, so he agreed to Yang Tinghe's request and continued to implement the strategy of perseverance.

Of course, as a young emperor, Zhu Houzhao was still very interested in leading troops to fight.

Although it is not possible to lead the army in person, it is still possible to watch the army drill on the school grounds.

Under Yang Tinghe's arrangement, the emperor's royal driver moved to the school grounds of Xuanfu, and the whole Xuanfu was in a state of excitement for a while.

The emperor gave lectures on the stage at the school grounds, and the cabinet scholar Xie Shen and the governor of the three towns Yang Tinghe were waiting on his side.

The soldiers in the audience lined up neatly, holding their breath and concentrating.

They couldn't believe their eyes, His Majesty the Emperor actually came to the Xuan Mansion to encourage them to resist the Tartars and defend their home and country!

At this moment, they feel that it is worthwhile to sweat like rain and practice hard.Even if they were told to fight the Tartars now, they would not frown.

Why don't the man take Wu Hook and charge Guanshan Fifty Provinces!
Whenever the Tatars encountered a famine, they would come to declare the autumn wind, and every time they watched the Tatars looting away.

At this moment, they swore in their hearts that if the Tatars came again, they would never return!

Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao couldn't hide his excitement.

Although he also led the imperial army to fight in Xiyuan, but after all, he just had a playful mentality, which was completely different from today.

Now in front of him are all the best men of the Ming Dynasty.

They are all frontier soldiers and have seen blood.

Although not all of them have killed Tatars, they must have a common belief, that is to fight for Ming Dynasty.

"Preach my will, line up, and fight!"

Zhu Houzhao roared almost hoarsely.

Yang Tinghe immediately waved the flag and made a semaphore.

Xuanfu's garrison had a strong execution ability, and immediately changed their formation, showing that the two armies were facing each other.

Although there were only 5000 troops gathered in the school grounds at this moment, they erupted like thunder and thunder.

Emperor Zhengde nodded in satisfaction.

These are all his army, all his subjects, and this great country belongs to him!
The daily drills of the frontier army are very strict, and it is by no means just putting on airs.

Under the command of Yang Ting and Shuai Qi, the 5000-strong army constantly changed formations and "fighted" each other.

Although it was just an array drill, it seemed to be able to see the fierce battle between the two armies.

It has to be said that Yang Tinghe Zhijun is indeed skilled.At least in this rehearsal session, he did impeccable.

Xie Shen admired Yang Tinghe from the bottom of his heart, it seems that he made the right decision in recommending Yang Tinghe to be the governor of the three towns.

"Born as a man, it should be like this!"

Emperor Zhengde only felt that the passion in his blood had been stimulated, and he clenched his fists and shouted.

"Your Majesty, please order this last formation!"

Yang Tinghe handed over the flag to Zhu Houzhao, which surprised the emperor.

"Yang Qing, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty only needs to wave the flag from west to east."

Yang Tinghe replied respectfully.

Emperor Zhengde's hands had already been itchy, but he didn't know the semaphore, so he couldn't force himself to command.

Now that Yang Tinghe told him the semaphore, how could Zhu Houzhao hold back his emotions and immediately waved the handsome flag.

Pointing to the audience, the army immediately moved after hearing the flag, displaying the words 'Long live Your Majesty, Ming will surely win'.

Emperor Zhengde was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said three good words.

"Yang Qing, tell me, how do you want me to reward you?"

Yang Tinghe immediately fell to his knees and said, "I don't want rewards. I just hope that Your Majesty can reward these soldiers with more silver. They are the backbone of Daming!"

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