Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2142 Zong Baikui ([-]) Wang Tingzhuan and Xiong Tingbi

Wang Tingzhuan, courtesy name Jingqing, nicknamed Liantang, was born in Huazhou, Shaanxi.He was appointed as the editor of the Imperial Academy as the No. 3 No. 19 candidate in the Gengchen Division in the eighth year of Wanli. He has been an official for [-] years.

Prior to this, Zhao Fengwei, the son of Zhao Zhigao, privately levied a salt tax of 7 taels. According to the regulations, it had to be written by Wang Tingzhuan, the minister of Dali Temple.It is precisely because of this that Gao Yushi can easily cover up the past for Zhao Zhigao and his son.

The three "First Class Immortals" of Gengchen Branch are Gao Yushi, Xiao Liangyou, and Wang Tingzhuan.Needless to say, Gao Yushi, Wang Tingzhuan has already introduced, and the remaining one is Xiao Liangyou, the second in the list, who was the right servant of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and also a senior official of the Zhengsanpin Hall.

By the way, Xiao Liangyou was also Xiong Tingbi's librarian—the librarian refers to the examiner who selected a certain person and a certain paper in the Hanlin Academy Shu Jishi Examination held after the mid-term examination for Jinshi.In other words, it was Xiao Liangyou who selected Xiong Tingbi's test papers for the Shu Jishi.

Xiong Tingbi was born as a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli.Since he was born as a Jinshi, it means that he did not do well in the general examination of the king per capita.

In fact, in the 26th year of Wanli's 57 Jinshi Jinshi List, in addition to the three first-class Jinshi and the first, there were 1 second-class Jinshi, which made it sixty, and Xiong Tingbi only ranked [-] among the top three. Only five.

It stands to reason that with such achievements at the time, it was really unlikely that he would become a Jinshi of politics by Gao Yushi's side, but Xiong Tingbi also had advantages.His advantage is that Gao Yushi's understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty made him very impressed with Xiong Tingbi, and Xiao Liangyou, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, was one of the examiners for the museum examination held after the palace examination.

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi successfully passed the selection of the museum and became a good scholar.After the disbandment of the museum, Xiong Tingbi quickly received a transfer order and became one of Gao Yushi's political observers.

To make this clear, Gao Wu said hello to Xiao Liangyou behind his back, and directly "recommended" Xiong Tingbi, which made his life different from the original history.

But regardless of the shady scene or not, in short, there is such a relationship between Xiao Liangyou and Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi also takes Xiao Liangyou as his teacher, and usually calls him "Entang".

Since the three Gengchen and Yijia had always been good friends in the same year, Xiong Tingbi naturally respected Wang Tingzhuan as his disciple when he met Wang Tingzhuan.

Speaking of it, Gao Wu’s employing people and Zhu Yijun’s employing people are really a bit similar. Once the person is recognized, he will delegate power to him and let him do whatever he wants. Even if he doesn’t do well at the beginning, he will not change his mind immediately. Instead of changing players, we will eliminate interference factors for him and continue to support him to complete the booking work.

Of course, if the person still can't do well after all the difficulties have been overcome, then I will be embarrassed, and the previous and subsequent accounts have to be settled together, and if I am not careful, I will be punished for several crimes.

Speaking of which, this matter is worth pondering: this pair of monarchs and ministers employ people in a very similar style, and they have never made a major mistake after so many years.If you have to make a brief evaluation, you can only say: "There is Bole in the world, and then there are Chollima, and Chollima often exists, but Bole does not often have it." Sincerely!

When Gao Wushi said that he wanted to see Wang Tingzhuan, he naturally didn't go to visit the Yamen of Dali Temple in person.Even if we don't talk about the current status gap between the two parties, even if we only look at the nature of this matter, it can only be Gao Pragmatic who sent someone to inform Wang Tingzhuan to pay a visit to the cabinet.

Why?Because this is the task that the chief assistant has to hand over!It's as if your leader intends to add more burdens to you and ask you to be dispatched somewhere to take charge of various responsibilities. Don't you take the initiative to go to the leader to ask for work instructions before you leave, but instead ask the leader to come to you in person?If this realization is true, then it is better not to do it as soon as possible.

Wang Tingzhuan was currently reviewing the case file at Dali Temple, when he suddenly heard that the cabinet had sent a Jinshi to see politics, and asked him to see Ting Wei by name, he couldn't help but feel moved, and immediately put down the case file and ordered to see him.

[Note: Dali Siqing has several elegant titles, such as Tingwei, Qiuqing, Jiqing, etc.The Ming Dynasty loved to use the official titles of the Han Dynasty to refer to them, so Ting Wei was often used to refer to the ministers of Dali Temple, just as Gao Wushi was often called "Gao Zhizhi" when he was a patrol censor. This "Zhizhi" comes from the source "Embroidered clothes pointing directly at" in the Han Dynasty. ]
Wang Tingzhuan had just tidied up his appearance, and the scholars outside had strode in. As soon as they entered the door, they cupped their hands and bowed, saying: "Students pay homage to Mr. Entang." [Note: "Master" can be used here because it is Calculated according to "heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher". ]
Wang Tingzhuan took a closer look and saw that the visitor was tall and tall. Although he was wearing a plain suit, he looked like a warrior. Who was it but Xiong Tingbi?
"Oh, it's Fei Bai, why are you not on duty today, but came to me instead?" Wang Tingzhuan said in his mouth, but he got up and walked forward, supporting Xiong Tingbi's saluting arms.

Xiong Tingbi took advantage of the situation and stood up straight, and said with a smile, "Entang doesn't know something. Today, Yuan Fu called two ministers in the cabinet to discuss matters. It took about an hour or so before the call was over. Immediately after that, the students came to invite Entang."

"Yuanfu wants to see me?" Wang Tingzhuan pondered for a while and asked, "Do you know what is going on?"

Xiong Tingbi stretched out his hand and pointed to the west, and said, "The students didn't attend the meeting, but it must be...Gansu."

Sure enough.Wang Tingzhuan nodded slightly, and asked again: "Does Yuanfu have a designated time?"

"Go right away." Xiong Tingbi replied.

"Since that's the case, don't make Yuanfu wait for a long time. I'll go with you." Wang Tingzhuan immediately got up, and after thinking about it, he ordered: "Are you here by sedan?"

"The student is on his way, riding a horse."

"The horse stays in Dali Temple first, and I will send someone to take it back to you later. You can take the carriage with me first, I have something to talk to you about."

"Stick to what you want, but dare not ask your ears. Entang, please."

"Please."

The two of them went straight to the stable while talking.Now the atmosphere of Ming Dynasty has changed due to high-level pragmatic reasons. Although officials still mainly take sedan chairs when they want to put on a show, if they are in a hurry, most of them will choose to take horse-drawn carriages.

Since Jinghua came up with spring shock absorbers, carriages have made rapid progress, and now they have become a must-have item in the upper class, and even many wealthy businessmen, big and small, love to buy them—after all, merchants are not allowed to ride sedan chairs in name, but carriages There is no limit, very suitable for their use.

Wang Tingzhuan’s carriage is quite luxurious, but he does not shy away from using it, because it is a birthday gift given to him by Gao Yushi in the name of Gao Yuan on his 40th birthday. He was a good friend of the same year, and Gao Yuan treated him as a disciple.The students gave the teacher a carriage so that the teacher would not be exhausted when he came to give lectures. Who would dare to make irresponsible remarks?Oh, you don't know how to respect teachers at all?

Wang Tingzhuan's carriage was spacious and well-furnished. The two teachers and students sat in it, and there was even a small tea table in front of them, with two cups of clear tea already placed on it.

"Fei Bai..." Wang Tingzhuan called Xiong Tingbi and asked, "How has the battle situation in Gansu changed recently?"

"It's true that there are quite a few changes, but it's a long story. Entang invites students to give a brief statement." Xiong Tingbi said, and briefly described the content of the report letter that Liu Ting sent today.

Wang Tingzhuan frowned deeply after hearing this, and pondered: "This is strange, why did Xu Lizhai do this?"

Xiong Tingbi didn't expect Wang Tingzhuan to ask such a question, he hesitated a little, and said: "Only from the general situation, Xu Lizhai's actions are nothing more than jealousy and jealousy, and at the same time want to shirk his previous responsibilities... However, Entang is Do you think there is another reason for this?"

"I don't think it's that simple." Wang Tingzhuan shook his head slightly, and said, "Xu Lizhai has been low-key for many years and is known for his wise judgment of cases. It can be seen that he is thoughtful and not like Meng Lang.

Admiral Liu is Yuanfu's beloved general, how could Xu Lizhai not know this?Now that I know it, but still treat it like this, I'm afraid I can't simply say that I'm jealous of the virtuous and capable. "

Xiong Tingbi didn't think so deeply at first, but now that he heard Wang Tingzhuan's talk, he immediately felt that there must be a reason for it.However, Xiong Tingbi's talent lies in doing things, but he doesn't have a deep understanding of the intrigue in the officialdom, so he can only ponder for a while.After a long time, he asked: "Then according to Entang's opinion, what is Xu Lizhai's intention?"

Wang Tingzhuan sneered slightly at first, and then pointed out: "Have you ever noticed something different: Yuan Fu not only prepared tens of millions of taels of military pay for this western expedition, but also mobilized supplies from the Ministry of War and the seven provinces. According to his calculations, the scale of this battle must be huge.

However, in such a big battle, so far only one candidate for Zhengxi Admiral has been appointed, and there is no civil servant above this Zhengxi Admiral to restrain him... Fei Bai, don't you think this is very unusual? "

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said: "What Entang said is very true. As a rule, it is reasonable for such a big war to appoint a civil servant to be the manager." After a pause, he continued: "If you say that... Could it be that Xu Lizhai has taken a fancy to it? This has not been set up as a strategic position? But can he accomplish anything by doing so?"

Wang Tingzhuan pondered: "From our point of view, it is naturally difficult for him to act like this. But Fei Bai, you have to know that this is because you and I know something about Yuanfu's plan, but he Xu Lizhai didn't know!
In his opinion, now that the economic strategy has not been established and the army (Li Wen, the governor of the three sides) is old, isn't he, the governor of Gansu, the best candidate for the western economic strategy?However, he has a major hidden danger at this time, that is, he easily lost Jiayuguan and Suzhou before. Although the court has not yet pursued this matter, it is because it is inconvenient for the court to pursue it..."

When he said this, Xiong Tingbi asked subconsciously: "Why don't you pursue it?"

Wang Ting wrote: "If he is here, Ganzhou is still there. If the imperial court changes commanders just in time, wouldn't it be in Burihatu's arms? You must know that Ganzhou was still surrounded by Burihatu at that time."

"Oh, that's how it is." Now Xiong Tingbi fully understood the twists and turns, and sighed: "The students will understand after Entang said that. Although Xu Lizhai knew that losing Jiayuguan and Suzhou was a serious crime, but Because Ganzhou was in crisis, and he was supervising Ganzhou in the name of Fujun, he knew very well that he would not be held accountable at that time.

However, when Admiral Liu arrived in Gansu and broke the siege of Ganzhou, the imperial court no longer had to worry about a change of command that would lead to the defeat of Ganzhou and even the east of Ganzhou.In this way, Xu Lizhai and Xu Fujun would be in danger instead.

Therefore, Xu Lizhai would be eager to let Admiral Liu go after Buri Hatu, because in his opinion, no matter whether Admiral Liu's move is a victory or a defeat, there is something for him to use. "

Wang Tingzhuan said happily: "Of course. As long as Admiral Liu obeys his order and pursues him, if he wins, it will be because of Xu Fujun's ingenious calculations, and he is sure that the Tartars are afraid of our army's might and panicked, so they will be bitten." Tail. In this way, although Admiral Liu has credit, but the credit is inferior to him.

If Admiral Liu goes after him but loses the battle, that's fine.I expect that his reply to the court will definitely say that this is due to Admiral Liu's negligence, and the entire army is arrogant and lazy, so this defeat was possible.However, I think he will plead for Admiral Liu in the end, and say that although the battle is defeated, it also shows that the Tartars are really powerful..."

"Hmph!" Xiong Tingbi sneered, and said, "This is to disprove that the fault of Jiayuguan and Suzhou was not his fault!"

"Isn't that true?" Wang Tingzhuan chuckled, shook his head and said, "Originally he was the only one defeated, which was really too conspicuous, but if a famous general like Admiral Liu who has experienced battles also lost, wouldn't it reflect his defeat? Is it reasonable? Even if Yuanfu is dissatisfied with him at that time, he will have to be wary because he loves to lose together. In this way, Xu Lizhai will pass the test at risk?

And then, anyway, everyone is in the same boat, the eldest brother Mo Xiao and the second brother.As long as Yuanfu doesn't intend to pursue Admiral Liu for this, then naturally Xu Lizhai will be fine.Not only will nothing happen, but according to what I said before, only he, Xu Lizhai, seems to be the most suitable to wear the Zhengxi Jinglue hat, Fei Bai, don't you think so? "

"Yes, it's really shameless!" Xiong Tingbi blushed with anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Fortunately, Admiral Liu is worthy of being a famous general in my dynasty. He even leaped over Guanshan Mountain and succeeded in taking back Suzhou with a surprise attack. Although Suzhou couldn't stop Buri Hatu's troops Tartars, but at least it is still a big victory, and thus ruined Xu Lizhai's big scheme!"

Wang Tingzhuan took a sip of the cool tea, and Shi Shiran said: "Xu Lizhai's scheme is clever, but who is Yuanfu who can tolerate him playing tricks here? I dare say, even if everything goes as he wants Forget it, Yuanfu can also find a way to transfer him away. The strategy of conquering the west that he has been obsessed with in his heart will pass him by in the end."

Xiong Tingbi nodded repeatedly at first, but finally said in surprise: "Removed? Yuanfu doesn't intend to punish severely?"

"I don't think so." Wang Tingzhuan shook his head lightly, and said, "Based on what I know about Yuanfu, what he cares most about is always how to run things well, not other things. won't touch him."

"Why?" Xiong Tingbi was still puzzled.

"Because what Yuanfu needs most at this moment is the stability of the court and the central government, so before the overall situation of the battle to the west is finalized, no one should hold him back openly or secretly, and this requires him to make a gesture, even if Xu Lizhai is guilty , and he doesn't pursue it—at least not now."

Xiong Tingbi suddenly realized, and then sighed: "If you say that you are dedicated to the public, Yuan Fu is indeed a role model for the world."

Wang Tingzhuan suddenly laughed, and said: "Now you and I have the opportunity to serve the public together, but I don't know if Fei Bai is ready for you?"

Xiong Tingbi understood this sentence, he straightened his chest and said resolutely: "Tingbi must do his best!"
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