Chapter 302 Solve it yourself

Author: Silent

Chapter 302 Solve it yourself

Zhu Youtang's determination to manage the grassland has been presented to the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Faced with such an ambitious king, the ministers, especially the civil servants present, did not know what to say. In the past, they had relied on regulating and restraining this seemingly weak and helpless king to become a king in their minds. Mingjun.

But now everything is heading towards an uncontrollable situation.

After the court meeting is over.

The ministers had already discussed it on their way out of the palace, and most of the ministers still tended to support the northwest military strategy.

It's not about whether this is militancy, but more about whether it's effective. It took less than half a year to clean up a once arrogant Huo Si who had repeatedly committed crimes. The emperor also used his strength to prove that he was more than a conservative king.

When Liu Jian and others heard the comments from the people below, they felt bad.

Which is more important, the interests of the Ming Dynasty in the eyes of civil servants, or the interests of the Ming Dynasty in the eyes of the emperor? There are contradictions and conflicts in this.

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Cabinet value.

After Li Dongyang and Xie Qian came back, what they were most concerned about was naturally what the emperor had said to Liu Jian and the others in the inner court.

Liu Jian also briefly talked about it. Most of the matters involved had been discussed by the emperor in court, and Liu Jian did not deliberately comment on the emperor's actions.

Xie Qian also chose to remain silent this time.

Only Li Dongyang seemed to be less confident about incorporating Huoshan. He said: "If the current request from Huoshan is still in conflict with the imperial court's approval, what Huoshan wants is to graze cattle and build a city in the Weining Sea. It’s the people and cattle and sheep, but all Daming can give him is the land in the Hetao that hasn’t been managed for many years, and his people are not allowed to gather together.”

"What do you mean, Binzhi?" Liu Jian looked over.

Li Dongyang said: "Even if Huo Si is really willing to accept the imperial edict, it may be just a temporary measure. After the situation in the grassland changes, it will almost be a matter of time to revolt."

"Um."

Liu Jian was actually concerned about this aspect as well.

Didn’t the emperor think of it?

If the emperor did not have such concerns, he would not propose a plan that is close to "buying horse bones for a thousand gold". He would rather let Huo Si surrender and then rebel, but also set an example for the grassland tribes. It is estimated that even Zhang Zhou himself saw Huo Si It is impossible for Si Si to surrender to the Ming Dynasty sincerely.

Li Dongyang said: "I want to move the headquarters of Xuan Da General Administration from Xuan Mansion to Datong, but I don't know what your Majesty's intention is?"

Xie Qian looked over with a smile, "Is there anything you, Li Bin, can't understand?"

"I think," Liu Jiandao said, "Your Majesty wants to use Datong as the foundation to prepare Zhang Bingkuan for the war on the grassland."

Li Dongyang asked: "How much money will the court spend on this?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "The imperial court continuously rewarded Weininghai, and the money and food for the meritorious soldiers in the two battles at Maoerzhuang are not available for the time being. Everything depends on Zhang Bingkuan's own financing in the northwest. However, with the current increasingly desolate situation in the northwest, in a short time , how much can he raise?”

Not only Zhang Zhou, but also the cabinet also knew that after the changes in the grain kaizhong system, the situation in the northwest was getting worse day by day.

But they still don't want to change the salt laws back.

What we want is to be able to control the northwest... Anyway, the northwest is like that. The future of the Ming Dynasty is not determined by the rise and fall of the northwest. The central finance cannot guarantee it, so why pursue the long-term peace and stability of the northwest?

"Autumn is about to enter, and reports of disasters in various places are constant. The Ming Dynasty can be said to be a precarious and troubled autumn. Zhang Bingkuan is in the northwest, and he can indeed stabilize the morale of the army and the court."

Liu Jian sighed again.

The general meaning is that even if we despise Zhang Zhou, his military power is already displayed there, and he can still serve as a rock in the northwest.

Create a good external environment and let us concentrate on solving the internal troubles.

Xie Qian said with a smile: "The situation in various places in the Ming Dynasty is not very good now. Compared with the future, it is not much worse. Compared with the future...who knows?"

In the eyes of Liu Jian and others, the Ming Dynasty is now a bit "precarious" because they feel that the Ming Dynasty's finances are close to collapse, and the so-called Hongzhi ZTE is only based on the mutual comfort between monarchs and ministers. When it comes to the finances of the Hongzhi Dynasty,

I really don't know how much better it can get.

But the standard by which historians evaluate the quality of an era does not depend on the financial situation.

Just like in the Wanli era, the Ming Dynasty's finances were relatively good, which was also called the dark era. However, the professional politicians of the Ming Dynasty were weak in making money.

It seems that the literati only care about the so-called Haiyanheqing, and do not really realize how to cause the collapse of the court, let alone the laws of historical development.

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The imperial decree concerning Huo Si's surrender soon reached Yanghekou.

Zhang Zhou also sent people with fast horses to carry the memorial to the fire sieve, and the memorial was sent back to the north by the emperor's imperial pen and Zhu Pi. At the same time, he received the news that the Yongxiebu tribe had sent troops to march to Weininghai.

"Zhang Zhitai, His Majesty's intention is that you want to move the town to Datong Town. Staying in Yanghekou is not an option."

Tang Yin came with Yang Hewei commander Song Xian.

Even though he was just the head of the Ministry of War, Song Xian held Tang Yin up as an imperial envoy and was very flattering to Tang Yin.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Bo'an just went to Datong. I have no intention of going to Datong yet."

"Not going to Datong..." Tang Yin was a little confused.

Not much to say.

This is called resisting the decree and being disrespectful!

The emperor asked you to go, but you insist on staying in Yanghekou? Or do you have your own opinion?

Zhang Zhou said: "In the next few days, I will go to the south of Datong to mine. If there is any war in the north, I will let Governor Ma of Xuanfu and Bo'an make plans. As for Pianguan, Wang Dehua will be in charge.

, I don’t have to worry either.”

Tang Yin felt worried after hearing this.

The emperor asked you to fight the war. The situation on the grassland is still uncertain, so you actually want to put down your military affairs and go mine?

Song Xianze didn't have so many opinions. He asked for instructions: "Master Taiwan, do you think the general can help? Yang and Wei can help dispatch manpower to assist."

Zhang Zhou glanced at Song Xian. It seemed that the commander of the Yanghe Guard really wanted to cling to his big tree and was trying his best to fawn over him, a bit like using a public weapon for personal use.

"No need."

Zhang Zhou picked up a few things on the table and handed them to Tang Yin, meaning to help him pack and organize them, "I have been bothering you for a long time in Yanghekou, causing you trouble. If the fire sieve enters the customs, I will come back. Around Datong

Regarding your affairs, listen more to Wang Zhongcheng. If you don’t cause trouble for him, you just don’t cause trouble for me.”

"yes."

After Song Xian accepted the order, he was sent out by Zhang Zhouxian.

Tang Yin asked: "Is there anything that is not convenient for you to say in front of him?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Junior Brother Tang, please study His Majesty's memorial carefully and tell me what you think when we leave tomorrow. That's it! You can go back too."

"..."

Tang Yin was speechless.

Why don't you just say it and let me go back to study? What should I study? The emperor's orders to you are all clearly stated, is there any code that can't be used?

But now that Zhang Zhou had given him an order, he had no choice but to take out all the so-called edicts and "study" them overnight.

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That night Zhang Zhou met Chen's daughter.

Chen's daughter came from Xuanfu. She was still waiting for Zhang Zhou to find her to start a mine in Xuanfu, but she was temporarily recruited to Yanghekou. A rich girl who was born in the land of plenty in the south of the Yangtze River, to a bitter and cold place like the northwest, she had nothing to do.

I don’t know what the point of coming to the Northwest is.

But if she were asked to go back to the capital or Nanjing... she wouldn't be able to go back.

"Master Zhang."

When Chen's daughter saw Zhang Zhou, she looked very respectful.

If Zhang Zhou's commission in the army was only on paper and in rumors passed down by others orally, now it was before her eyes.

"Sit." Zhang Zhou usually looks lazy and inactive.

But when he arrived in the northwest, Zhang Zhou was really doing things.

The summary of almost all his official duties at present is...money and food.

Zhang Zhou asked Tang Yin to study the emperor's decree. In fact, it was to let Tang Yin know that the emperor almost never mentioned a word about money and food in all the decrees. It was to tell Zhang Zhou that it was okay to prepare for war, but the support the court could give was limited.

You raise it yourself.

On this basis, as long as you can convert money and food, you can do whatever you want.

This time Chen's daughter sat down far away from Zhang Zhou, looking very reserved.

She couldn't help but glance at Liu Gui who was standing aside. If this place wasn't like a meeting tent and there were people around, she would really be worried that Zhang Zhou was the one who coveted her.
To be continued...