The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde did not return to the cabinet after the Ministry of War finalized the strategy. Instead, he rested in the Ministry of War until San Yamen.

After leaving the gate of the Ministry of War, he was stopped by Chen Yiqin's attendant before he even got on the sedan.

"Mr. Wei Ge, my master invites you to gather at my house tonight."

The chief attendant around Wei Guangde knew him, so when he came over, he asked him why and let him in.

"Did your master say anything?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

When I came out of the cabinet this morning, I didn't hear Chen Yiqin say anything was wrong.

There is something weird about sending someone to invite him now.

Ordinarily, given their relationship, it wouldn't be okay to treat them to a drink someday? Do you still need to send someone to find him?

The answer, of course, is that I don’t know how Chen Yiqin would mention such a thing to the senior attendant around him. After all, it concerns another pavilion elder.

After Wei Guangde got on the sedan and went back home first, changed his clothes, and then set off for the Chen Mansion.

Xu Jianglan returned to Nanjing, and would go back to Jiujiang to live for a while. After all, he was arrogant and never returned to Jiangnan after arriving in the capital.

It’s so easy to go home after such a journey, so naturally I want to stay there for a while.

What's more, the two sons haven't seen their grandfather and uncle since they were born, so this trip took a long time to plan.

On the way, we also want to take a look at Wei Guangde's property in Jiangxi. Father Wei has bought a lot of property for his two sons, not only fields, but also shops, which have even opened from Jiujiang to Nanjing.

Tonight's banquet, Chen Yiqin only summoned Yin Shizhen and Wei Guangde because no one else could help.

If Gao Gong wants to launch the intercessory inspection, he only needs to raise it in the cabinet and discuss it, and it can basically be decided, because the final decision is made by Emperor Longqing in the Palace of Qianqing, and it is difficult for him to refuse Gao Gong's request.

"Brother Yifu, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Chief Assistant to clearly reject Jingcha."

Only after Wei Guangde sat down at the banquet did he know what Gao Gong had said after he left.

Wei Guangde has long thought about using the capital to attack dissidents, but he has no way to do it, because the most powerful people here are the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and these two yamen are not in his hands, so how can he activate it?

As for Chen Yiqin, who was worried that Gao Gong was using the Beijing Police to make small moves, he planned to contact the cabinet ministers to oppose it with all his strength. Wei Guangde was not very optimistic either.

On this issue, there is not much that Chen Yiqin and others can do, that is, they can win over Li Chunfang to reject Gao Gong's appeal during the cabinet meeting, so that the cabinet meeting cannot be formed.

Without cabinet discussion, Gao Gong could only report the matter personally or in the name of the Ministry of Officials.

But even if Emperor Longqing approved this memorial and the decree was sent to the cabinet, the chief minister of the cabinet could reject the emperor's decree because the cabinet meeting did not approve it.

Wei Guangde understood what Chen Yiqin was thinking, but he didn't think Li Chunfang would get into trouble unless he didn't want to do it anymore.

"But if we allow Gao Suqing to act recklessly, it will only bring down the atmosphere in the court, and ministers will imitate him in the future. What should we do?"

After Chen Yiqin returned to the check-in room, the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he decided to have a banquet tonight.

"Unless the Chief Minister takes office and you take over, it will be difficult for the cabinet to reject his idea."

Wei Guangde picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, then looked at Chen Yiqin and said.

"Although Li Zishi said he wanted to become an official, in the past two years, apart from his self-report at the beginning of the year, when did he express his intention to return to his hometown to retire?

I see, he is still very happy with the position of chief assistant and will definitely not choose to leave. "

Yin Shizhen said at this time, "Besides, everything is just your guess now, Yifu. It's too early to make a conclusion. Why don't we wait until the end of the year to see the situation? Maybe Gao Suqing just said it casually, and maybe he didn't mean it." .”

"You think I'm being alarmist. When Hu Yingjia was still in office, he impeached Yang Weiyue for harboring Shanxi fellow villagers and being suspected of being a country party member."

Chen Yiqin immediately answered.

When Wei Guangde heard what Chen Yiqin said, he couldn't help but curl his lips. For an official like this, no one has close confidants, and they were either in the same year or from the same hometown, and the township party in the Ming Dynasty actually existed during the Hongwu period.

Yin Shizhen obviously disagreed with Chen Yiqin's words, but he still insisted: "Wait a little longer and see what his actions will be at the end of the year. It's really too early to discuss it now. No one has taken any action. You are here worrying about the country and the people." Why bother? ’

At this point, Yin Shizhen planned to change the topic, looked at Wei Guangde and asked, "How is the Ministry of War doing today? What's the plan?"

"The Ministry of War."

Wei Guangde followed Yin Shizhen's words and explained in detail the actions of the Ministry of War today. Hearing that the various defense stations below were already on the alert, they were relieved.

"That's fine. I just have to wait for news from Datong and the court will react."

Yin Shizhen smiled and said, "Have you said hello to Hu Bu?"

"Not really. The Ministry of Revenue should also have heard the news. After all, there is no airtight wall in this capital. The whole court was already aware of the Datong War at noon."

Wei Guangde smiled and said, "Tomorrow I will go to the cabinet and leave a note to the Ministry of Household Affairs, asking them to make plans first."

As the Ministry of War sent messengers to Datong one after another to ask for news about the war, messengers from the direction of Datong also continued to express war reports back to the DPRK. Gradually, the entire war in Datong was gradually fully controlled by the Ministry of War.

I don’t know whether Anda Khan has grown old and lost his energy or the winter freeze has had a great impact on the grassland. Although Anda troops came with great momentum this year, after repeated attacks in Laoying, Shuofang, Huaishan and other places were thwarted, this sneak attack Although Weiyuan Fort was very successful, it was ultimately fruitless because the Ming army refused to retreat.

According to the battle report, Yang Jin fought with Yang Jin in the west of the city. After a brief retreat, his power was almost destroyed.

Following the change, the generals Hu Zhen and Bai Tianfu led their troops to the vicinity of the battlefield first to contain the Anta troops. The Luqi offensive on Weiyuan Fort was immediately greatly reduced, allowing the Ming army to breathe.

Hu Zhen and Bai Tianfu led their troops and then met with Ma Fang's troops who came to the rescue, and got into a confrontation with Anda's troops more than ten miles outside the city.

Then Anda Khan sent thousands of cavalry to raid the settlement fort. At this time, Ma Kongying, the general of Jinglu Fort from the East Road, arrived in the fort and led his troops to defend the fort together with Hao Shijue who stayed behind.

The governor dispatched his troops for rescue at the right time. In a very short period of time, the Anda Division's raid plan failed, and more and more Ming army rescue troops gathered around him.

Although the war has not officially started, the pressure exerted on Anda Khan is also huge.

By this time, the Ministry of War had confirmed that the battle should be over, and Anda Khan would not be able to gain any advantage if the battle continued.

Although the battle report of Luqi's retreat has not yet been sent, optimism within the Ministry of War has already taken hold. Although many previous arrangements have failed, the fact that Luqi cannot break through is the greatest achievement for the Ministry of War.

While the Ministry of War was still waiting for the military report that the captive cavalry had escaped from the direction of Datong, the Ministry of War suddenly reported the matter to Wen Chunke, saying that the generals' merits were not worth their sins, and begged for a stricter review of their merits and demerits.

When the Ministry of War was preparing to submit a rebuttal, Datong Censor also reported to Pinglu City that General Zhang Gang was confident that he would lose his defense, and feared that it would penetrate deeper. He secretly communicated with the guards Zhu Jin, Zhang Jian, and Dong Shangwen, and adhered to Xu Bangji's plan, so that Hou Hou could be saved. , the news of moving troops to invade Weiyuan immediately caused an uproar in the government and the public.

When Wen Chun was impeached, Wei Guangde originally planned to stand up to support the Ministry of War and refute Wen Chun's words, but he immediately backed down after learning what Zhang Gang had done.

Send generous gifts to Anda Khan and redirect his cavalry to attack other castles. He should not be too familiar with this matter.

When I first crossed over, the general of Datong did this, which directly led to the Gengxu Rebellion. Anda Khan led his troops to attack near the capital, causing the imperial court to lose all its majesty.

Unexpectedly, at this time, another censor would report such a thing.

As Governor Chen Qixue, Governor Jin Xueyan, Fang Fengshi and others arrived in Beijing, the Ministry of War immediately changed its attitude.

When the Ministry was overthrown, Zhang Gang was the first to be blamed. He discussed the crimes of Zhu Jin, Zhang Jian, Dong Shangwen, Xu Bangji and others. The other governors and ministers should be rewarded for their merits.

"Shan Loan, do you think we should reward them?"

On the throne of Qianqing Palace, Emperor Longqing stood high and asked Wei Guangde below.

Wei Guangde struggled for a long time below and finally bowed and said: "Your Majesty, merit is merit and fault is fault. Zhang Gang and other improper ministers should be punished, and the governor has merit in management and strategy, and the generals also have merit and fault. Don't let the border town be cold." The heart of a soldier.”

Just the day before yesterday, Emperor Qianlong summoned Wei Guangde and Huo Yi to scold him in the Qianqing Palace, because seeing the Datong Memorial reminded him of what happened in the 29th year of Jiajing. It was because Qiu Luan, the commander-in-chief of Datong, supported the enemy and allowed Anda Khan to lead the army. The troops detoured, broke through Gubeikou and reached the gates of Beijing.

Unexpectedly, more than twenty years later, something like this would almost happen to him again.

If something like this happened to them again, Emperor Longqing didn't know how future generations would view them.

But today, it seems that most of the emperor's anger has subsided, and his rationality has returned. He knows that rewards and punishments are clear, and calling Wei Guangde is just to find an excuse for his outburst the day before.

"Ma Kongying and Yang Jin both fought with the Anda tribe and were defeated, so what should they do? Is this also a reward?"

Emperor Longqing asked again. In the meeting of the Ministry of War, Ma Kongying's merits and demerits were equal to each other, while Yang Jin was defeated but kept Weiyuan Fort intact, and it was considered that his merits outweighed his faults.

"At that time, the captives were so large that it was rare for the two generals Ma and Yang to dare to lead their troops out of the city to fight. However, they had to be punished for defeat. The two generals could be punished with a two-month salary."

Wei Guangde heard that Emperor Longqing still wanted to punish some people to let the generals know how powerful he was.

But now that the battle is won, punishment is just that. Salary is a dispensable thing for generals, and their way to make money is not the salary issued by the court.

Penalties have become the best means of beating generals to let them know that the emperor is dissatisfied with their actions, but it will not make people alienated.

"After I return to the cabinet, I will discuss the merits with the Ministry of War and let the military department also participate. Wen Chun will go to Datong on behalf of the imperial court to check and hear about the merits."

"According to the order."

After Emperor Longqing finished speaking, Wei Guangde immediately answered.

"Ask Jin Yiwei to go to Datong with Wen Chun and bring Zhang Gang and others back to the capital to question the charges."

When Wei Guangde resigned, Emperor Longqing gave another order.

It was only after Qiu Luan's death that "someone" reported the incident. He was eventually found guilty of treason, and Emperor Jiajing ordered his body to be opened and his body to be killed.

It is conceivable that there should be no more appropriate punishment for Zhang Gang and others after they were brought back to the capital. Apart from Ling Chi.

During the Great Tong War, Emperor Longqing's attitude towards handling the matter was very clear. After Wei Guangde returned to the cabinet, he discussed it with Li Chunfang, and then called Huo Yi and asked the Ministry of War to redraft the memorial.

"Remember to ask the people from the military department to sign the memorial."

Wei Guangde had a feeling that Emperor Longqing seemed to dislike people from the Sixth Section.

This incident was started by Wen Chun, and within one day it became known throughout the capital, and the people were in an uproar.

Regarding such a scandal, the emperor naturally wanted to cover it up and prevent it from being known to the outside world. As a result, the impeachment of the Bingke directly became known to everyone.

The people scolded those people, but it also undermined the dignity of the court.

After arranging the affairs of the Ministry of War, Wei Guangde was about to say goodbye and leave. Li Chunfang handed him a memorial drafted by Gao Gong and asked him to read it.

Wei Guangde was still a little strange. Thinking of what happened a few days ago, he thought that Gao Gong would start another inspection at this time, but he was really surprised when he opened it.

Gao Gong reported to his colleagues that the governor of Xuanda, Chen Qi, was not knowledgeable enough and almost caused a disaster. He should be transferred back to the capital as soon as possible to explore and use it. Xuanda was an important place and another good minister should be selected to guard it.

Wei Guangde's face turned red at that time. As soon as he asked Chen Qixue for merit in front of the emperor, Gao Gong immediately impeached Chen Qixue for not doing his job. He felt that he was being targeted by him.

"What do you think, Mr. Chief Assistant? Do you think Chen Zongmeng made a mistake in appointing Zhang Gang and others?"

Wei Guangde humbly asked for advice at this time and wanted to hear what Li Chunfang thought of this matter.

"The important thing is not what I think, but what your Majesty will think of this person if the memorial is handed over."

Li Chunfang did not answer Wei Guangde's question, but said.

Seeing that Wei Guangde was thinking and didn't answer, Li Chunfang whispered again: 'I heard that he said in front of that person in the palace before that Yifu's recommendation of Zhao Zhenji was nepotism and a provincial party member. ’

"really?"

Wei Guangde was shocked. When he spoke in front of Emperor Longqing before, he always pretended to be stupid when encountering similar things, and never talked about people behind their backs.

From what Li Chunfang said, it seemed that Gao Gong was speaking ill of him, Chen Yiqin and others behind his back.

"It's true or not, just ask for it yourself. With your relationship with the palace, you should be able to find out the news."

Li Chunfang just sighed and said, "That's why you and I didn't recommend a candidate for the general constitution, so we didn't give him a reason to criticize."

Wei Guangde understood the meaning of Li Chunfang's words, that is, he had no recommenders recently, so Gao Gong could not find a reason to attack him, so he gave himself eye drops during the Datong War.

He helped the Ministry of War and spoke for Chen Qixue and others. Gao Gong backhandedly told Chen Qixue that he was not in charge and that he should be assigned another position.

"There's another thing you need to know."

Li Chunfang looked at Wei Guangde and lowered his voice and said: "When your Majesty summoned me a few days ago, he ordered that all ministers who offended the previous dynasty and appointed them as gifts through posthumous edicts would be punished."

"Is there an edict? Why didn't I see it?"

When Wei Guangde heard what Li Chunfang said, he was immediately surprised and asked.

"Your Majesty's oral instructions were worried about causing an uproar in the government and the public, so he did not issue an edict."

Li Chunfang said.

Wei Guangde remained silent after hearing this. He already understood the meaning of this decree, which was actually aimed at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie used the gift of shirts to gain a lot of goodwill at the beginning, and his banner was to bring order to chaos. I guess this was Gao Gong's handiwork.

When Wei Guangde left Li Chunfang to check the room, he couldn't help but look back, shook his head, and left directly.