The report of the battle at Juyongguan has been clearly listed in front of the emperor and the ministers.
There is no dispute. Tang Yin made great contributions in this war. Although there is a suspicion of rashly advancing with lightly armed troops, in terms of results, this is even more powerful than the "Yingzhou Victory". The important point is that this victory was not carried out by the emperor himself.
What is obtained is obtained by the ministers, and for civil servants, there is no need to suppress meritorious service.
We cannot promote the emperor's achievements, as this would be equivalent to encouraging future emperors to do the same.
But the credit is due to the ministers...
Even if Tang Yin was from the Xinhuang faction, he was still an orthodox scholar and a famous poet and painter in the Ming Dynasty. It is a good story to write and join the army.
Encourage literati to serve the imperial court and sacrifice their lives for the country!
There is no doubt about Tang Yin's military exploits at Juyong Pass, so the previous agreement between the monarch and his ministers will be valid. The specific content is that after the situation at Juyong Pass is completely stabilized, Tang Yin will be promoted to Governor-General of Xuanda.
Different from the previous governors of Xuanda who were either ministers or ministers, Tang Yin, the governor of Xuanda, was still only a doctor of the Ministry of Industry. The censor of Youjindu should have been further promoted to the censor of Youfudu, but because he was only a fifth-rank official.
He was a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and the right deputy censor of the capital was already a third-rank foreign official, so he was just changed to the censor of the left Jindu on the basis of the title of censor of the right Jindu.
In terms of official position, Governor Xuanda was not as good as the governor of Datong.
But in any case, Tang Yin's official career continued to flourish. He had not even been in the court for a year and a half, but he had already become the governor of the Ming Dynasty. This was much more prosperous than when he took office as the governor of Neisanguan. Governor Xuanda was the only governor in the northwest.
Second to the governors of the three sides, he was in charge of food, supplies, troops and horses, etc. He could be said to be a military and political official of one side. In the past, he could directly serve as minister when he entered the dynasty.
But he is Tang Yin after all...
No one was prepared to let Tang Yin return to the court as minister.
The main reason is that now that Yang Tinghe is in the government, even if Yang Tinghe is gone, subsequent civil servants will continue to suppress Tang Yin and prevent him from being promoted to high positions.
This morning.
Yang Tinghe still looked sickly. He did not speak in the court and acted like a fake spectator, listening to Li Kun, the right minister of the Ministry of War, summarizing the war report.
"...At present, the sentry cavalry has left the pass for more than a hundred miles, and there is no sign of the Tartar cavalry..."
The situation in the northwest was that after Tang Yin won the victory at Juyong Pass, the Tatars couldn't figure out what method the Ming Dynasty used to win this battle. In addition, their main purpose was to plunder the border pass. They originally thought they could do it at a small price.
After taking the Xuanda first-line pass, from now on, they could freely roam the land south of Zhangjiakou and plunder freely. Unexpectedly, they encountered a huge defeat inexplicably.
As a result, the Tatar offensive on the passes around Xuanfu came to an abrupt end, and they decisively withdrew their troops and fled to Mobei.
Originally Li Kun also wanted to express this meaning.
But I am afraid of people with ulterior motives.
In order to highlight that Tang Yin was "using troops without authorization," the Ministry of War used some tricks in reporting, only mentioning that there were no traces of Tatar soldiers and horses outside the northwest border pass. This would make uninformed people think that the main Tatar force had never attacked Xuanyuan at all.
Mansion, and what Tang Yin defeated were just some stragglers of the Tartars.
Maybe they were a group of herdsmen who came from nowhere and got lost after entering the Daming Pass. They accidentally ran to the Juyong Pass and were bullied by Tang Yin to teach them a lesson...
As for what Tang Yin reported earlier, it was said that the Tatars used cavalry to attack the inner pass and march straight in. Instead of plundering, they harassed the forts and passes. The purpose was to coordinate the main force of the Tatars to attack Xuanfu Town. This... is tantamount to being denied. This
This was to combat the rationality of Tang Yin's tactics of using three thousand cavalry to seize the enemy.
Civil officials spared no effort to deny Tang Yin's achievements.
After Zhu Si heard this, he asked impatiently: "The Tatars are nowhere to be seen outside the Xuan Mansion. Is it because they have never been here, or is it because the Tatars withdrew their troops after winning the battle of Juyongguan in Zhitai in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Well……"
Li Kun hesitated and didn't know how to answer.
The Ministry of War knew very well that Xuanfu had actually encountered war before, but Tang Yin won the battle just after the war started, and the Tatars
Before they could seriously attack Zhangjiakou and other fortresses, they decided to withdraw their troops.
Now that the emperor insists on asking this question, it shows that the emperor wants to show his contribution to Tang Yin.
But this is not in the interest of the orthodox civil service system. If you can't tell lies, then just pretend to be confused and not answer.
Zhu Si said angrily: "The Ministry of War didn't even investigate this, right? I clearly remember that the Xuanfu reported the battle situation before. Do you want me to make all the previous battle reports from the Xuanfu public before you admit it?"
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Peng Ze walked in the queue and said: "Your Majesty, the Tatars have withdrawn their troops. Besides, there is no information about danger at other passes in Xuanfu Town. So there seems to be no need to get hung up on trivial matters."
It means that the past is in the past, don't mention whether they were scared away by Tang Yin, or the Tatars just harassed them, or the main force never came.
Let's talk about something else.
Zhu Si's heart was filled with anger.
Tang Yin single-handedly... Of course, the main credit behind it was Zhu Hao's suggestions, which changed the strategic layout of the northwest and fundamentally resolved the dangerous situation in Xuanda University for more than half a year. So Tang Yin still can't get recognition from the civilian officials?
How much do these people hate me?
How much do you hate the people around me?
Are you saying you're not targeting me?
At this time, Sun Jiao came out, intending to speak.
Zhu Sidao: "Sun Budang, do you have any objections to this?"
Now Zhu Si also feels that Sun Jiao is gradually moving closer to him and is no longer considered a neutral faction. They may all be his.
At this moment, Sun Jiao probably can't stand it anymore and wants to come out to speak for Tang Yin?
Sun Jiao raised the wat board and said: "Your Majesty, the Xuanfu treasury is now empty, and the backlog of money and food amounts to millions, and hundreds of thousands of stones, grain, and grass. The Xuanfu government urgently needs to send court officials and middle-level officials to take care of the treasury affairs."
Zhu Si, who originally had a somewhat expectant expression on his face, froze there for a moment.
Feelings: Didn't you, Old Man Sun, come forward to speak for Tang Yin?
Are you just proposing to find someone to take care of the treasury?
Millions of money?
That’s thousands of taels of silver!
However, the shortage of hundreds of thousands of shi of food is a bit bigger.
In the Ming Dynasty, one stone of rice was about one hundred and fifty kilograms based on Ming weights, which was equivalent to one hundred, sixty-seven kilograms in later generations.
With the price of rice in the northwest at sixty-seven cents per catty, one stone of one hundred and fifty catties of grain costs one tael of silver. After all, the price of silver in the northwest is relatively low. One tael of silver, and it is official silver of good quality, can often be enough.
Exchange more than 800 Wen coins.
The main reason is that the Tatars have been harassing the Xuanda area since autumn, so that the local autumn grains have been confiscated. Now that the Tatars have withdrawn their troops, if they do not quickly replenish their troops, I am afraid that the soldiers in the northwest will starve and freeze in the future, and they will not be able to live well.
This winter...
Zhu Sidao said: "The gap in the northwest is so big, I don't know who can handle it."
Sun Jiao said: "Now that the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue is vacant, I would like to ask your Majesty to appoint a suitable candidate to take up this position."
The position of the right minister of household affairs has always been a hot potato. After Huang Zan was transferred to Nanjing at the end of his term, no one could hold this position for a long time. The reason was that there were too many bad debts left during the Zhengde period, and no one wanted to take care of them, or ordinary people.
It's hard to figure out.
Originally, in the early years of Jiajing, the right minister of the household department was Zheng Wensheng. After Zheng Wensheng replaced Qin Jin as the left minister, this position became vacant and was planned to be left to Shen Dongkui, the governor of Beijing, who had been adding to the household ministry.
Qin Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing.
Now Shen Dongkui is dedicated to managing the capital's warehousing, and he also holds the title of "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Revenue". Of course, this is a fictitious position, not a real job, and the official of the Ministry of Household Affairs is still Sun Jiao.
Shen Dongkui is about to take up the title of Minister. He cannot take over the position of right minister. He still needs to find someone who can manage the Xuanfu treasury...
Although Xuanda is inferior to the three frontiers in a strategic sense, it has always existed as the general warehouse of money and grain in the northwest. Most of the money and grain transportation for the northwest frontier army is in Xuanfu. Whoever is in charge of the Xuanfu treasury can be said to control the economic lifeline of the northwest.
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Zhu Si sighed: "Sun Butang, what I'm asking is, who do you think is more suitable to be the right minister of the Ministry of Finance?"
"I don't know if I know it, so I should discuss it with the court."
Sun Jiao showed his ability to shift blame.
I am only responsible for raising questions, not solving them.
Zhu Sidao said: "Then it would be better to let Tang Yintang make the platform and directly take over the right minister of household affairs!"
As soon as the emperor's words came out, there was a commotion among the civil officials at the scene.
Lin Jun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, came out and said fiercely: "Your Majesty, Tang Yin has only been in the court for a year. How can he have experience in governing a country? If he is even responsible for the military pay and grain supply of the Xuanfu, then there will be no trouble.
Weird! I believe that these matters should be handled with caution and should not be decided rashly."
Lin Jun became excited and his voice was very sharp and harsh, making people uncomfortable.
Zhu Si frowned and asked: "What's the point of being cautious? If you can't make a rash decision, then you should have found a suitable candidate earlier!"
Lin Jun glared at Sun Jiao on the side and said, "It's good to let Sun Budang go!"
"Ha ha…"
Everyone present couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Lin Jun made it clear that he was targeting Sun Jiao.
It's okay. Why did you jump out and ask for the election of the right minister of the Household Department to take care of the army's salary? Now the emperor has climbed up the ladder and asked Tang Yin to take charge. You have discussed it in advance, right? Whoever raises the problem will solve it.
Isn’t there no one who can provide your grandson? Then you can do it yourself!
Zhu Si was very speechless, and his words were very bad: "Lin Qing's family, I would like to ask you in court if you can say something serious? Has anyone asked the Minister of Hubu to take care of the money and food in the northwest? Or should I ask the Nanjing Hubu to take care of the money and food in the northwest?"
Will Shangshu Huang Zan be recalled again and demoted to the rank of Minister to be reassigned to the northwest?"
When Zhu Si mentioned Huang Zan.
There was suddenly silence.
Huang Zan was a very special figure during his reign. He was obviously a "female cadre", but it was Yang Tinghe who recommended him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. Moreover, because Huang Zan had made many achievements while serving in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was very popular.
Even now, he is still as secure as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing. Even Yang Tinghe took the opportunity to investigate the deficit of Southeast Coast Defense, but Huang Zan was not implicated at all.
The people present were silent. They were actually waiting for people from the opposing faction of Huang Zan to come out to find trouble and hear how to attack Huang Zan.
But even the backbone of Yang Tinghe's faction, such as Lin Jun, do not have a good opinion of Huang Zan.
"Let's discuss it later."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Si looked very impatient. He also knew that it was a lot of trouble to let Tang Yin become the governor of Xuanda. It would be difficult to get Tang Yin to be the minister of household affairs. Besides, Zhu Hao didn't ask him to force it.
Promote this matter.
He is very satisfied as it is now.
"By the way, the Ministry of Revenue hastily made a post-autumn summary to see how much food can be allocated to the northwest. After this year of war, the northwest should take a good rest and not let our soldiers starve and freeze. This is a top priority! Sun