"That's really auspicious?" Mr. Zhao asked with surprise on his face.

"It's not just auspiciousness! The five spirits of the Linfeng are the best auspiciousness of the king! The highest level of auspiciousness!" Zhang Juzheng was excited as if something was going on, holding Zhao Hao's wrist tightly, and his whole body was choked.

"And this is a divine turtle! It's neither a phoenix, a qilin, nor a dragon or a white tiger, but it's just a turtle, it's definitely God's will!"

Zhang Juzheng grabbed Zhao Hao's hands and held the sky with both hands, and then knelt down to the elephant turtle in the sedan chair.

He prostrated himself, kneeled down piously, burst into tears, and said excitedly: "As soon as the divine turtle comes out, I will be destined to revive the Ming Dynasty in Wanli!"

Mr. Zhao was grabbed by his father-in-law and could only kneel with him, begging him to live a long life.

He was stunned. He didn't expect that he would kowtow to a turtle in his life. Well, it was a turtle...

But what can he do if his father-in-law kneels so happily?

Zhao Hao has known his idol for ten years, and even his daughter's belly is getting bigger, and he has never seen his father-in-law lose his composure.

Unexpectedly, because of a turtle from Devil Island, I broke my defense directly. As expected, my daughter’s gift was the best gift to my father.

Well, Zhao Hao still knows why Xianggong Zhang is so excited, but he didn't expect him to be so excited.

It seems that my father-in-law has been under great pressure in the past few years...

As the saying goes, when trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them, when dikes are higher than shore, the waves will destroy them.

Zhang Juzheng is now so powerful that he has the highest authority in two hundred years. Moreover, he has carried out reforms and used the method of examination to make the Ming Dynasty officialdom burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, and the officials are not in trouble! He is not a urging, who is a urging?

Of course, he has a strong ability to control the field now... the cabinet, factory guard, Kedao, and harem are all his irons, so it is difficult for this storm to make him wet.

Until a year ago, Zhang Juzheng finally suffered its first blow since he was in power!

The cause is also very absurd, it is actually because of a great victory.

After becoming the country, Xianggong Zhang continued to reuse Liaodong Governor Zhang Xueyan and General Li Chengliang, trusting them and strongly supporting them.

These two did not disappoint Zhang Xianggong. In the winter of the third year of Wanli, 20,000 local barbarian cavalry captured Pinglu Fort and went south to invade Liaodong.

The Mongols thought that the Ming army would definitely not be able to retreat, but Zhang Xueyan and Li Chengliang led their troops to line up outside Shenyang City to meet the enemy, which scared the Tatars quickly retreated.

At this time, the Liaodong official army was under the military reforms implemented by Zhang Juzheng, and under the guidance of the famous general Li Chengliang, the combat effectiveness was very strong.

The official army first used artillery to bombard the Mongolians, which scared the Mongolians to overturn the horse. Li Chengliang's elite cavalry launched an attack and defeated 20,000 enemy cavalry in just one round.

Then Li Chengliang personally led his army to chase Hegou, annihilated thousands of enemies again, and achieved a refreshing victory in Liaodong!

This was also the most brilliant victory for the official army after the Wanli Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the 800-mile victory was announced to enter Beijing urgently, but it triggered an uproar that almost ruined the reform of Wanli!

Zhang Xianggong was naturally the happiest to learn about the great victory in Liaodong. In the past three years, he has lost many jobs and picked up the black veil of his colleagues. The obstacles he encountered in all aspects are naturally getting greater and greater.

This great victory is just the right time to prove the correctness of the reform, which is much more convincing than any auspicious!

So Xianggong Zhang couldn't wait to open the good news, but couldn't help but frown.

It was not that there was any problem with the victory itself, but that the person who reported the victory had problems was not that the Liaodong Governor Zhang Xueyan, but that the Liaodong Governor Liu Tai.

Although the governors are all imperial envoys, there is a difference between superiors and inferiors! The governor is the chief military and political officer, and the governor is just the supervisor!

Of course, the chief official will give this report a victory. At most, Liu Tai can only sign a joint letter to endorse the authenticity of the victory.

How dare Liu Tai leave the governor aside and get the first victory?

Because he was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, Zhang Xianggong's favorite disciple!

Zhang Xianggong promoted reforms, destroyed the old and established the new, and of course he had to promote his disciples in order to confront the old forces.

Moreover, Liu Tai is a native of Xingguo in Huguang and a junior of Zhang Xianggong's hometown party, so he is even more reused.

Zhang Juzheng sent him to Liaodong, and it was obvious that he was just staring at the Northeastern old men for himself and asking them to do it well and not make trouble.

Since the Longqing conferred tribute, Altan Khan became King Shunyi and no longer had to rob him. His mind was empty, so he converted to Tibetan Buddhism with the third lady. Under the leadership of King Shunyi and his wife, the entire Tatars became addicted to Buddhism and could not extricate themselves, and they could hardly extricate themselves. Therefore, the main border troubles of the Ming Dynasty are now the only one Liaodong left.

When the Mongolian tribes in Liaodong saw that the Tatar tribe has both spiritual and material harvests, and their lives are very nourishing, so they also want to follow the example of Feng Gong.

When Altan was awarded the tribute, although Gao Gong was the leader, Zhang Juzheng was in charge of military affairs and made great efforts. Just when everyone thought that it would be a sure thing for "the nephew to keep lanterns as usual", Zhang Juzheng made a clear statement and refused to allow it!

His reason was that the Ming Dynasty had been weak for a long time and could not in the short term, like the first time, the army would be able to expedite Mongolian troops and expel them from the north of the desert like the beginning of the country. Therefore, it was only practical to temporarily make peace on the nine sides and not disturb the mainland.

But the Tartars are cruel and untrustworthy, and blindly being gentle will only encourage arrogance. If the Tatars in the west and the turtle barbarians in the east give tribute, neither side will cherish them. Therefore, we must resolutely fight one faction, and one hand will last for a long time!

Since Altan has always performed well after he was awarded the tribute, it is said that he has taken the lead in eating vegetarian food, so I will continue to feed him carrots. But I will have to fight against the Tumans in Liaodong.

They cannot let go because they beg for mercy. They must fight every year and fight to the death until there is no turtle barbarian. This will not only shock the Mongolian Jurchen tribes in the northeast, but also make Altan Khan in the west cherish the hard-earned opportunity for tribute and dare not step beyond the line.

After the official army concentrates its forces and pacify Liaodong, it will be easier to turn around and clean up the Tatar tribe that has been abolished by religion and trade?

"East controls the West" is a prescription prescribed by Xianggong Zhang to cure the disease of the Tartars that had plagued the 150th year of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the "Xihuai" has been completed, only the "East System" is left. Zhang Xianggong naturally hopes that Liaodong's civil and military personnel work together, work together inside and outside, and put their efforts together. So before Liu Tai left, Zhang Juzheng gave him a face-to-face message and warned him to only look at it and not talk about it when he went to Liaodong. If there were any problems, he would report it to himself if he had any clear investigation. Do not interfere with Liaodong's civil and military personnel, especially do not point fingers at the Liaodong Governor.

Because Zhang Xueyan is a person who is Gao Gong, now that he has only a few middle and high-ranking parties in the court, he is almost unlucky if he has anything to do with Gao Gong. It is naturally inevitable that Zhang Zhongcheng, a fish that is missing the net, is worried.

But Zhang Juzheng couldn't touch him because he really had to.

Liao Town is more than 2,000 miles long, with 120 walled cities and bordering enemies on three sides, with nearly 100,000 official troops. However, since the famine of Jiajing and Wuwu, two-thirds of them fled. Previously, the two governors Wang Zhigao and Wei Xuezeng were famous officials, but the two Central Chiefs tried their best and did not return to their full potential.

In the fourth year of Longqing, Liaodong encountered another drought and hunger. The Mongolian and Nuzhi tribes took advantage of the situation, and the situation in Liaodong was in danger.

Zhang Xueyan was ordered to revive and revive, and first asked to revive the army, recruit the troops, control the armor, market war horses, and trust rewards and punishments. Finally, he restored the combat effectiveness of Liaodong.

He cooperated with the general Li Chengliang and complemented each other. After several years of operation, he finally cleaned up the situation in Liaodong, beat the Tartars' daughters to the point of being scattered, and the population and troops were restored to the same as before.

If you want to wipe out Liaodong, how could Zhang Juzheng dare to replace him easily if he is a capable minister in the border area? On the contrary, he had to give Zhang Xueyan a higher position and comfort him so that he could give up his desire to leave, and he would be at ease with Li Chengliang to work together and lie down before talking about it.

But what did Zhang Zhongcheng think about Liu Tai's actions?

After thinking about it, Mr. Zhang suddenly realized that this little fellow villager was in Liaodong and somehow he was wearing a big banner as a tiger skin. I'm afraid he had been riding on Zhang Xueyan and Li Chengliang's neck as he was arrogant.

He realized that the reason why Liu Tai's good news was unique was that Zhang Xueyan was not seen. It was probably because Liaodong civil and military officials were giving Liu Tai a 25-point cannon.

I also took him a little bit by Zhang Xianggong. Isn’t your examination method emphasizing “comprehensive verification of name and reality”? Whoever should do what he should do is to do, and you must never act beyond your authority!

Now Liu Tai has obviously exceeded his authority. Let’s see if Mr. Zhang favors his disciples.

Of course, Xianggong Zhang could only execute Ma Su with tears.

So Zhang Juzheng wrote an imperial edict, reprimanded Liu Taifan in the name of the emperor, and ordered him to return to Beijing immediately for treatment!

Normally, Liu Tai should be very clear that although he was scolded, he did not lose his official position immediately. This means that the teacher still protects him. It is likely that he will be able to continue to be entrusted with important tasks after returning to Beijing for a period of time.

However, Liu Tai was only a 25-year-old man, and he had a common problem with censors to save face. After receiving the order, he felt very disappointed, and was angry and annoyed. He felt that he came to this cold place for his teacher and mixed with a bunch of stinky hills, so that his chrysanthemums were cracked. He had no credit and worked hard. Didn’t he just report a victory first? As for humiliating me like this, would he beat me to death with a stick?

With someone instigated him, he became the first student to impeach his teacher in the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!

When the head of the household department, Wang Wenhui, submitted a memorial to the censor, and only if there was nothing, he alluded to the lower seat Gao Gong, so he made Gao Ge so angry that he gave up and refused to do it. He said that Wang Wenhui's memorial was the first memorial to deceive his master and destroy his ancestors! It was simply unforgivable.

But compared with this Liu Jingshi, Section Chief Wang's insinuated all his brothers at that time. Liu Tai impeached Zhang Juzheng by name. As soon as the bulletin board was put on, Zhang Xianggong was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

After he woke up, he shed tears at Lu Diaoyang and sighed, "There has not been any disciples in the country for more than 200 years, but now there are some."

The next day, I asked the emperor... in fact, the empress dowager who ruled the country from behind the curtain, and submitted a letter to resign.

The empress dowager naturally refused. Wanli also got off the imperial throne himself, helped him up with both hands, and kept him for a while, but Zhang Juzheng still firmly begged to leave.

Later, the Empress Dowager came forward to try to keep him, and he barely stayed.
Chapter completed!