The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Yang Shangshu, you might as well consider asking General Yu Dayou of Guizhou West Road"

Just when Yang Bo thought that Wei Guangde blocked the road to recommend his relatives, he never expected to hear Wei Guangde speak from someone else.

Wei Guangde was still talking about the major and minor wars that Yu Dayou had participated in, while Yang Bo was already stroking his beard and nodding.

Not to mention, the person recommended by Wei Guangde is really suitable.

If Yang Bo didn't know much about Yu Dayou before, then he would have been remiss if he didn't know about it after the Battle of Datong last year.

But this is not to blame Yang Bo, after all, he has only been serving as Minister of War for a long time, and he stayed in Jizhen for a long time after leaving Xuanda University.

Wei Guangde was still talking about Yu Dayou's past experience, and at this moment Yang Bo actually had a candidate in mind.

What Wei Guangde is talking about now is actually because he is worried that Yang Bo will find it troublesome. After all, Yu Dayou now has a real job. He has to go through Huang Guangsheng to transfer, and he has to consider who will replace him. Not everyone is willing to go to that place in Guizhou. Yu Dayou has left for a while. There won't be any trouble.

However, there is something troublesome for Wei Guangde. In fact, if the Ministry of War makes a decision, it will only be a matter of a few official documents.

Of course, it is not just a matter of issuing an official document. After all, it is necessary to select a general to replace Yu Dayou. This is actually the most troublesome.

Waving his hand to interrupt Wei Guangde, Yang Bo said, "I know about your recommendation of Yu Dayou. The Ministry of War will discuss the matter as soon as possible."

After saying this, Yang Bo suddenly smiled and said: "If General Yu is in charge of Wan'an, Jiangxi will really be impregnable."

What he said actually showed his attitude towards Yu Dayou. This man was difficult to fight and was a rare general in the Ming Dynasty. Especially when Yu Dayou was still serving as the commander-in-chief in Zhejiang, he often led the navy to go to sea to suppress Japanese pirates. Blocked most of the Japanese pirates at sea.

This is also the reason why Japanese pirate attacks obviously moved southwards after the 36th year of Jiajing, developing towards Fujian and Guangdong.

However, in recent years, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong have continued to be harassed by Japanese pirates. Although Hu Zongxian's report was the retaliation of Wang Zhi's remaining troops, it must be said that Yu Dayou's conviction caused the navy to be unable to fight.

After Yang Bo finished speaking, he bowed his hand to Wei Guangde, then walked forward and returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of War. The minister and other officials from the Ministry of War behind him were also thinking about the person recommended by Wei Guangde while the two were talking. They all felt that this recommendation was still good. That's right, so they all smiled and gave him their hands, then chased Yang Bo.

After Wei Guangde watched them go inside, he also hurried to the Zuoque Gate. Today there was a royal banquet to entertain the vassal prince's palace and overseas vassal envoys.

On the day of the Wanshou Holy Festival, many ceremonies were held one after another, but this was the case every year, so there were no problems and the etiquette department did a good job.

On the third day after the Longevity Festival, the court returned to normal, and the official business that should be handled had to be handled, and the cabinet ministers and the six ministers and nine ministers were once again summoned to Xiyuan.

"Today, on all nine sides, Ji Town is the most important priority. Since the heart and soul are safe, the limbs have nothing to worry about. The only captives today are Yong Shao, Bao Wu, and three soldiers. They invaded Datong Zhenchuan Fort, and its chief, I replied to Huang Taiji. Keeping Du'er and Tuman invisible, lest their plans could spy on Ji Zhen, Fu Chengchen and others, I would like to offer six things.

First of all, please order the border ministers to drive away the bandits of Datong, strengthen the walls and clear the fields to solidify their defence, set up ambushes to defeat their front, divide the elite troops to attack their nests, and use the few evil ones to invite their horses to prevent the thieves from approaching Ji Town;

A guard against a thief must first detect with a single stone sentinel."

After the ministers entered the Yongshou Palace today, Emperor Jiajing directly asked Yang Bo about the pre-holiday edict and the strategy of the Ministry of War against the border town.

Yang Bo had already gone to the cabinet yesterday to discuss with Yan Song and Xu Jie, and basically decided on six strategies. Now he just read them out to appease the emperor.

After Yang Bo finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing frowned and asked, "The Ministry of War is considering that our troops will march into Bingji Town this autumn. Are you sure?"

"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of people were captured by the Xuanfu and Datong invaders before. There was no movement in other border towns. Ma Fang, deputy general of the Xuanfu army, once led his troops to attack the invading Tatars and found that they were not the elite Anda Khan."

Yang Bo replied hurriedly.

In fact, during this period, although the Ming army mainly defended, they did not blindly defend. There were also generals who dared to send troops to attack the enemies approaching the city. However, the results were not good, so naturally they would not report them.

Moreover, if all the Anta troops were not out and only a small number of Tatars were harassing them, the Ming army would still dare to fight if they had an advantage.

In fact, the main reason for the poor performance is the lack of cavalry in the Ming army. Even if they win, it will be difficult to prevent the Tatars from fleeing north. Without heads, it will be difficult for the generals to be identified regardless of what they say, and they may even be charged with falsely reporting military exploits. .

If most of the Tatars came to kill, the Ming army, although numerous, would be scattered in various military forts and would not have an advantage. Naturally, they would not go to war stupidly and would have to struggle to maintain the battle line.

After listening to Yang Bo's analysis, Emperor Jiajing's expression softened, and he turned to Yan Song and asked, "What did the cabinet say?"

Yan Song hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what the Ministry of War said is true."

After saying this, he looked back at Xu Jiehou who was nodding and continued: "The cabinet has no other opinions."

A small move, in the eyes of everyone in the room, it was natural that this opinion was the joint decision of two ministers in the cabinet, not the words of Yan Song alone.

"Yes."

Hearing that the cabinet had no objections, Emperor Jiajing was relieved and said, "All matters reported will be implemented, so that the Ministry of Household Affairs will urgently issue military rations to both hosts and guests."

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has requested that food and salary be distributed according to annual regulations."

At this time, Gao Yao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, stood up quickly and bowed.

"Gao Shangshu, the third district of Juyong Huanghua Town in Changping is closely related to the Xuanfu Huailai, Longqing and Yongning Sihaiye. The governor of Xuanda moved to Huailai in the autumn to support Ji Town. In recent years, Ji Town has repeatedly complained about the lack of food for host and guest troops. It should be distributed immediately, and I am afraid it will not be enough according to previous years."

Yang Bo said hurriedly.

The Ministry of Husbandry naturally considers spending less money, while the Ministry of War considers winning the war and preventing my troops from staying outside the pass.

For defense this autumn, the Ministry of War plans to mobilize a large number of elite troops to move eastward to assist in the defense of Ji Town. The natural consumption of the army outside will increase greatly. According to the usual practice, it will definitely not be enough.

Moreover, in the autumn and winter of previous years, the towns were short of military rations, so they naturally wanted to take this opportunity to speak out and try to get more from the Ministry of Household Affairs in front of the emperor.

Gao Yao was so eager to stand up because he was actually worried that Yang Bo would need money next. If he didn't take this opportunity to determine the amount of food and salary to be distributed, and Yang Bo would report how much he wanted after he came down, I think Emperor Jiajing would approve it. Yes, the household department is too passive.

So next, Yang Bo and Gao Yao began to argue about how much additional salary should be given to meet the needs.

In fact, the whole process was a complaint meeting between Yang Bo and Gao Yao, who complained to Emperor Jiajing one after another, because in front of the emperor, the final decision was naturally made by Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing also made the final decision after the two argued, "An additional payment of 40,000 taels will be made every year. It is ordered that the border ministers are not allowed to invade arbitrarily and must be practical and practical."

As in the past, the four words "no intrusion allowed" will be added to the imperial court's allocation at some point.

However, even if these four words are included in the imperial edict, for officials, those who should be divided into profits as a rule should still be divided into profits, and they will not give up money just because of these words.

You must know that the reason for sharing the money is that it "flooded", which is a normal loss and is not embezzled by anyone.

After talking about the military affairs, Yuan Wei also went out to report: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites reports that a total of 769 volumes of fresh sesame seeds have been imported from all over the world. There are not many of them with five colors and enough feet. Please apply for permission to adopt them next year. .”

"allow."

Emperor Jiajing immediately said that this was about purchasing Ganoderma lucidum, and naturally the more the better for him.

Cai Yuncheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, also came to join in the fun at this time and said: "Your Majesty, I wanted to come to Japan to report the matters that the prisoners should be sentenced this autumn. Now that I am in front of the emperor, I would like to ask Your Majesty to inform you."

Emperor Jiajing pondered for a while and then said: "In May, there is a drought. We should pray for rain and autumn, and we will be blessed with good luck. I am so grateful for the kindness. I will be exempted from punishment this year, and I will remain in prison as before."

After saying that, seeing that no one in the palace came out, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and motioned Huang Jin to take out the memorial that had previously been approved, and said: "Xuan Da Governor Li Wenjin, Governor Chi Fengxiang and others announced the government in the middle of July. I have heard that I would like to thank Deputy Commander-in-chief Ma Fang for his merits, and the Ministry of War will reply and ask for a reward. I have already approved it."

As Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, Huang Jin opened the memorandum and read: "Thirty taels of silver for the article, two taels of silk, Feng Xiang and the chief military officer Li Xian each have 20 taels, and Ma Fang is promoted to the second rank. , Counselor Generals Sun Wu, Dai En, Ding Chun, Counselor Yang Wei each have twenty taels, and Counselor General Wang Mengxia and other military sects will reward them respectively."

After Huang Jin finished reading, the ministers below had different reactions, but most of them had little to do with them. After all, except for Li Wenjin, Chi Fengxiang and others, everyone else was a martial artist, but Yan Song's brows jumped.

Wei Guangde's pamphlet has been handed to him, and Ma Fang's name is included in it, and he wants to seek the position of chief military officer.

Now that Ma Fang has been promoted to the second level, Ma Fang is now the governor. After being promoted to two levels, he has surpassed the governor, Tongzhi and the right governor, and becomes the left governor. The actual promotion to the general soldier is a matter of course.

Can't stop it.

Yan Song knew that this time everyone else had rewards, but Ma Fang was promoted, which meant promotion.

The emperor has this idea and he absolutely cannot stop it.

Yang Bo also had similar thoughts to him. How could he not know what the emperor meant. Considering Li Xian's current age, it seemed that the chief military officer of the Xuanfu was about to be replaced.

Someone from the Ministry of War wanted to transfer Ma Fang to Ji Town before, but he stopped him. After all, Xuanda was the northwest barrier of the capital and its location was extremely important.

If Anda Khan's future goal shifts from Xuanda to Jizhen, he might consider this matter.

After the edict was read out, Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne and looked at everyone and asked, "Is there anything else in the ministries?"

After convening so many people and talking for so long, Emperor Jiajing was a little tired.

In fact, the main purpose of calling people into the palace today is to talk about the affairs of the border town. If nothing happens, they should be allowed to leave.

At this time, Yang Bo, the Minister of War, came out again and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has a candidate for the post of Wan'an garrison."

"who?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Yang Bo and asked.

"General of Guizhou West Road, commanding officer Yu Dayou."

Yang Bo replied.

Hearing this name, Yan Song frowned again, not because of Wei Guangde, because Yu Dayou's name was not on the pamphlet Wei Guangde gave him, but he remembered that it was mentioned in the letter sent by Hu Zongxian before.

This person was supposed to be punished at first, but in the end Lu Bing used conditions to get him away. Later, he was promoted because of his meritorious service in Datong.

At that time, Yan Song realized that he could only suppress Yu Dayou as much as possible, so when the Ministry of War commended his merits, he kept suppressing Yu Dayou's rewards.

Unexpectedly, today in front of the emperor, Yang Bo mentioned this person again.

How to suppress him in front of the emperor?

Yan Song realized that he might not be able to stop this. If the Ministry of War reported it, he could still stop it in the cabinet.

Thinking of this, Yan Songxu narrowed his eyes and looked at Yang Bo.

"Yu Dayou?"

Emperor Jiajing muttered something, as if thinking of someone, and asked: "Is that Yu Dayou who made great contributions to Datong?"

"Exactly."

Yang Bo replied, "After Yu Dayou took office in Guizhou, he quickly put down several rebellions, and now Guizhou West Road has been stabilized.

This time, the Fujian-Guangliu bandits invaded Jiangxi. After discussion, the Ministry of War felt that it was a safe strategy to have Yu Dayou take charge of Wan'an. Moreover, Yu Dayou was familiar with mountain warfare. If the army invaded, Yu Dayou could supervise the army to attack the rebels from west to east. "

"What did the cabinet say?"

Emperor Jiajing did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie.

Without discussing with Xu Jie, Yan Song came out and said: "Yu Dayou has outstanding military achievements and is qualified for this position. It's just that he is from Fujian. This..."

After Yan Song said this, he suddenly felt bad because he didn't find the right reason.

He said this according to the rules of civil servants, that is, civil servants cannot serve in their hometown.

Wan'an is located at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian. Although it does not belong to Fujian, Yang Boke had previously said that he wanted Yu Dayou to send troops to suppress the rebels, so wouldn't he go to Fujian?

However, halfway through the words, I realized that Yu Dayou was a military official, and there was no such thing as a military official.

"What Mr. Ge said is wrong."

Sure enough, Yang Bo immediately retorted when Yan Song paused, while Xu Jie looked at Yan Song's back with slightly surprised eyes.

It was rare for Yan Song to make such a low-level mistake.

But soon, Xu Jie had his own guess in his mind. He was old, lacked energy, and didn't think well.

This is the fatal flaw of being the chief minister of the cabinet.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie looked at the others, and sure enough he found that many people looked at Yan Song with surprise in their eyes.

Yan Song's previous remarks were unreasonable, so he naturally couldn't find anything to say in Yang Bo's rebuttal, and he couldn't think of a reason to stop the matter at the moment.

Perhaps, if it was reported by the Ministry of War, he could ask Yan Shifan to come up with an idea in the cabinet and think of a reason to prevent the election of Yu Dayou, but in front of the imperial court, at this time, he really couldn't think of what to say to stop this.

After seeing Yang Bo finish speaking, Yan Song just remained silent. Emperor Jiajing also made a decision and immediately said: "Command the general Yu Dayou to serve as a garrison in Wan'an, and guard Nannan, Jiangxi and other places in Jiangxi."

Emperor Jiajing's words were of course the final word, and Yan Song didn't want to stop him anymore, mainly because he still couldn't find a reason.

After everyone exited the Yongshou Palace, Yang Bo was still very excited. Today all the proposals of the Ministry of War were approved by the imperial court. He was anxious to return to the Ministry of War to announce the matter, and the subsequent procedures had to be completed as soon as possible.

Yan Song walked behind, looking at Yang Bo who was walking quickly in front, with a trace of resentment in his eyes.

It didn't matter that he didn't stop Yu Dayou from relocating. After leaving the palace, Yan Song started to worry about it, so he just tried to bring Jiangxi under Hu Zongxian's management. Yu Dayou was working under Hu Zongxian, and he was worried that he would not find a reason to manipulate him.