Chapter 144: King Xiang Supervises the Army

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qizhen felt relieved.

It would be wrong to say that Zhu Qizhen was not worried at all about King Xiang leading the army in Yunnan. But there were people who were more worried than Zhu Qizhen.

It is the vast civil service group.

Because Zhu Qizhen was worried about the position under his buttocks, but the majority of scholar-bureaucrats were even more afraid of this.

There is absolutely no doubt that the civil servants are committed to safeguarding the unity of the country. No matter how much they criticize the emperor or even have different political opinions, they are more active than anyone else in safeguarding the emperor.

This is determined by the nature of scholar-bureaucrats.

This is also the reason why civil servants have always been supported by the emperor.

The great power of military generals was the situation in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, but the power of civil servants was great, and most emperors ruled from the top.

In the face of any threat to imperial power, they are more sensitive than the emperor himself.

This is the reason why Yang Rong wanted King Xiang to wait for the victory. King Xiang's identity is left here, but whether he has a position or not, he will have great influence in the army.

After all, the Southern Expeditionary Army numbered hundreds of thousands and was a huge force.

But this result was unacceptable to the Empress Dowager. She said: "King Xiang will stay in Luchuan from now on, and he will rarely experience war. Now let him practice with the Marquis of Baoding, so that he can stand alone in the future. What?

Yang Rong, do you think there is a problem?"

Yang Rong's heart suddenly skipped a beat when the Empress Dowager asked her a question.

Yang Rong was very afraid of the Empress Dowager.

When it came to abolishing the empress, Yang Rong, as the mastermind of Emperor Xuanzong, was often ravaged by the Empress Dowager. Naturally, he knew how terrible it was for women to be unreasonable.

However, on the issue of principle, Yang Rong did not want to compromise too much, and said: "What the Empress Dowager said is absolutely true. Since His Highness Prince Xiang has no experience in leading troops, if he leads troops rashly, he may miss a major military event. How about this, let's let

King Xiang serves as the supervisor of the army. How about acting together with Wang Ji?"

There were three people who really decided the war in Yunnan.

Mu Ang is the current person in charge of the Duke of Guizhou, and also represents the local military power of Yunnan. Baoding Hou Mengying. As the commander-in-chief, he is the core of all military command. There is also Wang Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Although Wang Ji had the experience of commanding a great victory in the northwest, in terms of military affairs, the imperial court still trusted the veteran general Baoding Marquis. Wang Ji focused more on logistical maintenance.

Yang Rong seemed to have given King Xiang the power to supervise the army, but he put King Xiang and Wang Ji together.

Who is Wang Ji?

He is from Yang Rong.

He was regarded as his replacement by Yang Rong.

Yang Rong knew Wang Ji best. There was no need to think about it. If King Xiang and Wang Ji were together, Wang Ji would definitely look down on King Xiang to death. No matter what Wang Ji said, he was born as a scholar-bureaucrat, and he was a Jinshi.

In terms of political stance, there is no need to doubt it at all.

The Empress Dowager is not satisfied with this, what is she going to say?

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and Prince Xiang went to Luchuan to build a royal palace as usual. However, Luchuan is still in the enemy's hands and it is located in the south of the country. I'm afraid it would not be good to carry out large-scale construction. I thought that the Ministry of Household Affairs should allocate thirty silver dollars."

After ten thousand liang, I will send you to accompany King Xiang to Luchuan, and then we will make a calculation."

"What do the Queen Mother think?"

When Zhu Qizhen heard the three hundred thousand taels, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

What's this?

This is naked bribery and bribery.

I have to say, sometimes this method really works.

In order to make Empress Dowager Li give up her rights, Emperor Wanli could spend a lot of money to give up the kingdom of King Lu. In order to let Cixi return to power, Emperor Guangxu also spent great efforts to build the Summer Palace.

Yang Shiqi had a little more in mind than Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen guessed that Yang Shiqi might think that this incident was the Empress Dowager preparing for her death.

During this period of time, several major events were done by the emperor alone. It was as if the Empress Dowager did not exist at all. From this point, anyone with a little political sense can see that the Empress Dowager returned to power.

soon.

It was also the time when the Empress Dowager was about to return to power.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the Empress Dowager to worry about her own affairs and want to make arrangements for her only biological son.

Therefore, Yang Shiqi's compromise on this matter may have this reason.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Yang Shiqi's calm eyes and kept making speculations in his heart, but he didn't know whether he was right or wrong.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a while and said: "Since the Chief Assistant has said this, let's settle it like this."

The Empress Dowager and Yang Shiqi are old partners. Their cooperation can be traced back to the Yongle period. They know each other well.

The Empress Dowager knew that Yang Shiqi would never allow Prince Xiang to have access to the power of the Southern Expeditionary Army. This was already his bottom line.

Although there was money in the inner treasury, the Empress Dowager knew that the seemingly more than 30 million taels of silver would not be enough to fight a war.

Once something happens, the imperial court will spend so much money that even gold and silver cannot sustain it.

Therefore, the Queen Mother will not use the money from the internal treasury. This is a point of view of the overall situation that the Queen Mother still has.

But without using this money, doesn’t King Xiang need any money?

If Prince Xiang really wants to take root in Luchuan, he will definitely need a lot of money.

Although the Empress Dowager is also planning to leave her private money to Prince Xiang, it is not much. Even if Prince Xiang's property in Xiangyang is included, it is not much. The total cannot be as much as three hundred thousand taels.

Silver was still very valuable in the early Ming Dynasty. It was only after Longqing that the circulation of silver increased significantly, and the value depreciated a lot.

This money is enough for King Xiang to do many things.

It can be said that this mother-in-law finally gave Prince Xiang something. She really has no control over what happens in the future.

After the Empress Dowager said these words.

This big meeting has come to an end. It ended hastily.

On the surface, this meeting only made one decision, which was to grant King Xiang to Luchuan, as in the case of King Sai in the early days of the country, grant him three guards, and place all the chieftains in Luchuan under the command of King Xiang

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But the aftermath surrounding a meeting is not so easy to calm down.

In the cabinet, Zhang Fu and Hu Hui both left.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu sat opposite each other, with their screens on the left and right.

Yang Rong sighed and said: "In any case, after the Empress Dowager's incident, the Empress Dowager will probably not interfere in the government affairs. This can be regarded as an explanation to the late emperor."

Yang Shiqi said: "It's just a small matter to grant King Xiang to Luchuan, but in the future, if your Majesty really wants to move the vassal vassal, you don't know how much trouble it will cause. Mianren, haven't you thought about it?"

Yang Rong said: "One Zhang Yi Chi, the way of civil and military affairs, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, he was conquering everywhere, but from the reign of Hongxi to the present, he has concentrated on recuperating and recuperating, and it is time to change his course."

"The Jinyiwei sent me a report almost every ten days about the movement of the thorns. Doesn't Dong Ligong really know the emperor's thoughts?" Yang Shiqi sighed and said: "The emperor is young and wants to make great achievements in the world.

It can't be stopped. It's just that once the war starts, how can it end as soon as you want? I'm afraid the war will last for decades, and then who will live?"

Yang Rong said: "Dongli Gong is too worried. You and I are old, how many more years can we last? The emperor is also a measured person, but he is just foreshadowing the future."

"I really want to fight Wac, but I don't know if we will still be there at that time. It is the responsibility of each generation. Unless you have a good student Yu Qian, it depends on Yu Qian whether you can stop the palace in the future."

Yang Shiqi said: "Don't you also have Wang Ji?"

Yang Rong sighed and said: "Wang Ji can't do it. I originally wanted Wang Ji to supervise Luchuan and also be in charge of the Ministry of War in the future. Who knew that the Empress Dowager was superior and pulled out the Marquis of Baoding."

"I guess it will be difficult to deal with Zhang Fu in the future and Marquis Baoding in the outside."

Among the Marquis of Baoding, Zhang Fu was the only one who had more military exploits than Zhang Fu. In order to gain a platform for the nobles in the capital, Zhang Fu must not go out to lead troops. Moreover, Zhang Fu was already rich and noble, so if he performed meritorious deeds again, he would inevitably be rewarded with merit.

The suspicion of Gao Gaizhu.

But the Marquis of Baoding was different.

It was really because of the stain on his body that he worked hard to make meritorious deeds and make the Meng family a top general among the nobles.
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