Chapter 284: Borrowing the Head, the Story Behind

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, do not avoid revenge outside, do not avoid relatives inside, I recommend my brother Bi Zisu to serve as the governor of Shaanxi..."

Everyone looked at Bi Ziyan in surprise, pushing his younger brother into the fire pit!

"Your brother? Bi Zisu? Dear brother?" Yang Jie also felt strange when he heard this. Judging from the name of the person, these are the two brothers. Both brothers are Jinshi and are both high-ranking officials of the court. This is definitely a strange thing.

"Your Majesty, I am my brother, Bi Zisu, and my blood relative." Bi Ziyan said affirmatively.

"What is your brother now?" Yang Jing asked curiously. One is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who is very likely to be promoted to the Minister of the Secretariat, and the other is about to be the governor of Shaanxi. The chance of a family having two senior officials at the same time is really low, let alone a small surname like Bi, Yang Jing asked curiously.

"Go back to Your Majesty, my brother was promoted to the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple because of his contributions in Ningjin's battle." Bi Ziyan replied.

"Shaoqing of Taipu Temple? I know." What Taipu Temple does? Yang Jie understood that it is an institution that specializes in raising horses for the emperor. Shaoqing is the deputy. In terms of calculation, he can barely be considered a senior official at the deputy ministerial level. It is barely enough to serve as the governor of Shaanxi.

"Do you have anyone else to recommend?" Yang Jingang asked.

The ministers were eager for someone to take the thunder. Who would have no time to go to Shaanxi? It was too late to get out of here? When the emperor asked, they all avoided it. Since someone was willing to send his younger brother to Shaanxi, it was just right, and he didn't have to do anything offends, and they kept silent.

Yang Jie asked around, but when he saw that the ministers were hiding his gaze, he asked casually, but he didn't ask again.

"Since everyone has no choice and only Bi Ziyan recommends his brother, then the governor of Shaanxi will be appointed by Bi Zisu, and Bi Zisu will be summoned to the palace to meet him immediately." Yang Jing arranged this matter.

Seeing that the emperor decided to governor of Shaanxi, the ministers' hearts were settled. At least, they didn't have to go there by themselves, nor did they have to recommend others, let alone make a fuss.

"Okay, now the governor of Shaanxi has decided. What is left is to send many soldiers to wipe out the civil war, and to send many soldiers to guard the country. I will also talk about this matter." Yang Jing put the number of soldiers on the agenda again, and the speed was quite fast.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that the troubles of the people in Shaanxi are caused by poor relief. Now the court is carrying out large-scale disaster relief. If the people have a way out, they will naturally not cause trouble with the bandit leader. Your Majesty, I think there is no need to make a big blow to wipe out the enemy. I just need to recruit appease me. If I want to have another way out, the court will be able to help the people in chaos. With one move, they will definitely wake up from the riots and accept the court's plea. In this way, they will not use weapons."

Yang Jing despised him very much. If things were as simple as you said, then why didn’t you become the governor of Shaanxi just now? When others become me, you will talk about things like easy here. They are really good at planning and talking, and they are really the best in Kung Fu.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think this is the case and should be recruited for a large amount of pleading. I think now, if the rioters know that the court is willing to provide relief to them and have a way out, they will probably not make trouble again. Your Majesty, I think this is the case!" Another minister also said this, and for a moment, pleading became a weather vane.

"Your Majesty, I think it's not a problem to just recruit people. I think it's necessary to send elite troops to combine the local elite troops in Shaanxi to encircle and suppress them vigorously. In this way, there will be deterrent power. Otherwise, if something happens in the future, some people will threaten the court with civil unrest. How can the court still have majesty?"

"Your Majesty, I think I should encircle and suppress it vigorously. I think now, with your Majesty's strong relief, the victims who are affected have a place to go. The bandit leaders in Shaanxi who want to take advantage of the famine and cause trouble will not be able to cope with the victims, and it will not become a climate. They can take the opportunity to wipe out the victims in one fell swoop, completely eliminating the future."

The question about Shaanxi quickly became two factions, but not many people participated in the debate. At least the people from the Imperial Party did not participate. Many people became scheming and looked at the emperor, but the emperor did not speak. After all, this matter was in vain. Therefore, although there was a debate, the scene was very gentle.

After listening to the ministers' opinions for a while, Yang Jie felt that there was nothing new. He was still playing with something, which was to whine.

"Master Sun, what about your opinion on this matter? What should I do?" Yang Jing interrupted the ministers' warm argument and asked Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that in addition to sending three or five thousand elite troops to guard Shaanxi, it is also necessary to strengthen prevention and be vigilant in various places in Shaanxi to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble. In Shaanxi, Xu Zixian is bringing new Jinshi and students to immigrate there. I am afraid that the civil war will lead to immigration and disaster relief will be affected, and I am even more afraid that it will affect Xu Zixian and others..." Sun Chengzong frowned and expressed his concerns.

"Oh...! Master Sun knows my heart!" Yang Jing sighed. There are not many people in the court who can say something reliable. Sun Chengzong is a few such people. What Yang Jing is really worried about is actually this. The disaster relief in Shaanxi must cover the entire province of Shaanxi. Immigration officials must run around. If someone wants to make an immigration official, it will be a great harm to himself! Not only is he facing the victims and the pressure of poor immigration, but he also has to face the pressure of the dead and injured Jinshi and Juren in the court. This can be regarded as his own fatal point. Once someone clicks this place, he will not say he dies, at least he will feel very uncomfortable and passive. If the matter is serious, it may even stagnate the progress of immigration. The immigrants he hopes can change the trajectory of history, and he will probably be ruined.

When everyone heard what Sun Chengzong said, they suddenly realized that the crux of the matter was that those who discussed the requisition or the extermination just now had not even touched the edge! Everyone had to sigh that this journey was indeed like a mountain! Some people should be "imperial teachers", and those who should be disliked by the emperor.

"Master Sun, if you have any good opinions, just say it." Yang Jing sighed. This matter was really troublesome. When Xu Guangqi went to provide relief, he miscalculated the form and thought that the relief would bring peace to the world immediately. There was no way to know that there was a pot of boiling oil in Shaanxi, and there were flames dancing on it. The current situation can be said to be as dangerous as it was. But he just gave Xu Guangqi a privilege for disaster relief and immigration. There were not many military guarantees. The only thing Xu Guangqi could command directly was an imperial guard with thousands of people.

Yang Jing was very confused. It was not that he didn't want to give Xu Guangqi more rights, but the rights of the Immigration Inspector were quite large. If military power was given, that is to say, the control of most of the Ming Dynasty was delegated to the Immigration Inspector. Even if Yang Jing traveled through time, even if Yang Jing was bold, even if Yang Jing believed that Xu Guangqi would not do anything to betray him, Yang Jing was still frightened in this matter. Out of an instinct, he would never give such great power to a person.

You must never give someone such great power. When Yang Jing thought of handing over control of the army to Xu Guangqi, Yang Jing felt his hair standing up, his back was cold, and his instinctively frightened. He instinctively told himself that he could not do this, it had nothing to do with trusting or not, but purely out of instinct. Therefore, the current situation is that Xu Guangqi was in Shaanxi to provide disaster relief, bringing those new Jinshi, experienced students, and even local scholars, state and county students, and the safety of the local scholars, state and county students was not guaranteed. Once they had casualties, or in other words, a large number of casualties, the relief and immigration were afraid that they would die prematurely, or the effect was reduced, which was something Yang Jing would never want to see.

Now that the form has deteriorated, there is a pot of boiling oil in Shaanxi, and there is a flame dancing on it, which will explode at any time. Yang Jingwei is completely confused.

Everyone looked at Sun Chengzong and saw what this "imperial master" could say.

Sun Chengzong frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I think that you must send three or five thousand elite soldiers who can fight in this matter quickly to Shaanxi, and immediately kill a group of more famous bandit leaders or civilian leaders to shock those who are ready to move and buy time for Xu Zixian's immigration disaster relief. Once the immigration is smoothly carried out and there is a little success, the civilian change in Shaanxi will not be scary. It is like the accumulated water that has found a way out, and it will only slowly fade away, and you will no longer worry that the water will overflow the dam."

"..., we must also strictly order all sides, commands and garrisons in Shaanxi to strictly prevent and ensure the smooth and safest of immigration disaster relief. All immigrant disaster relief is the priority... Once something is unfavorable to immigration disaster relief in a certain place, we must suppress it immediately. Never let the civilian change drag down the immigrants. After a year or two, the immigration disaster relief has taken effect, we will no longer be afraid of the civilian change in Shaanxi." Sun Chengzong thought for a long time and said what he thought about it.

"Oh... Master Sun, I think it makes sense. I think so. I think so. In Shaanxi, everything should be based on immigration and disaster relief. Someone should protect the matter of immigration and disaster relief. Just now, Bi Zisu has been pushed out to serve as the governor of Shaanxi, and the management of military and civil affairs. Everything is based on cooperation with Master Xu's immigration and disaster relief..." Yang Jing was worried about this problem just now. During the process of immigration and disaster relief, Xu Guangqi and others were too thin and had no military force to protect the protection, just like dancing on the tip of a knife. However, they could not give military power to a person who could manage most of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, he, as an emperor, was afraid that he would be uneasy to sleep.

"...... From the capital, select three or five thousand elite troops, and specialize in going to Shaanxi to carry out Master Sun's deterrence mission. It is necessary to make the civilian leaders in Shaanxi and the bandit leaders in various places dare not make any abnormal movements. Once these people are in crisis and immigrants to provide disaster relief, they will be killed immediately. I must not ruin my major affairs, and I must not ruin my major affairs in the Ming Dynasty..." Yang Jie picked out the thorn in his heart, and felt much more comfortable.

Listening to the conversation between the emperor and Sun Chengzong, the ministers were worried. The disaster relief of tens of millions of silver is indeed not that simple! The danger and complexity of it are far from ordinary people's imagination!

"That's what I mean, yes, is there anything else to say?" Yang Jing asked the ministers on the platform again. Although these people never speak reliable in military affairs, they are better than nothing and are ready to hear any good opinions.

The ministers began to think about problems. Now the major premise has come out and the framework has come out. It should not be difficult to think of some minor supplements.

After a while, someone said, "Report to Your Majesty, I think that my rank of rewards to the Donglu has been extremely high, and Shaanxi is a place of strong people. Your Majesty and the people of Shaanxi are not allowed to form militias to go to Liaodong to hunt down the Donglu heads? I am afraid that many people in Shaanxi will be willing to do so, and I will not lose a trick." The speaker was Liu Yanyuan, the Minister of War. He participated in the emperor's northern strategic plan and knew that the emperor had a plan to register the Donglu, so after a little consideration, he came up with such an idea.

Yang Jing thought about it and did not conflict with his plan, so he said, "Okay, this matter will be left to the Ministry of War to take charge, concentrate a group, train a group, escort a group, and let them carry guns after they are out of the gates." Yang Jing quickly set the rules for this matter.

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty." Liu Yanyuan was very happy that his proposal was approved by the emperor.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that the post station should recruit more postmen. I think the selection of postmen is to select unruly people in the local area, and spend their energy and blood all year round so as not to let him do something bad in the local area. Therefore, I think that Your Majesty should vigorously recruit more postmen..." Another minister also came up with an idea, of course, they all belong to some minor problems and are not fundamentally solving the problem.

Expanding recruitment? Yang Jing looked at this guy and it was Shi Fenglai. Unexpectedly, this pedantic guy also had a dark side. He nodded and said, "This is not bad. Let Liu Mao take charge of this matter. He is now in charge of the separation of the post station."

Shi Fenglai was also very happy. The emperor accepted his opinion. As the emperor, he naturally had to rely on the emperor to speak. The emperor wanted to separate the post station and the emperor wanted to increase his investment in the post station. Then he thought of a solution in this regard.

After a while, Yang Jing listened to some opinions, whether they accepted or did not accept them, and they were all some valuable suggestions, which were truly better than nothing.

After discussing the matter in Shaanxi, the ministers came out. As soon as they came out, several ministers who were just determined to give advice to the emperor surrounded Sun Chengzong.

"Brother Sun, why didn't Brother Sun stop the emperor when the emperor borrowed a head? Only you can stop the emperor in this matter! Now the imperial edict is probably out of the capital, and it's too late! Brother Sun, this matter has a very bad impact on Your Majesty's reputation. We, as ministers, cannot let Your Majesty do this!"

After leaving the platform, several ministers surrounded Sun Chengzong and said bustlingly what happened just now, and were still saying that Sun Chengzong did not stop the emperor.

"Yes! Lord Sun, you are highly valued by Your Majesty. Now the emperor's anger has disappeared a lot. Lord Sun will persuade Your Majesty again. Never borrow someone's head! This matter must be remembered in history. This is a stain that cannot be washed away!" This person did not say it was the stain of the emperor, or Hu Yanyan's stain, or the stain of the entire civil servant class.

Sun Chengzong stood still and sighed, "You guys, it's not that Sun didn't stop His Majesty. It's really this matter. Alas..., Hu Yanyan is looking for death himself! He can't blame others. Think about the things he did, that one is worthy of the emperor's appetite, and that one is not the word death? How to excuse him? Alas... Sun has already made plans for this matter. Anyway, he will try not to let His Majesty's reputation be covered with. Hu Yanyan is afraid he can't get rid of the word death!"

"What does Brother Sun mean?"

"Sun heard that Hu Yanyan was in poor health and often coughed up blood, so..." Sun Chengzong said halfway.

"What does Brother Sun mean?"

"Your Majesty wants to borrow someone's head..., Sun goes to ask someone for this matter, don't worry, you will never let Your Majesty borrow someone's head in this matter." Sun Chengzong said worriedly.

"What does Brother Sun mean?"

"Don't ask about this matter. It's not good for you to know too much." Sun Chengzong said anxiously.

"So that's the case, I'll ask Brother Sun." Since Sun Chengzong was very sure that the emperor could not borrow a head, there was still room for maneuver in this matter, and it was not the worst. It was just the secret. Don't ask about it. Some people have a different position in the emperor's mind. Even if they did something extraordinary, the emperor wouldn't mind.

Sun Chengzong did not leave the Forbidden City, but went to find someone.

Wang Chengen finally explained this very difficult matter and was about to go back to work with the emperor when he met Sun Chengzong.

"Master Wang, you're polite." Sun Chengzong first gave Wang Chengen a tribute.

"It's Master Sun! What's the matter? But are you waiting for our family?" Wang Chengen asked when he saw that Sun Chengzong seemed to be waiting for him.

"That's right, Mr. Sun asked Mr. Wang to agree." Sun Chengzong pleaded.

"Oh, hehe, Master Sun, you are the emperor's teacher, the emperor's right-hand man. If you have any questions, just ask Your Majesty. If you don't want to refuse, why ask our family? Our family can't afford it!" Wang Chengen refused with a smile.

"Oh... I just can't ask Your Majesty for this matter! This matter is related to today's borrowing heads." Sun Chengzong said straight to the point.

"Master Sun, this matter is your Majesty's will. Our family has sent someone to the road. Could it be that Master Sun wants to ask Hu Yanyan for a love affair? I will forgive our family for having no choice. Your Majesty pointed out the man's head." Wang Chengen immediately refused when he heard that it was this matter.

"Oh..., this is the matter. Mr. Wang has thought that once the head of the emperor becomes true, the matter of the emperor borrowing the head of a provincial governor will definitely be recorded in history. How should he comment on His Majesty in a hundred years? This matter is a stain that His Majesty cannot be washed away! His Majesty's reputation will be covered with dust! His Majesty is joking about his reputation! Does Mr. Wang want to see His Majesty's reputation be covered with dust?"
Chapter completed!