Wei Zhongxian had great influence in the palace, but was weaker in the outer court. In the cabinet, there was only one Gu Bingqian.
Facing the first assistant and the second assistant, Gu Bingqian could not stand alone.
After the first assistant and the second assistant have reached an agreement, the other elders do not have much choice but to follow the opinions of the first assistant and the second assistant.
Gu Bingqian was very dissatisfied. As a cabinet minister, he had no say in the cabinet.
But he understood better that there was nothing he could do but watch the cabinet being controlled by the two bosses of the Donglin Party.
"Training new soldiers requires food and salary. Where do these come from?" Gu Bingqian seized on the problem that Ye Xianggao had mentioned that the court had no food and salary and began to fight back.
Ye Xianggao glanced at Gu Bingqian.
He knew in his heart that Gu Bingqian was deliberately stirring up trouble, and was also venting his dissatisfaction with their decision to directly select the governor of Datong.
"The food and salary can be provided by the local government. Let them train new soldiers for the time being. When the court has money, we will allocate it back to them." Han Xu said to Gu Bingqian.
Gu Bingqian snorted coldly when he heard this.
He didn't know whether Han Xu really didn't understand, or was just pretending to be stupid, hoping that the local government would provide money to train new recruits. This was impossible. Even if the imperial court provided food and salary to the local government to train new recruits, the food and salary might not be half of it. Put it into practice.
Ye Xianggao also seemed to think that what Han Xu said was too whimsical, and he made up for it: "Although the Tiger Character Banner occupies a large portion of the raised land, the Mongols themselves may not be willing to do so. Presumably the main troops of the Tiger Character Banner are there. On the grassland, there are not many soldiers and horses left in Xuanda. Even if there are no new soldiers, there is still no problem with the few large camps of the border troops in Xuanda and Xuanda. "
"What if the Tiger Character Banner's thoughts are not on the grassland!" Gu Bingqian added, "The grasslands are all bitter and cold places. The main personnel of the Tiger Character Banner are all Ming people. Maybe they would prefer to stay in the rich Ming Kingdom. , rather than remaining on the barren grassland.”
Ye Xianggao smiled softly and said, "Mr. Gu Ge is worried that I have been prepared for this."
"I wonder how Mr. Chief Assistant is going to respond?" Gu Bingqian asked.
Ye Xianggao said: "I have decided to send someone to the Chahar tribe to meet Lin Dan Khan. After all, Lin Dan Khan is the co-leader of the Mongols. I believe he does not want to see the Tumote tribe being destroyed." A business house from the Ming Dynasty was conquered."
"The Chief Assistant has a good idea, but who can guarantee that Lin Danhan will take the initiative to send troops to the Tiger Flag?" Gu Bingqian asked again.
Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "It's very simple. As long as the Ming Dynasty promises Lin Dan Khan that he will send troops with them to deal with the Tiger Flag, I believe Lin Dan Khan will definitely agree to send troops in order to get a big promotion."
"Dabanshengdi is the most fertile place in Monan Mongolia. It was once the pasture of the Chahar tribe, and Qingcheng is the pearl on the grassland. I also believe that Lin Dan Khan will not let go of such a chance to regain Dabanshengdi." opportunity." Han Xu said from the side.
The two people echoed each other, which made Gu Bingqian understand that the two of them had probably discussed everything before, and they had only informed him that they had called him to discuss it together.
"Since the two cabinet ministers have considered it so comprehensively, I don't have any objections."
He had no allies in the cabinet. Faced with the alliance between the first and second assistants, he had no choice but to retreat.
Seeing Gu Bingqian shrinking, Ye Xianggao said with a smile: "Since everyone has no objections, let's do this. I will go to the Holy See and present the cabinet's decision to the Holy See."
With that said, he stood up.
Several other elders in the room also stood up.
Ye Xianggao was the first to walk out of the room, and then the other pavilion elders left the room one after another.
However, Ye Xianggao went directly to the Qianqing Palace after leaving, while other cabinet members returned to the signing room where they worked.
The cabinet decided on the candidate for governor of Datong in the morning. Before noon, the news that Li Guangyi was about to take over as governor of Datong spread from the palace to the outside.
Tiger Character Banner has its own channels for obtaining news in the capital. Even if Wei Zhongxian is not there, there are other people who deliver news for Tiger Character Banner.
Soon, Wang Zi received news that he believed in the candidate for governor of Datong.
He didn't stop for a moment, and immediately arranged for someone to send the news back to Xuanda.
Now the people and horses with the tiger character flag in the capital have changed from bright to dark. All the shops that were originally on the bright side have been cleared out, leaving only inconspicuous shops, and no one knows about the relationship between the tiger flag and the banner behind it.
Because Wang Zijin had long been known to people in the capital's yamen, he rarely showed up on his own initiative and kept himself completely hidden in the dark. Even when he went out, he always wore makeup to prevent being spotted by the court.
After all, the capital is the headquarters of the imperial court, with Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Liumenmen, the Army and Horse Department, and the officers of various ministries and yamen. For Wang himself, there is nothing wrong with being careful.
Li Guangyi was still in Gansu and had not received the decree from the imperial court, but the Tiger Character Banner had already sent the news to Xuanda University, and through the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of Xuanda University, the news was sent to Qingcheng.
The news was that Huang Hong personally delivered it to Liu Heng's office.
Although Dabanshengdi has been developed by Huzi Banner, it still has few people and more importantly, the land here is fertile and very suitable for growing grain.
It's a pity that the Mongols are not good at farming, and all the good land was wasted. Fortunately, Han people are farming in a few Bansheng fields. They are already mature fields, but the fields have just been opened up, and there is not much harvest for the time being.
Fortunately, Tiger Banner has high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes. Even the newly opened fields are planted with many of these high-yielding crops. Even if the harvest is not as good as that of mature fields, it is still much better than growing wheat.
"Where did this Li Guangyi come from? Has your Foreign Intelligence Bureau found out his details?" Liu Heng asked Huang Hong after reading the secret letter sent from the capital.
Huang Hong said: "Li Guangyi is the third uncle of Li Kaiyang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Yulin Town. He was originally the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Military Preparation Road, and was later transferred to Gansu as chief envoy. Behind him was the power of the Donglin Party, which can be said to be half of Donglin. Party member, this time he can succeed Liu Hong as the governor of Datong, and it is also the Donglin Party’s efforts behind it.”
"Donglin Party member." Liu Heng looked thoughtful and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
After a while, he said: "Send someone back to Xinpingbao, see Mr. Zhao, and tell him to send a thousand taels of silver to Li Kaiyang."
"Does the proprietor mean to make friends with Li Guangyi through Li Kaiyang?" Huang Hong said.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Since the imperial court has chosen to change the governor of Datong, it means that the imperial court is on guard against us. At this time, we do not need to provoke them. It is best if we can make friends with Li Guangyi. If not, it does not matter. It’s not that easy for the imperial court to deal with us, and I believe people in the imperial court know that, otherwise they wouldn’t just change the governor, but send a large army to encircle and suppress us.”
"My subordinates will arrange for someone to pass the proprietor's order back to Xinpingbao." Huang Hong agreed.
