Zhu Si asked doubtfully: "Why should Zang Feng be replaced? Isn't he the person we want to win over? We finally established a relationship with him, and then let him go like this?"
Obviously Zhu Si's pattern has not been opened up yet, and his thinking is still stuck on "uniting outsiders to deal with Yang Tinghe", which is obviously not in line with the status quo.
Zhu Hao said: "Isn't our opponent Mr. Yang Ge?"
"yes."
Zhu Si was puzzled.
I didn’t say it wasn’t Lao Yangtou.
Zhu Hao pointed out: "When Mr. Yang Ge retires, there will be no constraints in the court. All the people in the world will return to your majesty, and all the subjects will support you. Who can't be used?"
"Uh...yes."
Zhu Si thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
Zhu Hao said: "With this goal in mind, shouldn't we use all the resources at hand to allow Mr. Yang Ge to retire early?"
Zhu Si didn't understand for a while. What's the difference between the two?
"Your Majesty, our current goal is not to unite with Zang Feng to deal with Mr. Yang Ge. In other words, everyone is a pawn and can be sacrificed at any time. Our ultimate goal is to make Mr. Yang Ge official. At that time, Your Majesty will discuss it later.
It’s not too late to decide who to use,” Zhu Hao said.
Zhu Si suddenly realized: "I understand. In fact, when you asked me to contact Zang Feng in the first place, you had no intention of recruiting him. Instead, you used this as a cover to make people named Yang think that we were recruiting talents. In fact, you were trying to recruit people named Yang.
Dig a hole and let him jump into it?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's almost the same, that's what I mean."
Zhu Sidao: "But...if Zang Feng is replaced, who will take over? If Yang's wishes are fulfilled and his person takes over, then won't the military power of Xuanfu and Datong fall into his hands?"
Zhu Hao shook his head: "It doesn't matter who to replace. What's important is to replace Zang Feng as soon as possible, because I have already predicted that in the next six months, the Tatars' main attack points will be on the Xuanfu and Datong lines. If Mr. Yang Ge insists on fighting,
A change of leadership...will inevitably lead to the separation of people's hearts, and loopholes will appear everywhere in the external defense line."
"oh."
Zhu Si nodded, "At that time, we can attack Yang on the grounds that he disregarded the safety of the front line and replaced border officials for his own selfish interests?"
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded.
Zhu Si finally got on the road and knew that this was a trap specially set up for Yang Tinghe.
Zhu Si still didn't understand, shook his head and said: "Then Zhu Hao, how do you know that Zang Feng can do it, but someone else can't?"
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "It's not Zang Fengxing, it's anyone else."
"..."
Zhu Si was speechless.
Zhu Haodao said: "In the last few years of Zhengde, His Majesty drove down to the south of the Yangtze River and took away a large number of generals. The armaments in Xuanfu, Datong, Piantou Pass and other places were desolate, and the city walls and fortresses were in disrepair. Otherwise, why would Baiyangkou encounter hundreds of enemy troops?
You throw away your armor and even the pass when you attack? Just because you can't defend yourself!"
"That...is really bad."
Zhu Si also felt that there was a big problem.
Zhu Hao sighed: "This is also the reason why the Tatars chose to send troops from the Xuanda front line, because compared with the three sides, the Ming Dynasty's armaments on the Xuanda front line mainly relied on the Holy Emperor's visit to Xingxuan Mansion and the gathering of armies in the past few years.
, to intimidate the grassland tribes, the Ming Dynasty showed a trend of expansion externally, focusing on offense rather than defense, and paying little attention to city defense."
"But now, it is impossible for His Majesty to station in the land of Xuanda, and Jiang Bin and other generals have also passed away. How can we ensure combat effectiveness with only the dilapidated fortress and the scattered people? Failure is a high probability.
.”
Zhu Si remained silent.
When you are an emperor, you can most feel the harm that the previous emperor brother brought to the court.
Emperor Zhengde only seemed to be a wise emperor, but in fact he was incompetent at all. He was stationed in the Xuanfu, spent extravagantly, occupied a lot of materials, and almost overwhelmed the Xuanfu's military equipment. Jiang Bin and other female cadres even regarded the Xuanfu as a
In their back garden, military resources were used at will, and even the materials for repairing the pass were confiscated or sold off. Over the past few years, the first line of the Great Wall was increasingly dilapidated.
"This is also the reason why Zang Feng knew that the army was falsely reporting battle achievements, but he still concealed it for him. The battle report was released two days late.
It is estimated that Zang Feng is also investigating this matter, but if it is exposed, it will destabilize the morale of the Xuanfu and Datong front-line troops. It is better to publicize the Aiyangkou war as a model to calm people's hearts and maintain the stability of the Xuanda front-line gate.
Something goes wrong again."
Zhu Hao made this analysis.
After all, Zhu Hao was familiar with history and knew what difficulties Jiajing encountered when he ascended the throne.
In the future, the Datong Military Revolt took place in the Xuanda area. During the Zhengde period, all military expenditures were embezzled by the emperor or high-level officials. The border troops guarded the dilapidated city and carried dilapidated ordnance. After several years, what kind of combat power could they have?
From Zhu Hao's point of view, Zang Feng was just doing his best to follow fate and try his best to maintain the current situation. Whoever went to announce the university would not be able to clean up the mess in a short period of time.
It may not take five years to reorganize the frontline armaments of Xuanda University, but it has only been a year since the death of Emperor Zhengde, and it has only been half a year since Zang Feng went to Xuanda University. The Tatars have left in droves, and Zang Feng cannot hold back.
of.
Since he knew Zang Feng was not good, he changed his mind and made Yang Tinghe think that the emperor wanted to recruit Zang Feng to gain front-line military power in Xuanda University.
In this way, Yang Tinghe will expose Zang Feng's scandal of falsely reporting military exploits as a side general, replace him, and even bring him to the capital for questioning... With such a sudden change of commander, if there is any turmoil on the front line of Xuanda University, who will be responsible?
It’s all on Yang Tinghe.
Zhu Si asked: "What if the person surnamed Yang doesn't mention it himself and lets the officials participate in the impeachment?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Except for the opinions raised by Mr. Yang Ge, your Majesty can ignore anyone else... Your Majesty can also ask Mr. Yang Ge alone in the court for his opinion. If you want to remove Governor Xuanda, whom you trust, it must be done by the chief minister.
It is not allowed for ministers to come and make suggestions. Your Majesty does not need to pay attention to other people's opinions."
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Just as Zhu Hao expected.
Yang Tinghe didn't know much about the situation in Xuanfu and Datong, and thought that the Tatar offensive had subsided. After all, the Tatars' main strategy in the past was to raid the border areas, and intelligence showed that the grasslands had suffered serious disasters in the past two years.
When there were conflicts among the tribes after the death of Dayan Khan, Yang Tinghe did not think that the Tatars had the ability to invade the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the battle reports from various places have stabilized, as a professional politician, Yang Tinghe's priority is not to consider how to stabilize the situation in the Xuan Mansion, but to curb the ambition of the young emperor to consolidate Xuan Da's military power.
Yang Tinghe approached Jin Xianmin, the censor of Zuodu, to discuss the matter.
When Jin Xianmin saw Yang Tinghe's visit, he felt that something was fishy. When Yang Tinghe explained that he wanted to thoroughly investigate whether the Xuanda front line had falsely reported military exploits, he understood that this move was aimed at the emperor.
"The situation is unclear, so I can only go check it out first, but I don't know... how far will it go?"
To check for false reports of military exploits, you have to look at who is found guilty.
If you only find out about the general, don't involve the civil servants. But if you want to make the matter bigger, even the governor and governor-level officials will take the blame.
Yang Tinghe said: "How far do you think the investigation should go?"
Jin Xianmin sighed: "Nowadays, everything in the northwest is in ruins. If we start the prison at this time, I am afraid that there will be a roar of wind and cranes, and the grass and trees will be soldiers. Even if there are false reports, it should be stopped appropriately."
Yang Tinghe shook his head: "If you want to investigate, just get to the bottom of it. This trend cannot last long."
After leaving a cold word, Yang Tinghe left.
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In fact, there is no need for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate. Zang Feng's false report of military exploits on behalf of the Baiyangkou garrison cannot withstand scrutiny.
First of all, abandoning the border and running away is a serious crime.
Subsequently, there was a report from the imperial court in Xuanda District, mentioning that the Aries Pass was destroyed by the Tatars, and that the Tatars had killed the Tiancheng Guards and plundered the money, and then withdrew. In fact, there was no second war.
In other words...in the so-called battle to regain Aiyangkou, the two sides did not engage in fighting. This is why the frontier army did not report its own losses in the second battle.
There was no fight at all, and there were no dead people.
The destruction of the Aiyangkou Pass was a real thing. As for the heads of the Tatars, it was still the old routine of "killing good people and taking credit for their merits". Even if you chased someone out and found one at random, you wouldn't know whether it was a Tatar or a Ming Dynasty.
The tribe of herdsmen slaughtered like crazy and borrowed the heads...
Originally
There are many small tribes scattered in the land with lush water and grass. They are nominally attached to the Ming Dynasty, but they are often robbed by the Ming Dynasty and Tatar cavalry...
It is not easy to make a living near the pass. These tribes are not brave, but pay protection fees to both the Ming army and the Tatars every year. The herdsmen thought that their safety was guaranteed, but it turned out that
The cattle and sheep kept in captivity are allowed to be taken or taken away by others.
Of course, if the Aiyangkou Pass had not been destroyed and the Tatars had burned, killed, looted and fled, the border army's crimes were too great and no one could afford to be held accountable by the court. They were in urgent need of credit and would not have killed these people.
Hens that can lay eggs have lost their long-term meal ticket.
So there is such a farce that has no fault but merit. Anyway, the Tatars withdrew and reported that they were killed by our border troops. There are still heads to testify, so it should be okay, right?
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After the incident was revealed, the government and the public were in an uproar.
In the court hall.
Zhu Si looked disgraced, but he knew very well that he was just acting in front of Yang Tinghe.
"Mr. Yang Ge, I didn't investigate and never thought of such a thing. In Mr. Yang's opinion, how should we deal with people who falsely report their military exploits?"
Zhu Si seemed very humble and took the initiative to ask Yang Tinghe about his compensation plan.
Yang Tinghe was originally very cautious.
If the emperor hadn't asked in front of the civil and military ministers, he would never have stood up and commented.
But now the emperor earnestly asked him for his opinion, and he had no choice but to reply: "This matter should be left to the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for investigation."
It means that following judicial procedures, as the chief minister of the cabinet, I cannot express opinions casually.
This was said with perfect accuracy.
Zhu Sidao: "I also agree that we should not encourage such evil tendencies, but the front line of Xuanda University is still not peaceful. If...the people involved in the case are brought back to the capital for questioning, who should be replaced?"
The emperor had already said this, and it was clear that he wanted to take action on Zang Feng.
But even if Zang Feng is replaced, the emperor will try his best to replace "one of his own", let alone the next step is to promote Tang Yin in an unusual way, right?
Yang Tinghe didn't want to wade into troubled waters and bring Zang Feng into disrepute, but his goal has been achieved.
It can be seen that after one Zang Feng fell, the emperor wanted to cultivate a new one. Naturally, Yang Tinghe could not just sit idly by.
What Yang Tinghe wants to ensure is that no matter who the next Governor of Xuanda is, it cannot be said that he is appointed by the little emperor, but should be controlled by him...
Originally this was understandable.
But he didn't know it and unknowingly fell into the trap set by Zhu Hao for him.