Chapter 116 Zhang Gui: Yes, you courtiers are fools!
Zhang Gui looked at An Tong in surprise.
As we all know, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji belong to him, and now An Tong suddenly accuses Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji of colluding with the establishment of slaves to seek Shandong, which undoubtedly makes his uncle in this country also unable to escape.
But what Zhang Gui didn't expect was that this An Tong would be so bold that he impeached his own people not long after he was enshrined as a marquis and when the holy family was in prosperity.
An Tong explained Zhang Gui's question, and reported to Tianqi at this time: "Your Majesty, there are rumors all over the capital that Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji have colluded to build slaves to take Shandong, and some even say that a large number of ships have already docked in Denglai, Shandong. , all the officials dare not speak out about this matter because they are afraid of the power of the uncle of the country, but the minister dares to speak about this matter, now I only ask His Majesty to make a decision early, so as not to harm the country!"
"In addition, I received the evidence brought back from Shenyang by Ni Zhiyuan, a freshman from southern Liaoning who risked his life. This evidence is the secret letter written by Sun Chuanting to Jiannu. Now it seems that villains like Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji can swim in the The door of foreign relatives must also be shameless and willing to collude with Jiannu and commit infidelity!"
An Tong’s words are equivalent to judging border ministers and generals with their inherent moral concepts. In his opinion, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji were found and recommended by their relatives, so they are already regarded as treacherous officials with bad morals, and it is undoubtedly normal to collude with slaves.
This kind of morality to govern the country, and morality to judge whether a minister is competent, and even the sectarianism derived from it, is a common phenomenon of Confucian scholars participating in government affairs.
It was not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty and even the previous dynasties.
After An Tong said, Zhou Chaorui also said in the matter of Li Kezuo: "No wonder Yuan Chonghuan and the others also impeached Sun Chuanting. Presumably the Liaoxi side is more aware of this matter, and they have already known about Sun Chuanting and others in southern Liaoning through their own spying. That's why I reported this matter to the imperial court."
Speaking, Zhou Chaorui went out of court and reported to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this matter is not groundless!"
After that, Zhou Chaorui took a look at Zhang Gui.
The other ministers also looked at Zhang Gui.
Because everyone knows that both Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji were recommended by Zhang Gui.
Zhang Gui has to admit that it is really not easy to do things in Daming.
He just asked Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji to go to Liaonan to pick up Yuan Keli's squad in advance, so as to help Zhang Pan, who was alone in Liaonan, and further hinder the strategy of building slaves, destroying Mongolia and attacking the dynasty, and even entering the customs and looting. Because the courtier Qingliu already despises foreign relatives and ministers who rely on foreign relatives to rise up, and the frontier officials in the western Liaoning area do not allow these new forces that affect their self-supporting plans to appear outside the customs, so that Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji and others will fall into a conspiracy sin!
In order not to let Chaozhong Qingliu spoil the important event of Pingliao.
Also in order to prevent the bureaucratic and military landlords in western Liaoning from trying to drive out the imperial court’s own soldiers and horses from the imperial court in southern Liaoning, Zhang Gui brought back the so-called freshman Ni Zhiyuan in Antong and passed on Sun Chuanting’s secret letter to Jiannu At that time, he stood up decisively and said:
"Your Majesty! This is probably an anti-insidious scheme to build slaves. I believe that a letter brought back by a student cannot be used as evidence for the court to decide the life and death of a border town official! As the governor of southern Liaoning, Sun Chuanting was in the place of the Fourth World War. There are not a hundred official letters written in hand, there are fifty, so it is easy for Jiannu to get his letters and imitate his handwriting to forge letters! The old minister believes that this matter should be cautious.”
"A counter-measure?"
Tianqi asked.
"That's right! Your Majesty, everyone knows the situation in Liao. Jiannu is now in the most difficult time. With the imperial court blocking the military towns in western and southern Liaoning, he can't spare to fight Mongolia or North Korea. You can’t rely on plundering money, food, and population to strengthen yourself and even alleviate the increasingly difficult situation in your internal life!”
"But if Jiannu wants to break the deadlock, he can only use countermeasures, let the court mess up its own position, let us fight first, let us get rid of all the reliable border officials, and then realize their ambition to destroy my Ming Dynasty in the future .”
"However, there are such fools in the court, who really use this to make trouble for their own views!"
Zhang Gui replied.
Zhou Chaorui was furious: "Why did the uncle of the country insult us and other courtiers so much? Could it be wrong for us to bluntly speak for the country?!"
Zhang Gui replied: "But you are all fools!"
"you!"
Zhou Chaorui's face turned purple with anger.
An Tong asked Zhang Gui in a cold voice as he spoke here.
Zhang Guidao: "That's right, you can say this, indeed no one understands the situation in Liaodi better than me! No one understands Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji better than me!"
Then, Zhang Gui said again: "Yuan Chonghuan has never spoken to Sun Chuanting, so why should he impeach a border official who is at the same level as him and who is not under each other because of a secret letter brought back by a student? He is so hasty and credulous." If the imperial court kills Sun Chuanting who is not his subordinate, isn't he afraid that others will be rash and credulous in the future and kill him?!"
"Whether Yuan Gong's move is hasty or not, let alone whether it is an anti-conspiracy plan to build slaves, Your Majesty, in my opinion, at least Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji can no longer be used! Even if they don't kill them because of this, it is not appropriate to use these two People, after all, it is difficult to ensure that there is such a thing.”
Zhou Chaorui replied.
Zhang Gui was speechless.
Damn, Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji fought so well in southern Liaoning, and now they are suddenly transferred because of such a plausible case of collaborating with the enemy, isn't it right in the hands of Jiannu?
After all, it is necessary to find a capable minister who can replace these two people in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Gui is really hard to find.
The key is that even if it is found, who knows if it will be pushed away?
And will talented people not dare to use their hearts and minds because of this?
Zhang Gui has to admit that Daming is really broken by the officials many times.
In any case, Zhang Gui felt that he had to prevent such a thing from happening.
So, Zhang Gui stood up again: "Your Majesty, I still say the same thing. No one understands Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji better than I. Their loyalty to His Majesty can be said to be unmatched in the whole dynasty! No one can compare! Sending them away will only be in Jiannu's hands!"
"Your Majesty, you can't easily replace the border ministers just because of the so-called evidence brought back by a student. If Your Majesty really wants to replace these two people, please send the ministers to prison first. If Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji are true If you want to collude with Jiannu to rebel, that minister must be the first mastermind!"
Zhang Gui is going all out now, he must protect Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji for private and public affairs.
Personally speaking, no matter whether Jiannu is using countermeasures or not, if these courtiers can pull Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji down because of this now, they will also be able to pull him down in the future.
As far as Yu Gong is concerned, as soon as Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji leave, Jiannu will definitely take advantage of the emptiness in southern Liaoning and massively mobilize troops in southern Liaoning. South.
Because in history, after Yuan Keli regained Liaonan, Liaonan was lost in this way. After Yuan Keli was impeached by the officials and returned to Beijing, resulting in the emptiness of Liaonan, he gave Jiannu a chance to take back Liaonan. In the process of recapturing southern Liaoning, the commander-in-chief stretched his pan until he died in battle, and no soldiers from western Liaoning came to rescue him.
Therefore, Zhang Gui must go all out to save Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji first.
Tian Qi and the courtiers looked at Zhang Gui in surprise, they never expected that Zhang Gui would protect Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji so recklessly.
Actually said that Apocalypse wants to listen to the speaker, unless he is put in prison first!
Tian Qi therefore asked: "You really dare to protect them like this, are you not afraid that they will really do something that is not good for the court, and you will be troubled by it?!"
Tianqi is not a time traveler, so it is reasonable to be suspicious of Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji.
After all, as an emperor, it is impossible for him to trust any minister absolutely.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Gui replied.
"Since that's the case, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Apocalypse asked.
(end of this chapter)