Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Su Yan had just returned to the temporary residence from the market, before he had time to have dinner, Huo Dun came to see him.

In the hall, Huo Dun walked up to him, pushed the golden mountain and inverted the jade pillar, and bowed with his head.Su Yan was startled, turned sideways to avoid it, and said in his mouth: "Don't intervene! If you have something to say, don't engage in preemptive talk."

Huo Dun refused to get up, and begged: "Siqing Yan did not plot to assassinate Prince Oara, I hope Yushi Su will find out and let him out!"

Yan Chengxue was imprisoned by Su Yan after the group of Wala men escorted Altan out of Qingshui camp.They didn't abuse him, provided him with food and clothing, and added a few oil lamps for him to read.Su Yan wrote a detailed memorial on this matter, and handed it to the post station for six hundred miles to expedite it and send it to the capital.

Calculating the time, it should be sent to the imperial court in these two days, just waiting for Emperor Jinglong to send it.

Before the imperial decree was issued, Yan Chengxue still had to stay in the forbidden room.

Huo Dun said: "The last general also knows that this is a serious matter, and it is bound to alarm the world, but since Su Yushi is patrolling on behalf of the sky, please see clearly and save Lao Yan's life. He is really not the murderer of Altan."

Su Yan rubbed his chin and looked at him: "I was thinking, what is the relationship between you two? What qualifications do you, Huo Dun, have to intercede for Yan Chengxue? In terms of suspicion, you are not younger than him. It is true that he made the poison and flying spurs. But the thing was found on you, who is the main culprit and who is the accessory? I think he looks like a man who makes up his mind, is he the main culprit?"

"——I am the main culprit!" Huo Dun blurted out, thinking about it wrongly, and changed his words, "No, why did I get caught by Mr. Su. This matter has nothing to do with us, really, Lao Yan really doubted Ale Tan is a spy from Beimo. He infiltrated into Qingshui Camp with bad intentions, so he wanted to get rid of him. Although this idea was too arbitrary, the original intention was also for the stability of the border defense. Besides, Al Tan was assassinated before it could be implemented.

"The general feels that the shaman that Jinghong's guards ran into is very suspicious. It is likely that he stole the flying thorn from me, attempted to murder Altan, and then kidnapped and killed my personal soldiers, planting the blame. Then Since the great witch Heiduo is the shaman of the Wara tribe, maybe this case involves their internal political situation, and it really has nothing to do with us, Master Su!"

Su Yan felt that Huo Dun's thinking was quite clear, which was not far from what he had guessed.But he still kept his face straight and said: "Even if you two were not the killers, it is true that you bought and sold this group of Oirats by force and set up a frame. If this officer hadn't arrived in time, Altan would have been killed You are besieging the camp, and even if he doesn't die, he will have to peel off his skin, won't he?"

Huo Dun was ashamed, so he had to kowtow to admit his mistake: "It was the last general who was greedy for a while. He couldn't buy the horse by force, so he had the evil idea of ​​kidnapping him for ransom. I personally picked the fight, and it had nothing to do with Lao Yan. "

Su Yan sneered slightly: "During Yan Siqing's tenure, he neglected his duties, stayed in the Qingshui Camp for a long time, even acted as a substitute, and violated the military order to train troops without authorization - all of these were done by you, and had nothing to do with him? You locked him in the prison with an iron chain. By your side?"

Horton was speechless.

Su Yan said: "Huo Dun! This Qingshui Camp is Daming's frontier fort and defense line, not your and Yan Chengxue's private territory! You have been local snakes for too long, and you have forgotten the laws of Daming and the court's laws? There is no need to worry about it. Plead for mercy, do whatever you want with this matter, I will report it impartially, and leave everything to the imperial court for decision."

Huo Dun's strong and powerful shoulders due to leading the army all the year round almost collapsed, his hands were pressed to the ground, his eyes were flushed: "Old Yan is indeed extreme, but it can't be all his fault...he hates Beiyi, Not only because the prairie tribes have always been enemies in the Central Plains for thousands of years, even if they were forced to shake hands and make peace, it would be difficult for them to last for a long time...Moreover, because beyond the Great Wall, the Hetao area is the land of his nightmares...

"I have known him for 19 years, and I watched him fall into hell -- his parents died under the iron hooves of the people in Beimo, and his brothers and sisters were not spared. At the age of 13, he hid for several days in the pile of dead people. After a whole day and night, I just escaped from the ruins of the battlefield... When he fell into my arms, his body was covered in cuts and bruises, and he was almost out of shape!

"Who can tell whether it was the Tatar tribe, the Wara tribe, or the Goliu and Woye tribes that slaughtered the entire town? They wore similar clothes, spoke similar barbaric languages, and had the blood of the same ancestor flowing in their bodies. , For a hundred years of separation and reunion, even if you fight to the death, it is still a fight between evil beasts!

"The Tatars are fighting against my Great Ming now. Does Wala have good intentions towards my Great Ming? No! These grassland tribes are born with wolf nature. Today they can wag their tails at us for meat, and tomorrow they can eat meat Bite us back! Prevent them, use them, and even get rid of them first, what's wrong? Old Yan is just too aggressive and unscrupulous. As for using his head to respect the laws of the country?!"

Horton burst out full of depression and anger, and almost screamed at the end.

Su Yan was silent for a moment, took two steps forward, and patted his shoulder armor, "So you can only be a general guarding the town, you can't be handsome, let alone look at problems from the position of the king of a country. Because You don't have a strategic vision, at best you can only engage in tactics.

"State-to-state relations, whether good or evil, are a grand strategic art. There is a saying that you and Yan Chengxue have probably never heard, 'There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests'. Put it on the individual , may be scoffed at by people, but for a country, stability and development and the well-being of all people must be the top priority.

"Wala may have had a war with Daming, but times have changed. The current situation is that the Tatars have committed crimes against us, burned, killed, and looted us. Then we must ally with all the forces that can be united, and first defeat the Tatars. Lie on the ground, defeated, and severely injured.

"As for whether Wala will become another Tatar in the future, no one dares to say. But if there is a day when I, Su Yan, can still stand in the court, I will also beat Wala to the ground. Convinced!

"This point, the emperor sees this more clearly than anyone else. Now he wants to make the leader of Oara the king and support the opponent's power. In a few years, when Oara rises and the Tatars become weaker, he might want to make the leader of the Tatars again , or any other tribe's leader is the king, in order to check and balance the Northern Desert.

"The trend of the world, one ebbs and the other ebbs and flows, how can there be any eternal relationship? This is not a change from day to day, let alone two ends, but the wisdom of the emperor."

Huo Dun was stunned, and murmured in a daze, "Why don't you wipe them all out, just like Emperor Chengzu wiped out Beicheng..."

Su Yan smiled: "Wei, Huo Feng, Lang Juxu; Dou, Geng Le, Shi Yanran; Tang once destroyed the Eastern Turks and captured Jieli Khan alive. But what? Did the grassland tribes disappear? They won't be wiped out all at once Yes. The nation is the seed of fire, hidden in charcoal under the severe frost, and started a prairie fire when the wind blows.

"As for Yan Chengxue, I personally feel deeply sympathetic to what happened to him. But one thing is the other. He can't take revenge indiscriminately against innocent people of the same clan or non-clan members just because his family members were killed by mobs.

"If the current situation pushes the country to the battlefield, everyone has no choice but to fight for the country, then the enemy will have to attack no matter how innocent they are. But it has not reached that point yet, I forbid you to do it for your own selfishness, for' Get rid of it and then quickly vent your anger, disrupt the situation that the emperor has worked so hard to set up, and damage the interests of the country. Otherwise, even if I don't have the heart, I must hang the heads of you two on the gate!"

Huo Dun knelt back and sat on the ground without saying a word for a long time.

In the end, he kowtowed heavily and begged: "Please allow me to visit Yan Siqing in the forbidden room and talk to him. I will try my best to enlighten him."

Su Yan nodded: "You go. Love is human nature, I can't stop it, and I don't want to stop it."

Horton saluted and left.

Jing Hong stood behind Su Yan with her sword in her arms, her face was cold and serious, as if she had listened carefully to every word, and seemed to be out of her mind the whole time.

Su Yan turned around and saw his appearance as a door god, and couldn't help but sneer: "What was wrong with what I said just now? I hope that Hero Jinghong will not hesitate to enlighten me."

"Hmm? Hmm." Jing Hong blinked and said, "Why don't you do it? Shall I have a cup of chrysanthemum tea before dinner?"

On August 22, the [-] Jinyiwei troops led by Longquan, the commander of Tengxiang Zuowei, rushed to Lingzhou.

Longquan received an oracle from flying pigeons in the capital on the way, saying that Su Yushi had been found and was currently in Lingzhou, and ordered them to go directly to Lingzhou to wait for Su Yan's dispatch.As for the food and grass needed, the emperor has personally instructed the household department to dispatch.

The emperor wrote in the secret decree to Su Yan: Everything is difficult at the beginning, Qinghe has just taken over the local government affairs, and if he wants to make drastic reforms, he will inevitably offend the local dignitaries and touch a network of interests.Since I have entrusted you with the order to be the sword in my hand, I will not let you cut through the thorns and thorns alone.These five thousand brocade guards are all elite troops, half of them are warriors who have been baptized by the flames of war as part of our Northern Expedition more than ten years ago.Now borrowing from you is not only for the sake of momentum and self-defense, but also to be able to use strength to break through tricks at critical moments, and get twice the result with half the effort.

The last sentence is: "Autumn moon and cold river, seeing it is like seeing Qing. Beiguan is getting colder, so take care, don't stand on the cusp of the storm."

Su Yan read the secret decree several times, and even appreciated the pinpoint-sized ink dots that did not accidentally touch the paper when writing, and appreciated them carefully as works.Although it shows that the king has no doubts about employing people, but the trust that even the personal guards and the old department can borrow is so heavy, how can he repay it!The only way to do your best is to make peace as soon as possible.

He spent a whole day writing a long memorial of more than ten pages to the emperor, analyzing in detail the many reasons for the abolition of horse administration in Shaanxi, pointing out various ills such as local officials' dereliction of duty, tyrannical tyrants, and frontier soldiers' profit-seeking, etc., and finally proposed Eight reform proposals.

Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

Today, the emperor did not listen to the government at the imperial gate, but chose to have a small court in the palace.The six ministers lined up on both sides of Danchi. Emperor Jinglong sat on the dragon chair, and on the lower left side sat the prince Zhu Helin who accompanied him in discussing politics.

A servant with a clear voice was reading aloud the memorial sent by the Supervisory Censor Su Yan from Shaanxi.

"First, carefully select the officials of the Qing Temple, dismiss those who are not in office, and recommend the worthy."

Call for the removal of 28 incompetent officials headed by Yuanma Siqing Li Rong.Depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, some were sent back to Beijing for another appointment; some were dismissed and sent back to live idle.

Twelve talented and upright middle and low-level officials were invited to be promoted to chief officials.

It is proposed to transfer the experienced Shanxi Xingtaipusi Minister Yuan Yan to Shaanxi Xingtaipusi Minister to replace the former temple minister Yan Chengxue.

The Ministry of Officials was requested to send [-] more officials to the two temples, the tea horse department and the salt department respectively to fill the vacancies after dismissal.

It is proposed to improve the treatment of the officials of the two temples, and to increase the monthly salary according to the official rank. The other yamen should treat each other with dignity and are not allowed to fight against them.

It is proposed to implement the annual evaluation system of the officials of the two temples, which will be presided over by Ma Zheng Yushi, the supervisor dispatched by the imperial court, and the local governors and inspectors must not interfere.

In this way, it is equivalent to the two temples in Shaanxi and the government offices involved in horse administration, and almost all high-level officials have exchanged blood.

Su Yan had previously promised to improve the treatment of the two temples, and he did what he said.It's just that I mentioned it, but the ones who enjoy the new treatment are not the original group of chief officials, but the airborne troops and the lowest-level clerks.

The left servant and the right servant of the official department began to argue. Will such a large-scale transfer of officials cause adverse reactions?One person thinks that it will be destroyed before it is destroyed, and the other thinks that it may cause turmoil among grassroots officials.

But the emperor on the dragon seat said: "What is the use of the hearts of such corrupt officials? Sure."

Shaanxi, Lingzhou.

The carriage that Su Yan was riding in was driving on the way to Pingliang Mansion. Hundreds of Jin Yiwei guarded both sides, fully demonstrating the great prestige of the imperial envoy.

More than a dozen deposed officials came in a group to stop the car to complain, knelt down in front of the horse, wept and begged the governor, Yushi Wang, to forgive him.

Su Yan lifted the curtain of the car, poked his head out, and waved at them kindly: "Stop being obsessed with the position, let's go, ah. Being an official is not making decisions for the people, it's better to go home and grow sweet potatoes.

"In fact, planting sweet potatoes is also a promising career, and corn, both of which are from the Philippines...well, they were introduced from the Americas by businessmen from the Sulu Kingdom. As long as these two crops are planted well, I, Daming, will never perish from famine. Isn't it more meaningful for you to shoulder heavy responsibilities than drinking tea with your legs crossed in the idle yamen? Go, go."

"My lord, beware of sneak attacks." Jing Hong chased after, holding Su Yan's shoulders, pulling his head back to the carriage, and hugging her shoulders confidently.

Su Yan experienced two assassinations, one was when the assassin sneaked into the station, Jing Hong chased him with a sword and chopped off both hands, and another time when the assassin approached the periphery, he was caught by Jin Yiwei on the spot, but he failed.

On the contrary, he followed the clues to find out the behind-the-scenes instigation, and directly chopped off his head with Shangfang sword.

The heads of the chief envoys were pickled with lime and circulated to all prefectures, prefectures and counties in Shaanxi.After a circle, the assassination disappeared.

However, Jing Hong's guards were afraid that his family's adult hair would be blown off by the wind, and they were still vigilant like a hound with pricked ears.

But this time it wasn't the deposed officials who went wrong. After all, they had to resign themselves to their fate and go home to grow sweet potatoes after all the fuss.

It was Zhu Yougou, the king of Pingliang County.

Yes, the one who forbade others to be nicknamed "Dog King" and almost beheaded him in public.