Jinyi champion

The first month of the twelfth lunar month.

The battle report of Juyongguan has been clearly listed in front of the emperor and all the ministers.

There is no controversy. Tang Yin made great contributions in this battle. Although there are suspicions of rash advances, in terms of results, this is even stronger than the "Yingzhou Great Victory". The point is that the emperor did not go to this great victory. What is obtained is obtained by the courtiers, and it is no longer necessary for civil officials to suppress merit.

We can't publicize the emperor's achievements, which is tantamount to encouraging future emperors to do the same.

But the merits of the minister...

Even if Tang Yin is a member of the Xinhuang faction, he is also an orthodox scholar, or a famous poet and painter in Ming Dynasty, so it is a good story to join the army.

Encourage literati to serve the court and sacrifice their lives for the country!

There is no doubt about Tang Yin's military exploits in Juyongguan. The agreement reached between the monarch and his ministers before then was valid. The specific content was that after the situation in Juyongguan was completely stabilized, Tang Yin would be promoted to the governor of Xuanda.

Unlike the former governor of Xuanda, who was not a minister but a servant, Tang Yin, the governor of Xuanda, is still only a doctor of the Ministry of Industry. You Jindu Yushi should have been further promoted to be the right deputy capital censor, but because he is only a fifth-rank official He is a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, and the right deputy capital censor is already a third-rank foreign official, so he is only changed to the left gold capital censor on the basis of the right gold capital censor.

Governor Xuanda, in terms of official position, is not as good as the governor of Datong.

But no matter what, Tang Yin's official career continued to flourish. He had not been in the court for a year and a half, and he had already become the governor of the defending side of Ming Dynasty. Second to the existence of the governors of the three sides, they are in charge of food, supplies, soldiers and horses, etc., and can be said to be military and political officials of one side. In the past, they could directly serve as ministers when they entered the court.

But he is Tang Yin...

No one is going to let Tang Yin return to court as a minister.

The main reason is that now that Yang Tinghe is in court, even if Yang Tinghe is gone, the subsequent civil officials will continue to suppress Tang Yin, preventing him from being promoted to a higher position.

This morning.

Yang Tinghe still looked sickly, silent in the hall, acting like a fake spectator, listening to Li Kun, the right servant of the Ministry of War, summarizing the announcement of the war.

"...At present, the sentinel cavalry has left the pass for more than a hundred miles, and there is no sign of the Tartar cavalry..."

The situation in the northwest was after Tang Yin won the great victory at Juyongguan. The Tatars didn't know what method Ming used to win this battle. In addition, their main purpose was to plunder the border. After winning the Xuanda first-line pass, from now on, they can freely roam the land south of Zhangjiakou and plunder freely, but they will encounter a big defeat inexplicably.

Therefore, the Tatars' offensive on the passes around Xuanfu came to an abrupt end, and they withdrew decisively and fled to Mobei.

Originally, Li Kun also wanted to express this meaning.

But I am afraid of people with ulterior motives.

In order to highlight Tang Yin's "unauthorized use of troops", the Ministry of War played some tricks in the report. It only mentioned that there were no shadows of Tatar soldiers and horses outside the northwest border. Mansion, and what Tang Yin defeated were only some stragglers of the Tartars.

Maybe it was a group of herdsmen who didn’t know where they came from. They got lost after entering the Daming Pass. They accidentally ran to the Juyong Pass and were taught a lesson by Tang Yin. …

As for what Tang Yin reported earlier, it was said that the Tatars used cavalry to attack the Neiguan and drove straight in, not looting but harassing the fortresses and passes. The purpose was to support the main force of the Tatars to attack Xuanfu Town. This... is tantamount to being denied. It was to attack Tang Yin's tactical rationality of using [-] cavalry to go out of the pass to lure the enemy.

In order to deny Tang Yin's achievements, the civil servants simply spared no effort.

After Zhu Si finished listening, he asked impatiently, "The Tatars are nowhere to be seen outside the Xuan Mansion. Is it because they never came, or did the Tatars withdraw their troops after Tang Zhitai won the Battle of Juyongguan?"

"Uh……"

Li Kun hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

The Ministry of War is very clear that the Xuan Mansion has actually encountered wars before, but Tang Yin won the battle just after the war started, and the Tatars

Before seriously attacking Zhangjiakou and other fortresses, he decisively chose to withdraw his troops.

Now that the emperor insists on asking this question, it means that the emperor wants to show credit for Tang Yin.

But this is not in the interests of the orthodox civil service system. Telling lies is not acceptable, so just pretend to be confused and not answer.

Zhu Si said angrily: "The Ministry of War didn't even check this out, did it? I clearly remember that the Xuanfu had reported the battle situation before. Are you going to let me make all the previous battle reports of the Xuanfu public before you admit it? "

Peng Ze walked up and said, "Your Majesty, the Tatars have already retreated, and there is no other information about any danger at Xuanfu Town, so there seems to be no need to get entangled in some details."

It means that the past is over, don't mention whether Tang Yin scared him away, or the Tatars were just harassing, or the main force didn't come.

Let's talk about something else.

Zhu Si was so angry in his heart.

With Tang Yin's own efforts... Of course, it is mainly Zhu Hao's contribution to the plan that changed the strategic situation in the Northwest and fundamentally resolved Xuanda's dangerous situation that had lasted for more than half a year. So Tang Yin still cannot be recognized by the civil servants?

How much do these people hate me?
How much do you hate the people around me?
And you said you weren't targeting me?

At this time Sun Jiao came out, meaning to speak.

Zhu Sidao: "Sun Butang, do you have any opinion on this?"

Now Zhu Si also feels that Sun Jiao is gradually moving closer to his side, and he is no longer considered a neutral faction, and may be all his people.

At this moment, Sun Jiao probably couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to come out to speak for Tang Yin?
Sun Jiao held up the wat board and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury of the Xuanfu is now empty, with millions of money and grain owed and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass. The Xuanfu region urgently needs to send court officials and middle officials to take care of the treasury."

Zhu Si originally had an expectant expression on his face, but he froze there instantly.

Feelings, you old man Sun, didn't you speak for Tang Yin?
Just proposed to find someone to take care of the treasury?

millions of dollars?

That's thousands of taels of silver!
On the contrary, the food shortage of hundreds of thousands of shi is a little bigger.

In the Ming Dynasty, a stone of rice was about 150 catties based on the weight and measure of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to [-] catties in later generations.

With the price of rice in the Northwest at sixty-seven cents a catty, a stone of grain and 150 catties is worth one or two taels of silver. After all, the price of silver in the Northwest is relatively low, and one tael of silver and it is high-quality official silver can often be exchanged for more than 800 Wen made money.

The main reason is that the Tatars have been harassing the Xuanda area since autumn, so that the local autumn food has not been confiscated. Now that the Tartars have withdrawn their troops, if they don’t add it quickly, the soldiers in the northwest may suffer from starvation and cold. It's winter. …

Zhu Sidao: "The gap in the northwest is so big, I don't know who will go there. Can this matter be handled well?"

Sun Jiaodao: "Now that there is a vacancy for the right servant of the household department, please Your Majesty appoint a suitable person to take up this position."

The position of the right servant of the household department has always been a hot potato. Since Huang Zan was transferred to Nanjing after his full term, no one can hold this position for long. The reason is that there are too many bad debts left in the Zhengde period, and no one wants to take care of them, or ordinary people. It's hard to tell.

Originally, the right servant of the household department in the early years of Jiajing was Zheng Wensheng. After Zheng Wensheng replaced Qin Jin as the left servant, this position became vacant. It was planned to leave it to Shen Dongkui, the governor of Beijing, who had been filling in the household department.

Qin Jin, the left servant of the Ministry of household affairs, became the Minister of the Ministry of rites in Nanjing.

Now Shen Dongkui is dedicated to managing the warehouses of the capital, and is also in charge of the "Shangshu of the Household Department". Of course, the Shangshu of the Household Department is a false job, not a real job, and the official of the Shangshu Department of the Household Department is still Sun Jiao.

Shen Dongkui is about to take up the title of Shangshu, and there is no way for the right servant to take over, so he still needs to find someone who is convenient to manage the treasury of the Xuanfu...

Although Xuanda is inferior to the three sides in the strategic sense, it has always existed as the general storehouse of money and food in the Northwest. Most of the money and food transported by the Northwest Frontier Army is in the Xuanfu. Whoever is in charge of the Xuanfu treasury can be said to control the economic lifeline of the Northwest. .

Zhu Si sighed: "Sun Butang, what I'm asking is, who do you think is more suitable to be the right servant of the household department?"

"The veteran doesn't know, it should be discussed and pushed by the court."

Sun Jiao took out the skill of throwing the pot away.

I'm only responsible for asking questions, not solving them.

Zhu Sidao: "Then it's better to let Tang Yin Tang control Taiwan and directly take over the right servant of the household department!"

As soon as the emperor's words came out, there was a commotion among the civil servants at the scene.

Lin Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, came out and said fiercely: "Your Majesty, Tang Yin has only entered the court for only one year. How can he have any experience in governing one party? If he is even entrusted to take care of the Xuanfu's military salary and grain, there will be no troubles." Strange! I believe that such matters should be taken seriously and should not be decided rashly."

Lin Jun became excited, his voice was very sharp and piercing, which made people uncomfortable to hear.

Zhu Si frowned and asked: "What prudence? Don't make a rash decision. Then you should have picked a suitable candidate!"

Lin Jun glared at Sun Jiao, and said, "It's good to let Sun Butang go!"

"Ha ha…"

The people present couldn't help laughing out loud.

Lin Jun made it clear that he was targeting Sun Jiao.

It's okay, why did you jump out and mention that you want to add the right servant of the household department to take care of Xuanda's army salary, and now the emperor just climbed up and proposed that Tang Yin should be in charge, did you discuss it in advance?Whoever raises the problem will solve it. Isn’t your grandson’s friend provided by no one?Then go yourself!
Zhu Si was very speechless, and his words were not very kind: "Lin Qing's family, please can you say something serious in the court? Did you ask the Minister of the Household Department to take care of the money and food in the Northwest? Or should I send Nanjing Household Department Shangshu Huang Zan will be called back again, sent back to the servant and reassigned to the northwest?"

When Zhu Si mentioned Huang Zan.

There was a sudden silence.

Huang Zan was a very special person when he was in the court. He was obviously a "female cadre party", but Yang Tinghe recommended her to go to Nanjing to be the secretary of the household department. Even now, he is still as stable as Mount Tai in the post of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, and even Yang Tinghe took the opportunity to investigate the deficit of the Southeast Coast Guard, without implicating Huang Zan in the slightest.

The people present didn't speak, they were actually waiting for people from Huang Zan's opposing faction to come out to find fault and hear how to attack Huang Zan.

But even the backbone of Yang Tinghe's faction, such as Lin Jun, did not speak well of Huang Zan.

"Let's discuss again."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Si seemed very impatient. He also knew that it had taken a lot of trouble to make Tang Yin the governor of Xuanda, and it would be impossible to let Tang Yin serve as the servant of the household department. Besides, Zhu Hao didn't let him force it. promote this matter.

For now, he is very satisfied.

"By the way, the Ministry of Households hastened to make a summary after autumn to see how much food can be allocated to the Northwest. After this year of war, the Northwest should take a good rest and not let our soldiers starve and freeze. This is a top priority! Sun Department Hall, I will leave everything to you!"