eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 162
The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first.Prince, it is time to go to war.

As soon as the memorial in Korean came out,
Liu Daxia felt a little anxious.

The relationship between him and Li Dongyang is not bad, so he purposely went to Li Dongyang's side after the court this day,

"Mr. Li Ge, there are still people in the world waiting to be fed. In the past few months, there have been droughts, earthquakes, and difficult national affairs. But the East Palace is secretly accumulating money and raising war horses. That's all. Now it's obvious that they want to store food in Datong .This is not a war, what is it? The cabinet just acquiesced?"

The main thing is that Zhu Houzhao can't wait for him. It's autumn now, and the 18th year of Hongzhi is coming, so he has to start preparations.

things like war,
It's not a decree issued today, and the army will move beyond the Great Wall tomorrow, and it's not an airdrop of troops.

How can logistical supplies come without a few months?
So what he should do is still doing it.

Liu Daxia, the emperor's favored minister, is regarded as one thing by others, but Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about him. On the other side of Zhejiang, Wei Bin withdrew immediately, but immediately sent another person to guard the place there.

Anyway, Mei Kejia is still fine.

He didn't clean up Liu Daxia because he saw that the emperor was in poor health, not because he was afraid of Liu Daxia.

However, maybe Liu Daxia didn't think so. He felt that the memorial in Korean to invite grain storage in Datong was already an obvious signal.

Mr. Li Ge is obviously old compared to five years ago, that is, the white hair on his head, which used to be thin lines in the black hair, but now it is also strands.

"The cabinet doesn't acquiesce... what should the cabinet do?" Li Dongyang threw the question back to Liu Daxia, "The Eastern Palace has always followed the right path. Raising war horses and storing food in Datong are all good governance. Da Sima wants the cabinet to have an attitude. What attitude should the cabinet take? Do you disagree with His Highness storing food in Datong?"

After all,
Prince is not so easy to deal with.

Everyone fucking comes up and talks about the cabinet first, and Li Dongyang has been a little annoyed over the years,
If you're capable, fuck yourself!
What's the use of talking to me.

"Don't worry about Li Ge, the day when His Highness suddenly raises troops? On that day, the cabinet will also have the same attitude?"

Li Dongyang will not be very happy when he is asked this way, "Da Sima, as long as His Highness doesn't announce the use of troops, it doesn't matter whether you store horses or stockpile grain. You can't object easily. Or you can only play the Emperor Ming, Let the emperor decide."

About Liu Daxia,
This person is very strange, anyway, it makes people feel logical.

For example, when Emperor Xianzong asked for the charts of Zheng He's voyages to the West, he went to the Ministry of War to ask for them, and the Minister of the Ministry of War went back to look for them. As a result, Liu Daxia, who was then a doctor in the Ministry of War, hid the charts and said he could not find them.

And he said righteously, I hid it.

Then the Minister of the Ministry of War admired it, saying that the publicity of the country will soon belong to the public.

It's just that you are amazing, and my position will definitely be yours in the future.

What is this called?

The boss is looking for a picture, but you think it is wrong, so you hide the picture?

You, a military officer, which onion is this?
Then you think I'm not good enough, I have to kill myself?
I'm afraid he was brainwashed to the bone by Confucianism, and his head is as hard as steel.

So Liu Daxia is not afraid of blame at all, he just wants to stop what he thinks is wrong, even if he does something in private, isn't this the same as Tibetan sea charts?
Now the prince's 'cunning' also forced Liu Daxia to feel a little helpless.

Like in Zhejiang, one eunuch was removed and a civil servant was sent.

However, Liu Daxia is still the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he also has his own scope of authority.

Unable to find support, he had to do it himself.

In the past few years, in Datong, Guyuan, Xuanfu and other places, many generals who have gone out of military academies are very eager to fight. They all claim to be students of the prince, and some of them are arrogant and domineering.

It's impossible,
Zhu Houzhao can't guarantee that all the people who go out are good babies, and there are noble children among them. How can he, a prince, know what these people are doing all the time.

And Liu Daxia, as Minister of the Ministry of War, seems to be able to do something, he is brewing,

In the Beijing camp, the emperor has direct personal guards,
But most of the other armies are still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. This jurisdiction is not about mobilization, but about the promotion of officers, the collection and distribution of food and grass, and so on.

So Liu Daxia thought of a trick.

It was also around this time that Zhu Houzhao was receiving Yang Yiqing in the East Palace.

From the 17th year of Hongzhi to the [-]th year of Hongzhi, he has seen too many historical celebrities, so he is a little numb now. For this person in front of him, his thoughts are very simple,
It is a very capable person, but it is also possible that he is on the same line as Liu Daxia.

But Zhu Houzhao would not be so narrow-minded. Yang Yiqing had done nothing wrong at this time, and it was unreasonable to make trouble for him indiscriminately.

"Chen, Yang Yiqing, governor of Shaanxi, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Houzhao is now an adult, sitting on the main seat, looking at him from the corner of his eye while flipping through the things in his hands.

"Going all the way from the northwest to Beijing, Governor Yang has worked hard. Shaanxi Official Horse Farm, you have done very well in the past few years. In my heart, you, Yang Yiqing, have a great contribution."

Yang Yiqing was encouraged when he heard this.

He has been in Shaanxi for many years, a Jinshi Qingliu, and became a local official. After all these years of hard work, he finally came into the sight of the prince again, and he was so praised by the prince, how could he remain indifferent?

"Relying on the emperor's Tianwei and His Royal Highness's talents and virtues, the Shaanxi racecourse has finally improved, and I dare not take credit for it."

"A meritorious service is a meritorious service, and a fault is a fault. I will never ignore the merits of my subjects. This time I called you to the capital..." Zhu Houzhao put down the memorial in his hand, stood up, and helped the kneeling man by the way Yang Yiqing, "Firstly, for my palace, to meet you, a capable official in the northwest, and secondly, to receive rewards for you. Because of your meritorious service, Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, recommended you as the chief officer of the Northwest Trilateral Command. What do you think?"

Yang Yiqing didn't dare to take it too seriously,
Although the prince helped him, he took a step back and bowed slightly after standing up to make way for the prince.

This question is not easy to answer.

Although Yang Yiqing is in the northwest, he is neither deaf nor blind. Doesn't he know the rift between His Highness and Liu Daxia?
At this time, the prince asked this question, could it be a simple question?
Companion to the "jun" is like companion to the tiger. Although this monarch is still the crown prince, the relationship between Emperor Hongzhi and the prince is known to officials far away in Shaanxi.

As for Yang Yiqing, although he had a good relationship with Liu Daxia, he did not avoid the war. According to historical records, he was also the one who led the army to fight.

"What I mean is that it is my blessing to be able to govern Shaanxi for the imperial court and guard the horse farm for His Royal Highness. I dare not have the idea of ​​rewarding him for taking credit."

Almost every official is so honest and dedicated to the public in front of the prince.

But the prince can't really take it seriously, and take these words as an evaluation of an official's quality, which only represents their basic ability - to say the right thing.

"In June, the Datong Mansion came to report that the Tatars had camped for [-] miles outside the pass. In July, the Xuan Mansion came to report that the Tatars had invaded and plundered the pass. If you were appointed as the chief officer of the three sides, the Tatars Once someone invades, you just play it like this once?"

Here comes the test.

The meaning of the prince's words is obvious, you will definitely not be satisfied if you only keep guard in the future.

If the answer to this question is not good, Yang Yiqing, the trilateral commander, should not think about it.

"I think that guarding the border town and keeping it well is the main task, but if the emperor and His Highness have the will, I will definitely not be afraid to fight!"

"You do things, I still have a lot of them."

Zhu Houzhao picked up the memorial on the case and went out, and gave Yang Yiqing the order to evict the guest, "Go down. After you go down, look for Liu Daxia, and you tell him..."

The prince stopped, "Say, I thank him. Thank you for recommending a competent trilateral chief for the country."

The prince said this with a smile.

But in Yang Yiqing's ears, there was a loud noise immediately!The shock made his chest unable to calm down for a long time.

He immediately fell to his knees, "Your Highness, minister, minister...although it was recommended by Liu Shangshu, but this minister is the trilateral commander of the Ming Dynasty, and received the salary from the emperor, and received the court's kindness."

The smile on the prince's face also disappeared in due course, and he just said lightly: "I hope you remember what I said in the East Palace today."

This is the last sentence.

After the prince left, Yang Yiqing touched the palm of his hand and found that there was a lot of sweat!
If I had known that the prince was the Lord of Yingjuan,

But when I really faced him, I felt the pressure.

All in all, Zhu Houzhao was quite satisfied with Yang Yiqing's answer, at least he didn't come up to persuade him with a set of principles that "soldiers are a major event for the country".

The memorial played by Zhu Houzhao was played by Wang Hua, governor of Zhejiang.

Mei Kejia's method of inviting the king into the urn is a little dangerous, that is, it will delay the business.

Wang Hua was afraid of accidents,
So I played up the dialogue with Mei Kejia that day.

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao remained silent.

The northwest has the troubles of the northwest, and the southeast has the crux of the southeast.

After Wang Jia came, he couldn't find the prince for a while. Finally, under the guidance of the eunuch, he found the prince sitting alone in the pavilion.

Twist snacks in hand, looking at the lake.

The prince is rarely like this alone.

Wang Jia was concerned, so he hurried forward.

When Zhu Houzhao saw that he was coming, he directly handed the memorial in his hand to him, "Look at it first."

The most incisive part of this memorial is the four words Mei Kejia said: no name, no surname.

After watching it, Wang Jia immediately understood why the prince behaved like this today.

"The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, and His Highness is so worried about state affairs. The minister is incompetent and cannot share His Highness's worries."

"What crime do you take indiscriminately? What does the Zhejiang matter have to do with you?" Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, "Do you think that this palace is disheartened? That's a mistake. Today’s situation is not beyond my expectations. Mei Kejia said that no one in Zhejiang wants to fight against the prince, and everyone just wants to earn their own money.”

"This is actually wrong. Some money is not what they should earn. Bribing the government and buying officials. How can this kind of business be the money they should earn? Mei Kejia's method of inviting the king into the urn is very good. If you ask me, Wang Hua is still cowardly. Son. You come to write and send a letter to Wang Hua, ordering him to be greedy for ink and go to see and see how the officials in these places will divide the money between Mei Kejia and Wei Bin!"

"I originally thought that since Wei Bin is an internal official, we can take him back to the capital and try it ourselves. Now it seems, hehe, it's better not to be smart and ruin this big show. He will try it locally, with Wang Hua as the presiding officer, chief envoy, and inspector. Deputy judge, finish the trial and hand over the case files. This time, I want to see what they can do for the money!"

(End of this chapter)