Daming heir

Chapter 650 Investigate the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion

It was not until noon that the young general affairs envoy, the governor, walked out of the governor's office and returned to his headquarters.

In the yamen, it was just as the officer said, stir-fried beef, braised chicken, salted duck and a few stir-fried wild vegetables.

Although the dishes change every ten days, the same dishes are always the same, which inevitably makes people feel boring.

At this time, the stir-fried wild vegetables seemed even more delicious.

It’s just that after a few days, it’s winter and we won’t even be able to eat wild vegetables anymore.

The vegetables grown around the Royal Hot Spring outside the city are too limited to supply the royal family. It is not known whether the greenhouse cultivation that Supervisor Shanglin Yuan has been tinkering with for a long time has matured now.

Wang Xinling picked up the food casually, thinking a lot in his mind.

Suddenly he was stunned for a moment, and then he cursed secretly to himself in his heart.

cheap!
In the past, the imperial court didn't have so many benefits, and it would have been nice to have someone who stuttered. But now I am becoming picky.

Although he was cursing in his heart, Wang Xinling still felt that he hoped that the imperial court could get more new vegetable seeds from the New World as soon as possible.

It would be better if there were some poultry meat that is not available in the Central Plains.

After finishing their meal, the officials of the Ming Dynasty had a half-hour lunch break.

At this time, most people will choose to stay in their own squad rooms, make themselves a pot of tea, and then take a short nap.

When the time comes, if there is still something to do, I will continue to be busy. If there is nothing to do, I will discuss everything with my colleagues and arrange tomorrow's things in advance.

In officialdom, this is the time of the daily intermission.

In the Selected Works of the Ministry of Officials, Bai Yuxiu, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty, did not take a rest.

After having lunch at the Libu Yamen, Bai Yuxiu left the Libu Yamen with a few documents related to the affairs of the southwest chieftain.

From Qinglong Street, go directly to East Chang'an Street and enter the Imperial City from the left gate of Chang'an.

Bai Yuxiu passed through Chengtianmen, Duanmen and Meridian Gate all the way, and then entered the Forbidden City.

Pass through Zuoshun Gate on the east side of Inner Wulong Bridge, and to the south is Wenyuan Pavilion.

Bai Yuxiu has walked this road many, many times.

Officials like him, among the fifty thousand civil and military officials in the government, there are only a few who can walk on this path.

Entered Wenyuan Pavilion.

Bai Yuxiu stood outside the cabinet room, took a deep breath, and then gently knocked on the doorframe.

"I'm a lower official. Bai Yuxiu is a doctor in the Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If you have anything to do, please see Mr. Ge."

The cabinet seemed to be discussing something. When Bai Yuxiu's voice came from outside, the voice paused slightly.

Then, a voice came from inside.

"Xiaobai, come in."

Bai Yuxiu nodded and pushed the door open, walked into the cabinet room, and saw a group of cabinet ministers in red robes staring at her with smiles.

It would be reasonable to say that Ren Hengtai, Xie Jin, Zhai Shan, and Gao Yangzhi had such expressions towards Bai Yuxiu.

After all, Ren Hengtai admires this newbie.

Xie Jin and Gao Yangzhi, one considers himself the teacher and the other considers himself the senior, and their friendship is even more profound.

Zhai Shan, on the other hand, admired Bai Yuxiu because he was from his official department and acted very decently on weekdays.

On the contrary, the three people above, Xu Yungong, Mu Ying, and Li Jinglong, also had smiles on their faces and quietly watched Bai Yuxiu walk in.

Li Jinglong was even the first to say with a smile on his face: "I just dropped off a bag of black tea from our place this morning. What else are you going to drop by now?"

Bai Yuxiu's face was a little embarrassed.

He was obviously very careful when he went along, but he was still discovered.

He immediately nodded and bowed: "I don't dare to be a lower-ranking official. I have something to report to the elders."

Ren Hengtai, the chief assistant, was sitting on the throne. He pressed his hand towards Li Jinglong with a smile on his face: "You want to have tea. I have a few bags here. They are all tribute from Fujian Road. Go back and get them yourself, and What do you call a junior?"

Li Jinglong immediately turned his head and squeezed his teeth: "I am not teasing with him. Now that the chief assistant has spoken, I will not be polite until the next day."

Ren Hengtai was naturally willing to maintain a harmonious relationship with this important figure in the military who had just been promoted to the title of Duke.

Ren Hengtai nodded: "You take it, you take it, it's yours!"

Zhai Shan looked at the document in Bai Yuxiu's arms with a smile and said softly: "Xiao Bai comes here at this time. What happened down there?"

Zhai Shan is now in the cabinet, but he also serves as the Minister of Personnel.Bai Yuxiu was a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Wenxuan Qing Dynasty. He came to the cabinet to report matters. It was natural for him, an official from the headquarters, to intervene.

Bai Yuxiu immediately stepped forward and carefully placed the paperwork in her arms on the desk next to Zhai Shan.

At this time, Bai Yuxiu also explained to others: "The news I just got today is that there is some trouble in the Tusi territory in the southwest. It has been for half a year. If it were not for the surrounding counties and Dusi Yamen, they were worried that the trouble would continue. If we go down, we might get involved, so we chose to report to the court. I’m afraid we still don’t know about the trouble in the southwest.”

"The Southwest Chieftain is causing trouble again?"

When Xu Yungong heard this, he immediately frowned and asked in a deep voice.

He is the military's No. 1 in the cabinet, and even Li Jinglong, who has the title of County Prince, is under him.

Troubles among the southwestern chieftains were never too small. Once they were out of control, they would become a major turmoil that would spread to countless prefectures and counties. The court would need to deploy troops and generals and spend countless money and food to put it down.

Now the country is preparing to use troops in the northwest and plateau. If the chieftains in the southwest rebel at this time, the governor's office will be very busy.

In the cabinet room, everyone saw Xu Yungong's reaction and immediately understood. They all looked solemn, waiting for Bai Yuxiu's further explanation.

However, Bai Yuxiu shook her head: "It's a bit strange this time. There is no news about the chaos in the Tusi territory in the southwest, and no news has reached the capital. Now, the official doesn't know what the reason is for the chaos there.

The lower official also knew that the cabinet elders were discussing the use of troops in the northwest and plateau recently. He also knew that the chieftains in the southwest were closest to the Sichuan Road. Once a big chaos occurred, the Sichuan Road and Sichuan Xingdu Division would inevitably be distracted, which might affect the cabinet deployment. "

There was silence in the cabinet room.

Regardless of the civil and military cabinet ministers, their faces showed solemnity.

As Bai Yuxiu said, once a major turmoil breaks out in the southwest Tusi area at this time, the imperial military forces in the southwest will inevitably be dragged into the fight against the rebellion.

By that time, if the imperial court wants to implement the strategy of the Western Regions, it will inevitably be implicated.

Because if the Ming Dynasty wanted to recreate the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, regain the Western Regions, and regain its thinking, it would have to use troops in the northwest.

To use troops in the northwest, we cannot just send troops from Yumen Pass to attack the Western Regions.

They also need to coordinate attacks on the plateau from Xiningwei and Chengdu Prefecture to suppress the Tibetans on the plateau.

Only in this way can we ensure that Shaanxi Xingdu Division's military strength can fully attack the Western Regions without any worries.

A single move affects the whole body.Once chaos breaks out in the southwest, Sichuan's troops cannot be used to attack the plateau and will be hampered by the chieftain rebellion in the southwest. The imperial court's strategy of conquering the Western Regions must be suspended.

As for the strategy of managing the Western Regions, it was Xie Jin who first proposed it.

When the cabinet room was silent, several people had already looked at Xie Jin silently several times.

After thinking deeply, Xie Jin finally raised his head and looked at Bai Yuxiu.

"Xiaobai is now well versed in the military, state, and society. He can see the whole picture at a glance, which shows that he is capable of taking on big responsibilities."

This is an affirmation of Bai Yuxiu's entry into the palace and cabinet today to report to the Southwest Chieftain.

A smile appeared on Bai Yuxiu's face, but it was quickly suppressed.

Xie Jin looked at Ren Hengtai again at this time.

"Does the First Assistant think that the signs of trouble in the southwest should be identified as soon as possible and put down as soon as possible?"

These words almost forced Ren Hengtai to nod in agreement.

After all, according to him, if the signs discovered now are not thoroughly investigated and quelled, if there really is a big trouble, it will be because Ren Hengtai, the chief assistant, mishandled it.

Ren Hengtai was a little helpless.

He did know that Xie Jin did not mean to force himself, but only made this choice because the imperial court's grand strategy might be affected by the southwest.

Ren Hengtai did not nod immediately, but looked at Xu Yungong: "What kind of trouble does Wei Guogong think is happening in the southwest this time, and what are the chieftains over there doing?"

Suddenly, he was overwhelmed by Xu Yungong.

Xu Yungong frowned.

In the past, the chieftains in the southwest could fight over a river, but a few trees could start a war.

It would be strange if he knew what happened this time.

But the chief assistant asked the question in public, but he couldn't keep silent.

Xu Yungong pondered and said in a low voice: "Perhaps like in the past, the chaos between several chieftains was caused by the conflict of interests.

After all, according to the current news, the chaos has been occurring for half a year.

If it were in the past, the imperial court would have known about it.

This shows that the chaos this time is not directed at the court.Since it's not for the imperial court, it can only be because of their internal conflict of interests.

They did not want the court to get involved and wanted the chieftains to resolve the matter among themselves.That's why we didn't know about it until half a year after it happened.

However, judging from the reports from the surrounding prefectures and counties of Chieftain Xuanwei, it seems that the chaos is not too big yet, at least not too many people have died yet. Otherwise, it would not be a report, but a military report requesting the imperial court to deploy troops to suppress it. "

Ren Hengtai nodded, feeling that what Xu Yungong said was roughly the same, so he looked at Xie Jin again: "Wei Guogong is well versed in military strategy, so what he said is almost the same.

At the moment, we just don’t know what the truth is. Since the chaos has been out for half a year, it’s probably not more than a day or two. I think it’s better to send some people to find out first, and then make a decision after getting the specific situation? "

We can't hear that there is trouble in the southwest. What's the reason? The imperial court might mobilize troops to go to the southwest just because it might implicate the Western Regions.

Xie Jin also nodded and said: "After all, there is a lot of turmoil in the southwest. I think it is not only necessary to send people there to find out the truth first, but also to let the palace know, and at the same time send Jin Yiwei to go down quickly to investigate."

Xie Jin said this because he was actually interested in Jin Yiwei's efficiency.

If only the imperial court would investigate on its own.

Just in Yingtian City, you had to go through several yamen before sending people down.

After people go down, they may have to go to the Huguang Road Chief Envoys Department and the Capital Command Envoys Department first, and finally go to the Tusi territory where there is chaos in the southwest to find out the situation.

It's different with the Jin Yiwei. Over there, Jiang Yu got the order from the palace and just sent people to investigate the case in the Tusi territory where the chaos was occurring.

Once you get the truth, you can immediately return to Beijing immediately.

Xie Jin calculated the time. As long as Jin Yiwei took action, it would take more than half a month at most, and the cabinet would know the truth.

Ren Hengtai smiled and affirmed: "What the gentleman said makes sense. Although this matter has not been found out yet, we still have to report it to His Majesty first. It would be better to ask the Jin Yiwei to go down and check it out in person."

Jie Jin looked around, stood up and said, "Then I will go to Qianqing Palace now?"

When he saw Ren Hengtai nodding, Xie Jin collected the scattered documents and documents sent by Bai Yuxiu and carried them out of the cabinet room.

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The emperor once again did not disappoint Xie Jin.

Seeing the emperor holding the emperor's great-grandson and the emperor's great-granddaughter in the side hall, Xie Jin made a wise choice and went to Prince Zhu Biao holding the document.

"Weak ministers will see the prince, and they will see the grandson."

Zhu Biao was writing and sitting in front of the document at this time, and Zhu Yunxi was being carried by his old father to 'study' how to handle state affairs.

Seeing Xie Jin coming, the father and son raised their heads at the same time.

Zhu Biao squinted his eyes with a smile on his face: "Why is Bachelor Xie here?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the document in Xie Jin's arms and asked softly: "But is there anything that is difficult for the cabinet to decide?"

Jie Jin nodded, placed the document in front of Zhu Biao, and sighed softly: "There has been trouble among the chieftains in the southwest for half a year, and it was only known to the cabinet today. I am worried that if the truth of the trouble is not found out, the court will not take action. Using checks and balances may lead to greater chaos and affect more innocent people."

The prince was kind, so Xie Jin couldn't help but make the situation more serious.

really.

Zhu Biao immediately frowned: "There is trouble in the southwest? What is the situation now?"

As he spoke, Zhu Biao had already begun to review the documents sent by Jie Jin one by one.

Instead, Zhu Yunxi squinted his eyes and glanced at Xie Jin.

After a while, Zhu Biao finally figured out the current situation in the southwest.

In fact, I said I was clear about it, but I didn't really know it clearly. I just knew that there was really trouble in the southwest, but I didn't know the reason at all.

Without waiting for Jie Jin's initial suggestion, let Jin Yiwei's people go down to find out the truth in person.

Zhu Biao already said worriedly: "We have to ask Jiang Yu to personally send people to check. Send more people down and hurry up. The court is waiting for the news to come back.

At that time, there will be time to weigh whether to send officials to check and balance or mobilize troops to quell the rebellion. "

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