The news that the Liaoyang Deputy General Heichun died in battle spread throughout the capital like the wind, and the officials of the Ministry of War were also like a loss of their parents.

He was so happy that he had just received the Fujian war report, and even the memorial was not delivered to Emperor Jiajing. Then something big happened in Liaodong, and the deputy general was defeated and killed.

In terms of military positions, the general is at the highest level, and there is no big difference between the deputy general and the general. Both can lead the right to lead the army alone and be the highest military officer in the local area.

The one who is in charge of the town is guarding, the one who is in charge of the road alone is guarding, and the one who is in charge of the same city as the chief general is guarding.

The deputy general of Liaoyang was divided into guards. That is, after Heichun died in the battle, the guards around Liaoyang had no commanders, and the Ministry of War must arrange people to take over as soon as possible, but before that, they may have to accept the question from Xiyuan first.

As for Liaoyang, the Liaodong General Officers' Association temporarily takes over the defense here.

Sure enough, almost noon, Prince Yu's Mansion received news that Yang Bo, the Minister of War, was summoned to the West Garden.

The outside world is unknown what happened in Xiyuan, but the posthumous gift was first given to the Deputy General of Liaoyang who died in battle.

It was heard that the defeated letter from Liaodong was that the emperor was sympathetic to death with Heichun's courage and hard work. He ordered the governor and the commander-in-chief Yinzi to be hereditary, and set up a temple to celebrate the sacrifice. The Ministry of War ordered the representatives to discuss the appointment.

In Prince Yu's mansion, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were chatting together, waiting for the time being to get the time to get the time to go. When they saw the news coming from outside, they asked happily: "Shandai, is there anyone who wants to recommend it?"

Since they could not turn to Yan Song, they naturally did not dare to turn to Yan Song's biggest competitor Xu Jie, and became a completely neutral faction, and together with the Ministry of Rites, they formed the third force in the court.

In the eyes of these Beijing officials, Liaodong is a place of bitterness and coldness. If it weren't for the ancestral system and huge resettlement pressure, I would have been eager to withdraw all the people and all the Han people from Liaodong.

However, both Ma Fang and Yu Dayou are indeed quite successful, which makes him envious.

"I saw that Fujian has been using troops for many years, so it is normal for this military pay to not be able to receive the military salary."

"Shandai, have you seen the Fujian salary request memorial?"

"How did Your Majesty give me the memorial?"

"I don't know, it's not written on it. It should have been heard yesterday afternoon or evening when His Majesty gave the instructions, but it's too soon. This memorial should be sent back to the cabinet, and you will know it at that time."

Wei Guangde replied with a smile.

However, Zhang Juzheng had no choice. He did not have the luck of Wei Guangde, so he had the opportunity to go to the border town.

OK, it's also considered learning.

I think that since it is a convention, Your Majesty should abide by it, so how can you be so perfunctory?

Xu Jie is now the actual prime minister of the cabinet. Although he has not been promoted, Yuan Wei, in terms of seniority, could not go to his money.

It is said that after discussing, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei of the cabinet planned to do this. If the emperor didn't want to make up for the person, they would not make up for it. Anyway, they had already asked for instructions.

Zhang Juzheng continued to laugh.

Shortly after the opening of the yamen at the beginning of the year, Xiyuan agreed to the resolution of the Ministry of War to build a town in the four counties of Xingning, Chengxiang, Anyuan and Wuping, Jiangxi Province. It was named Shenwei and changed to the Southern Gan Gang General Yu Dayou as the deputy general of Zhanghuichao, who was appointed as the deputy general of the Southern Ganting Zhang.

In fact, these opening silvers are not rewards, but make up for the military pay that was owed before.

No wonder that memorial was sent to the capital so quickly, haha”

Yin Shidan also didn't understand, and couldn't figure out what taboos did such a memorial be.

Wei Guangde handed the note to Zhang Juzheng, turned around and asked Yin Shide.

There was no money anymore. After a victory, the superiors no longer cared about a lot, and only thought about getting military merits and asking for some military pay.

In this era, this concept was popular in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, that is, all the military generals who can fight came from the nine-sided generals, so if you want to gather the generals in the army, the first choice would be the generals on the nine-sided generals.

Wei Guangde treated all this as a show and wanted to see how this future Ming master would manipulate this matter.

Shaking his head, he said to Zhang Juzheng: "Soldiers are more important than elites, and there are not many military generals who can attract me. As for the Deputy General of Liaoyang, I really don't like it."

Sure enough, on the second day, Zhang Yi, the military officer, impeached the Minister of Military Affairs, to impeach the Minister of the Interpretation of Ge Jin. When he was appointed as the commander of the Liaodong vanguard and the guerrilla general, he repeatedly made rash attacks, resulting in the loss of troops and generals, and believed that Yang Zhao was brave and had no plans and should not be in charge.

Wei Guangde had no such plan, making himself look like a broker who reselled his official position.

Yu Dayou is now the deputy general in charge of Shenwei City. Is it necessary to go to Liaoyang?

"Fujian has been suffering from Japanese disasters for a long time, and this year it has rebels. The military pay is exhausted. I am afraid that these money will be gone long ago."

However, Zhang Juzheng did not talk about this in Prince Yu's mansion, which means that he planned to handle it with his teacher Xu Jie.

Looking at this, the day before yesterday, Zhang Juzheng should have wanted to ask his teacher Xu Jie to contact the Ministry of War to recommend someone, but Ge Jin stole the first and recommended someone else, so today's impeachment was caused.

After all, at the level of the deputy general, it is not something that can be decided by the Ministry of War, and the cabinet will eventually require approval from Emperor Jiajing.

Zhang Juzheng just smiled.

When Wei Guangde heard this, he knew that Zhang Juzheng might have had contact with an unknown general, and began to know the actual situation of the Ming army.

Wei Guangde didn't say anything to his face, but just looked at Tang Ruji with a fool's eyes.

At about noon, news from the cabinet came, and Emperor Jiajing personally issued an instruction, "You and others know that if you have a concerted supporter, why not have any news?"

Anyway, there is no one to recommend me, so let’s wait and see who Zhang Juzheng wants to recommend.

“Recommended?”

There were two memorials around Xu Jie today. Xu Jie also submitted a request to make up for the cabinet ministers, but he didn't know who Emperor Jiajing would let him go.

Now there are two cabinet ministers left in the cabinet, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, which is a bit unruly or in a convention. This is to ask Emperor Jiajing to add one to two cabinet ministers to make up for the old rules.

There are only a few cards in his hand. Ma Fang is already a general officer, so naturally he looks down on the position of deputy general. Yu Dayou is now a deputy general, so there is obviously no need to be transferred from Fujian to Liaodong.

Wei Guangde explained what he knew to Zhang Juzheng, so that Zhang Juzheng also knew the difficulties of the lower-level military households now. Perhaps in the future, this person will consider solving some problems of military households as history becomes the master of this era.

When Zhang Juzheng saw this memorial, a smile on his lips made Wei Guangde understand that Zhang Yi's impeachment memorial might have been written by him.

"No, I just talk about it."

When Wei Guangde saw the note, he also looked at Zhang Juzheng, wanting to see if the person recommended by Ge Jin was the one that Zhang Juzheng liked, and also wanting to see if the minister Ge Jin also turned to Xu Jie.

After reading the news, Zhang Juzheng heard Yin Shidan's words, and just answered casually.

On the second day, the memorial of Ge Jin, the Minister of War, recommended Yang Zhao to be promoted to the Deputy General of Liaoyang, was sent to the Tongzheng Envoy Department.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw another copy of the memorial about Xu Jie.

The two have been together for quite some time, and Zhang Juzheng probably knows the staff of Wei Guangde. The main officialdom in the capital is still colleagues and the same year, and the military seems to be the only two.

Wei Guangde was curious about how Zhang Juzheng told him this today.

Yes, since the recovery of Liaodong from the Mongolian Yuan in the early Ming Dynasty, the court had to pay military salaries, money and food to Liaodong, and now it has only been self-sufficient for a very short period of time.

Zhang Juzheng also accepted this concept. After all, the Nine Bians fought with the Mongols all year round, so the generals there must be the most powerful ones in the Ming Dynasty.

Yin Shidan, Wei Guangde and others didn't think anything was wrong, but Tang Ruji had a different view.

"hehe."

Seeing Zhang Juzheng hurried away as he got into his sedan chair, Wei Guangde shook his head, got into the carriage and went home.

Wei Guangde did not mention the matter of Deputy General of Liaoyang. He just wanted to see how Zhang Juzheng would do it and whether he could succeed in the end.

Early the next morning, news came out of Xiyuan that Xu Jie's memorial made Emperor Jiajing very unhappy.

Why is there a practice of three to four people entering the cabinet? It is not because of the need to focus on ideas. Only two people are in the cabinet. Even if you are as Your Majesty said, "the one who is united in the government" can inevitably be without any thoughts.

Wei Guangde didn't know what Zhang Juzheng was thinking, but he didn't talk about it in Prince Yu's mansion, so he was too lazy to ask. Anyway, there were more abilities than him.

"If you don't come early, if you don't come late, you'll have to come after winning a battle, you'll have to ask for money. If you want to deduct the silver you paid, it seems that life in Fujian is not easy.

Grand Secretary Xu Jie and others reported to the cabinet for their work, and used three or four members. Recently, Yan Song retired and asked the emperor to order a member to join the ministers and others to study together.

I didn't think it was before, but over the years, the court's financial difficulties were difficult, and many people were interested in fighting to the territory of Liaodong, hoping to save military pay and expenses from the nine borders.

"The Sacred Heart is unpredictable."

If the first memorial is not completed, the cabinet should go to the second memorial and the third memorial.

Wei Guangde was stunned for a moment, then understood what Zhang Ju said and asked him if he wanted anyone to be the deputy general of Liaoyang.

As for the others, Wei Guangde speculated that there were a high probability that the Qingci masters were still the ones who were loyal to the emperor and would not be influenced by Xu Jie, which allowed the cabinet to leave the Yan Song era and usher in Xu Jie's one-man ceremony.

Wei Guangde is not worried about who can enter the cabinet, as he will not promote the members of the Party.

Wei Guangde has now roughly understood the plan of Emperor Jiajing. In the last few years, he will be neutral, preferably obedient. Xu Jie's power will be under certain control, and perhaps there will be some opportunities in Prince Yu's mansion.

When the soldiers go out to fight, life and death are hard to tell, so naturally they want to leave some money for their family.

When Wei Guangde heard Zhang Juzheng say this, he just smiled.

On the shaking carriage, when Wei Guangde was alone, his thinking was particularly clear, and he gradually came back to his taste.

The sea transportation was abolished only because the food and grass could be self-sufficient, but the money was still to be paid.

Zhang Juzheng sighed again and said.

"Did you get any news?"

At the same time, he was promoted to the magistrate of Ningguo Prefecture Fang Fengshi as deputy envoy of Guangdong Censorate, and rectified the military preparations, all stationed in the city to prepare for robbery. He abolished the generals of the Southern Gan River and changed the garrison to appoint three generals to the key points, and obeyed the deputy generals to prepare for the military preparations.

"Our Ming Dynasty has many soldiers and generals, but as you said, there are still not many capable generals and officials, otherwise the Nine Borders would not be in a hurry from time to time."

To be honest, Wei Guangde was still very surprised to see this news. After all, Xu Jie's proposal was in line with the convention, and now there are only two cabinet ministers left in the cabinet.

The Ministry of War is a bit special. When Yan Song was just appointed as the chief minister, Ding Rukui, the Minister of War, was still Yan Song's member, but after the "Gengxu Incident" was killed, the successors of the Minister of War were alienated from Yan Song, and no matter how he showed goodwill, he was also afraid of the rat.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng suddenly spoke to him.

However, after Zhang Ju saw the copy of the memorial recommended by Ge Jin to Yang Zhao, his brows frowned. Wei Guangde had a clear mind. Yang Zhao was probably not the one Zhang Juzheng liked, and Ge Jin seemed to be from Xu Jie either.
To be continued...