Chapter 201: Beijing Camp Jiedushi
"Or, if the old Duke is not convinced, we, the Military Honor, will stop talking and just fight in front of all the civil and military officials ! Whoever wins will stand in front!"
Meng Zong was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. You are a young man with full strength, but you bully me who can't even stand steadily. Do you have any martial ethics? You really only bully the old and not the young?
"Get out! When I made an appointment to fight with Daishan, you were nowhere to be found!" Meng Zong said with a threatening look on his face.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
Xia Shouzhong's sharp voice was heard, and then Emperor Longxing walked out from the back hall, stepped onto the imperial steps step by step and sat on the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty!"
"Gentlemen, please stand up!"
Then the court meeting officially began. Generally speaking, these court meetings were mostly small and trivial matters. After all, the tradition of holding small meetings for big matters and big meetings for small matters has been passed down for thousands of years. Moreover, there were not many people in the court meeting who were so blind as to cause trouble for the emperor.
Jia Cong was next to Meng Zong, but he felt a little sleepy! He slept in Keqing's room for half the night yesterday, and when he returned to his own courtyard, it was already late at midnight. In total, he only slept for an hour.
Meng Zong looked at Jia Cong with disdain and unconsciously moved to the side, ashamed to be in the company of such a shameless guy.
After an unknown amount of time, Jia Cong was almost snoring with the sounds coming one after another, when suddenly a voice came, "What do you think, Marquis Guanjun?"
Jia Cong shuddered, and met the dark face of Emperor Longxing with his sleepy eyes!
"My son, my own, my own child!" Emperor Longxing gave himself a lot of comfort, and then said to Xia Shouzhong with a dark face, "Tell him what happened!"
He first gave the emperor a flattering smile, and then listened to Xia Shouzhong's story!
First of all, the Minister of War has been impeached by the Censor for several days, and yesterday the Chief Censor even came out in person and said something cruel, "I won't wait until I'm old, I'll resign if I get sick." The Minister of War knew that he couldn't keep this position any longer, otherwise, he didn't know what this group would say about him.
So, after the court session yesterday, the Minister of War wrote a letter to resign cleanly! It is said that he did not even give the emperor a chance to stay, and he left the city last night and headed straight for his hometown.
The position of a Shangshu would naturally cause contention, but because it was the Ministry of War, the most intense competition was between Yuan Ping and the founding lineage.
Originally, the Yuanping lineage was thinking of making an effort today, taking advantage of the lack of a suitable candidate in the founding lineage, and finalizing it directly. But before they could speak out, Wang Ziteng took the lead and resigned from the position of the commander of the Beijing camp because of the previous hunting incident in Tiewang Mountain.
And he directly recommended the new champion marquis Jia Cong as the commander of the Beijing camp!
The reason is very simple. Jia Cong has the merit of saving the emperor and is loyal to His Majesty. Secondly, Jia Cong is the bravest of the three armies, and commanding the Beijing camp can better guard the capital.
Naturally, everyone from the founding lineage voiced their support, but most people from the Yuanping lineage were against it!
There are now the Capital Camp and four major camps around Shenjing. Originally, three of the camps were controlled by the Yuanping lineage. For example, Meng Hua, the son of Meng Zong, Duke of Qing, was the commander of the North Camp, and Qi Jianhui, Marquis of Xiangyang, was the commander of the West Camp.
The other is the Jinyi Marquis of the South Camp. However, since Niu Jizong entered the South Camp as deputy commander, he has gradually stabilized his position with the support of the founding lineage, and has won over many middle and lower-level generals, so now the South Camp is jointly controlled by two lineages.
The commander of the East Camp, Marquis Kaoshan Cao Zhuang, was a veteran general who had followed the retired emperor before he ascended the throne, and his status was not much inferior to that of Meng Zong.
In fact, Yuan Ping recognized that the Beijing Camp was controlled by the founding lineage. After all, no matter whether it was the emperor or the retired emperor, they would never allow them to control another camp! Therefore, when Wang Ziteng was appointed as the commander of the Beijing Camp, Yuan Ping's lineage all acquiesced.
But the Beijing Camp is completely different in the hands of Wang Ziteng and Jia Cong.
Jia Cong is not only a descendant of the Rongguo Mansion, but also has outstanding military achievements and the merit of saving the emperor. Such a person can make the Beijing camp impenetrable in a short period of time.
Although Wang Ziteng has been in charge of the Beijing Camp for many years, there are still many officers who are dissatisfied with him. After all, although his official position is not low, he has not made many achievements, and it is difficult for him to be recognized by those middle and lower-level officers.
In addition, there is another crucial point. The Beijing Camp has 50,000 soldiers and the other camps have even more soldiers, but the Beijing Camp can nominally control the other four camps.
Why was Daishan, the commander of the Beijing Camp, known as the best in the army at that time ? It was because in addition to the Beijing Camp, the troops of the four major camps were almost all under his jurisdiction. At that time, even the food and weapons of each army were transferred to the Beijing Camp by the court, and then distributed to the four major camps by the Beijing Camp.
After Wang Ziteng took office, most of these powers were hollowed out. However, since Jia Cong, who was close to the emperor, came to power, he might be able to gradually take back these powers.
Therefore, there was naturally a lot of opposition from Yuanping's lineage, and even King Zhongshun directly refuted it.
As the situation reached a stalemate, the emperor simply asked Jia Cong to speak for himself.
After listening to this, Jia Cong said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, I believe I am qualified to be in charge of the Beijing Camp! As for those who object, that is easy to deal with. The bravest among the soldiers will win. Anyone who refuses to obey me can choose a thousand or eight hundred soldiers and fight with real swords and guns! Or a one-on-one fight is also possible!"
"Even if it's said that the Great Heaven, this Beijing Army has the important task of guarding the capital. First, they need to be loyal to His Majesty, and second, they need to be the bravest of the three armies!"
"I dare not say anything else, but I have no choice but to take on these two points!"
Although Emperor Longxing had a gloomy face, he secretly gave his son a thumbs up in his heart. Just based on these two points, there might not be anyone in the court who could match him.
Thinking about how his son risked his life for him, his heart couldn't help but soften.
"What do you think of what the Marquis of Guanjun said?"
Everyone from the founding lineage spoke up, and the voices of the Yuanping lineage became much quieter!
"I am not familiar with military affairs, but the loyalty of Marquis Guanjun is obvious!" At this time, Fang Yao suddenly said, "I am also a self-proclaimed loyalist , but facing life and death, I am not brave enough, and I will probably retreat subconsciously! However, Marquis Guanjun had more than 20 sword wounds on his body on Tiewang Mountain. If it were not for the protection of Your Majesty's dragon power, I am afraid that Marquis Guanjun would have lost his life there!"
"But even so, in order to protect His Majesty, Marquis Guanjun never retreated a single step. Therefore, in terms of loyalty, I am ashamed of myself!"
Master Fang Yao did not hesitate to defame himself and directly supported Jia Cong. All of a sudden, many civil officials who were watching the show also spoke out, and the situation gradually became clear.
"Old Duke, what do you think?"
After everyone calmed down, Emperor Longxing asked Meng Zong.
