First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 443

As Zhu Di's good playmate, even though Zhang Shuning was not yet old enough to enter school, Zhu Di sent him an official position as a military officer to sacrifice wine in advance.

Not to mention the crooked writing, the paper is also crumpled, but the big seal on it is red and red.

"Fourth, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince killed the chicken of the uncle's house and pressed it with the chicken's blood." Zhang Shuning said in a low voice with disgust on his face.

But Zhang Ximeng also had no choice but to think that you despise him, and others can't wish for it!

It really made Zhang Ximeng guess right.

Zhu Di, a bastard, actually relied on promiscuous reporting to win over a group of subordinates.

There are commanders, commanders and acquaintances, as well as thousands of households, hundreds of households, dozens of people.

What else can a group of teenagers do together?

Especially in this kind of martial arts place... Dean Zhu also organized martial arts before, but they were all for orphans in the army, and some generals' children, and it was not continuous.

This is the first time that such a prince has participated in such a large scale.

Apart from anything else, the food is quite good.

There are fish and meat, and the little ones are full and full of energy.

Zhu Di has two great skills. In addition to abusing the great seal to win people's hearts, he can also tell stories. Even Li Jinglong, who talks in a different way, can't compare with him.

Soon Zhu Di won over a large number of civil and military officials, and asked them to obey his orders honestly, obeying what belongs to him.

Of course, Zhu Di didn't do this for fun.

He wants to take revenge, take revenge on the second and third child.

You have gathered a bunch of people in the palace, and bullied me by relying on your numbers.

Now that it's out, I've also attracted a group of people, and I'm going to fight back!

Although I'm not afraid of you when I'm singled out, but there are so many people, and it's a good feeling to bully others!

Not surprisingly, less than half a month after the establishment of Wuxue, a large-scale civil war broke out.

Zhu Di recruited more than 50 people and divided them into six teams. Some took the initiative to attract the enemy, some acted as the main attacker, some chased and intercepted, and some were responsible for dismissing the teacher... We don't know who we learned from, but Zhu Di really arranged it properly. Watertight.

Zhu Yu and Zhu Fan are not alone, they are both princes, they have money in their pockets, they often buy some snacks, but they also attract more than a dozen people, they are usually cheering, and they are quite dignified.

But it's okay for this group of rice cooks to stand up and cheer, and it's unthinkable to expect them to charge forward.

Zhu Di led several times more people to fight out, and these boys ran away.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhu Chen and Zhu Fan also wanted to escape.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di threw himself and rushed over directly.

"I still want to run! Go dream! Call me!"

These two were unlucky and were surrounded and beaten by Zhu Di's gang.

"Zhu Laosi, you, you are shameless, you sneak attack! It's not fair to win the few with the many!"

"Bah!" Zhu Di sneered, "Why didn't you say anything when you bullied me? Didn't you say at that time, let me find someone if I have the ability! Now I have found someone, as you wish, give me ruthless Hit hard!"

This large-scale battle lasted for a quarter of an hour. It was not until Geng Bingwen threw off a few youngsters and rushed over that the battle was stopped, and the others dispersed.

Only the fourth brother Zhu remained, and the second and third children with bruised noses and swollen faces.

"Why don't you run?" Geng Bingwen asked angrily.

"What are you running for? I beat people. One person does things and the other takes responsibility. You can punish yourself however you want! But there is one thing, second brother and third brother, if I get beaten, next time, I will multiply it by ten times, and it will be counted on your heads." !"

Zhu Di gritted his teeth like a little devil.

Both Zhu Xi and Zhu Yu were stupid. They were full of anger and wanted to rely on their teacher to take revenge, but Zhu Di's words made them unable to do it anymore. Zhu Di is a bastard, he can really do it.

What if he summoned more people next time and beat him harder?

Faced with Zhu's fourth brother's threat, the two fell back.

"Only, as long as you don't bully us, the past, the past, can be written off." Zhu Yan stammered.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Xi again, "What did the second brother say?"

Zhu Xi's face changed again and again, and finally he was helpless, "I, I am the second brother, no, I don't know the same level as you."

At this moment, Zhu Di was extremely proud. General Zhengxi had won the first battle in his life, so he had to celebrate!

Then Zhu Di was arrested. The crime of arresting him was not for bullying his brother, but for forging official documents!

"You heard me clearly, this time you hit you, you are not allowed to find revenge on the second brother and the third brother, or we will give you a hundred times more!"

Chapter 617 The Real General Who Conquers the West

Zhu Laosi was beaten up, but it is said that not only did this guy not cry, he went out smiling.

Anyway, the second and third trash can't do anything to him.

Those little brats who followed him were also safe and sound, not only did he win, he was so numb!

From now on, I am the boss of this martial arts.

When he graduates from martial arts, he will be able to become the Great General Zhengxi, and he will run rampant in the world since then. These people are all his own soldiers and must obey his orders.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di was so happy. As for the pain in his buttocks, he could bear it anyway, so there was no need to take it seriously.On the contrary, it was my own big seal, bought from a second-hand market with so much effort, but it just disappeared.

The father also sternly warned himself not to cause trouble again, especially the official seal, if he dared to seal the official and make a wish casually, he would immediately break his leg.

Zhu Di felt that his father didn't seem to be lying this time, so he should restrain himself a bit.

But it's impossible to keep yourself from making trouble.

If you can't play the Great Seal, you can find something else. Anyway, this General Zhengxi belongs to him, and no one can take it away!

Zhang Ximeng really didn't care about Zhu Di's tossing around in the school.

He has too many things to do right now.

In fact, writing history is nothing.

Zhang Ximeng received the power of supervision and evaluation from hundreds of officials. All the official officials of the imperial court are with Zhang Ximeng and have a file.

His evaluation and supervision is different from Yushitai and the official department.

Yushitai found a problem, and if a memorial was sent up, he would be arrested and sent to prison. The Ministry of Officials also had three excellent grades, and there were clear regulations for promotion to a higher level.

However, Zhang Ximeng's subordinates are more focused on daily life, which seems very trivial... For example, the completion of this official's task, whether anyone has reported it, his character, knowledge, whether he is cautious, what kind of expertise he has, and the comprehensive assessment, can he be counted? What time to wait...

Obviously, the workload of the province is beyond the imagination of other yamen.

It is precisely because of this, and with Zhang Ximeng sitting in charge, the Menxia Province has enough capital to be on an equal footing with the Zhongshu Province.

Just imagine, if the senior officials under your family have been evaluated for years, this person is not considered an outstanding talent. If you insist on promoting this person at the risk of the world, will you have to bear the consequences?Between you, is there a problem of private exchange?

Once this step is really reached, this matter will be troublesome.

Without enough ability, it is extremely difficult to withstand the overwhelming pressure.

With such earth-shattering authority, Zhang Ximeng naturally dare not let it go easily, even if the four King Kong under his command are all capable ministers and officials, Zhang Ximeng still has to grasp the overall situation.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with trust. After all, if you receive a salary from the old Zhu's family, you must be worthy of this little money.

In addition to presiding over the province and supervising the history of the country.

Zhang Ximeng also has another matter, which is also very important, and that is to organize elite soldiers and generals to conduct a census for the entire Ming Dynasty... find out the population and household registration, mountains and rivers, the product economy, education conditions, etc...

Zhang Ximeng asked for a roughly complete summary of the domestic situation within two or three years.

Then based on these data, the next step of the work can be arranged.

Which direction should Ming Dynasty develop in the future, where it needs to be strengthened, and which problems must be solved...all depends on these detailed reports.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Ting retreated to the grassland, the biggest foreign enemy is gone, and then the world will be peaceful, Hongwu prosperous?

What are you thinking, there are too many messy things.

A thousand wastes are waiting to be prosperous, the people's livelihood is in decline, and bandits are everywhere.In this situation, if you say that everything is over and can be over, then it is not justified!

Take the simplest thing as an example, how to divide the provinces... The provincial system left by Yuan Ting is not bad, but the division of provinces is too hasty.

Do you dare to imagine that Yuan Ting created such a monster as the Jiangbei Province of Henan... basically turning the Central Plains, Nanyang Basin, and Huaihe River into one province.

This province covers a vast area between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The Red Turban Uprising mainly came from this Henan Jiangbei Province, which can be regarded as burying the Great Yuan Dynasty single-handedly.

In addition, the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Yuan Dynasty were also frighteningly large. Yingtian and Suzhou all belonged to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In addition, Fujian also belonged to this province. The richest part of Jiangnan was under the rule of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

As for the Jiangxi Province, it is even more exaggerated. It actually extends to Lingnan. Can you believe that Guangzhou belongs to Jiangxi?

These messy things have to be dealt with, dividing regions, and then arranging officials to strengthen local governance.

Zhang Ximeng has turned the province into a super yamen, so he can't just sit idly by and ignore these things, he can only handle everything carefully.

Needless to say, Zhang Ximeng was busy, but there were things that he had to ask about. No, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang Ximeng to come over.

After the monarch and ministers met, Lao Zhu sighed.

"I just got an urgent report saying that Feng Guoyong is sick."

Zhang Ximeng was slightly startled, and also received the news from Zhu Yuanzhang, read it carefully, then Zhang Ximeng frowned deeply, and fell into a dilemma.

It was an established strategy for Feng Guoyong to receive the gold medal and march into Guanzhong.

Not long ago, Feng Guoyong went out from Guanzhong, went north to attack the remnants of the Yuan army, successfully recovered Yan'an Mansion and other places, and drove Zhang Liangbi to Hetao in one breath.

Then Feng Guoyong led the troops to attack westward. Their goal was to open up the Hexi Corridor, enter the Western Regions, and then cut off the connection between the Yuan court and the Mongolian vassal state from the flanks.

It is not only to restore the homeland, but also to surround the remnants of the Yuan court on the grassland.

This is a very large strategic layout.

At the moment of punching and attacking, Feng Guoyong suddenly fell ill in the army, which was equivalent to breaking his arm.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang said worriedly: "In the last decisive battle in the Central Plains, although Xu Da and Chang Yuchun made great contributions, it was precisely Feng Guo's Nanyang Army that launched the counterattack first. Now it is the same, if we want to completely eradicate Yuan Ting The remaining evils must be like the Western Han Dynasty, piercing through the Western Regions and outflanking the Yuan army, this time the burden fell on Feng Guoyong again."

"The fourth son talks all day long that he wants to be the general of Zhengxi, but we don't know that our real general of Zhengxi is Feng Guoyong!" Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think? Who can succeed Feng Guoyong?" Guoyong, should he choose one of Ding Pulang, Fu Youde and others, or arrange someone from the court to go there?"

Faced with Lao Zhu's question, Zhang Ximeng was actually embarrassed.

The use of troops to the Western Regions, after all, is a matter of high mountains and long rivers, and the situation is extremely complicated. It is impossible for a general with all-round talents in civil and military affairs to do so.

Looking at the generals of the Ming army, Xu Da must be fine, and Chang Yuchun's level is far behind.

But the problem is that Xu Da belongs to one of the three armies and must stay in the court to deal with emergency military situations at any time. If Xu Da is sent there and encounters an urgent battle, apart from the imperial conquest, only the King of Lu will be left as the supervisor.

Therefore, Feng Guoyong is the most suitable candidate, which was discussed by Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang long ago.

Now suddenly Feng Guoyong is sick, and in a hurry, no one can take over from him!

"My lord, Wu Zhen, Wu Liang, Hua Yun, Tang Shengzong, these people all had opportunities, but it's hard to say now."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "It's hard to say! These people are not as good as before, especially Hua Yun, who used to be the chief of the cavalry, but now he can't even ride a horse well. After only a few years of hard work, he is so decadent! Really! disappointing!"

Old Zhu thought for a while, and then said: "Sir, what do you think, let Zhu Wenzheng go?"

Zhang Ximeng nodded slightly, Zhu Wenzheng was indeed a rare talent among young generals, he was willing to endure hardships and was able to fight, he commanded cavalry, captured Shangdu, and made great military exploits.

But Zhu Wenzheng also has a problem, that is, his seniority is still young, and he is the nephew of the emperor. This status is a help to him, but it is also a restriction.Those generals may not be able to fully listen to him.

But besides Zhu Wenzheng, there is really no other suitable one.

Just when Zhang Ximeng was about to agree, another memorial was sent from Didao suddenly, which was written by Feng Guoyong himself.

After receiving this memorial, Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang were silent.

Feng Guoyong first introduced the current situation of the Ming army.

After Zhang Liangbi was expelled, Ningxia Road, the main territory of Xixia back then, had already fallen into Daming's hands.Now it is arranging for soldiers to reclaim and guard the border to consolidate control.

From here to the west, Feng Guoyong hopes to break through the Hexi Corridor and restore his homeland.

He introduced in the memorial that due to the previous war, the Yuan court took many soldiers and horses from the kings of Shaanxi and Gansu to deal with the red scarf army.As a result, the Hexi Corridor was empty, and the Ming army killed it, almost as if entering a no-man's land.

But at the same time, Feng Guoyong also pointed out that although the march was smooth, everyone in sight wore Hu clothes and performed Hu etiquette, which was very different from the customs of the Central Plains. It's like being in a foreign land.

When the Memorial is written here, one can clearly feel the frustration of the handwriting. Feng Guoyong wrote it down enduring the pain.

"Recovering the Northwest, changing customs, and not delaying for a moment. One person's illness is a small matter, but the country's illness is serious. If you change generals in front of the battle, the minister may not be able to respond to the sky with a sick body. Seeing the sky, it will only make Your Majesty feel sad. .In addition, it will take time to choose a general, and I am afraid that it will take half a year to get familiar with him back and forth. It is the sin of ministers to harm the country and the people."

"Therefore, I boldly implore my Majesty, don't let me return to Beijing, and Xu Chen leads the troops westward. After recovering Hexi, I can also look at Jiuquan in peace, repay God's grace, and live up to my husband's life ambitions!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it anymore, and beat the table hard, "We know, we know! Feng Guoyong must be seriously ill, otherwise he wouldn't write like this! If we had known this, we shouldn't have sent him to lead the army !"