The priest is the prime minister, and the priest is the ruler.

This official position was not available in the Ming Dynasty because the Ming Dynasty adopted the cabinet system. For the Ming Dynasty, the function of the chief minister of the cabinet was similar to that of the prime minister in the Song Dynasty.

Now the new king of the Ming Dynasty was young, and six ministers in charge of the government, and all the government affairs and military affairs were captured by six ministers in charge of the emperor. Without the assistance of the queen mother and the guidance of the emperor, there was no capable royal family member regent.

Therefore, Jiang Xia and the other six combined together are equivalent to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the six of them are still divided into two factions, and the two factions are clearly divided. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages. At the same time, they also represent their own interests. Many times, a question requires a long time of controversy to delay decisions.

This pattern actually needs to be broken.

How to break it? There is only one way, that is, select one person from six people and lead the other five people.

In this way, the balance will be broken. Someone makes the final decision and the efficiency of making decisions is much higher.

It’s just that such a person shouldn’t be Jiang Xia anyway, after all, he is too young.

Now Li Dongyang proposes to let Jiang Xia be the prime minister and lead the other five guards before the emperor takes power. Jiang Xia just takes this proposal as just listen to it, and Yang Tinghe will definitely not agree to it.

But Yang Tinghe frowned and was silent, as if he was really considering the feasibility of this matter.

Jiang Xia sneered and secretly mocked in her heart: "Pretend, I see if you can pretend to be something between A and C."

Who knew that Yang Tinghe would nod at the end and said, "Okay, I agree to this matter. As long as Taifu Jiang can drive the coalition forces of Turpan and Ola out of the Ming Dynasty this time, then I will agree that Taifu will be the prime minister."

After Yang Tinghe made a statement, Yang Yiqing hurriedly stated: "I have both hands in favor of this matter."

Li Dongyang glanced at Wang Qiong and Xia Yuanming and asked, "How about you two?"

Wang Qiong and Xia Yuanming looked at each other with great understanding, and the two nodded at the same time and said, "I (I) have no objection."

"Okay." Li Dongyang nodded and said, "It's no basis for saying that, let's write down an imperial edict now and ask the emperor to stamp it. Once the Taifu returns triumphantly, we will immediately read this imperial edict and let Lord Jiang take charge of political affairs and military affairs."

"Okay." Everyone agreed.

Jiang Xia stared at Yang Tinghe. He didn't understand why Yang Tinghe agreed to this matter and why he gave in. Because once this matter was made, it would not be a good thing for Yang Tinghe in any aspect.

For example, those who are still watching will definitely choose to join the Jiang system first from now on. Those who have already joined the Yang system may also betray the Yang system and change to the Jiang system in Jiangxia.

In short, all this has no benefit to Yang Tinghe. Jiang Xia really can't figure out why Yang Tinghe agreed.

But no matter what, he has agreed anyway. He has already decided to take over the battle against Turpan and the Oirat army. It would be good if he can do this. It doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed, there will be no punishment anyway.

Even if Yang Tinghe wants to repent afterwards, this incident will still be disgusting for a long time.

As a result, Jiang Xia no longer thought about it, but just smiled and bowed to Yang Tinghe and said, "Thank you for being so generous."

After saying that, Jiang Xia laughed twice.

Yang Tinghe suddenly bowed to Jiang Xia with a entrusted expression: "Please also ask the Grand Tutor to worry more this time. We must drive the army of Turpan and Ola out of the Ming Dynasty to make up for the mistakes I made."

Jiang Xia was a little stunned, and was a little confused. This old man couldn't really wake up and think that he should put the overall situation first and not compete for power and profit for the time being, right?

After thinking about it, no matter whether Yang Tinghe was sincere or false, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Lord Yang, Jiang Xia will do his best."

Next, Yang Tinghe personally wrote the imperial edict to enfeoff Jiangxia as the prime minister, and then the six people went to Zhu Zaijiang to ask for the jade seal. In fact, this was a formality. Could it be that they asked Zhu Zaijiang to ask for the jade seal? How could Zhu Zaijiang refuse?

After the imperial edict was built and removed, the imperial edict was first maintained by Li Dongyang and announced it when Jiang Xia returned triumphantly.

After finalizing this matter, Jiang Xia and the others requested another imperial edict to grant Jiang Xia the title of "General of the Northwest to Pacify Rebellion" and had the power to mobilize the troops and horses of the world.

Of course, this is only temporary.

When Jiangxia's troops return to the court, they have to return the military power.

After leaving the palace, Jiang Xia refused Yang Yiqing's invitation to drink at the restaurant, but went to the martial arts lecture hall first.

This time I took over the Battle of Northwest, I have to say that Jiangxia's martial arts lecture hall has had an opportunity to show off her skills. From its establishment to now, the martial arts lecture hall has been trained for nearly half a year. Maybe they are not mature enough, but they are definitely elite enough.

Jiang Xia came to the martial arts lecture hall without saying hello to anyone in advance, and directly entered the martial arts lecture hall.

As soon as he walked to the door of the martial arts hall, Jiang Xia heard a voice "Ha! Hum! Ha! Huh!" inside, and it seemed that it was full of righteousness.

Just as Jiang Xia was about to walk inside, two Jinyiwei guards guarding the door immediately reached out to stop Jiang Xia and asked, "Who is the important place in the martial arts hall, don't go in random places!"

"Bold, this is Lord Jiang Xiajiang, the Grand Tutor of the dynasty." Han Mufeng, who was following Jiang Xia, said.

After saying that, Han Mufeng took out a nameplate and handed it to the Jinyiwei.

The Jinyiwei was shocked when he saw it. The two knelt down together and said, "See the Taifu, the villain has no eyes and does not recognize Mount Tai. Please forgive me."

"Those who do their duty are loyal and those who do not know are innocent." After saying that, Jiang Xia waved his hand and walked into the martial arts lecture hall.

The courses in the martial arts lecture hall can be divided into two categories: civil and military affairs. The first category of literature is mainly military book study, combat case analysis, marching experience, and various strange knowledge.

The first category of martial arts is mainly divided into internal arrays, training, archery, fists, swords, guns, sticks, and riding and shooting.

After Jiang Xia entered the martial arts lecture hall, he stood in the corner and watched the students in the yard train.

Since different instructors are teaching different things, it seems that there are many types. However, after half a year of training, the students in these martial arts lecturers have made a lot of progress in terms of physical fitness, personal quality, obedience, and understanding of military affairs.

Even if you just watch it casually, Jiang Xia could feel the strict military discipline style.

Han Mufeng, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but sigh. "If the entire Ming Dynasty could train troops like Brother Jiang, why worry about the rest of the world?"

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "If the Ming Dynasty trains like me, I'm afraid the country will forget it before it is trained. Do you know how much money will be spent in just one thousand people per month? It scares you so much that they may have to use fifty Xiaoyao Villas a month. Do you think if nearly one million troops of the Ming Dynasty trains like this, will the Ming Dynasty destroy the country?"

"Fifty Xiaoyao Villa?" Han Mufeng looked at the soldiers and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's true that he is a elite soldier. Each of them is piled up with silver."

Jiang Xia glanced at the tent-raising drum on the dam and said, "Go, come and play the drums."

"Okay." Han Mufeng walked over and beat the drum of the tent lift, and the whole dam shouted everywhere: "Get together! Hurry!"

A court instructor counted the time loudly, "Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven". According to the rules, the martial arts lecture hall assembly is limited to ten breaths and must be completed.

The instructor and the students quickly stood in a square formation. Before Jiang Xia could walk over, two students rushed over quickly. When the two students saw the situation in front of them, their faces turned pale. Without saying a word, they took off their clothes and walked to the execution rack beside them and lie down.

No one spoke, and two students from the court walked up and whipped ten whips without saying a word.

They seemed to be students in the main hall, so Gao Jia didn't say much, and took off his clothes and let a court instructor whip him ten times.

The entire team was silent, and the students were all silent.

Jiang Xia walked to the front of the queue, and everyone knelt down on one knee and said, "See sir!"

Jiang Xia nodded and waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite, just get up."

When the students stood up, Jiang Xia said, "Dear students or instructors in the martial arts lecture hall, I'm here to tell you one thing today. It's time for us to show our mighty appearance in the martial arts lecture hall!

Turpan and Ola colluded with each other and took advantage of the negligence of entering our Jiayu Pass in the northwest border and breaking our Suzhou City. Now they are coming in full force and want to take the capital directly.

Now the court has named me the "General of the Northwest Punishment of Rebellion". I will lead you to the Ningxia Central Guard to join the army of the Ming Dynasty, and then lead you to defeat Turpan and Oirat, and drive them out of the Ming Dynasty.

This is no longer an exercise, but a real sword and gun to kill the enemy. If you are not careful, blood will splatter on the battlefield. Are you afraid!”

"I don't fear the horse's corpse! I have no regrets when I splatter my blood on the battlefield!" The students and instructors shouted together.

They themselves also know how much money they are spending every day, so they always hold their breath and need a time to prove themselves.

Now that the Northwest War has begun, they are ready to go, so when Jiang Xia asks this, their roars are really like thunder on the ground, which makes people feel hurt by the eardrums.

"Okay!" Jiang Xiachen shouted: "Give you a day to prepare, and you will set off immediately at noon tomorrow."

After saying that, Jiang Xia brought the nameplate representing his identity from Han Mufeng. He handed the nameplate to Gao Jia and said, "Go, take people to the Ministry of War and tell them what I said, the best war horses and the best equipment, you will choose!"

"Yes!" Gao Jia was very excited.

It’s different to a strong superior. In the past, when he was the commander, although his official rank was not low, he always asked his grandfather to sue his grandmother when he wanted any equipment to find the court. How could he tell them directly, and he would pick them up whatever he wanted!

After leaving the martial arts lecture hall, Jiang Xia took a carriage to Li Dongyang's house.

When he met Li Dongyang in the backyard, Li Dongyang was sitting in the garden reading a book. Jiang Xia glanced at the title of the book - "Lüshi Chunqiu".

When Li Dongyang saw Jiang Xia coming, he immediately put the book in his hand and put it aside and said to Jiang Xia: "You are here, you must have not had a meal yet. I happened to ask the butler to cook more and sit down and have a meal together."

"Yes." Jiang Xia replied.

Jiang Xia and Li Dongyang walked into the backyard hall together. After sitting down, the servants quickly brought tea and pastries.

Li Dongyang picked up the tea and took a sip, and said, "This is the Junshan Silver Needle from Hunan. Our good tea from Hunan, try it."

Jiang Xia smiled, picked up the tea and blew the tea leaves floating on it, and then took a sip.

It is astringent in the mouth, but it tastes sweet. After drinking it, there is a tea fragrance surrounding the mouth, which feels very wonderful.

Jiang Xia nodded and said, "I'm not good at tasting tea, but I feel that this tea must be a good tea, much better than the tribute tea I've drunk before."

Li Dongyang put down the teacup and said, "I believe you came to see me specifically. It's not as simple as asking for a cup of tea with my teacher, right? How about it? Don't you understand why my teacher proposes that you be the 'prison' position?"

Jiang Xia nodded, but soon shook his head again. He said, "Actually, I understand Master's intention. Master wants me to control the government so that the political affairs of the Ming Dynasty will not be as slow as it is now.

But there are two things I don’t understand. First, why is it me? Master, you are highly respected. It is most suitable for you to take the position of prime minister. On the contrary, I am a little bit unqualified. Second, why did Yang Tinghe agree? Logically speaking, he should not agree with this matter."

Li Dongyang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll help you solve your doubts. First of all, why it was you? Because you are young. Master is old and at most you have to leave the court for a few years. Therefore, Master is not suitable for the position of prime minister. Then Yang Tinghe agreed. You should actually be very clear about this.

Yan Song was the one who recommended Yang Tinghe to lead troops to help the northwest. As a result, Yan Song became the culprit for the destruction of the northwest border. Yang Tinghe had to bear a great responsibility for this matter.

If this Northwest War cannot be put down, Yang Tinghe will inevitably be under pressure from all parties and will not be able to continue to live in the world.

He agreed that you were the chief magistrate, one was to hope that you could lead troops to fight, the other was to think that you would show weakness, and hope that you could spare him then."

"So that's it." After Li Dongyang mentioned this, Jiang Xia suddenly realized.

Jiang Xia thought about it and asked Li Dongyang, "Master, if I come over triumphantly, should I let Yang Tinghe go?"

Li Dongyang thought for a while and said, "It depends on what you think. If you want to be stable in the Ming Dynasty and transition to the emperor's rule, it may not be suitable for Yang Tinghe for the time being.

But if you want to take action first and eliminate Yang Tinghe in advance, you can consider taking action against him, because once you pass by triumph, this time will become the most powerful time for you.

Yang Tinghe himself is wrong. You want to kill him, it is legitimate."

After hearing this, Jiang Xia nodded and did not say anything.

After a while of silence, the housekeeper walked in and said to Li Dongyang and Jiang Xia: "Master, Lord Jiang, the food is ready, please move to the side hall for meals."
Chapter completed!