Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu has been in a bad mood these days.
At the beginning of the Chinese dynasty, the era when the clan kings dominated one area was long gone. Of course, even then, this Ningxia town was still the territory of Prince Qing. , not really a title at all. However, being a clan member also has its benefits. No matter how big or small his mistakes are, the court rarely punishes him with real severity except reprimands and fines. That is, he often invites his friends to have banquets and have fun at home. The impeachment of the censor was returned to impeachment, but basically he went to the capital with a memorial, which was like a mud cow drowning in the sea without any news. Compared with those vassal kings who had a lot of misdeeds, his behavior was just a small indulgence at best.
In particular, most of the people he interacted with were middle- and lower-level officers and did not involve important figures in the General Military Mansion, so no one paid much attention to him.
But now that Xu Xun opened the door to receive the officers, he immediately sensed a bit of a crisis. Especially in public, Xu Xun often praised Wang Yue, who had lost the earldom of Weining before his death. There was quite a repercussion. When Xu Xun once said that he had written to the court to discuss the restoration of Prince Wei Ning's title, the uproar spread to him. Those junior officers who used to come at his call came one after another. I have been discussing this matter with him for several days.
So, when Zhou Ang arrived at the Anhua Palace on this day, his first sentence was to ask in a deep voice: "I heard that the Guandi Temple in the northeast corner of the city is full of people every day, is it true?"
Zhou Ang and Zhu Zhixiu had not been in contact for more than a day or two. After hearing these words, he understood what the Anhua King was thinking, so after thinking about his words, he said cautiously: "Since Uncle Pingbei has been here, After the Black Mountain Battalion killed Chen Zhan, many lower-level military academies in the city spoke highly of him. In addition, what he said after watching the singing and dancing of the Caiyun Class of Prince Qing's Mansion when Jiang Han hosted a banquet made him even more... Many people are moved by this. Your Highness should also know that a martial artist wants to have a wife who has made great achievements and has a wife. Since this Pingbei Bo is the emperor's favorite, of course people will flock to him. What's more, in the past, Wang Taifu was originally in our three towns in Shaanxi Province. His reputation spreads far and wide, and if he spreads such rumors, why don’t people think that he is the second Wang Yue?”
"wishful thinking!"
When Zhu Zhixiu thought that he sent someone to tentatively invite Xu Xun to the banquet, but the other party made it clear that the minister of civil and military affairs was not allowed to hand over the vassal to the vassal privately, he refused. Feeling that he had lost face, he couldn't help but feel his teeth itching with hatred. He took a deep breath, Then he looked at Zhou Ang and said: "What happened to the news I asked you to spread before? It's true that those officers want to gain military glory, but they don't really want to risk their lives, let alone how many of the pawns below are willing. Risking your life to exchange credit for Shangguan?"
"Your Highness, the news has spread, but the problem now is that although the Ningxia vanguard and the left and right central guards have gathered, Uncle Pingbei shows no sign of using troops at all! The news released by the General Military Office is about the movements of the bandits. It was unknown, so he gathered troops for defense. What's more important is that Xu Xun has successively replaced more than a dozen households with bad records, and removed people from the general banner, small banners, and even small soldiers to act as agents for a while. Everyone is very excited, who wouldn’t want this good thing to happen to him?”
Having said this, Zhou Ang sighed secretly when he saw that Zhu Zhixiu's face was livid. This vassal king seemed to be noble, but he could only give people money. How could he be like Xu Xun who relied on the imperial envoys and the emperor's loyal ministers? There are so many things that status can bring to people. Now he has adopted an attitude that is fair but does not touch the interests of the senior officers at the top, and he has easily won over people's hearts.
"Are we just going to let this kid win over people's hearts?" Zhu Zhixiu couldn't help but gritted his teeth when he thought about what Xu Xun had accomplished in just a few days, not to mention the fact that Xu Xun had done it in just a few days and almost disturbed his own strength. , "By the way, this is about buying people's hearts. Chen Zhan, who he killed in the Black Mountain Camp before, was originally killed without invitation, with ulterior motives. He went to tell the patrol censor An Wei that he was not Liu Jin's person. How could he not make a fuss at this time? Make a fuss!”….
Seeing that Zhu Zhixiu was obviously very angry, Zhou Ang naturally followed his tone and agreed. When Sun Jingwen and Meng Bin came in with a smiling middle-aged woman holding a colorful parrot, he exchanged words with them. With a wink, he quietly left. After leaving the Prince's Palace of Anhua, he immediately led his subordinates to rush towards the Central City, which was only one street away from the Chenghuang Temple.
He did not notice at all that on the street in front of the Anhua Prince's Palace, a man raised his bamboo hat and stared at his back for a while before lowering his bamboo hat.
It wasn't until March 14th that Yang Yiqing arrived at Ningxia Town. He first went from Yansui Town to Pingliang Mansion, and then drove Jian Cong to Guyuan Town to help Cao Xiong plan together to drive away the enemies of Guyuan. Then after the bandits invaded Longde, he They frightened them back by using a trick of suspicion, and finally went to the Jinglu Guards to urge the civilians to urgently repair the previous gap. After receiving an urgent report from Jiang Han, the chief military officer guarding Ningxia, they rushed to Ningxia Town in a hurry. Even so, He was also afraid that Xu Xun would be impatient and lead his troops deep into the Hetao to clear out the enemy. It was not until he dismounted in front of the Guandi Temple and confirmed that Xu Xun was really among them that he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I finally caught up!"
"Why, Mr. Sui'an thinks that I will repeat my old tricks and lead more than a thousand people into a trap? That's not falling into a trap, but setting myself up for someone else's trap!"
Hearing Xu Xun's relaxed words, Yang Yiqing couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said: "What kind of trap? Could it be that the movements of the bandits have been discovered?"
"It's just a possibility. After all, people nowadays think that I, Xu Xun, like to take risks, so there is a possibility that I can send you a sweet bait for me to go to camp." Xu Xun told Yang Yiqing briefly and concisely about Cao Qian, Wang Jinglue and Mo Feng After hearing the intelligence information obtained by the headquarters, the previous reminders from everyone, and his speculations, he immediately said, "This time I am patrolling the border under orders, not starting a war. Even if we really want to fight, I am not completely sure. How could I dispatch so easily? The reason why I ordered the Ningxia vanguard and the left and right central guards to assemble is just in case. Mr. Sui'an, if the bandits really gather in Hetao, it stands to reason that the area from Huamachi to Xingwuying will It’s the best to break through. I remember that the city wall over there was only built for a few dozen miles?”
"Yes, after all, it was built in the severe winter, and it was half the result with twice the result. I am planning to send out 40,000 soldiers and civilians from spring to autumn, and try to accomplish it in one go. Of course, as long as there are no constraints from the government." Seeing Xu Xun showing an expression that said you can feel relieved, Yang Yiqing then He said thoughtfully, "However, if the leader of the army is really the young prince and the third son Balsbort, then he must be dissatisfied with his previous efforts without success, and the possibility of committing the crime again is extremely high. If he attacks rashly, he will be taken advantage of."
Xu Xun knew that the steady-tempered Yang Yiqing would not forget about the previous victory, so he immediately smiled. Seeing Zhang Yong next to him hand over a bamboo tube wrapped in yellow silk, he took it and shook it at Yang Yiqing, as if smiling. He said without a smile: "Does Mr. Sui'an know what's going on here?"
Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, then said cautiously: "Is it an imperial edict?"
"It's an imperial edict. It's more than two thousand miles from the capital to Shaanxi. It's six hundred miles and it was rushed here day and night. I heard that there was almost a falling out at the cabinet and ministry meetings." Xu Xun rubbed the tight wrapping that had been made before.
The yellow silk was tight and there was no wear and tear on the road. He said word by word, "This is a sacred order. The civil and military officials of Ningxia City are ordered to worship the heaven at the mountain and river altar in the south of the city. They also commemorate the soldiers who died over the years and build the Heroes and Martyrs' Shrine.
"
Having said this, he paused, looked at the astonished Yang Yiqing and said: "Of course, not only Ningxia, but also other important towns in Jiubian are doing this. From now on, in Ningxia Chengshanchuan Shejitan West, the
The Martyrs' Shrine is dedicated to commemorating the soldiers who died in all wars. In the future, we will slowly try to register them one by one. Of course, in addition to those who died in the king's affairs, those who made great achievements and died in peace can also enter the Martyrs' Shrine. In the three towns of Shaanxi
The famous posthumous tutor Wang Xiangmin Gong was undoubtedly the first group of people to enter the shrine."….
As a second-ranked Jinshi, Yang Yiqing naturally had an inexplicable feeling towards his predecessor, Wang Yue, who was also the pioneer of the trilateral system in Shaanxi. He also initially held the title of censor of the right capital and was appointed as the trilateral system.
He had spent many years in Shaanxi, so since he took office, he had often heard people compare him with Wang Yue. Although he himself had admiration and respect for Wang Yue, he had always been disapproving of him as a person. Now when he heard Xu Xun
After saying these words, his eyes couldn't help but fall completely on the imperial edict.
"Even if you rush six hundred miles, I'm afraid it won't take too long before the edict is released?"
"That's right, I asked the emperor for his life before I left, and I also said hello to Eunuch Liu. As long as the emperor agrees and Eunuch Liu doesn't stop him, even if others object, they can't stop him. So,
I heard that even if there is a quarrel, the real fight in the court will only take a few days. But no matter how long the fight lasts, I will definitely fight for this thing. The soldiers risk their lives to fight in battle, and a little reward is not enough.
Or a pension of money, after all, cannot completely make up for the pain, and although it is not as good as the banner, it can be done openly and openly to have the name listed among the officials to be worshiped. This kind of honor is what the soldiers who died in death deserve!"
Yang Yiqing knew that Xu Xun had made up his mind, and even nine oxen could not pull it back, not to mention that it had evolved into an imperial edict. Naturally, he had nothing to say. Therefore, when Xu Xun asked him to go see the Ningxia Inspector
When the censor gathered at the Commander's Mansion to promulgate the imperial edict at midnight in the evening, he naturally agreed readily. However, when Xu Xun asked about Xia Yan, he smiled slightly and said: "Since he is not in a hurry to take the provincial examination, I will send him
Leave it to the governor's office to learn a lesson. Young people who can tell you how to return to the Loop, work hard, and maybe they can take over these responsibilities in the future."
When he was about to go to the Censor's Mansion, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It's just that if you encounter something like this with the Black Mountain Camp again next time, please Ping Beibo think twice. Killing to establish authority is always a last resort.
It is only done by the people below. After all, it is against the laws of the imperial court. Even if the emperor trusts you, there are too many things discussed in the imperial court, which will ultimately be detrimental to you."
When Yang Yiqing left in a hurry, Zhang Yongcai stepped forward thoughtfully and said: "Brother Xu, I have also heard about the Black Mountain Camp. You have never been such an impulsive person. Why did you act so harshly this time? Even if you kill him to scare others,
, wouldn’t it be better to take the person back and behead him in Ningxia City?”
Miao Kui had already gone to the residence of the eunuch Qin Huai at this time, and Chen Xiong also went with him. Therefore, except for Jiang Bin, Cao Qian, Cao Mi and others, only Xu Xun remained in Guandi Temple.
and Zhang Yong, the two big bosses. After hearing Zhang Yong finally asked this question, Xu Xun smiled and said: "You think too highly of me. To say that killing this person was really impulsive. Of course, the reason
He was killed on the spot in order to frighten the Heishan camp and the defenders at Zhenyuan Pass. It was also intended to warn the officers in Ningxia. The reason why he was not brought back and killed again was because the rumors spread falsely.
It is far more shocking than what you see, otherwise, to make these unruly or frustrated officers in Ningxia Town bow their heads and obey orders, one head is not enough."
At this point, Xu Xun waved his hands and said: "Look, I replaced so many people in one breath this time and chopped off one head, but does anyone have any objections? Just because that head is still hanging on the flagpole of the Black Mountain Camp.
That’s why things in Ningxia City have been implemented so conveniently.”
Zhang Yong suddenly realized: "I'm still thinking about it! Hit a stick and give a sweet date, this has always been the way to win people's hearts! But you can be so thoughtful when you kill someone impulsively, you are really shrewd!"
At midnight in the evening, generals gathered in the Marshal's Mansion, and even the guarding eunuchs Li Zeng and Deng Guang came together. Ningxia Town originally had Ningxia Mansion, but since the Hongwu period when the Mansion was abandoned and the guards were installed, and later became Ningxia Town, it gradually became Ningxia Town.
become….
Complete military control was implemented. Adding all the civil servants up and down, there was only one patrol censor who lived in the procuratorate. Therefore, the patrol censor An Weixue, like Li Zeng and Deng Guang, was among the military attaches in the courtyard.
It looks particularly unsightly.
Although his rank is lower than almost every officer here, the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty are not valuable, but civil servants like him are extremely valuable, especially the two words "Xunjian" for "Xunjian Censor", which means Daitianxunzhi
, almost equivalent to the emperor’s ears and eyes,
So he could look up and stare at those rough guys.
"The imperial envoy Pingbei Bo has arrived, the trilateral commander-in-chief Yang Butang has arrived, and the commander-in-chief Jiang has arrived.
Seeing Xu Xun and Yang Yiqing entering the courtyard together, while Jiang Han was two steps behind, everyone stood around and bowed their heads respectfully. However, An Weixue saw that Yang Yiqing seemed to be side by side with Xu Xun, but in fact he was half a step behind.
He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and chuckled secretly.
Yang Yiqing clearly knew that he was from Eunuch Liu. Before, he avoided talking about military affairs in front of him and only talked about academic articles. But in fact, he was not attached to Xu Xun. He did one thing in front of his face and another behind his back. What a famous official!
After the three people entered the main hall one by one, other people filed into the main hall of the Commander's Mansion. However, a sharp-sighted general discovered that this time there was no place for the patrol censor and the censor in the main hall.
Guarding eunuch's seat
Even Li Zeng, Deng Guang and An Weixue's expressions changed after entering the lobby. Li Zeng even forced a smile and asked: "Uncle Pingbei, don't you know that Eunuch Miao, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, and Eunuch Miao, the imperial eunuch?
Where is Eunuch Zhang, the eunuch who oversees the seal?
Where?"
Seeing that many of the people below had questions, Xu Xun said calmly: "Eunuch Miao and Eunuch Zhang went out of the city to check the situation of Shanchuan Altar and Sheji Altar, so they are not here now. I summoned you here today not for anything else, but because
There is an edict to be issued."
Seeing Xu Xun point his hand, a young officer immediately came up quickly holding a lottery tube wrapped in yellow silk. After everyone looked at me, they all knelt down. An Weixue, who was shocked, saw Yang Yiqing.
He and Jiang Han stepped back to the steps to salute, and he had no choice but to kneel down along with Li Zeng and Deng Guang.
"The Emperor Chengyun issued an edict: The nine-border town is a barrier to the country. Over the years, many people have died in battles against the bandits. Although there are posthumous gifts and pensions, it is not enough to comfort the hearts of the soldiers and civilians. Nowadays, a shrine to the martyrs has been set up in the nine-border town. Over the years, there have been war deaths.
who engraved it
In the spring and autumn, officials are ordered to worship in order to comfort the spirits of heroes and martyrs in heaven, so it is called the Heroes' Shrine. However, those who have made outstanding military achievements in the past, although they did not die in the war, can still be moved to the Heroes' Shrine to receive the incense from the court and the people to worship them, so as to live up to their reputation.
Past military exploits.
Announce it to the world, and the envoys will hear about it."
Although Xu Xun had not touched the foundation of Ningxia Town before, when the imperial decree came today, everyone from the commander-in-chief Jiang Han down thought they understood the reason why Xu Xun had held back his troops before. But who would have thought that it was not an imperial decree ordering the dispatch of troops, but
this
Therefore, when Xu Xun finished reading the edict, everyone from top to bottom was shocked. Especially after An Weixue, the censor of the patrol, stood up, he couldn't help but said: "Death in a king's matter"
However, the imperial court has always
Why is it that there is a posthumous pension, so why is it suddenly necessary to build this Martyrs' Shrine? Besides, there have been so many people who died in wars in the past, what if someone pretends to be a hero and wants to be admitted to the shrine...
"An Xunjian, this edict has been clearly written. Although there is a posthumous gift,
T-shirts are not enough to appease the hearts of the soldiers and civilians." At this point, Xu Xun added another sentence, "When civil and military officials reach the fifth rank or above, the imperial court will issue decrees, posthumous awards, and even rewards of silver for rebuilding tombs, etc.
. But this person died in a royal matter
Those few taels of silver are too meager in comparison. After all, compared to the credit and hard work of others, what they lost was a life! As for whether they took credit, they will naturally be reviewed one by one."
Having said this, Xu Xun closed the edict in his hand, looked around at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "So, within a few days, the civil and military officials of Ningxia City worshiped the sky at the mountain altar in the south of the city, and also offered sacrifices to the soldiers who died over the years.
, began to build the Martyrs’ Shrine. The Emperor said that the former Taifu Wang Xiangmin had made great contributions to the court, and after the Martyrs’ Shrine was built, the first batch of his memorial tablets would be moved there.”….
Although Xu Xun had praised Wang Yue highly before, his attitude at this time represented the imperial court and the emperor, which was naturally completely different. For a while, while everyone below was looking at each other, more people started whispering. Until everyone left the main hall one by one,
Li Zeng and Deng Guang looked at each other and were about to leave, but Xu Xun suddenly shouted.
"Eunuch Li, I wonder how much food and grass the Black Mountain Camp has shipped now?"
Hearing this, Li Zeng's expression suddenly changed, and then he turned around and said with a smile: "Uncle Pingbei, the food has been allocated, but it's just a long way to transport it to Heishan Camp..."
"It doesn't matter. As long as there is food, we can gather as much transportation capacity as we need. Tomorrow morning, I also ask Eunuch Li to gather the food trucks at Deshengmen, Beiguan, and transport them to Heishan Camp as soon as possible."
Li Zeng was just trying to make excuses, but Xu Xun pushed forward without giving in. His face suddenly turned even uglier. But he had already said what he said, and it was impossible for him to continue to deal with it now. Si Lai
Wanting to go, he could only agree with a forced smile. When he and Deng Guang walked out of the main hall, his face immediately darkened.
"That's too much!"
Deng Guang looked back thoughtfully, and then said in a low voice: "Old Li, he is forcing you to prepare food for the Black Mountain Camp. Maybe he is a drunkard who does not want to drink... Go back and plan with the prince."
In total, isn't he just longing for it?
Should Xu Xun leave quickly? He is here to patrol the border. He has been staying in Ningxia and has not left. He must be thinking about the bandits. As long as he is sent to send troops, he will just pray to God to let him fight.
A defeat is enough. Isn’t it just three thousand?
If you have many stones of food, I will help you collect a thousand stones!"
Li Zeng thought about it again and realized that it made sense. He immediately nodded heavily, turned his head and took another hard look inside. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go! Now we admit defeat, but he can't keep thinking about it."
Win till the end!”
As soon as the two guarding eunuchs left, An Weixue slowly came out. He had deliberately dragged his steps just now and heard the conversation between the two clearly, and he had a clear idea in his mind. He knew that these two people were also
He was Liu Jin's confidant, but he thought that he would just join Liu Jin if he was a second-ranked scholar. Of course, he did not want to mix with these ordinary eunuchs. Thinking of Zhou Ang's insinuation in front of him, he couldn't help but smile.
If he had waited for these guys to remind him, it would have been too late! I think when the news about the Black Mountain Camp first came, he had already written a colorful article and sent it to the capital long ago. Maybe it would be over by now.
At Liu Jin's desk.
Although Shaanxi is more than two thousand miles away from the capital, it only takes four days to reach the capital by galloping day and night, changing horses without changing people. Therefore, the information that An Weixue sent after getting the news did reach Si Li early in the morning.
supervise
Print the desk of eunuch Liu Jin. However, Liu Jin has always been hesitant about how to use such a thing. Killing people without asking for orders may be a big crime to others, but who is Xu Xun?
Little things
How can you sway him?
So, he just instructed several censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to prepare the memorial, and waited for Xu Xun's postal report to be sent to see if it could be delivered. As a result, as soon as Xu Xun's report arrived, he just tried a few sentences in front of the imperial court.
However, the emperor praised Xu Xun so much that he knew that this was definitely not the right time for it to happen.
During the month of Xu Xun's absence, Liu Jin vigorously promoted many reforms in the court, from farming to changing customs, from clearing grain reserves to inspecting officials, which made a huge difference. Qian Ning also led people from the inner factory to Huaihe River.
Yang, conducted a vigorous investigation at the Lianghuai Salt Administration Department, so even if the matter had to be discontinued, he did not feel too frustrated.
Instead of getting into trouble over such a trivial matter, it would be better to wait for that boy Xu Xun to get ahead and get defeated!
March 15th was the day of the imperial dynasty. Because His Majesty saw that many officials were being dismissed, Zhu Houzhao endured his impatience until the end and called Liu Jin and others to accompany him back to Renshou Palace to see the Empress Dowager Zhang as usual. However,
Because the weather is so good, plus
After sitting in court for too long in the morning, the little emperor decided on a whim that he didn't need to use the chariot. He wanted to walk all the way back. But before he could get off Danqi, there was a sudden cry from the other side. Not long after,
A young eunuch was in a hurry
He hurriedly brought something up.
"Your Majesty, this is what I just saw left on the royal road."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and after asking Ruisheng to go down and take it, he took it in his hand and glanced at it casually, and suddenly his expression changed drastically...).