Wang Shouren didn't understand what was wrong with him in advising Chen Shu and Bei Bian. He even doubted whether this decree came from His Royal Highness.
But no matter what, the imperial edict with the seal was not fake. He had no other choice but to pack up his belongings and go to Guizhou.
Are you going to find Wang Hao at this time?
He felt a little uncomfortable, so he decided to take a detour to Shandong first to visit his father Wang Hua, who was also the chief envoy of Shandong.
Family is the last port of call. Such simple words are never false. When a man is full of passion and suddenly suffers such cold treatment and setbacks, where else would he want to go besides home?
The summer heat in the capital in August was unbearable, so Wang Shouren decided to take a boat to Tongzhou first. On this boat, he met a person, a Jinshi of Yiweike who was like him.
Because it was hot outside, no one liked to stay on the deck, so in the canopy of the boat, this man sat down in front of Wang Shouren, like a familiar person, raised his hand and said: "I guess this is the person who wants to check." Brother Wang Boan of Juntun."
Wang Shouren took a quick look and felt a little weird, because this guy was big and round, and the fingers he stretched out were much thicker than ordinary people. He looks like a warrior.
But he was served by a scholar, and his movements and speech were all in the style of a scholar.
And since he said "please check the military camp", he must be an official in Beijing.
"...It's me, I don't know, which colleague is it?"
"My subordinate Wu Wending, like Brother Wang, is a Jinshi of Yiwei Enke."
When Wang Shouren heard this, he took it seriously. Although he couldn't keep his spirits up because of his own experience, when he met a Jinshi, he still had to give him the respect he deserved.
So he raised his hands and bowed, "It turns out we are in the same department. Please forgive me, Brother Wu. By the way, Brother Wu, is this...?"
"Oh." Wu Wending continued to raise his thick arm, "I was appointed to the post of Changzhou Promotion Officer. I was supposed to take up the post in April. However, I unfortunately fell ill at that time and was delayed for some time. Although I have not yet I have recovered, but I have my sacred destiny, so I really don’t dare to delay it any longer.”
Wang Shouren saw how strong and powerful he was and how energetic he was, and he thought in his heart: Are you still not recovered?
But this doubt was obviously no match for the greater disappointment slowly rising in his heart.
Enke was later awarded Changzhou Pushing Officer (Tuiguan: set up at the government level, the seventh rank, equivalent to the president of the court), which shows that Wu Wending was ranked behind himself in the imperial examination.
After all, there is a difference between working in the Sixth Ministry and going to Changzhou to be a promotion official.
However, ironically, within three months, when the two of them left Beijing together, the situation changed drastically.
"Brother Bo'an's "Please Inspect the Military and Tunneling", Wu also read it. Brother Bo'an sacrificed his life for righteousness and offered advice to the country, please accept Wu's gift." Wu Wending looks like a 'rough man', but he is really decent in his behavior. 'Literati'.
According to official position, he is now a big one.
So Wang Shouren didn't dare to ask for help, and said quickly: "I don't dare. But Wang is not asking Wang Bo'an from Chajuntun, but Wang Bo'an, the chief of Longchang Station."
These words are somewhat self-deprecating.
"Brother Wang, why should you belittle yourself?" Wu Wending encouraged: "The current prince has the image of a holy king. I think that soon after he comes, His Highness will think of this "Please check the military settlements"."
These are words of comfort that others can say as they wish, and you can listen to them as you please.
"I'm just borrowing Brother Wu's good words."
This meeting between Wang and Wu didn't cause any trouble, but it was just that the two got to know each other.
After Wang Shouren arrived in Shandong, he thought his father should comfort him.
After all, he was the first person in the entire Ming Dynasty to become a scholar in a new subject.
But he didn't expect that he couldn't enter the gate of the Chief Envoy's Yamen!
Under the scorching sun, Wang Shouren stood outside the door, completely lost.
Why is this!
Grievance, really unspeakable grievance.
When it comes to His Highness and Wang Hao, he has no choice but to endure it by himself. But when he got to his father, he really couldn't help it.
Wang Hua didn't see him, so he stood outside the door.
The sun was so intense that the guards at the door hid in the shade under the eaves. Even the dogs on the street hid under the trees and stuck out their tongues over and over again.
In the open space in front of the Chief Envoy's Yamen, a young man stood motionless.
Although there are few people on the street, as time goes by and people come and go and see more people, there will naturally be criticism.
Fortunately, the guard guarding the door knew that this was the chief envoy's son, so he did not dare to neglect him and even asked him to wait in the shade. However, Wang Shouren had the temper of a donkey and refused to move.
Later, when there was nothing he could do, Wang Hua asked someone from the government office to come out and give him a message.
He is an old man wearing official uniform. Nowadays, anyone wearing official uniform is older than Wang Shouren.
The old man asked: "Is the young master white?"
"I will be appointed as the postmaster of Guizhou Longchang."
"Then why not go to Guizhou to take office and come to Shandong to be the chief envoy to the Yamen?"
This question is asked, everyone who looks at the gate knows that I am Wang Hua’s son!
Wang Shouren couldn't bear it anymore, "I'm here to find my father."
The old man shook his head, "Young Master was demoted and came to Guizhou. He should have taken office. Why did you come to Shandong? What you did in Guizhou has been explained to you by your father. Your Majesty does not know what happened in Guizhou. If it is because you have been wronged in your heart, it will be even more serious. No need, the thunder and rain are all your kindness. If you don’t go to work when you have a job, you deliberately take a detour to Shandong. Could it be that... you are here to complain?"
Wang Shouren was shocked after hearing this.
If it is broken, if someone catches it and writes a book, saying that he is dissatisfied with the king's father, he might even bring trouble to his father.
"Xiaguan Hutu! Let's go now!" He turned around after half a step, "Please pass a message to Xiaguan, saying that I know that I am wrong and I will go to Guizhou to take up my post."
"Well, children can be taught." The old man nodded and stroked his beard.
After turning around and entering the gate, he bumped into the chief envoy, Wang Hua, who was already eavesdropping.
Why doesn't Wang Hua want to see his son?
Father and son are separated in two places, but he can't feel the pain of separation.
Because of the scorching heat, there were few pedestrians on the road. Wang Shouren was the only one carrying his luggage and hurried on. From time to time, he would raise his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead. His back looked somewhat lonely.
As a father, Wang Hua also felt a burst of sadness in his heart, "My son, take care."
"There is no need to be sad in the vassal state. Mr. Bo'an is the leader of the country. He speaks out about the shortcomings of the border army and has the style of a critic. In time, he will be a pillar of the country."
It was probably at this moment that Wang Hua began to miss the time when his son was quarrelsome with him at home and made him angry. At that time, he hoped that he would succeed in the imperial examination and shine on his family.
Now I have won the imperial examination, but I have to go to a place like Guizhou.
"Why."
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And in the East Palace.
Zhu Houzhao's mind was attracted by a memorial.
In fact, after the prince took charge of the country, his enterprising spirit injected a shot in the arm into the lethargic officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
Officials from all over the country wanted to send their opinions on a certain state affairs to the prince, so Wang Shouren was not the only one like this.
But everything must be prioritized. With Zhu Houzhao's current ability and the limitations of this era, he cannot do everything perfectly.
Many of the previous measures were basically temporary solutions, such as King Yong and King Qi not being allowed to beg for acres of land. In essence, it just stopped this bad government, but what was previously occupied remains what it was before.
There is no way, many things cannot be done now.
After all, it was because of the recent achievements in reorganizing the army that he felt more confident.
But today's memorial is different from the others. Zhu Houzhao wanted to find his ministers to discuss it.
The man named Yang Yiqing was originally appointed as the governor of Shaanxi from the minister of Taichang Temple in Nanjing in the 15th year of Hongzhi's reign, and supervised the horse administration of Shaanxi.
Now that Zhu Houzhao is here, why would he throw someone like Yang Yiqing to Nanjing to waste a few years? He is not Wang Shouren, he is already forty-five years old, and Yang Yiqing is already a mature Yang Yiqing.
In the eleventh year of Hongzhi's reign, around the time of the Zuo Shunmen Incident, the emperor and the prince transferred officials on a large scale. At that time, Zhu Houzhao had already given Yang Yiqing a short wait and was promoted to governor of Shaanxi and in charge of Shaanxi Ma Zheng.
After more than a year, I finally got this letter "Please eliminate the shortcomings of Ma Zheng".
After the cabinet and the six ministers arrived, Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Jin to show the memorial to the ministers in turn, while he waited patiently.
In the feudal dynasty, Ma Zheng was a key state affairs that could never be bypassed. This is the truth when it comes to state affairs and military affairs.
Because war horses were too important in the cold weapon era.
If we expect to have 100,000 or 200,000 infantrymen and claim to be invincible in front of the nomads, this is historical nihilism. Because if people don't fight you decisively, they will just hit you and run away, which makes the party being beaten very passive.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi also sent Ma Wensheng to rectify the border troops. Emperor Zhengde, also known as Emperor Wu, also rectified the Beijing camp. In terms of generals, there were also famous generals like Wang Yue, and Qin Hong, who succeeded Wang Yue as the chief commander of the three border areas. These are very capable ministers.
Historical records record that after Qin Hong took charge of military affairs in the northwest, he selected strong men, established villages, and reiterated orders, which greatly boosted the military's power.
However, the Tatars had large-scale border raids in the 13th, 17th, and 18th years of Hongzhi. They always robbed and fled when they came, while the Ming Dynasty always adopted a defensive posture that could not retreat.
Sometimes it's not really that the national army doesn't work hard, it's that the horses and cavalry are not as good as others, and they can't catch up with them, so how can they fight.
Therefore, prominent monarchs in the past dynasties, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji, all attached great importance to Ma Zheng.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: Since ancient times, all countries in the world have attached great importance to horse administration. Therefore, if you ask the king how rich he is, he must count his horses.
That is to say, in ancient times, when a country was asked whether it was rich or not, the first question was not about money and food, but first how many horses it had!
Zhu Zhanji also warned the ministers to pay attention to horse politics, saying: Horses are the most useful in military affairs. The military state has great political power, and the horse power is also great.
According to the general routine, like all other systems, the horse administration of the Ming Dynasty was relatively good at the beginning of the founding of the country. When Yongle died, he could raise 1.5 million war horses. But by the twelfth year of Hongzhi... I am afraid that there will not even be half of this number.
This is the background of "Datong is short of horses" that Mao Yuwen encountered when he was investigating smugglers in Datong.
Yang Yiqing's memorial stated that Shaanxi's horse breeding institutions only raised more than 2,000 war horses, and many of them were old, weak, sick and critical horses...
When Li Dongyang was reading the memorial, he was thinking: Yang Yiqing is also a smart man. Looking at the current situation in Beijing and what the prince is doing, he should have expected that the court will use troops against the Tatars in the future. If troops are used, how can he ignore Ma Zheng?
And he is responsible for supervising the horse administration, which is not good.
If that day comes and the court wants to use horses, but he, the person in charge, can't come up with enough horses, doesn't that mean the whole thing will fall on his head?
After all, it was not Yang Yiqing's fault that Ma Zheng was so neglectful, so why should he bear the blame.
Therefore, it is better to report the situation as early as possible, which not only serves the country and the people, but also eliminates hidden dangers. And the more serious it is, the better. Anyway, don’t come to me if there is a problem.
And once the imperial court pays attention to this matter and takes action, won't the officials who supervise Ma Zheng have outstanding political achievements? He, Yang Yiqing, can also create a 'youthful version of Jian in the Emperor's Heart' on the prince's side.
This is the difference between an experienced and a newborn calf.
Look at Wang Shouren's letter. It's very energetic, but it makes everyone panic. Looking at Yang Yiqing's seal again, it's His Highness's itch that's being scratched.
Li Dongyang nodded calmly, now it depends on how His Highness will deal with it.
"Why aren't you talking?"
Maybe Yang Yiqing's memorial was too profound and made everyone feel a little afraid of difficulties.
But Zhu Houzhao is not that kind of character. Of course it was difficult in the feudal era, and it is not easy to inspire some vitality in this system, but we can't just accept it.
"I have said since the beginning of the supervision of the country that in any matter, we must first understand the situation and where the problem is. If there is a problem, don't be afraid. We will always find a way to solve it together. Otherwise, we should express our opinions and talk about Ma Zheng... But There is still room for improvement.”
Ma Zheng in the Ming Dynasty was really difficult.
"Your Highness, shall I speak first?" Liu Jian is the head of the cabinet. At this time, everyone can hide, but he cannot.
