Chapter 496 495 Wei Guangde's plan

Wei Guangde entered the palace to find Li Fang and informed him of an urgent matter.

"Mr. Wei, you came to the prince so early. Isn't this difficult for me to do?"

Li Fang complained with a bitter face.

Wei Guangde was also a little anxious, forgetting that Gao Gong was not in the royal palace now, and King Yu had developed the habit of greed for pleasure and going to bed late and getting up late.

However, what I want to report is not suitable for Yin Shidan and others to know, so he smiled at Li Fang and said, "Eunuch Li, I really have something urgent to do."

In this way, find me a room outside the inner courtyard, and wait for the prince to get up and wash up, please bring the prince over directly. Keep this matter confidential, so it is best not to let Lord Yin and the others know about it."

When he heard Wei Guangde say this, he thought that he hadn't arrived at the palace so early for a long time.

According to custom, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng usually go to read the transcription progress of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the morning, and they will return to the royal palace to make a living at noon, and then stay at the Sanya and go home.

Today is abnormal, something big should have happened.

"Okay, I'll find you a room."

As he said that, Li Fang took Wei Guangde to the inner courtyard and asked as he walked, "Will anyone else see him when he came in?"

The question was because Wei Guangde said he wanted to keep it a secret. If he walked into the royal palace so arrogantly, if he was seen by a talkative servant, it would be troublesome to ask.

"By the way, please send someone to hold the doorman and say it. Don't be afraid of the others."

Li Fang called another servant out to pass the message, and soon found a room for Wei Guangde.

"Shandai, you rest here first. I'll go and see if your highness gets up."

After Li Fang placed Wei Guangde, he turned around and entered the inner courtyard.

At this time, the hour of Mao has passed, and the major yamen in Beijing have already started working.

Fujian war reports and memorials were sent to the Ministry of War and the Tongzheng Envoy Department respectively, and were sent to the cabinet as soon as possible. At the same time, the news spread rapidly in various yamen.

"It's finally over. The last thief leader Lin Chaoxi was defeated and died. Fujian can be peaceful for a while."

"Yes, Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi both arrears taxes and silver on the grounds of military disasters, and now there is no reason."

Although the war occurred in Jiangnan, officials in Beijing gradually gained a sense of the fact that the annual salary is paid later and the arrears are getting worse and worse. As for the specific reasons, the Ministry of Revenue will naturally blame the military affairs.

Because of the war, all localities have more or less suspended the payment of taxes on the grounds of military pay and safety. The Ministry of Revenue cannot receive local money, so naturally they cannot pay wages on time.

The treasure money can be distributed in time, but who wants that thing?

Now, there is no reason for local governments to arrears taxes. This year, Beijing officials should be able to get their salary and annual gifts early.

In the cabinet, Xu Jie had read the memorial sent by Fujian, but was speechless for a long time.

Yuan Wei and Yang Bo on the side could only sit there, waiting for Xu Jie's attitude.

Of course, it is a good thing for Fujian to fight against the rebellion. They can't understand why Xu Jie has anything to hesitate at this time. Isn't it better to just take the memorial and war report to Xiyuan?

Finally, Xu Jie put down the memorial in his hand, looked up at Yuan Wei and Yang Bo, and asked, "When Fujian was in chaos in the early years, the court asked General Hu Zongxian to suppress the bandits, but the war was not good, and he could only maintain it and prevent the bandits from entering Zhejiang.

Later, Zhang Nie from Guangdong and Guangxi appointed the troops to supervise the Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi Army to suppress the bandits. Our official army was unstoppable and successfully suppressed the rebellion in just half a year.

Looking at Hu Zongxian again, the governor of Jiangnan provinces for many years, but still has no achievements. The Japanese disease has not been eradicated to this day."

“Sir, it means”

Yuan Wei heard it, Xu Jie used the Fujian news incident to continue to criticize Hu Zongxian for his ineffective military governance.

There was no comparison before, but now it has it.

"Earlier, I was willing to let Guangdong and Guangxi go out alone to fight against the Japanese. Hu Zongxian continued to lead his army to encircle and suppress Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Fujian. Now it seems that Zhang Nie also seems to be a good candidate."

Speaking of this, Xu Jie looked at Yang Bo and asked, "If you ask General Zhang Nie to make an appointment with Guangdong and Guangxi and Fujian, what do you think?"

Xu Jie threw the problem to the Minister of War and suppressing Hu Zongxian was not only a consensus reached between him and Yuan Wei, but also a hint from Emperor Jiajing.

Now, the Guangdong-Jiangxi army has entered Fujian, which seems to be the opportunity to seize Fujian from Hu Zongxian. At that time, the Jiangnan army commanded by Hu Zongxian will be only Zhejiang. Although the various garrisons in the Southern Zhili were nominally under him, it was actually the territory of the Nanjing nobles, and Hu Zongxian could not command them at all.

However, there is a prerequisite for this change, that is, Zhang Nie can control the situation in Fujian and Guangdong.

In fact, as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, Xu Jie had already seen the Ministry of War's analysis of the trends of Japanese pirates from the official documents sent by the Ministry of War, and believed that Japanese ills may be concentrated in Fujian and Guangdong in the next few years.

Dividing Hu Zongxian's rights may not be a good thing. Unless Emperor Jiajing has made up his mind to remove Hu Zong's military police power, his proposal today is actually equivalent to helping Hu Zongxian shirking his mistakes.

Xu Jie naturally believed in Yang Bo's judgment when it comes to military affairs. As long as Yang Bo thinks it is feasible, he is willing to take this risk.

"Let Zhang Nie Governor Fujian and Guangdong"

Yang Bo just frowned slightly, as if thinking, and did not veto it, which made Xu Jie see hope.

"Governor Zhang Nie is not bad. You can let Liu Xian and Yu Dayou serve as generals of Fujian and Guangdong provinces respectively responsible for suppressing Japanese soldiers. Both of them are long-time generals on the battlefield, so they should be safe."

If Liu Xian and Yu Dayou were not there, Yang Bo would never be relieved if Zhang Nie alone led the army to suppress the Japanese.

Although the government army had a fierce offensive and completed the fight against the rebellion in a very short time, in fact, before Liu Xian was transferred from Nanjing to Guangdong and Yu Dayou from Guangxi to Jiangxi, Zhang Nie commanded the army of the two and Guangxi to suppress the rebellion, but the results were not ideal.

To eliminate Zhang Lian's rebels is not so much a matter of Zhang Nie's command, but rather a bit of a reward. The Ministry of War dispatched troops and sent all the generals and officials that Jiangnan could defeat. If he could not win under such circumstances, then Jiangnan would change the dynasty directly.

However, I can only think about this in my heart. To the outside world, I have to say that there are many soldiers and generals in the Ming Dynasty, and it is certainly easy to quell the rebellion in a mere place.

Just when Xu Jie was happy, he heard Yuan Wei's voice in his ears.

"Just afraid."

Yuan Wei just said these two words and said nothing more.

"What are Maozhong's concerns? It's okay to say."

Xu Jie asked with a smile on his face.

Yuan Wei hesitated for a long time before saying, "Liu Xian and Yu Dayou are both people with great achievements in their military achievements. Can Lord Zhang suppress them?"

"hehe."

Almost at the same time, Xu Jie and Yang Bo both chuckled.

"It is understandable that Maozhong is not aware of it. If you want to talk about Liu Xian, he was under Zhang Nie, and he was also the governor of Sichuan, and Liu Xian was just a first-rate citizen."

Xu Jie smiled and introduced to Yuan Wei that Xu Jie had been in the center for a long time, so he naturally became more familiar with the experiences of ministers in the court.

"But in other words, it was because of the Ministry of War that Liu Xian came forward."

Yang Bo said with a wry smile.

The two of them said one by one, and Yuan Wei quickly learned about Liu Xian’s origin.

Liu Xian is from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He couldn't survive in his hometown and then went to Sichuan to make a living. Later, he met a noble man and helped him pretend to be a Sichuan native to take the martial arts examination and pass the martial arts Jinshi and join the army.

Later, the Miao Rebellion in Sichuan became the starting point for Liu Xian to make his fortune. The governor of Sichuan quelled the rebellion, fought bravely in the war, and was promoted without fear of death.

Knowing the origin of Liu Xian and Zhang Nie, Yuan Wei naturally no longer worried about the cooperation between the two.

"As for Yu Dayou, he had made decisions without authorization on the battlefield, but he had never disobeyed military orders, so there was no need to worry that he would not obey the orders."

Finally, Xu Jie commented on Yu Dayou again, believing that he would never ignore Zhang Nie's military orders.

"Since that's the case, I have no objection."

Yuan Wei's worries were eliminated at this time, so he naturally would not object to Xu Jie's proposal.

Yang Bo nodded, agreeing with Xu Jie.

"Then I will draft a secret memorial in the name of the cabinet and the Ministry of War to send it to the West Garden?"

Seeing that neither of them opposed it, Xu Jie said immediately.

"Zhang Lian ran away? Is Zhang Nie holding Luo Pao?"

In a secluded wing room in Prince Yu's mansion, Prince Yu had been brought here by Li Fang and also saw the letter from Yu Dayou sent by Wei Guangde.

In military affairs, military and national important weapons, King Yu never expected that someone would make such a big mistake.

The court was already considering the promotion of the judge this time, and at this time they came out and said that the thief fled on a boat.

At this time, King Yu lowered his head and thought about the possible changes in this matter.

It was similar to what Wei Guangde thought. King Yu hoped that Zhang Lian would encounter the trouble of Shanghai this time when he went to sea. It would be better to die outside directly. Although the person was not killed by the official army, as long as the person did not appear in the Ming Dynasty, this matter would be considered a complete story.

What I fear most is that the court praised the soldiers who were successful in this battle, and the whereabouts of Zhang Lian were reported there.

King Yu did not doubt the authenticity of the letter, and Yu Dayou did not need to lie to him in this matter.

"Mr. Zhang Nie and Zhang must know about this. I think he is more worried than us at this time. That is, Zhang Lian appears on the territory of the Ming Dynasty again and will definitely make some arrangements in the court."

Wei Guangde continued.

"What do you mean is that he will tell Mr. Xu secretly about this?"

King Yu looked up at Wei Guangde, wondering why he said that.

Because Emperor Jiajing did not attend court, foreign officials wanted to deliver the news directly to the imperial court, but there was no other way except through the cabinet and several ministers.

In other words, if this matter is to be concealed from Emperor Jiajing, someone in the cabinet must be able to suppress it. As for the other ministers, no one will be meddling in other people's affairs, except the Minister of War.

"If this matter spreads, it will not have a big impact on us."

King Yu spoke at this time.
To be continued...