I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Those who come to the palace examination are all the so-called elite scholars in the world.

Didn't the emperor just come back from conquering the southwest?That's right, let these people comment on the New Deal implemented by the imperial court in the southwest!

For example, forcibly reforming the land and returning it to local people, and another example, setting up a school to let the chieftain people learn Chinese, Sinicization, and popularize basic culture.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this question again, he agreed immediately without saying a word.

The emperor nods his head, and the policy question for the second year of Tianqi will be finalized-to ask about the policy of barbarians in Southwest China.

The people who wrote the questions were all bachelors of this dynasty, so there would be no problems with their knowledge.

This question may seem simple, but it is actually very political, and it also tests the divergent thinking of scholars.

The answers on the test paper can easily tell whether a person has real talent or learning.

Zhu Youxiao was a little curious. Once the topic was changed, could Wen Zhenmeng still be the number one scholar in the Renxu Imperial Palace Examination?

After Wei Zhongxian heard the news, he laughed happily. He could tell at a glance that the cabinet elders were also learning from him.

I'm a quick learner!

This time Ce asked, Wei Zhongxian didn't understand some academic things, but he went up to the imperial examination to ask the emperor about the Southwest policy. Wouldn't that make those scholars praise the emperor fiercely?

As a speech official, you can fight for your reputation by criticizing current affairs. None of these scholars who participated in the palace examination came here to gain the emperor's affirmation and become famous.

These gangsters are all old and cunning!

Chapter 144 Worried About Yuan Chonghuan

With the help of "Revenge", Wei Zhongxian classified Wang Wenyan's case into Wang Zhicai's case and combined the three major cases in order to take the opportunity to dig out more Donglin party members.

According to his assumption, this time the Donglin Party will definitely counterattack.

But our old Wei has already held their handle in our hands. In this matter, as long as they dare to fight back, they can be wiped out directly.

Regardless of Beijing officials or foreign officials, as long as they are associated with the Donglin Party, there is no way to hide from them!

In November of the first year of Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian was waiting for the counterattack of Zhao Nanxing, Wei Dazhong and other Donglin party members.

But a strange situation came up. For a long time, the Donglin Party members who claimed to be "family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and care about everything" have not made any movement for more than half a month.

Could it be that Wang Wenyan was kicked by them?

If the Donglin Party came directly and abandoned the car to protect the commander, Wei Zhongxian would feel a little uncomfortable. After making such a big commotion, there was a lot of shit on his head, and finally Wang Wenyan was arrested...

The battle damage is not proportional!

When he had such concerns, Old Wei didn't stay idle. He also thought that if the Donglin Party members were really so heartless, they should minimize the losses.

So, in the past few days, Mr. Zhu Youxiao saw that Lao Wei had nothing to do, so he came to Dongnuan Pavilion to speak up, and he was more frequent than Kodao officials, mainly to recommend some officials to take office.

Zhu Youxiao also asked Xu Xianchun to investigate these officials secretly to see if they have any real skills.

Wei Zhongxian recommended a total of 22 people, some were recommended by giving gifts, and some were really talented in the local area but were excluded by Donglin.

In the final analysis, Wei Zhongxian also had his own way of selecting candidates. This group of people was miscellaneous, and they were all opposing factions of Donglin. It was up to the emperor to decide which one to keep.

Deliberately put a few obvious ones to make up the number, and let the emperor pick them out. This also shows the emperor's ability to identify talents, doesn't it?

The Wanli year's party struggle was not without fierceness.

The Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, as the ruling parties, underestimated the abilities of the Donglin party members so much that they were flattered and killed by the latter.

After the three major cases, Fang Congzhe resigned, Ye Xianggao ascended to the top, and the situation of Donglin Yingchao was formed.

To this day, Ye Xianggao has asked to resign sixteen times, without exception, Zhu Youxiao has rejected all of them, and wants to leave when he comes?

The Donglin Party was obviously on the verge of being suppressed by Wei Zhongxian, so Ye Xianggao could not leave. He had to stay in the position of chief assistant in the cabinet and serve as the face of the Donglin Party.

Among the newly appointed officials, many were defeated by Donglin during the party struggle during the Wanli Dynasty, and then returned to their hometowns to farm.

This time, because of Wei Zhongxian's return, all the people who were originally on the fighting side were gathered into the Wei Party and became a proper "Emperor Party".

The Donglin Party gave up Wang Wenyan, but after all, people cannot be given for free. In terms of public opinion, they also stepped up their offensive.

As a result, inside and outside the court and the public, a wind of "righteous way" was blowing.

The so-called "Wei Wei's power spreads all over the sky, all the small groups use it, and all the good people are empty" began to be sung by scholars everywhere.

Of course, what the scholars shouted was naturally pleasant.

There were not so many worries in the market. Wei Zhongxian was a gambler and stealer back then, and he often got into trouble, and he even lied to his little sister to engage in pornography. Some were true and some were false, and the Donglin Party picked them all out.

Now it is said that he combines internal and external power in one body, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. The combination of the two phases can be easily understood by ordinary people.

The fact that Wei Zhongxian is so arrogant now is all because he was a rascal before!

Wei Zhongxian cried to himself, saying that his whole body was turned yellow by the Donglin Party, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't laugh or cry.

This group of Donglin Party, seeing that they can't compete with others, started to play tricks, and they even claimed to be "well-known and decent", but they used all kinds of dirty tricks.

At first glance, it seemed that the real thing was that the emperor himself did not care about anything, just sat and watched Wei Zhongxian control the government and support his cronies in many ways.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that an emperor who can personally lead troops to fight and pacify the southwest, gives an order, not to mention the whole world, at least the Ming army in the entire Gyeonggi will come every day.

Can a eunuch control this?

There is only one reason why Wei Zhongxian can grow big, and that is that the emperor doesn't care about it at all!

Hearing these rumors, Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously, but after a few words of comfort to Wei Zhongxian, secretly, he was also thinking about competing with the Donglin Party for public opinion.

The selection of this person is not easy, Wang Tiqian has taken charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he has a style of being different from Wei Zhongxian.

Invite him to try?

To put it in a bad way, Huo Weihua, Jia Jichun and other 12 people became Wei Zhongxian's lackeys after they recovered.

But the real situation is that these people will never contradict any order of their own emperor.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also rejected Wei Zhongxian's other ten people's proposals for recovery.

One is to show his brilliance and martial arts, and beat Wei Zhongxian, and the other is because Xu Xianchun found out, these people really don't know anything except flattery.

There is also a deep-seated reason, that is, we don't want the Wei party to grow too quickly, and it is not good for a family to dominate at any time.

The Donglin Party's counterattack, and the replacement of some important ministries with his own people, Wei Zhongxian thought of these things for Zhu Youxiao and did them.

The pot of shit was all on Wei Zhongxian's head, Zhu Youxiao was much more relaxed, and he lived a comfortable life, just busy with his own things.

But Hong Chengchou, who had just received the order, was dumbfounded.

After sending off the eunuch who announced the decree, Hong Chengchou asked the concierge to show some filial piety, and Hong Chengchou turned to look at the small seal, wondering what the emperor meant by giving him this thing.

For a moment, he did the same action as Zhu Youxiao.

He dipped his finger in the tea, and spread it evenly on the small ivory seal. He saw that the color of the small seal was crystal clear, and then turned blood red, like crystal.

Hong Chengchou's eyes also lit up.

Sometimes a smart person can understand the true meaning from two irrelevant things, Hong Chengchou is like this.

He saw the color change of this small seal, and saw the written inscription, and immediately understood that the emperor wanted to restrain Yuan Chonghuan by himself!

Hong Chengchou didn't know Yuan Chonghuan at all, because they were not at the same level at all. One was in Liaoyang, the other was in Ningyuan, one was the governor, and the other was a small military officer, so they couldn't fight each other.

The reason why we can know each other is thanks to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong once said to the emperor that although his official position is not high, he is the emperor's teacher after all, with enough fame and prestige.

Even Hong Chengchou, who is far away in Liaoyang, has heard this Yuan Chonghuan more than once, let alone the Ning and Jin areas. His ears are probably almost hearing the cocoon.

Sun Chengzong's bragging, whether true or false, one thing can be concluded, he helped Yuan Chonghuan quickly open up the market, and increased his reputation in the Guan, Ning, and Jin areas.

However, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaodong, and Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, are not people who promote officials by fame, and pay more attention to ability.

Compared with the hot-tempered Xiong Jinglue, the governor Hong Chengchou, although slightly inadequate in military affairs, is more capable in politics.

Even if Yuan Chonghuan is really capable, he will not easily make friends with him, let alone recommend him directly to the emperor. If something happens to him, half his life will be ruined.

Originally, he was also curious about Yuan Chonghuan, wondering what kind of person this was, who could make Sun Chengzong so admired.

But now seeing the blood-red translucent little seal on the table, Hong Chengchou chuckled, not interested in this person any more.

The emperor allowed himself to control Ning and Jin four roads, Yan and Jian four towns, and also gave Shangfang the sword and heavy responsibility. The signal is obvious:

I have to use it for Yuan Chonghuan, but I don't worry about it.

He carefully packed Xiaoyin and Shangfangjian, and said to himself: "Alright, I will go to Ningyuan to meet Yuan Bingbei, who is known as Quan Liao Kefu."

"In case something happens, it can be dispatched in time."

Chapter 145

Ningyuan is a small border town, a tiny place.

In order to win the emperor's attention, Yuan Chonghuan proposed to the Ministry of War six times, "guard the land of Liao with Liao people", "build a large and small Linghe city", "recruit Guanning soldiers for payment" and other matters.

And in the memorial, he once boasted that he went to Haikou, saying that the large and small Linghe Rivers were built, and once the 600 million military salary arrived, the whole Liao Dynasty could be restored.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao, who is familiar with history, would not believe his nonsense.

Even Zhu Youxiao in history did not believe these words of eagerness for success. Instead, he sent additional supervisors to Ningyuan to restrain Yuan Chonghuan.

Believe in his evil, 600 million military pay is only a fraction, how much money is there in the treasury enough for him to calmly train troops and build cities?

It's better to rely on yourself than to ask for help, Zhu Youxiao will use his own method to restore the land!

So, Hong Chengchou came.

Now Hong Chengchou is young and promising, and if he talks about the Qing Dynasty in the future, I am afraid that even he himself will not believe it.

Just like Xu Xianchun of Beizhen Fusi, he was Wei Zhongxian's running dog in later generations, and now because of being reused, he has become the commander of Jinyiwei that even Wei Zhongxian has to fear.

After receiving the order, Hong Chengchou came to Ningyuan City to take up his post with only two riders and two riders. He raised his head and looked at the isolated city.

From south to north, from east to west, it seemed that the entire city was resisting the sudden arrival of his governor.

Looking around, only one person came out to meet him.

This man had a very grand appearance, dressed in armor, a red sash, and a basalt helmet on his head. He didn't make too much publicity, but just waited quietly at the south gate with a few personal soldiers.

"Futai is coming from afar, and Yuan Bing will greet you here at the end of his dispatch."

I was ordered by the emperor to constrain him, and Yuan Chonghuan would be so resistant. These Hong Chengchou had expected before coming, and he was not too annoyed.

Seeing that this man looked mighty, he was willing to face the dissatisfaction of the people in the city to welcome him, and he liked him a little in his heart, so he smiled and immediately asked:

"What did the general call for?"

"The last general is Mangui, his ancestral home is Yixian County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, Ren Ning, Deputy Commander of Jinlu." The general held the reins for Hong Chengchou while speaking, neither humble nor overbearing.

When the two entered the city, they saw that the people in Ningyuan City were in turmoil. Hong Chengchou felt a little strange, and thought that he was not afraid of himself, so he asked:

"Ning Yuan recently, has anything major happened?"

Man Gui glanced in surprise, and said with a wry smile: "How did Futai know about it? The soldiers haven't reported it yet."

"I'll know it when I see it." Hong Chengchou looked around, suddenly realized something, and asked:

"When I came here, I saw smoke and dust covering the sky in the eastern suburbs, and horseshoes bursting out. At that time, I thought it was Yuan Bingbei who was practicing the army. Now that I think about it, it must have been caused by the Mongols."

"Ah."

Man Gui nodded and sighed: "Ningyuan City is located on the border, and Mongols often come to vote. Tribes such as Gongtu, Chaohua, and Zaisai have lost their population and come to Yuan Bingbei to ask for it."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou looked down, raised his mouth, and asked with great interest:

"Oh? What did Yuan Bingbei say?"

"Bing Bei angrily reprimanded the envoys of the various tribes on the spot, and said that you and other tribes, on the surface, submitted to the imperial court, but acted in the wrong, and exempted them from Fuyin this year."

"Pedantic..."

Hong Chengchou commented lightly, then shut up and didn't say much.

Man Gui did not intend to refute, and said directly:

"Gongtu, Chaohua, Zaisai and other ministries stationed in the eastern suburbs of Mumu on the pretext of begging for money, looting people inside and outside every day, but they didn't cause any lives, but they were unbearable."

Hong Chengchou nodded, thinking that if there was a fatal accident, with the character of the general in front of him, he would have led the troops to kill him.

Seeing the mansion, he suddenly asked:

"Right now, in Ningyuan City, you are the master of martial arts, and Yuan Chonghuan is the master of literature. What other generals have the strength in their hands?"