Chapter 443 442 Promotion, Relocation

"Minister Yang, why not consider Yu Dayou, the Lieutenant General of Guizhou West Route"

Just when Yang Bo thought Wei Guangde was blocking his way to recommend his relatives, he never expected to hear Wei Guangde talking about someone else.

Wei Guangde was still talking about the battles that Yu Dayou had participated in, and Yang Bo had already stroked his beard and nodded.

Not to mention, the person recommended by Wei Guangde was really suitable.

If Yang Bo didn't know much about Yu Dayou before, then he was a bit derelict in his duty if he didn't know him after the Battle of Datong last year.

But it's not Yang Bo's fault. After all, he has only been the Minister of War for a short time, and he stayed in Jizhen for a long time after leaving Xuanda.

Wei Guangde was still talking about Yu Dayou's past experience, and Yang Bo actually had a candidate in mind at this time.

Wei Guangde was nagging at this moment, in fact, he was worried that Yang Bo would find it troublesome. After all, Yu Dayou now has a real job. If he is transferred, he has to go through Huang Guangsheng, and he also has to consider who will take over. Guizhou is not a place that everyone is willing to go to. Will Yu Dayou cause trouble if he leaves?

However, there are some troublesome things for Wei Guangde. In fact, if the Ministry of War makes a decision, it is just a matter of a few official documents.

Of course, it is not just a matter of issuing official documents. After all, it is necessary to select generals to replace Yu Dayou, which is actually the most troublesome.

Waving his hand to interrupt Wei Guangde, Yang Bo said: "I know about your recommendation of Yu Dayou. The Ministry of War will discuss this matter as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Yang Bo suddenly laughed and said: "If General Yu is in Wan'an, Jiangxi will really be as solid as a rock."

His words actually show his attitude towards Yu Dayou. This person is very difficult to fight. He is a rare military general in the Ming Dynasty at this time. Especially when Yu Dayou was still the general in Zhejiang, he often led the navy to go out to sea to suppress the Japanese pirates and blocked most of the Japanese pirates at sea.

This is also the reason why the Japanese pirates' attacks moved southward and developed towards Fujian and Guangdong after the 36th year of Jiajing.

However, in recent years, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong have been continuously harassed by Japanese pirates. Although Hu Zongxian reported that it was a revenge by the remnants of Wang Zhi, it must be said that Yu Dayou's punishment caused the navy to be unable to fight. It has a lot to do with it.

After Yang Bo finished speaking, he bowed to Wei Guangde, then walked forward and went back to the Ministry of War. The assistant minister and other military officials behind him were also thinking about the person recommended by Wei Guangde while the two were talking. They all thought that this recommendation was not bad, so they all smiled and bowed to him and chased after Yang Bo.

After Wei Guangde watched them go in, he hurried to the Zuoque Gate. Today, there was an imperial banquet there to entertain the prince's mansion and overseas vassal delegations.

On the day of the Wanshou Festival, many ceremonies were held one after another, but it was the same every year, so there was no problem. The Ministry of Rites handled it very well.

On the third day after the Wanshou Festival, the court returned to the right track, and the official business that should be handled had to be handled, and the cabinet ministers and the six ministries and nine officials were summoned to the West Garden again.

"Among the nine frontiers today, Jizhen is the most important. Since the heartland is safe, there is nothing to worry about. Now the enemy is only Yongshao Baowu Shenbaiyao's three troops attacking Datong Zhenchuanbao, and their chieftains Anda Huang Taiji Baduer and Tuman are hiding. I am afraid that they are plotting to spy on Jizhen. I will follow your concerns and offer six suggestions.

First, please order the border officials to drive away the bandits from Datong, fortify the walls and clear the fields to strengthen their defense, set up ambushes and surprise attacks to blunt their front, divide the elite troops to destroy their nests, select the evil ones to lure their horses, so that the bandits cannot approach Jizhen;

First, to resist the bandits, you must first scout Dushi"

After the ministers entered Yongshou Palace today, Emperor Jiajing directly asked Yang Bo about the military strategy for the border towns with the pre-holiday edict.

Yang Bo had already gone to the cabinet yesterday and discussed with Yan Song and Xu Jie. Basically, six strategies were set. Now I just read them out to appease the emperor.

After Yang Bo finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing frowned and asked: "The Ministry of War is worried that Altan Khan's army will attack Jizhen this autumn. Are you sure?"

"Your Majesty, before this, tens of thousands of enemy troops invaded Xuanfu and Datong, and there was no movement in other border towns. Xuanfu Deputy General Ma Fang once led his troops to attack the invading Tartars, and found that they were not Altan Khan's elite troops."

Yang Bo answered hurriedly.

In fact, during this period, although the Ming army focused on defense, it was not blindly defensive. There were also generals who dared to send troops to attack the enemy at the gates of the city, but the record was not good, so naturally they would not report it.

Moreover, if Altan Khan's army was not fully dispatched, but only a small number of Tartars harassed, the Ming army would still dare to fight when it had an advantage.

The poor record was actually mainly due to the lack of cavalry in the Ming army. Even if they won, it would be difficult to stop the Tartars from fleeing north. Without heads, it would be difficult for the generals to be recognized, and they would even be accused of falsely reporting military exploits.

If the majority of the Tartars came, the Ming army, though numerous, would be scattered in various military forts, which would not be an advantage. Naturally, they would not foolishly go to war, and could only try their best to maintain the front line.

After listening to Yang Bo's analysis, Emperor Jiajing's expression eased, and he turned to Yan Song and asked, "What does the cabinet say?"

Yan Song hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War is right."

Having said that, he looked back at Xu Jie who was nodding and continued, "The cabinet has no other opinions."

A small action, in the eyes of everyone in the room, naturally this opinion was a joint decision made by the two cabinet ministers, not Yan Song alone.

"Yes."

Hearing that the cabinet had no opinions, Emperor Jiajing was relieved, "All matters reported will be implemented, and the Ministry of Revenue will issue food and wages to the host and guests without delay."

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue requests that food and wages be issued according to the annual rules."

At this time, Gao Yao, the Minister of Revenue, hurriedly stood up and bowed to report.

"Gao Shangshu, the third district of Juyong Huanghua Town in Changping is in close contact with the Xuanfu Huailai, Longqing and Yongning Sihaiye. The governor of Xuanda moved to Huailai in the autumn to support Ji Town. In recent years, Ji Town has repeatedly complained about the lack of food for host and guest troops. It should be distributed immediately, as the usual distribution in previous years may not be enough.”

Yang Bo said hurriedly.

The Ministry of Husbandry naturally considers spending less money, while the Ministry of War considers winning the war and preventing my troops from staying outside the pass.

For defense this autumn, the Ministry of War plans to mobilize a large number of elite troops to move eastward to assist in the defense of Ji Town. The natural consumption of the army outside will increase greatly. According to the usual practice, it will definitely not be enough.

Moreover, in the autumn and winter of previous years, the towns were short of military rations, so they naturally wanted to take this opportunity to speak out and try to get more supplies from the Ministry of Household Affairs in front of the emperor.

Gao Yao was so eager to stand up because he was actually worried that Yang Bo would need money next. If he didn't take this opportunity to determine the amount of food and salary to be distributed, and Yang Bo would report how much he wanted after he came down, I think Emperor Jiajing would approve it. Yes, the household department is too passive.

So next, Yang Bo and Gao Yao began to argue about how much additional salary should be paid to meet the needs.

In fact, the whole process was a complaint meeting between Yang Bo and Gao Yao, who complained to Emperor Jiajing one after another, because in front of the emperor, the final decision was naturally made by Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing also made the final decision after the two argued, "An additional payment of 40,000 taels will be made every year. It is ordered that the border ministers are not allowed to invade arbitrarily and must be practical and practical."

As in the past, the four words "no intrusion allowed" will be added to the appropriation of the imperial court at some point.

However, even if these four words are included in the imperial edict, for officials, those who should be divided into profits as a rule should still be divided into profits, and they will not give up money just because of these words.

You must know that the reason for sharing the money is that it "flooded", which is a normal loss and is not embezzled by anyone.

After finishing talking about the military affairs, Yuan Wei also went out to report: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites reports that a total of 769 fresh sesame seeds have been imported from all over the world. There are not many of them with five colors and enough feet. Please apply for permission to adopt them next year. ”

"allow."

Emperor Jiajing immediately said that this was about purchasing Ganoderma lucidum, and naturally the more the better for him.

Cai Yuncheng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, also came to join in the fun at this time and said: "Your Majesty, I wanted to come to Japan to report the matters that the prisoners should be sentenced this autumn. Now that I am in front of the emperor, I would like to ask Your Majesty to inform you."

Emperor Jiajing pondered for a while and then said: "There is a drought in May, so we should pray for rain and autumn, and we will be blessed with good luck. I am so grateful for the kindness. I will be exempted from punishment this year, and I will remain in prison as before."

After saying that, seeing that no one in the palace came out, Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and motioned Huang Jin to take out the memorial that had previously been approved, and said: "Xuan Da Governor Li Wenjin, Governor Chi Fengxiang and others announced the government in the middle of July. Jie heard that I would like to thank Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ma Fang for his merits, and the Ministry of War will respond with a request for reward. I have already approved it."

As Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, Huang Jin opened the memorandum and read: "Thirty taels of silver for the article, two taels of silk, twenty taels each for Feng Xiang and Li Xian, the chief military officer, and Ma Fang was promoted to the second rank. , Counselor Sun Wu, Dai En, Ding Chun, Counselor Yang Wei each received twenty taels, and Counselor General Wang Mengxia and other military sects rewarded them respectively. "

After Huang Jin finished reading, the ministers below had different reactions, but most of them had little to do with them. After all, except for Li Wenjin, Chi Fengxiang and others, everyone else was a martial artist, but Yan Song's brows jumped.

Wei Guangde's pamphlet has been handed to him, and Ma Fang's name is included in it, and he wants to seek the position of chief military officer.

Now that Ma Fang has been promoted to the second level, Ma Fang is now the governor. After being promoted to two levels, he has surpassed the governor, Tongzhi and the right governor, and becomes the left governor. It is a matter of course that he will be promoted to the commander-in-chief.

Can't stop it.

Yan Song knew that this time everyone else had rewards, but Ma Fang was promoted, which meant promotion.

The emperor has this idea and he absolutely cannot stop it.

Yang Bo also had similar thoughts to him. How could he not know what the emperor meant. Considering Li Xian's current age, it seemed that the chief military officer of the Xuanfu was about to be replaced.

Someone from the Ministry of War wanted to transfer Ma Fang to Ji Town before, but he stopped him. After all, Xuanda is the northwest barrier of the capital and its location is extremely important.

If Anda Khan's future goal shifts from Xuanda to Jizhen, he might consider this matter.

After the edict was read out, Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne and looked at everyone and asked: "Is there anything else in the ministries?"

After convening so many people and talking for so long, Emperor Jiajing was a little tired.

In fact, the main purpose of calling people into the palace today is to talk about the affairs of the border town. If nothing happens, they should be allowed to leave.

At this time, Yang Bo, the Minister of War, came out again and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has a candidate for the post of Wan'an garrison."

"who?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at Yang Bo and asked.

"Guizhou West Road Commander-in-Chief and Commanding Officer Yu Dayou."

Yang Bo replied.

Hearing this name, Yan Song frowned again, not because of Wei Guangde, because Yu Dayou's name was not on the pamphlet Wei Guangde gave him, but he remembered that it was mentioned in the letter sent by Hu Zongxian before.

This person was supposed to be punished at the beginning, but in the end Lu Bing used conditions to change him away. Later, he was promoted because of his meritorious service in Datong.

At that time, Yan Song realized that he could only suppress Yu Dayou as much as possible, so when the Ministry of War commended his merits, he kept suppressing Yu Dayou's rewards.

Unexpectedly, today in front of the emperor, Yang Bo mentioned this person again.

How to suppress him in front of the emperor?

Yan Song realized that he might not be able to stop this. If the Ministry of War reported it, he could still stop it in the cabinet.

Thinking of this, Yan Songxu narrowed his eyes and looked at Yang Bo.

"Yu Dayou?"

Emperor Jiajing muttered something, as if he remembered someone, and asked: "Is it Yu Dayou who made great contributions in Datong?"

"That's right."

Yang Bo replied, "After Yu Dayou took office in Guizhou, he quickly put down several rebellions, and now the western part of Guizhou has been stabilized.

This time, the Fujian and Guangdong bandits invaded Jiangxi. After discussion, the Ministry of War felt that transferring Yu Dayou to Wan'an was a perfect strategy, and Yu Dayou was familiar with mountain warfare. If the army went to suppress, Yu Dayou could lead the army to attack the rebels from west to east."

"What does the cabinet say?"

Emperor Jiajing did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Yan Song and Xu Jie.

Without discussing with Xu Jie, Yan Song stepped out and said: "Yu Dayou has made good military achievements and should be qualified for this position, but he is originally from Fujian, this."

When Yan Song said this, he suddenly felt bad, and he did not find the right reason.

He said this according to the rules of civil servants, that is, civil servants cannot serve in their hometowns.

Wan'an is located at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian. Although it does not belong to Fujian, Yang Bo said before that he would ask Yu Dayou to send troops to suppress the rebels. Wouldn't that mean entering Fujian?

However, he realized halfway through that Yu Dayou was a military officer, and there is no such saying for military officers.

"What the elder said is wrong."

Sure enough, Yang Bo immediately refuted when Yan Song paused, and Xu Jie looked at Yan Song's back with a slightly surprised look.

It is rare that Yan Song would make such a low-level mistake.

But soon, Xu Jie had his own guess in his heart. He was old, lacked energy, and was not thoughtful.

This is a fatal flaw as the chief minister of the cabinet.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie looked at other people and found that many people looked at Yan Song with surprise in their eyes.

Yan Song's previous remarks were not reasonable, and he naturally couldn't find a word to respond to Yang Bo's rebuttal, and he couldn't think of a reason to stop this for a while.

Perhaps, if it was the Ministry of War who made the memorial, he could ask Yan Shifan in the cabinet to come up with ideas and think of reasons to stop the selection of Yu Dayou, but in front of the emperor, at this time, he really couldn't think of what to say to stop this matter.

Seeing that after Yang Bo finished speaking, Yan Song just remained silent, and Emperor Jiajing also made a decision, and immediately said: "Command Yu Dayou, the assistant general, to serve as the garrison commander of Wan'an, and to guard Nan Gan, Jiangxi and other places."

The words of Emperor Jiajing were naturally the final word, and Yan Song didn't want to stop it anymore, mainly because he couldn't find a reason.

After everyone left Yongshou Palace, Yang Bo was still very excited. All the proposals of the Ministry of War today were approved in front of the emperor. He was anxious to return to the Ministry of War to announce this matter, and the subsequent procedures had to be completed as soon as possible.

Yan Song walked behind, looking at Yang Bo walking quickly in front, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

It didn't really matter that Yu Dayou was not stopped from relocating. After leaving the palace, Yan Song had already made up his mind and would try to bring Jiangxi under the management of Hu Zongxian. Yu Dayou worked under Hu Zongxian, so he was afraid that he would not find a reason to manipulate him.