Dongguan Bo He Rong came out of the palace, got on the carriage and returned to the mansion.? ?
Naturally, He Rong was the only one in the carriage, and He Rong did not speak, but his brain did not seem to be as quiet as his outside.
Although He Rong was given the title of Dongguan Bo, which is well known to be a place in Guangdong, he was not from Guangdong, but from Fengyang Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown. He was only given the title of Dongguan Bo because of a great victory in Dongguan, just like Geng Bingwen. It's the same as adding the title of Marquis of Changxing.
He had not been on the battlefield for a long time since Hongwu put down a rebellion in Guangxi in the 24th year of Hongwu. There were many generals in the Ming Dynasty, and he was not lacking. So he was just hanging around in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Don't let Zhu Yuanzhang notice him and let him live peacefully.
Historically, his dawdling plan failed, and he was finally killed in the Lan Yu case; but in this time and space, he survived safely. He also got the command of the first battle in the Jianye period.
He Rong naturally felt that it was a waste to use an earl to command a war involving two naval divisions, four 6th naval divisions, and a total of almost 34,000 people. However, he still felt that it was a waste to obtain this command right. And happy, because it means that the emperor still remembers him and is willing to give him tasks.
He Rong thought: 'This battle must be won cleanly. Although I have commanded water battles, I am not proficient in them after all. In this case, I will not covet the credit of water battles and let Zhang Xiaodong command. Well, if we lose, there will be someone to shirk.'
"But we can't give up the 6th battle; firstly, I am from the 6th Division, and it is unreasonable to give up the command of the 6th battle; secondly, Huaying is young after all, and it will not look good if she loses; thirdly, the commander has to give up and leave. There is not much credit left, and it is not easy to take credit from subordinates."
'Besides that, there are also the armies of the vassal states to command. I can't believe the armies of these vassal states, and they may not have many soldiers. They can just do some transporting and guarding the prisoners.'
He Rong was thinking about the war all the way, and the car had already arrived at the gate of his mansion.
As soon as he got off the car and walked into the mansion, his wife Qin came out to greet him.
He Rong didn't care and followed her into the backyard to rest.
But when he came to his dormitory, he felt something was wrong; under normal circumstances, although he had strict rules, his wife welcomed him into the house and left to handle housework, but she was still by her side today.
He Rong asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Qin sat next to him and said, "Master, are you appointed to be the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang War?"
He Rong said: "That's it, what's wrong? Is there someone who wants to use connections to gain merit?" He Rong immediately thought of this situation.
If someone comes to take advantage of the merit, He Rong will make it convenient for them. After all, it is convenient for him. However, there will not be many places. He is afraid that the emperor will blame him, and he will ask whether it is just to take advantage of the merit or if he wants to make some real merit. , different types have different processing methods.
He Rong added: "If someone from the Duke's family is here, then you can agree. If a general can't give it, guerrilla warfare is still possible; but it can't be more. How many people are relying on connections now?"
Mrs. Qin said: "I have a governor who is here to help me. I will talk to the master later. What I want to say is the third child in our family..."
When He Rong heard him say the word "Lao San", he immediately interrupted: "San'er still wants to take advantage of his merits? Let him dream. He doesn't think it's embarrassing, but I'm afraid of it!"
"If he didn't study well all day long, he would wander around the brothels and alleys, and get jealous of others. If not for..., I would have taken him home and broken his legs." If he hadn't felt that it was nothing to make Zhu Yuanzhang think that his son was incompetent.
The downside is that his other sons are pretty good. He has kept his third son, He Hong, at home for a long time. In the past six months, most of the brothels have closed down. He forgot about this, otherwise his third son would not have been able to leave the house.
For He Rong, he has four sons, and there is no shortage of this one; but for the Qin family, she only has two sons. As the eldest son, he will be succeeded by an earl in the future and has a bright future, but the younger son has no worries all day long.
Their family is not a top noble who can ask Yunxi to grant hereditary titles to other legitimate sons, so the Qin family has been worried about the future of her youngest son.
So she took every opportunity to work for her youngest son's future. But not only was it difficult for her as a woman to ask for help from others, but she also couldn't ask for help from people she wasn't close to. People who were close to her also knew that He Rong was concerned about this son.
Her attitude was that she would not agree, so her efforts were always in vain.
Now the master of the family happened to be the commander-in-chief, so she begged He Rong to take her son to do meritorious service.
Hearing what He Rong said, Mrs. Qin was not discouraged and kept persuading her for several days. In the end, He Rong couldn't bear the love between husband and wife and had to agree.
When Qi Tai came home from get off work, his wife Yu Minyue came to greet her at the gate. Qi Tai immediately held her hand and said: "Although the weather is getting warmer, it is still cold, so why do you come to the gate to greet her."
Yu Minyue twitched her hand but did not pull it out, so she could only blush and walk in with him. At the same time, she said: "In the past, when I was cooking at our house, I could cook when you came in.
There is nothing going on now, and our family is not like a big house with countless things going on, so I think it would be good to come out and greet you when you come back."
Qi Tai walked into the house, and his daughter Qi'er came out and said to him, "Daddy." Qi Tai touched his daughter's head and said, "Yes."
Not long after, the cook at home prepared the rice and brought it out for Qitai's family to eat. Yu Minyue held her four-year-old son in her arms and fed him.
Since Yunxi's new policy on official salaries has been implemented, officials no longer have to have enough money to cover normal expenses because they have no other income except salary. Take Qitai's family as an example. In the 31st year of Hongwu, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and for one year
The income is enough to support the expenses of the people living in the capital. Qitai lives frugally, and the mansion belongs to the government, so it is enough for his father, brother and his whole family to live in the capital.
Because Yu Minyue's promotion to Qitai's official position was also a serious imperial decree, according to the people's point of view at the time, it was not appropriate to cook by herself, so her family hired a couple to cook and do some cleaning work in the mansion.
.Qitai and his wife are responsible for other housework.
After a while, Qi Tai finished his meal and asked his daughter Qi'er to take his son Qi Fu down. He and his wife Yu Minyue came to the guest room.
Yu Minyue knew that Qi Tai had something to say to her. After closing the door, she asked, "What's wrong? Is it a matter in the old family or an official matter?" Qi Tai always thought that his wife was very smart.
I discussed many things with Yu Minyue.
Qitai sighed and said, "It's a matter of the government."
"I have been assisting Your Majesty since the 25th year of Hongwu. At that time, the people in His Majesty's vassal were very friendly to each other and very united. Even if they were different in civil and military affairs, they were very close to each other."
"I didn't expect that His Majesty has only been on the throne for more than half a year, and now he has begun to fight for power. Although they are still friendly on the surface when they meet, they are no longer in harmony with each other."
What Qi Tai was talking about was that these close ministers of Yunxi had begun to have conflicts with each other. Now that Yunxi has been in power for more than half a year, although Yunxi has not yet fully taken control of the court, almost all the people he sent to take charge of a certain department can control him.
department.
These people all look forward to Shu. They look forward to power when they have no power, and hope for more power after they have a little power. This is what these ministers of Yunxi are like.
If you are a minister, if you feel that you are a close confidant of Yunxi but you are not the minister, you will fight for power within the department, but it is difficult for the minister to deal with it; if you are a minister or in charge of the first department, you will have ambiguous matters with other departments.
Fight for power.
Lian Zining served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, one of the six ministries, but now he is quite arrogant, and his relationship with Bao Zhao and Chen Xingshan is not good; now Qi Tai has become the Winter Auxiliary Officer, and he and Qi Tai often quarrel over some things.
Jing Qing, who has become the Minister of War, and Chen Xingshan are also very unhappy. Jing Qing thinks that he has to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of War. Except for the matters of the full-time military doctors that Yunxi personally ordered Chen Xingshan to take care of, he has to cooperate with Chen Xingshan in everything.
Fight. Although Chen Xingshan had a gentle temperament, he could not allow others to infringe on his rights, so the two of them often quarreled, especially after Chen Xingshan was no longer the auxiliary officer in winter.
It was better when Qi Tai of the Ministry of Revenue was there, but there were also undercurrents after Qi Tai promoted Li Ren to the position of Shangshu for Dongfu. Yang Ren felt that he was from Zhan Shifu, although he knew that Yunxi had given him a heavy responsibility and it was not convenient for him to be a Shangshu.
He is also dissatisfied; Li Ren thinks that he has known Yunxi since the 25th year of Hongwu and is not afraid of Yang Ren. Although the two are still humble to each other and look good on the surface, they are still competitive.
Qi Tai was not very familiar with military generals, but Guo Zhen now claimed to be the most trusted general from Zhan Shifu, and he was not very happy with Geng Xuan, who was actually more senior.
This is just the old man of the vassal Yunxi. The people in the palace do not dare to compete with the four auxiliary officials for the time being, but there is also a struggle for power with each other. Fortunately, under the nose of Yunxi in the palace, there is no such thing.
Dare to go too far.
The Tongshishe people, whom Qitai didn't know very well, seemed to have problems too.
There is no doubt that these people are loyal to Yunxi, but they are also indispensable for fighting for power and profit.
Qi Tai sighed and told Yu Minyue part of the matter. He actually knew that Yu Minyue had no way to solve this matter, but it was just because he had no one to share these matters with, and he felt uncomfortable holding it in his heart.