The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 426 Big Data Analysis

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, after this battle, the Tatars will definitely not dare to invade for a long time, and all the border areas of the Ming Dynasty can prepare for the war with peace of mind, and make preparations to wipe out the grasslands in one fell swoop."

Li Rong was old and prudent, so he congratulated Zhu Youtang first at this time.

The crimson color on Zhu Youtang's face could not dissipate for a long time, and he reached the point of fidgeting. He was like a demon, smiling for a while, and a little sad for a while, as if he was full of joy and didn't know who to share it with.

In the past, if something happened, go directly to Queen Zhang and talk about it.

But now he wanted to share the good news with Zhang Zhou even more. Unfortunately, as the planner of the whole thing, Zhang Zhou was in Nanjing, so he couldn't share the joy of victory with him immediately.

"Bingkuan, yes Bingkuan... yes, Bingkuan."

Zhu Youtang was a little incoherent for a while.

Xiao Jing asked for instructions with a smile: "Is Your Majesty going to present a reward to Duke Lai?"

"Yes, give Bingkuan a reward." Zhu Youtang looked joyful.

With credit, even if you can't share the joy in person, you can still be promoted remotely, right?Give all that can be given to show that the emperor also knows how to "repay kindness".

Xiao Jingdao: "But Your Majesty, now the Duke of Lai has been ranked as the Duke of the State, there is really nothing to reward."

"That's right." Only then did Zhu Youtang realize that it seemed impossible to give Zhang Zhou some promotion in the title, "By the way, Bingkuan has two sons, and his eldest son may inherit The title of the Duke of Lai, but his second son..."

The eldest son will be the Duke of Lai in the future, and the second son will also be given the entire title. In this way, Zhang Zhou will come back with one person as his offspring.

It's not that there are no precedents, such as Xu Da, the founding father, or Cheng Guogong and An Bianhou... as long as the emperor is willing, he can reward a few.

Xiao Jing didn't know whether to support or oppose, because he felt that his situation was also very embarrassing.

He obviously wanted to unite with civil servants to suppress Zhang Zhou, but the more he suppressed, the more powerful Zhang Zhou became. If he were to become an enemy with Zhang Zhou again, he might be replaced by Li Rong soon.

Others don't understand why the emperor revived Li Rong, but Xiao Jing knows it well.

If the Supervisor of Ceremonies appoints a newcomer, then he, Xiao Jing, should step down, and Chen Kuan should take over as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, because Chen Kuan's qualifications in the Supervisor of Ceremonies are second only to his... But if Li Rong comes up, then The emperor wanted to dismiss Xiao Jing from his post, and Li Rong was going to be in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies again. This was clearly because the emperor was dissatisfied with the three eunuchs in front of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Just when Xiao Jing was hesitating, Li Rong took the initiative to take the responsibility for him: "Your Majesty, after all, the Duke of Lai did not personally lead the troops in this battle. More than enough. Maybe you can give some rewards to Duke Lai on the branch of the Zhang family."

"Yes." After listening to Li Rong's words, Zhu Youtang seemed to be "stepping on" Zhang Zhou, but the emperor listened very well.

The most urgent thing now is to bestow another title to Zhang Zhou's son who was just born soon?
It is obvious that Zhang Zhou was dragged back to the capital earlier and made Zhang Zhou the Minister of the Ministry of War.

This is still his bet with Ma Wensheng.

Thinking of this... Zhu Youtang was very excited again.

The courtiers aimed at Zhang Zhou, thinking that Zhang Zhou likes to plan some risky strategies, now let you know how awesome my Bingkuan is, how exciting this battle is, and let you know how powerful Bingkuan is, Know my knowledge of people!
You are all scum in front of my Bingkuan!

"I remember that Bing Kuan also has an elder brother, but it seems that the relationship is not good." Zhu Youtang said.

Mou Bin cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. According to Jin Yiwei's investigation, the elder brother of the Duke of Lai is named Zhang Ye. He and his son Zhang Ping have bothered the Duke of Lai many times, and went north to Liaodong in the early spring. He was left by Duke Lai to serve in the army, but he has not returned to Nanjing."

Zhu Youtang laughed and said, "Even if they are just ordinary people, they know how to serve the country. The Zhang family is really full of loyalty."

This evaluation...

outrageous.

Xiao Jing and the others were thinking, Zhang Bingkuan's magical power is really great, his elder brother and nephew are working as coolies in the army, they can make His Majesty think that they are serving the country, but they are really honored as the first honorable officials of the Ming Dynasty .

"Give it to his elder brother Jinyiwei Qianhu. If the Jingshi Jinyiwei is full of congestion, he will give it to Nanjing Jinyiwei's Qianhu. His son... let's give it to a hundred households. Let them serve the court wholeheartedly in the future."

Zhu Youtang is very generous.

Even if Zhang Ye and Zhang Ping didn't have an inch of merit, just because Zhang Zhou had credit, they would just give them Jinyiwei Shique for nothing. If the Jinyiwei in the capital couldn't make room, they would give Nanjing Jinyiwei Shique [-] households and [-] households. , In this way, Zhangye father and son can be said to have turned a sparrow into a phoenix.

"The Jinyiwei guards around Bingkuan will also be promoted. What was bestowed on Bingkuan before... as the commander of the Jinyiwei is no longer enough, let's be promoted to the commander of the Jinyiwei. For the time being, I will send my salary first, and I will make changes in the future."

It is said that the Jinyiwei of the capital is really lacking, but when it is given to Zhang Zhou, it is enough.

Zhang Zhou's concubine, Wang Mingshan, was the first female Jinyiwei deputy Qianhu in Ming Dynasty. Now the emperor directly gave Jinyiwei the position of Qianhu. At the same time, Sun Shangqi, Liu Gui, Jia Laoshui and others around Zhang Zhou would also be there because of this. As for promotion, this really proves what it means for one person to attain the Tao and ascend to heaven.

"I'm also tired these two days, let's go take a rest first. Tomorrow, I should also mention that I have recalled Bingkuan to the capital. No matter how urgent Bingkuan's errand in Nanjing is, I will let him go and go back to the capital." Come and advise me!"

"It's really exciting!"

Zhu Youtang still couldn't get over the excitement of the previous victory.

In the previous battles, the victory was obtained in units of hundreds or thousands, and now it has directly surpassed [-], and even the number of ears returned has reached nearly [-]. This is a qualitative leap for the Ming Dynasty.

Before Zhu Youtang, he was only limited to fantasies about Ping Grassland, thinking that this should be his lifelong goal.

After this battle was over, the emperor seemed to feel that victory was just around the corner.

Li Rong reminded: "Your Majesty, there is also Uncle Xinjian."

"Uncle Xinjian? No hurry." Zhu Youtang said, "How can I forget him for such a meritorious service? As long as he has outstanding meritorious service, as long as he is as broad as Bingkuan, there is no need to stick to the limitation that civil servants cannot be princes. If there is a precedent, Bingkuan can’t be expected to complete it in Pingcaoyuan in the future. Xinjian Bo can give Bingkuan a powerful arm! Bingkuan’s vision of employing people is really unique, and he can’t accept it.”

Even Xiao Jing, who is as picky as this, can't find any faults.

One would have imagined that a Jinshi of the new discipline, who didn't know alchemy, was the son of a number one scholar, but he was a fledgling with no experience as an official leader, so Zhang Zhou could use him like this?
Not to mention that this battle was planned by Zhang Zhou, even without Zhang Zhou's plan, just recommending to the imperial court a big guy who can lead troops to fight like this can make Zhang Zhou's name go down in history.

Xiao Jing hurriedly wanted to prove that he was still there, and he also reminded: "Your Majesty, there are also Wenhua Palace... those officials."

"Are they?"

Zhu Youtang thought about it, and said with emotion, "I originally wanted to know the good news with them, but right now I only care about myself and don't think about them. Then there is no need to bother them. I will announce this to the courtiers tomorrow." .”

While waiting for news, I treat you all equally.

I still want to pretend to be aggressive in front of you.

But now that the good news has really come, I only want to be happy for myself. As for you... are insignificant, and I don't need to share this good news with you. The presence or absence of you has no effect on the overall battle situation.

You said that you would not advise me, and you always sing the opposite tune. It is good that you did not help me in this great victory.

Just like everyone else, just announce it to me tomorrow morning.

"Li Rong, you go." Zhu Youtang pointed to Li Rong.

This made Xiao Jing feel a great sense of crisis.

If it is said that the civil servant made a mistake this time, then Xiao Jing is also likely to bear joint responsibility. Does it mean that the emperor will replace him with Li Rong when he has been in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies for less than a year?

Li Rong said: "Your Majesty, are you not talking about the victory of this battle with your officials?"

"Can they still not know? You don't need to go into details, you can figure it out yourself." Zhu Youtang didn't care much about these things anymore.

You can forget about reviewing memorials and court affairs. Although sharing the victory of this battle with people around you is not as satisfying as talking directly with Zhang Zhou, it does not prevent him from going to Queen Zhang and Concubine Xian to brag. Forced, by the way, you can go to the old lady, the Queen Mother Zhou, to share it.

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In the Wenhua Hall that day, a group of people who were temporarily recruited to participate in military affairs were facing a pile of memorials, and they were even a little bored.

Li Dongyang took advantage of going out to relieve himself, and looked back at the seat that was supposed to be reserved for Zhang Mao, but was vacant that day.

"What's the matter with the British public?" Zhou Jing saw that Li Dongyang was about to desert, so he also got up to make a companion.

In Wenhua Hall, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao are the three with the highest official positions and status. A few days ago, there were some matters to be discussed, such as the Northwest, and some words and phrases came up. It is all based on the opinions of the three of them.

Li Dongyang said: "Calling sick, as for the specific reason, who knows?"

Li Dongyang knew Zhang Mooke too well.

Old man Zhang is nominally the leader of martial arts, but he often likes to rely on the old to sell the old... In fact, Zhang Mao is not very old, but relying on his seniority, and the fact that he is Shiqing Shilu, as long as there is no major fault such as rebellion, he can continue his title go down...

Deserting is called pediatrics.

The two had just walked out of the Wenhua Palace when they saw a group of people approaching from a distance, the leader was Li Rong.

Li Rong obviously didn't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall because he had nothing to do, so the two could only wait for Li Rong to come forward. When Li Rong saw the two of them, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I have seen the two ministries."

"Eunuch Li is polite." Li Dongyang replied, "What orders does His Majesty have?"

Li Rong smiled and said: "Yes, Your Majesty said, you can go back first."

"Huh?" Zhou Jing on the side frowned.

After waiting for many days in the Wenhua Palace with nothing to do, suddenly this strange "small cabinet" just broke up like that?

Li Dongyang asked: "What is the reason?"

The smile on Li Rong's face remained undiminished, and he replied politely: "After the two ministers go back, they must know about it, and His Majesty will truthfully explain it in the court tomorrow morning. There hasn't been such a grand event in the frontier of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. "

It is said that it is forbidden to say, but in fact, even Zhu Youtang knows that the good news cannot be concealed.

And don't hide it.

It was just some small details. The emperor felt that it would be more emphatic to bring them up in front of all civil and military officials at court. It would also show merit for Zhang Zhou and Wang Shouren, and at the same time announce Zhang Zhou's return to the court, which seemed logical.

"Win?" Zhou Jing understood immediately.

Or Li Rong hinted better, with a smile on his face, saying that there is a big event in the border of Daming?Isn't this a good news?
But the question is... what kind of good news needs to be hidden first?

Even if His Majesty wants to announce it in public, if you come here in person and announce it in front of us, wouldn't the effect be the same?Or is there actually a "doorway" to this good news, such as killing a lot of enemies, but also losing a lot of damage to one's own side, so you need to think carefully about what you say, or there is no evidence after killing, and you didn't bring back the head, etc., or...

In short, even if Zhou Jing guessed that it was a good news, he didn't think the good news was impeccable.

Li Dongyang didn't seem to care too much, and said: "The town of Daming is stable, it's the wholehearted wish of my ministers, as long as there is no change. Then I will go in and inform you, so I don't bother Eunuch Li."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Li Ge." Li Rong smiled and saluted Li Dongyang, then turned around and left without entering the Wenhua Palace.

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The ministers above the ministers in the Wenhua Palace can finally end their temporary assignments.

On the way out of the palace, they were also guessing about some of the news leaked by Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing. When they learned that it was good news, most of them were actually relieved.

It's better than losing the battle.

As for Zhang Zhou... In fact, most people will only appear to be tit-for-tat with Zhang Zhou when the court expresses their position. If they have to confront Zhang Zhou in everything, even if they win a battle, they have to express their worries... That's too much. Belly black.

But when everyone was leaving the palace gate, they met Zhang Mao who was coming.

"British man? Is he recovered?" Zhou Jing greeted with a smile.

In the past, Zhou Jing would not joke with Zhang Mao like this, just because Zhou Jing knew that he had not been in court for long, and there was no need to cover up anything.

It's not a day or two since old man Zhang is not pleasing to the eye.

Zhang Mao raised his head to see everyone, he was a bit embarrassed and said in surprise: "Is it... broken up?"

Li Dongyang said: "There is good news from the northwest."

"That's why I'm here."

Zhang Mao usually relies on the old to sell the old in the army, but in terms of age, he has no advantage in front of a group of ministers and servants. He is even one year younger than Zhou Jing. "I heard that after the victory, Wang Bo'an and Wang Dehua have joined forces , the tens of thousands of Tatar troops did not dare to attack after witnessing Ming’s withdrawal, it’s unbelievable how many enemies were killed?”

Zhang Mao thought that the group of people waiting for news in the palace should be well-informed and know more than him.

But they didn't know that this group of people had analyzed even a single word from Li Rong's words. They didn't even read a single word of the relevant battle report, and they didn't know as much as Zhang Mao.

Li Dongyang said: "If you want to know the details, you should ask the Ministry of War."

"I'm from the Ministry of War." Zhang Mao replied very simply.

Zhou Jing smiled wryly and said: "That is to say, the news of victory is only passed on to the palace, and even the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion don't know the details... Hehe, there is something to say."

This is not to say that the good news is questionable.

Instead, it is saying that any military successes in the Northwest are directly responsible to the emperor, and they skip the court and report directly to the king.

This obviously corresponds to the fact that when there is a war, the emperor directly orders the deployment of troops instead of going through the Dudu Mansion and the Ministry of War.

He almost said that this atmosphere was actually brought up by Zhang Zhou. Since Zhang Zhou was omnipotent in military and political affairs, the emperor seemed to have only the responsibility of routine notification to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, without any consultation. and decision-making obligations.

Li Dongyang's tone was slightly uncomfortable when he heard the words. He is a discerning person and can feel the changes.

Zhang Mao said with a smile: "It seems that Duke Lai's return to Beijing can be put on the agenda. Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for a long time, so I miss him."

This is just for scolding.

Everyone is slandering in their hearts, you old guy, does Zhang Zhou's gaining power only affect us civil servants?I am afraid that your status as the No. [-] Martial Artist of the Ming Dynasty is no longer guaranteed. It doesn’t mean that you will directly retreat to the second place, which number you will retreat to... It all depends on the mood of His Majesty and Zhang Bingkuan. What about Marquis Anbian, Uncle Xinjian, Duke Cheng? Yes, it can jump on top of you at any time.

"Binzhi, aren't you going to the cabinet? Are you... going back?" Zhang Mao asked enthusiastically.

Li Dongyang glanced at him, but did not answer.

Obviously, the cabinet's schedule for these days has already been set, and Li Dongyang is also sullen in his heart. He doesn't feel the need to go back to discuss matters related to the war with Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

It's better to go back to his mansion in Xijiang Mixiang, and calmly think about how to deal with the pressure Zhang Zhou put on the court.

"Let's go, let's go, it's more important for British Duke to recuperate from his illness." Zhou Jing smiled and beckoned everyone to leave the palace.

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It was not yet sunset that day, and the news about the northwest news had already been heard in the streets and alleys of the capital.

After Xie Qian left the palace that day, he was also ordered to meet Ma Wensheng.

Because both the cabinet and Ma Wensheng himself knew that with the great victory in the Northwest, Zhang Zhou could not be prevented from returning to the court to become Minister of the Ministry of War. Checks and balances... Although this kind of thinking is mostly a drop in the bucket.

After all, the emperor would discuss with Zhang Zhou directly what matters, and it didn't seem to make much difference whether there was a military department or not.

It's just that in the future, in terms of military strategy formulation, it will look more "regular".

Because Zhang Zhou himself is the Minister of the Ministry of War, the emperor and the Minister of the Ministry of War can formulate strategies and bring them to the court to talk about them. The big guys just need to nod and say yes.

"...The specific results are unknown, but judging from the battle reports we have learned so far, the Nuer Gandu Division suffered very little damage, and the Guandu Division rushed to help in time. Fight against the invaders, and the results of the battle... are very impressive..."

Ma Wensheng also told Xie Qian what he knew.

Xie Qian smiled wryly and said, "Who would have thought that Wang Bo'an, who is just a fledgling, is so experienced in running the army?"

"is it?"

Ma Wensheng glanced at Xie Qian, as if to say, your cabinet didn't expect it in advance?

It’s fine if you don’t know who Zhang Bingkuan and Wang Bo’an are. Don’t you guys know the power of the new gunpowder and the Shenwei cannon?You do not know, but the Tartars do!They are victims themselves.

Under such circumstances, your cabinet should not deny that you never thought that Wang Bo'an would return with great victory.

in reality……

Li Dongyang had already analyzed that the probability of Wang Shouren returning with a good report was about [-]%, which was based on the overall analysis.

Relating to the results of Zhang Zhou's previous planning of several battles, this is called... big data analysis.

Your cabinet can analyze it. Is it possible that I, Minister of the Ministry of War, is a fool and can't analyze it?
(End of this chapter)