prosperous age

Chapter 243 Chapter 242

For the next two days, Wei Guangde finally calmed down and stayed in the Jiujiang Guild Hall without going out.

It's just that the news that he asked Zhang Ke to inquire about it is also known.

Wei Guangde only paid attention to two people for the rewards drawn up by the Ministry of War, one was Ma Fang, and the other was Dong Yiyuan.

These two people are the pawns that Wei Guangde arranged in advance in Xuan Mansion and Ji Town.

This time Ma Fang was directly promoted to a general, and he may have to make another move at the end of the year, and Dong Yiyuan also promoted from a hundred households to a thousand households, and became a guerrilla general. However, there will be no major adjustments in Jizhen's troops and horses, so he still only has The cavalry unit of more than 400 people.

With the promotion of the title, others can take their time, Wei Guangde is not in a hurry.

With definite news, Wei Guangde wrote a letter, and then took the time to leave the Anding Gate in the north and went to the Beijing camp to look for Dong Yiyuan.

After Wei Guangde asked Dong Yiyuan to station in the Beijing camp before, he had to wait for the order from Mr. Weng Puweng to know whether to return to Ji Town or go to Xuanfu to continue accompanying protection after reporting to the battalion officer, so he has been stationed in the Beijing camp for the past few days. .

After meeting Dong Yiyuan in the Beijing Camp, Wei Guangde told Dong Yiyuan what he had heard from the Ministry of War, including his promoted position and that he would still be with the old Ministry, and that there would be no additional troops.

At the current stage, Wei Guangde can only know a lot of news in advance, and he must be speechless at the decision-making level.

His contemporaries, except for the first three and himself who were awarded officials, were all studying politics as Jinshi.

However, like Dong Yiyuan, he is still young, that is, Ma Fang is 40 years old, and I am afraid that he can't wait.

This is also the reason why Wei Guangde still wants to win over Dong Yiyuan. Wei Guangde doesn't know anyone who is young and looks capable.

Dong Yiyuan seems to be okay at least, we can maintain the relationship first and see the situation.

For Dong Yiyuan, he was satisfied with a promotion and salary increase for one escort mission. Although he took a little risk, it seemed worth it now.

He knew that Wei Guangde was able to get promoted because of Wei Guangde adding his name to the credit book, and his position was relatively high, otherwise, the gentlemen in the military department in the capital would know that there was a general named Dong Yiyuan in the Xuanfu.

After finishing the business, Dong Yiyuan asked Wei Guangde about his future whereabouts.

For him, now that he has managed to rely on a Beijing official, he naturally hopes that Wei Guangde's official career will be prosperous, which will help him even more.

"Well, I should still stay in the Hanlin Academy and continue my studies."

Wei Guangde felt a little funny when Dong Yiyuan asked such a question, "Maybe the grade will be adjusted, wait a few years to see if you can transfer to Taichang Temple or the Ministry of Rites, it's hard to say.

I went to Xiyuan to meet His Majesty the day before yesterday, and he only asked about Baoanzhou, and didn't mention much.

By the way, I still have a letter here, you arrange your personal soldiers to go to Xuanfu to hand it over to Ma Fang. "

Hearing that Wei Guangde asked him to send someone to deliver the letter, Dong Yiyuan nodded quickly, but was interrupted by Wei Guangde's wave of his hand when he wanted to speak.

"This time, the person you arrange to send the letter must be cautious and reliable. It is best to know the basics."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde frowned slightly before continuing: "The letter must be handed over to Ma Fang face to face, and tell him that the last few words in the letter were in Xiyuan, and His Majesty told me to pass them on to him."

Dong Yiyuan had a natural expression when listening to Wei Guangde's words before, even when Wei Guangde ordered him to send reliable people to deliver the letter, he didn't care.

It was only at the end that Wei Guangde said that there was an account from the emperor in the letter, and he was startled. Reminiscent of Wei Guangde's expression when he asked him to pay attention to picking people, Dong Yiyuan understood the meaning of the words.

Wei Guangde almost pointed out directly that there were people from Jinyiwei beside him or Ma Fang.

Wei Guangde took two people with him, one was Zhang Ji, and the other was Li San.

The two are from Jiujiangwei, so it can be said that they know the basics, and they are both from Bengshanbao, so they can be trusted.

Wei Guangde didn't believe that Jin Yiwei could instigate these two people under his nose and help them spy on him.

Jin Yiwei's eyeliner is all over Ming Dynasty, and it is also hereditary, so there are naturally many people in the army.

However, after Wei Guangde thought about it, Zhang Ji and Li San's family backgrounds are unlikely to be secret agents of the Jinyiwei, so it is very likely that the people around Ma Fang leaked what the Emperor Jiajing said to Ma Fang. .

The purpose of saying this to Dong Yiyuan is two points, one is to let Dong Yiyuan pay attention to his own soldiers, and don’t recruit a few Jinyiwei spies; He was in contact with Ma Fang, and he didn't do anything to him, and even asked him to speak privately.

Well, this is actually a warning.

After finishing speaking, Wei Guangde took out the letter addressed to Ma Fang from his pocket and handed it to Dong Yiyuan, "You can go back to Ji Town to deal with business in a few more days after you rest, and wait for the news of the reward, it may not be issued in the short term. "

"Why? Didn't you say it's settled?"

Dong Yiyuan asked puzzledly, the reward still needs to be in hand to be sure, who knows if there will be changes in the middle.

"Master Weng hasn't come back yet, and there is still a lot of competition for the position of Chief Military Officer of the Xuan Mansion, so I'm afraid that the award will not come out in the short term."

Wei Guangde explained with a smile, "If I hadn't met His Majesty the day before yesterday, maybe the Ministry of War would still quarrel in the cabinet over my affairs."

Seeing Dong Yiyuan's puzzled expression, Wei Guangde explained with a smile: "The Ministry of War wants to transfer me to them, and send me to take charge of the army in the future."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde's smile turned cold and he continued: "I think I am a dignified Hanlin, so why should I serve in the Ministry of War? Do I have a future?"
Fortunately, Your Majesty is considerate. The news I received is that I will continue to study in the Imperial Academy, and I will arrange errands when I am a few years older. '

"Yes, the Imperial Academy is good. It is good for you to study in the Imperial Academy. In the future, it will be logical for you to enter the Ministry of Rites and enter the cabinet to pay homage to the Prime Minister."

Dong Yiyuan has recovered from his astonishment at this moment, is the open and secret fighting in the court also so fierce?
Seeing that Wei Guangde was valued by the emperor, those who had ideas about the cabinet began to suppress them. Getting Wei Guangde to go to the Ministry of War was tantamount to cutting off his hope of joining the cabinet.

Although there is still a chance, it is already slim.

Wei Guangde left after explaining the matter clearly in Dong Yiyuan's army. The rewards in the army will not be in place in a short time, but his rewards should be earlier than those in the army.

Although Wei Guangde had just been promoted to review by the Imperial Academy, Wei Guangde always felt that he had to give an editor to do his meritorious deeds this time. From the seventh rank to the seventh rank, it was considered a promotion.

The idea of ​​grabbing Chen Jin's chance earlier was just thinking about it.

Chen Jin lost his chance. In the same year, there were Cao Dazhang and Wen Yinglu. Perhaps the imperial court would reserve their positions for them.

When Wei Guangde was walking back to the city, in the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, the documents regarding Wei Guangde's appointment were finally finalized.

"Wu Shangshu, the palace has approved it as red, you can take it back and do it."

Yan Song glanced at the memorabilia in his hand, it was the memorabilia about Wei Guangde's award that was sent to Xiyuan yesterday, and it was sent back today, he shook his head lightly, and handed the things in his hand to Wu Peng who was next.

Xu Jie sat on the side and didn't say anything. He couldn't get involved in Wei Guangde's affairs, and it was inconvenient to interfere. Everything was the idea of ​​Xiyuan.

To be honest, he does not agree to let Wei Guangde be promoted now, after all, he is too young, so he should hone in the Imperial Academy for a few more years before talking about it.

But he couldn't come out to stop it, against the holy will.

At this time, Wu Peng had already received the melody from Yan Song with both hands, and nodded, "What Master Shoufu said is that I will arrange it when I go back."

At this time, in addition to the cabinet ministers, there are six ministers in the cabinet, which is equivalent to the internal working meeting of the highest power department of the Ming Dynasty.

The other ministers looked at Wu Peng's actions, some disapproved, and some dismissed and ridiculed.

As for Wu Peng, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, everyone in the Ming Dynasty said anything, probably because after taking over from Li Mo, he obeyed the orders of the Yan family and his son, and did not have the face that a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials should have.

Even in the Ministry of Officials, there are many people who are not ashamed of being officials, and they all feel that they have lost the Ministry of Officials.

What kind of department is the Ministry of Officials? The power department that is in charge of the positions of officials in the world, even if the Yan family is powerful, they can't completely obey them.

All the money that was sent to the capital to run for officials below went into Yan Shifan's pocket, and had nothing to do with them.

If the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is strong enough and doesn't disregard the face of the Yan family, he will naturally come to the Ministry of Officials to be accommodating.

It's all right now, the Ministry of Officials is run by Yan's family.

Most of the other ministers also looked down on Wu Peng. Fortunately, their family is still related to Jin Yiwei Lu Bing's family, which is really embarrassing.

However, Wu Peng didn't seem to see these eyes. He carefully put away the documents and just sat back in his seat.

"Is there anything else going on?"

After the work at hand was assigned, Yan Song looked around the room with cloudy eyes, and now he was going to discuss other troubles encountered by Liu Bu.

"The palace asked for 10 taels of silver, Mr. Ge, our household department has no way to pay for this money."

When the words fell, Fang Dun, Minister of the Household Department, spoke.

During this period of time, it is said that because of the victory in the first battle of the Xuanfu, Emperor Jiajing held two more rituals in Xiyuan, and then sent a bill to the Ministry of Households, asking the Ministry of Households to give 10 taels of silver to the inner court.

No one knows better than Fang Dun what the finances of the Ming Dynasty look like today. If he doesn't use this occasion to speak out, he won't be able to deal with it.

Others have already heard about the fact that the inner court asked the Ministry of Finance to ask for money, but at this time, they are all waiting to see the development of the following plot and see what method Yan Ge will use to solve the money problem this time.

Yan Song didn't answer directly, but looked at the second assistant Xu Jie next to him.

They are all old foxes, and his methods of mending holes are not the same, but now he wants to see if Xu Jie has any other methods available, or as before, push the matter to himself.

"Hehe, in fact, everyone in the Ministry of Households now knows very well that they eat enough food for free, and the reason why they can survive until now is all due to the management of Mr. Yan Ge.

10 taels of silver is not a small number, 10 or [-] is easy to say, just squeeze it in every yamen in Beijing, [-] taels.

Mr. Ge, forgive me for being old and incompetent, I really can't think of a way. "

Xu Jie, as always, left the decision to Yan Song. In fact, he was already familiar with Yan Song and Xi Ni's method, which was to withhold the money that had been allocated for other purposes, and give priority to ensuring the inner court's expenses.

As for those places that need money, wait for the next batch of silver to be delivered to Beijing before distributing them in order. To put it bluntly, it is delaying time and delaying payment.

The account is still there, and it will not be reduced by a single point, but the time to get it is hard to say.

Of course, if you find the right person, you can jump in line even if you receive money.

However, everything must be closely followed by the palace, which is why Yan Song can sit firmly on the throne of the chief assistant.

Except for him, none of the chief ministers in the Ming Dynasty chose to blindly enter the emperor, completely ignoring the objections of the court officials, not to mention that the money was still used for fasting and offering sacrifices and building temples.

Xu Jie also wanted to sit in Yan Song's position, but he knew that during the years when Emperor Jiajing was still energetic and capable of tossing around, even if he could squeeze Yan Song away, he would not be able to sit firmly in that seat.

Because, he still let go of his old face.

On the morning of the sixth day after Wei Guangde returned to Beijing, an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs was escorted by guards to the door of the Jiujiang Guild Hall, and Wei Guangde was already fully dressed and waiting here.

At this time, the inside and outside of the Jiujiang Guild Hall have been cleaned up, and the garbage and feces that appeared near the gate of the Guild Hall in the past are no longer visible.

Although this place is expensive as a capital city, the sanitation environment of the city is not as clean as the small counties of later generations, and this is something Wei Guangde is not used to.

There is no way, do as the Romans do, and now it seems that the whole world is like this, what else can I do.

Greeting officials to enter the Jiujiang guild hall, at this time the incense table has been set up in the lobby of the guild hall.

The incense table was a very sacrificial utensil in ancient society, and it was generally used to display incense candles and fruits for sacrificial offerings.

The reason why incense cases are placed to welcome the imperial decree is because the emperor is known as the Son of Heaven, and the divine power is granted by the emperor, and the orders issued are therefore considered to be orders from the heavens.

The ancients were in awe of the sky, so the son of heaven needed to use the incense case to issue orders, and the eunuch or minister who came to read the imperial decree was called an "angel", referring to the envoy sent by the Tian family, not the Western culture. The "angel" described.

At this time, Wei Guangde followed the "angel" attentively and waited to receive the order. The fragrance on the incense table had already been lit, and the light smoke rose faintly, filling the entire lobby with fragrance.

Behind the censer, a pair of wooden frames have been placed, which are used for enshrining the imperial decree after passing the decree for a while.

As for why Wei Guangde made such complete preparations, it wasn't because the news came from someone yesterday and the decree arrived today.

The imperial decree is not issued directly without warning, and the person receiving the decree is usually notified in advance.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, Zhiyue"

As the male angel began to read the imperial decree, everyone in the Jiujiang Guild Hall knelt down to listen to the holy will.

Not to Wei Guangde's surprise, the post of reviewer of the Imperial Academy that he had just conferred two months ago has become the editor of the seventh-rank Imperial Academy. The temple code is thin.

○嘉靖35年七月丁丑（1556年七月21公元1556-08-25)
○The Ministry of Household Affairs issued 10 taels of treasury silver, and it is still urgent to make up for internal use.

(End of this chapter)