Chapter 459 458 Visit

Wei Guangde did not expect that Dong Yiyuan's letter was to ask his elder brother Dong Yikui for an official position.

"Deputy General"

Wei Guangde hesitated a little. Although Dong Yiyuan also said in the letter that his elder brother respected him very much, Wei Guangde knew in his heart that what Dong Yikui respected was actually just rights.

Relatively speaking, among the military generals recruited by Wei Guangde, Dong Yiyuan actually has a low presence.

It was because he first came into contact with Wei Guangde and was obedient at critical moments that he became Wei Guangde's subordinate. Otherwise, such a general with no record would have been caught in the border town, and he would not have attracted his interest at all.

But it is precisely because Dong Yiyuan was the first general to surrender to him that Wei Guangde could not completely ignore his request.

However, Wei Guangde was not worried about the problem of not operating well.

In fact, Wei Guangde had already had a scheming in his mind at this time.

During the New Year Festival, there are not many residences that can allow Prince Yu’s Mansion to come forward to give gifts, but among the six ministers and nine ministers in the capital, Prince Yu’s Mansion still sends people to give gifts every year.

Wei Guangde had not been concerned about this matter before, but if he really wanted to help Dong Yikui find a job, then the Minister of War Yang Bo would have to compete to go there.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of giving New Year gifts, we will talk about this matter with Yang Bo and strive to finalize it in one go.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde made up his mind, first to find someone to check what is going on in Xuanda now, and whether the position of deputy general of Xuanfu has been granted.

Secondly, we naturally have to talk to King Yu, and it is quite a matter of arranging the generals of the border town.

People like Dong Yiyuan, Ma Fang, and Yu Dayou seem to be in his subordinates, but fools know that they actually value their identity as a member of Prince Yu's Mansion.

If you don’t know about the arrangement of a major event like Dong Yikui, you will not be impeached by the censor as an affair with a border general. This is a serious crime of beheading.

Thinking about what Emperor Jiajing said to him in Xiyuan when he came back from Bao'anzhou, he could tell that his little moves in private did not escape the surveillance of the Jinyiwei, but his official Weibo account was light and Emperor Jiajing didn't care.

I don't care now, but after my official position is promoted and my power becomes stronger in the future, it is hard to say whether Emperor Jiajing and King Yu will still see this.

King Yu has always been the real master of this empire.

Wei Guangde is actually thinking about this now. In King Yu's eyes, he is just the liaison officer of the border general. The general is embarrassed to contact him directly for what he said, and even the trivial matters, so that he will not cause trouble in the end.

It is a good thing to have great power, but I don’t want to rebel and I don’t want to be the position of the Nine Five Lords. Why bother to take the blame for the world?

Since Dong Yikui has the intention to be effective, of course he is not good at giving up his good intentions.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing still attaches great importance to the military power of border towns and is very cautious in the candidates for generals of each town.

The current system of governors, governors and general officers in border towns has played a very good role in restraining each other, and it is difficult for anyone to have a different intention.

On the second day, after Wei Guangde got up and entered Prince Yu's mansion, he drank tea and chatted with Yin Shidan and others in the courtyard as usual. Prince Yu had not yet gotten up so early.

"Brother Zhengfu, will the royal family be assigned to the gifts to each family in two days?"

After taking the time, Wei Guangde asked about this.

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Their son was Dong Yang, the former general of Datong. Altan Khan died in battle when he sent his army to attack Dishui Cliff. Dong Yikui took over the family's hereditary military position and served as the commander. Later, he was promoted to the general of the general after he accumulated merits."

Wei Guangde briefly talked about the situation of the Dong family father and son, and King Yu nodded.

No matter what, the Dong family has shed sweat and blood for his Zhu family.

"After the loyal and kind."

King Yu nodded and said, thinking of the meaning of Wei Guangde's words, he realized something: "He is already a general, so what he is trying to do this time is the first level of the general?"

"Your Highness Confucian. Before, Ma Fang guarded Xuanfu West Road as the deputy general, Dong Yikui guarded the East Road as a general, and Ma Fang defended Xuanfu one east and one west.

Now that Ma Fang has earned merits and replaced Li Xian as the general of Xuanfu, the position of deputy general of Xuanfu is vacant."

Wei Guangde said.

"Shandai, what are you planning?"

King Yu nodded slightly, and one carrot and one pit, Ma Fang was promoted, and Xuanfu was missing a deputy general.

It’s not that each town in the border town must have a general and a deputy general, but with this position, at least someone can take over at critical moments, so that the general will not have a leader and fight on their own after the accident.

"When I go to Yang Shangshu's mansion a few days ago, I plan to go over and talk to Yang Shangshu to see if the Ministry of War has made arrangements, but this must be approved by Your Highness."

Wei Guangde said bluntly.

"Xuanfu, the northwest gateway of the capital, Dong Yikui can be stationed on Xuanfu East Road for a long time. I think there will be no less war achievements, right?"

King Yu asked.

"Relatively speaking, the west road is located at the junction of Xuanfu and Datong, and the Altan team is attacking here. There are also many wars on the east road, but they are all small fuss.

To be honest, Dong Yikui is also considered effective in defending Xuanfu East Road. At least there is no major danger, and the Tartars have not made any breakthroughs."

Wei Guangde cannot brag nonsense. To be honest, Dong Yikui had little defeat and did not win many battles, otherwise he would not have stayed on the east road for a long time.

King Yu was not stupid, so he naturally heard what Wei Guangde meant, a general who was just a regular one.

"I agree, you can do this."

King Yu knew that Wei Guangde naturally said this, so he naturally wanted to help.

Just a deputy general is not a big deal.

However, as Wei Guangde said before, whether it can be done depends on the plan of the Ministry of War. If someone has chosen the Ministry of War, Dong Yikui will be a little troublesome.

"I understand, I will try it when I go to see Grand Sima in two days."

When Wei Guangde saw King Yu nodding, he naturally felt relieved, so he talked about the Aoshan Lantern Festival in Beijing this year.

"Hey, don't talk about the Aoshan Lantern Festival, I only knew about it yesterday. Do you know the burning of Yongshou Palace, do you know how to get out of the water?"

Speaking of the Aoshan Lantern Festival, King Yu became interested.

"Yongshou Palace that night"

King Yu told Wei Guangde all the news he learned from Feng Bao. Huang Jin had issued a ban on the ban before, and it was strictly forbidden to pass the cause of the fire to the outer court.

Of course, those who should know naturally know, but they pretended not to know. In short, the outer court just thought the cause of the fire in Yongshou Palace was careless, and there was no news that the fire was caused by the emperor's request to set off fireworks.

"The fireworks set off by Feng Bao?"

Wei Guangde looked at King Yu in a daze, and King Yu nodded with a laugh.

It’s just a palace, but it’s not a big deal to the royal family. Just burn and build a new one.

Feng Bao was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion. Although the people in the palace were curious, they asked Li Fang privately, but Li Fang naturally didn't know at first.

However, yesterday, King Yu also wanted to see the fireworks, but he scared Feng Bao, who was accompanying him, and hurriedly spoke to stop him, which made him tell the reason for his assignment.

Coincidentally, within two days, Wei Guangde will give New Year gifts to Yang Bo, the Minister of War on behalf of Prince Yu’s Mansion. The person Li Fang arranged for Wei Guangde to go with Feng Bao.

"Eunuch Feng is not an outsider. Everyone works as a job in Prince Yu's Mansion, so you should get close to him in the future."

On the way out, Wei Guangde also intends to establish a good relationship with Feng Bao.

Feng Bao's grade has been removed. He was the fifth-grade warehouse ambassador before, but now he is only the sixth-grade Changsui. He is already the lowest-grade type of eunuch group, and he has not left anything.

Unlike the outer court, the inner court of the Ming Dynasty was also divided into positions and ranks.

Although Huang Jin is an eunuch, his rank is limited by the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is only a fourth rank, which is already the highest rank among eunuchs.

As for the eunuch in the Imperial Horse Supervisor, he was only the Zuo Shaojian, who was a fourth-rank eunuch, and Gao Zhong's rank was only the fifth-rank left-rank chief.

This grade is somewhat related to qualifications, but high grade is actually not important among eunuchs. What is important depends on what the emperor has to do with you.

Even if a sixth-rank eunuch is in charge of a popular yamen, he will have a strong say in the inner court.

But if you are from the fourth-rank young supervisor and have not received any responsibilities and are just positions such as the head of the hall, then the right to speak depends on the status of the master behind you in the palace.

Although the eunuchs are not of high rank, because they are close to the emperor, as long as they coax the emperor, there are many imperial dresses. With imperial dresses, they naturally don’t look at the grades and patches.

This is also the true eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty who had status. Most of them wore either flying fish suits or unicorn suits, and even python suits.

They can ignore the requirements for the rank of officials given to the foreign court. If the difference between the foreign court officials is different, only a few people in the inner court are qualified to wear flying fish suits, while others can only wear Qilin suits.

"Mr. Wei is so rude, just call me Feng Bao in the future."

King Yu valued Wei Guangde, so Feng Bao was naturally not blind, so he dared not show off his face in front of Wei Guangde, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is living under someone else's roof.

The real turning point in Feng Bao's life was actually in Prince Yu's mansion, who was sent by Prince Yu to take care of the prince, that is, the future Emperor Wanli, who only ushered in earth-shaking changes from that moment.

Yang Bo naturally would not neglect the visitor from Prince Yu's mansion and would welcome him personally, not Wei Guangde but the identity of Prince Yu.

When entering Yang's mansion, Wei Guangde asked Feng Bao to send a gift list, and they all exchanged greetings and said some scenes.

They are just polite visits, and the time they are usually not delayed is usually long. Later, the Yang family will also send someone to send back the gifts. However, Wei Guangde has something else today, so he naturally will not say goodbye soon.

"The Grand Sima, I wanted to visit you a few days ago, but the adults were worried about state affairs. Shandai was afraid of coming to the door to disturb the adults' rest."

"Haha, I welcome Shandai to visit my home at any time. The state is difficult, and the Ministry of War often has some inadequate thoughts. I hope Shandai can give some advice often."

A few days ago, it was not Yu Dayou's business, but Ma Fang's business, and Yang Bo was clear-headed.

"Grand Sima, thanks for his love. Now that Ma Fang is the general of Xuanfu, can anyone choose the deputy general whom he has freed?"

They are all sensible people, and there is no need for Wei Guangde to take turns.

"Well, the Ministry of War has indeed considered it."

Yang Bo replied comfortably, although there were speculations, Yang Bo did not say much, but watched the changes.
Chapter completed!