MTL - First Prince of Ming Dynasty-Chapter 738 Mr. Four

  Chapter 738 Mr. Four

   "With Qing's assistance, I can feel at ease."

Zhu Biao waved his hand, and Liu Jin stepped forward to help Yan Donglai to sit down. Yan Donglai couldn't say anything about the rest. Chen Youzong stood up and cupped his hands to open his eyes for his friend, saying: "Excuse me, Your Highness Yuan Tuyuan has all the intentions, and there must be deep meaning in using Mingsheng. It's just that Ming Sheng is so careless..."

   Before Chen Youzong could finish speaking, Zhu Biao interrupted in a rather cold voice: "That's why Yan Qing is asked to guide Ming Sheng to manage Sichuan well!"

   "No, I understand."

It seems that Mingsheng is not a simple pretense, the two of them immediately became vigilant, and it seems that their attitude towards him should also be changed appropriately. point.

  Especially Yan Donglai, since there is no room for repeating the matter, it is necessary to eliminate the dust and replace the gold. Judging from the current attitude of His Highness, as long as Mingsheng is not a mud that cannot be supported, then Mingsheng will have a great future in the future.

   It can also be seen from this that everyone has his own destiny. Who would have thought that Hou Guiyi, who was like a joke in Beijing, would have such luck.

These two are extremely smart people. After expressing his meaning clearly, Zhu Biao's face softened. This beating is very necessary. If Yan Donglai really has the heart, it is almost inevitable that Mingsheng will be emptied .

   Sichuan is close to Yunnan and Guizhou, and the situation is tense and changeable. Zhu Biao is not in the mood to watch them fight for power.

   "After the return of Yunnan, there should be more connections with the countries in Southeast Asia. In Sichuan, you should make more exchanges and trade with merchants and people, and make good friends with dignitaries from various countries. If you need it, please come and ask. If you have a situation, do it quickly and cheaply."

  His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really took a fancy to the Nanyang countries. Both of them are traditional scholar-bureaucrats. In their opinion, let alone such remote places as Nanyang, even Yunnan, Guizhou and Liaodong feel that there is no need to recover them.

  But since the monarch wants to expand the territory, and the country has enough strength, then they are not easy to dissuade them, they can only climb up and die for the king.

  Although Yunnan and Guizhou are also close to the countries of Southeast Asia, it is lucky that these two places are free from turmoil, and naturally they don’t expect any help.

  Zhu Biao explained a lot, and some things were difficult to tell Ming Sheng. He was still too young to digest too many explanations, which is why he specially arranged for Yan Dong to assist him.

   Not long after, Yan Donglai resigned, and after returning, he had to find an empty appointment to meet with Mingsheng to have a good chat. After all, judging from the current situation, at least they would have to work together for several years.

  After he retreated, there was a moment of silence in the hall, Zhu Biao seemed to ask casually: "This Palace has decided on Ming Sheng, do they have any complaints?"

  In the first year of Hongwu, in order to help him stabilize the position of the crown prince, his father abruptly installed more than half of the important officials of the court to concurrently serve as subordinate officials of the Eastern Palace.

Not to mention the founding heroes, there are also many civil servants in eastern Zhejiang, but later in Beijing because Liu Bowen and Yang Xian fell from power, they were expelled from the capital to work in the capital. Over the past few years, they have made great achievements in Fumin Anbang, but their positions have also faintly arrived. bottleneck.

  After the local officials have enough achievements and qualifications, they will either be promoted to Beijing, or they will seal off the frontier as a strategic side. Central Beijing has always been the private land of the Huaixi family. Their entry into Beijing is tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap, so there is only another way out.

  Especially the leader of Eastern Zhejiang who is about to resign. If this position is not taken by his own people, then Eastern Zhejiang will suffer heavy losses, and the voice in the court will be even weaker.

  Chen Youzong responded in a low voice: "Even if they have them, they dare not show them in front of the ministers. Besides, they shouldn't have them. Promotion and demotion are all based on superiors. How can a minister complain about this!"

   "Don't dare not mean no."

  Zhu Biao was a little lost in thought. There must be a balance in the court. At present, the Huaixi family is already the dominant family, which can be tolerated, but if there is only one voice left in the court, it is absolutely unacceptable.

   This is why after Yang Xian's downfall, the Zhedong Department seemed to suffer countless losses, but in fact it was just a lot of thunder and rain, and most of them were relegated to important local positions.

  If Zhu Biao hadn't intervened, Liu Bowen's position would have been arranged by an official from the eastern Zhejiang line to take over. Only a high-ranking official in Xinjiang is qualified to help his party members and resist the pressure from the Ministry of Education and the military.

   Now that this position is gone, whether it is for appeasement or balance, it is necessary for Zhu Biao to promote an official of the first rank in eastern Zhejiang to Beijing to occupy a position above the second rank.

  But now that I think about it, there is really no one in the eastern Zhejiang department, and no one has the ability and prestige to gain a firm foothold in Beijing.

   Can't help but sigh: "It's a pity that Mr. Zhang Yi went early, let alone the Marquis of Nanyang County."

Zhang Yi once served as Yushi Zhongcheng, Minister of Zanshan, and Prince Zanshan. He is a real man and Wang Zuozhi. Zhu Biao still remembers listening to him give lectures on "The Book of Rites of the Great Dai" and "Six Admonitions of the Clan" when he was young. The friendship of life.

   It was just that the war was changing at that time, and Zhang Yi was summoned by Lao Zhu back to the front line to serve as a staff officer in the front line in less than a month. Until the founding of the country, Zhu Biao never had the opportunity to listen to his lectures. Now thinking about it, I feel deeply regretful.

   It’s not that Mr. Song Lian’s lectures are not good, it’s just that the two gentlemen have completely different styles. If it is true, Song Lian’s style is more common, after all, it is very traditional, while Zhang Yi’s is rare.

  Hongzhu Zhanggong, with eagles proclaiming his ambitions, beards and halberds, and sharp purple eyes, gathers rural brigades again, curbs and punishes enemies, enters and exits wind, and three things are allowed to be repaired.

  Zhu Sheng once commented that "Liu Ji, Ye Chen, and Zhang Yi are all Wang Zuocai!"

Lao Zhu listened to this in the past, and sincerely invited these people to come out to help, but it is a pity that heaven is jealous of talents. In the second year of Hongwu, his mother died of illness. Zhang Yi was overly sad and sick. earth and rocks.

After that, I couldn't get sick again. At the age of fifty-five, my last words were "Don't worry, my parents are lucky to have the ancestor's tomb in Ancuo. Fortunately, when I was old, the recommendation was orderly. I have few regrets. The first lotus Guohouen is sorry for not being able to repay this."

  Zhu Yuanzhang grieved, wrote a eulogy in person, and went to Zhang Yi's home to pay homage.

And the Marquis of Nanyang County is Ye Chen. This gentleman has never taught Zhu Biao, and he has no chance. In the 22nd year of Zhengzheng, Ye Chen was the magistrate of Hongdu. Yuan Jiang generals Zhu Zong and Kangtai rebelled, and Ye Chen was captured , Zhu and Kang persuaded him to surrender, Ye Chen would rather die than surrender, scolded the rebels, was killed, and buried in Huangtanling, at the age of forty-eight, and Zhu Biao was only seven years old that year.

Among the four gentlemen, Zhu Biao has received lectures from three of them, but Ye Chen has never met him. Alas, among these three, only old age and frailty are left. The disease-ridden Hou Bowen of Sincerity was gone.

  What status Liu Bowen and Song Lian have in Shilin, and what status these two are, Chen Youzong naturally admires him very much, and he also read articles by Zhang Gong and Ye Gong when he was young.

"His Royal Highness is at ease, the high friendship of Zhong Chenggong is especially generous, his volume is vast, his utensils are mountain scorpions, he started a book of poems, and now he is in Dingnai, the Marquis of Nanyang County. He has served his hard work and enjoyed his honor. Materialization rides on the cloud to march, both of them will live up to the kindness of the Holy One and the wish of all people in the world."

  Zhu Biao clasped his hands and thought for a moment: "The eldest son of Zhang Gong is now serving as a commander in Pingyang Guard?"

  Chen Youzong's eyes lit up: "Your Highness is wise, General Mingwei Zhang Cundao is in Pingyang, not too far from Beijing."

   "In this way, General Huaiyuan was awarded the title of Captain Xiaoqi, and he was summoned to Beijing as the governor of the left army of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. He will enter Beijing immediately after receiving the order!"

   "No."

  A mere third-rank Huaiyuan general is certainly not enough, but the best way to show off the honor and privilege is to add titles along the way. This is just the first decree.

  Eastern Zhejiang lost a senior official of the second rank, so Zhu Biao will replace him with a second rank hussar general in the Beijing camp.

Moreover, Zhang Cundao's qualifications are also sufficient. He served to guard the border of Fujian, that is, to pacify the neighboring bandits to settle Qingyuan, suppress the Miao army and return to Chuzhou, and then served as deputy Yuan Rong, until the restoration of Pucheng in Wenzhou, the victory of the villages in Qingtian and Sushan, and the Ming Dynasty in Rui'an. The victory of the ocean, and even guarding Longquan to conquer Yanping.

   Although his merits are not as good as Jin's Hussar General, it should be far more than that of General Mingwei. This shows that the Huaixi lineage repelled and suppressed the rest of the generals.

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  (end of this chapter)