Be anxious, be anxious, the big trouble is there, it doesn't mean that the problem will be solved if you are anxious - how to deal with it is a hurdle that Niu Shiqun, Zhang Deming, and Ma Teng can never avoid.

In fact, the three officials all knew what was going on with Xiao Changhua's earlier good news - at least they could all guess closely. It's just that the golden rule in officialdom is that more things are worse than less things. When the water is clear, there is nothing. Fish, especially under his own rule. Therefore, no one would be stupid enough to take the initiative to pierce this layer of window paper.

At this moment, after receiving Yu Shengliang's urgent call, the three of them understood the whole process of the matter after a little thought. However, knowing what is going on does not mean that they have found the best solution, even if there is a ready-made best solution.

The best solution does not mean that we should follow this method - on the contrary, the best solution is precisely the one that will hurt the personal interests of the three officials the most!

When a large group of bandits appears, troops and horses should be mobilized to suppress them. If the province does not have enough strength to completely extinguish them, then it should contain the bandits on the one hand, and at the same time report to the court, requesting coordinated support from neighboring provinces, and even the Beijing camp, until it subsides...

Everyone knows that this is the most appropriate solution.

However, in this case, even according to the most optimistic estimates, the official careers of all the officials have come to an end: since the Holy Emperor's praise of the "Great Victory" was sent to Yulin Mansion, it was inevitable that it would be carried along with the provincial government - the Chief Envoy

, the merits of the three inspectors and commanders for their good management have naturally been recorded by the officials. What, it turns out that you all worked together to deceive the court? This is blatantly "deceiving the emperor"! If it doesn't work anymore,

You can never get rid of the label of "hiding the truth from the emperor and making an oversight", right? The chief envoy, the chief inspector, and the commander-in-chief, how many people are staring at these chairs! With red eyes, they are staring at them eagerly.

In the eyes of the people who sit on these chairs...if they need to cut off a few heads, they can sit on them...Who cares?

Therefore, the question of this test paper is not actually "What should we do if the layer of paper wrapped by Xiao Changhua can no longer contain Guan Shengyun's fire? Should we wrap it with another layer and continue to fool him, or should we make up for it and really relieve the imperial court?"

"Multiple choice question - the standard answer is right there: "Wrap it one more layer, throw it out, and let others burn it as they like"!

"Look for Xiao Changhua!" Commander Ma, whose dark complexion turned purple with anger, roared out these words through gritted teeth, "He's got all the benefits, I can't take advantage of this guy!"

"Of course." Zhang Deming, the inspector general, echoed, "The problem is that we have to take some countermeasures, otherwise... if Xiao Qiushi really can't make things right, this hot plaster will still stick to our hands.

Even if you burn it to death, it will peel off the skin!" - Unlike Ma Teng, who was born as a warrior and cursed when he was anxious, Mr. Zhang used Xiao Changhua's name, but when he mentioned his last name, his tone was obviously not good - at that time

, sweet potatoes, also known as sweet potatoes, have not yet spread to the Ming Dynasty, so Master Zhang’s plaster metaphor couldn’t be more appropriate.

The chief envoy Niu Shiqun coughed slightly, calmed down his thoughts and said slowly: "What you two gentlemen said is absolutely true. According to my opinion, Yan'an Mansion is definitely beyond control, so there are four urgent tasks: First, quickly mobilize various departments

The soldiers and horses of the mansion are ready for emergencies. Secondly, the Yulin mansion is responsible for being the vanguard. If they can fight, they will fight. If they can't fight, they will act according to the situation of thieves. Thirdly, the imperial court is waiting to see the good news, a great victory.

Good news! Now that we are rich and wealthy, we must not let down the court. The good news must be sent up, the sooner the better. What about the fourth..." As he spoke, he glanced at the two of you meaningfully, picked up the teacup,

Blowing the tea leaves floating on the water, he stopped talking.

Ma Teng asked impatiently: "Fantai, what is the fourth one? The general is a rough man and cannot understand the twists and turns, but you have made it clear!"

Zhang Deming thought for a while and suddenly said: "Commander Ma, don't be anxious, Zhang will give me a guess." He said and raised his hand to Dongxu, "Your Majesty, what we got earlier was the news of the great victory in Yulin, and what followed was the news of the great victory in Yulin.

Yan'an Fucheng! This matter must be explained to Long live Lord. Fantai, can you guess right?"

The Niu Shiqun clapped their hands and smiled: "Brother Bei (Zhang Deming's word), please help me!" Seeing that Ma Teng was still staring with two big eyes, completely confused, he continued to explain, "The Yan'an Mansion is lost, and we can't cover it up no matter what.

But, how exactly was it lost... There is some discussion here."

Ma Teng said blankly: "How did you lose it? Didn't Magistrate Yu make it clear? I heard the master read the military intelligence document. There were spies in the city, and they stole the city gate open at night, and thousands of thieves swarmed in, so just lost it.

!But from the general's point of view, even if there are no spies to open the door, thousands of thieves attack, and ants crawl on the wall, it will only kill a few more people, and it will definitely not be able to defend it in the end! Even if the general brings his servants there, several

Even if there are thousands of thieves, even if we attack by force, they will not be able to withstand two days."

Hearing this, Zhang Deming glanced at the Niu Shiqun and got a look of acquiescence. He simply said clearly: "Ma Shuai's words are wrong. Where are the thousands of thieves? They are obviously hundreds of thieves who were dispersed by Yulin Mansion. They are running away exhausted.

, ran into Yan'an Prefecture by accident! Yu Chaoyuan (named after Yu Shengliang) was not prepared, and coupled with his old age, he was as afraid of the enemy as a tiger and fled without fighting. Of course, the soldiers below him behaved like birds and beasts.

To coax them away is obviously carelessness, carelessness!"

Ma Teng scratched his head and muttered to himself: "A few hundred defeated troops? Did the master misread the number? The general clearly remembered that there were thousands of thieves..."

Niu Shiqun had always looked down on this rough man, and now that he was talking about it, he was even more scornful when he saw that this elm-headed man was not yet enlightened. However, he had no choice but to end up on his own: "That master of yours is not wrong, where is Yu Zhaoyuan?"

It is indeed written as thousands. But! But he lied about the military situation in order to absolve himself of the crime of losing his land! Ma Shuai, think about it: if there are thousands of thieves, will the Holy Emperor ask: Hasn't Yulin Mansion defeated all the thieves?

Are they running away in all directions? Where did they get the thousands? In recognition of Yulin Mansion's great victory, didn't you also receive the decree of "Running the army well, Yin's second son Qianhu"? It's only been a few days, and suddenly it popped up

Thousands of thieves are here! Are we... trying to deceive the emperor? Therefore, the number of thieves is several hundred, and it must be several hundred! Well, it must not exceed five hundred!"

After these instructions, Ma Teng finally understood the stakes involved and said at once: "Then, where is the prefect..."

Zhang Mingde snorted and sneered: "That's because Mr. Yu's life is miserable! You can't blame anyone else. Besides, the lower officials have already heard that Xiao Qiushi has a good background. It is said that he is the favorite disciple of Mr. Yuan of the Ministry of Revenue. Mr. Yu?

, Hehe, if the backing is strong enough, why do you still want to be a fourth-grade prefect at your age? There is obviously a precedent of Yulin Prefecture there, and with a little restraint, it will not be difficult for the thieves to go all the way to Shanxi along Yanshui.

Right? Isn’t it just a matter of a few stones of grain, a few taels of silver, and a few ships? When this thing is over, can’t we lend a helping hand? That’s good, because we can’t block it, but we have to drag the whole province with us.

Get into the water! What should we do? He has lived enough at his age. Why should we give him a backing when we have provoked whomever? At the court, we have to give an explanation anyway - kick Xiao Qiuhua in the back.

Iron plate, why don't we just hand over our three heads directly, or... give in to the adults... Ma Shuai won't be able to figure this out, right?"

Ma Tengteng stood up and hugged the two of them with a fist: "I have a bad mind, so I have to obey the orders of these two adults! I am grateful, grateful!"

Niu and Zhang looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Mingde bowed and returned the greeting: "Ma Shuai is so polite."

Niu Shiqun made a "please" gesture: "Then the three of us will jointly submit the memorial. Brother Qiubi and I will write the memorial, and we will wait for Ma Shuai to take the lead in signing it."

Ma Teng was so anxious that his face turned red and his thick neck shook his hands: "I can't do it, I can't do it! The ancestral system of this dynasty is to use civility to control military affairs. In front of these two adults, how dare the general to be arrogant? It will be a death penalty, a death penalty!"

In fact, although Ma Teng is an illiterate warrior, he is not stupid after all. In the Ming Dynasty, no matter how great the contribution of his ancestors, if he is not smart in this regard, time flies, how can he maintain the first and second rank in one or two hundred years?

His job is to be a scapegoat! Most of the previous performances were just an act. He also had another worry in his mind: Don’t let these two evil-minded guys easily trick him into being a scapegoat!

The Niu Shiqun laughed: "Commander Ma is worrying too much. I am really not being too modest about this matter - Grandpa Taizu decreed: 'All major military and state affairs shall be reported to the commander-in-chief of the capital.' This is the ancestral system. Otherwise, how could we dare to ignore it?"

Is the imperial court a child's play? Besides, we all have the same mind in civil and military affairs. You and I both work for the Holy Emperor, but we have different divisions of labor and different divisions of labor. And... until now, we are all in the same boat, living and dying together.

If Shuai is in trouble, none of us will be able to get away with it, so Ma Shuai can rest assured. Hahaha."

Ma Teng finally felt relieved and bowed again with clasped fists: "General, I will take orders. I will listen to you two adults."

I said in my heart: Different division of labor? Fuck you! No matter what you say, I still have to be careful about you bastards! But...hehe, I am not a vegetarian. Fortunately, I have planted a nail a long time ago.

, it’s time to use it now.

Knowledge points in this article:

1. The troika of provincial management agencies in the Ming Dynasty:

The chief minister (similar to a provincial governor, in charge of civil affairs) was called a vassal for short. In the later period, a governor was established, who was higher in rank than the chief minister and was responsible for the administration, justice, and military affairs of a province. The chief minister's position was completely limited to civil affairs.

That's it.

The Sentencing and Procuratorate Division (similar to the president of the Provincial High Court, in charge of criminal matters), is referred to as the Nie (pronounced "Nie") Division. Note that sometimes it is also written as "Gao Division". Looking at the reasons, I personally guess there are two reasons: The main reason

It is most likely a clerical error: there were no unified textbooks in ancient times, and the literacy rate has always been around 4%-5%. Even among those who are literate, many are half-baked - just look at those nonsense "Poems of the Heavenly King" written by Hong Xiuquan.

Get a taste of it. There is no Chinese pinyin in Mandarin. Mandarin is very non-standard (the same today, as can be imagined in ancient times), and typos are inevitable. When checking historical materials, I read a lot of memorials to the Holy Emperor, even this most recent

In serious documents, there are many typos and typos. Especially the name of the "rebel", due to the different accents of the different reporters, has the most typos. Even if it is read in today's Mandarin, it will be completely different. In addition,

One reason may be because of Gao Tao. According to legend, Gao Tao was in charge of justice during the Yellow Emperor's time, and had the same responsibilities as punishing and inspecting envoys, so some people took it for granted and recorded it as Gao Si. Strictly speaking, Gao Si is written in the formal way, but it is written as Gao Si.

I can't say it's 100% wrong.

Du Si Commander (similar to the commander of a provincial military division, in charge of military affairs), referred to as Du Si (later there was also a middle and low-level official position called Du Si, which was between guerrilla and garrison. To avoid confusion, the honorific title I use here is "Shuai")

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2. In the Ming Dynasty, civil service was used to control military affairs, but when major military and state affairs were jointly announced, the commander of the capital had to give the title first. This fully illustrates Zhu Yuanzhang’s inner thoughts: to take precautions in peacetime, let the civil servants keep an eye on you at any time, and come out when something happens.

Do your duty and don’t try to slip away!
Chapter completed!