Just when Wang Yuan captured Man Su'er alive, the structure of the Ming Dynasty underwent drastic changes.
Brothers Yang Tinghe and Yang Tingyi went home to mourn Ding You at the same time because of their father's death. The emperor and his ministers also played a trick of saying three words and staying three times, but Zhu Houzhao did not win over Yang Tinghe and left him behind after all.
After Yang Tinghe left the capital, the court underwent a major reshuffle.
Liang Chu succeeded Yang Tinghe and became the new chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Yiqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, entered the cabinet, Lu Wan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Qiong, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, was transferred to the Ministry of War, and Shi Jie, the Yushi of Youdu, was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu.
There are currently four cabinet ministers: Liang Chu, Fei Hong, Yang Yiqing and Jin Gui.
Jin Lei's father-in-law, Jin Gui, Wang Yuan, had just been appointed to the cabinet by the emperor when he just led his troops on the expedition.
What is more interesting is Lu Wan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, who is Yang Tinghe's best confidant. As soon as Yang Tinghe left, he immediately became Liang Chu's best friend. At the same time, he was also Jiang Bin's "best friend" and had a very good relationship with Qian Ning.
.This guy has many talents, and he pleases the chief assistant, side generals, eunuchs, and royal guards at the same time. He even keeps in touch with Prince Ning.
Something like this is bound to cause a lot of trouble.
In order to please Liang Chu, Lu Wan once helped settle three hundred murder cases of Mr. Liang. In order to please Jiang Bin and Qian Ning, he gave away a lot of money privately, and naturally he had to double his corruption to get it back. Historically, Peng Ze caused the situation in the Western Regions
Corruption, Lu Wan can also block the sky with one hand and press the official's impeachment memorial.
The official administration of the Ming Dynasty was indescribable when Yang Yiqing was replaced by Lu Wan as the Minister of Official Affairs.
The prisoners and the foreign envoys were still halfway there, and the military intelligence from 800 miles away was urgent and they had already entered the capital.
"Great victory! Your Majesty, great victory in the Western Region!"
A eunuch rushed in the leopard room and ran towards Zhu Houzhao, who was admiring flowers with Concubine Zhuang.
"A great victory in the Western Region?"
Zhu Houzhao suddenly became energetic and said happily: "But Wang Erlang won another battle?"
The eunuch laughed and said: "Your Majesty, it is not just a victory. Scholar Wang destroyed Turpan. He also captured the enemy chief Sutan Mansu'er alive and expanded two thousand miles of territory for our Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Houzhao took the military newspaper, and the more he read it, the happier he became. He said with emotion: "What a great Wang Erlang, he really did not disappoint me."
The eunuch then said: "Your Majesty, Commander Zhu of the Jinyi Guards is here to see you."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Let him come in."
Qian Ning stopped dancing so much, and gained a lot of respect in front of Zhu Houzhao. He knelt down and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Academician Wang has a secret letter, and I asked the Jin Yiwei to deliver it to Your Majesty."
The previous military report was for the Ministry of War.
Now this secret letter is for the emperor to see. It is sealed with fire paint and passed through the royal guards, so that it is not afraid of being peeked in the middle.
Zhu Houzhao opened the gun paint and found this secret letter, which was much more detailed than the military report.
Wang Yuan carefully recounted from beginning to end how he recruited various Mongolian tribes, how he burned, slaughtered, and plundered Turpan, motivating Mansu'er to take the initiative to send troops, how he ran thousands of miles to seize the retreat, how he ambushed the valley, and took advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy.
Then, he analyzed the situation in the Western Regions, requested the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds for relief as soon as possible, and hoped that the imperial court would send more monks to the Western Regions. He also appeased the various tribes in the Western Regions and recommended Zhu Dangqi to guard Turpan from generation to generation.
Wang Yuan even included a map of the Western Regions so that Zhu Houzhao could understand it more intuitively.
Under the great joy of destroying the country and expanding the territory, Zhu Houzhao almost completely agreed to Wang Yuan's various requests, but he had some scruples about leaving King Guishan to guard the Western Regions.
Wang Yuan said in the letter: "In the land of the Western Region, there are many powerful countries, all of which are ambitious. Samarkand (Uzbekistan) has 200,000 soldiers, is brave and good at fighting, and is invincible in the Western Region. The Kazakh Khanate has 300,000 soldiers, spanning the western grasslands.
, the national power is far superior to that of the little prince of Mongolia. The Yeerqiang Khanate occupies the Xiangyang Land, and once led 1,500 cavalry to defeat Yuejibie Khan's 20,000 troops head-on, and captured more than 3,000 people. The Oara tribes in the north can go south to rob them at any time.
Plunder Turpan and the Seven Guards of Guanxi. The Seven Guards of Guanxi and the newly attached tribes are wild and untamable. Since the powerful enemy Turpan has been destroyed, they surrender today and rebel tomorrow. Only the Ming Dynasty royal family must guard the Western Region and immigrate to settle down for cultivation, so that long-term peace and stability can be achieved.
Make other countries dare not look eastward!"
Zhu Houzhao thought hard for a long time and ordered: "Recruit all cabinet ministers and six ministers to come to the Leopard Room immediately to discuss matters!"
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At the same time that Zhu Houzhao received the news, the Ministry of War also received good news.
Wang Qiong couldn't believe it after reading the victory document. He used to be in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and now he is in charge of the Ministry of War. He even knew what the Ming Dynasty's army looked like, and how difficult it was to fight on the border.
Wang Yuan actually led a thousand cavalry, three thousand gunmen, and hundreds of craftsmen to destroy the country in the Western Regions, captured enemy chiefs alive, expanded more than 2,000 miles of territory for the Ming Dynasty, and subdued the Xiaoli Tu tribe and the Yibu tribe.
.Xiaolietu used to follow Wala, and Yibucibu used to follow the little prince of Mongolia. They were both powerful enemies of the Ming Dynasty!
As for the Seven Seven Guards of Kansai, two of them have actually been destroyed. All together they only have two to three thousand riders, and they are all a ragtag group of people.
With the few troops on hand, it is more than enough to recapture Hami, but it will be very difficult to defeat Turpan head-on.
Wang Yuan not only defeated Turpan, but also destroyed Turpan!
Damn it, Ban Dingyuan is like reincarnation.
Wang Qiong called several ministers from the Ministry of War, took out the victory document and said, "Look, everyone, Bachelor Wang has made great achievements again."
After everyone read it, they looked at each other.
Among them, Wang Jing, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, was supposed to go to Gansu at this time to take over Peng Ze's errand to control the three sides. However, because of Wang Yuan's relationship, Peng Ze did not go to Gansu, and Wang Jing was even less likely to go to Gansu. He is still serving in the Ministry of War.
Zuo Shilang, Zhu Houzhao intended to promote him to be the censor of the right capital.
Wang Jing visited Shanxi four years ago and directly built more than 10,000 muskets. Fearing that the iron sand would be too powerful when sprayed out, he actually put poisonous arrows into the three-eyed muskets, which sounded like "you will be killed by three thousand".
The old gentleman took the battle report and praised: "There is no other extraordinary achievement in this world!"
Wang Qiong gloated: "Shi Shangshu should have a headache."
The newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, Shi Jie, was simply mistaken by Zhu Houzhao, who thought he was an upright and upright old man.
Whether he is honest or upright, we don’t care for the moment, he is definitely very courageous.
Zhu Houzhao later went on an expedition in person, and Shi Jie was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He actually did not send food and salary to the emperor, and was forced by the emperor to send half of it. When Wang Yangming was suppressing bandits in Jiangxi, Shi Jie directly transferred Wang Yangming's salary in the name of reforming commercial taxes.
The source was cut off because Wang Yangming was a confidant of his political enemy Wang Qiong.
Zhu Houzhao was so confused this time that he appointed Lu Wan, who engaged in favoritism and malpractice, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Shi Jie, who dared to cut off the frontline's food and salary, as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Wang Shangshu, Your Majesty invites you to go to the Leopard Room to discuss matters!"
Wang Qiong quickly came to the Leopard Room, and the cabinet and six ministries came one after another.
Zhu Houzhao was in a happy mood and asked with a smile: "How should I reward Wang Erlang this time?"
Jin Gui said: "Such a remarkable achievement should at least be given to the right minister of the Ministry of War."
Wang Qiong echoed: "It should be so."
Shi Jie, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly said: "I think we should be granted the title of Marquis!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked, wondering what was wrong with this old guy.
When Wang Yuan was in the capital, Shi Jie had been patrolling various places all year round. There was no intersection between the two, let alone any conflicts. Moreover, Shi Jie was not a member of Yang Tinghe or Liang Chu. It was for this reason that Zhu Houzhao promoted him
Be the Minister of Household Affairs.
This guy had nothing to do with Wang Yuan, but he suddenly jumped out to attack and wanted to ruin Wang Yuan's political future.
Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly turned dark, and he realized that he didn't recognize the person.
But there was no way to replace him, because two months ago, the cabinet recommended many candidates, but Zhu Houzhao did not agree. He did not get permission until he recommended Shi Jie. This minister of the Ministry of Revenue was equivalent to his hand-picked appointment.
Shi Jie was a standard civil servant who dared to give direct advice, advocated cutting expenditures, opposed military affairs, and looked down upon generals, eunuchs and sycophants.
In Shi Jie's eyes, Wang Yuan is not called opening up territory at all, but is provoking border quarrels, which brings unlimited financial pressure to the Ministry of Revenue. Shi Jie believes that Wang Yuan must be strangled to death as soon as possible, otherwise there will be trouble in the future.
, the Ming Dynasty's finances were collapsed by Wang Yuan sooner or later.
So what if Wang Yuan is the emperor's favorite?
Shi Jie still dared to stand up and attack, and the worst he could do was lose his official position. He had only been in office for three months, and he had already offended three eunuchs and a monk, all of whom were favored by the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao held back his anger and forcibly said: "Let's not talk about the matter of being granted a title. He promoted Wang Erlang to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, gave him a python suit, and made him an official. His parents and wives were all rewarded. As for the soldiers who accompanied the army,
, the cabinet will discuss a reward regulation."
"yes!"
Liang Chu led his ministers to receive the order.
Compared with Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, the first assistant, was much more well-behaved. Unless the emperor wanted to lead a personal expedition, he didn't bother to stop anything else. Anyway, the emperor could do whatever he wanted.
Zhu Houzhao asked Shi Jie again: "The land in Guanxi needs relief. How much food can the Ministry of Household Affairs allocate?"
Shi Jie said: "Ten thousand taels of silver and thirty thousand shi of grain."
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "After this little money and food are consumed along the way, how much will be left after being transported to Guanxi?"
Shi Jie was quite a bachelor: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is really in trouble and can't come up with more money."
Zhu Houzhao discussed: "How about thirty thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand shi of grain?"
Shi Jie knelt down and kowtowed: "I am sorry that I am incompetent and it is difficult to raise funds."
Zhu Houzhao really wanted to kill this guy, but he had to pinch his nose to recognize the person he appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He really missed Wang Qiong when he was the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. As long as he needed money and food, Wang Qiong would do everything possible to help him.
Can be delivered in time.
"That's it, you can think of a way!" Zhu Houzhao said in a serious tone.
"My lord, do your best." Shi Jie said perfunctorily. Anyway, it's just procrastination. It's impossible to get the money and food together until Wang Yuan returns to the capital.
Zhu Houzhao did not betray Wang Yuan and took over the matter himself. He said: "Zhu Dangqi, the king of Guishan, followed Wang Erlang and made extraordinary achievements. At the beginning of the Western Region, an important minister should be left to guard it. I want to enthrone King Guishan as the governor.
The King of the West, Prince Zhibi, has guarded the land of Kansai for generations. The Anxi Dusi was reestablished to take charge of the seven guards of Kansai, and a Liucheng guard was set up under his jurisdiction..."
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
All the ministers present were opposed, including Jin Gui, Liu Chun and Wang Qiong who had a good relationship with Wang Yuan.
"That's it, you can retreat now." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand.
Everyone looked at each other and prepared to go home and write memorials to object. They also asked the minister to write memorials to object.
What a waste of time to object to something decided by the emperor!