The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Xie moved to his mansion.

Xie Qian has been recuperating for more than half a month. It doesn't matter whether he is sick or not. He has not even come to visit him. It seems that even the officials who looked up to him before now regard him as the god of plague and are afraid of getting too involved with him. .

On this day, Li Dongyang came to visit, and Xie Qian even asked the servants to inform Li Dongyang first, so that Li Dongyang could avoid it. Only after Li Dongyang insisted on meeting, the two met in Xie Qian's study.

"Yu Qiao, you don't have to be so depressed. If your Majesty is aware of everything, maybe it won't be long before anyone cares about your matter." Li Dongyang first offered words of comfort.

Xie Qian said: "What's wrong with me?"

Tit-for-tat and using words to regain the situation is what Xie Qian is good at.

Li Dongyang was also a little speechless, and he probably understood that Xie Qian was probably holding back his nerves these days, and he didn't care about his closeness when speaking, and even wanted to confront him tit for tat.

Li Dongyang said: "However, at present, colleagues from the Sixth Section of the Central Government have taken action to impeach you, and you should know why. I can now confirm that Wang Bo'an sent troops from the Weining Sea and entered the grassland in six or seven days. The results of the battle may be reported in the next few days."

"That means I should just surrender?" Xie Qian was also a little helpless.

When the emperor investigated him, he teamed up with a group of officials to impeach Wang Shouren for deploying troops to Zhang Mao without permission. Behind the scenes, he was not cooperating with Zhang Mao's deployment of troops to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he violated the emperor's orders overtly and covertly...

If Wang Shouren achieved military exploits on the grassland, it would mean that this impeachment was pure nonsense, and the emperor would have more reason to replace him or even hold him accountable.

Li Dongyang sat down and said decisively: "Yu Qiao, no one will judge your crime, not even His Majesty. You have done nothing wrong. It is just this fight. We are on the opposite side of Zhang Bingkuan. on, and he used the momentum to tilt the situation in his direction. This time, multiple troops are sent out, and the results are unpredictable. Is it possible that he can defeat the enemy at every step?"

Xie Qian looked up at Li Dongyang and said: "You also know that as long as Wang Bo'an has military exploits on the battlefield, I am maliciously slandering him, which is against the way of a minister. As for the victory or defeat in the other routes, it has nothing to do with me. How relevant is it?”

As long as Wang Shouren wins, Xie Qian will be held accountable, it's that simple.

Li Dongyang said: "As long as the results of the battle are not satisfactory, there is still room for maneuver in this matter. Ningxia, Yansui and Pianguan are all at risk of being attacked by the Tatars at the moment. They are just going deep into the grassland alone to gain another victory." How big can the results be? As long as the British public goes all the way..."

"You want to say that as long as Zhang Mao loses in the northwest, then..."

Both of them said half of what they said.

Li Dongyang nodded and said with a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes: "Wang Bo'an privately transferred 6,000 troops to the British Duke without the permission of the court. If the British Duke makes no achievements in the northwest, or even loses, Wang Bo'an will be the most powerful. The merits and demerits are equal to each other, so what's wrong with impeaching Wang Bo'an and the British government for privately seconding troops and horses?"

"That……"

Xie Qian stood up again.

He seemed to have heard that as long as Zhang Mao was defeated, Xie Qian seemed to be able to clean up the matter.

"You want to ask, what are the chances of the British Duke winning in the Northwest? In fact, from His Majesty's position and Zhang Bingkuan's position, it is impossible for the British Duke to win in the Northwest. You should also know. As long as the officials and generals in the Northwest If we cooperate, there is almost no doubt that the British Duke’s trip to the northwest will return without success.”

"What about defeat?" Xie Qian asked.

Li Dongyang said: "As long as the troops from all walks of life do not cooperate with him and he is ordered to send troops into the grassland, and the troops from all walks of life cooperate to send troops, and the Tatars have to choose one way to fight back, which route do you think the Tatars will choose? "

Xie Qian said: "That old man Zhang Mao really knows how to lead troops into the grassland?"

"I have found someone to impeach him. The reason is that he was slow to send troops and did not personally lead the troops out of the pass. What he does now is not even as good as Zhu Hui before. I think Your Majesty already has many barriers to him. At most, this impeachment is to cater to the Holy Will and force him to send troops, isn't it easy?"

Li Dongyang's words also made Xie Qian feel a little scary.

Xie Qian said: "Bin Zhi, why do I feel that doing this is a bit excessive?"

"Otherwise?" Li Dongyang said, "The British prince is leading troops in the northwest. He has the duty to send troops. Otherwise, why would your Majesty send him to do it? He is leading troops in the northwest, but he still wants to stay in a corner and watch the fire? Since he wants to lead troops on an expedition, he should He should fight bravely to kill the enemy. This is not only what His Majesty expected of him, but also what the officials and people in the court expected of him. Shouldn't he be like this?"

Xie Qian sighed and said: "But it seems that what we expected was not... done by the ministers."

Now I am looking forward to Zhang Mao's victory in order to clear the stain on me and Xie. Even I, Xie, feel that doing so seems a bit shameful.

Li Dongyang's eyes looked decisive and he said: "Winning or losing is his business, not what I want. If a person takes on responsibilities beyond his ability and fails to complete them, does he need others to take the blame for him? Yu Qiao, send The person he goes to the northwest is Your Majesty, not you and me."

Xie Qian seemed to be able to provide some psychological comfort at this moment, and sighed: "That's right. We didn't agree to let Zhang Mao go to the northwest at the beginning, but His Majesty insisted, or Zhang Bingkuan was behind it. But I always feel... …Oh! Forget it!”

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "You can rest assured and recuperate. I believe that in a few days, your illness will be cured without medicine."

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After Li Dongyang met Xie Qian, he immediately went to visit Liu Jian. In fact, he wanted to tell Liu Jian that I had already comforted Xie Yuqiao and was just waiting for him to return to the court.

Liu Jian's expectations for this matter did not seem as optimistic as Li Dongyang's.

"Bin Zhi, I learned from Keqin that His Majesty summoned him and asked about the addition of new cabinet ministers. Your Majesty may be eager to increase the number of cabinet ministers," Liu Jiandao.

Li Dongyang did not answer.

He also knew that as the chief assistant, Liu Jian's resources in the court were unmatched by Li Dongyang.

It's like Liu Jian can speak frankly about court affairs with Cheng Minzheng, but Li Dongyang sometimes needs to avoid talking about court affairs, even if he Li Dongyang seems to be a good personal friend with Cheng Minzheng.

Liu Jiandao: "As I expected, His Majesty wants to appoint Wang Hao and Zhang Zhou to the cabinet to replace you, me and Yu Qiao. In this case, it seems that the cabinet does not need us anymore."

"Or three people?" After hearing this, Li Dongyang didn't quite believe it.

Once the old Audio-Technica is replaced and replaced with a new Audio-Technica, it will obviously be difficult to convince the public for a while.

Liu Jian's tone seemed very calm and he said: "With Cheng Keqin as the first assistant and Zhang Bingkuan as the second assistant, Zhang Bingkuan will not take the lead. In a few years, he will be the first assistant. Maybe His Majesty also took great pains to cultivate and promote Zhang Bingkuan."

After Li Dongyang heard this, his eyebrows also showed great worry.

Obviously, what Liu Jian said was probably what the emperor was thinking, because the emperor wanted to cultivate Zhang Zhou, and he obviously would not let Zhang Zhou be the leader when he came up, especially in the cabinet, where traditional civil servants are deeply rooted, then It seems to be perfect for Cheng Minzheng to be the leader and fulfill Cheng Minzheng's wish to be the first assistant.

Li Dongyang said: "Is there any way to resolve it now?"

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang with sharp eyes and asked, "Other than discrediting Zhang Bingkuan, I don't seem to see any way out."

Li Dongyang thought for a while, nodded and said: "If something happens on Zhang Bingkuan's battlefield, it may not happen within a year or two, unless the British Duke is defeated in the northwest... This is also the key to Yu Qiao's change of mentality. .well!"

Li Dongyang sighed heavily and continued: "I didn't expect that all the trouble would end up with the British male. Is there really nothing we can do?"

We can only wait until Zhang Mao's army is defeated and Xie Qian's impeachment and Wang Shouren's troop deployment can be resolved. We can even use Zhang Mao to deal with Zhang Zhou and eliminate Zhang Zhou physically. So...

The civil servant's last dignity seems to have fallen on an unrelated Zhang Mao.

This also made Li Dongyang extremely depressed.

Liu Jiandao: "Even if the British army is defeated, how much can things turn around?"

"The fire will have to be added at that time. If we don't start the fire, no one else can help. His Majesty may also be keeping an eye on all aspects of the DPRK. If we go astray again..."

There are some things that Li Dongyang no longer needs to say clearly.

Taking the normal path is obviously not possible.

The emperor's trust in Zhang Zhou was too deep, so he could only wait for Zhang Mao's defeat and then make some fuss about the conflict between Zhang Mao and Zhang Zhou over the military power.

At that time, there will be no justice at all. Their traditional civil servants can only take unconventional ways, which can even be said to be villain behavior, in order to kill Zhang Zhou from his high position.

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Lin Han's mansion.

Lin Han just moved to a new home these days.

The house was given by the emperor. Lin Han finally had a decent residence in the capital. In addition, even the furniture and furnishings were new. In name, Lin Han was rewarded because of his outstanding performance as the Minister of Rites, but in fact Even Lin Han himself knew that the emperor was doing this for his son-in-law's sake.

But Lin Han would never admit it, either in front of others or in private.

"Father."

Lin Ting followed him into his new home and was surprised to see the furnishings in the home. His eyes showed that he didn't believe what he saw.

Lin Han asked: "Where have you been these past few days?"

Lin Ting said: "Father, haven't you received the letter from the child? The child has just been to Yongping Mansion and the port. He was sent by the Ministry of Industry. It took him a month or two to sort it out. I just had some free time. I was transferred back to Beijing to report to the Ministry of Industry, and I came back specifically to see you first. Father, are you feeling well?"

"Ah."

Lin Han nodded.

Recently, he really couldn't care about his son. No matter how awesome Lin Ting was, it didn't seem to have much to do with him, the Minister of Rites.

How can a person in a high position have so much time to care about trivial matters?

"What about the younger brothers and sisters?" Lin Ting asked with a smile.

Lin Han raised his head and looked at his son with a frown. He felt that his son was making fun of him.

The so-called "younger brothers and sisters", in addition to those who are adults or those who are jumping around, there are also some who are still in their infancy.

Who told him that Lin Han was young and powerful and liked the feeling of having children when he was older?

"Everything is going well at home. After you go in to greet the elders, you will go about your errands first. The family has not arranged a place for you yet, so I'm afraid you will have to find a place to sleep tonight."

Although the house is large, Lin Han also knows that there are many people in each house and there is no place to arrange a place for his adult son.

Lin Ting said with a smile: "Father is too worried. The child also has a place to stay in the capital."

"When did it happen?"

Lin Han was also surprised that his son actually had a farm in the capital?

"It was temporarily arranged by the Ministry of Industry. Now my wife and daughter also live there. I actually want to see my sister recently..."

"Don't go see her!" Lin Han said in a cold tone, "Your sister is already married."

"The child is talking about the third sister..."

Lin Han was also speechless.

When Lin Ting mentioned his sister, Lin Han naturally thought of Lin Yi, but he forgot that he actually had many daughters. Perhaps in his heart, this daughter was also the most important. Who made the relationship between him and Zhang Zhou The bond is maintained through the marriage of this daughter?

The more you care about something, the more you think about it in your heart, the more you express it without even realizing it.

"Er Lang is back?" While he was talking, Lin Han's wife Lin Ruan came out of the inner house and couldn't help but smile when she saw Lin Ting.

In the Lin family, Lin Ting's status is not low. After all, he is a Jinshi and has a good relationship with Zhang Zhou.

Lin Han is now old. Although Lin Ting is not Lin Ruan's biological son, his aunt still has a strong say in the family. After all, Lin Han, the Minister of Rites, still cares about etiquette.

Lin Ting walked over and said hello to his aunt mother: "My child has met my mother. Today my child returned to Beijing to report on his work, so he came home specially to see her and also to say hello to her mother."

Mrs. Lin Ruan seemed to take everything very lightly in the past, because her husband didn't care about her, and she didn't have a son to love her.

But after her husband became successful, she seemed to be in a much better mood.

"Just come back and say hello everywhere. If you serve as an official in the court in the future, you may come back less often to see each other." Lin Ruan walked up to Lin Han and saluted, "Master, there are some matters in the inner house that I want to discuss with you. , do you think..."

Lin Han himself is a busy man and doesn't come back often.

And after he came back, he still had so many "confidantes" that he couldn't spare time to talk to his wife about family matters.

"Yeah." Lin Han said with a straight face.

Lin Ting saluted his father and mother again.

But I'm thinking about it in my heart

The family is different from before... The days we lived in the past were called poverty, but now... Could it be that my father has become a corrupt official?

But before Lin Ting could go in to greet the concubines, the emperor came to give him rewards again.

This surprised Lin Ting.

"Your Majesty gave it to Mr. Lin. It is said that Mr. Lin can be the prime minister and assistant minister in the future. It is true... I am just here to enjoy the occasion. You are the second son of the Lin family, right? You are truly a talented person. In the future It must also be the appearance of generals and generals..." (End of this chapter)