It will also take some time for Jiang Gui to return to the capital from the southwest.

However, before doing it again, Zhu Qizhen also wanted to find out clearly about Jiang Gui's situation.

Jiang Gui was born in the fourth year of Hongwu. His grandfather, Jiang Congdao, started the army from Taizu, and his father, Jiang Ke, served as the guard of Baihu in Zhangzhou in the second year of Hongwu and settled in Zhangzhou. In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, he inherited his father's position as Baihu. He was later transferred to Beijing.

In the camp, it was subordinate to the Shence Guard. In the last years of Hongwu's campaign against Mongolia, men and horses from the Beijing camp were transferred. Jiang Gui was transferred to the Yanshan Guard.

Taizong Jingnan raised an army, and Jiang Gui joined the expedition. He was named Changguo Guard Commander and Tongzhi.

Later, he followed Zhang Fu in the Annan expedition. He also followed Taizong in the northern expedition, and later commanded Qianshi for the Pengcheng Guard. Later, Songpan rebelled, and Jiang Gui followed the chief military officer Chen Huai to pacify Songpan.

When Zhu Qizhen saw the commander-in-chief Chen Huai, he also had a thought in his heart.

He had seen this person before the court meeting. It seemed that he had been dismissed from his post because of some crime and was living in the capital. But even though he was living in idleness, his treatment was still there. Many important rituals in the court were not possible for him.

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Zhu Qizhen was careful.

The only thing that makes Zhu Qizhen regretful is that he is another veteran.

As soon as Jiang Gui went to Songpan, he stayed in Songpan for ten years. His hard work paid off.

After Zhu Qizhen read it, he felt quite relieved about Jiang Gui. At least the government and the public agreed that Jiang Gui was the right person to pacify the northwest, which was not unreasonable.

At least Zhu Qizhen felt a lot more reassured about Jiang Gui after reading Jiang Gui's resume.

The only thing that worried him was Jiang Gui's physical condition. He was born in the fourth year of Hongwu and is now over sixty years old. He has been on the defensive for so many years. Whether his body can support him or not. This makes Zhu Qizhen very worried.

He thought for a while and asked Shi Jing, "Are there any children of the Jiang family among the guards?"

Shi Jing was stunned at first. He thought it was that Jiang family.

To be honest, only those who are knighted in the imperial court can be called someone's family, otherwise there will be too many people with the surname Jiang in the world. Although Jiang Gui has profound qualifications, he always lacks a little luck when marching and fighting.

Now, although he is the general of the military and carries the seal of Pingman General, he has not been knighted.

Maybe after the battle in the northwest, he can be knighted.

Shi Jing has always been by Zhang Xuan's side and naturally knows the government affairs very well. So after hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, he immediately reacted and said it was Jiang Gui.

Shi Jing said: "No, Jiang Gui only has one son, who is weak and sick. He has been recuperating in Jiangyin all year round. Jiang Gui has an adopted son Jiang Wan with him. Apart from this, there are no other children of the Jiang family in the capital."

Although Shi Jing only manages a few dozen people, among the dozens of people, there are countless descendants of Xungui. Therefore, as time goes by, Shi Jing's information network is also quite dense.

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Zhu Qizhen frowned and said nothing.

After all, many things are always hard to understand on paper. It will take some time for Jiang Gui to come to the capital. Zhu Qizhen wanted to get to know the people around Jiang Gui and see how Jiang Gui is doing.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Gui's family members actually stayed in Jiangyin. It is estimated that when he was transferred to Nanjing Shence Guard, he also transferred his family from Zhangzhou Guard.

Shi Jing saw Zhu Qizhen frowning and said cautiously: "If your Majesty wants to find someone who knows General Chiang, it is better to summon General Chen."

Zhu Qizhen knew that Uncle Pingxiang was Chen Huai.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said to the people around him: "Bring Chen Huai's files."

Although Jin Yiwei's intelligence network was criticized a lot in Zhu Qizhen's eyes, it was criticized a lot.

The external intelligence is completely blank. There is no tentacles in Wazi, North Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Hami, and Nanyang. The brave and majestic Jin Yiwei can only operate within the Ming Dynasty. Even within the Ming Dynasty, the reaction to the northwest border is very small.

Insensitive, only after being beaten by Zhu Qizhen did he move faster.

But Jinyi Weidong Factory is not without its merits.

At least the task of supervising hundreds of officials was done very efficiently. Officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty, as long as Zhu Qizhen could name them, were included in the Jinyiwei files, which were more detailed than those of the Ministry of Personnel.

This is also appropriate. The Ministry of Personnel has agents from Jinyiwei. In other words, the original copy of this file was obtained from the Ministry of Personnel. Jinyiwei then sent someone to investigate and verify it.

Naturally, it is more detailed than the official version.

Within a moment, Chen Huai's files appeared in front of Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Uncle Pingxiang's resume carefully and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "He is also a veteran, and he is a general with outstanding advantages and disadvantages."

Can Chen Huai be beaten?

Of course it can be beaten.

Songpan was settled by Chen Huaiping. His methods were very ruthless. He killed all the chieftains in Songpan. Once a war broke out, countless people in Songpan would be killed or injured and fell off the cliff. Killing all the chieftains would almost stop a child from crying.

But when he was guarding Songpan, he was not a peaceful person. He hid the merits of his subordinates, mistreated his subordinates, interfered with the officials, and acted in a variety of ways.

Even the Songpan Rebellion had been put down in the third year of Xuande, but the rebellion broke out again in the fifth year of Xuande, which was inseparable from Chen Huai.

This is why his merits may not be inferior to those of Jiang Gui, but he is forced to live in the capital.

Zhu Qizhen thought to himself: "Chen Huai can be used externally, but not internally."

With Chen Huai's temperament, it is naturally possible to let him hold a sword and wear a sharp sword. It may be done well, but it may not be possible to let him guard one side.

If the Northwest War was simply about going out to the frontier, it might be okay to let Chen Huai do it.

However, Zhu Qizhen also heard one thing from Yang Rong's words, that is, if he goes to the northwest, Jiang Gui may have another mission, which is to rectify the military affairs in the northwest.

Therefore, Chen Huai cannot do this.

However, no matter how you say it, Chen Huai can be regarded as a pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He is a talented general and rarely meets him.

After Zhu Qizhen read it, he sent someone to summon Chen Huai.

But half an hour later, a veteran general was seen kneeling on the ground and said: "Chen Huai, the governor of the left, pays homage to your majesty. Long live my emperor. Long live the emperor."

Zhu Qizhen said: "General, please rise."

Chen Huai said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qizhen met Chen Huai and found that Chen Huai was a little younger than Jiang Gui. However, his appearance in his forties immediately interested Zhu Qizhen.

He had just watched Jiang Gui conquer Songpan from Chen Huai, and thought that Chen Huai was also a veteran, but he found that his judgment was wrong.

This kind of thing is easy to understand. Sometimes bad luck is a helpless thing. It doesn't mean that someone is older and gets the upper hand.

Jiang Gui is destined to be old. If this veteran can be used for ten years, it is already good. But Chen Huai is old and can be used for twenty years. He is still in his prime.

Although he has no special talent, he is at least a capable general.

Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards Chen Huai has also changed. Maybe Chen Huai will be his right-hand man in the future. Can he be a little nicer? He immediately said: "Come here, give me a seat."

Chen Huai was not polite, thanked him, and sat down firmly. He immediately asked: "Your Majesty, I have been summoned because of the war in the northwest. I am willing to serve the court. The clown in the northwest, as long as I am allowed to go out, I will definitely kill them."

The cooking is done cleanly and no one or horse is left behind.”

Zhu Qizhen didn't know whether to praise Chen Huai for his loyalty or to think that Chen Huai had no political sensitivity.

Nowadays, officials at all levels in the imperial court, as long as they have a little bit of political sensitivity, will know that the empress dowager, not the emperor, makes the decision on major affairs of the imperial court.

As soon as Chen Huai came up, he would challenge Zhu Qizhen for a fight.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know that Chen Huai himself had a bad personality and was not a cautious person. The reason why he climbed up so quickly was because his job was to calm down the deputy Qianhu.

Therefore, after more than 20 years of Yongle's life, he was promoted to the rank of chief military officer. However, because Jiang Gui's official rank was a hundred households, he only reached the position held by Chen Huai when he was 30 years old at the age of sixty.

Is Jiang Gui incapable? No, it’s just the difference in hereditary position.

This is also another shortcoming of the Wei Institute. If this continues, there will be no talent. I am afraid that without a hereditary military position, it is impossible to get ahead.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter has been agreed upon by the DPRK and Central Government, and Jiang Gui is appointed as General of the Expedition to the West to take charge of this matter. I have not yet met General Jiang. Today I summoned General Chen. I heard that General Jiang's former general was a general.

,Ask him what his abilities are?"

After hearing this, Chen Huai said: "Jiang Gui is good at pacifying the people, but his temper is too good, and he is far less decisive than me in killing."
Chapter completed!