Smuggling Daming

In Zhou Zhong's office room in Wenyuan Pavilion in Beijing City, although the room is not very big, it is full of people today, because Zhou Zhong invited several ministers from the cabinet, and there are also several court officials. Therefore, this small room was packed to the brim. After each person set up a chair and sat down, there was no gap in the whole room.

Speaking of which, since Li Dongyang passed away, although he was given a grand burial, and he was also very generous to his afterlife, it was all because Li Dongyang was already a dead person, so Zhou Zhong didn't mind letting the other party look better, but For those left behind by the cabinet, he was not polite at all.

For example, the original Liang Chu and Liu Zhong were able to enter the cabinet because of the recommendation of Li Dongyang. Although these two people are quite talented, they are a bit stubborn. Zhong was very resistant to some reforms in the administration of officials, so Zhou Zhong removed them from the cabinet in the name of the other party's young talents, and then promoted Wang Shouren and Yang Yiqing to the cabinet. , Because of his special status, he can't join the cabinet at all, but he can participate in court discussions like ordinary cabinet ministers, which is actually not much different from joining the cabinet.

The current cabinet members have five points, namely Yang Tinghe, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Jiao Fang, a scholar of Wuyingdian, Wang Qiong, a scholar of Jinshendian, Wang Shouren, a scholar of Dongge Palace, and Yang Yiqing, a scholar of Huagaidian. Except for Yang Tinghe, the other four are the core forces of Zhou Zhong's rectification of officials and political reform.

Speaking of Zhou's emphasis on promoting reforms and rectifying the administration of officials, it is best to let the cabinet and him be of one mind.Only in this way can there be no constraints in the process of implementing the law.However, Yang Tinghe is not an ordinary person. He was originally Zhengde's teacher, and he was valued by Li Dongyang later, and he was trained as the successor of the cabinet's chief assistant. Over [-]% of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, now Zhou Zhong has ruled Liang Chu and Liu Zhong.If Yang Tinghe is also kicked out of the cabinet again, I am afraid that the entire officialdom will be in chaos.

In addition, Zhou Zhong also considered that when he was reforming and rectifying the administration of officials, he needed an opposing voice in the court to remind him to prevent him from doing too much in certain things, and Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, just had such strength and condition.That's why Zhou Zhong still let Yang Tinghe take the position of chief assistant, and he didn't even have the power to evade Yang Tinghe.

Originally, Yang Tinghe didn't know what Zhou Zhong wanted to do, but with a series of changes in the cabinet, coupled with Zhou Zhong's preparations for the reform and rectification of officials, Yang Tinghe, who was very keen in politics, finally became aware of Zhou Zhong's purpose , which made him shocked at the same time.I am very conflicted in my heart, I don't know where I should stand in this change?

Speaking of which, Yang Tinghe is a representative of officials from the southern department.There has been a long history of corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. If reforms are carried out, the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be involved. Among them, the officials from the southern department with the largest number of people will bear the brunt. As the leader of the southern officials, he naturally wants to protect himself One side's interests, but as the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty.He also hoped that corruption in Daming's official circles could be eradicated completely, which was not only a good thing for Daming.For him as the first assistant, it is also a good thing to leave his name in Qing history.

It is also Yang Tinghe's ambivalence, so Yang Tinghe has always followed a business-like attitude towards Zhou Zhong's preparations before the reform, neither blocking nor giving green light, and he will also raise objections when there are problems , and this is exactly what Zhou Zhong wanted, so up to now, Zhou Zhong and Yang Tinghe have not had much conflict because of the reform.

Today Zhou Zhong suddenly summoned all five cabinet ministers to him, Yang Tinghe already had a premonition, but before Zhou Zhong did not explicitly express his desire to reform, he could still use a neutral attitude, but if Zhou Zhong If it is officially announced that Daming will carry out reforms, then he can no longer be like before, but must join a camp, either like Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren, completely side with Zhou Zhong, or like Li Dongyang and all the southern officials hoped In that way, Zhou Zhong's reforms should be resisted.

Yang Tinghe was full of conflicts in his heart, Zhou Zhong took a deep look at him before speaking, he seemed to have seen Yang Tinghe's entanglement, but he didn't care, but cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, please come here today , mainly to discuss two things, the first thing is His Majesty's personal conquest of Liaodong, do you have anything else to say about this?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong mentioned Zhengde's personal expedition to Liaodong, everyone looked at Wang Qiong. After all, he was not only a cabinet scholar, but also served as Minister of the Ministry of War, so he had the most say in such military matters.

Wang Qiongqing coughed, stood up and said, "Report to Jian Guo, the Southern Route Army led by His Majesty, and the Eastern Route Army led by Liaodong Dusi have all assembled, and there is no problem in terms of logistics. It can be said that the two Route Army An attack can be launched at any time, but according to the previous plan, the battle against the three guards of Duoyan is still mainly about recruiting and surrendering, so before launching the attack, the Ministry of Rites has sent envoys to the three guards of Duoyan, hoping to persuade the three guards of Duoyan to surrender directly. Bringing up swordsmanship again, after all, as long as there is a war together, not only will countless soldiers die in battle, but it will also cost a lot of financial and material resources."

Zhou Zhong also knew about sending envoys to Duoyan Sanwei. After all, Duoyan Sanwei was a thorn in the wall between Daming and Tatar.

"Master Wang, in your opinion, will Duoyan Sanwei be persuaded by our emissary to break away from the Tatars and fall to Ming Dynasty?" Zhou Zhong asked after thinking for a moment. But it can be called the head of ministers, otherwise, he would not be called the third minister of Ming Dynasty together with Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, Wang Qiong thought for a while and immediately replied: "Reporting to Jian Guo, if it was put in the past, Duoyan Sanwei would probably be persuaded by the envoys to submit to my Ming Dynasty again, but the previous submissions were just Nominally, our Ming Dynasty will not interfere in the internal affairs of Duoyan Sanwei, but this time we not only propose to let the other party surrender, but also propose to take over the other party's army, and then send officials to manage it. The power will be emptied, and if Hua assumes this person's character, he will definitely not agree to the conditions proposed by our Ming Dynasty, so this battle may be inevitable!"

Zhou Zhong and other cabinet ministers nodded in agreement when they heard Wang Qiong's analysis. The reason why they used troops against Duoyan Sanwei this time was to subdue them completely, and then recruit the Mongols of the three guards, plus The Han people formed a Han and Mongolian cavalry as the main force to invade the grassland in the future, so it is naturally impossible to let the three guards of Duoyan be autonomous, and they must be completely included in the rule of Ming Dynasty. This contradiction is irreconcilable, and the other party must not easily Agree, so Da Ming can only use war to beat the other party until the other party has no choice but to agree.

"That's it, then we can only fight, but this time we dispatched 15 troops, isn't this a bit of a fuss? With so many troops, it can almost wipe out the three guards of Duoyan?" At this time, Yang Tinghe suddenly raised his own Dissented, Duoyan Sanwei is just a fool, and it only takes tens of thousands of people to deal with such a tribe. Now Wang Qiong has mobilized 15 people at once. In Yang Tinghe's view, it is simply a waste.

"Lord Yang, don't underestimate the three guards of Duoyan. Over the years, they have gradually encroached on Liaodong. Their strength is no longer comparable to what they used to be. The total population of the three guards has also increased several times. The initial estimate should be more than 50. They want to conquer Such a large tribe, 10,000+ people is still small, and the [-] Japanese servants in Liaodong Dusi not only deal with Duoyan Sanwei, but their most important task is to deal with the Jurchen savages of Jianzhouwei." No When Wang Qiong spoke, Zhou Zhong answered for him.

"However, the three guards of Duoyan were originally from the grasslands, and they lived in no fixed place all the year round. If they see that the army is overwhelming and they see that they can't fight, what should they do if they flee northward with their people? After all, they originally lived in the upper reaches of the Songhua River. It is not difficult to get to the ancestral land?" Yang Tinghe raised his objection again.

"Although what Mr. Yang said is possible, it doesn't work in fact. First of all, the reason why Duoyan Sanwei went south is not only to covet the beauty of the southern grassland, but also because the north has become colder and colder these years. Prairie people almost every year. A large number of them will be frozen to death in winter, so Duoyan Sanwei will desperately move south, but after they left, the grassland that originally belonged to them has been occupied by other Mongolian tribes. If they want to go back, I am afraid they can only fight with those If the Mongolian tribes go to war, it will be a war of annihilation, and it will be more terrifying than surrendering our Ming Dynasty!" Wang Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of War, is indeed very competent, and he knows everything about the grassland like the back of his hand.

"That's right, the three guards of Duoyan have no way out. We sent 15 troops. On the one hand, it is to show the military power of our Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, it is also to let the three guards of Duoyan see our determination to recover Liaodong. If it’s not cheap, he should seriously consider surrendering.” At this time Yang Yiqing also added that he was the only civil servant who could lead troops to fight alone, and when he was in Ningxia, he was very concerned about the situation on the grassland. I understand that although the situation in Liaodong is different from that in Ningxia, the truth is the same.

After Yang Tinghe heard this, he finally had no objections. Then Zhou Zhong discussed with Wang Qiong and Yang Yiqing for a few more words. Then he put aside the Liaodong matter and started to talk about the second matter. The main reason for everyone to come is also what worries Yang Tinghe the most. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)