Qi Jiguang's arrival had to wait a little longer, because his city of Daning was special. It was an isolated city hanging alone outside the Great Wall, and could not be separated from the general for a moment.
Not only did Yang Siwei take office, but he also had to wait for Yang Siwei to thoroughly understand the key points of Daning City's defense and send his own servants to control the key points before Qi Jiguang could leave. Otherwise, what if there was something wrong with Daning City?
It's a mistake, even though both of them are famous generals with a lot of credit, they still can't afford to suffer.
Daning City, that is the evidence that the Ming Dynasty reached out and slapped the Tutu people after the Monan War! Can the young emperor Zhu Yijun not take this very seriously?
What's more, Daning City is also Gao Gongbao's record. If Daning City is lost, who will give the newly promoted young Sima an explanation? Don't look at Gao Jingshi, this young Sima is in charge of the Beijing camp, but he is still
Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War is one of the top officials of military generals in the world!
While it was still some time before Qi Jiguang came to Beijing, Gao Pingshi began to take charge of logistics - speaking of which, this was still his specialty.
According to a highly pragmatic plan, the Imperial Guard Camp in the north of the capital city made a bold attempt, not only planning more than 60,000 training camps, stations, grain storage warehouses, armor warehouses, gunpowder warehouses, etc. all here
, and at the same time, in accordance with high pragmatic requirements, this place was built into a super large bastion.
It is conceivable that this place will definitely have two names in the future: Jingbei Camp and Imperial Guard Fort.
However, the implementation of this plan encountered great resistance, because when the Ministry of War's memorandum was submitted to the cabinet, Shen Shixing expressed disagreement.
It stands to reason that in the current cabinet, the Practical School has a clear numerical advantage, including the second assistant, Xu Guo, a bachelor of Jianji Palace, and the two group assistants, Zhang Xueyan, a bachelor of Wenyuange, and Wu Dui, a bachelor of Dongge.
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In a five-person cabinet, the voice of the Practical School, which occupies the positions of three ministers, is certainly not small. Unfortunately, Shen Shixing had the upper hand this time.
Because he is the chief assistant.
Riding on the east wind blowing from Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei to the present, Shen Shixing, the chief minister, is still the "strong chief minister". He can not only defeat the six ministries and one academy, but also be the leader in the cabinet.
It's a matter of words - of course, if other cabinet ministers are forced to resign, that's a different story.
However, after all, Shen Shixing is not a person with Gao Gong's personality. Although he decided in one sentence, he still gave a reason, and this reason was very high-sounding and justifiable: he had no money.
Without money, these two words really exist like a nightmare. I don’t know how many big and important things have been ruined by these two words.
But now, Shen Shixing still relies on these two words to reject the Ministry of War's objections.
He said earnestly in the cabinet: "Gentlemen, the Ministry of War now wants to boost the Beijing camp. This idea is of course a good one. I personally support it very much. You saw that Gao Qiu really wanted to build the Imperial Guard before, so I just agreed.
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But as the Prime Minister of the country, we cannot do anything blindly, let alone be radical. There is a poem that you must have read: "Ten thousand dragon boats with green silk, they will never return to Yangzhou. It should be the Tianjiao who opened the Bian River.
There are no mountains in the land for more than a thousand miles. Even after the death of the Sui Dynasty, this river has been connected to the waves for thousands of miles. If there were no water palace and dragon boat events, Yu and Yu would not have much merit." - Pi Rixiu said that although it is the Grand Canal, it is the Grand Canal.
The reasoning is similar when it comes to the Imperial Guard.
How much money has the imperial court spent in the past few years? There have been wars for many years! Everyone! Mr. Shinsai, you are in charge of the household department. How much money does the household department have this year? "
Zhang Xueyan shook his head slightly: "Excluding the funds that must be spent in the budget, this year's remaining silver is about 130,000 taels."
"Look, 130,000 taels." Shen Shixing immediately said: "For a stall as big as the imperial court, there may be some accidents that require money. How much can you do with these 130,000 taels? And I
I still have a question: Is it necessary for the Beijing-Beijing camp to be so exaggerated? Are the two camps in the inner and outer cities so unnecessary now?"
Now that specific matters have been mentioned, as the cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of War, Wu Dui had to stand up and speak: "Yuanfu, the purpose of building the Beijing North Camp or the Imperial Guard Fort is still very clear, and the reason is that
It makes sense, these are all explained in the memorials of the Ministry of War."
He pointed to the memorial on Shen Shixing's desk and said: "The reason why the Beijing Camp is located north of the capital is because the enemies of our dynasty are in the north. The imperial guard stationed in the north of Beijing is located in the north of Beijing.
It means 'pioneer for the king'. As for why such a huge fortress should be built, there are two considerations."
"On the one hand, the 60,000 Imperial Guards are stationed in the north of Beijing. Even if the enemy takes advantage of my unpreparedness and rushes into the vicinity of the capital, they will not dare to do anything until the camp in the north of Beijing is dealt with. This is good.
Alleviating the pressure that Shenjing may face.
On the other hand, the location of the Imperial Guard is not within the city so as not to disturb the people, but not far to the north of the city so that it can be dispatched at any time once ordered by the imperial edict without affecting the execution of any mission."
He finally concluded: "So to sum up, the reasons for the selection of the site and the establishment of the fortress by the Guards are very sufficient. As for the specific money consumption and other issues involved... this needs to be questioned."
Although Shen Shixing was talking alone over the three cabinet elders, he was actually unhappy in his heart - it was a bit inconvenient for him, the chief minister, to directly interfere in everything.
Thinking of this, he even glanced at Pan Sheng subconsciously. Pan Sheng was a full eighteen years older than him, but he seemed to be in good spirits. Apart from being a little deaf, there was almost nothing that made him look particularly old.
As for the deafness... I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe he just pretended to be deaf so that he wouldn't have to interrupt.
However, everyone present misunderstood Shen Shixing's look.
The three elders of the Practical School thought that Pan Sheng had already defected to Shen Shixing - he usually didn't suffer if he followed the chief assistant. Pan Sheng was a neutral person. Since he could follow Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei before, of course he can do it now.
Just follow Shen Shi.
It doesn’t matter who you follow, as long as you are the chief assistant.
But Pan Sheng himself was surprised. He couldn't understand what Shen Shixing meant by looking at him at this time.
Mr. Pan thought to himself: Could it be that this guy Shen Rumo wants to win over me? But you didn't say hello before, and suddenly you act like this, how do I know how to cooperate with you? I don't know what you want!
Do you simply oppose this plan, or do you hope to use your opposition to this plan to attack Gao Pragmatic, or do you want to take the opportunity to show that you are now in power and everything in the court must obey you?
You haven't explained anything to me, how can I cooperate with you?
Besides, why should I have to cooperate with you? Now between the two of you, one side has the chief assistant in office, and the other side has the numerical advantage. Who knows who will have the last laugh in this battle? It’s not that easy for me, the old man, to place a bet.
It would be great if both of me don't offend you. Even if you don't win over me, you definitely won't offend me. Let me finish the remaining two or three years in peace. What a good thing!
But that's what I thought, after all, the chief assistant has already "indicated" with his eyes, and it really can't be justified without any expression, at least he has to come out and fool him a few words.
So Mr. Pan coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said: "I have read this essay just now. The writing is excellent, the reasoning is very clear, and it is a good article..."
Wu Dui, who was new to the cabinet, saw him talking nonsense and almost couldn't help but roll his eyes: Now is the time to talk about articles!
Zhang Xueyan, who joined the cabinet at the same time but was more senior, frowned slightly.
Only Xu Guo, who had been in the cabinet for many years, understood Pan Sheng's style well enough. He picked up the tea leisurely, used the lid of the cup to gently stir up the floating tea foam, and took a small sip.
As he expected, after Pan Sheng rambled on about the quality of the article, he continued to speak: "I have always liked Gao Longwen's articles. It was Yuan Fu and I who liked him in the first place.
…Therefore, there is no problem with the logic in his article, and after reading it, I feel that this is the way to go.”
Now it was Wu Dui's turn to be surprised, and he thought to himself: Could it be that I got it wrong and Old Pan didn't stand with Shen Shixing at all? But in this case, what did Shen Shixing mean by signaling him to speak?
Zhang Xueyan was also a little surprised and frowned slightly, but didn't express anything else.
Although Shen Shixing found that Pan Sheng seemed to have misunderstood the intention of looking at him when he spoke just now, and what he said now seemed to be on Gao Dang's side, Shen Shixing's expression remained as usual, without any emotion at all.
What kind of person is Pan Sheng? Shen Shixing still doesn’t know? Now that he is the chief minister, as long as Pan Sheng still wants to serve with honor, he will at least not embarrass himself in person. As for what he says now, it doesn’t matter at all, because
He will definitely come to a turning point.
As expected, when Pan Sheng said this, he immediately changed the subject: "But Yuan Fu's worries are also reasonable. Zi Yu (Zhang Xueyan) also said just now that there is not much money left in the Ministry of Revenue. If all of it is invested here,
Go to the camp in Beijing, if the imperial court has anything else to do, it will be blind."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Shen Shixing's mouth, and he thought to himself: I know that you, old guy, must not offend both sides - look, you all make sense in this matter, otherwise it is better to leave it to the emperor to decide
Bar?
So Shen Shixing simply helped him and said, "So, what does Mr. Pan mean?"
Pan Sheng sighed: "The current situation is difficult, and it is not easy to be a minister. How can we, as ministers, handle such a big matter lightly... How about asking the emperor to judge? What do you think?"
Wu Dui finally couldn't help but rolled his eyes and secretly slandered: Since the current situation is difficult, shouldn't ministers have to shoulder more responsibilities? I can't make up my mind about anything and leave it all to the Emperor. The Holy Judgment, then the Emperor
Why are we people here?
Assist Bi, assist Bi, neither assist nor Bi, what use do you have!
It was a pity that these words could only be slandered, but could not be said. Wu Dui had no choice but to remain silent, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, as if the tea had a grudge against him.
When he raised his head, Xu Guo looked towards him and shook his head imperceptibly.
Wu Dui was reminded by him and suddenly felt blessed: Holy Judgment?
Ah! Holy Judgment is good!
If the truth-seeking Shuwen is submitted to the Emperor for judgment, the chances of the Emperor agreeing are quite high!
Thinking of this, he slightly cupped his hands towards Shen Shixing and said: "In that case, Yuan Fu, how about we draft a vote based on the two cabinet discussions and ask the emperor to make a decision?"
Shen Shixing nodded slightly: "Let's do it this way - you can go about your business and walk slowly." After saying that, he stood up, took the memorial and walked to his office.
Pan Sheng stood up immediately and said goodbye to the three of them.
Xu Guo and the other three finally stood up. Under Xu Guo's eyes, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui followed Xu Guo to his apartment together in a tacit understanding.
After everyone entered and sat down, Wu Dui asked: "Weizhen (named by Xu Guo, Wu Dui won the Jinshi title before him, so he was called by his name instead of his title), do you think it would be better for the emperor to decide this matter?"
Xu Guo nodded, shook his head, and said, "I thought we could look at this matter separately."
Wu Dui asked: "How to look at them separately?"
"First of all, no matter what the outcome of the Holy Judgment is, at least we have set a tone in the cabinet: the construction of the Beijing Camp is justified in itself, right?"
There seems to be no problem with this. Although Shen Shixing expressed some doubts just now, after Wu Dui explained, Shen Shixing did not insist. Then there is no problem with Xu Guo's words, and the tone has indeed been set.
Zhang Xueyan asked, "Weizhen means that even if the emperor is not correct this time, it will not be a big problem? Because since the method is right, but the money is not enough at the moment, it will always be done in the future. It is nothing more than a matter of time."
thing."
Xu Guo nodded slightly: "This is indeed true."
Wu Dui asked: "Since we look at them separately, what about the other one?"
"The other one is to see how much influence our Shen Yuanfu has on the emperor." He narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "The reason why the chief minister has been regarded as the 'true prime minister' in the past few decades is actually
To put it bluntly, the foundation lies in the influence of the first assistant on the emperor. In the past, when Gao Wenzhenggong was the second assistant in the cabinet, Li Shilu, as the first assistant, could only obey. The reason was not that his influence on the Mu Temple was far less than that of Gao Wenzhenggong.
What?"
He paused for a moment, his eyes became more solemn, and continued: "For more than ten years, my Shixue faction has been holding the power of the first assistant vote. Now because of Fengpan Gong Ding You, this power suddenly fell into the hands of the Xinxue faction.
Here, you and I can only guess how big the changes will be caused by this change. But what happened today is just an opportunity..."
Zhang Xueyan completely understood what Xu Guo meant, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Wei Zhen, you are betting on who will be favored by the Holy Spirit more, Yuan Fu or Qiu Zhen?"
Wu Dui's expression changed slightly, his brows immediately furrowed, and he said nervously: "This bet is not fair! Wei Zhen, are you sure you want to do this?"
Of course it's not fair. Gao Pragmatic is just a minister of the Ministry of War. Under the system of four ministers of the Ministry of War after Gao Gong's restructuring, he is currently only ranked second. This is a mere third-in-command of the Ministry of War, and he compares his "weight" with the chief minister of the current dynasty.
It's not fair to look at it horizontally or vertically.
But Xu Guo said seriously: "But in order for us to be sure of Shen Yuanfu's power in the future, we must accompany him in this bet."
Wu Dui opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out, he just sighed wordlessly.
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