Chapter 120: Accept the decree and take the sword
Whose land? The homeland of the Ming Dynasty.
Whose fault is it for being incompetent in defending the country? It cannot be blamed on Zhu Houcong.
Yang Tinghe replied calmly: "Whoever is at fault will be judged after the trouble is eliminated. The urgent matter is that Wang Hong's defeat is not enough to convince the public, and the Guangdong and Guangxi may have collaborated with the enemy. I think the words of Shi Da Shi are the best policy, so I can send..."
"Lao Yangge just said that Wang Hong is guilty and should reprimand Guangdong Province for reorganizing the generals and defeating the enemy." Zhu Houcong looked at him and interrupted again "rudely".
The internal secretary did not speak, but the emperor remembered it.
"...If the imperial court trusts Wang Hong's memorial, it is feared that chaos will arise in Guangdong and Guangxi. To eliminate trouble, a thorough investigation will not be carried out. The imperial envoys to Guangdong should only check whether Wang Hong's memorial is true and order to supervise the resumption of the war. Fran Ji is a bandit.
This trouble can be eliminated by Guangdong Province alone. Now that there are imperial envoys, the people in Guangdong and Guangxi will no longer be careless about their affairs."
"Wang Shouren, you know the soldiers, what do you think?" Zhu Houcong looked at him.
National policy meetings are not decided by cabinet ministers, as everyone has become familiar with.
This is the first border war that the new king has faced, and many people can understand his sensitivity and attention.
Although what everyone is thinking about now is not whether the Franji people can win, but that Wang Hong does not match what the members of the two armies have said. It is Chen Jin and Guo Xun who the emperor just named.
Wang Shouren met the emperor's gaze and answered truthfully: "When I was in Jiangxi to quell the chaos, I heard that the traitor Jiang Bin led the Franji Yi people to the imperial court. I searched and read the classics, but I didn't hear about him or his country. Your Majesty
A few days ago, an edict was issued to Guangdong and Guangxi to expel the Franji people. I paid close attention to this matter and learned that Wang Hong went to Guangdong in the sixth year of Zhengde. He has been punished and punished as an envoy to Si Qianshi. His deputy envoy has been patrolling the sea lanes for ten years. I also heard about Franji.
The Yi people are quite arrogant because they refuse to bow to officials."
Zhu Houcong kept looking at him, and Wang Shouren finally concluded: "Since we have seen the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, we are proud to rely on it. Wang Hong patrolled the sea for a long time and said that Fran's machine, man and ship were strong and powerful, and the prince said that he led more than fifty warships.
We can attack a small island but cannot win. I think that the enemy's situation is unknown, and if we continue to fight rashly, we will lose our great power tomorrow."
"Guangdong province is expelling bandits from a small country. How can Wang Shilang be so cautious when he knows the troops?" Mao Jishu said.
"I know the soldiers but not the enemy, so I dare not act rashly." Wang Shouren's answer was to Zhu Houcong.
Yang Shen curled his lips: He did not forget to sell his knowledge of the unity of knowledge and action at the national policy meeting.
"Does Mr. Yang Ge know Franji? Where is his country? What is its scenery?" Zhu Houcong asked Yang Tinghe as if asking for advice.
"Last year, the director of the Department of Rites and Teachings of the Ministry of Rites reported that his country was the ancient Srivijaya, located south of Manlajia in Nanyang. In the sixth year of Zhengde, the Franji people invaded Manlajia and wanted to pay tribute to the Celestial Dynasty in the name of Manlajia. Guangdong City
The ship commander was aware of his treacherous plan, and Manlajia also asked the imperial court to send troops to help him drive away the Franji people. At that time, the Walakou border was occupied, and the imperial court was distracted and unable to do anything..."
Yang Tinghe talked confidently, and it sounded like his views were much more reliable than Wang Shouren's.
After all, it is just one of the barbarians in Nanyang.
Zhu Houcong didn't blame him.
Yang Tinghe was a clean figure who had never worked hard anywhere. He graduated from the Hanlin Academy and became a lecturer and became an imperial teacher. Later, he became a scholar of Dongge University and entered the cabinet.
It is normal for him to obtain information from various local reports in the Ming Dynasty.
Here he skillfully expressed his detailed knowledge of Franchise, whether it was prepared in advance or on the spot, and his memory was at least very good.
Zhu Houcong only waited for him to say these words, and then turned to look at Huang Jin: "Is it recorded?"
Yang Tinghe suddenly felt uncomfortable. This feeling seemed familiar.
Huang Jin replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, everything has been recorded."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "If you know something, you know it. If you don't know it, you don't know it. That's knowing. I learned a lot today."
Yang Tinghe felt that this was not a compliment, and that the emperor did not ask Huang Jin to record some anecdotes.
At this moment, Zhang Zuo rushed over again: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Guangdong that the Franjigong envoy has been captured and will be escorted to Beijing today."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Bring it to me for a look."
There was a brief silence in the Zhongyuan Hall, and Zhu Houcong put it aside after reading: "Very good, the envoy of the Franji people has also been captured alive. When he arrives in Beijing, the details of the Franji people will naturally be found out. I have always been cautious,
The enemy's situation is unknown. Although Guangdong is rich, it is not appropriate for soldiers to sacrifice their lives in vain. The Flangji people have been staying on Tuen Mun Island for so many years, and let them be free for a few more days. First, see if there are reinforcements, and secondly, we need to
Build ships to prepare for war."
He looked at everyone: "The request for building warships and providing food and wages is approved. Wang Hong's crime is suspected by officials in Guangdong and Guangxi, and it is indeed necessary to appoint an imperial envoy to supervise a thorough investigation. Zhang Fujing is walking in Xuanyu's study!"
Yang Tinghe and others looked at him in astonishment.
Why is it such a coincidence that he is a doctor in the Ministry of Finance of Guangdong Province?
Can a fifth-grade imperial envoy really impress everyone when he goes to Guangdong?
When Zhang Fujing hurried from the household department outside Chengtian Gate to the Zhongyuan Hall, the hall seemed to be chatting. The ministers introduced the Ming Dynasty navy and water warfare to the emperor.
"Lu Song, here comes the sword!"
Lu Song, one of the leaders of the imperial guards, strangely took off his sword and handed it to him, wanting to remind him that it was a sword.
Zhu Houcong held the scabbard and said, "Zhang Fu is here to listen."
Zhang Fujing knelt down beside the eighteen chairs: "I am here."
Zhu Houcong looked down at him: "I am walking in the royal study room as a doctor in the Guangdong Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Accounts. Zhang Fujing, a student of the Hanlin Academy, went to Guangdong and Guangxi to supervise the matter of the Franji people embezzling Tuenmen Hai'ao and paying tribute to the vassal barbarians. The deputy envoy of Guangdong Inspector inspected the seaway.
If Wang Hong is guilty or not, Zhang Fijing will quickly find out and submit a report to the capital. All ministers in Guangdong and Guangxi will give him permission. If there is anyone who obstructs the emperor's order, please have the imperial edict to kill him with this sword if he is third grade or below."
Zhang Fujing's heart was shocked. He raised his head to confirm the emperor's seriousness, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Fujing, accepts the decree!"
Third rank and below, that is to say, all important officials of a province are covered.
It's just a mere walk in the imperial study. Once ordered by the imperial envoy, can he have such authority?
Yang Tinghe was about to stand up and persuade Zhu Houcong that there was a problem in doing so. If the imperial envoy took the path of a civil servant, he should be sent from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
But he heard the emperor's cold voice say: "If you are above the third rank, please go with the imperial guards to the south of the mountain to take my treasure seal. All the armies of Guangdong and Guangxi will obey the orders!"
Yang Tinghe's pupils narrowed.
Above the third rank, the only level in Guangdong and Guangxi is the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
What is the Jinyiwei Lingnan Walk?
"Your Majesty!" Yang Tinghe had to speak, "This power is too heavy, and everyone in Guangdong and Guangxi was frightened after hearing the decree..."
"The last one is a secret decree." Zhu Houchun glanced at them coldly, "If there is any restlessness above the third rank in Guangdong and Guangxi, it is the people in this palace who are communicating with each other. Since the important ministers of Guangdong and Guangxi have suspicions, how can we not take precautions?"
"Your Majesty, why is it necessary to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this when we are suffering from scabies?"
Many people felt this way. They just thought that the emperor overreacted to the first border trouble.
"Zhang Fujing, you are a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs' Qing Li Division. Where did Guangdong's transfer to Beijing come from? How has it changed in the past ten years?"
Zhang Fujing immediately reported the figures skillfully, among which Guangdong Zhuchi, salt tax, and tribute taxes all showed a downward trend.
"Guangdong and Guangxi are suffering from war. How about sending food, salary and money?"
"Guangxi Tengxia banditry, Lingnan banditry, Nanyang pirates..." Zhang Fuking did not participate in the debate before, and the results of writing memorials with great concentration under the orders can be seen at a glance.
Zhu Houcong left the throne and walked slowly to Zhang Fujing.
"What Wang Hong wrote was a blood book, and there was only one copy. What was submitted to the cabinet was a transcript. I don't believe who on either side is telling the truth for the moment, so I have to prepare for the worst and see the truth clearly."
He raised Lu Song's sword and handed it over: "Take the sword! Yang Shen, draw up two decrees, one bright and one dark!"
Yang Tinghe's eyes narrowed again: The decree was drawn up by his son himself!
Only the people in this palace know the existence of this secret decree.
The emperor's treasure seal is stored in this central round hall.
And when did the so-called Jin Yiwei walking in Lingnan leave the capital with a treasure seal?
The emperor has enough trust in the high-quality command of the Imperial Guard...
In Yang Tinghe's mind, two aides told him that two people, only their surnames were unknown, were escorting Liang Chu back home.
He couldn't help suppressing the shock in his eyes and looked at Zhu Houcong, and then quickly shifted his gaze to Chen Jin and Guo Xun.
……impossible?
When he looked at Yan Song again who had been silent, Yang Tinghe roared firmly in his heart: Impossible!
How could Yan Song know? It was just a memorial that had been published several times since the 15th year of Zhengde!
But the current decision to send an imperial envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi is exactly the direction Yang Tinghe wants to guide the development of the situation, and he... doesn't want to stop it.
It was actually a blood seal, and he had no morality to stop the emperor from going berserk.
The emperor has not been angry for a long time, and this is the first defeat he has faced!
Yang Tinghe didn't know that Yan Song was also feeling huge waves in his heart at this time.
Yan Song knew that the Franji people were related to Jiang Bin, and Jiang Bin was related to Wang Qiong, Chen Jin, Guo Xun and others. When the Franji people set up camp on Tuen Mun Island, Guo Xun and Chen Jin were both working in Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, they were also
Wu Tingju from Guangdong is now standing in front of Yang Tingyi.
But these were all his guesses, and he did not clarify them to the emperor.
Now, why did the emperor react so hugely to the defeat of Tuen Mun?
Does he really want to cause huge waves in Guangdong and Guangxi?
What about Guo Xun and Chen Jin?
Doesn't this fulfill Yang Tinghe's wish?
No, not like...
"Yang Tinghe, whose land is it?"
Those cold six words echoed in Yan Song's heart, and he looked at Zhang Fujing who took the "sword".
The blade is hidden in the sheath, and its sharp edge is not visible.
Where will this sword come from and where will it go?
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With more than 400,000 taels of temporary food and salary, the emperor did not make things difficult for the Ministry of Household Affairs.
However, taking it out of the so-called sealed warehouse only made people feel scared.
That was the emperor who used his "life" to carve up Qian Ning from his courtiers, and Jiang Bin had no family assets.
Now that this money is taken out without hesitation, whose life will it cost?
After failing seven tests and wasting half his life until he was over forty, Zhang Fuking set out under the escort of Wang Zuo of Jin Yiwei North Town, Fusi Town, and with the imperial edict, the emperor granted him a sword.
Seventeen ministers who participated in the national policy meeting were all timid.
Why did Wang Zuo, who was originally in Fusi, South Town, become the envoy of Fusi Town in North Town?
Because of the fire of the Sun Jing Gate.
The Tuen Mun naval battle was just an escaped bandit from a small barbarian country. Even though there might be some benefit from Guangdong and Guangxi's shipping and production, why was the envoy from Beizhen Fusi dispatched?
Could it be that Jin Yiwei has found some clues related to the fire of the Sun Jing Sect?
This thread is actually in the south?
Guo Xun was very scared. He wanted to apologize for what happened back then. He also wanted to send someone to tell Funing Marquis Zhu Qi.
But he didn't dare. It was not easy for him to win the holy grace among the ministers and attend the national policy meeting.
Chen Jin was also afraid. He didn't have Liang Chu's wisdom, and he couldn't make up his mind about the emperor's decision. He didn't even dare to go to someone to discuss it at this time.
The governor of Beizhen left the capital, but where was the admiral of Dongchang?
In the Central Round Hall, who is communicating up and down?
Those below the third rank will be beheaded immediately, and those above the third rank will order the formations of the armies of Guangdong and Guangxi to be too terrifying. That secret order was personally handled by Wang Xian and completed by the Ministry of War!
Yang Tinghe vaguely felt that this matter was out of control. The battle was too big, and why was it vaguely connected to the fire of the Sun Jing Sect?
Even so, he is not too worried. The fire of Guangdong and Guangxi will not burn him anyway. Even Liang Chu...can the Liang family escape?
On the way south, Zhang Fujing and Wang Zuo were not familiar with each other.
"Wang Zhenfu, if things change, then the Jinyi Guards will walk south of Lingnan..."
Wang Zuo smiled in a friendly manner: "If things change and Mr. Zhang is walking, then Lingnan Walking will naturally happen."