Zhang Yuanfeng twirled his beard and said: "It's nothing that he snatched back a lot of money, but he himself is my favorite general, and now he is using benefits to win over the nobles, so he is very likely to become a leader among the nobles."
Hu Zhiyu nodded and said, "I see it this way too! Fortunately, Duke Ding and others are not dead yet. If they had died, I am afraid that Marquis Wu Ning would be in dire straits!"
Zhang Yuanfeng said: "Having said that, you still have to be careful! These nobles have always been in the same spirit, and it is unknown who will make way for him!"
Hu Zhiyu said bitterly: "Why is this Liu Haojia so difficult to deal with?"
Then he scolded Liu Haojia by name, and the reason was just because Liu Haojia blocked his financial path. After he finished scolding him, he said: "I really don't know why those in the cabinet let Liu Haojia and other warriors make trouble.
This kind of thing is happening! Brother Zhang Xian, your brother, just watch him jumping up and down in the court without any reaction?"
Zhang Yuanfeng shook his head and sighed and said: "How could there be no reaction! How much effort did my generation of scholars put in to suppress these warriors, how could it be possible for them to get up again? It's just that Wu Ninghou is very cunning. He doesn't just hold the law book in his hand.
I am thinking about the ancestral system and the protection of this emperor, so I can’t take him down for the time being! But I think the elders will definitely find a way!"
Hu Zhiyu sneered and said: "I do have a way, but I don't know if the princes in the imperial court dare to use it?"
Zhang Yuanfeng said in surprise: "What can we do?"
Hu Zhiyu pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "Border Patrol!"
The so-called border patrol means that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to patrol along the border wall and drive away the tribes approaching the border wall. A vacuum isolation zone was formed between the Tatars and the border wall.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, it was the Ming Dynasty's army who often went to the grasslands to plunder the valleys! They also often went to the grasslands to rob cattle and sheep, and even set fire to the grasslands. However, as the Ming Dynasty's national power gradually declined, the number of border patrols became less and less.
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By the time of the Jiajing period, this kind of military activity had almost completely stopped. Moreover, the border patrol at that time was more like a gilding operation, and it became an activity dedicated to promoting those distinguished military attachés with connections! As long as they were on the border,
If you wander outside the wall, you can be promoted to a noble rank if you come back! If you are brave enough, you might be able to get a knighthood if you meet a small tribe and cut off dozens of heads and come back!
When Zhang Juzheng took over as the chief minister, in order to prevent the border from affecting domestic reforms, he deliberately arranged Qi Jiguang to the northern border, so he started patrolling the border again. Although there were other factors, Qi Jiguang's arrival did stabilize the situation.
Border form.
And when Hu Zhiyu asked Liu Haojia to patrol the border, it would definitely not give him an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. The only possibility was to kill him on the way to patrol the border! And there was absolutely no way he could hide it by mobilizing border troops to kill Liu Haojia. The only possibility was to use the help of the Tatars
The hand of the prince! And he found it on his head because he knew that his family was connected with the Tatars outside the Great Wall, and he wanted to help!
However, Zhang Yuanfeng did not agree immediately. Instead, he said: "Head of the Society, why do you have such a hatred for Liu Haojia?"
Hu Zhiyu sighed and said: "In the beginning, there was no hatred between me and him. I just hated him for ruining my business several times and then blocking our financial path, so I decided to deal with him. But now
That's not the case anymore! Now he is targeting our Plum Blossom Club everywhere and has been tracking us down. If I don't take action in advance, I'm afraid I will die in his hands one day!"
Zhang Yuanfeng shook his head when he heard this and said, "Isn't the leader of the society worried too much?"
Hu Zhiyu said: "This is not because I am worried, but that Liu Haojia must die! Haven't you noticed? Now some civil servants are starting to get closer to him! Although the rank is relatively low, this phenomenon is terrible! Do we want to
When we returned to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, could we and other civil servants be manipulated by warriors?"
Zhang Yuanfeng was silent when he heard this. He understood what Hu Zhiyu said about the struggle between civil and military affairs. After all, there are only so many interests in the world. If one person can't control enough, how can he be willing to share it with others? However, he felt that Liu Haojia could not threaten the status of civil servants.
, after all, he is just a person, so what if he has the ability to continue struggling?
Moreover, all the other distinguished nobles are too fat-minded to listen to his orders because they only look at immediate interests. Wait a few years, wait until Liu Haojia is tired of tossing, or his mind is corrupted by wine and beauty, and things will return to the original track.
Go up.
When Hu Zhiyu saw that Zhang Yuanfeng was silent, he said directly: "I will vigorously promote this matter. When the time comes, I will ask brother Zhang Xian to say a few words in front of brother Ling Clan and let him follow the trend."
Zhang Yuanfeng said slowly: "So, the leader of the society has a familiar Mongolian tribe outside the border wall?"
Hu Zhiyu knew what Zhang Yuanfeng meant. The Zhang family had been operating in Shanxi for a long time and had deep connections with the outside world. They had long regarded the trade routes outside the country as a taboo. If they heard that someone could contact the country, they would naturally ask more questions. So he was sincere.
Said: "There is a tribe that can speak to it, but it is not enough to do this kind of thing, it needs a lot of money to buy it!"
Zhang Yuanfeng was satisfied after hearing what he said. He thought about it and said, "If Wu Ninghou goes out to patrol the border, it may not be enough for a tribe to ambush him!"
Hu Zhiyu immediately handed over his hand and said, "Please help Zhang Xiandi to eliminate this great harm to the country! And after this incident, this tribe will be handed over to Zhang Xiandi's personal control!"
Zhang Yuanfeng laughed immediately after hearing this, and then said: "This is not difficult, but I want to know the true purpose of the leader of the society!"
Hu Zhiyu said: "What real purpose can I have? It's just to fight for the country! People like him can do anything for personal achievements. God knows if he will make trouble outside the border wall one day. In these peaceful days
It’s gone forever!”
Zhang Yuanfeng still smiled calmly and said: "Head of the Society, if you say that, you are looking down on me!"
Hu Zhiyu looked at Zhang Yuanfeng intently for a while and then suddenly burst into laughter. After laughing, he said: "It seems that I can't hide it from my dear brother!"
Zhang Yuanfeng cupped his hands and said, "Please tell me, the head of the society, why you are staring at Wu Ninghou so hard?"
Hu Zhiyu patted his thigh and said: "People die for money, and birds die for food. Of course it is for money!"
After that, he told Zhang Yuanfeng the reason. It turned out that Hu Zhiyu was planning to attack Tianjin at the earliest, because he found that Tianjin was a treasure trove! But all the people he arranged in Tianjin were taken advantage of by Liu Haojia.
After taking down all the gangs, many of their own people were deployed one after another, making Tianjin waterless and impossible to attack!