The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 337
Is Ning Tong a miserable person?

Zhang Zhou felt that this was probably a joke. It would be understandable to say that Ning Tong's marriage was not going well, but with Ning Tong's temperament...it is reasonable to say that whoever is with her is a miserable person.

Because Ning Tong is really a PUA master, who can make an ex-husband who is not interested in women full of guilt, self-blame and compensation, so who can compare with this method?
"It's okay, your ex-wife rented a shop in the city, where the master and the servant ran some of the daughter's rouge hang powder, and made the women's business known to everyone. She is also a capable person." Zhang Zhou sighed.

In the capital city, women's business is actually very difficult to do.

Women these days, although they can't say that they don't go out of the door, but most of them hide in the boudoir. Even if women love beauty, they can't tap their potential to consume.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is relatively open, and maybe it can be better. Under the feet of the emperor in the capital, there are high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Everyone learns that the life-stricken woman wants to engage in the three obediences and four virtues. If women like Ning Tong can do a decent business, then It's really rare.

Zhu Feng said: "She... is doing business?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhou said, "I didn't pay attention either. You can watch it if you want, and don't drag me in."

Zhu Feng said with a little shame: "For me, she still went to show her face, she shouldn't have done this."

Zhang Zhou pushed the teapot in front of Zhu Feng, probably saying, do you want to drink a cup of tea first and calm yourself down?
Are you out of your mind or what?The person who pulled her out to show her face to do business at the beginning seems to be your ex-husband, right?

"Calm up your mood and go to face the saint. I won't accompany you. After returning to the capital, I will be more responsible for the affairs of the martial arts hall. The students in the second phase of the martial arts hall are no longer artillery, but firecrackers. Two days in three days Class, come to me again if you have something to do, the class schedule has been arranged for you... Fight for your breath, Zhu Er Er!"

"Oh."

Zhu Feng looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, as if for him, no matter where he was, he was just dawdling.

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Liaodong.

Lu Wan and Wang Xian have already retreated beyond the Tongliao border of later generations, and they are still more than [-] miles away from Daming's Acropolis in Shenyang.

Wang Xian and Peng Quan were mainly in charge of the mobile combat force, and Lu Wan’s soldiers and horses from Liaodong Town were mainly responsible for escorting the prisoners and transporting the artillery. The light artillery was placed at the rear of the team. The mobile artillery unit rushed up to harass and block.

It was the fourth day of their retreat.

The road is still difficult.

That night, Wang Xian took Ma Yongcheng to find Lu Wan, and the discussion was about meritorious service.

Ma Yongcheng saw that Lu Wan seemed to have a written memorandum on hand, so he couldn't help asking: "Lu Zhongcheng, is there any sentry cavalry for the victory in advance?"

Lu Wandao: "We haven't retreated from the dangerous place yet. We have won now. If we are ambushed or pursued by the Tatars in the future, if we go to war again, the result will be unpredictable. I'm afraid there will be a situation where extreme joy turns sorrowful. Besides, it's not too late to say good food, why? Can't we wait until we enter the ground of the border gate before winning the victory?"

"Hehe...you really are not in a hurry." Ma Yongcheng couldn't help looking at Wang Xian who was at the side.

Wang Xian's expression was very serious, since Lu Wan didn't call Zhang Yong and Zhang Heling over, he seemed to sense that Lu Wan had some ulterior purpose.

Wang Xiandao: "The battle is over, if there is no victory for a long time, I'm afraid there will be criticism in the court."

Lu Wan shook his head: "That's wrong, this battle was planned by Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of War, and you and I are just the ones to execute it. No matter what your merits or demerits are, the primary credit must be credited to Zhang Shilang. You should know better than me. Even if the battle report arrives a few days late, His Majesty will not rush, if there is no result, will the people in the court still criticize it casually?"

"But……"

Wang Xian couldn't let Lu Wan do this.

Because Wang Xian knew that once the soldiers and horses entered the territory of Shenyang and arrived in Liaodong, it would be the governor Lu Wan who had the final say, and then the merits of both parties would be agreed, and Lu Wan would definitely suppress the meritorious deeds of the Jizhou people and horses.

Only before entering the territory of Liaodong, everything seems to be negotiable.

"Weigang, you are from Shandong, and you have returned to your own territory when you arrive at the capital of Liaodong." Lu Wan said, and informed the battle report he just received, "Although we are on the way back now, we haven't found a large number of Tatars yet. However, in the north and west, there are unknown numbers of cavalry harassing one after another. You should be more self-respectful in dangerous places. In order to avoid disputes, after passing Maoshan, you can go south or go to Shenyang. up to you."

About the meaning.

If you want to follow along, just go together. If you don’t want to go together, if you want to make your own way, no one will stop you.

Wang Xian said with a stern face: "Although I am from Shandong, I am not the capital of Liaodong. How to use soldiers does not depend on where you are born. That's it!"

The boundaries of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty include Liaodong, but Liaodong is mainly used as a military area, and it is only under the Shandong Chief Political Officer.

Wang Xian knew that there was no result in discussing military merits, so he took Ma Yongcheng away angrily.

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Wang Xian and Ma Yongcheng returned to the camp.

After Ma Yongcheng made sure that no one was listening, he said: "Why do we report with him? Let's report to ourselves. As he said, we will go out of the grassland, an unfamiliar place, and we will divide our troops and go south. We can't go back to Daming." What is the boundary of the land?"

"Eunuch Ma, do you think that the imperial court will accept the credit we have given ourselves?"

Wang Xian's words surprised Ma Yongcheng.

"This... is there anyone who doesn't accept it? The heads are all on our side..."

Wang Xian sighed: "But the problem is that this time the soldiers and horses from the Liaodong town entered the grassland in name. Due to the situation, we had to go back to Jizhou from Liaodong. Territory, my troops must go south to deal with Liaodong soldiers."

"This……"

Ma Yongcheng has no experience in leading troops, and he is not knowledgeable, so he doesn't know so many twists and turns.

Wang Xiandao: "Besides, I'm afraid that the servant Zhang in the court wants to get credit more, and it's the people from Liaodong."

"Why?" Ma Yongcheng was still puzzled.

Wang Xian said with emotion: "First of all, I am not the governor of Jizhou, nor even the official of the border town, but Liaodong is now under the control of Zhang Shilang, the reason why Lu Zhongcheng dared to delay the success report is because of him. I am sure Zhang Shilang will stand by him and fight for the soldiers of Liaodong, because considering the overall situation, stabilizing the Liaodong army is more important than stabilizing our thousands of troops..."

After thinking about it, Ma Yongcheng said: "It's true. Liaodong has been tossing for so long, nearly [-] troops have been dispatched from different fortresses, and so much food and supplies have been mobilized. If the limelight of this battle is completely overshadowed by us, then they will..."

Wang Xiandao: "Unless we pass through Daning, we will stop going to Liaodong."

"This……"

Of course Ma Yongcheng didn't want to do that.

For the sake of the military merits of the soldiers, it is necessary to give up the safe path and take the dangerous path. For a eunuch like Ma Yongcheng who is on the battlefield for the first time, he does not have that much courage.

Wang Xian sighed: "But I am also afraid that even if we go back to the army and are not coerced by the people from all walks of life in Liaodong, and pass the customs smoothly, we will still be suppressed by the court. But you are willing to give the first victory to the people in Liaodong. Is it? Those heads... If we want to take them away, I'm afraid there will be disputes!"

After thinking about it, Ma Yongcheng shook his head and said, "Isn't there a military coup just because of the heads of those Tartars? Then our crime will be serious."

Wang Xian said angrily: "But what can we do now?! Do you and I have to look at the faces of the generals in Liaodong? Can't win military merit for the generals under his command, what's the point of this general?"

Ma Yongcheng persuaded: "A good man does not suffer from immediate losses. As long as he can return to the ground of Jizhou, or return to the capital, even if it is to sue the imperial court, he cannot make a quarrel at this time. Mr. Wang, you must hold back." Ah. After you go back, you will probably be promoted to Governor Zhongcheng. You have a bright future, so don't be caught talking about it at this time!"

"Ugh!"

Wang Xian could only sigh heavily.

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On November [-]th, the situation of the grassland battle still had not been reported to the capital.

There were even more voices of criticism from the government and the public. There was still no court discussion that morning, but after Li Dongyang left the palace gate, he was stopped by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Tu Yu.

"Binzhi, all the yamen in the capital are discussing it now, let's take a step to speak."

Li Dongyang waved his hand and asked his bearer to leave first.

And he got into Tu Yu's carriage.

The horse-drawn carriage is moving forward, which is equivalent to saying that Tu Yu will drive Li Dongyang back to the mansion in a horse-drawn carriage.

Tu Yu asked eagerly: "Is there no news at all? If this continues, Liaodong may be invaded by the Tartars next. Jizhou reported that it was snowing everywhere outside Beiguan. I heard that places with thick snow can Some people are tall. If this is the case, I am afraid that the soldiers of Ming Dynasty will never return."

Li Dongyang looked calm and said: "The people from Liaodong and Jizhou didn't go out north and west after the snow fell. They should be numerous."

"Hehe." Tu Yu smiled bitterly, "Do you still want to say that the battle report was delayed and not sent back to the capital because of the snow on the road?"

Li Dongyang said: "If this battle takes place in spring, summer and autumn, the battle report will pass through Daning and go directly south. The road is naturally shorter and the road is relatively flat. At most, it is difficult to travel before the pass. But if it is everywhere in the grassland Accumulated snow, don’t the soldiers and cavalry conveying the battle report go to Liaodong? It’s not surprising that there will be delays along the way.”

"But it's been ten days now! There hasn't been any news in these ten days, don't you think something happened?" Tu Yu asked.

Li Dongyang opened the transom of the car, pointed to the people on the street outside, and asked, "Do you think we are different from them?"

Tu Yu was not in such a good mood as Li Dongyang, and said, "I don't know what you mean."

Li Dongyang said: "You and I, like ordinary people, are ignorant of things on the battlefield. Before the definite results of the battle are known, any criticism you make will be considered by His Majesty as having ulterior motives."

"Then don't care about the soldiers who went to the grassland?" Tu Yu asked.

Li Dongyang looked calm and said: "Don't say ten days, so what if it's a hundred days? The criticism in the court is not on you and me, but on Zhang Bingkuan. The longer the time drags on, the more pressure on his shoulders is he. , At this time, you don't want to stand on the sidelines, but also want to distinguish right from wrong for him?"

"you……"

Tu Yu wanted to refute, but was suddenly speechless.

Li Dongyang said: "I know what you and your colleagues in the court are thinking. You want to take advantage of this to suppress him and make him lose His Majesty's trust. But you can't suppress him if there is no result, because many of the things he planned were planned beforehand. Don't say that there is no result, there are no signs, it all depends on his mouth, no matter what you say now, you think it makes sense, but it is meaningless to His Majesty."

Tu Fu frowned and said, "Binzhi, are you speaking for Zhang Bingkuan?"

"Hmph." Li Dongyang's face became indifferent, "The cabinet does not deal with the affairs of the ministry. Officials are evaluated and promoted. It is your responsibility to inspect the capital and make big plans. The use of troops depends mostly on the platform, governors, generals, and guards. Lieutenant officer, at this time, you should not say or do anything beyond your duty. The court criticizes you as you please, as long as you don’t bring the matter to His Majesty’s side.”

Just when Tu Yu was about to say something, Li Dongyang said: "It's here! By the way, one more thing, do you think His Majesty can't hear the noise in the court? Hmph! Let's go!"

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In the Yamen of the Ministry of Households.

Zhou Jing met Tu Yu, and Tu Yu explained the details of meeting Li Dongyang in detail.

"Hey, why can't you figure out the attitude of this cabinet?" Zhou Jing was also very curious.

Tu Yu said: "You and I are both gentle and peaceful in dealing with people in this court, unlike those in Fa Si, who speak and act radically, probably because of this, Bin Zhi said so."

Zhou Jing said with a smile: "This means that we will not care about the criticisms from the court?"

"Probably so." Tu Yu looked helpless, "Actually, I also understand that if Zhang Bingkuan has to be involved in this way, His Majesty will definitely not listen. In fact, from the beginning, who would support the fight against Duoyan Sanwei? It's like chicken ribs, It is useless to get it, but until now, there has not been a single battle with the little Tatar prince."

Zhou Jingdao: "But Your Majesty seems to be very concerned about these things. You don't mean to say, Tu Butang, that this Bingkuan is also a master who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and he insists on looking for soft persimmons, so that he dare not confront the little Tatar prince head-on?"

Tu Yu slapped the table and said: "If he is really allowed to fight, the whole court will have to revolve around him! Besides, if he fights or not, who does he fight, what does it have to do with me?"

Zhou Jing nodded.

What the officials of Ming Dynasty care about most is the dominance of the court. After finally subduing Wu Xun, it was Zhang Zhou's turn to take the lead.

Tu Yu said: "No matter what kind of conscripts are used in the Northwest, those involving Beijing warehouses and Beijing storage must be set up thresholds. It is not suitable to send troops in the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month. It is not suitable to send troops in spring to open the fields. It is rainy in summer and the weather is treacherous. It is not suitable to send troops in autumn... ..."

"Hehehe." Zhou Jing said with a smile, "Understood, it is not suitable to send troops throughout the year."

Tu Yu said coldly: "It's good to understand. The northwestern part of the Ming Dynasty has always been steadfast. It's rare that the Tatars have stopped now. Zhang Bingkuan's military achievements have already been obtained, and even the Duke is in his hands. What else does he want? He has to make troubles." Daming, let the court revolve around him, in order to achieve his goal? He is in the Ministry of War, but in fact, the most restrictive thing he can do is your Ministry of Households."

"Yeah." Zhou Jing nodded.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Tu Yu can also be regarded as the head of the six ministries outside the cabinet, so he has a lot of power to speak.

Zhou Jing suddenly asked: "I heard that there are many people who secretly want to give gifts to Zhang Bingkuan among the six departments recently. Do you want to participate in impeachment?"

"what?"

Tu Yu seemed surprised by this.

For example, when Li Guang was in power before, both the government and the opposition gave gifts to Li Guang. Now that Zhang Zhou is in power, but because Zhang Zhou is a literati, the court and Chinese officials rarely get close to Zhang Zhou due to conflicts of interest.

As a former gift-giving professional, Tu Yu was a little surprised when Zhou Jing mentioned the people and things that gave gifts to Zhang Zhou.

Probably thinking... I haven't sent it yet, who is so ignorant?
Zhou Jingdao: "Because of Zhang Bingkuan, His Majesty set up the Audit Office, obviously with the intention of coercing the cabinet and the six ministries, and there is no set rule for the transfer of officials, so Zhang Bingkuan's wishes are the first. The martial arts hall is full of people who are close to him It is not surprising that some people want to take this opportunity to become an official in the court."

Tu Yu said unhappily: "Then you go and tell the people in the Sixth Division that you don't need to mention it to me. The matter of participating in the impeachment of Zhang Bingkuan has nothing to do with me for the time being!"

"Yeah." Zhou Jing seemed to understand.

Even though Tu Yu was willing to use some means to limit Zhang Zhou's rise, he didn't dare to turn against Zhang Zhou too directly. He still wanted others to be the first bird, and everyone wanted to hide behind and be a hunter.

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"Your Majesty, this is the report that just arrived in Liaodong. There is a mention of sending troops. It is said that in the past two days, all the herdsmen of Duoyan Sanwei who are on the ground near Liaodong have been silent."

"Yebushou was ordered to go deep into the grassland for 150 miles, but he still hasn't found any news about the Liaodong troops led by Lu Zhongcheng."

Xiao Jing carefully presented the battle report to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang didn't even want to watch it.

No news is not good news for him, but a kind of torment, which makes his heart agitated, afraid that God will take back all the things that were given to him before.

Zhu Youtang said: "If I had known earlier, I should have waited a little longer, and let him lead the troops from Jizhou after the Zhijie arrives."

Xiao Jing smiled wryly: "If you let Marquis An Bian go to this kind of war, it won't change anything."

"You mean to let me send Bingkuan?" Zhu Youtang frowned.

Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "This servant has no such intention."

Zhu Youtang said coldly: "You better not mean that. I heard that when Lu Wan and He Ling dispatched troops from Liaodong, there was a lot of trouble in withdrawing troops, dispatching troops, and mobilizing luggage and horses along the way. Do you know? ?”

"I don't know." Xiao Jing hastily explained.

"Because of this, the trip was delayed for three or four days, otherwise we would not have encountered the heavy snow, and we should have heard news by now." Zhu Youtang said.

When Xiao Jing heard this, he thought to himself, is His Majesty shrugging off responsibility?
It's Bingkuan's credit if the troops go smoothly, but if it doesn't go well, it's someone else's fault?

"Bingkuan told me that after the two days are healed, the two groups of people from Liaodong and Jizhou will approach Liaodong, and the battle report will come to report the successes and failures. When the time comes, it will be a victory or a defeat. Or the report of the withdrawal of troops in a moderate manner. It only depends on these two days. In the past two days, let Bingkuan come to the palace to pray for blessings and dispel the bad luck. "

(End of this chapter)