Chapter 787 Inside and outside the "E" volume
Emperor Yonglong's slightly sickly face showed a look of thought, "You said that Concubine Xiande met Feng Keng when she was visiting for relatives. Why?"
Lu Song hesitated for a moment, "Concubine Xian De summoned everyone in Rong Ning's second house. Feng Keng was engaged to Concubine Xian De's cousin. He is Concubine Xian De's cousin husband. It is normal for them to meet each other, especially since Feng Keng has become famous in the past year. The Wuxun family has always had the habit of supporting each other and becoming in-laws. The Jia family is now in decline. Now that there is such an in-law, it is reasonable to pay special attention to it. However, Concubine Xian De was summoned alone, for a long time, and she met twice. , it’s a bit suspicious.”
“Is there any other change in the Feng family?” Emperor Yonglong asked.
"Others are normal. Feng Tang worked hard to build a firearms camp in Liaodong, and the scale continued to expand. He did not deliberately suppress the original tribes of the Li family. Instead, he let the tribes of the Li family work with Cao Wenzhao who brought them from Yulin and Datong. , You Shiwei's ministries, as well as the former Du Song and Zhao's teaching ministries, staggered and switched defenses to eliminate the old and weak. Although it cannot be said that they are treated equally, they are not overly inclined to Cao Wenzhao, You Shiwei and other ministries. On the contrary, Du Song and Zhao Led the Education Department has benefited a lot, especially the strength of the Zhao Ling Education Department has been greatly improved..."
Emperor Yonglong was very interested in Lu Song's introduction. "This Feng Tang is quite capable. He easily won over Du Song and Zhao Shujiao. Where's Ma Gui?"
"Ma Gui and the Li family have always been at odds. He was stimulated by Feng Tang's appointment as governor of Ji Liao. He claimed to be ill at home, but at the end of the year he was really ill, and it was not serious. At his age, it would be difficult for him to go to the battlefield again. ." Lu Song sighed.
Originally, Emperor Yonglong intended to let Ma Gui serve as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen after the year, but Ma Gui suddenly fell ill and was almost bedridden. Feng Tang took the opportunity to propose that You Shigong's acting commander-in-chief be made a full-time official. The Ministry of War has passed it, and the cabinet has basically approved it, but it makes Emperor Yonglong hesitate.
Now in Liaodong, Feng Tang is also serving as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town. After Du Song and Zhao led the army to defect to Feng Tang, and with the support of Cao Wenzhao and You Shiwei, the situation in Liaodong has been basically stabilized.
Emperor Yonglong had no other thoughts in Liaodong. After all, he was facing the formidable enemy Jianzhou Jurchen here. If he had the little idea of playing balance, it would lead to catastrophe.
But he was unwilling to let Feng Tang control Jizhen, so he was a little worried about Feng Tang letting brothers You Shigong and You Shilu switch defenses and control Jizhen after Feng Tang went to Liaodong. Soon Feng Tang wrote to the court to request You Shiwei was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen. Under the instruction of Emperor Yonglong, Zhang Jingqiu refused to agree, so You Shigong could only act as the commander-in-chief.
As Zhang Jingqiu proposed to take over as the chief soldier of Jizhen, Ma Gui fell ill, and the matter could no longer be delayed. Emperor Yonglong also specially asked Lu Song to see Ma Gui. It was true that he was seriously ill and could not afford it, so the commander-in-chief of Jizhen After all the calculations, I can only let You Shigong take over.
Emperor Yonglong’s face was a little gloomy.
You Shigong was Feng Tang's confidant when he was in Yulin. He had neither military merit nor ability. It made sense to serve as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen. However, once You Shigong became the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, it would mean that the 890,000-strong army in Jizhen would We have to listen to Feng Tang's orders, but Ji Town is only a few hundred miles away from the capital city, and the cavalry can arrive in a few days, not much further than Xuanfu, which really makes people feel uneasy.
From now on, it seems that Feng Tang has no dissent, and has always kept a distance from nobles such as Niu Jizong and Wang Ziteng. However, he knows people but does not know his heart. Moreover, Feng Ziying is engaged to the daughter of his father's former confidant Lin Ruhai, and this Lin Ruhai was also the sister-in-law of Rong Guogong's Jia family, and the Jia family was related by marriage to the Wang family. The relationship was so intricate that it was difficult to say whether there was any problem here.
Now that the virtuous concubine took advantage of the opportunity of visiting relatives to summon Feng Ziying, Emperor Yonglong was even more upset.
Lu Song naturally understood Emperor Yonglong's worries and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, I actually think that with Xiao Feng Xiuzhan's wisdom and the power of Mr. Qi Ge and Mr. Qiao, I am afraid that marriage or women can change the Feng family." This attitude is unimaginable. This little Feng Xiuzhan is a happy and voluptuous person. How can ordinary wives and concubines shake his ambition? Moreover, his eldest son was appointed by Mr. Qiao, who is also from a distinguished family of scholars..."
This is reasonable. Emperor Yonglong nodded, "Lu Qing, that's what I said, but there are some things that I don't dare to be careless at all."
The words of Emperor Yonglong made it difficult for Lu Song to say much.
"Lu Qing, what do you think Concubine Xiande and Feng Keng will talk about?" Emperor Yonglong returned to this topic.
Lu Song felt that the emperor was a little suspicious.
There is no doubt that Concubine Xian De is a very unpopular character. Just because the emperor has never stayed in her palace for a night, we can get a glimpse of her. Although the emperor has already meditated on Taoism, there are still some superficial cutscenes, such as Concubine Wu, Concubine Zhou and Concubine Zheng all went there from time to time and gave some gifts, but this virtuous concubine hardly interacted with them. Of course, this may also have something to do with Wang Ziteng being too active and even a little out of control. Big relationship.
But Wang Ziteng is one thing, and the Feng family is another. Lu Song does not think that the virtuous concubine can persuade the Feng family to take any risky actions.
Suddenly remembering something, Lu Song whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Feng family has always been worried about the failure of their second wife, Feng Han, to seize the title of Uncle Yunchuan?"
Some time ago, the Supreme Emperor suddenly mentioned on some occasions the past achievements of some veteran military officials. Among them, he mentioned that Feng Han of the Feng family had guarded Datong for many years and eventually died of illness. As a result, he was unable to ascend the title of Earl of Yunchuan. In the end, Feng Tang was only given the title of General Shenwu.
Although now that Feng Tang has become the governor of Jiliao, he no longer cares about the false name of Uncle Yunchuan, but Uncle Yunchuan is the title passed down from the ancestors of the Feng family after all, and the Feng family has been fighting on the border to avoid the attack, and has made great contributions.
At that time, Emperor Yonglong didn't pay much attention, but now Emperor Yonglong understood that this was because his father wanted to show favor to the Feng family and win over the Feng family.
"That should be the case. I'm afraid Xiao Feng Xiuzuan has heard this news a long time ago, but there has been no movement. With Xiao Feng Xiuzuan's wisdom, he probably figured out the way around here, so he never responded. , and I also heard that Xiao Feng Xiuzhan had taken the initiative to raise the issue of the second brother of the Feng family to the emperor?"
Lu Song’s words reminded Emperor Yonglong of the incident, and he nodded, “It is true, but I didn’t agree at the time.”
"In that case, why doesn't the Emperor agree to this matter before the Supreme Emperor raises it to the Emperor?" Lu Song asked.
Emperor Yonglong was a little hesitant. A pretended status as Uncle Yunchuan was indeed nothing, but he felt that it had not been long before he took the initiative to agree to this matter, which would damage his prestige. If it were delayed for another year or two, it would be the worst. It couldn't be better.
But I am afraid that my father will not be like this. Once he proposes to me that he wants to grant Feng Han the title of Xijue, I will not find any reason to object. And if I object, I am afraid it will only make the Feng family more dissatisfied. Agree Then it became the father's contribution.
"Your Majesty, this matter should be taken sooner rather than later. Since the Supreme Emperor has already realized it, it will happen sooner or later. Once the Supreme Emperor raises it first, the Emperor will become passive and it will become a thankless task." Lu Song was a little anxious.
"I understand." Emperor Yonglong nodded. He also knew which was more important. Although his father proposed that he would steal his limelight to show his favor to the Feng family, he still didn't feel that the Feng family would really change because of this.
But if such things are compared to one's own dignity, then there is no great need. Why should the father be such a good person?
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Hetuala.
Nurhachi’s face was as gloomy as water. He sat on a big chair, put his hands on his knees, and looked at the disciples standing under him with burning eyes.
“Chu Ying, what do you think?”
"Father Khan, in my son's opinion, the governor of Jiliao is just a bluff, so there is no need to be too afraid." Chu Ying's face was full of flesh, and his face was covered by a thick beard. His voice was loud, "You should not have been coerced by Zhou in the battle against Ula. If the war ceases, then if Ye He’s tribe dares to come, my son will annihilate them together.”
Hearing Chu Ying's arrogant tone, several people standing on the other side looked unhappy, especially Fei Yingdong and Anfei Yanggu, who were even more angry. They were the two who originally persuaded the Khan to suspend the confrontation. The Ula tribe's attack prevented Zhou from formally intervening in the Jurchen unification war. Chu Ying also agreed with this view at the time, but now this guy is making sarcastic remarks.
"Chu Ying's words are wrong. Ye He's tribe has received a large amount of ordnance and firearms support from the Great Zhou Dynasty. It cannot be easily solved. Moreover, Bu Zhantai has been unable to hold on and has the will to die. If we force the enemy rashly and the trapped beasts still fight, we will lose a lot. Too big." It was He Heli who interrupted. He had long been dissatisfied with Chu Ying's arrogance and willfulness.
"Does Bu Zhantai have a death wish? What a big joke. With Bu Zhantai's cowardice, if we had only persisted for one more month, we would have definitely made him surrender. But it's a pity..." Chu Ying looked at He Heli with disdain. He glanced at it and snorted softly.
"That's enough, Chu Ying. You didn't say anything when we called for a truce. Why are you talking about this now?" Nurhaci interrupted his eldest son angrily. He felt more and more that Chu Ying had grown a little in recent years. His subordinates were all dissatisfied with him, and it seemed that he needed to give him a good beating when he came down. "What we are talking about now is the matter of Shuerhaqi. You all should discuss it and see how to deal with this traitor."
The hall suddenly became quiet.
Shuerhaqi and his son raised the banner of the Jianzhou Right Guards Commander in Heizhanmu, and Dazhou also issued a special order to support them. This also caused great shock among the Jurchen tribes, and even now Even the Jurchens of the East China Sea knew about this, and they couldn't help but worry Nurhaci.
In Nurhaci’s view, this is a greater threat than the Ula tribe and the Yehe tribe, and must be eradicated as soon as possible.
(End of this chapter)