The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde waited in the cabinet for a while. The door of Xu Jie's room opened and he saw Yang Bo, Minister of War, coming out.

"Mr. Xu Ge, Mr. Yang."

Wei Guangde stepped forward and saluted.

"Shandai, come here"

"Send a note to Master Qu."

Wei Guangde handed over Qu Jingchun's note as he spoke, "Because it is related to the transcription of the grand ceremony, I asked me to hand-deliver it to Mr. Ge."

"Is it related to the transcription of the canon? Why?"

Xu Jie asked in confusion.

Copying books is not as technical as him, and it is not like asking them to organize the books.

When it comes to the completion of "Yongle Dadian", it will definitely have to go through multiple screenings and require many reviewers, which is more complicated.

As for Qu Jingchun and the others, they were just supervising the copying of books. The court gave people, things, and money, so they shouldn't encounter any difficulties.

Hearing Xu Jie's question, Yang Bo also stood aside with a look of great interest. Wei Guangde had to raise his hands and said: "Mr. Xu Ge, most of the people selected by the Ministry of Rites are highly respected Confucian scholars. At this age and in good health, It’s no better than young people, and copying books takes a lot of energy.”

As soon as Wei Guangde explained the current situation of more than a hundred Confucian scholars who were copying, Xu Jie understood it and lowered his head to open the article written by Qu Jingchun.

In fact, the terms were very simple. They briefly described the difficulties encountered and asked the Ministry of Rites to by-select Confucian scholars. However, it was suggested that most of the candidates should be selected among the graduates of the Imperial College.

Of course, the reason is actually very simple, that is, most of the supervisors are young, not as good as the civilian Confucian scholars in their seventies or eighties. Although they have high prestige, copying books is really too energy-consuming for them to adapt to it at all.

"There should be no problem with this Chen. I will send it to the palace soon and try to hand it over to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow."

After Xu Jie read the article, he felt there was nothing wrong with it.

Emperor Jiajing's concern about this matter did not fade with time. In fact, he was still concerned about this matter.

Xu Jie didn't need to ask. As long as he was summoned to the Yongshou Palace, he could almost see a copy of "Yongle Dadian" on the imperial desk.

Since Yang Bo is here, Xu Jie doesn't mind letting him take a look. It's not a major military matter after all.

Yang Bo took the document from Xu Jie and read it quickly, and said with a smile: "This is a good idea. Priority will be given to those who are good at regular script among the Imperial College students to participate.

I said at the beginning that the Hanlin and Imperial College should be the main ones, and the private Confucian scholars only need to select a few to participate in copying, and there will not be so many deaths from illness that will affect major events. "

"Um."

Xu Jie nodded, acknowledging Yang Bo's words, but the arrangement for this matter was not that simple.

Copying the Grand Ceremony may seem like just copying books, but it is actually a means for the imperial court to promote its emphasis on culture and education. How could it be handled so simply?

The purpose of inviting private Confucian scholars to participate was actually to show the court's attitude towards scholars and its friendliness to scholars.

After Wei Guangde finished delivering the note, he naturally had to say goodbye and leave. Along the way, he and Yang Bo left the cabinet and headed for the palace gate.

Walking alone with Yang Bo is naturally a rare opportunity.

After the two exchanged a few words of greetings, Wei Guangde asked about the rewards for this war.

"His Majesty has issued an order for Jiangdong to return to the Ministry of War to discuss it together."

Yang Bo was curious about Wei Guangde and thought it was because Jiang Yingxiong had also made meritorious services. Wei Guangde was worried that the court would reduce the reward for Ma Fang, so he answered indifferently.

"This time Governor Jiang personally commanded the Datong Army to set up an ambush along the Great Wall and severely damaged the Tatar Huangtai Ji tribe. I am actually not worried about Ma Fang. After all, he is already a general officer. Where can he go if he is promoted? Could it be that there are three male and three orphans? "

Wei Guangde looked at Yang Bo's look and guessed what he was thinking, so he continued: "I have also participated in the war, and I know very well the principle of united efforts of the whole army.

The commander-in-chief supervises the battle and his subordinates serve their lives, which are the prerequisites for victory.

But if you win, but your subordinates don't get the rewards they deserve, they will lose their support over time, and defeat is not far away. "

"Are you saying that you are worried that Jiangdong will improve the performance of the Datong military generals and suppress the Xuanfu army?"

Yang Bo stood still after hearing this, glanced at Wei Guangde, stretched out his hand, and then smiled and said: "No, no matter it is the Xuanfu Army or the Datong Army, they are all under Governor Jiang."

"But after all, there is a difference between closeness and distance. No matter what this time, the victory of the Datong Army was achieved under the personal supervision of Governor Jiang. From top to bottom, the Datong Army all have different thoughts towards Governor Jiang."

Wei Guangde just said lightly.

"Okay, don't beat around the bush."

Yang Bo glanced at Wei Guangde and said angrily: "Tell me, who do you want to recommend this time? Does the prince know?"

King Yu knew about Dong Yikui, but this time Wei Guangde had not had a chance to talk about Dong Yikui's desire to be the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town.

However, with Prince Yu's temperament, he would never deny such a thing.

King Yu does not help relatives.

Yang Bo didn't dislike Wei Guangde coming to him to recommend generals. In fact, the people he recommended were generally pretty good, and they were not recommended randomly.

"I heard that during the Battle of Pinggu, General Dong Yikui of the Xuan Army made a good profit."

Wei Guangde said.

"Dong Yikui?"

Yang Bo muttered something in a low voice, nodded, and then stepped forward again, saying as he walked: "The deputy commander should be stable this time, and there will be no more resistance."

Yang Bo thought that Wei Guangde was looking for him to implement the appointment of deputy general of the Xuanfu. In fact, Dong Yikui had the opportunity to appoint the deputy general of the Xuanfu a year ago. However, at that time, someone from the northwest generals was interested in the position. Unfortunately, Ma Fang of the Xuanfu was rejected. fierce opposition.

The person recommended by the Xuanfu was Dong Yikui.

At that time, Wei Guangde also participated in lobbying for this matter, but the border town was special after all. The local forces were intertwined and had such great influence that the court sometimes had to be cautious.

In the end, Dong Yikui failed to formally promote the deputy commander-in-chief, but actually exercised the rights of deputy commander-in-chief and guarded one road.

Knowing that Yang Bo had misunderstood, Wei Guangde hurriedly followed, half a step behind Yang Bo and whispered: "I heard that there is a vacancy for the general officer of Shanxi Town."

Hearing this, Yang Bo stopped again. Wei Guangde was also shaken and almost bumped into Yang Bo.

"You knew already?"

Yang Bo asked in a low voice.

"I heard Uncle Zhang mentioned it."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Yes, the Ministry of War plans to transfer Ma Fang to be the chief military officer of Jizhen. I remember you mentioned this earlier."

Yang Bo said.

"Yes, I had this intention at first, but it faded away later."

Wei Guangde smiled and replied.

Yang Bo looked at Wei Guangde for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since King Yu has this intention, I understand. I will discuss this matter with Governor Jiang when he returns to the capital."

Then, the two of them continued walking towards the palace gate. On the way, Yang Bo told Wei Guangde that this time His Majesty was quite dissatisfied with Jizhen and would make a major adjustment to the civil and military officials of Bianzhen.

"I understand, I have something to do. I will go back to Prince Yu's Mansion later."

Yang Bo is trying to sell off King Yu. Since King Yu intends to promote Dong Yikui, there is no guarantee that there will be others.

Taking this opportunity for His Majesty to adjust officials is actually an opportunity for Prince Yu's Mansion.

Seeing that Wei Guangde understood what he meant, Yang Bo just nodded and did not continue talking.

After leaving the palace gate, the two naturally separated and went back to the Yamen.

From the second day on, officials who worked for Emperor Jiajing's small books were successively taken back to Beijing by the Ministry of Punishment.

Although they are all foreign ministers, they are far away from the capital at the moment, and arresting people is only a matter of a day or two.

The next day, the first people to be captured and brought back to the capital were Xu Shen, the governor of Shuntian, and Lu Yi, the deputy envoy of Bingbei Road in Tongzhou.

On the third day, Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, was also escorted back to the capital from Pinggu and directly put into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation.

It was also on this day that Wei Guangde saw three carts of property sent by Ma Fang in the mansion.

"Move it back to the warehouse and organize it into a book. I can use it later."

Wei Guangde ordered Zhang Ji.

Some of these things will be kept by himself, while others will be sent to various mansions in the capital.

Wei Guangde didn't believe that others couldn't see three loads of things delivered to him.

In the capital, how many pairs of eyes were watching from outside the various mansions.

"Has everyone left?"

Wei Guangde asked again.

"After delivering it, I left the capital and went straight to Changping."

Wei Guangde nodded.

After Ma Fang's Xuanfu army and the Datong army led by Jiang Yingxiong met, they followed the order and returned to Xuanfu via Huairou and Changping via Juyongguan. Jiangdong went to Shunyi to the capital.

At this point, the war in Jizhen is completely over, and the next step is to clean up the work, that is, to determine the crime.

Naturally, someone in the Criminal Department would tip off Prince Yu's Mansion. Wei Guangde didn't need to ask to know the content of the questions and answers to Yang Xuan and others.

Although the trial has not yet been concluded, the Sanfa Division has actually concluded the crimes of Yang Xuan, Xu Shen, Lu Yi and others, but it has not been made public yet and the permission of Emperor Jiajing is needed first.

Although Yang Xuan, Xu Shen and others wanted to quibble with the crime of the Ministry of Punishment locking up and not setting up defenses, after all, it was undeniable that the cavalry entered the country and robbed the people. Although they were not convinced, they had to admit it.

In fact, for Yang Xuan, he knew very well that he might not be able to escape this time. He had already predicted this after he learned that Prince Yu's Mansion had returned the gift.

The crime of failing to guard is not a small crime, it is a serious crime punishable by law.

However, the Ministry of Punishment has not yet submitted a report. The main reason is that Emperor Jiajing wants to investigate the matter of Yang Xuan's involvement in thieves.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice found no evidence, and Yang Xuan himself tried his best to deny it and refused to plead guilty.

But if he reported it like this, Huang Guangsheng knew that Emperor Jiajing would definitely not be satisfied, but it would be difficult to force Yang Xuan to be charged with foreign affairs. Huang Guangsheng was in a dilemma.

This was actually because Emperor Jiajing was angry that Yang Xuan had deceived the emperor and wanted Yang Xuan to be executed on extremely dishonorable charges.

Wei Guangde and Huang Guangsheng can be regarded as having a double relationship. As Yu Dayou's fellow Quanzhou fellow, he also made great efforts in the process of Yu Dayou's transfer, otherwise the Ministry of War would not be able to promote him.

Wei Guangde didn't want to delay the announcement of the general's reward because of the Ministry of Punishment's delay, so he simply visited Huang Guangsheng at home and gave him an idea.

Asking Huang Guangsheng to report, he said that Yang Xuan was unwilling to confess, and since the matter was confidential and related to the state, it was better to hand it over to the Jinyi Guards for investigation.

The memorial was sent up in the morning, and in the afternoon Zhu Xixiao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, personally went to the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment to pick up the person and send him to the imperial prison for trial.

The Jinyiwei were originally the white gloves chosen by the emperor to do the dirty work, and they did not have to be responsible to the foreign court during the trial process, and the trial was directly handed over to the emperor for final decision.

Within two days, news came out from the DPRK that Zhu Xixiao, the commander of the Imperial Guards, visited and found out that the traitor was Yang Xuan. Yang Xuan sent people to find out where the bandits were and were killed. However, he took advantage of the time when Tonghan's father and son were detained one after another to lure the bandits into the country. , the traffic actually took place during the exchange of hostages.

According to the confession of the jailer in Jizhen Prison, Tonghan and his son inquired about various information about the Ming Dynasty after being imprisoned, and then took them away during the exchange. They wanted to appeal but were bullied by Governor Yang Xuan.

Regarding such news, everyone in the court knew that it was actually the so-called evidence of crime fabricated by Jin Yiwei according to the emperor's wishes, but no one would say a word for a dying man.

This story is actually not attractive at all, because it is completely impossible to explain what benefits Yang Xuan would gain by picking up the bandits.

However, Zhu Xixiao only relied on Yang Xuan's confession that he had caught Tong Han and his son, and directly deleted the subsequent denials of indulging Tong Han and his son, colluding with the enemy, and reported Yang Xuan's crime of colluding with the enemy.

However, it was this kind of memorial that was approved by the Supervisor of Rites and sent to the cabinet for execution together with the previous memorial from the Ministry of Punishment.

Xu Shen and Feng Zhao were executed according to law for the crime of not setting up a guard. Lu Yi and others were demoted to guard the border. Yang Xuan was beheaded for the crime of hooking up with the bandits and not setting up a guard. The leader of the border guard was shown to the public, and his wife was exiled for two thousand miles, thinking that she was not a good minister. Be loyal.

In Wei Guangde's view, this was the biggest joke in the 42nd year of Jiajing.

In the Ming Dynasty, frontier officials would hook up with a tribal leader on the grassland, get nothing, and end up losing their heads themselves.

The Ministry of War and the Governor of Xuanda, Jiang Dong, jointly submitted a petition for meritorious services, which was quickly approved and issued by the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The emperor favored the emperor, and Jiangdong added the crown prince Taibao Yin as a son of the country. Ma Fang and Jiang Yingxiong were promoted to the second level in the ancestral rank. Dong Yikui, Dong Yikui, Liu Han, Ma Lu, Ma Jin, and Zhang Chengxun are each at the first level.

However, two days later, Dong Yikui, the counselor of the Xuanfu government, was also issued the decree to guard Shanxi as the governor of Qianshi and the chief military officer. On the same day, Zhang Bangyan, the right political counselor of Shanxi, was appointed as the censor of Datong and Shuntian Prefecture. Zhang Shouzhong, the magistrate of Tongzhou, was in charge of the military affairs of Shandong Province and organized military equipment in Miyun. Zhang Shijun, the military governor of the right deputy general's military department in Liangzhou, was the deputy general's military commander on the left and assisted in guarding Datong.

However, at this time, Wei Guangde's focus was not on personnel appointments and dismissals, but on the copied memorial of "Pacemaker" written by Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Yang Bo sent a note to discuss the affairs of Jizhen and discuss the issue of the governor and the general's personal soldiers. Based on the comparison of the combat strength of the officers and soldiers of the various ministries participating in the war, he suggested that the governor, governor, and general soldiers should each build a battalion of personal soldiers. That is the pacesetter.

The pacesetters are under the direct jurisdiction of governors and other officials, and are organized with battalions as the basic unit. A battalion general leads the battle, and a member of the central army or a battalion officer conveys military orders.

Wei Guangde could easily understand at a glance that Yang Bo's performance was probably based on Jiang Dong's instructions.

The pacesetters are actually the main barracks directly under the chief military officer. However, this kind of organization is only available under the chief military officer of each town. High-ranking officials such as governors and governors do not have such personal guards and can only recruit servants.

According to Yang Bo's wishes, the governors and governors of Jiubian's important towns selected soldiers from each district or recruited from servants in each district. They each set up a branch of 3,000 people. There were policemen who listened to the unified dispatch of the general military officer and killed them with cameras.

What does it mean?

An attack on Ma Fang?

Wei Guangde's concern was not to increase the number of pacesetters. In fact, Ma Fang's regular barracks with tens of thousands of people was the pacesetters in Yang Bo's memorial. Was it because he thought Ma Fang had too many soldiers and horses and did not allocate them to Jiangdong?