Chapter 22 The current situation of the Ming Dynasty’s border troops

Although Ma Shun followed Wang Zhen's path, he still has some ability.

In just one day, the Lu Zheng case was completely investigated.

The next day came in the evening.

Zhu Qizhen only had this time in the day to meet with Ma Shun.

Zhu Qizhen was in the Nuan Pavilion. Ma Shun came in and saluted quickly and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sit down."

Immediately, a young eunuch brought an embroidered pier over. Ma Shun only dared to sit down with half his buttocks, as cautiously as if he was touching water. Then he said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qizhen asked: "How is the investigation going?"

Ma Shun said: "We have sent people to Henan and also sent people to Wasi. The documents on the grassland are being sorted out. They will be reported to your majesty in a day or two. Please give me some time."

Zhu Qizhen said: "The whole Lu case has been investigated clearly."

Ma Shun said: "It has been found out that Lu Zheng is Fang Zheng's general. The Ministry of War wanted to punish him severely as a warning to others, but Fang Zheng felt it was unfair, so he wrote a letter to the British Duke."

"When the British Duke came forward, Wang Ji, Minister of War, could only ask for help from Mr. Yang Shiqi, but Mr. Yang Shiqi was not willing to cause trouble with the British Duke during this extraordinary period. That's why the matter was not suppressed." Ma Shun said this.

The situation behind the incident is explained in detail.

Zhu Qizhen also tasted some of it.

Zhu Qizhen knew that Ma Zheng was the guard general of Datong Town and could be regarded as a veteran. He was one of the heroes of Jingnan and did not make any great achievements. However, he always had this qualification and was experienced in the battlefield for many years. Only then did he become what he is today.

status.

He is also a general who can be relied on. Datong is under his command, so it cannot be said that he is completely without fault. But he is finally in peace. Lu Zheng is his subordinate.

Wang Ji and Zhu Qizhen, ministers of the Ministry of War, were also impressed.

Although the three or sixty-nine visits to court are all ceremonial, the ministers of the court also appeared in front of Zhu Qizhen. The Minister of the Ministry of War is also one of the six ministers. The highest level of civil servants, only under the cabinet bachelor. Naturally

He had to show his face. So Zhu Qizhen had met him and talked to him, but there was no deeper communication. Zhu Qizhen's impression of him was mostly recorded in the memorials in the documents.

Wang Ji was a very capable minister and could be called an official. However, he was also a pioneer in the conflict between civil servants and nobles.

The Ministry of War is in his hands, almost leaving the Fifth Army Governor's Office as an empty shell. The Ministry of War is in his hands. The personnel are expanding and the establishment is expanding. It's almost expanding. In name, all the world is under the management of the Five Army Governor's Office. Generals at all levels

.They are all under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, but the Ministry of War has a hand in these rights.

The nobles at all levels were naturally dissatisfied, but they were unable to resist. There were many reasons. The two most important ones were that the emperor stood with the civil servants. Since Emperor Renzong, the Ming emperors had been closer to the civil servants than to the nobles.

It makes sense. When competing with Emperor Renzong for the throne, many nobles stood on the side of the King of Han. Even though these people have been eliminated, the royal family still feels that only academicians are worthy of getting close to.

Zhang Fu's success today is also related to his closeness to civil servants.

Second, Xungui is also in a state of insecurity.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the heroes can be divided into the founding heroes and the Jingnan heroes. Now the Jingnan heroes are almost dead. Those who succeeded them are far behind.

Most of the generals who are reused today are not as good as they were in Yongle.

The civil servants have gone through the recuperation and recuperation during the founding of the country, and now after San Yang, there are indeed a group of capable ministers. Wang Ji is one of them, and Yu Qian is also one of them.

Zhu Qizhen understood the connection and continued to ask: "Did Lu Zheng kill and surrender?"

Ma Shun looked slightly hesitant after hearing Zhu Qizhen's words. When Zhu Qizhen saw this, he said, "Are there some things that I can't know?"

When Ma Shun heard this, he almost broke out in a cold sweat and said: "I don't dare. The Jinyi Guards are His Majesty's eyes and ears. They dare not hide anything from Your Majesty. Lu Zheng did take advantage of his merits, but he said that he wanted to kill him and surrender, which is a bit too much."

"Oh." Zhu Qizhen said, "How do you say this?"

Ma Shun said: "Your Majesty knows me. I have followed Emperor Taizong to Mobei, and I am familiar with the form of the frontier fortress. From the Hongwu period to the present, there have been continuous wars between our army and the Tatars. On the frontier fortress

, has long formed a habit, and every autumn, a small team of cavalry will be sent out to burn the autumn. The grasslands are burned, firstly to eliminate the food and grass for the Tatars, and secondly to prevent sudden attacks by the Tatars."

"So there is a real feud between us inside and outside the border."

"Although there are some lawless people who cross the border wall to trade with Tatars, most of the time, when you see Tatars, you still have to kill them first and then hurry up."

"Both men and women."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is it like this in Datong, or is it like this in Jiubian?"

"Most border crossings are like this," Ma Shun said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What about surrendering? Emperor Taizong and his father both surrendered many Mongolians. Are these dozen Mongolians not necessarily surrendering?"

Ma Shun said: "The number of people is too small."

"Although Emperor Taizong repeatedly warned Mongolia, those who surrendered were only the upper-class Mongolians and few Mongolian people." Ma Shun said: "The Mongolian nobles surrendered in order to show off their power. They are determined not to do so."

"You mean Lu Zheng is innocent." Zhu Qizhen said.

Ma Shun said: "I don't dare to vouch for Lu Zheng, but in my opinion, these dozen Tatars, including women, may be the Tatars who couldn't bear the drought and surrendered with their family members."

"But surrendering like this is just to add a few more military households to the border army. The direct killing was definitely not done by Lu Zheng alone."

"If your Majesty wants to find out the truth, I will rush to Datong to find out in detail."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said, "No need." He waved his hand and let the horse go.

At this point, Zhu Qizhen's thoughts were no longer on the matter of killing and surrendering Lu Zheng.

There are only two things he thinks about. The first one is the military discipline of the Ming army. Zhu Qizhen thinks that the fact that Lu Zheng was killed and surrendered must be true? After all, the Dingbu documents were so watertight that there was almost no breakthrough. Ma Shun

There was ambiguity in the tone. Thinking about it, I was not convinced. Even if there were differences in the charges, they were almost the same and could not be called unjust. It was just that the military officials were all aggrieved by Lu Zheng, and even the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Ma Shun, had the same attitude.

It was because they felt that Lu Zheng's behavior was too common.

Therefore, the military discipline of the Ming army may be very problematic.

Zhu Qizhen secretly wrote down this incident.

The second thing is the power struggle between the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office.

This was not the first time he had heard about this, but now he had seen it with his own eyes. The Ministry of War had taken over a governor, who was considered a high-ranking general.

The Xungui Group's response seemed strong, but was weak.

If nothing else, just look at the processing results.

The documents submitted by the cabinet can be accompanied by a draft, that is, a treatment plan. If the emperor does not overturn it, it will be implemented according to this.

The plan was for Lu Zheng to be exiled to Guangxi.

This matter, whether it is a big deal or a small matter, has resulted in the capture of a high-ranking general. And what Zhang Fu did was just making a fuss.

It can be seen that although the treatment of military generals is still higher than that of civilian officials, it is a period of decline and ebb.

However, now Sanyang is just relying on the trust of Renzong's lineage to suppress the nobles. If he wants to truly control the military with culture, he still has a long way to go.

The existence of Zhang Fu is an important example.

When the emperor was unable to rule personally and the power of the cabinet increased greatly, Zhang Fu was able to be included in it, which already explained the problem. In the highest power structure of the Ming Dynasty, a link of honor and nobility was absolutely indispensable.

When Zhu Qizhen saw this, he understood a little bit more.

But how to deal with this situation?

"What kind of truth is the truth I want?" Zhu Qizhen thought to himself: "In other words, what kind of truth do I want to give this case."

The ticket is in his hand. If Zhu Qizhen wants to, he can mark it out with a red pen at any time. It's just that it's easy to mark it out, but it's not easy to figure out what to write on it.
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