Wanli 1592

Chapter 52 The Strong Dragon Does Not Overcome the Snake

After figuring this out, all the ministers felt the cold wind blowing from behind them—since then, there was another highly efficient siege tactic in the world.

The memorials demanding strict control over the production and delivery of gunpowder filled the entire General Secretary from this moment on, which made Zhu Yijun a little proud. It was his happiest thing to make these civil servants feel panic and uneasy. Of course, he would never forget The most important thing he should do is to block all information about the gunpowder manufacturing sites, and strictly control the gunpowder manufacturing sites where Jin Yiwei is stationed in various places, so that one or two gunpowder will not be lost.

In addition, what disturbed and shocked them most was the imperial decree delivered to the cabinet by their Majesty Wanli.

To confer Xiao Ruxun's title, to put it more directly, to confer the title of uncle.

In the Ming Dynasty, sons were not granted titles, but only dukes, so it was difficult to obtain titles in the Ming Dynasty, but once they were obtained, they could basically get hereditary titles, and they were all awarded by military merit. Civil servants could only rely on military merit , such as Wang Yangming, so this surprised the civil servants even more.

Xiao Ruxun's contributions are indeed great, such as beheading the three thousand captives under Zhulitu's subordinates, beheading Kui Bai himself and his adopted son Kui Yun, which was the first contribution to put down the chaos in Ningxia, etc., but he is only 22 years old, a 22-year-old Isn't it too early for the hereditary Earl?

It is not a trivial matter to confer a knighthood, and it has been a rare thing in the past hundred years for military generals to be conferred with military merit. Even if they were to be conferred, they would be conferred by civil officials with military merit, not military generals. Therefore, the officials of the Ministry of Rites gathered together and began to discuss this matter. matter.

"Who is Xiao Ruxun?"

"I've checked, Yan'an Xiao family, Jiangmen, grandfather Xiao Han is the deputy general of Liangzhou, and father Xiao Wenkui is in the Beijing camp...he has close contacts with various nobles. Xiao Wenkui has four sons, and Xiao Ruxun is the fourth."

"Xiao Ruxun, isn't he the son-in-law of Yang Zhao, former Governor of Jiliao and Shangshu of the Ministry of War?"

"Is that the brash warrior who married the scholarly daughter?"

The complexions of the civil servants became uneasy-the military general was not pleasing to the eye, and the son-in-law of a civil general was even more unpleasant.

In the Ming Dynasty, the fate of generals was generally not very good, and there were not many people who returned home to die well, because these guys who were originally Jinshi, after becoming commanders of the army, also had more "consequence-only theory" that civil officials don't like. ", that is, the style of doing whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

Since the Han Dynasty, the biggest controversy and disagreement between civil officials and military commanders has actually arisen after Confucianism unified the ideological world, whether it is better to be "benevolent" or to kill them all to avoid future troubles. Make it submit to Huaxia, but the military commander thinks it's not so troublesome, it's time-consuming and labor-intensive, so he kills it with a single knife, so as to avoid future troubles, that's great.

All in all, military commanders leading troops in battle are fundamentally incompatible with civil servants' governance principles. Most civil officials take the golden mean as their principle of conduct in life, while military commanders focus on achieving practical results without avoiding extremes. Years of military career have made These civil servants developed a temperament completely different from that of civil officials, so it was natural for the civil general group and the civil official group to have irreconcilable conflicts.

However, the literary generals group also has the aloof and arrogant temperament unique to literati, and looks down on generals with low cultural literacy. Therefore, when the military generals group is grouped together to survive, they cannot get help from the military generals group. model.

In addition, the literary generals often have high merits, which makes many people jealous and do not pay attention to handling relationships, so it creates a situation where they are often isolated and helpless, and retreating bravely is already one of the good endings.

To sum up, this is a problem that Xiao Ruxun is very aware of—Yang Zhao’s interpersonal relationship is not good, especially in the civil society group in the capital, so he married his daughter to Yan’an, who is also a fellow Yan’an. It would be better for Xiao to be the daughter-in-law of the local rich man, the local emperor.

Generally speaking, Yang Zhao didn't value Xiao Ruxun's talent too much, and expected Xiao Ruxun to shine on the lintel. It is a social consensus that generals cannot shine on the lintel in this era, and Yang Zhao naturally understands it.

However, in a situation of isolation and helplessness, the only way to get close to the generals group is to marry their daughter to the generals and gain the friendship of the generals group, so that they can retire safely in Nanjing and become an official. You can help your son-in-law and daughter.

In fact, he did that too. In the original history, Yang Zhao really helped Xiao Ruxun.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Xiao Ruxun's situation is not good. Although his father Xiao Wenkui has been in the Beijing camp for a while, but according to the level of the Beijing camp, his father probably just joined forces with the only remaining military generals, the Xungui Group. Otherwise, Dad wouldn't be able to do it for long.

Today, the level of corruption in the Beijing camp is probably no less than that of the Forbidden Army in the Song Dynasty, but their power is still there. The last force of the military general Xungui Group headed by Cheng Guogong is entrenched here, lingering under the deterrence of civil officials. But the civil servants can't do anything about them.

For example, the military general Xungui Group is the top local snake in the capital, and the civil servants are strong dragons.

So Xiao Ruxun is not alone and helpless, but with the help of these people, Xiao Ruxun, who has obtained the title, is already a member of the military commander's noble group - and is more orthodox than Dad!
What's more, the military commander Xungui Group also needs fresh blood to stabilize its status and strength, so as not to lose even one-third of an acre of land. As long as Xiao Ruxun shows kindness, they will definitely accept it and form a community of interests. Let's be top snakes together.

So the reason for entering Beijing this time is not how to get along with the civil official group, but to build a good relationship with the guys in the Beijing camp who are on empty pay. Possibly, what everyone compares is the lower limit of integrity and the upper limit of IQ. People with integrity are destined to seek refuge in other places or simply retire from office, out of sight and out of mind.

In the 13 years of the apocalyptic storm, Xiao Ruxun has dealt with many inhumane guys, and also dealt with many ruthless people, and even himself is one of them. Xiao Ruxun is no stranger to this method, but he is not unfamiliar with political Fighting, Xiao Ruxun is still a little tender.

Therefore, of course he decided to avoid confrontation with civil servants, avoid playing politics with civil servants, but to get closer to the military generals Xungui Group. Although the literati look down on military generals, they will not easily tease military generals, especially the group in the capital. The hereditary and irreplaceable guy, if he really wants to do something, he may only follow in Zhang Juzheng's footsteps and make his whole body bloody.

No matter how strong a dragon is, it can't hold back this group of hereditary superheroes. Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, is a good example.

You have pushed people to this point, do you still have the nerve to continue bullying them?

And soon the Battle of North Korea will start. If his request for war is not accepted, then after Zu Chengxun defeats Pyongyang for the first time and the Ming court understands the power of the Japanese army's iron cannons, he will inevitably think of himself A famous general who is good at using firearms and training firearms troops.

All in all, this time, Xiao Ruxun's decision to participate in the Korean War will never be changed. There are no conditions, and conditions must be created!

The courtiers didn't know that, out of dislike for civil generals and contempt for military generals, although the emperor strongly demanded, they also had their own methods. Disgusting people are one of their best methods. You, I also want to disgust you, and tell you not to forget who is in charge of the Ming Dynasty. Young people tend to get angry, so we will help you vent your anger.

This is the basic psychology of the civil servants at this time-even if a small military general can fight and become an uncle, he is far from being able to fight against them, and he is far from being valued.

Not to mention that he is already a member of the military general Xungui Group, and he is also connected with the group of top snakes in the capital. He should not be overly suppressed so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the local snakes. Not good looking.

"Then, what kind of title is better to draw up?"

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals began to worry, and they all turned their attention to Luo Wanhua, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. In fact, for Luo Wanhua, he didn't want to participate in this kind of thing, but sitting in his position, he was only one step away. No matter what, it is not a good thing to offend the current elders of the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.

After a pause, Luo Wanhua made up his mind and wrote three words—Ping Lubo.

(End of this chapter)