The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The next day, the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao walked into the hall in high spirits, accepted the three bows and nine kowtows from the ministers, and motioned everyone to stand up.

"My dear ministers, you should have heard the news of the great victory, right?"

As expected!

Before the ministers reported the trivial matters as usual, the emperor could not wait to bring up the great victory in the north. His intention was self-evident!

Wu De, the military official, suddenly stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors that the news of the great victory is false. The Hetao Army where Jinglu Bo Anguo is located did not fight at all. The heads of the Tartars sent to the capital were obtained by trading with the left and right wings of Mongolia with firearms and artillery!"

"I ask your majesty to immediately order the capture of Jinglu Bo Anguo and bring him back to Beijing for strict interrogation!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar!

At the time of such a great victory, such a shocking scandal broke out, which was really jaw-dropping!

Those Tartar heads were not captured at all!

Instead, they traded firearms and artillery with Mongolian barbarians to gain military merit!

This is really... so bold!

Xu Mengchun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, this case involves a wide range of people. I request that the three judicial departments send officials to the Hetao area to investigate and try, and temporarily detain Jinglu Bo Anguo and other generals!"

The appearance of Xu Mengchun instantly brought the atmosphere to the freezing point, because he was a veteran of three dynasties, and he was upright and incorruptible, and he was well-known for his virtue!

His statement made many civil officials unable to sit still, and they all echoed him, vowing to investigate the truth of this great victory and put Jinglu Bo Anguo to death!

Zhu Houzhao's face had already turned pale, especially when Xu Mengchun stepped out, it was even more ugly!

At this moment, how could he not understand that this was a counterattack by the civil officials group!

They were unwilling to remain silent, unwilling to give up their power and interests, and unwilling to see this great victory once again give birth to a group of nobles in the court, so they tried every means to find the inside information of this great victory!

To ​​be honest, Zhu Houzhao naturally knew it.

Because this was originally the plan of the wild man Tang Hao, to appease the people through a great victory and shut up the mouths of the civil officials and gentry.

But Zhu Houzhao and Tang Hao did not expect that these civil officials and gentry had already seen through the truth of the great victory, so that now they are at a disadvantage!

Yang Tinghe noticed the strangeness of His Majesty the Emperor and roughly speculated on the inside story of this matter.

But it is undeniable that the Ming Dynasty needs such a great victory to inspire people and boost morale, so this time Yang Tinghe chose to stand on the side of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Wu De, where did the rumors you mentioned come from?"

"Why have I never heard of it?"

Yang Tinghe looked at Wu De coldly.

"Just because of some rumors, the court will ignore the merits of the frontline soldiers and even send special personnel to investigate and hold them accountable? It's simply ridiculous!"

"If you act this way, won't it force the soldiers of the three armies to be disappointed with the court?!"

Faced with the harsh questioning of the cabinet's chief minister, Wu De couldn't explain it.

He was just a pawn, obeying the orders of the big man behind him. As for the source of the news, how could he know.

Yang Tinghe was keenly aware of this and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, Wu De, the military secretary, deliberately spread rumors and deceived the people. I ask you to arrest him and put him in prison immediately and torture him severely!"

Zhu Houzhao finally smiled.

"Approved!"

Then a soldier came in and carried Wu De out.

The military secretary finally panicked and struggled frantically for mercy, but it was useless.

Then Yang Tinghe looked at Xu Mengchun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

"Minister Xu, where did you get the news?"

Xu Mengchun's expression froze, and then he said lightly: "It's just a rumor."

"What the prime minister said is very true. We can't let the soldiers of the three armies lose their confidence in the court because of choking!"

"But there must be something strange about this matter. Please treat it with caution, Your Majesty!"

His words undoubtedly cast a shadow on this great victory, and even blocked the mouth of Emperor Zhu Houzhao in disguise.

Now that the victory is still unclear, how can you, the emperor, have the nerve to speak up and ask for credit and reward for those soldiers?

Zhu Houzhao was depressed for a while, and simply stood up and left.

After the emperor left, the ministers looked at each other, and then dispersed.

Yang Tinghe called Xu Mengchun from behind, the famous veteran of three dynasties.

"Old Xu, why do you do this?"

"No reason, I just don't want to see a warrior in power!"

Xu Mengchun replied calmly, then stroked his white beard and looked at Yang Tinghe.

"Prime Minister, you've gone astray."

"If Liu Jian were still in the court, he would never act like you!"

Liu Jian was also the chief minister of the cabinet and the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi, but he was more inclined to the civil officials and gentry.

But the position of Yang Tinghe, the teacher of Emperor Zhengde, has always been unpredictable, and today is the best proof.

Yang Tinghe's face changed slightly, and then he spoke his mind.

"The Ming Dynasty needs such a great victory to boost morale."

"Even if this great victory is mixed with some water, it is also a fact that 30,000 Mongolian Tartars died, and their tribal strength was damaged, so why can't it be a great victory?"

Yang Tinghe looked at Xu Mengchun.

"I am not Liu Jian, and the current emperor is not the late emperor!"

"There are many things Liu Jian wants to do but cannot do, so he can only choose to smooth things over and struggle to maintain the normal operation of the Ming Dynasty!"

"But in the Zhengde Dynasty, the situation is completely different. In the Zhengde Dynasty, there is the emperor who likes military strategy, the brave and warlike Marquis Zhongshan, and me, the cabinet chief who is unwilling to be mediocre. How do you think we can truly revive the Ming Dynasty?"

"Is it like the late emperor?"

Hearing this, Xu Mengchun's face changed drastically and glared at Yang Tinghe fiercely.

"Yang Tinghe, you are so bold!"

"Even if the late emperor has many faults, you should not commit crimes against your superiors!"

"I have never committed crimes against my superiors, I just tell the truth!"

Yang Tinghe looked at the remnants of the old era and couldn't help sighing.

"You and I both know what the result is when the late emperor and the literati rule the world together!"

"The people are poor and penniless, the military and civilians are poor, and the people are living in misery. This is the result of co-ruling the world!"

Yang Tinghe ignored Xu Mengchun's ugly face and said to himself: "Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao once said something that I think makes sense. I will give it to Mr. Xu today."

"The biggest cancer of the dynasty in history is the rentier class. Those who eat meat are despicable and cannot plan for the long term!"

"In our Ming Dynasty, the gentry and the gentry are the largest rentier class, and also It is the root cause of the dynasty's decline!"

"It is abnormal and ridiculous for civil officials and military generals to control the government. The rise of military officials is an inevitable trend. Doesn't Mr. Xu understand?"

Xu Mengchun looked at Yang Tinghe coldly, and finally sneered: "You are destined to become the target of public criticism!"

"So what?" Yang Tinghe's eyes burst into a bright light, "I have lived my life for nothing else, just to have a clear conscience!"

"No shame to the people, no shame to the court, no shame to the Ming Dynasty, that's all!"

Xu Mengchun saw that the words were not going well, and left angrily.

Yang Tinghe looked at the back of this veteran of three dynasties, and his face gradually became solemn.

Today is just a test. Civil officials and gentry will never watch military officials rule the country.

The means they use next will only be more unscrupulous and more crazy!

The Ming Dynasty is about to start a storm.