Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 127
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Feng Kezong, a thousand householder of Jinyiwei, was very polite, and always had an attitude of asking Yang Chao for advice.

Yang Chao did Tai Chi right and left without leaking his words.

Feng Kezong was wearing a Confucian shirt, looking refined and decent, he didn't look like a royal guard at all.

The soft and dense speech is not leaking at all.

Yang Chao thought to himself, he forgot to ask Li Xiangjun about the origin of this Jinyiwei.

The two talked a lot, but said nothing.

Nothing substantive.

Feng Kezong kept trying to get Yang Chao's idea, but Yang Chao kept emphasizing that there was no time to delay, if the scholars from Suzhou and Hangzhou came, it would be too late, and he used the seriousness of the situation to scare Feng Kezong.

After talking for two hours, the two parted ways, Feng Kezong stayed in Meixiang Building, and Yang Chao returned to Jinchai Building.

The impeachment was not completely fruitless, Yang Chao found that Jin Yiwei was indeed in a state of desperation.

Tian Wan's father was honored by his daughter, and his daughter was promoted to a noble concubine. Emperor Chongzhen favored Tian noble concubine the most, and he was also promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei.

In the two capitals of Ming Dynasty, Nanjing and Beijing, Jinyiwei set up two Zhenfusi, the North and South Zhenfusi.

Fusi of Nanzhen has less power than Fusi of Beizhen, but it is also under the jurisdiction of Tian Wan. This time, Fusi of Nanzhen cannot escape his guilt when Tian Wan makes trouble.

Nanzhen Fusi wasn't the only one suffering from headaches.

Scholars make trouble, and Tixue Yamen bears the unshirkable responsibility. Tixue is responsible for supervising the imperial examinations and managing academic affairs. Many of these scholars are well-known. It is definitely wrong to make trouble. A bad character is enough to prove that Tixue has neglected his duty. .

However, the Tixue Yamen is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and the Rites and Cleansing Department of the Rites is directly responsible for the management of academic affairs and imperial examinations. Joint and several liability.

If it can be handled safely, it will be enough to remove a few academic officials in the end. If this matter ends up in a military confrontation, and the soldiers are used to suppress and kill the scholars, it will not only be the biggest scandal in the court for more than 200 years, but I am afraid it will not be dismissed in the end. He is now an official, and with the temper of Emperor Chongzhen, he will definitely be sent to prison again. The minister of the Ministry of Rites will at least be dispatched, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites will also have to be dismissed from office.

On the contrary, for scholars, the law does not blame the public, and it is impossible to blame the public. In the end, it will be nothing. Yourong scholars, this is the reason why scholars in the Ming Dynasty have such a temper. In the Qing Dynasty, they all knelt down and called themselves 'slaves', but they were all well-behaved. It's incredible.

Therefore, Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Rites are most anxious about this incident. If anyone can solve this matter at this time, it will undoubtedly help these two yamen a lot.

And among the two yamen, whoever can handle this matter is a great achievement, so Feng Kezong showed interest in this matter from time to time, probably not only to solve the trouble, but also to make meritorious service and get promoted.

As for the Ministry of Rites, Yang Chao probably has news soon. Jinyiwei and the Ministry of Rites are both big yamen, and Yang Chao has to check the price they offer before making a move.

But Yang Chao still wanted to get involved with the Ministry of War, not just to pave the way for himself. Yang Chao thought that this matter would not be possible without the Ministry of War.

……

Xiong Mingyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, has passed his sixtieth year and is really an old man.

From the 29th year of Wanli (1601) to the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641) this year, he has been an official for exactly 40 years. He has been in the officialdom for 40 years.

He is not considered a member of the Donglin Party, the Southern Zhili local regiment, but his political ideology is consistent with Donglin's, and he always stands by Donglin's side. He has fought against Wei Zhongxian together in the past, so he also received the support of Donglin Party forces in Nanjing. .

But Xiong Mingyu was over sixty years old, and he had already retired, but he was recruited by the imperial court to be Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

It's not that the court needs Xiong Mingyu more, but because the court has been short of officials these years. First, hundreds of civil officials died in the Northeast in the past few years, and hundreds of civil officials were killed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the past few years. Dozens of hundreds of civil servants were recruited, and no amount of officials could withstand the killing.

However, the position of the Nanjing Ministry of War has been quite hot in the past few years. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng have been active in the Jiangnan area these years. Although the Nanjing Ministry of War is not as comprehensive as the Beijing Ministry of War, it is also responsible for the Jiangnan area. Ordinary officials naturally cannot.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Li Banghua served as the Ministry of War in Nanjing. He was very enthusiastic and capable. As soon as he took office, he drastically abolished redundant personnel and merged weak brigades. He set up outposts in important places, reclaimed wasteland and stored military rations. Unfortunately, before Beijing approved his reform plan, his father died and went home to observe his filial piety.

In 13, Qiu Weizhen was urgently transferred to the Ministry of War in Nanjing, but Qiu Weizhen didn't want to be at all. He resigned before taking office, and the court didn't allow it. However, after more than half a year, Qiu Weizhen successfully resigned.

For more than a year, the two ministers of the Ministry of War have resigned abnormally. I really can't pick a suitable minister. I can't make do with it. Zhang Xianzhong is tossing around in Huguang nearby, and Li Zicheng is in Henan. He can enter the Jiangnan area at any time. .

Only then did he think of Xiong Mingyu who had retired at home.

Xiong Mingyu took up the post in an emergency. Fortunately, he had served as Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War in the past, and he knew that this position was for the elderly. It is only important that the rogue bandits are raging recently, and young people with political aspirations just want to stay. Beijing, I don't want to come to Nanjing, so I can only take office.

Under the principle that one day is one day, no one will be offended, and the principle of not making troubles and not looking for troubles, Xiong Mingyu took office.

But he wasn't looking for trouble, but he was looking for trouble. The troublesome thieves didn't come to provoke him, but a group of scholars did.

As for the scholar, who was more troublesome than the thief, Xiong Mingyu had only three words, 'keep calm'.

Anyway, if the errands are not done well, the big deal is to let him retire. He is old, and the emperor can't kill him.

As for what the Ministry of Rites said was to send troops to close the four gates, Xiong Mingyu pushed and argued for ten days without agreeing.

The Ministry of Rites said well, I hope the Ministry of War will dispatch soldiers to block the four gates to prevent scholars from other places from entering Nanjing, but at the same time strictly require the Ministry of War not to hurt a scholar's life.

The Ministry of Rites' requirements were too high. Xiong Mingyu couldn't do it if he wanted to send troops immediately without conflicting with the scholar.

If you can't do it, just don't do it. Xiong Mingyu is not a fool, he knows this is a trap.

The Ministry of Rites is now repeatedly asking itself to transfer troops, which is completely shirking responsibility, showing that they have fulfilled their responsibilities. When they finally file a lawsuit, they will definitely say that they suggested that the Ministry of War send troops, but the Ministry of War hesitated and the matter eventually became serious.

If Xiong Mingyu really sent troops, with the current violent temper of the scholar, it would be strange if nothing happened, and the Ministry of Rites would be even better if something happened.

The Ministry of Rites must be the first to stand up to impeach the Ministry of War for suppressing scholars, and then the Ministry of War will become the chief culprit.

After 40 years in the rivers and lakes, Xiong Mingyu, a white-haired old bureaucrat, doesn't like this. Anyway, he doesn't send troops now, and when the time comes, he will say that the Ministry of War handled it improperly. .

When the soldiers are dispatched, those unscrupulous civil servants in the Ministry of Rites will push June [-] at that time, and they will absolutely refuse to take responsibility for sending troops, and will argue back and forth with the Ministry of War, saying that they only suggested sending troops, and emphasized that no scholar should be punished, and they will die in the end. , it must be that the Ministry of War did not do a good job, and it has nothing to do with them.

It's okay if you don't send troops, and you will definitely bear the main responsibility if you send troops, and only fools choose to send troops.

These days, the six yamens go back and forth like this all day long, the Ministry of Rites pushes the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Military pushes the Ministry of Rites.

Today it was finally cleared up. Xiong Mingyu and Minister of Rites wisely discovered at the same time that apart from Jin Yiwei being responsible for this matter, there is another yamen that is related to scholars, and that is the Nanjing governor's yamen.

The governor of Nanjing is now Zhang Guowei.

To be precise, Zhang Guowei is the governor of the ten prefectures, including Nanjing, Huizhou, Ningguo, Chizhou, Taiping, Anqing, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Guangde. The ten prefectures are under his control, and his power is much greater than that of Yin Tianfu. The real local officials are better than the legendary governors of the eight prefectures, because he is in charge of these ten prefectures, which are the ten richest prefectures of the Ming Dynasty, and more than 100 million tons of grain are produced here every year. of.

The scholars who caused trouble this time were mainly from Nanjing and Suzhou, and they happened to be under the management of Zhang Guowei.

Xiong Mingyu and the Ministry of Rites finally reached an agreement, and immediately ordered Zhang Guowei to immediately dismiss the Nanjing students, recall the Suzhou students, and prevent the Hangzhou students from going north.

The two yamen are completely shirking responsibility and delegating responsibility to a governor.

Zhang Guowei also has a headache at this time because the official rank is crushing people to death.

Unexpectedly, just after making this decision, the Minister of Rites suddenly came to Xiong Mingyu excitedly with a recommendation letter.

"Old Xiong, Elder Xiong, take a look!"

Xiong Mingyu read the letter: "Who is this son?"

Pointing to Xiong Mingyu, the recommended person in the letter, he asked.

"The one who raised more than [-] gold to help Zhou Yusheng get married again is this person!"

The Minister of Rites stroked his beard and said.

Xiong Mingyu wondered: "Isn't it Ruan Dacheng?"

Xiong Mingyu also hated Ruan Dacheng's eunuchs deeply. Back then, he was dismissed and exiled by Wei Zhongxian many times, and almost died, so he was the most ruthless eunuch in his life.

The Minister of Rites said: "In the name of Ruan Dacheng and Zhang Tianru, it is actually managed by this person."

Xiong Mingyu said again: "Is this person helping Ruan Dacheng, or Zhang Tianru?"

This question has to be asked clearly, who is it helping? Helping Ruan Dacheng means eunuchs, and helping Zhang Tianru means rehabilitating the society.

The Minister of Rites said: "I'm afraid it's not true, but to fight for fame!"

The Minister of Rites felt that he was neither helping Ruan Dacheng nor Zhang Pu, but simply a person who gained fame.

Xiong Mingyu nodded and said: "Then this person is also available."

If it's just a thug who purely helps others, Xiong Mingyu thinks it's okay to use it.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites said happily, "It's good that Mr. Xiong agrees. This person asks the Ministry of War to come forward."

When Xiong Mingyu heard that the military department should come forward, he immediately became cautious: "Why do you want the military department to come forward?"

The Minister of Rites said: "This person is the head of the water camp. He needs the Ministry of War to write and send troops to block the four gates!"

Still send troops.

Xiong Mingyu was not angry, he was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The deployment of troops is a big matter, and it needs to be carefully considered."

He has been evading the Ministry of Rites with this sentence for ten days. It is his bottom line to kill him without sending troops. Xiong Mingyu was not sure if it was a trap to deploy troops by himself.

Upon hearing this from the Minister of Rites, Old Xiong still refused to send troops, and immediately said anxiously: "Old Xiong, it's not too late."

Xiong Mingyu said: "This is a big matter, we must carefully consider it."

The two quarreled repeatedly, Xiong Mingyu refused to transfer troops, and the Minister of Rites could only walk away in anger.

(End of this chapter)