[Chapter 321] Tofu falls from ashes and cannot be beaten or photographed (Part 2)

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Huang Kezhang is from Fujian, while Zhu Xieyuan is from Zhejiang. Although Fujian and Zhejiang are next to each other, the officials in the two places have never had a good relationship. Huang Kezhang is not a Donglin Party, and his relationship with the Donglin Party has always been bad. Zhu Xieyuan is a backbone of the Donglin Party. It can be said that the relationship between the two in Shaanxi is actually not very good. Of course, the two are also officials who do practical things. Although they have no personal relationship, they still have a tacit understanding in their cooperation in official affairs.

In addition, whether it is Huang Kezhang or Zhu Xieyuan, they are both ***. Both of them support the crown prince and oppose King Fu's succession. In a sense, neither of them is very popular with Emperor Wanli. Huang Kezhang was originally the Minister of War. This time he was transferred to the governor of the three sides, but he was actually demoted. At the same time, he vaguely drove him out of the capital to avoid being too close to other ***ers. Emperor Wanli's methods were still very feminine.

After welcoming Huang Kezhang into the living room, Zhu Xieyuan saluted respectfully again. The civil servants liked this, and they had to behave properly before others liked it. After a greeting, Zhu Xieyuan tentatively said: "Mr. Zhong Mei, why are you free to come to me today? If you have anything important, you just need to send someone to inform me, and I will naturally come to my house."

Huang Keyuan, whose courtesy name was Shaofu and whose pseudonym was Zhong Mei, was therefore called Zhong Meigong. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli and his qualifications were quite old. None of the existing Ming Dynasty officials, except for Zhou Jiamo (the fifth year of Longqing), Zhao Nanxing (the second year of Wanli), Sun Wei (the fifth year of Wanli), etc., were older than him.

In the Ming Dynasty, the time to become a Jinshi was really important. All the students who were ranked are measured by the time they were ranked as the time to become a Jinshi. The earlier you were ranked, the older the qualifications. Even if your official position was very high, if others were ranked earlier than you, you had to call yourself a junior. Otherwise, if others could spit on you, you would have a bad reputation of not respecting your predecessors, and you could only be depressed by yourself.

Zhu Xieyuan was a Jinshi in the 20th year of Wanli, twelve years later than Huang Kezhang. The imperial examination at that time was a big competition every three years, and twelve years were three big competitions. In other words, Zhu Xieyuan was a big competition three times later than Huang Kezhang. In front of Huang Kezhang, Zhu Xieyuan was indeed a real junior, and it was appropriate to be respectful.

Not only that, there were too many great people in the twelve years between Zhu Xieyuan and Huang Kezhang. So much so that he often called himself juniors in the court, or in the local area. For example, Ye Xianggao, Cui Jingrong, Zhu Guozuo, Zhang Wenda, Zhao Yan, Chen Daoheng, Wang Dewan, Zhu Guozhen, Liu Yijing, Shen Jingjie, Gao Panlong, Feng Congwu, Wang Ji, Dong Hanru and others in the 19th year of Wanli. Among these people, there were two chief ministers alone, and there were as many as six or seven Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

Huang Kezhang said straight to the point: "Hengyue, do you want to go to Heishan Camp?"

Zhu Xieyuan's name is Hengyue, and Huang Kezhang's name is obviously more respectful. This made Zhu Xieyuan feel that he has a good face. Since Huang Kezhang respects him, he is not so reserved. He immediately said: "Mr. Zhong Mei, I am preparing to go to Heishan Camp."

Huang Kezhang was slightly surprised and said in surprise: "I heard that you are about to go out. Are you going to Heishan Camp? Do you want to meet Xu Xingxia in person?"

Zhu Xieyuan nodded and said seriously: "Yes, I'm going to Heishan Camp."

Huang Kezhang asked slowly, "You are going to Heishan Camp, don't know what's going on?"

Zhu Xieyuan said slowly: "This Xu Xingxia has 60,000 or 70,000 military households..."

Huang Kezhang nodded thoughtfully. Everyone was smart. He could hear the meaning of Zhu Xieyuan's words. Zhu Xieyuan was worried that Xu Xingxia had so many people under him and wanted to talk to Xu Xingxia to see what Xu Xingxia's attitude was. The information sent below was actually very unreliable and had to be inspected on the spot before making a decision. The purpose of this was of course to be sure whether Xu Xingxia was a material that could be made. If so, work hard to cultivate. If not, then find a way to clear it.

Yes, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been like this for military generals. Those who can be used by me will be vigorously promoted and given wealth. If they cannot be used by me, they should be cut off as soon as possible to avoid being too big and having a strong army. Why did there not be any outstanding military generals in the late Ming Dynasty? It is because of this basic reason. Generally, unruly generals are eliminated in the bud, so where is there a chance to rise?

However, Huang Kezhang understood, but he did not agree with Zhu Xieyuan's approach. His ideas were different from Zhu Xieyuan. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli, held many official positions, served in many places, and finally served as the Minister of War. It can be said that he had a good understanding of the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. How could Huang Kezhang, as the governor of the Three-Border, not know what happened in Ningxia Town?

Huang Kezhang's judgment on the situation in Ningxia Town was even more pessimistic than Zhu Xieyuan. In the current Ming Dynasty, undercurrents and crises were everywhere. As long as one was handled improperly, all crises would burst out suddenly. He felt that eliminating Xu Xingxia was actually just a way to stop the boiling, and it had no effect at all. Even if Xu Xingxia was killed, there would be Zhang Xingxia, Li Xingxia, and Wang Xingxia, which would be impossible to prevent the chaos from happening.

On the contrary, if you use Xu Xingxia to do something, it is better than killing him. Xu Xingxia is obviously capable. He can fight and toss. Such people are not easily dealt with. Knife and axe player and smash cups as a sign, which are all plots in Romance novels. In reality, there are not many things that can be done. Xu Xingxia is definitely not a fool and will definitely not be fooled easily. If it is not done well, the two sides will break completely, and things will be very troublesome.

In fact, Huang Kezhang always felt that Xu Xingxia was not a problem at all. On the contrary, the biggest hidden danger was that all the lower-level military households in Ningxia Town and even the four northwest towns, as well as some civilian households, were the biggest hidden danger. These people lived in poverty, were bullied and suppressed, and had already been full of anger in their hearts. They all hated the court extremely. If they vented their anger, the whole of Shaanxi would change overnight.

What causes the military households below to hate the court so much? Of course, it was caused by the court itself. Not to mention the arrears of money and grain, in daily life, these military households are also bullied by officers at all levels and have almost reached the point where there is no way to survive. Once a person has no way to survive, what else is there to be scary? Of course, picking up a knife and turning the white knife into the red knife at his enemies. Therefore, finding ways to improve the lives of these people, calming their resentment, and allowing them to at least have enough food and clothing to be warm. This is the fundamental way to solve the problem.

Just last year, in the winter of the 44th year of Wanli, the palace was in a fire. Emperor Wanli was suspicious for a moment, not knowing why God wanted to "sincerely" himself, and he was quite frightened. Huang Kezhang seized the opportunity and submitted a memorial to discuss bad politics, and told him that over the past 20 years, tax envoys have gone out to plunder people's wealth. In order to pay taxes, the people sold their wives and children, and the palace built a large amount of construction, squandering and squandering the people's blood. However, the soldiers guarding the frontier went on a battle hungry and owed millions of yuan in monthly food. Compared with the two, there were many crises and hidden dangers.

Huang Kezhang also reported that due to years of famine, some places had already reached the tragic situation of father eating his son and wife eating his husband. He hoped that Emperor Wanli would "repent his past mistakes and revise the old ways, collect talents to help the times, dismiss taxes and stop weaving (donations), rest with the people, and live a large amount of land to safeguard the border." As a result, the memorial was launched, but there was no response. It was probably like countless impeachment memorials, they were all over the sea and there was no trace at all.

Huang Kezhang really couldn't say anything about the emperor Wanli. He accepted humbly and refused to repent. This is the basic attitude of Emperor Wanli towards all impeachment memorials, and he has never changed. This was the case before, but now, and I guess it will still be like this in the future. Emperor Wanli is a smart person, which is absolutely true. From the time he ascended the throne at the age of ten to the time he defeated Zhang Juzheng without hesitation, digging the grave and whipping the corpse, it fully demonstrated that this man is very difficult to serve.

He rarely went to court and lived in the deep palace for a long time. He could not hide any major matters from the court. He had better control over the court than Emperor Jiajing. During the Jiajing period, Xia Yan, Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong and others actually understood the thoughts of Emperor Jiajing very thoroughly. However, few people knew what he was thinking about. He did not hesitate at all when sending troops to Korea, suppressing the Ningxia rebellion, and suppressing the Yang Yinglong rebellion in Bozhou. All of this fully demonstrated that he had the potential to become a generation of heroes.

It’s a pity that Emperor Wanli was too lazy. His negligence did disappoint Huang Kezhang. As an emperor, he was too lazy to even add officials, which was ridiculous. How can he effectively manage this country without enough officials? How much time does it take to appoint officials? He refused to withdraw such a little time, so why would he be an emperor? On the issue of the prince, Emperor Wanli was swaying, which also made many people feel disappointed.

Of course, it is not appropriate to be a minister and slander the emperor. The three-sided governor, who has read the books of sages, has absolutely no intention of cursing Emperor Wanli. However, when the night is late, Huang Kezhang still has a little fantasy, and his fantasy will change. It would be great if Emperor Wanli could cheer up! If he did not cheer up, the situation in the Ming Dynasty would only get worse and worse, and maybe when a large-scale riot would really break out.

After pondering for a while, Huang Kezhang asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhu Xieyuan straightened his body and said without hesitation: "Turn."

Huang Kezhang said lightly: "Inside? Outside?"

Zhu Xieyuan said: "First inside, then outside."

Huang Kezhang nodded silently.

The conversation between the two was quite a bit dumb. If someone who didn't know the details would definitely not know what they mean after hearing the two of them. In fact, the meaning of both of them was very simple. The transfer was to transfer Xu Xingxia from his current position and not allow him to stay in the position of Qianhuobao, Zhenshuobao. As for where to transfer to and what new positions to be transferred, we will talk about it later. The most urgent task is to isolate him from the lower-level military households first.

Inside, it is to be transferred within Ningxia Town. In addition, it is to be transferred from Ningxia Town to other places. Zhu Xieyuan means that Xu Xingxia is first to be transferred within Ningxia Town, and then to be transferred outside Ningxia Town. There are a total of four military towns under the jurisdiction of the Three-Border Governor of Shaanxi. There is no problem in drawing a small Dai Qianhu out of Ningxia Town and putting it to any other military town. As long as it is transferred to a suitable place, Xu Xingxia will have no way to continue to make trouble.

This is the gentlest, least sensible and lowest cost way to deal with it. As long as Xu Xingxia accepts the transfer, his fate will be destined. In the days to come, if he is either transferred to a place where no one can see people to live, or he is under the strict surveillance of others, and is under house arrest, and his life is in the hands of others at any time. Even if necessary, he will be secretly dealt with. It is normal to die one or two thousand households this year. What's more, he is still a small agent for thousands of households.

Of course, this is also the most dangerous way to deal with it. Xu Xingxia is not a fool. As long as he receives the transfer order and leaves the Heishan Camp, he can detect the trick. If he obeys the transfer order, he will be fine. If he refuses to accept the transfer order, he will be afraid that he will really force him to rebel. There is news that everyone around Xu Xingxia is inciting him to rebel intentionally or unintentionally, which is a very dangerous signal! If military chaos really breaks out in Ningxia Town, they must make a complete plan.

Huang Kezhang said casually: "What if Xu Xingxia doesn't accept the transfer order?"

Zhu Xieyuan said in an orderly manner: "Let Li Guozhen issue a transfer order."

Huang Kezhang nodded and said that he understood. This is to ask Li Guozhen to play the role of a black face, while the three-sided governor will play the role of a white face. If Xu Xingxia really refuses to accept the order of transfer, causing an embarrassing situation or even a force confrontation, the three-sided governor can come forward to relieve it a little, and then secretly mobilize troops to encircle him. Of course, the best way is to secretly mobilize troops from now on to prepare for the assessment of the rebellion.

However, whenever he thinks of Xu Xingxia's combat effectiveness, the three-sided governor has a headache. Others can eliminate the 4,000 Tartar cavalry in one breath. How many troops do he have to mobilize to curb him? Once this battle starts, the consequences will be serious. If Xu Xingxia is forced to force him to raise the banner of rebellion, it is estimated that all the four towns in the northwest will be destroyed.

Emperor Wanli was a wealthy slave, staring at his money bag. Once a war broke out, it would be strange if he didn't get angry. He would not hold anyone accountable, but would only cut off their heads first. Therefore, forcing Xu Xingxia to rebel is really not the best strategy. However, letting Xu Xingxia develop unscrupulously, gaining troops and having a strong position will not work. Alas, take one step at a time, and you don't care about so many things.
Chapter completed!