Chapter 170: The family is empty

Ma Wensheng can't borrow Li Xian's strength.

Ma Wensheng was discovered by Zhu Qizhen, and took a fancy to the progress of his implementation of the official reform law, and the Xu officials in Tianjin did the best job.

It can be said that it is well organized.

And many testimonies were preached.

From the manpower he sent, they did a good job on Li Dongyang's side.

Naturally, Zhu Qizhen saw it.

Therefore, he gave Liu Dingzhi a hint slightly, and Liu Dingzhi immediately understood that Ma Wensheng had entered the key training list of the imperial court, just like Zhu Qizhen had done to Han Yong at the beginning.

If nothing happens, Ma Wensheng will sit in a top position in the cabinet, but how long he can sit in that chair depends on himself.

Liu Dingzhi said: "Send Wang Yu to Shandong, he was originally the governor of Shandong, and Shandong is the most serious place. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that Wang Yu, an old minister, was an orthodox four-year jinshi, and he was a young jinshi, and now he is not yet fifty years old. Compared with Zhu Qizhen, he is not a few years older.

Those who were promoted from the governor of Shandong were transferred to several positions in the center, and now they are serving as squires in the criminal department.

It can also be regarded as a mountain in the criminal department, and he is very bad with Xu Youzhen.

This candidate is not bad, but Zhu Qizhen has a few points, and Xu Youzhen kicked out the feelings of the nail in his eye.

After all, it is really impossible to deal with some political enemies, and the best way is to find a way to transfer him.

Zhu Qizhen nodded.

It's also recognized.

After all, Wang Yu is familiar with Shandong, both people and land, he rose from the county of Shandong, and did not reach the center until the governor.

Although it has been several years since I left Shandong.

But some relationships aren't so easy to break off.

This is for disaster relief, not for auditing.

It is better to use acquaintances than to use raw people.

"It was Yuan Jie who was sent to Henan." Liu Dingzhi said.

Orthodox ten-year jinshi, a native of Shanxi, also served in successive places, and only then rose from the localities.

Zhu Qizhen is not too familiar with him, but he has no major problems with the cabinet candidates, and he will not veto them, but he has drawn a circle on this name in his heart.

Ignore it and watch the after-effects.

"It's Ye Sheng who went to Shanxi." Liu Dingzhi said.

Zhu Qizhen heard the name Ye Sheng. His eyes suddenly glanced at Han Yong, for no other reason, Ye Sheng was Han Yong's person. It is Han Yong's old department. Jiangsu people.

In the past, several ministers were all northerners, but now there is a southerner, which can be considered balanced.

Moreover, Han Yong is relatively familiar with disaster relief affairs, since he dares to let Ye Sheng go, there should be no major problems.

After all, in many cases, the biggest problem of disaster relief is that the food is not in place, Zhu Qizhen has already done his best to transport food, as long as there is enough food, it is not difficult for these people.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then let's settle it like this." ”

Liu Dingzhi said: "Your Majesty, it's just that the imperial court has ordered the four provinces to be tax-free for one year, and it is estimated that the tax payment this year will only be more than 20 million stones, which is only enough to maintain, and the major warehouses are already empty." ”

"Taicang Treasury is about to bottom out."

"The minister is incompetent. If you can't solve the trouble of the monarch's father, please ask Your Majesty to condemn the crime. After Liu Dingzhi finished speaking, he took off the black gauze hat, revealing the gray hair, which could not even be said to be white, it was nothing more than a few iron wires looming in a snow-white.

Zhu Qizhen sighed lightly, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "How can I blame you, first allocate three million taels from the inner treasury, and then talk about it if it's not enough." ”

In Zhu Qizhen's inner treasury, there are about 18 million taels of silver, most of which are silver shipped from Japan and saved over several years.

In fact, the palace has not been rich recently, after all, four kings have been sealed in one go, and the materials needed by each prince are hundreds of thousands, or even millions, and there are millions of taels of additional expenses at once.

Children are debts, even the emperor.

So Zhu Qizhen didn't dare to empty the inner library all at once.

Squeeze the toothpaste little by little.

Zhu Qizhen talked about disaster relief, and then talked about the war situation in the Western Regions.

Guo Deng's face was slightly excited, and he said: "Your Majesty, just now, Wang Yue has arrived in the Western Regions, under Luntai, to repel the Tile Thorn army, Luntai, the siege of Gaochang is solved." ”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "I've seen it before, but I haven't beheaded it?" Something you don't understand? Can Guogong solve my doubts? ”

Guo Deng pondered for a moment and said: "The minister thought that in this battle of Luntai, the two sides did not have a big battle, but after a little contact, the Tile Spur side retreated on its own. ”

"That's why I didn't report the number of first grades, and the number of my own casualties."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately reacted and said, "Wang Yue has a heart. ”

The battle of Luntai, thousands of miles away, what is the truth, Zhu Qizhen doesn't know, Jinyiwei's report is a little late, but listening to what Guo Deng said, this is probably the case.

The reason why Zhu Qizhen said that Wang Yue has a heart.

It was because Wang Yue knew that it didn't matter whether there was this victory on the front line, the important thing was that the Ming court needed this victory.

Since the turmoil in the Western Regions last year, for more than a year, the entire center of the Ming Dynasty has been in the midst of storms, and various situations have occurred frequently, even many officials have no bottom in their hearts.

Especially the tile spur, many older people still remember that the tile spur approached the capital and attacked the Bauhinia Pass and Juyong Pass.

There is nothing more stable than a victory, and nothing can consolidate Zhu Qizhen's prestige more than a victory. After all, now, Zhu Qizhen has relied on his authority to resist internal and external pressure.

It can be said that in feudal society, when an emperor wants to do something at all costs, few people can stop him. But Zhu Qizhen has always cherished feathers.

After all, this kind of suppression by power is often impossible to do.

He can't do all the things of the Ming Dynasty, he must rely on the officials below, and there must be some people who understand his meaning before he can do things.

There is a victory, which gives Zhu Qizhen more confidence to face these hundred officials.

From this point of view, Wang Yue is politically more mature than most generals. This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen values Wang Yue, without him, in fact, after the war with the tile spur, the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of generals who can fight, can Fan Guang fight? The ancestor of the Aixin Jueluo family, can the Jin uncle and nephew fight? Can Liu Ju fight or not?

But there are not many generals who know how to advance and retreat, know the importance of what is important, know how to measure, and can fight.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "In your opinion, how will things develop in the Western Regions?" ”

Guo Deng said: "In the minister's opinion, the battle of the Western Regions will not end this year, the rule of the imperial court in the Western Regions has disappeared, only the three cities of Yizhou, Gaochang and Luntai are left, and if you want to recover the Western Regions, it is no less than fighting the Western Regions again, before going to the Western Regions, it was the tile spur that gave up, and the local natives did not dare to resist, but now it ------."

Guo Deng paused slightly, but Zhu Qizhen naturally understood.

The dispute between the Hui and Han in the Western Regions is now like fire and water. Needless to say, the tendencies of the imperial court naturally spread to Bai Gui's extreme actions in the Western Regions, in fact, they had already spread to the capital division, and there were countless imperial histories impeaching Bai Gui for indiscriminate killing.

But Zhu Qizhen pressed them down one by one.

Ignore it.

Some people suggested that Zhu Qizhen should be transferred back to Bai Gui to be questioned.

But it was also denied by Zhu Qizhen.

It stands to reason that Bai Gui has lost most of the Western Regions, and as the governor of the Western Regions, he always has to be responsible.

The reason why Zhu Qizhen is so protective is not that Zhu Qizhen feels that he is not responsible, if Bai Gui is not killing Huihui, Zhu Qizhen will probably withdraw Bai Gui, and if he wants to unify the power of the front line, it is enough to have Wang Yue, the general of the expedition to the west.

Bai Gui, the governor of the Western Regions, is no longer needed.

And the fall of the Western Regions may not be all Bai Gui's responsibility, but it is not right to say that Bai Gui has no responsibility at all.

But after Bai Gui made this decision, Zhu Qizhen immediately changed his strategy and tried to ensure that Bai Gui became the governor of the Western Regions.

Without him, the general environment of the Ming Dynasty does not allow for large-scale killings, especially the killing of civilians.

And Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the embodiment of morality, cannot have a little stain. But such a fierce contradiction in the Western Regions is obviously not only something that Huairou can do.

Even if you want to be gentle, you have to fight a killing stick first.