"What kind of governor is Hou Xun with a false name? Hong Chengchou is the governor of the northwest, Lu Xiangsheng is the prime minister of the southeast, and Zhu Dadian is mentioning Shandong. Hou Xun is caught in the middle, and he doesn't feel ashamed."
Xue Guoguan suddenly became sarcastic and sarcastic. Everyone was stunned when they heard it. They immediately understood that Xue Guoguan was deliberately making Zhou Yanru look bad. Why? You, Zhou Yanru, are the Yuankui of Donglin, but Hou Xun is also a veteran of Donglin! In front of you Donglin
Xue Guoguan really knows how to choose the right time to ridicule you, a member of the Donglin Party, in front of the Lin Party.
Qian Shisheng, He Wuzou, and Zhang Zhifa were naturally dissatisfied after hearing this.
Zhou Yanru was also angry in his heart, but he did not get angry. He laughed dryly and ignored Xue Guoguan. He only asked Kong Zhenyun: "Hou Xun will naturally not cause trouble for himself, but since Xuanmo has submitted a memorial, the court will not give a reply."
I'm afraid it won't work. According to Mr. Kong's wishes, how should the cabinet be voted on?"
Seeing Zhou Yanru asking for his opinion, Kong Zhenyun was overjoyed. This was the hydrangea thrown by Zhou Yanru himself. If he didn't accept it, he would really be punished by God. At that moment, Huang Shijun said slowly in his somewhat sour eyes:
"Xuan Mo is posing a problem for us. If the cabinet approves him, I dare to ask the cabinet minister, how should the court punish Shi Dayong to appease the hearts of the officials and people of Henan?"
"Huh?" Zhou Yanru narrowed his eyes slightly and savored the words carefully.
Kong Zhenyun reminded: "Does Mr. Ge still remember the old things about Kong Youde?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanru's eyes suddenly opened. How could he forget what happened to Kong Youde? If it hadn't been for Denglai's incident, how could he have been squeezed out of the court by Wen Tiren!
"Master Kong, are you saying that if the imperial court punishes Shi Dayong, Shi Dayong will rebel like Kong Youde?" He Wuzuo was a little surprised how He Zhenyun could say this.
He Zhenyun did not answer directly, but said: "I don't dare to say this to my death, but you all must know that Shi Dayong returned the imperial edict seven times. What can happen to a minister who can even refute the imperial edict?
I can’t do it, but I’m very curious, hum.”
After hearing this, He Wuzou sighed. The cabinet's original decision to ask Shi Dayong to come to Beijing for an audience was made by him. Thinking that even the emperor's envoy Shi Dayong dared to detain and deceive in disguise, and then thinking about the opposition between the government and the opposition in recent years.
The self-respecting Shi Dayong thought that he wanted to say a few words for Shi Dayong, but he couldn't.
"Although Shi Dayong has lost his duty as a minister, if it hadn't been for him in the past few years, how could the border troubles have been eliminated. Speaking of which, the imperial court also owed him a lot. Even now, people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate are still holding on to Mrs. Li, the wife of Zu Dashou.
The blood letter is making a fuss."
Qian Shisheng had a good word for Shi Dayong, but he didn't dare to say too much. After all, Shi Dayong was a military general of the Ming Dynasty, but he respected his own troops and obeyed the instructions but not the propaganda. What he did in Dengzhou, Lushun, and Dongjiang
, all look like vassal towns that are estranged from the imperial court. Although he has repeatedly dared to attack the Eastern captives, what he did is after all a taboo of the imperial court, which makes people have to wonder whether he is loyal or disloyal. If the imperial court really issued a document,
His official position even meant that he would be arrested and sent to Beijing to be punished. This Shi Dayong was really imitating Kong Youde and rebelling, so every word he said for him at this time would be taken advantage of by someone with intentions in the future. I wanted to do it well.
After these few years, I have returned to my hometown to retire, but I don’t want to end up being dismissed from office again when I get old. I heard that Shi Dayong’s men are all surrendered generals of the former rebels. If they are not preserved, Shi Dayong will really do such a virtuous thing. Alas,
This matter is still very uninvolved. Wen Tiren has been the first assistant for four years, so he is not pretending that Shi Dayong does not exist. He protects himself wisely. He protects himself wisely.
"So, the imperial court really can't issue an order to reprimand Shi Dayong?" Zhou Yanru had a headache. He didn't expect to encounter such a difficult matter on his first day. Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, really knew how to pick a day to find trouble.
I'll have to find a way to replace him in a few days.
Qian Shisheng and He Wuzuo didn't have any good ideas. Xue Guoguan looked at the joke coldly and naturally couldn't expect him to come up with any ideas. Only Huang Shijun and Kong Zhenyun were eager to solve the problems for the new chief minister. Zhang Zhifa was like a
He sat there like a clay Bodhisattva and never said a word from the beginning to the end.
Huang Shijun racked his brains and thought, but couldn't come up with any good ideas. Seeing that no one was talking, he bit the bullet and suggested: "Why don't you submit it first and see what the Holy One has to say?"
After hearing this, Kong Zhenyun asked: "Does the cabinet need votes?"
"I don't want to vote, just hand it over."
"No!"
Zhou Yanru categorically rejected Huang Shijun's method. This was the first thing he did when he returned to the cabinet. If he couldn't even get a vote, how would the emperor see him? How would all the officials see him?
"Then what should we do? Is it still possible to suppress it?" Huang Shijun also felt a headache, and simply said: "How about reprimanding the director? It is their business whether the director of ceremonies approves the red or not, and the cabinet is responsible for it.
Already."
After hearing this, Kong Zhenyun opened his mouth and said: "What if the Supervisor of Ceremonies approves the red hair, and a rebellion is caused? How will the aftermath be dealt with? The hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits in Henan are enough to give the court a headache, and another rebel army will come.
, then everyone will wait for the emperor to punish you."
"This won't work, that won't work either, so what do you think we should do? Does the cabinet really want to pretend that this didn't happen? Do you think that Xuanmo will not go to the imperial court again?" Huang was repeatedly robbed by Kong Zhenyun.
Shijun was also a little anxious.
"Actually, even issuing an order to rebuke Shi Dayong would not help, but what about the commander-in-chief of Lushun who killed him? Can the imperial court really control the rebel generals under his command? Let me ask, if Shi Dayong is really killed, who is the commander-in-chief of Lushun?
Can they be replaced? Do we still want the Liaodong Army to defeat the invaders? If not, how can we let them go back? If they don't go back, how will the court deal with them?"
Zhang Zhifa, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked a few questions that made everyone else a little stunned.
"Don't forget what happened to King Qin's troops from Shaanxi during the "Jisi Incident"."
Everyone fell silent when they heard Zhang Zhifa talking about the army of King Qin of Shaanxi. When the Eastern Barbarians approached the capital, the imperial court issued an order to mobilize troops from all over the country to come to King Qin. Shaanxi also sent thousands of border troops, but the Eastern Barbarians retreated before they reached the capital.
However, the court did not give any explanation to these border soldiers, and even asked them to go back without food and salary. As a result, these border soldiers collapsed on their own before the halfway point. Except for a few who insisted on returning to the garrison, most of the others joined the bandits.
They mixed together and became the main force of rogue bandits who killed officials and rebelled.
If what Xuan Mo said is true, Shi Dayong, the commander-in-chief of Lushun, will definitely be dismissed. But who can take his place, and who can control his group of arrogant generals who can fight with the Eastern Tatars?
, when the imperial court asked them to suppress the bandits, but the generals were killed before the bandits were suppressed, how could the soldiers not make a fuss? Should the soldiers who caused the ruckus let them continue to fight against the rogue bandits, or should they be allowed to go back? If they were allowed to go back, what would these arrogant people do?
Will the soldiers be as fierce as the frontier troops in Shaanxi?
Zhou Yanru suddenly asked Qian Shisheng: "Where does the Liaodong Army's food and salary come from?"
Qian Shisheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Shi Dayong didn't ask for a cent of the imperial court's salary."
"Didn't you ask for food?" Zhou Yanru was surprised: "Did he really plunder all the way to Henan?"
"That's not true. In the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, Shi Dayong crossed the sea to the north to conquer the Eastern captives. I heard that he gained a lot..." Qian Shisheng suddenly stopped talking and stopped talking. Others also looked at Zhou Yanru with strange expressions. , even Xue Guoguan's expression was a bit inexplicable.
Zhou Yanru knew to some extent that Shi Dayong led his army to attack the Donglu. He also heard the truth about Shenyang's victory mentioned in the letters of disciples in Beijing. However, the cabinet chaired by Wen Tiren has always blocked this information. It is said that even the emperor also I don’t want to talk about it anymore. This Shenyang victory seems to have become a worry for the emperor, so that rumors are spreading everywhere, but no one knows what is going on. Looking at the expressions of these people, it is obvious that there is something behind this. There is really a hidden secret. It seems that I have to find someone who understands to ask about what happened in the past few years, Zhou Yanru secretly thought.
"Hmph, it seems that Xuan Mo is still troubled. If we follow his wishes and issue an order to reprimand him, but there is nothing we can do to Shi Dayong. If we don't allow him, he will have 10,000 explanations to extricate himself. It's really a fight. You have a good plan." Huang Shijun threw fire on Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan.
"Xuanmo did nothing wrong in this matter. If Shi Dayong really sent troops to plunder the place, as the governor of Henan, it would be a big mistake for him not to report the information." Zhang Zhifa said justice to Xuanmo.
Huang Shijun said bitterly: "He is right, so are we wrong?"
"They are all doing things for the imperial court. Who is right and who is wrong." Zhou Yanru waved his hand, stood up and walked a few steps behind his hands, obviously thinking about how to draft this memorial.
Seeing this, Qian Wensheng and the others also began to think secretly. While everyone was thinking hard about how to deal with this matter, Xue Guoguan suddenly walked up to Qian Wensheng, took the memorial in his hand and read it carefully, then sneered and said : "This memorial in Henan is unclear. I think it is full of big names, but there is no real fact. How can such a rumor be convicted? How did the Liaodong Army plunder, how did they kill good people and take credit for their merits, and how did they commit corruption? Even if you don't go forward?....Send it back to Henan and ask him to investigate clearly and report back." After saying that, he left the house without even looking back.
Everyone in the room brightened up when they heard this. Zhou Yanru also nodded slightly, turned around and said to Kong Zhenyun: "What Mr. Send the document to Henan and ask them to investigate and report again."