Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Since the Ming Dynasty established the Tangbao system, military information from various places can no longer be concealed and can always be transmitted to the capital at an extremely fast speed.

For some important military information, the Vehicle and Driving Department of the Ministry of War will pass it on to Zhu Youtang as soon as possible, no matter what Zhu Youtang is doing at that time.

When Zhu Youtang saw the news coming from the Tang Bao at this time, he knew that what was supposed to come would eventually come, but he couldn't help but be slightly startled when he opened the Tang Bao.

Officials such as Du Ming, Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, no longer rushed to Jiangxi, but they all turned to look at Zhu Youtang who had received the military information, but they were curious about the contents of the Tang newspaper.

After a long time, Zhu Youtang put down the Tang newspaper in his hand.

Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and other officials vaguely guessed that an important military situation had occurred, and suddenly the whole Fengtianmen Square was audible.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Although there is no sun today, the whole world is already very bright.

Zhu Youtang met the eyes of all the ministers, raised the Tangbao in his hand and solemnly announced: I have just received the Tangbao from Ganzhou. Wang Hua, the governor of Southern Ganzhou, led the new army of Ganzhou to capture Damaoshan and killed five hundred enemies. , nearly 2,000 thieves were captured, southern Gansu...a great victory!

I originally thought that the Tang newspaper came from Jiubian, but unexpectedly, the military information came from Ganzhou, which had been silent. What is even more unexpected is that Wang Hua actually eliminated the established bandits entrenched in Tai Mo Shan in one fell swoop.

ah? A great victory in Southern Jiangxi?

Zhang Ying and others couldn't help but widen their eyes in disbelief when they heard the good news.

In their impression, although Wang Hua, the No. 1 scholar, read poetry and books, he was more or less bookish. If Wang Hua were to serve as a Hanlin official and write history, it would be unmatched. However, if such a bookish person were to lead the army, it would be difficult for him to make any achievements.

It has been more than a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many champions who can assist the monarch in governing the country, there has never been one who can command the army.

Unexpectedly, Wang Hua was ordered by the emperor to go to Ganzhou to take charge of clearing out the rogue bandits in southern Jiangxi. He actually achieved amazing results in a very short period of time.

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

Xu Pu and others had just attacked Wang Hua for not making any achievements in southern Jiangxi, but now they were collectively slapped in the face.

The number one scholar repaid Zhu Youtang's trust with practical actions, and also proved his military ability with practical actions, and was about to become a new star in the Ming Dynasty's political arena.

As for Zhang Ying and others who had been forcing Zhu Youtang to arrest Wang Hua and return him to Beijing for trial, it was a big joke. These people almost ruined this great victory.

Your Majesty, great blessing has come to heaven. Today is a great victory in southern Jiangxi. The people can live and work in peace and contentment. Congratulations! When Wan An and other officials learned of the great victory in southern Ganxi, they immediately knelt down to congratulate him.

Although Wang Hua has merit, the greatest credit naturally belongs to the emperor in front of him. Who makes this the emperor of tomorrow? What's more, Gannan's great victory was indeed related to the wise leadership of the emperor in front of him.

Zhu Youtang looked at the good news in his hand and settled his worries.

Once the southern Jiangxi region settles down, Guangdong and Southeast China will be more closely connected, and they will be able to better promote economic development.

Facing the crowd of civil and military officials, Zhu Youtang looked very happy and said: Now Wang Hua has made great achievements in pacifying the place, and his merits will last forever. He should be rewarded based on his merits. You, Minister He, will prepare the rewards!

this……

Zhang Ying couldn't help feeling embarrassed when he saw Zhu Youtang bypassing him, the Minister of War.

I accept the decree! He Cong said happily knowing that Zhang Ying had lost the emperor's heart.

He was willing to follow such a wise emperor, even if he would always be just the left minister of the Ministry of War.

Zhu Youtang asked the civil and military officials to stand up, but he knew that if Wang Hua deducted the soldiers' pay, it would be impossible for the soldiers to use their lives, so he showed his decisiveness and said: Wang Hua is from the Hanlin Academy, and Hanlin is famous for its integrity in the court. It has always been A role model for all officials in this dynasty. Jinhua was entrusted by me to serve in the local area for the first time. It is inevitable that he will be unfamiliar with things, but his determination to share my worries will never change, and he will not dare to do illegal things. Since the impeachment of Jiangxi Province, I There are two suspicious reasons for Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' pay: First, the Ganzhou New Army has been established for two or three months. Why did the Jiangxi Chief Envoy pay the Ganzhou New Army two months' salary arrears until recently? Is the envoy already so poor? Secondly, the Ganzhou New Army helped the imperial court to pacify the area where the four provinces met. It can be said that the Ganzhou New Army was serving their lives on the front line. It is often said that the three armies went ahead before food was used, but the Jiangxi Dusi did not bear the burden of the Ganzhou New Army. Does the responsibility for depositing money and the place where the imperial court wants to pacify really have nothing to do with the Jiangxi Dusi?

Huh?

Du Ming, the Minister of Punishment, was awakened by Zhu Youtang and immediately realized that there was indeed a great dereliction of duty in the Jiangxi local government, which was simply holding back the Ganzhou New Army.

boom! boom!

As Zhu Youtang revealed the fishy nature of this, it was like two sap blows were struck directly on Jiangxi Chief Secretary Yamen and Jiangxi Dusi.

After Zhu Youtang threw out the two doubts, he continued to talk eloquently: Everything has its beginning and end, and everything has its beginning and end. I have to take care of the law of the country, but I also have to take care of the people. The people are my biggest concern. Now that southern Jiangxi has achieved a great victory, it is expected to clear out the bandits in southern Jiangxi. Wang Hua remains in office to continue to clear out the remaining bandits to ensure that the people in southern Jiangxi are protected from the harm of the bandits. However, Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' pay has caused uproar in the city, so all matters in Jiangxi must be investigated. ! The imperial court sent capable ministers to Jiangxi to investigate why the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi delayed military pay, why Jiangxi Dusi failed in logistics, and then investigated the cause and effect of Wang Hua's deduction of military pay. What do you think?

After all, we still have to investigate, but we must first trace the responsibilities of the Jiangxi Chief Secretary to the Yamen and the Jiangxi Dusi. From here on, things will get more interesting.

Your Majesty, your Majesty! Li Yu and other officials said sincerely when they saw Zhu Youtang's sophistication.

There must be real evidence for Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' pay. It must be difficult for Wang Hua himself to prove his innocence, and he may have been tricked by others.

It's just that the emperor in front of him is sober in the world. Since someone is forcing Wang Hua to be investigated under the banner of national law, it is natural to trace the source.

Compared with the mere 1,000 taels of military pay, Jiangxi Chief Secretary's delay in military pay and Jiangxi Dusi's logistical incompetence should be punished more, and it is probably difficult for Jiangxi officials to talk about gold.

Your Majesty, the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province must have difficulties or misunderstandings in delaying military pay. I think there is no need to waste energy here! Zhang Ying couldn't help but feel anxious, and immediately stood up to stop him.

What nonsense are you talking about? We need to investigate the deduction of military pay, but why can't we investigate the delay in military pay?

Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of the local people, and has appointed governor of southern Jiangxi to suppress bandits. The Chief Secretary should be executed for delaying his pay!

Not only the Chief Secretary, but also the Chief Secretary in Jiangxi is in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Why doesn't he pay the troops for the Ganzhou New Army?

In my opinion, Jiangxi is just like Yangzhou. Local officials have already formed a group and are clearly conspiring together to frame Wang Xiuzan!

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As soon as he finished speaking, before Zhu Youtang could respond, Du Ming, the Minister of Punishment, and other officials immediately jumped out and accused Zhang Yingdao. In particular, Li Yongtong, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, resolutely defended the reputation of the Hanlin Academy and pointed the finger at all officials in Jiangxi.

Huh?

When officials such as Li Yu, the Minister of Personnel, heard these remarks, they couldn't help but look thoughtful when they thought that Jiangxi officials were acting in unison this time.

Li Xueshi, don't talk nonsense here. How can you compare Jiangxi with Yangzhou without evidence? Zhang Ying knew that he could not stop the investigation of the Jiangxi Chief Envoy, so he immediately grabbed Li Yongtong and accused him.

Li Yongtong, a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, immediately snorted coldly and said with all his strength: No evidence? No official who has ever left the Hanlin Academy has ever been a corrupt person. If Jiangxi officials hadn't united to frame Wang Hua, how could they have deducted soldiers' pay? Something?

Jiangxi officials are indeed too consistent this time!

Wang Hua didn't give any support to suppress the bandits, but they jumped out one after another for deducting a thousand taels. It's extremely funny!

Everyone knows whether there is something fishy or not. Jiangxi officials should investigate it carefully!

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Du Ming, the Minister of Punishment, and other officials also vaguely felt that there was a problem with Jiangxi officials. Faced with Zhang Ying, who wanted to prevent the court from investigating, they all expressed support for Li Yongtong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

Faced with voices from all sides, Zhang Ying saw that the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites had united. Even He Cong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was standing on the opposite side of him. He immediately felt the influence of the Imperial Party. powerful.

If the local government still has the power to fight, it has no place at all in this court, and it is impossible to prevent the court from investigating the Jiangxi Chief Envoy.

Naturally, Zhu Youtang could not listen to Zhang Ying's opinion, and immediately said with finality: There is no need to argue anymore about the investigation of the Jiangxi Chief Envoy, I have made up my mind! My dear friends, do you have a suitable candidate?

Xu Pu saw a glimmer of hope again, but immediately a bitter look appeared on his face.

Not to mention that it is impossible for this shrewd emperor to choose people from his own camp, and today's Jingcha has been severely cleaned up, and now it is already dominated by factions.

Li Yuzheng wanted to recommend Song Cheng, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, but Li Si, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out first and said: Your Majesty, I have a candidate who is the most suitable. I am afraid that both the government and the opposition will have no objections!

Huh? Who is this person? Zhu Youtang suddenly became interested when he heard what Li Si said.

Although Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, felt that Song Cheng was more suitable, he did not think that Song Cheng could reach this point. In fact, Song Cheng was better at criminal investigation cases.

Li Si faced everyone's attention and smiled slightly and said: As far as I know, Wang Yue is preparing to leave for Guangdong to rectify the salt policy. He will pass through Nanchang soon. I think it is most appropriate for Wang Yue to investigate this case!

Wang Yue?

When they heard that the official sent to Nanchang, Jiangxi for verification, was Wang Yue, Zhang Ying and other officials were stunned.

Wang Yue was only ruthless in doing things, but the key was that he was extremely shrewd. The little tricks used by the local people could not fool the eyes of the beheaded king.

Once it is confirmed that local officials in Jiangxi jointly falsely accused Wang Hua and that the withholding of soldiers' pay was a premeditated frame-up, Jiangxi will definitely be in a state of chaos.

Just like this, when Li Si threw out this candidate, Zhang Ying and other officials suddenly felt that the sky turned dark.

It’s over!

Xu Pu's face instantly turned pale, realizing that not only had his wishful thinking failed, but he was also likely to be implicated by Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, and would face liquidation from the court.

He originally planned to use Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' pay to make a big fuss in order to maintain local control, but the development of the matter was suddenly out of his control.

It would be fine if Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, could deal with Wang Yue, but once he was beheaded by that king and his pigtails were caught, he might really be facing the biggest political crisis since he became an official.

I second the proposal, please leave it to Wang Yue to clarify the whole story! Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others immediately expressed their stance solemnly when they heard that this was the candidate.

When Zhu Youtang learned that Wang Yue was actually on the way, he nodded immediately and said: Okay, then it will be up to Wang Yue to find out why the two departments did not act, and to find out the whole story of Wang Hua's deduction of soldiers' pay!

Your Majesty is wise! Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, felt that the Ming Dynasty under the leadership of Zhu Youtang was becoming more and more organized, and he seemed to be sincerely complimenting him.

Because of being so disturbed by Zhang Ying, the Minister of War, the morning meeting was delayed a lot of time.

Zhu Youtang knew that the morning court was just a process and that the matter had already been resolved. He was also worried that someone would jump out and cause trouble later, so he simply made a decision: This is the end of today's morning court, let's withdraw from the court!

I respectfully bid farewell to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live! The officials present showed even more respect and admiration for this increasingly experienced emperor, and immediately knelt down to say goodbye in a polite manner.

At this time, the sky was already bright and the sky looked unstained with clouds.

As Zhu Youtang left in a jade chariot, more than a thousand officials in Fengtianmen Square dispersed.

Wan An and Liu Ji, as the only two pavilion elders in this dynasty, no longer go to Wenyuan Pavilion, but plan to go to the new pavilion of Yangxin Hall from Xiyuan Gate via Xihua Gate.

Officials such as Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, left together and prepared to return to their respective yamen.

He Cong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was already sure that Wang Hua was being framed, so he deliberately said loudly: What do you think is going on in Jiangxi officialdom?

Your Majesty's analysis just now is correct. The imperial court clearly wanted to suppress the bandits, but what the local officials in Jiangxi did was simply more disgusting than deducting a thousand taels!

Correction, it may not be true that Wang Hua deducted one thousand taels of soldiers' pay. This accounting method has long been common in the Ministry of Accounts!

Can this be done to make false accounts?

If we get together, as long as we do some tricks on the scale and the cash box, wouldn't it be easy to deduct 20%?

In this case, the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province really needs to conduct a thorough investigation!

Not only the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi, but also the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi is not a good bird! The three armies have not moved, and food and grass go first. Since they don't even pay soldiers to release Ganzhou, it is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!

In my opinion, this is a conspiracy! Fortunately, Wang Yue passed by Nanchang. He will definitely be able to get to the bottom of the matter. I'm afraid those officials in Jiangxi will suffer!

Your Majesty is still wise. If Wang Hua is really recalled, he will really be deceived by those people!

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Li Si, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and other officials walked towards the Meridian Gate together, but the conversation did not deliberately lower their voices, and even deliberately increased their tone, and the finger was directed at Zhang Ying and Xu Pu, who were protecting Jiangxi officials.

Xu Pu's face remained calm, but he knew that the problem had become very serious.

Zhang Ying also said nothing, but there was still a trace of luck in his heart, but he did not think that Wang Yue was really capable of finding out everything about Jiangxi.