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Chapter 328 Nine Sides, Save Yu

Zhao Zhenji, who received Zhang Juzheng's letter, is discussing with his staff how to deal with it.

The staff members talked a lot, Shaoxing master surnamed Sun said:
"Dong Weng, reforms have always offended a group of people, let alone a whipping method that involves financial resources. Those who initiated reforms since ancient times often did not end well."

Zhao Zhenji nodded and said, "That's true. Everyone else left, but Master Sun stayed."

The other masters looked at Master Sun enviously, then bowed their hands to Zhao Zhenji and left.

After the other masters had left, Zhao Zhenji said: "What do you think, sir, what should I do now?"

Master Sun paused for a while and said, "Leave Nanzhili."

Zhao Zhenji laughed immediately and said, "Master Sun really wanted to go with me."

Master Sun immediately said: "In charge of Southern Zhili, no matter what you do, you will only achieve nothing and make mistakes. Dong Weng's ambition is to join the cabinet and become the prime minister. If you continue to stay in Southern Zhili, your path to the cabinet will be cut off."

Zhao Zhenji asked: "Sir, now that the state affairs are in turmoil, the court trusts me to let me be in charge of Nanzhili, how can I leave Nanzhili?"

Master Sun looked at Zhao Zhenji and said, "Dong Weng, you already know the answer, why ask me?"

Zhao Zhenji stroked his exquisite beard and said, "Please, Sun Muyou, explain clearly."

Master Sun was still hesitating, and Zhao Zhenji said, "Well, let me write a word, and you write a word, let's see if we think the same thing?"

The two of them each took out a piece of scrap paper and wrote a word.

I only saw the word "Xu" written by Zhao Zhenji, and Master Sun wrote two words, "anti-Xu". Zhao Zhenji smiled at Master Sun and said:
"Sun Muyou is a great talent, we need to get closer in the future."

Then Zhao Zhenji asked again: "What about Zhang Butang's whip?"

Master Sun immediately said: "Procrastinate, this year's autumn grain collection is coming soon, we can't change the financial method at this time, Dong Weng can delay for a while."

"When Dong Weng is transferred away from Nanzhili, Zhang Butang will not look for you again."

Zhao Zhenji said: "Sure enough, it's a good strategy, let's follow Sun Muyou's method!"

In October, Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of the Household Department of Nanzhili, secretly revealed to the emperor the illegal activities of impeaching Xu Jie's family in Songjiang Mansion.

Zhao Zhenji did not impeach Xu Jie's family for colluding with the rebels, but uncovered the case of Xu Jie's family's occupation and annexation of land a few years ago.

Zhao Zhenji knew very well what the emperor on the dragon chair was thinking.

For every chief minister of the cabinet, there will be a second minister of the cabinet watching over him. This is Emperor Jiajing's technique of mixing different opinions.

From Yang Tinghe to Xia Yan, from Xia Yan to Yan Song, and from Yan Song to Xu Jie, it was all like this.

In this way, there will be no powerful ministers in the cabinet, which is why the court can still operate normally after Jiajing can deal with the first assistant every time.

But this time Qingliu formed a cabinet, there was no such person in the cabinet.

Xu Jie is a great Confucian who learned by heart, and now those who stay in his cabinet, such as Li Chunfang and others, are ministers of the younger generation, and they dare not confront Xu Jie at all.

What makes the emperor even more restless is that Qingliu still supports King Yu.

Prince Chu and cabinet ministers, this has already made Emperor Jiajing, who is proficient in power, feel frightened and uneasy.

Zhao Zhenji naturally knew that his secret revelation would never be able to bring down Xu Jie.

But this is his attitude, and his unequivocal attitude against Xu Jie may become a step for him to join the cabinet.

At the same time, Jiubian.

The concept of nine sides is huge, covering almost the entire northern region of the Ming Empire.

From east to west they are: Liaodong, Jizhen, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, Guyuan and Gansu.

Because of the impression of the end of the Ming Dynasty, many people believed that the Nine Sides were set up in the Ming Dynasty to defend against the Jurchens.

In fact, during the Jiajing period, the Ming Empire's biggest enemy was the Mongols, and the nine-sided defense system was used to defend the Mongols.

At this time, the Jurchen tribe had not yet risen, and they were even the younger brothers of the Ming Dynasty, often helping the Ming Dynasty's border troops to fight the Mongols.

Datong Town, which is the "Da" of "Xuan Da", is stationed in Datong Mansion, and the commander-in-chief wears the seal of the former general in the west.

The responsible area of ​​Datong Town is Shanxi Xingdu Division, and its basis is also the three [-]th Guards of Youyun Yuyang and Tianzhen under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Xingdu Division.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Datong was a border town of the vassal king. However, since Emperor Yongle succeeded in pacifying the enemy, he no longer dared to hand over the border troops to his brothers and nephews. The general military officer of Datong was changed to the commander of the noble military attache.

After the Civil Fortress Change, Xungui became even more hip, and the commander-in-chief of the Nine Sides was no longer Xungui's exclusive position.

For example, the current chief military officer of Datong, Jiang Yingxiong, is a former military general.

The commander-in-chief of the nine borders is considered a top position among military generals, but this commander-in-chief Jiang is trembling.

The reason is also very simple. The commander-in-chief of the frontier army in the Ming Dynasty was a hot ass position, especially the commander-in-chief of Datong in the Jiajing Dynasty. It didn't end well.

The most famous commander-in-chief of Datong was named Qiu Luan. This monarch was once so powerful that he could even rival the powerful officials in the court.

It also dominated the Datong horse market, which can be said to be a moment of glory.

What happened to Qiu Luan was that his body was slaughtered in a museum, his bones and ashes were scattered, and all his family members were sent to the frontier.

Several chief military officers after Qiu Luan, the best result was to be dismissed from their posts, and countless were exiled, arrested and imprisoned. In the past ten years, Datong has had ten chief military officers.

Jiang Yingxiong only accepted the post of commander-in-chief after watching his predecessor be dispatched to Liaodong. Naturally, he was not happy at all.

"General! Jin Yiwei is here!"

Jiang Yingxiong was almost scared to death when he heard the news that Jin Yiwei was coming. The thought flashed in his mind whether he should surrender to the Mongols now.

Fortunately, the next sentence dispelled his thoughts.

"Jin Yiwei is here to arrest Yu Dayou."

Yu Dayou?
Only then did Jiang Yingxiong realize that he was the general who was assigned to guard the border last year, right?

Yu Dayou was sent to Datong to guard the border, because the "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" incident caused a lot of trouble, and Yu Dayou was compared to Yue Fei, so when he arrived in Datong, Jiang Yingxiong went to greet him.

"Since Yu Dayou is the one to arrest, let them arrest and report to the officer what to do!"

Jiang Yingxiong was a little annoyed, and the guards startled him by screaming, thinking they were here to arrest him!

The personal guard showed a embarrassed look and said: "This Yu Dayou is guarding the border in Hezhong Fort, and he is deeply supported by the soldiers. If Jin Yiwei goes directly, I'm afraid he won't be able to get any favors."

Jiang Yingxiong still didn't want to be troublesome, he slapped the table and said: "This Yu Dayou is just a pawn who is assigned to serve as a border guard. The royal guards of the imperial court ordered him to arrest him. Does anyone dare to stop him? You just take the guards to Hezhong Fort." "

The two personal soldiers looked at it, and reluctantly left the tent of the general army, and led ten Jinyi guards to Hezhong Fort.

The leading Jinyiwei Qianhu is named Chen Danian, the adopted son of the great eunuch Chen Hong.

After Chen Hong replaced Lu Bing and became the leader of Dongchang Jinyiwei, the original relaxed style of Lu Bing's period immediately changed, and Jinyiwei's methods became increasingly cruel.

It was under such circumstances that Chen Danian climbed to a high position, he did things cruelly without leaving room, and intimidated others through terror.

Regarding Jiang Yingxiong's slow treatment, Chen Danian held a grudge in his heart, and waited for a chance to deal with him in the future.

The most important thing now is to take Yu Dayou back.

After Chen Hong took charge of Jinyiwei, he treated his subordinates more harshly.The Jinyi guards who went to Nanzhili to arrest Tan Lun last time have all been dismissed from their posts, and it is said that they will be imprisoned for questioning.

Chen Danian was also afraid that the news would leak out, so he immediately asked Jiang Yingxiong's personal soldiers to take him to Hezhong Fort.

"Qianhu, this Hezhong Fort is the farthest garrison in Datong Town."

Hearing this, Chen Danian nodded, it seems that this Yu Dayou was not treated preferentially in Datong.

The soldier said again: "When we get to Hezhong Fort, please wait a moment for Qianhu, let us lure Yu Dayou out before arresting him."

Chen Danian was used to being domineering in the capital. The last time he raided the house of a strict party minister, he kicked open the main door. When he heard that the commander-in-chief was so cowardly, he couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?" ?”

The general soldier said: "Qianhu, you don't know, this river castle is tough, and there have been many troubles before, even if the general soldier comes, he must be careful to appease him, otherwise there will be chaos!"

"This is just a garrison, isn't it?"

"As for the matter, there are three general officers on the fort in the river."

"In the beginning, in the early years of this dynasty, when the emperor first succeeded to the throne, there was a disturbance in order to set up the river castle."

"The then commander-in-chief Zhang Wenjin built a fort in the river and sent soldiers to garrison far away. Because of Zhang Wenjin's cruelty, the soldiers killed Zhang Wenjin and captured Datong. It took the court a year to put down the rebels."

"There were several rebellions in Hezhong Fort. The most serious one was to surrender to Mongolia. Later, Bian Town spent a lot of money to buy it back from the Mongols."

Chen Danian was shocked. He didn't expect Bian Zhen to be so arrogant.

The river castle is not actually a desolate desert castle, on the contrary, it is a small castle on the edge of a prairie river.

Now it's autumn and winter, the grass is withered and yellow like dirty waves, if you come here in spring and summer, it should be a green ocean.

The area controlled by the Datong garrison is actually the Hetao area that the previous dynasties attached great importance to.

The Yellow River turns in the Hetao area, forming a pocket-shaped plain area. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty has been operating the Hetao as an important line of defense against the invasion of grassland peoples.

The founding of the Song Dynasty was unstable and failed to regain the Hetao area, so it was always beaten by the nomads in the north.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Hetao was recovered, but with the shrinking of the national power in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Hetao area is basically abandoned now.

The Fort in the River is already the deepest fort in Datong Town extending to the Hetao area.

In Hezhong Fort, Yu Dayou was practicing with soldiers.

After being assigned, Yu Dayou's mentality was very good.

Hezhong Fort is the farthest from Datong, so officers don't like to go there on weekdays. There are more than 100 garrison soldiers in Hezhong Fort, but only one general flag is permanently stationed.

Yu Dayou, who was good at training soldiers and dealing with soldiers, immediately became the leader of this group of soldiers.

At this time, Yu Dayou was leading this group of soldiers to drill, and suddenly the soldier in charge of the guard whistled.

"Enemy attack?"

The guards of the River Fort moved very quickly. They immediately rushed into the treasury to pick up their equipment. At this moment, two horses appeared at the gate of the River Fort.

"Is General Yu here!?"

Only a middle-aged man was riding on the two horses. He was dusty and shouted to the castle in the river.

The archers climbed up the wall of Hezhong Fort, and Yu Dayou shouted: "Yu is not a general, but a soldier of the Hezhong Fort. Who are you!?"

"Su Xianggong's old friend!"

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man shouted: "General Yu, come with me, Jin Yiwei is here to arrest you!"

The soldiers were in an uproar, while Yu Dayou walked over and saw that this middle-aged man was somewhat familiar.

The person who came was the former Jinyiwei Lu Er. He inquired about the news that the imperial court wanted to arrest Yu Dayou in the capital, so he immediately left the capital and came to Datong.

However, Datong had a large garrison, so Lu Er finally found out that Yu Dayou was in Hezhong Fort, bought two good horses immediately, and then went all the way to Hezhong Fort to report the news.

"Why do you want to arrest General Yu!"

"The imperial court has already wronged General Yu, why don't you let him go now!"

The soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, during these days Yu Dayou led them to fight against the Mongols, led them to patrol and guard the border, and only then did Hezhong Fort find peace.

In the past, the days of hiding in the castle in the river shivering and being bullied by the Mongols are over.

But the good times haven't passed long, and now the court is going to arrest Yu Dayou.

"Are you someone close to Mr. Su?"

Lu Er nodded.

Lu Er continued: "The Jinyi Guards are coming! If General Yu wants to capture him without mercy, can the brothers Pao Ze agree?"

"cannot!"

The soldiers shouted one after another.

Lu Er said: "General! If the Paoze brothers rebel for you, they will definitely be suppressed by the court? For the sake of the brothers, you follow me!"

Yu Dayou thought for a while, and finally nodded helplessly.

Lu Er was right. With his prestige in Hezhong Fort, even if he was captured obediently, the guards of Hezhong Fort would not let Jin Yiwei take him away.

At that time, more than 100 people in Hezhong Fort rebelled, and they would definitely be suppressed by Datong.

Yu Dayou bowed his hands to the soldiers of Hezhong Fort and said:

"Brothers, Yu is still going."

Although everyone was reluctant to give up, it was impossible to see Yu Dayou being captured by Jin Yiwei. The soldiers opened the gate of Hezhong Castle and said goodbye to Yu Dayou in unison.

As soon as Lu Er and Yu Dayou left, Chen Danian's Jin Yiwei arrived.

Chen Danian's subordinates shouted at Hezhong Fort: "Where is Yu Dayou, the criminal!"

There was no reaction in the fort in the river, and Jiang Zongbing's personal guard stepped forward to shout again, and only then did the soldiers stand on the wall and said:
"General Yu has left!"

Chen Danian's head buzzed, and Yu Dayou ran away again?
"We are Imperial Guards, we have to go in and search!"

After a long time, the gate of Hezhong Fort was opened, and Chen Danian and his guards went in to search, but they did not see Yu Dayou.

Chen Danian was furious and wanted to arrest these guards for interrogation, but was stopped by Jiang Zongbing's personal soldiers.

Seeing the weapons in the hands of these guards, Chen Danian quickly lost his mind.

Chen Danian could only go away with hatred, and when he returned to Datong, General Jiang sent troops to search for him, but naturally it was fruitless.

On the grassland, side by side with Lu Er, Yu Dayou asked: "Where does Mr. Su want me to go?"

　This section is a transitional chapter. If the situation on the nine sides is drawn out, there is no need to ask for votes.

　　
　
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