The Prosperous Era of Longwan

There are constant rumors in the capital, and from time to time there are rumors that they will gradually increase the number of bribes from local officials on their way south.

Finally, the officials in the capital also realized something was wrong.

Zhengzheng Zhang Juzheng went south to bury his father was not in the capital, and for a moment, rumors swept across the entire capital.

"Shandai, have you heard the rumors in the capital?"

On that day, Wei Guangde was working in the office and got the information that Zhang Siwei asked for a meeting.

Zhang Siwei couldn't wait to ask when he brought Zhang Siwei into the duty room.

Wei Guangde observed carefully for a while and saw that Zhang Siwei's expression was not different, so he smiled and said, "I already know this, and I also notified the Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate to investigate it closely."

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Yes, at the beginning, Wei Guangde just called the Jinyiwei to pay attention to the rumors in the capital. However, when all the rumors were surging, Zhang Ji felt that the situation was wrong and quietly reported to him, Wei Guangde gave a note to the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate.

Otherwise, with the fact that the Censorate was urinating, the news of the incident would be heard, and the memorials impeached Zhang Juzheng would have already covered the cabinet.

"That's good. I heard the rumors outside these two days, and it's getting worse and worse, and I don't know what's wrong."

Zhang Siwei wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead and said to Wei Guangde.

He knew that the news had been a few days ago, and when he saw the message spread more and more intensely, he was a little surprised and could only ask Wei Guangde to solve it.

He could also work hard at the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate, but some things must be clear about by those in power.

"But, although I know that someone is deliberately spreading rumors, the spreaders are very cautious and seem to keep changing people to spread out all kinds of outrageous words.

Many of the rumors circulating in the market are half true and half false.

The most important thing is that the first person who came out of the news would magically disappear after half a day after missing the face in the capital, and the Jinyiwei could not find out whereabouts. ”

Yesterday, Wei Guangde and Feng Bao asked Liu Shouyou for detailed inquiries about this matter.

According to Liu Shouyou, those who spread rumors would only say a few words in the prosperous places in the capital, but when the Jinyiwei arrived, they had already quietly left the city.

But they followed him, but there was no clue at all. They could only be sure that someone had planned to spread rumors and accused Zhang Juzheng, and had a very orderly advance and retreat.

Although the Jinyiwei intervened, he could not find any clues.

Later generations actually suspected that the Jinyiwei was exaggerated. The people who handled the case in the Jinyiwei were actually just a group of police detectives who inherited their father's business.

Maybe I have heard more stories and are more professional, but if I say how powerful it is, it would be too bad for them.

The Jinyiwei gained great reputation, but in fact, it was only by handling the imperial cases, especially those major cases that often involved tens of thousands of people in the early Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there are also many people in the lower class of the Jinyiwei who commit crimes, which leaves a very bad impression among the people.

In this regard, Feng Bao had no other way except to scold Liu Shouyou.

Wei Guangde could only instruct him to send additional personnel to monitor all parts of the capital, and to arrest and interrogate immediately if he found someone with suspicious signs.

The so-called suspicious person is naturally the one who dresses up and talks about the incident of the Prime Minister's going south.

Before leaving, Wei Guangde reminded Liu Shou that the Jinyiwei on the market is probably already familiar with each other, so it is best to change a batch.

Now, when Wei Guangde saw Zhang Siwei relaxing his expression, he continued to say, "Now all departments are pursuing this matter. Have you not seen that the Censorate has not mixed with those rumors?

Chen Zan also knew the situation, and the censor of the city patrol was also given the responsibility to track down rumors. There is no ban now, just to catch people and find out the instructions behind the scenes. ”

"Shan Loan is extremely well-designed, but I have lost my composure."

Speaking of this, Zhang Siwei is inevitably embarrassed.

If Zhang Siwei could still sway between Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong before, after Gao Gong died, only Zhang Juzheng could rely on.

As for Wei Guangde, he would not consider it.

Just a ten thousand-year-old second child, Zhang Juzheng can work for at least ten years. In these ten years, as long as Wei Guangde’s family has some problems and Wei Guangde returns to his hometown to worry, he may replace him as the second assistant.

Regardless of whether the cabinet is supplemented or not, he has an advanced advantage. Even if Ma Ziqiang successfully enters the cabinet, he has to be behind him.

"By the way, why has the palace not responded to the Prime Minister's proposal to supplement the cabinet?

Before Zhang Juzheng left, he wanted to add one cabinet minister, and Ma Ziqiang had the greatest possibility after the recommendation.

However, after entering the palace, there was no wave of waves rising like a rock sinking to the sea.

Wei Guangde knew about this, but Feng Bao was actually responsible for this matter.

Feng Bao was a little dissatisfied with Ma Ziqiang and deliberately said bad things about Ma Ziqiang in front of the two palaces and the little emperor, saying that the old man was stubborn and could easily cause cabinet disputes, so he still had to think twice.

As for the cabinet's many responsibilities and busy official duties, in the more than a month when Zhang Juzheng returned to the mansion to observe the system, Wei Cifu also handled the cabinet affairs in an orderly manner without any omissions. It seemed that the cabinet did not need to make up for the people.

This time, Zhang Juzheng went south to return to his hometown, which was only delayed for three or four months. He would return to the court after the matter was done, but he would not take advantage of the court. He would delay the return of three or five months before he came back. He could rest assured about cabinet affairs.

The news was extremely close, and Ma Ziqiang himself didn't know it.

That is, Zhang Juzheng, Wei Guangde, Feng Bao, and the three people in the palace knew about it.

Wei Guangde has no concern about the cabinet's replenishment. Feng Bao must insist on targeting Ma Ziqiang, and Wei Guangde will not be embarrassed with Feng Bao because of him.

Similar situations in later generations are not uncommon. Those in power do not interfere in some matters for some reasons, but let relevant personnel deal with them themselves, and they are concerned about the relationship between officials, but they do not know that the matter will be beyond recognition and become a grassroots criticism. A manifestation of inaction.

However, Wei Guangde didn't care about this. After all, the matter was still quite important. At this time, the people of Sijiu City did not know so many twists and turns behind them. They were still happy about the rumors about the Chief Auxiliary, and they didn't know at all. There are already many people behind this.

Wei Guangde looked at Zhang Siwei and smiled bitterly, "I don't know why the palace didn't send back that memorial.

Wait, this matter is not something you and I can decide. ”

Afterwards, Zhang Siwei chatted with Wei Guangde for a few more words, then stood up and said goodbye to leave, but Lu Bu stepped into the duty room first and came to Wei Guangde with a document in his hand.

"What's the matter?"

Wei Guangde asked out loud.

"The Ministry of War reported urgently that Qi Jiguang defeated the Taining tribe leader, Xu Zhuhai's camp located in Pishan, captured 430 levels, killed five of his leaders, seized tens of thousands of equipment, etc.

This is the Ministry of War’s victory receipt, please check it out. ”

Lu Bu hurriedly said to Wei Guangde.

Hearing that it was a good news, Wei Guangde smiled and reached out to take it and looked like it.

Liaodong Mongolia had been mixed with Wang Gao for a long time before, and it was often the Mongolian and Jurchens who jointly attacked the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Wang Gao's troops have been broken, only the Mongols outside the walls in Liaodong are still jumping around from time to time.

Half a month ago, the Ministry of War received an urgent report from Liaodong. The Taining Ministry quickly joined forces with the Tuman Ministry to invade the border. Qi Jiguang reported to the plan to lead the army to Dingzibo, and advance around the border wall, and sneak attacked the mountain camp.

Now it seems that this battle should be a big victory.

Although there were only more than 400 beheads, there were probably thousands of casualties among the Mongols in this battle.

According to the rules of the Mongolians, if someone died in battle, he could bring back the body and get half of the property of the person. Therefore, it was difficult for the Ming army to obtain more seizures when fighting against Mongolia.

The Mongols were able to harvest more than 400 heads, which shows that the Mongols had been defeated by the Ming army. They were so panicked that they could not clean up their corpses.

After reading the document of the victory, Wei Guangde handed the document to Zhang Siwei, and immediately wrote a note when he returned to the case. The content was naturally to ask the Ministry of War to verify it as soon as possible and reward it according to the merits.

More than 400 heads are one of the few major victories in recent years, and naturally deserve the attention of Wei Guangde.

"With this great victory, Liaodong should be much more stable.

Even though Altan Khan was incompetent, he could not restrain Taining and Tuman, otherwise the northern border would have been stable. ”

After reading the memorial, Zhang Siwei walked up to Wei Guangde with a smile and put the document on the desk and said.

"It is better to seek oneself than to seek others. It is not necessarily a bad thing for the border army to achieve such a great victory and to intimidate other Mongolian tribes."

Wei Guangde smiled and said casually, "The Mongolian tribes actually speak by their strength. Now Altan Khan is old and cannot send troops to conquer the surrounding Mongolian tribes, so his influence on the grassland has been greatly weakened.

The great victory in Liaodong can at least ensure that the Mongolian tribes in other border towns dare not provoke trouble.

Liaodong is already stationed in our Ming elites. It is a good thing to let them fight out and show their power. ”

"Qi Jiguang did a good job in Liaodong. It was also a great achievement in destroying the remnants of Wang Gao from Gulezhai. He had to reward him well."

Zhang Siwei smiled.

"Let's talk about it after the Ministry of War approved the credit. After all, this is the affairs of the Ministry of War, and we don't have much time to intervene."

Wei Guangde smiled and said perfunctorily.

After Zhang Siwei said goodbye and left, Wei Guangde did not calm down and did things, but sat in his seat thinking about the Ming Dynasty's policy toward Mongolia.

Mongolia became increasingly unsatisfactory in the future. When he was still alive, Mongolia in Liaodong no longer listened to him, and he did not choose to raise troops to conquer like when he was young.

Wei Guangde vaguely remembered that at the time of Chongzhen, it seemed that someone appeared on the grassland who wanted to unify Mongolia, but failed and only led a few Mongolian tribes.

His descendants were finally in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, although they once caused huge casualties to the Qing Dynasty.

If I remember correctly, it seems that I have killed tens of thousands of elite Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

But in general, Mongolia after Altan Khan seemed to be in a split state.

Thinking of splitting, Wei Guangde suddenly thought of something, but he just couldn't grasp the key.

Then, he stood up a little annoyed and paced back and forth in the duty room, looking for that hint of inspiration.

"Split, weaken, split, weaken"

Wei Guangde murmured and said these two words repeatedly.

Finally, Wei Guangde was suddenly enlightened.

Due to the current relationship between Altan Khan and the Ming Dynasty, he also considered a leader who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty could control the Mongolian tribe by communicating with this leader.

But in fact, this is a double-edged sword.

"We cannot let the Mongolian tribes be unified, differentiate them, and let their tribes fight on their own and do their own good.

Even if Altan Khan appointed a successor, it would be dissatisfied for others. ”

Wei Guangde felt that he had found a key, which was the key to completely let the Han people solve the Mongolian threat.

As long as the Mongolian tribes are disagreement, those tribal leaders will be hostile to each other for the illusory, so-called "Khan" position.

If you cannot concentrate your strength, you will naturally no longer pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Even if one and two of them are hostile to the Ming Dynasty, their influence is not great. The Ming Dynasty is enough to deal with it, after all, they lack military strength.

Even if the Ming Dynasty is willing to offer high bounties, some Mongolian tribes will jump out to help the Ming Dynasty solve them.

"Altan Khan Shunyi King. Hehe"

Wei Guangde paused to himself and suddenly shouted to the outside, "Lu Bu."

"Here, sir."

Lu Bu was napping outside against the pillar when he suddenly heard Wei Guangde's shouting and hurried into the house.

"You send someone to the Jinyiwei to find Liu Shou, commander Liu, and Secretary of War Tan, and ask them to come to my office as soon as possible to discuss matters."

Wei Guangde quickly ordered.

There is no shortage of errands in the cabinet, and there are many people in the Secretariat outside.

Therefore, the order he issued here was easy to find someone to do the job.

Not long after, Lu Bu had returned and bowed in front of him and reported, "Master, everyone has been sent out."

"Okay, prepare tea. When the people arrive, they will clear the left and right. No one is allowed to approach me."

Wei Guangde ordered.

"Yes, Master."

Lu Bu answered quickly.

"Go down."

After waiting for the others to go down, Wei Guangde gradually calmed down his excitement.

Being able to resolve the Mongolian threat once and for all, I think this is perhaps the biggest thing he has done in this position.

However, this matter also requires the assistance of the spies installed by the Jinyiwei on the grassland and the Ministry of War.

With the help of the pretty good relationship between Ming and Meng, it may not be difficult to do.

Wei Guangde called him smart, it was okay for Liu Shouyou to have a place. Although the distance was farther, he entered the palace and entered the cabinet earlier. On the contrary, Tan Lun thought there was something wrong with the battle report in Liaodong, so he found the original document and read it. After a while, I asked about the officials of the department and then came to the cabinet.

"Brother Zili, sit down and have a tea first."

Seeing that Tan Lun's face was still a little sweaty, Wei Guangde hurriedly greeted.

"Stay good at loan, is there something wrong?"

As soon as he sat down, Tan Lun asked.

"No hurry, I have to ask Siyun what is going on on the grassland today."

Wei Guangde pointed at Liu Shouyou whom he called and said.

"Gei Master Wei, I wonder what to ask?"

Liu Shouyou hurriedly asked straight and straightened his body.

Tan Lun also picked up the tea and looked over with interest.

When Wei Guangde met, he did not talk about Liaodong, but mentioned the grassland. Tan Lun guessed that he had a wrong idea, and then thought of the Mongolian tribe in Liaodong.

"What's going on in Altan Khan's body now? What's the relationship between the tribes led by his descendants, and these people?"

Wei Guangde immediately sent a series of questions to Liu Shouyou. Before that, he asked the Jinyiwei to send secret spies to spy on the surrounding information.

Especially for Mongolia, Nanyang and Japan, that is the top priority.

Although Wei Guangde's problems were a bit vague, Liu Shouyou still picked up what he knew and said that he would not say the uncertain news, so as not to make any mistakes in the report.

"Gemaster Wei, Altan's body can only be said to be okay, but even the humble position is not enough."

Liu Shouyou said hesitantly.

"How to say it?"

Wei Guangde asked with a frown slightly.

"It is reported that Altan Khan is seventy years old and his body is not good.

But if you can't say it well, he can still go to Yanghua Temple to meet Sonam Gyatso." (This chapter ends)