Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 627: Marquis Ren's Satisfaction
In the study of the Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, Ren Li sat on the main seat and looked around at the people below. Even though he knew it was not right at this time, he still couldn't help feeling complacent.

The Ren family didn't have any prominent family background. Ren Li's ancestral home was in Zhangde Mansion, Henan. In his early years, he suffered a catastrophe and had nowhere to go, so he enlisted in the army. He didn't want to make contributions at first, he just wanted to survive.

At that time, it was the Hongwu period, and there were still remnants of former Yuan crimes on the border, who repeatedly violated the border, so most of the newly recruited soldiers were sent to the border, and Ren Li was no exception.

Originally, Ren Li's fate should be the same as that of many ordinary soldiers who enlisted together, camping, training, patrolling, killing thieves...

In the end, he either died in battle, or retired when he was old, and his son continued to join the army, repeating his life.

However, fate is so magical, after arriving at the border, the guard that Ren Li was assigned to was called Daxingwei.

At that time, the person in charge of Daxingwei was the fourth son of Emperor Taizu, His Royal Highness King Yan!
Thus, the Battle of Jingnan broke out.

Ren Li has never studied, nor has he practiced martial arts well. He has the strength to dare to fight on the battlefield, and he is also alert.

In battle after battle, there were many people like him, some died and some survived.

Fortunately for Ren Li, he didn't die.

Although the battle was brutal, those who survived also received the honor they deserved.

The Yanshan garrison soldiers have transformed from ordinary frontier soldiers into His Majesty's direct troops.

At the same time, in the battles on the battlefield again and again, Ren Li also grew from a small soldier to a small school step by step, with hundreds of households, and thousands of households... By the time His Royal Highness King Yan came to the throne, he was already a dignified commander of the capital. Make.

However, again, there are many people like him.

Commander of the capital is already an official position that Ren Li dare not think about. However, on the day when the group of officials was enshrined, Ren Li stood in the middle of the team, looking at the iron coupons of the alchemy book and the gorgeous unicorns. There was still a sense of envy in his heart.

The family of lords, a few simple words, is the symbol of all generals like Ren Li's lifelong pursuit.

Later, Ren Li followed Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition, followed Emperor Xuanzong to quell the rebellion of the King of Han, and rose step by step, but it was still difficult to rank among the noble family.

Hereditary iron coupons, non-state military merits will not be awarded!

Not everyone can have the opportunity to get credit for what can be called 'Saji Military Merit' in Jingnan.

After suffering so much, Ren Li was sent out to guard the border.

At that time, he was already 54 years old. As a general, he was not considered old. However, he no longer had much hope for his future.

He has participated in Jingnan, Beizheng, and counter-insurgency, and he has made a lot of contributions, big and small...

However, the four words "Saji Military Merit" are really too difficult!
What's more, at that time, the young emperor was enthroned, and the three Yangs were in charge of the government. Ren Li was at the border, and the orders he received were always to avoid major conflicts as much as possible.

Therefore, if nothing else happened, Ren Li would spend his whole life in Gansu until his death.

Then, if the imperial court thinks about his life's merits, it may be possible to posthumously confer a title without an iron certificate in the alchemy, and engrave it on the tombstone for future generations to look up to.

During his tenure in Gansu, Ren Li was negative, but in the end, he still devoted himself to his duties, defended and trained troops, protected the environment and the people, managed well in the army, and paved the way for future generations.

However, just like participating in Jingnan who was ignorant at the beginning, God once again favored Ren Li.

In the third year of Zhengtong, the Tatar tribe wanted to take advantage of the young master of the Ming Dynasty's ascension to the throne, and the government was unstable, so they took advantage of the situation and repeatedly violated the border.

Perhaps in order to frighten Xiao Xiao's generation, the always conservative Empress Dowager Zhang and San Yang ordered the army to attack.

In this battle, the Ming army ran thousands of miles, attacked from east to west, and reached the Khan Tent, capturing more than 150 Tatar leaders alive.

With outstanding military exploits and rich achievements, Ren Li, as the commander-in-chief, can finally enjoy this great "Saji Military Merit" exclusively!
He obtained the title of title, conferred the title of Uncle Ning Yuan for his meritorious service, and gave him a world certificate, quasi-hereditary.

At that time, Ren Li felt that his life had been fulfilled!

Starting from humble beginnings, he climbed up step by step, and finally became a real lord's family. This was something that he just wanted to survive when he was young, and he didn't even dare to think about it.

However, with ups there are downs.

When he was just awarded the title, Ren Li really had a good time for a while, and he received invitations, big and small, softly, and everywhere he went, there were voices of greeting and congratulations.

After a few years like this, Wala rose up, Ren Li made a careless move, lost the battle, was reprimanded by the court, and returned home to reflect on himself.

It was at that time that Ren Li realized that even if he took the title, he had never really integrated into the so-called noble family.

In the family of lords, the honor is martial arts, the title is the title, and the family is inheriting and accumulating!

They are also the old team who started with Emperor Taizong, and those nobles who are rare to be nobles have already formed an intricate network of relationships during many years of operation, and completed the inheritance and accumulation of the aristocratic family.

And he, even if he has a title, in the eyes of these veteran nobles, he is barely able to make a deal.

Now being reprimanded for returning to Beijing, he wants connections without connections, connections without connections, power without power, and wants to be on an equal footing with them...

Man is never satisfied.

If Ren Li was still a young man who couldn't get enough to eat, with rich clothes and fine food, a deep house and a large courtyard would be a day that he could not even dream of.

However, Ren Li is no longer the young man who just wants to survive. He has been on the battlefield, commanded a division of hundreds of battles, ran thousands of miles, and made countless meritorious deeds.

But after returning to the capital, in his own circle, he found that he had just started.

This gap made Ren Li very uncomfortable for a while.

Therefore, when Jiao Jing came to him after the civil engineering battle and introduced him to the Empress Dowager, intending to 'entrust him with important tasks', it was hard for Ren Li not to be moved.

After decades of time, the power in the capital has already been divided up by the major families, and it will take a long time and management to really occupy a place.

Now, there is a shortcut in front of him, and he has no reason not to accept it!

Therefore, Ren Li, who had won the acquiescence of the palace and the support of the British government, was pushed out as a political signal that civil and military forces put aside disputes and join hands to fight against the enemy at the moment of the great war.

The Battle of Wala turned Uncle Ningyuan into Marquis of Ningyuan, and made the idle nobles who closed their doors to introspect and have no official position became the governor of the Chinese army's governor's mansion.

Ren Li has finally become a pivotal figure in the court!

Nowadays, no matter what kind of mansion you are, whether you are a prince's son-in-law, a relative, or an important official of the court, in this huge marquis' mansion, you have to take the guest position!

Letting out a long breath, Ren Li's gaze fell back to the memorial in front of him.

This is the latest regulations of the Ministry of War for the rectification of military settlements, because it has been clearly distributed to all yamen, and everyone present now has a copy in their hands.

The so-called ascending is easy to fall, after a short moment of complacency, Ren Li put his mind back.

He knew in his heart that if he couldn't pass this test, let alone a real lord's family, most of his life's military exploits would be taken into account!

After closing the memorial in his hand, Ren Li continued.

"Everyone must have read it. This regulation of the Ministry of War seems to be for the rectification of the army, but in fact it is to set off a civil and military dispute above the court."

"Now that the war is over and the Supreme Emperor is returning to the court, it is time to recuperate and gather the morale of the army, but the military department wants to go to war in such a big way, which is really harmful to the country."

"The other generation..."

Just as Ren Li wanted to talk about his generation of civil servants, he saw Zhu Jian and Xu Youzhen at the side, and finally stopped talking and changed his subject.

"In short, if this charter is passed at the court meeting, the frontier army and generals will inevitably be panic-stricken and have no intention of defending, fearing that they will be taken advantage of by captives."

"Furthermore, after the War of Oara, our imperial court was civil and military harmonious and worked together. The Ministry of War's proposal is actually an infringement of the power of the military government, which violates the rules."

"If it goes on, it will be a disaster if the civil and military struggles and the government is not peaceful. Therefore, the old man invites you here today to discuss how to refute the negligence of the Ministry of War on the basis of court discussions."

Even if everyone knows that the real reason is that the rectification of the military settlements has infringed on the interests of nobles, but it still needs a high-sounding reason to get it to the court.

Ren Li's idea was very clear, he defined the regulations of the Ministry of War as a struggle for power, suppression of nobles, elimination of dissidents, and a civil and military struggle.

In this way, things will become much easier to deal with.

This is the usefulness of the so-called righteous name. If the starting point of a proposal is not correct, then it will inevitably not get good results when it falls into specific implementation.

Arguing from this point of view is obviously the solution given by Ren Li.

When the voice fell, everyone was silent.

However, what was a little surprising was that the first person to speak was Xu Youzhen who was present for the first time.

Mr. Xu gently pressed his hand on the memorabilia beside him, and said.

"Ren Hou's words are reasonable. From this charter, we can see that the Ministry of War has a very big plan. This time, the rectification of the army has not only entangled the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and even the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Imperial Academy. involve."

"First clearing Zhang Tianmu, and then interrogating the border generals with the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It can be seen that the heart of sharpening the knife is evident."

"Above the court situation, a balance between civil and military affairs is the long-term solution. The lack of military affairs is really sinister."

While talking, Xu Youzhen glanced at Zhu Jian beside him, and continued to speak.

"To tell you the truth, I have served lectures in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and I know a lot about the ministers in the court. Yu Shiyue, the second assistant to the cabinet, and Yu Qian, the minister of the Ministry of war, have a close relationship."

"In the former court meeting, the two sang together and helped each other. Yu Qian helped Yu Shiyue take down Zhan Shi in the Prince's Mansion, and Yu Shiyue cooperated with Yu Qian to seize the power of the Ministry of War."

"Now, the Ministry of War is full of Yu Qian's cronies, and the two of them still feel that it is not enough. If the Ministry of War does this, the court will be inspected, and the Ministry of Punishment will follow their orders. How can such a power-hungry person be indulged?"

These words were filled with righteous indignation, as if Xu Youzhen was really dissatisfied with Qian.

However, it was not easy for everyone present, especially Ren Li. After listening to it, his eyes immediately brightened.

Sure enough, when it comes to criticizing each other, these civil servants are still good at it!

Although Xu Youzhen's words sounded inferior to Ren Li's high-sounding, but in terms of viciousness and usefulness, it was still better.

What Ren Li said was nothing more than a dispute between civil and military forces, and the Ministry of War wanted to suppress the nobles.

However, when it came to Xu Youzhen, he directly pointed the finger at Yu Qian, saying that he was nepotism, took over the power of the Ministry of War, wanted to influence his heart, and wanted to use the rectification of the army to further seize power.

If these words are brought to the court, in addition to gathering the conflicts on one person, it will also have a very important effect, that is, to drive apart the civil servants themselves.

It is understandable that the cooperation of various yamen is required to rectify the military settlements.

However, if you accept Yu Qianyi's premise of 'seizing power', then the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment who want to participate in it will have to weigh in their hearts whether they will be punished by the Ministry of War for a long time to come. Clamp.

Once such an idea arises, there may be disagreements among civil servants on this matter first, which is naturally much better than head-to-head confrontation.

At this time, Zhu Jian who was on the side took a sip of his tea, and said inadvertently.

"By the way, I have another piece of news to tell you all. This morning, a decree has been reached in the cabinet to remove Changping Marquis Yang Hong from the post of admiral of Jingying, and Jingyuanbo Fan Guang will take over."

The corners of Ren Li's eyes twitched, looking at the only two civil servants present, he couldn't help but sigh...

These scholars are really dirty!
Sooner or later, Yang Hong's power as the admiral of the Beijing camp will disappear. This is a certainty.

As early as in the Xuanfu, Ren Li had wanted to join hands with the Yang family to prevent Yu Qian from investigating the military settlements.

However, Yang Xin, that stupefied young man, not only did not stop him, but also protected Yu Qian every step of the way, as if this would allow the emperor to spare their Yang family.

How is the result?

Yang Jun was sent to prison, Yang Neng was grounded, and Yang Hong dragged his sick body into the palace to intercede, wasn't he pushed back by the soft nail of the emperor?

Right now, no one in the government and the public knows that the Yang family is already a fish on the chopping board, just waiting for the emperor to swing the knife, it will achieve the reputation of the emperor righteously killing relatives.

Therefore, it is not surprising that it is only a matter of time before the Yang family's power in the Beijing camp is taken away.

The reason why Zhu Jian deliberately pointed out this matter at this time is that the person succeeding Yang Hong is Bo Jingan and Fan Guang!

This Earl Fan was single-handedly promoted by the emperor, but don't forget that it was Yu Qian's recommendation that he was able to succeed in the first place.

Putting the words of the two together and thinking about it this way, you Yu Qian is a majestic minister of the military department, nepotism, and it’s okay to turn the military department into your own back garden. The Court and the Ministry of Punishment also pulled down the water.

Now, even the honorable ministers of the admiral Jingying were promoted by you, Yu Qian.

Seizing power inside and outside, controlling the Ministry of War, enveloping the Beijing camp, and reaching out to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment, what do you want to do?
It seems that nothing has been said, but it is more vicious than any words.

The most elusive thing in this world is the human heart.

I'm afraid Yu Qian won't even be able to defend himself when he said these imaginative remarks. After all, what's presented are all facts. As for associations, who can control them?

Ren Li picked up the tea and took a sip, thinking about it in his heart, and felt that this method was more and more wonderful.

He was even thinking, throwing these words out, even if it was the emperor's intention to straighten out the army, but it has reached this point...

Son of Heaven, is it true that you won't feel the slightest bit of fear?

(End of this chapter)