Yin Zhengmao hurriedly raised his hands and bowed: "I must obey the king's orders!"
Then, Yin Zhengmao said: "It's just that the transformation of the native land and the return to exile was not a one-time achievement. Therefore, I ask your majesty to first inspect the southwest in the name of the governor's military affairs and appeasement to investigate the conflicts between Han and Yi, and then look for opportunities to take advantage of the conflicts between the chieftains. In addition, we should make use of the contradiction between cooked and raw troops to determine the strategy of favor and power. As for the need for soldiers and horses, we should wait until the ministers determine where to station troops and set up strongholds."
Zhu Yijun knew that Yin Zhengmao was asking for power from him and was also thinking about his own future.
Yin Zhengmao hoped that he, the emperor, could be given the power to governor the military affairs of the five provinces. At the same time, he wanted to let himself, the emperor, know that if he was restrained by the official censor, he would be impeached for corruption, perverting the law, and causing delays. Military aircraft, causing chaos in the southwest, etc. I hope that the emperor can trust him, and he should also know that it is impossible to return to the native land as the officials requested, and the actual results will be seen soon, and not just because of eagerness for success. Yan Guan was impeached and sentenced to death.
And Zhu Yijun did not give Yin Zhengmao reassurance because of this, so he nodded and said: "I will send an order to the cabinet. Your Majesty will be the Secretary of the Ministry of War and the Censor of the Right Capital, and the Prime Minister will be responsible for the military affairs of the five provinces of Guangdong, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Huguang. , and is also in charge of grain roads, civil affairs, salt administration and recruitment matters. However, the Guangdong and Guangxi are now under the control of Ling Qing (Ling Yunyi), the governor-general of military affairs. You should not be constrained by this, and should only focus on the reform of the entire southwest. "
After saying that, Zhu Yijun looked at Yin Zhengmao: "I will give you a silver seal of 'Emperor Ben Zhongliang', which will be presented in secret for my use. You can directly use this silver seal to deal with the situation of reforming the soil and returning to the river." Concentrate on me, and don’t worry about not being able to make me aware of the difficulties in your place."
"I originally only gave this silver seal to the gentleman who returned home. Now that I give it to you, it should also show that I attach great importance to reforming the land and returning home. Therefore, you don't have to worry about your great achievements being annihilated in the future."
After Zhu Yijun said that, he told Zhang Jing to remember to send the silver seal to Yin Zhengmao afterwards.
The so-called silver seal is actually equivalent to sealing it with a silver seal when covering the cover of the memorial, so that people can know whether the memorial has been opened or not.
When Yin Zhengmao saw that Zhu Yijun had given him the right to perform secret music, he immediately beamed with joy, and all the worries in his heart were swept away. He was only left with the expectation that he would not be forgotten and be rewarded by the emperor after making great achievements in the future. He immediately raised his hands and bowed:
"I am determined to live up to the sacred will and successfully bring the Southwest back to its homeland!"
Zhu Yijun just nodded and smiled.
When Gao Gong saw that Yin Zhengmao had obtained the right to perform a secret performance, he was so elated. He just smiled, seeming to look down on Yin Zhengmao's potential, and said at this time:
"Your Majesty, since you want to grant the power of secret memorial, you can't just grant it to Duke Yin. This Duke is greedy for merit and rushes forward. We should be careful that he exaggerates in the secret memorial. We should order Ling, Wu and other Dukes to check and balance him."
Yin Zhengmao glanced at Gao Gong and was about to speak to assure Zhu Yijun.
But Zhu Yijun had already nodded and said to Gao Gong: "I know, let's stop here today."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun left the court.
After Zhu Yijun left, Yin Zhengmao immediately knelt on the ground and knelt to the Prime Minister to say good-bye. Then he stood up and glanced at Gao Gong. After thinking about it, he gave Gao Gong a bow, and then left without looking back.
Seeing that there was no one around him, Gao Gong waved to Yin Zhengmao to come back and talk about the matter of reforming his native land and returning home. However, seeing that Yin Zhengmao had already left, he had no choice but to sit back and murmured:
"Even if it is inconvenient for me to go to the cabinet because he is currently in the cabinet, your Majesty doesn't know how to add more veteran ministers to the cabinet!"
Here, after Yin Zhengmao received the imperial edict appointing him as prime minister for military affairs in the five provinces, he came directly to the Ministry of War and said with a stern face: "Where is the minister of the Military Selection Department? Come and see me immediately!"
Yin Zhengmao said, and he sat down behind the main hall outside the Yamen of the Ministry of War. As a senior official with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, he could naturally directly interrogate the affairs of the Ministry, so he sat directly in the seat where only the Minister of the Ministry of War could sit. Sat down.
Not long after, Li Cai, a doctor from the Martial Arts Department, came over and asked, "What are your orders from Yin Shaobao?"
Yin Zhengmao revealed the imperial edict to the doctor and said: "Give me the list of military ministers from more than a thousand households in the five provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Huguang before sunset today! The number of troops in each local guard station will also be reported to me before sunset. !”
Li Cai, a doctor in the Martial Arts Department, replied: "Report to Shaobao, this is really impossible to do."
After hearing this, Yin Zhengmao glanced at Li Cai: "Is it impossible or do you want to delay it for a while?"
Yin Zhengmao asked again: "Then I want to see quickly, which honest officials in our old department will be dismissed because they don't give you money? If there are really old people in this hall who will be dismissed by you because they don't give you money, you have to ask someone to tell you. Affection?"
Then, Yin Zhengmao asked Li Cai: "When Mr. Tan was here, you also said that it couldn't be done in one day, or was Yuan Fu's examination method useless? You yourself don't know who is living in the thousands of households in various places now? "
After being exposed by Yin Zhengmao, Li Cai had no choice but to say: "Please, Shaobao, please be accommodating!"
"How can you ask me to be accommodating to this Shaobao!"
Sudden.
Yin Zhengmao slapped the desk hard, shouted at Li Cai, then waved his sleeves and said:
"This matter is not negotiable! The Ministry of War is different from other ministries. When it comes to military affairs, there must be orders and prohibitions. If you give it before sunset today, you must give it before sunset today! If you can't give it, you can hang up and leave. I have no shortage of thoughts. Become a member of the martial arts department!"
"I think it's because I have such a good temper today that you want me to be accommodating to you."
Yin Zhengmao said, holding on to his belt and leaving.
Li Cai looked at Yin Zhengmao's leaving figure and stood motionless. After a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"
Yin Zhengmao smiled coldly, and then left the Ministry of War with a stern expression.
As an official above the ministry level, in front of the emperor Zhu Yijun, he would not dare to show any hesitation no matter how reluctant he was. And in front of a first-rank official like Gao Gong, he could only act like an angry little wife. He dared not express his grievances openly, but in front of the officials below, he would naturally put on airs and lose his temper.
Li Cai was the same, he didn't dare to say anything in front of Yin Zhengmao, but as soon as he returned to the Martial Arts Department, he started to shout with a cold face: "Stop what you are doing!"
The officials of the Martial Arts Department shuddered.
When Zhang Juzheng left Beijing to meet officials along the way, he would naturally behave in a condescending manner, giving people the impression that they did not dare to get close to him, in order to let the officials know that the new policies he was implementing were unquestionable.
When giving lectures in front of local officials in Huguang such as Chen Rui, the governor of Huguang, and Xu Xuemo, the censor of Fuzhi Yunxiangdu, Zhang Juzheng was different from explaining carefully in front of the emperor, and only said:
"I don't want to hear the reasons, nor do I want to hear what difficulties you have. I just want Huguang Qingzhang to be more thorough and faster than other places!"
"Why is it that there are so many clans in Huguang that it is difficult to clear the head of the clan? Is this a problem? Can there be more clans in Huguang than in Henan? So these are not reasons!"
Chen Rui, Xu Xuemo and others were all silent and did not say much.
Zhang Juzheng was very satisfied when he saw that Chen Rui and other Huguang officials did not dare to say anything. However, he only showed an uneasy look on the boat back to Jiangling, and asked Zhang Jingxiu: "Is there any news from Beijing? What has your Majesty done recently?" What?"
"Back to my father, according to the official account of the living, His Majesty met with Taifu Gao, and after meeting with Taifu Gao, he asked Prime Minister Yin Shaobao to take charge of the military affairs of the five provinces."
Zhang Jingxiu replied.
Zhang Juzheng trembled slightly after hearing this, and thought to himself: "Are you going to forget me so soon?"
(End of chapter)
