Chapter 321 Tan Lun is bullying the world!
The memorials submitted by officials of the Ming Dynasty all had strict format and format requirements.
If you are a high-ranking official at the level of a local governor, the title and memorial must be written on silk, and special confidentiality measures such as stamping and sealing must be carried out and submitted to the capital through a dedicated post system.
However, Tan Lun had already been driven out of Zhejiang when he wrote the memorial. Naturally, he did not have a special silk notebook to write it on. He just wrote it on paper bought on the market, and there were no confidentiality measures.
After Zhao Zhenji read Tan Lun's title book, he ordered his subordinates to buy the same paper book and chapter book.
Zhao Zhenji himself was a master of calligraphy. He picked up his pen, copied Tan Lun's handwriting, and copied the memorial again.
Zhao Zhenji did not delete or add any content. His only change was to put the seventh policy written by Tan Lun into the first policy in "Seven Strategies to Defeat Thieves".
Then he sent someone to deliver Tan Lun's memorial to the capital at high speed.
What Tan Lun gave was not a secret revelation, but a question book according to the prescribed procedures.
The title book and memorial were first sent to the General Affairs Department, where they were copied and sent to the Cabinet and the Sixth Section and Thirteenth Road respectively.
When Xu Jie received this memorial, his hands clapped.
After repeatedly confirming it, he closed the memorial and said, "Tan Zili is going to harm the country!"
But this is the title book that Tan Lun received through formal channels. Such a memorial has been sent to the hands of the Sixth Section and Thirteenth Dao Yanguan. It's impossible to intercept it.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Xu Jie could only hold a cabinet meeting to discuss how to deal with it.
Everyone in the cabinet was speechless and could only send the memorial to the palace intact.
The Chief of Ceremonies did not dare to master the memorial after receiving it, so he could only send it to Jiajing's imperial court as it was.
Before this year, Jiajing rarely gave instructions on memorials in person.
Most of the memorials were drafted by the cabinet and approved by the ceremonial supervisor. As long as the memorials were important, he would listen to the eunuchs read them. The rest of the time, he would focus on cultivating immortals.
But since this year, Jiajing has started to interfere in state affairs again.
Only since last year, the emperor has felt the power of time, and his body, which was once "cool in summer and hot in winter" stimulated by the elixir, has gradually begun to feel weak and tired day by day.
If all the memorials were read, Jiajing's body could no longer support it.
Therefore, the emperor only randomly checked some important memorials, or processed some memorials that the ceremonial supervisor could not handle.
When he saw this unremarkable memorial on the desk, the emperor didn't pay much attention to it.
But after reading the name of the person who presented the memorial, Emperor Jiajing sat up from his knees.
When he saw the first strategy in "Seven Strategies for Defeating Thieves", he immediately slapped Yuan angrily and said,
"You're deceiving the heavens!"
"Okay, okay! Before I died, I was thinking about establishing the foundation of the country!" King Jing has already conquered the vassal state, can't King Yu's party wait any longer? Do you want me to issue an imperial edict to abdicate immediately?"
The emperor just glanced at the next content and said immediately: "This Tan Lun The governor of Zhejiang is recommended by Prince Yu, right?"
Huang Jin, who was waiting closely, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I will send someone to find the files of the Ministry of Civil Affairs right now."
"No need! I am not old and stupid yet, Tan Lun is King Yu's man."
Huang Jin, who had served the emperor for decades, had already felt the emperor's murderous intent.
"Why didn't the cabinet sign the opinion? Why didn't the Supervisor of Ceremonies approve it?"
Huang Jin was the leader of the eunuchs in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Of course, he was the first to defend the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Huang Jin immediately replied: "Go back to your Majesty, it's true. It's because the cabinet didn't have any opinions, so the Chief of Ceremonies didn't dare to approve the red papers directly, and sent it directly to the emperor's case."
In response to this answer, the emperor's brows relaxed a little.
"This Tan Lun is a fellow countryman of Xu Jie and a person recommended by King Yu." "
As the governor of Zhejiang, how dare you make such arrogant remarks after losing Zhejiang!" "
I don't care about these criminal officials being released by the Su thieves. They are responsible for their inability to defend the territory, but they dare to write such a memorial to arbitrarily discuss state affairs!" "
Order the Jin Yiwei to send Tan Lun to the capital to interrogate him about his intentions in writing this memorial! Was he ordered by the Su thieves to deliberately disrupt the imperial court? "
"All prisoners released from Zhejiang will be detained in Nanjing and will be tried by the Nanjing Dali Temple in conjunction with the Kedao!"
Huang Jin quickly wrote down these orders.
After issuing these orders, the emperor still felt uneasy, and he continued:
"The minister who is giving lectures to Prince Yu's palace now is Gao Gong, right?"
Huang Jin immediately said: "Gao Gong has been appointed Minister of Taichang Temple and resigned from his teaching position. "
Since Prince Yu opened the sutra feast, Gao Gong has been giving lectures to Prince Yu, right?"
Huang Jin lowered his head and did not dare to continue speaking.
Jiajing said: "Let Gao Gong go to the Nanjing Imperial College to serve as a sacrificial wine. Let's call him back when King Yu succeeds to the throne."
After saying this, Jiajing felt that his whole body was exhausted, and his irritable mood could not be calmed down. Come down.
"Burn incense!"
Huang Jin quickly asked the little eunuchs to bring in the incense burner. When the smell of sandalwood rose, Jiajing frowned and asked,
"Why isn't it ambergris!?"
The little eunuchs shivered in fear, and Huang Jin could only Said: "Back to your Majesty, the ambergris before was all tribute from Fuzhou..."
"Waste! Order! Shandong, South Zhili, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Qiongzhou Prefecture! This year's tribute of ambergris must be completed! Send someone from the palace to supervise the matter now!"
Huang Jin could only lower his head and respond. He waited until the emperor entered meditation before he withdrew.
After walking out of Yuxi Palace, Huang Jin's tense body relaxed. Since Lu Bing's death, Huang Jin felt that being with the king was like being with a tiger.
But when the eunuch wanted to leave the palace, he had no other place to go except Nanjing and Fengyang.
And now in Nanjing's situation, Fengyang Mansion seems to be in danger, so where else can it go?
Huang Jin, the palace companion, is thinking about retreating, but more people are thinking about moving forward.
This naturally includes Chen Hong, the eunuch who oversees the East Factory.
After receiving the order, he immediately sent the elite Jin Yiwei south to arrest Tan Lun, and he was even more eager to make meritorious service in front of the emperor.
Zhang Juzheng, who was in Huizhou Mansion, did not know the chain reaction caused by Tan Lun's memorial. He also did not know that his good friend Gao Gong was about to be demoted to Nanjing to keep him company.
At this time, Zhang Juzheng received a private letter from You Jujing, the governor of Huguang. After reading the letter, Zhang Juzheng slapped the letter on the table angrily. Liu Shiyan, the sincere uncle who was rushing back from the front line, was sitting under Zhang Juzheng drinking tea. He was so frightened that Zhang Juzheng slapped the table angrily that he almost shook out the tea.
Liu Shiyan's official position was higher than that of Zhang Juzheng, and he was noble, but he still did not dare to show off the majesty of a military general in front of Zhang Juzheng.
Liu Shiyan himself found it very strange. When Li Sui, the former Minister of War in Nanjing, was in office, Liu Shiyan often slapped the table with him.
But when it came to Zhang Juzheng, who was acting in the Ministry of War, Liu Shiyan was convinced to follow him as his younger brother.
"Zhang Budang, please calm down."
Liu Shiyan said quickly.
Zhang Juzheng calmed down and said: "You Jujing, the governor of Huguang, really doesn't know the general situation and doesn't care about the overall situation! The Soviet thieves are about to attack Jiujiang, and he hasn't shipped the autumn grain yet!" Liu Shiyan was also a little surprised. Logically speaking, he has already done so by now
. In September, the autumn grain harvest has begun. No matter how slow the Huguang government is, some early autumn grain should be shipped. No wonder Zhang Juzheng is so angry.
The strategic intention of the Fujian-Zhejiang coalition forces is already obvious. They occupy the three prefectures of Jiangxi around Poyang Lake. The goal is naturally Poyang Lake and Jiujiang, a key city in the Yangtze River waterway.
If Su Ze really captures Jiujiang City, he can cut off the connection between Huguang and Nanjing and block the transportation of autumn grain to the north this year.
He had clearly reminded the governor of Huguang a long time ago, but now even the food that was supposed to be shipped has not been shipped. How could Zhang Juzheng not be angry.
"Didn't Zhang Butang remind Huguang last month? Why is the autumn grain so slow this year?"
Zhang Juzheng handed the letter to Liu Shiyan, who was speechless after reading it.
It turns out that the reason why Huguang's grain harvest is so slow this year, if it can be traced back to its source, is because of Zhang Juzheng's letter.
After receiving Zhang Juzheng's letter, the Huguang governor really took action quickly.
His action was to ask the people to harvest the grain in the fields immediately and collect the autumn grain in advance.
The decision of You Jujing, the governor of Huguang, was not actually a big problem, because his order was to let the people harvest grain, and the unripe grain should be harvested as fodder and green storage.
Wheat harvested when it is not yet mature can be used as feed for cattle and horses. In addition to food, mobilizing the nine-border army to go south naturally requires feed.
You Jujing was actually considered a capable minister. He was transferred from the post of governor of Yunnan to governor of Huguang. When he was in Yunnan, he was good at using troops and put down several rebellions of small people.
It happened that Yang Shen, Emperor Wenzong of the time, passed away. It was You Jujing who collected Yang Shen's body and then asked the court to allow Yang Shen to be buried back in his hometown.
Yu Jujing understands both civil and military affairs. Logically speaking, a veteran minister like him should have no problem handling affairs. Unfortunately, Yu Jujing's tenure in Huguang was too short, and his control over his subordinate officials was too weak.
After this order was issued, after layers of apportionment, at the bottom it became necessary for each county to immediately harvest a batch of green reserve wheat to serve as military fodder.
What's even more amazing is that originally You Jujing ordered the wheat stored in green storage to be converted into land tax, that is, included in the tax levied on grain.
But when it comes to the grassroots level, it becomes an additional tax on green storage wheat, and what is paid is not considered a regular tax.
Naturally, large households are unwilling to harvest the nearly mature grain now, and in the end, these shares will naturally be distributed to the small people.
Obviously, it only takes another half month for this batch of autumn crops to mature, but the people are forced to harvest the green crops.
Because Jiangnan changed from rice to mulberry, Huguang's land tax has increased one after another in recent years. This time, the forced harvest of green crops was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Anti-tax movements have emerged across Huguang. Ordinary people have picked up farm tools to protect their crops, and even some small landowners have joined in.
Huguang is in such chaos that even the normal collection of early-maturing grains cannot be carried out.
You Jujing was so worried that he wrote a letter asking Zhang Juzheng to hold off Su Ze's army and give him another month to collect food.
After reading the letter, Liu Shiyan said worriedly: "The bandit army is overwhelming in Jiangxi, but Jiujiang City is tall and there are three thousand Jiujiang Guards in the city. Plus the Jiujiang Navy, they should be able to stop it for a month, right?" Zhang Juzheng sighed and said
: "Although Jiujiang Guards is the capital command post with three thousand soldiers, no one knows how many regular soldiers there are today." "Not to mention the
Jiujiang Navy. All the fishermen in Jiujiang have been incorporated into the navy to make up for their numbers, and they only have small boats. There are no big ships."
Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "The only thing Jiujiang can count on now is that the outer city of the water wall built by Chen Youliang in Jiujiang is strong. I have already written to Jiujiang, asking them to shrink their troops and enter the inner city to guard it. As long as the thieves are held back, The army will be ready until the end of the year."
Liu Shiyan is a descendant of Liu Bowen, his sincere uncle, and he has a family tradition of military art.
At that time, Chen Youliang used the swamps and tributaries along the Jiujiang River to build an outer city of Jiujiang, which blocked Zhu Yuanzhang's navy for several months.
Liu Shiyan found it a little strange. The Ming Dynasty actually wanted to use the city defense left by Chen Youliang to resist the rebel army. This was contrary to peace.
However, the military situation was such that Liu Shiyan's army could not break through the Jingdezhen defense line and could not support Jiangxi.
The civil unrest in Huguang has not subsided, and it seems that there is no spare power to support Jiangxi.
Defending yourself in Jiujiang is indeed the best way.
As expected, Jiangxi fell very quickly. Lin Liangjun, who had just captured Raozhou Prefecture, quickly moved north to control Nankang Prefecture.
Lin Liangjun first went to Duchang City in the east of Poyang Lake, then mobilized ships to go west, crossed the lake and captured Xingzi City, the capital of Nankang Prefecture.
Xingzi City is backed by Lushan Mountain and Poyang Lake, and is less than 200 miles away from Jiujiang City.
The Jiujiang defenders no longer dared to patrol Poyang Lake and withdrew all naval warships within the outer city wall.
However, Zengguangtai, the prefect of Jiujiang City, was also a well-known soldier. He dug out the Fo Lang machine cannons cast by Wang Yangming from Jiujiang City and installed them on the outer city of Jiujiang City, which restored some morale.
At the same time, at the dock of Xingzi City, Lin Liangjun was looking at a pile of bottles and cans being shipped.
"Mr. Hu, do you really want to go there in person?"
Eunuch Hu, who already had a white beard, said: "After the new medicine is prepared, it will easily explode during transportation. Even if sawdust and sand are added, it will explode when it encounters bumps. It's not safe either."
"The best way is to deploy it closest to Jiujiang City, so that there is a greater chance of detonating under Jiujiang City."
Lin Liangjun touched his head and said, "But Mr. Hu, you can let your disciples go Ah, the Governor sent you here not to let you personally take risks."
But Eunuch Hu said: "How can such important military and national affairs be left to my disciples? Besides, I am the most experienced person in the preparation of new medicines. , I don't trust it if I leave it to my disciples."
"In addition, I also want to see the power of the new drug explosion up close. Brigadier Lin, you just need to ensure the safety of the frontline laboratory!"
Lin Liangjun couldn't persuade Eunuch Hu, he just wanted to Neng said: "Mr. Hu, please be careful along the way!"
(End of Chapter)