At this time, someone had already set up the incense table, and several men from Zhang Jingping's family also rushed over and knelt down with him. At this time, Liu Haojia reached out and took the imperial edict and read it loudly: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the day is made..."
The imperial edict was written in four to sixty parallels and was very touching, but the more Zhang Jingping listened, the paler his face became! Naturally, at the beginning of the imperial edict, he was praised in the usual way, and then he mentioned that he had sent more than three hundred people.
The matter of the head was another great compliment! And then the imperial edict clearly told him to promote him to the title of Marquis of the Third Generation!
Originally this was a good thing, but when he heard the last paragraph, Zhang Jingping's ominous premonition finally came true! Because the last paragraph made it very clear that he should hand over the position and come to Beijing as soon as possible! And preparations have been made for him in the capital.
To the Hou Mansion!
What's even more frightening is that several of his sons, nephews and cronies are also among those receiving rewards, and they are also asked to come to Beijing by name. As for their positions, they will be arranged separately!
Liu Haojia folded the imperial edict and said slowly: "Master Zhang, no, now it's time to address Mr. Zhang as Marquis! So, Marquis, please come forward to receive the edict now!"
But at this moment, Zhang Jingping was kneeling there with a pale face! Because he knew clearly that he was finished! Being promoted to a Marquis and passed on to the third generation was something he had always dreamed of! But what he expected was to be promoted in Datong without changing his position!
Because this is the place where he started his career, and it is here that he has power! Otherwise, what can he do when he arrives in the capital with an empty bucket? Can he be watched by others?
Moreover, it would be very satisfying for him to go to the capital and become a Taiping Marquis! Because as long as his nephew stays in Datong, he can still control the local situation. With the territory and soldiers of Datong, he, as a Marquis, can be transcendent.
, or even be complimented by others! Maybe you can even get on the line with some veteran nobles, and you may be able to go further in the future!
But the imperial edict shattered his hopes! All his sons and cronies were transferred to the capital. Even his nephew, who was not very close to him, was transferred to the capital. This was tantamount to breaking his roots in Zhangjiakou!
Moreover, Zhang Jingping can be sure that if he loses his military power after arriving in the capital, he will also definitely lose the filial piety of those caravans, and his family expenses will become extremely tight! Maybe a family of several hundred people can only rely on the Marquis' salary.
While alive, the family's decline is right in front of us! Maybe it won't take three generations for the entire Zhang family to be over!
Thinking of this, Zhang Jingping not only did not accept the imperial edict, but instead clenched his fists and hissed: "Master Marquis, I wonder if this imperial edict is endorsed by the cabinet?"
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "It seems that the Marquis is also very clear about the affairs of the court. Since you are so clear, you should know that without the cabinet's endorsement, you cannot get this position of the Marquis!"
Zhang Jingping felt even colder after hearing this! He knew that he had been completely abandoned by those civil servants! He couldn't help cursing in his heart: "I pay so much money every year and provide you with various conveniences, but now I have abandoned myself all at once.
Yes! Are you still human?"
However, he still wanted to make a last-ditch struggle, and he raised his head without giving up and asked: "May I ask, Lord Marquis, who will succeed Mr. Zhang?"
Liu Haojia smiled slightly and said, "Of course it's Mr. Qi Jiguang Qi!"
At the very beginning, even Liu Haojia had a headache when he came up with this method of removing salary from the bottom of the cauldron! The biggest headache for him was the issue of who could succeed Zhang Jingping.
First of all, this person must be very capable, able to control the situation, and he must be able to fight! He must be able to control the soldiers below and at the same time be able to withstand the attacking Tatars! This way the scope of personnel selection will be much smaller!
Moreover, this candidate must reassure the cabinet! Those cabinet elders wish that everything in the world is under their control. The appearance of Liu Haojia, an outlier, has made them beat their chests and regret not smothering him in the cradle earlier! If the soldiers show up again
A disobedient team, these pavilion elders will probably fight back with all their strength! And what Ming Dynasty cannot afford now is civil strife!
Another point is that there are too many interests of all parties involved in Ming Dynasty's border affairs. While handling border affairs, this person must be able to take into account the actual interests of the big bosses everywhere, so that he can sit still and not
As for being removed from his seat after sitting there for two days! So Liu Haojia racked his brains for this candidate!
Fortunately, he finally thought of Qi Jiguang! First of all, Qi Jiguang can definitely fight! Especially the Qi Jiajun under him can be said to be the cream of the Ming Dynasty army!
Secondly, Qi Jiguang is fundamentally Zhang Juzheng's confidant. Putting him in the army, both other people in the cabinet and Zhang Juzheng himself will be very relieved!
The most critical point is that Qi Jiguang is a man who can bend and stretch, and is well versed in the ways of officialdom! He also knows how to move forward in a roundabout way. For the goal in his heart, he can do it even if he makes some choices! So he finally became a famous general!
Yu Dayou, who was his contemporary, was different. Yu Dayou himself was not inferior to Qi Jiguang in ability, but he was too upright and did not understand the twists and turns in the court at all, or he understood but did not bother to do it! If only
That's fine, but this person has such a tough temper that he doesn't even want to say polite words, so he can only end up with a dismal end! So overall, it seems that only Qi Jiguang is the most suitable to guard the important place of Datong! 33??qxs??
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And Zhang Jingping was completely disappointed when he heard that the person who succeeded him was Qi Jiguang! He knew that with Qi Jiguang's ability and skills, as soon as he took office, Datong Town would soon be completely named Qi! And the most important point is that Qi Jiguang has never been with Qi Jiguang.
Generals like the army soldiers cannot urinate into a pot, so it is even more impossible for him to secretly control Datong Town by leaving men and horses to poke and prod!
When Qi Jiguang was transferred to the north by Zhang Juzheng, on the one hand, it was because the Japanese pirate rebellion in the south had gradually subsided, and there was no need for elite soldiers like Qi Jiajun! The other reason was that the soldiers and horses on the nine sides of the north were too independent. Zhang Juzheng thought
I want to use Qi Jiguang's hand to mix in the sand!
So when Qi Jiguang rushed to the northern border towns, he was collectively boycotted by the northern border towns! The various attacks and cynicism against him never stopped! Until one day when Qi Jiguang was in the military parade, it suddenly rained heavily, and all the people on the nine sides were
The officers and soldiers ran to take shelter from the rain without anyone's orders. Only Qi Jiajun stood in the rain for more than an hour and was able to calm these arrogant soldiers!
But due to the same boycott, all members of the Qi Army died at the hands of generals such as Jun Bing. It is difficult to say that they did not have revenge when they acted!