Han ride

Chapter 352 Wen Tiren's Jingcha
"Your Majesty, although the ministers supported Zhengbeihou before, it was because Zhengbeihou needed the support of the court, and the court also needed Zhengbeihou to resist the Mongol invasion in northern Xinjiang. But now Zhengbeihou has eliminated Lin Dan Khan, Chahar Tuxietu Khan was also beheaded by the general Gao Meng. The current grassland is just a battle for hegemony between Zhengbeihou and Jiannu. At this time, the court should take precautions against Zhengbeihou. Hou should change his strategy, from support to support and beware."

"Sir, what you said is true." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help standing up, looking at Wen Tiren and nodding repeatedly. Xin was colluding with each other. At first, he was a little suspicious, but now he no longer doubts. Wen Tiren's ability to say such things shows that he puts state affairs first.For Li Xin, it also changed because of Li Xin's changes. Such talents are the real talents of prime ministers.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Wen Tiren had a serious face, showing that he was selfless and magnanimous.

"It's just that this grassland is a place of alienation. The conditions are simple and difficult. I'm afraid not many officials from the court will go there!" Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and smiled wryly.Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew who the officials under his command were.These people have long been corrupted by the picturesque mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, so why would they stay in a place like the grassland?Although that place is not a place for people to eat and drink, but the weather is harsh, and not everyone can live there.

"Your Majesty, it's up to them." Wen Tiren said gloomyly: "They have to go if they don't. Zheng Beihou's power has expanded too much. Although he doesn't have many people under his command, there are always people. Beihou is of course extremely loyal to the imperial court, but his subordinates are different. If it were not for the suppression of Zhengbeihou, at this time, there may be another huge grassland empire in the north of the imperial court. The merit is that if one day the yellow robe is put on Zhengbeihou, even Zhengbeihou himself has no choice, so we can only expand the power under Zhengbeihou's command. We send officials to the grassland to help Zhengbeihou govern the area , that is to secretly control these places in the hands of the imperial court, if there is any change in Zheng Beihou in the future, there will only be one place in the cloud, and the other places will still be the court's place."

"Yes, yes." Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly.He is also very yearning for the grassland. Although Li Xin helped him expand the territory, it is in Li Xin's hands, but if he can rely on these officials to control the land that Li Xin has conquered, then It is the land of the imperial court.At this time, Chongzhen made up his mind that the civil servants must be sent to the grassland to quickly occupy and infiltrate Li Xin's generals. If Li Xin is loyal, it's fine. If he has wolf ambitions, he can find one or two people inside. Instead of Li Xin.

Wen Tiren saw that Emperor Chongzhen had made a move, a smile inadvertently appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he cupped his hands and said: "All the officials of the imperial court have quotas, especially the officials in Beijing, but there are many officials in Nanjing who hang around in brothels and restaurants all day long. In the middle, looking for flowers and asking Liu Zhisuo, such officials, I think I should find something to do for them." Wen Tiren finally resorted to his ultimate move.

"Sir, do you mean Jingcha?" Chongzhen is not stupid. He heard Wen Tiren's meaning, but he didn't have Wen Tiren's real intentions. He knows what kind of officials his subordinates are. Jingcha may be able to screen out some of them. A large number of unqualified officials came. After each Beijing inspection, these unqualified officials either resigned or were relegated, etc., but every time the Beijing inspection was reshuffled by the various factions of the imperial court, Emperor Chongzhen did not want this Do.

"I think that Jingcha is only in Nanjing, and it doesn't necessarily spread to all parts of the country." Wen Tiren still had a serious face.He understands Emperor Chongzhen's scruples. Everyone has set up the Jingchao. If it is not done well, the government will be unstable again, so he simply made a move in Nanjing.

"Nanjing? That's fine." Emperor Chongzhen finally made up his mind.Because the opportunity given by Li Xin is really rare.This is a great opportunity to control the grassland and divide Li Xin's subordinates.

"Your Majesty, since you want to divide Li Xin's subordinates, you have to send a highly respected and witty genius to go there. I think Qian Qianyi from Nanjing can do it." Seeing that Chongzhen had already spoken, Wen Tiren said hastily.He lowered his head, a golden light shone in his eyes.

Qian Qianyi has a great reputation, especially in Jiangzuo area.The word is Shouzhi, the name is Muzhai, the late name is Mengsou, and the old man of Dongjian.Scholars call him Mr. Yushan.In the 38th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, one of the top three Jinshi, he was one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, from the official to the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Speaking of which, this person had a deep grudge with Wen Tiren, no wonder Wen Tiren still remembers him.

After Chongzhen destroyed Wei Zhongxian, there was a shortage of officials in the court.Emperor Chongzhen decided to add cabinet members.In the winter of the first year of Chongzhen, the edict will push out cabinet ministers.As soon as the edict came out, Wen Tiren began to make his own wishful thinking. After all, the cabinet minister is the glory of a civil servant's life. Wen Tiren naturally wanted to enter, but there are two aspects required to enter the cabinet, one is the holy family, and the other is Seniority and prestige.He suddenly found that his qualifications and reputation were not good enough. If he had these two, he would not be able to enter the cabinet.However, he also found that his family is still okay.Because Chongzhen had just promoted him to be Minister of Rites, Minister of Rites had a position in the previous cabinets, so he thought that he might enter the cabinet, but what he didn't expect was that Wen Tiren was repeatedly ignored during the process of being promoted, and finally failed. Wen Tiren's wishful thinking fell through when he entered the cabinet, but Qian Qianyi, a talented scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, ranked first in private.So he tried to ruin this court push.

It has to be said that Wen Tiren is a born conspirator.In the result of the meeting, he found that his prestige and qualifications were far above him, and even Zhou Yanru, who was still above Qian Qianyi, was not on the list of candidates. Who is Zhou Yanru.Zhou Yanru is well-behaved.He is very good at observing words and demeanor, and has both ways and means, and won the emperor's favor.In terms of holy family, no one can match.Zhou Yanru lost the election, Wen Tiren guessed that the emperor must be suspicious.Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen was very dissatisfied when he saw that Zhou Yanru's name was not on the list.

Wen Tiren thinks this is a great opportunity to reverse the case.He and Zhou Yanru colluded quickly and pointed the finger at Qian Qianyi directly.They wrote to the emperor, re-exposing the bribery case of Qian Qianyi's joints, and urged the emperor to disqualify Qian Qianyi as a cabinet minister.The so-called joint bribery case refers to the case of Qian Qianyi accepting bribes from Tongsheng Tian Qianqiu when he was the main tester in Zhejiang in the second year of Tianqi, and named him Xie Yuan based on a common slang sentence "once he ascended to the blue sky smoothly".This was reported later.Qian Qianyi was punished by losing his salary and dismissing his post.He returned to the south of the Yangtze River to be his Minister of Rites. From then on, he put his love on the mountains and rivers, and he was only reused when he knew Nanming.

After this battle, the relationship between Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and Qian Qianyi deteriorated, especially between Wen Tiren and Qian Qianyi.Qian Qianyi is one of the leaders of the Jiangzuo literary world. He has gained a great reputation in Jiangzuo these years, while Wen Tiren has a bad reputation among Jiangzuo scholars, especially among the Donglin party members. What he did What Qingliu despises, in Wen Tiren's view, is not a matter of his character, but Qian Qianyi's fault.Therefore, recommending Qian Qianyi to go to the grassland this time is to take revenge on him severely.

"Can this Qian Qianyi do it?" Emperor Chongzhen still remembered the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and looked at Wen Tiren suspiciously. Obviously, he had heard about the relationship between Wen Tiren and Qian Qianyi. At this time, he inevitably had some doubts. It wasn't that Wen Tiren took the opportunity to take revenge. ,

"Does your majesty remember that last year when Li Xin ran across the south of the Yangtze River?" Wen Tiren rolled his eyes, and quickly found the reason, and said: "Li Xin's sweep of the south of the Yangtze River made his reputation, but in the same way, what he did in the south of the Yangtze River One thing is to offend the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The Donglin Party members in the south of the Yangtze River regard Li Xin as a tiger and beast. Brother Muzhai is a leader in the literary world in the south of the Yangtze River. Only when he leads these civil officials can he help His Majesty monitor Li Xin and Make sure they won't be wooed by Li Xin."

Chongzhen was quickly moved by Wen Tiren's words. If he sent an ordinary official to the grassland, he would inevitably be moved by Li Xin's high-ranking official Houlu. But Qian Qianyi was different. They had a grudge against Li Xin. It will be against Li Xin, and it is impossible to rely on Li Xin.Now nodded.Said: "Mr.'s strategy is not bad, but it is so easy to drive Qian Qianyi to Mobei, it is inevitable that Li Xin will be suspicious!"

"Your Majesty, I think it over. I don't need to issue an imperial decree, but relegate and send all the relegated officials to Mobei." Wen Tiren really wanted to laugh out loud after hearing Chongzhen's words.Pillows are sent to sleepy people. According to Wen Tiren's thinking, it is best for Qian Qianyi to die in Mobei. From then on, no one will compete with him for the position of chief assistant. Zhou Yanru just went down, and this time concocted this person I'm afraid someone will gossip. In that case, let Qian Qianyi go first and relegate him. After a long time, no one will remember him. He let people expose that Qian Qianyi had taken refuge in Li Xin, and this would completely solve the scourge of Qian Qianyi.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and he said to Wen Tiren: "You have to tell those officials who have been relegated, as long as they go to the grassland, work hard under the command of Zheng Beihou, and serve the court, at the right time, I will naturally recruit them back for reuse."

"Your Majesty is merciful." Wen Tiren rolled his eyes, feeling even more upset.He knew that Emperor Chongzhen was not as simple as talking about it.As long as the opportunity is right, he can definitely do this kind of thing.

"En." Emperor Chongzhen nodded.Only then did Wen Tiren retreat cautiously.

A moment later, the cabinet under the control of Wen Tiren sent imperial edicts and letters to Nanjing and Yunzhong City respectively. Inside the Ming Dynasty, a massive Beijing inspection was launched, and many literati and military generals were worried. You must know Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, cliques have emerged, especially since the era of Yan Song and Gao Gong. The so-called Jingcha is the war of cronies. These are the best means for several bigwigs in the cabinet to attack their opponents. Taking control of the cabinet, this Jingcha is undoubtedly the best way for Wen Tiren to reshuffle the cards. With the hands of Li Xin, he wiped out the entire Donglin Party members.I have to say that although Wen Tiren is not a good-hearted person, he played this hand beautifully, even when shuffling the cards, he was so upright.

When the letter from the cabinet reached Li Xin, Li Xinzheng, Shi Yuanzhi and other civil servants and generals watched the polo match held in the field outside Yunzhong. Polo has a long history and was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. But it is a kind of entertainment, and more importantly, it is also a means of training soldiers.At this time, Li Xin is the best time to accumulate his own strength and prepare for war. Naturally, this kind of training method was used. Not only Li Xin came, but also Dong Xiaowan, Xiao Yu and others who were hiding in the back house all day long. Yes, even Xiao Yu and Nangnang Fujin have a big belly.After Li Xin's hard work, Xiao Yu and Nang Nang Fujin finally blossomed and bore fruit, which reassured Li Xin's courtiers. Although Li Xin is brave and young, anything can happen on the battlefield Well, there is one case, at least Li Xin has an heir in his career, isn't it.Although this heir is not from the future wife Dong Xiaowan, it can be regarded as a hope.

"Yang Xiong, Erlang under your command is not doing well either? He is five goals away from our Imperial Guard." A carefree voice came, and Li Xin and the others looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they could say this without looking. Gao Meng must be the one who said that. Right now, Gao Meng's Imperial Guards are facing Yang Xiong's White Tiger Army. Among Li Xin's subordinates are Jiang Yi's Qinglong Army, Yang Xiong's White Tiger Army, He Kegang's Suzaku Army, Chen Han's Xuanwu Army, Jutu's Black Snake Army, Zhao Guang's White Horse Cavalry, and Gao Meng's Guards.These seven people formed Li Xin's Northern Expedition Army, a total of 13 people.

"Hmph, Gao Meng, don't get too complacent, this battle is going on!" Yang Xiong said disdainfully.He was also annoyed for a while. Although his team is all good players, they are not as good as Gao Meng's Imperial Guard. Among the many legions, Gao Meng's Imperial Guard is undoubtedly the elite of the elite. There is no way, who Let the imperial guards be Li Xin's guarding army, so it is natural to choose the most powerful one. Among the seven major legions, each legion has its own advantages.

"The generals are very ambitious, my lord, congratulations!" Song Xiance was short in stature, and looked so awkward among Shi Yuanzhi and the others.

"These are all thanks to the generals." Li Xinxin was also extremely happy. At least when he first came to Daming, he was so downcast that he didn't even control his life. But in a blink of an eye, the beautiful woman beside him Ruyun, and more importantly, Li Xin has an army of 10,000+ under his command. This is because Li Xin is following the route of elite soldiers, otherwise, there will be even more troops under his command.

"Master, there is a letter from Fusheng Restaurant." At this moment, a black-clothed guard suddenly appeared beside Shi Yuanzhi, and handed a letter to Shi Yuanzhi. Shi Yuanzhi just glanced at it, and quickly handed the letter to Li Xin .

"What is Wen Tiren trying to do?" Li Xin tore open the envelope, glanced at the letter, handed the letter to everyone, and then ordered: "Go ahead. Gentlemen, let's go back and talk about it." After speaking, he stood up , holding Dong Xiaowan with one hand, and supporting Xiao Yu with the other.

Gao Meng and the others glanced at each other, and they all stood up one after another, watching Li Xin's figure leave, but they didn't follow closely. Generals in the army are not allowed to interfere with political affairs, and civilian officials are not allowed to interfere with the affairs of generals. It is very clear that under Li Xin, unless it is Shi Yuanzhi, otherwise, it is impossible for the rule of civil servants to lead military generals.Since Li Xin called several civil officials, the generals would naturally not follow.

"Jingcha!" In Liuli Palace, Li Xin knocked on the table and said to Zhang Chun: "The old man has been in the court for a long time, is this Jingcha useful? Why does Wen Tiren use Jingcha to help us?"

"Master Hou, this Wen Tiren is not helping us, or in other words, he is not helping us on purpose. He mainly helps us by getting rid of his political opponents." Zhang Chun stroked his beard and shook his head disdainfully.

"Since Jiajing, the Jingcha has become a means of attacking political opponents. Think about the big officials of the court, who has nothing to do around them, and which ass is clean? Once the Jingcha starts, those cronies of the court Let's start fighting, trying to drive all the opponents out of the capital." Sun Yuanhua also snorted coldly.To be honest, he is a victim of crony disputes, the battle between Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, if it weren't for Li Xin, Sun Yuanhua would have passed away long ago, so he hates crony disputes.

"So, Wen Tiren wants to use my hand to drive all his political enemies to my side?" Li Xin snorted coldly. Although he needed officials, especially civil officials, he didn't want such civil officials either. Such civil officials are not on their side, and even if they make any moves, these civil officials will definitely be a powder keg.

"The government is becoming more and more corrupt. At this time, Wen Tiren, as the chief assistant, actually thinks about fighting for power and profit. It's really sad." Zhang Cai shook his head. Now there are rebels in the Ming Dynasty, and outside, Jiannu is eyeing. Even Li Xin is gradually strengthening the situation. Once his own foundation has gained a firm foothold in the grassland, according to Zhang Cai's judgment, he will definitely send troops south to seize the Central Plains.As the chief assistant, Wen Tiren should rectify the court program at this time, gather all the people with lofty ideals in the court under his command, and assist the Emperor Chongzhen is the right way, but he has made some kind of Beijing inspection, and it is obvious that he wants to shoot at his enemies.This fire not only burned officials, but Daming Jiangshan, it is really stupid.

(End of this chapter)