Chapter 378: The wicked complain first
After so long, the victory suddenly disappeared. No one could accept it.
What is even more unacceptable is that the memorial of the Jiaozhi Commissioner General was simply unreadable, all of which were vague and ambiguous. Naturally, people were not stupid, and directly blamed the blame on the Marquis of Fengcheng Shijin. Fengcheng Shijin was responsible for suppressing bandits and placing in Jiaozhi. This matter must have been implicated with him.
Then the Marquis of Fengcheng is not a good deal. A memorial was sent, and he sued the parents and officials of various prefectures in various places to conceal the thief's feelings and make the official army make a wrong judgment.
Both sides tried their best to attack and smear each other, just as there was a chaos at that time, they were both shirking responsibility for each other.
After reading the memorial, Xie Jin just shook his head. He did not dare to be casual about such military and national affairs. At this time, he narrowed his eyes and asked someone to lead the Minister of War Jin Zhong.
This Jin Zhong was different from other ministers. He was just a military householder earlier. Later, his brother died in garrison of Tongzhou. According to the Ming Dynasty, Jin Zhong inherited the responsibilities of his elder brother and re-governed Tongzhou. After that, Yao Guangxiao recommended him to Zhu Di. Zhu Di saw his talent and immediately gave him important tasks and became the chief minister. When Zhu Di raised an army, it was Jin Zhong who assisted Zhu Gaochi to guard Beijing. When 500,000 official troops besieged Beijing, Zhu Gaochi almost guarded Jin Zhong. Therefore, everyone knows that the Battle of the Beiping was the credit of the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, but it was actually inseparable from Jin Zhong.
After that, Zhu Di ascended the throne and appointed Jin Zhong as the Minister of War.
When Xie Jin faced Jin Zhong, he did not dare to take it lightly, and even more so he did not dare to take it big. He bowed to him with a smile: "Please sit in Jinbutang."
Jin Zhong sat down as he said. He was thin and dark, but his pair of silkworm eyebrows always condensed, giving people a sense of dignity, and there was a faint sense of murderous aura. His every move was not like a minister, but more like a general who had been on the battlefield.
Xie Jin did not exchange greetings. Instead, he directly ordered the two memorials to be handed to Jin Zhong. Jin Zhong picked up the memorial and frowned, as if he was pondering something: "It seems that within this year, I will not think that the head of the thief chief will be sent to the capital. If this continues, it will last for a long time. I really don't know when it will be the end."
Xie Jinhe nodded: "Jinbutang, why should you be a woman's sensation? I'm asking you to come today, just hope you will give me a correct word."
Jin Zhong said: "It's okay to say that you are."
Xie Jin stroked his beard and hesitated for a short time, then said seriously: "To be honest, how big is Jiaozhi's thief power? How much has Fengcheng Hou taken?"
Jin Zhong seemed to be weighing something. His eyes did not look around, but remained motionless in his slightly narrowed eyes. Finally, the pupils seemed to emit a faint light and said seriously: "This time, in addition to the 40,000 guards of the thirteen guards in the Jiaozhi headquarters, there were 20,000 soldiers and horses allocated by Guangxi. In addition, the imperial court also left a cavalry there, with a full plan of more than 70,000 people. Logically speaking, if this is true, it was just a group of thieves. The number of people was only 30,000 or 20,000, and they were at the end of their journey and were in ragged clothes. If they wanted to suppress them, they would have been wiped out long ago. Why are the thieves now like a raging fire? According to Jin's opinion, I am afraid that the thief will not be less than 100,000. And at least one soldier and horse with good training, no less than 10,000 people."
Xie Jin couldn't help but say, "Well, well-trained? Where did this come from?"
Jin Zhong said: "There are many reports on the Ministry of War. On the Jiaozhi side, the powerful men often raise private soldiers, practice day and night, and provide weapons. Since then, although these private soldiers have repeatedly ordered them to disband on the spot, those powerful men are not easy to deal with them. I am afraid that these more than 10,000 people will have nothing to do with the private soldiers."
Jin Zhong said again: "It seems that the imperial court will not be able to send troops. It is not enough to achieve success by relying solely on Jiaozhi and Guangxi."
Xie Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you send troops again, it will be a joke. Jinbutang, there is no need to hide anything between you and me. Since you have invited you, it's okay, just open the skylight and say something bright. I ask you, why didn't you say a word in the palace after the Jiaozhi incident?"
The so-called "not saying a word" means that although the emperor was angry, he laid off some Jiaozhi officials and issued a lot of imperial edicts to attack the attack, he seemed unusually silent at other times, just like the mansion report, no one was ordered to copy it. In other occasions, he would never mention this.
Before Jin Zhong answered, Xie Jin sighed: "After all, it's still about face. The emperor spent so much effort to fight south and just gained a foothold, and then he caused such an accident. When the county was established and changed to Jiaozhi, Your Majesty had issued an edict to the world. If anyone knows today, Your Majesty will ascend to the top. In less than two years, our Ming Dynasty will expand its territory and shock the whole country?"
"It's only a lot of effort, and suddenly there was a chaos. It's okay. It's just that there were first-class people, and the natives were rebellious and ordered the local people to attack. In fact... this is nothing. If the matter was so big that the court had to discuss the court with a big fanfare, and even dispatched various troops to go to Jiaozhi again, what would the people in the world think? After all, the people in the world have to discuss it. Then wouldn't the emperor's previous southern expedition be a joke? Jinbutang, the king was worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the emperor was humiliated and died. The emperor was humiliated, and you and I also proposed to mobilize the army and go to Jiaozhi again. The emperor was not angry, but I was afraid that those who were ministers would have to apologize for death."
Jin Zhong couldn't help but feel moved, and couldn't help but open his eyes and look at Xie Jin carefully.
Xie Jin still smiled: "So, Jiaozhi's affairs can only be treated with this small turbulent prescription, and you must not use strong medicine. Before that, when Jiaozhi's turbulence was in trouble, Zhang Fu, Qiu Furen and others volunteered to go to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion. As a result, Your Majesty was not sure, but chose an inconspicuous Fengcheng Marquis. In fact, the reason is the same. Your Majesty must deliberately keep a low profile. Before the last resort, he moved Zhang Fu and Qiu Fu, which means something big happened to Jiaozhi."
Jin Zhong frowned: "In my opinion, I am afraid that now it is a last resort."
Xie Jin shook his head: "Wait a minute, look at it. This memorial was handed over to the palace, and I was afraid that the palace would not make a big deal. But I have a prescription, but I don't know if it will be successful."
Jin Zhongdao: "I wish to hear the great views of the Lord."
Xie Jin smiled and suppressed his hands: "The word "high opinion" cannot be said. It is nothing more than you, the Minister of War. After the last memorial, I asked the Hao family to lead troops to assist in the fight. Doesn't the Hao family also have troops from the headquarters? It's time for them to work hard in Jiaozhi."
Jin Zhong shook his head, "There is a saying that is not to be said or not. The Hao family is nothing more than the Shenji Musket Team. Although they have made great achievements in their military achievements, this Musket Team can naturally make it as solid as a soul when guarding the pass, and one man is a pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. But it is afraid that it will not be so easy to attack the rebels. After all, the Musket Team is few and so powerful, but they are attacking and combating the thieves..."
Xie Jin smiled and seemed to have no patience to listen to Jin Zhong's nagging analysis. He picked up a memorial and held it in his hand to play with it. Suddenly, he said, "This is what Your Highness means."
Hearing this sentence, Jin Zhong was stunned for a moment.
The Your Highness in Xie Jin's mouth is the prince, otherwise who else could there be? Jin Zhong is undoubtedly the princeling party, and the most hard-core princeling party. In fact, compared to Xie Jin, his feelings are much deeper than Zhu Gaochi. At this time, Xie Jin said this, and Jin Zhong immediately stopped talking, looking clear and said, "Then, I will try my best."
After seeing Jin Zhong off, Xie Jin couldn't help but shake his head. Jin Zhong was a man who was good at military affairs, but he was a little pedantic. He immediately threw two memorials aside. These two memorials were naturally sent to the palace for reading, but according to his expectations, the emperor might not "attention". Of course, it is fake to not pay attention to it. The emperor was afraid that he would be worried in his heart, but he must not pretend to be too seriously. He was indifferent and worried in his heart, but he was afraid that it was the true portrayal of the emperor at the moment.
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However, another memorial attracted the attention of Ji Jin. This memorial was sent a few days ago. It was a memorial written by the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commissioner for the shelter of fugitives. The matter inside was really shocking. There were many fugitives, hundreds or thousands, and it was endless. There were rare people in Guangxi Township, all of which were the elderly, weak, women and young people. Especially in Nanning, Liuzhou and other prefectures, there were even merchants who rushed to Langshan, Guangxi, and Guangxi. Extravagance gradually arose, and decades of education were ruined.
When this memorial was delivered, it immediately attracted the attention of the government and the public, and many people used it to criticize it, which was quite a big deal.
Xie Jin was not in a hurry to get involved. He planned to wait and see. After all, Guangxi is thousands of miles apart, and the situation is unclear and it is difficult to make a judgment.
However, today, there is another memorial from Jiaozhi, which was written by Hou Hao Zheng, Luzhou.
Xie Jin picked it up and looked at it with great interest. When he saw it, he was stunned.
The memorial was very interesting. It was actually a tone of the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commission, saying that the people in Guangxi and other places did not want to produce, and the fleeing households were becoming increasingly powerful, and they were rushing to live in Langshan. A small county in Liangshan was repeatedly prohibited, but it was still banned. So they informed the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commission Commission and ordered them to stop them. The local parents in Guangxi were helpless, so that there were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fugitive households entrenched in Langshan. Langshan tried to repatriate, but they had no choice but to do so. They were afraid that the fugitive households would gather together and cause trouble to Liangshan. They begged the court to issue a document immediately, ordering the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commission Commission to gather guards and tens of thousands of soldiers to return the fugitive households to the Langshan, and to repatriate the fugitive households, and to make peace.
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Chapter completed!