The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179 The Balance Point of the Interests of Monarch and Subject
"Zhijie, if the old man has any troubles in the side pass, the defense here will be temporarily handed over to you."

After Chen Xun, Li Wei and Zhang Yong left, Zhu Feng was left alone by Wang Yue.

Zhu Feng was shocked and said: "Old Wang, what virtue and ability do I have?"

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Don't worry, the old man mentioned this matter to Eunuch Zhang, but you don't have to worry about it, the old man is fine so far."

"This this……"

Zhu Feng didn't know, in fact, it was just Wang Yue's way to win him over.

After Wang Yue's death, the emperor will definitely arrange someone to take over his position as the Northwest Commander. Zhu Feng is a general, what qualifications does he have to lead the Northwest Military Affairs?He is not even qualified to take care of the military affairs of Piantouguan.

The real possible successor of Wang Yue is either Ma Zhongxi, the governor of Xuanfu, or Wei Shen, the governor of Datong.

But if there is a handover process, Wang Yue is qualified to ask Zhu Feng to act as his substitute for a few days, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"Zhijie, it may not be long before His Majesty will call you back to the capital. You have Mr. Zhang as your backer, and you can say that you will be in the court in the future. The Wang family, please take care of me."

Wang Yue's words made Zhu Feng realize that this was not an errand entrusted to Northwest.

Sounds more like Tuogu.

Zhu Feng wants to say, your son is as old as my father, besides, I am a second-generation Xun who is eating and waiting to die, who will take care of whom?

Wang Yue grabbed Zhu Feng's hand and said eagerly: "I may not be able to go back to the capital, but Zhijie can promise me?"

"Yeah. Okay." Zhu Feng thought for a while, Wang Yue helped him a lot, if he didn't agree to this, he couldn't treat himself as a human being.

"Okay, okay." Wang Yue was satisfied now, took Zhu Feng's hand and said, "Zhijie, you have noble people to help you, so don't belittle yourself, what Pingjiang Bo, Wu Pingbo, they are not in the northwest to defend the territory, all of them It's for personal fame. Unlike you, who has a sincere heart, His Majesty will definitely promote you in the future, and this old man is also recommending you. Don't disappoint this old man's hope."

"what?"

Zhu Feng was very confused.

just me?

It's good not to pee your pants on the battlefield, and Northwest expects no one to count on me in the future!Leading troops into battle is not my goal in life!

Did you find the wrong person?
Besides, I came to Northwest for personal fame, who is more noble than whom?
"If Mr. Zhang still wants to use other civil servants in the future, as far as I know, there are Yang Yingning and Wang Dehua who are in the court, and those who are not... I have always admired Wang Bo'an from Yuyao. He is the son of Hanlin Wang Hua I still have a military strategy here, if you return to Beijing, remember to pass it on to Mr. Zhang."

As Wang Yue said, he took out something and handed it to Zhu Feng with great care.

Zhu Feng said: "Old Wang, you'd better go back to Beijing and show Brother Zhang yourself. I... will stay here soon."

"Hehe, Zhijie, no matter how long my life is, even if I live to be a hundred years old, I still have to stay in the northwest to rule the army and guard against Di Yi. Your Majesty will not let the old man go back easily. What can I do when I go back?"

Wang Yue's mood is calm.

Zhu Feng didn't understand many things, but Wang Yue knew it well.

Based on his merits, the knighthood is just around the corner. Once the knighthood is obtained, the emperor will definitely keep him in the northwest town. Otherwise, why would he, Weininghou or Weiningbo, return to Beijing?Go back to lead the Beijing camp drills?
Good steel should be used on the cutting edge.

Even if he didn't get the title, he was still a civil servant. With his merits, it would be impossible to arrange him to be the left servant of the Ministry of War after he returned. This not only humiliated him, Wang Weining, but also embarrassed Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Subordinates are stronger than bosses, and conflicts and disputes will arise in any dynasty.

Moreover, civil servants would not allow him to go back to be Minister of the Ministry of War.

Regardless of whether it is Wen or Wu, he, Wang Weining, will stay in the Northwest in the future. Coupled with his poor health, he knows that it will be very difficult for him to have the opportunity to see Zhang Zhou again in this life.

Only in this way will he let Zhu Feng bring back to Zhang Zhou what he has summed up in his life, which can be regarded as a kind of entrustment and trust.

"Then... if there is a chance, I will definitely take it back to Brother Zhang. But...he won't lead the army in the future, right?"

Zhu Feng wanted to say, summing up your whole life, would it be better to leave it to others than to Zhang Zhou?

Wang Yue said with a smile: "No, based on the old man's experience in knowing people for so many years, his ambition is not low, and after he enters the court and becomes an official in the future, His Majesty will definitely value him highly. If the Northwest wants to make more progress, stepping on the grasslands will be the beginning He may be the only one who can eradicate the North Trouble! Zhijie, follow him, the future is boundless!"

"Oh."

Zhu Feng nodded with a dull expression.

Still pondering in my heart, is brother Zhang so powerful?Wang Weining shouldn't be complimenting him, is he?Since even Wang Weining said that, doesn't that mean that Brother Zhang will be an extremely human minister in the future?
It seems that I should curry favor with him.

"You must put away your things, remember what the old man said, the old man can only help you here!"

Wang Yue smiled, and then asked Zhu Feng to go back and digest his words by himself.

……

……

February 21.

early morning.

In the early morning of this day, the civil servants gathered at the Meridian Gate, and while talking in twos and threes, a news spread among them.

An earthquake occurred in Jianchangwei on February [-].

"...Isn't this the same as what His Majesty said?"

"A sign from heaven, it seems that His Majesty wants to eliminate the moths in the court! Otherwise, the pillars and beams of the Ming Dynasty will easily collapse."

A group of people gloated.

Originally, when encountering such a thing, they would make some good articles, talk about the disaster, and act as an act of persuasion.

But save now.

Because someone had already made a suggestion in advance, the emperor accepted it and sent Uncle Jianchang to the Imperial Prison.

Court meeting.

After Zhu Youtang arrived, his expression was neither cold nor indifferent, as if he had expected many things long ago.

Others have no confidence in Zhang Zhou, but he firmly believes in it.

"Gentlemen, there was an earthquake in Jianchang Weigang in Sichuan and Sichuan. Because the news is far away and the roads are inconvenient, the report was not reported until early this morning. What do you think about it?"

The emperor was also patient, and he had to listen to the minister's opinion first.

Liu Jian asked, "Is the disaster serious?"

Zhu Youtang sighed: "It's not heavy, but there are also houses collapsed. I'm going to order the Sichuan Chief Envoy to send people to help and do a good job of reassuring the people."

"Your Majesty's benevolence for the people is for the benefit of the people." After Liu Jian finished speaking, he retreated to the class of ministers under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The monarchs and ministers were all dumbfounded.

You, Liu Jian, just said such sarcastic remarks when you came out, is it your "insight"?
You are really sharp!
Zhu Youtang waited for a while, seeing that no one came out to speak again, he couldn't help but feel a little upset.

Disasters usually occur, and you are not allowed to express your opinions. You will come out one by one to make various connections with the disaster situation, and make all the disasters seem to be caused by my employer's ignorance, or the darkness in the court. Said it was because of the corruption of Cheng Minzheng's personal morality, and finally I dismissed Cheng Minzheng as an official.

Now let you say it, and you don't say it again?

Zhu Youtang said: "My dear family, do you think it is possible that this incident is caused by my favor and trust in Uncle Jianchang, who made Uncle Jianchang arrogant and indulgent, and disturbed people's livelihood in the local area?"

If you don't say it, then I will say it for you.

There's nothing to hide anyway.

The ministers actually wanted to laugh when they heard this.

Your Majesty, you know what we are going to say, so why ask?Didn't you sum it up clearly?

Bai Ang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, came out and said, "Your Majesty, those who cause trouble in Jianchangwei should be captured by the local government and the guards, and the person behind them should be questioned!"

The civil servants can't just say that the people who bear the banner of Zhang Yanling in the local area must be Zhang Yanling's people, or someone may have an impostor.

Asking the emperor to investigate, it shows that their civil officials are seeking truth from facts and will not wrongly wrong good people.

Zhu Youtang nodded and said: "It should be investigated, but Peng Quan, who was in charge of Jianchangwei's command and envoy before, can be regarded as clear from the investigation. This matter is more or less related to Jianchangbo. Witness evidence."

The minister became anxious when he heard it.

The relationship has already been incriminated before, but your Majesty, if you don't say anything, you still let Dongchang and Jinyiwei go to arrest him?

It's just unreasonable.

"The reason I asked Peng Quan to come to the capital is to confront Uncle Jianchang. Didn't I already take Uncle Jianchang into custody?"

The emperor's next words calmed down the anger in the hearts of the ministers present.

Think about it.

No matter what the emperor's reason for arresting Zhang Yanling was, at least the emperor had done things ahead of time, and even Peng Quan hadn't been formally detained in the Imperial Prison or Yousi's cell, nor had he been interrogated, so it cannot be said that the emperor just wanted to embarrass Peng Quan.

"I love and trust Uncle Jianchang, but I also pay attention to propriety when doing things, especially not to go against the will of heaven..."

To say this is to tell the minister that Zhang Yanling's punishment is really not because Zhang Yanling has done something wrong, but because someone told me in advance that God is going to be angry, and I have no choice but to do so.

Xie Qian really couldn't listen to the emperor's nonsense, so he came out and said, "Then, Your Majesty, I don't know how to make things right? Should the perpetrators be punished?"

A group of ministers were all aiming at Xie Qian.

Everyone dared not say what they wanted to say, but they actually admired Xie Qian in their hearts.

Or are you old Xie daring to talk nonsense, and still explain the canonical punishment?Didn't I hear His Majesty make so many excuses, or is he interceding for his brother-in-law?
Wouldn't the emperor turn his face away and say that by imprisoning Zhang Yanling for a few days to let him reflect on himself, the purpose of punishment has been achieved, and now that the earthquake has occurred, he can be fined for a few months of salary and let him go home and continue to face the wall and think about his mistakes?

With the emperor's pissing nature, this is very possible.

And it's not easy to get to this point.

Zhu Youtang said: "This is exactly what I want to ask all the gentlemen, how to deal with Uncle Jianchang can not only appease the resentment of heaven, but also give the world an explanation so that they can get the lessons they deserve. ...Am I feeling better?"

Even if the emperor didn't say what is the standard of "feeling good in your heart".

But in fact, it was tantamount to letting the minister know that he still didn't want to punish Zhang Yanling.

It's better... It probably means that in the end, don't let the empress take advantage of the problem to play too much, we'd better find a way to calm the public opinion, and let it go.

In front of the emperor, the ministers began to discuss in low voices.

This is a question the emperor gave them.

The matter of punishing Zhang Yanling must be a combination of various factors to achieve the most favorable result.

From Zhu Youtang's point of view, although Zhang Zhou had suggested that Zhang Yanling be fined to join the army in the northwest, the emperor could not mention it himself, and the ministers had to say it...

Otherwise, if the emperor said that he was not covering up Zhang Yanling, others would think he was covering up, and the proposal of letting Zhang Yanling go to the northwest to join the army would also be rejected by the minister.

(End of this chapter)