Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 164
According to the previously established procedures, the salt merchants themselves will apply for the quota of salt merchants to the Yantie Division, and then the Yantie Division will conduct a preliminary screening and submit it to the cabinet. After deliberation by three divisions, it will be submitted to the imperial court.

"It was decided by all of us together!" Zhang Heling looked at Zhu Houzhao with a little embarrassment, and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone.

Zhu Houzhao put down the list at this time, raised his head and glanced at Zhang Heling, and then said: "This can't work, you have too many private goods in here, make a new decision, find some people who have no relationship with you to put in, you guys If you do this, you will definitely be caught by the cabinet and the third secretary, and not only you will suffer, but Qi You will also suffer."

"This is just the first screening. The second screening after five years is the key. There are too many people watching this time, so we can't do it like this."

Although the matter of the Yanzheng is over, Zhu Houzhao knows that the civil servants have not given up on this matter at all, and it may be better in the future. Everyone is used to it, but this is the first time, and they must be watching!Maybe they will really wait for Shou Ninghou and Qi You on this matter, if something goes wrong, it will definitely make Shou Ninghou and Qi You feel overwhelmed.

"Report more, let the third division investigate, and the rest will be discussed by the imperial court!" Zhu Houzhao directly blamed his father.

Although Zhang Heling's head is not enough, but this period of time is more or less experienced, his expression immediately became serious, and he quickly said: "I will let them change it when I go back. I must let more people in!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Then let's leave it like this! You have to remember that things can be done in private, but you must be able to live on the surface, understand?"

"Understood!" Zhang Heling nodded quickly, took the list from Zhu Houzhao, turned around and walked out.

He breathed a sigh of relief. For Zhu Houzhao, as long as the general direction of the salt administration is changed, the rest will be trivial.These minutiae things, in fact, can’t be done too much, otherwise it will have the opposite effect. It’s like doing things. You have already occupied the big part, and you have to release some of the small part. If you eat meat, you have to let others drink it. Mouth soup.

Otherwise, if you rob others of their livelihood, they will turn their backs, and when the time comes, the table will be turned over, and no one will be able to play.

The Yanzheng side made arrangements, and Zhu Houzhao's attention turned back to the Northwest side, but before everyone's quarrel came to a conclusion, the Northwest came back with news.

"Your Highness, the Emperor is calling!"

Seeing He Neng walking in in a hurry, Zhu Houzhao's expression became serious, and he asked quickly, "What happened?"

"Northwest Battle Report!" He Neng said while walking eagerly.

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and the expression on his face became serious.This time, He Neng used the Northwest Battle Report, not the Northwest Military Report. Obviously, this was a fight in the Northwest.Seeing He Neng's panic, it must be that the old man lost his temper. The old man lost his temper, and there is only one reason, Northwest was defeated.

The imperial court was still arguing about the Northwest issue, but it turned out that the Northwest really got eye drops and was defeated directly. It was really embarrassing.

Zhu Houzhao reckoned that the court's debate could be put to rest. Those who didn't respond to the fire sieve basically had no market. Now it's not a question of whether you want to deal with the fire sieve, but someone calling.Under such circumstances, you can't do anything if you ignore them. This face is slapping loudly. It is estimated that many people will lose face.

After Zhu Houzhao came to Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youtang was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy face. He Neng moved to Zhu Houzhao's side and whispered: "The cabinet and the six adults have just left."

Zhu Houzhao finally understood that his father probably lost his temper, and when honest people were angry, Zhu Houzhao hurried forward a few steps, bowed and said, "Father!"

"Here?" Seeing his son coming, Zhu Youtang's expression eased a lot, he reached out and handed a copy of the question book to Zhu Houzhao, and then said expressionlessly: "Look! It's really a face for me." Well, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the land of the three dignified towns, and they were beaten by people, what are these people doing for food!"

As he talked, Zhu Youtang's anger rose again. Zhu Houzhao knew that his father was targeting him, and he didn't hide it at all.

Zhu Houzhao is a little speechless if it is not enough. If you conquer and defeat, it may not be a big deal. On the battlefield, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, but if you defend, you can defeat it. It is really embarrassing.From this aspect, we can also see how degenerated the Ming army has become, even in the border towns, how can we see it in other places?
Reaching out to take the question book, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the general situation. As for how angry, Zhu Houzhao couldn't talk about it.

In Zhu Houzhao's heart, he was actually prepared for this. Thinking about being hanged and beaten during the Jiajing period, this is really nothing.

The content of the inscription is a battle report. Huozhai led the iron cavalry to invade Huamachi, Shaanxi, defeated the Ming army in Kongbagou, and went straight to Pingliang, where they plundered wantonly.

Pingliang is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province in later generations, at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain and the upper reaches of the Jing River. It is the "Golden Triangle" of the geometric center where Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia meet. Baoji and Tianshui in Gansu are adjacent to Guyuan in Ningxia and Qingyang in Gansu to the north.Known as the "Longshang Dry Wharf", it is an important town that the ancient "Silk Road" must pass through, and is known in history as "the first city from the west of Chang'an".

Since ancient times, Pingliang has been an important town to shield the Sanqin and control the Wuyuan. It is a highway hub in Northwest China and an important transit station for the second channel of the Eurasian Continental Bridge.

"If Pingliang is lost, it will really be a big deal!" Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart, feeling desolate and helpless.

Glancing at his father, Zhu Houzhao said, "Has the imperial court decided on the candidates for the governors of the three sides?"

Trilateral governor, the full name is a member of the trilateral military affairs of the governor of Shaanxi, who controls the governors of Hexi, Hedong, Shaanxi and the nine generals of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan.It can be said that it is a high position and weight, but this position is not permanent, and this can be regarded as the history of the father's disgrace.

The first trilateral governor of the Hongzhi Dynasty was established for the first time in the tenth year of Hongzhi. Why was it set up?In the tenth year of Hongzhi's reign, the bandits were invaded by fire, and it was proposed to send important ministers and governors of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, and Ningxia for military affairs. Only then did the trilateral governors come into being.

The first governor of the three sides was Wang Yue. Wang Yue did a good job. He not only stabilized the three sides, but also sent troops to fight a battle. Wang Yue marched in three ways and went straight to Helan Mountain. However, it shattered Huozhai's idea of ​​staying in Muhetao, but Wang Yue's fate was not very good.

While Wang Yue was victorious, the eunuch Li Guang, who was favored by his father, offended and committed suicide. The admonisher impeached him successively, accusing Wang Yue of being Li Guang's party.

Although the old man didn't care about the matter, after Wang Yue heard the news, he was full of sorrow and hatred in his heart, and finally died in Ganzhou (now Zhangye, Gansu) on December 11, 73th year of Hongzhi at the age of [-]. After hearing the news, the old man , For him, he quit the court for a day, posthumously presented the Taifu with the posthumous title of "Xiangmin", and ordered the nine altars to be sacrificed, and Wang Xuan, the grandson of Yinbu Wang Yue, was the son of the country.In addition, the imperial court also sent Jinshi Wang Shouren to supervise the construction of Wang Yue's tomb.

Wang Shouren's first errand was to build a tomb for Wang Yue. As for the eunuch Li Guang, one of the few dark histories of the father.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao thought of Wang Yue, and naturally he thought of Wang Shouren by his side, and Tang Bohu who was taken to the northwest by him. He didn't know how he was doing now.

Seeing his son's strange expression, Zhu Youtang didn't know what he was thinking, so he gave his son a hard look, and then said very embarrassedly, "It's decided, Qin Hong!"

Hearing what his father said, Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a second, and asked in disbelief, "Is it Qin Hong?"

Zhu Youtang didn't answer Zhu Houzhao, but turned to stare at Zhu Houzhao, the meaning was obvious, what do you want to say?
Zhu Houzhao had no objection to Qin Hong. He knew this person. He was a capable man. He was an imperial envoy.Qin Hong's military quality is also good. During the Chenghua period, Dayan Khan led tens of thousands of cavalry to invade Datong, drove straight into Shunshengchuan, and looted Xuanfu.

Qin Hong and Zhou Yu, the commander in chief, fought hard and repelled the little prince.Soon, the little prince plundered Xingningkou, and Qin Hong and others fought with him one after another, forcing him to retreat and recovering the looted supplies.

The embarrassing thing happened in the second year of Hongzhi. Qin Hong was promoted to the censor of the right capital and governor of the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi. Qin Hong wrote a letter to his father, requesting to deprive the power of guarding eunuchs and generals: eunuchs and generals are divided into various towns and also handle civil affairs and interfere with local affairs. Judiciary, even killing innocent people without authorization.Some even relied on the power of the emperor to allow their family members to engage in illegal business for profit, disrupting normal commercial circulation and competing with the people for profit.

Qin Hongzuo asked the imperial court to abolish the power of guarding eunuchs and military generals to manage civil affairs. The bounty treasury of each town government has uncontrolled money in and out.Qin Hong proposed that the finances of each town government must be audited and inspected by the censor to eliminate the source of corruption. In Guangdong and Guangxi, Baojia was compiled and a school of rites was established to eliminate the source of robbery and revitalize the style of writing.

These few things are pretty good. It is inappropriate for military generals from all over the country to interfere in civil affairs. Of course, most of the military generals mentioned here are nobles.

Qin Hong's actions naturally touched the interests of some people. This person was Liu Jing, Marquis of Anyuan. When Liu Jing, Marquis of Anyuan, was in Liangguang Army Town, he embezzled military pay and massacred good civilians. Qin Hong exposed him and sent him to prison.In prison, Liu Jing accused Qin Hong of brutal murder.Emperor Xiaozong ordered strict censorship, but there was no supporting evidence, and the judiciary sentenced Liu Jing to death.

Liu Jing was related by marriage to the family of the Empress Dowager in the palace, so she defended Liu Jing in front of Xiaozong.The father ordered Qin Hong to be taken to Beijing for interrogation, and it turned out that Qin Hong was innocent.In view of the Empress Dowager Zhou, Emperor Xiaozong dismissed Liu Jing to live idle, and Qin Hong was also dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.Qin Hong's dismissal aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the ruling and opposition parties, and more than a hundred officials headed by Minister of the Ministry of Officials Wang Shu jointly signed the guarantee.A few months later, Qin Hong was changed to Minister of the Nanjing Household Department.

It was once said in later generations that when an employee resigns, it is either due to a lack of money or a wronged heart. Qin Hong is a typical example of a wronged heart. So not long after arriving in Nanjing, Qin Hong resigned on the pretext of illness.

From Zhu Houzhao's point of view, what is the reason for the father to use Qin Hong at this time?Compensation for Qin Hong?It is said that thunder, rain and dew are the grace of God, but Qin Hong did not give his father face when he resigned from office. I have to say that Zhu Houzhao admired his father's heart, or this face, you treated Qin Hong so badly at the beginning, why are you embarrassed now? Let Qin Hong work for you?
(End of this chapter)