Chapter 247 First General Jingjun

Yang Bin had already submitted the verdict of the Cui family to the Ministry of Justice, but because these people knew that Cui Chengxiu had intervened in the matter, even the prefect Yang who had decided the case was impeached, they did not settle the case. However, Tang Feng publicly made a dilemma with Cui Chengxiu, and shook the matter out of many important officials of the court, and the officials of the Ministry of Justice could no longer cover up the matter for Cui Chengxiu. In desperation, they had to convict the Cui family after asking Gu Bingqian and others in the cabinet.

After obtaining Wei Zhongxian's consent, Gu Bingqian sent the Jinyiwei to understand the matter again. This time, Tian Ergeng would not help Cui Chengxiu anymore. He reported the detailed situation back to Beijing a few days later. The matter was not much different from what Tang Feng said, so the Ministry of Justice soon issued the final judgment.

Cui Chengguang ordered his family slaves to commit murder and kill with his own hands, so he sentenced them to death according to the Ming Dynasty law. The two Cui brothers who collided with the prefect's office could not escape death. The Cui family was even more convicted of the court because they violated the national law and despised the court. Unexpectedly, after the Ministry of Justice decided on the case, the Ministry of Personnel also issued official documents and removed Yang Bin's position as prefect and asked him to go home to eat himself. Their reasons were very simple. As the prefect, Yang Bin sheltered the criminal, if it were not for Tang Feng's persuasion, he would have let the murderer go long ago, so of course he had to be punished. For his repentance, he was only removed from his position as prefect and did not add any crime.

In general, the final judgment of the court can be said to have comforted Cui Chengxiu after slapping him. However, they did not attack Tang Feng, whom he hated the most, but only brought out Yang Bin, who was irrelevant, to talk about the matter. Naturally, his intention was self-explanatory.

The matter was settled, but his aftermath still had not stopped. After this incident, Cui Chengxiu's prestige in the court plummeted, but Tang Feng emerged. However, Cui Chengxiu calmed down and no longer deliberately made things difficult for Tang Feng. Although he not only ruined his reputation, he also spent nearly 20,000 taels of silver, he still endured it, but he would not let Tang Feng go easily, and everyone could guess this.

Of course, Tang Feng understood this, but now he could not find any excuses to continue to make things difficult for him and suppress Cui Chengxiu. After all, the other party's foundation in the court is much deeper than himself and his experience in politics is richer, so he can only wait for the next opportunity to come. In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and it is almost the hottest June of the year. Tang Feng has been as the commander of the Beijing Guard for a while, but he still lives leisurely every day, only fishing for three days and two days to dry the net and click Mao, and then he stopped doing other things.

This finally made the eunuch party members who wanted to use his hand to gradually control the military power. On this day, Wei Zhongxian called him and gave him instructions: "Tang Feng, our family values ​​you so much and lets you control part of the military power in the capital. You can't ignore military affairs. We plan to reuse you in the future. You can't let us down."

Although Tang Feng lived a leisurely life during this period, he was actually anxious. Seeing that the government was getting worse, even the people in the capital were getting worse and worse, he wanted to have a different life, but unfortunately he was powerful and useless now. After hearing what Wei Zhongxian said, he knew that the time for him to master greater power had come. So as soon as he finished speaking, Tang Feng said: "Nine thousand years old, the lower officials had thought of training and rectifying the central guards in the capital well. However, after all, I am just a small commander and not enough to command the three armies, so I can only stay idle."

"Oh? Do you still have the idea of ​​rectifying the Beijing Army? This is a good way to build your prestige in the army. Then we will do you a favor and suggest that you will command a military competition to the Ministry of War. I hope you don't miss this opportunity." Wei Zhongxian said with a gentle smile.

A few days later, Tang Feng was indeed appointed to take the third battalion of the Beijing Guards out of the city on June 15th. After hearing the news, Tang Feng finally smiled. He knew that another opportunity was placed in front of him. However, after hearing this, Shi Yong, who was once a border army and now a guard of Tang Feng, was worried: "Sir, the most important thing in the army is military merits, followed by qualifications. Although you have made considerable contributions in Liaodong, you have never seen these soldiers in the capital. I am afraid that they will not submit to you. Also, you can sit in the current position by Eunuch Wei's recommendation. I am afraid that there will be those people in the army who are dissatisfied with this and will make things difficult for you at that time."

Tang Feng knew that the eunuch party had very little control in the army, and it was mostly up to the point of making moves on food and pay to get some checks and balances, otherwise he would not value him so much. So he said that leading troops alone would definitely be hindered. However, he also knew that this opportunity was rare, and he had confidence in himself and the guards under his command. After hesitating for a while, he said, "It's okay, if these Qiu Bas are so easy to deal with, it's not my turn. As long as I treat them sincerely and give them both kindness and power, why worry about them not returning?" Although he said that, Tang Feng was already wary of him.

On June 15th, the weather was sunny, and the hot sun was hanging high in the sky and shone the tens of thousands of troops in the schoolyard. Although the armies of these men were much better than those of the border troops, they did not have much murderous aura. Moreover, their faces were either mocking or impatient, and they all looked at the young general standing on the stage in front of them, and there was only someone talking and laughing loudly, so they didn't feel like a big competition in the army at all.

Tang Feng was wearing armor, and his face was covered in oil under the scorching sun above his head. However, in order to win the return of these soldiers, he still spoke loudly about the necessity of some military competitions. After talking so hard that his mouth was dry, he found that these soldiers were still as disdainful as before, but there was a strong impatience on their faces.

"It seems that hard-working preaching is useless to these people. Then I can only suppress people first and wait until they know my power before convincing them." After making up his mind, Tang Feng's face suddenly became solemn: "The most important thing for soldiers is to obey orders. No matter what military order is under the general, you must obey it. This is a military order as a mountain! Now the Japanese general will only say these to you, and you can practice it themselves. When the hour of tomorrow is right, I will see the soldiers of the Third Battalion waiting here. There must be no delay, otherwise I will not let it go!" After Tang Feng finished speaking, a commander and soldier passed the words. After the entire army dispersed, Tang Feng stepped down the stage with his sore legs.

"Young Master, I didn't expect that the soldiers here would be even worse than the people they met at Shanhaiguan that day. They didn't take you seriously at all." After returning to the central army tent with Tang Feng and he said angrily. Lu An and several other people who followed Tang Feng to Beijing from Liaodong also nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that you still have to spend a lot of effort to convince these people."

Tang Feng smiled bitterly: "They don't take me seriously? They are completely hostile to me. This is also conceivable. The eunuch party members have never been favored by the soldiers in the army. I am the most popular person in the eunuch party in Beijing recently. How could they obey me? But this time I had to let them obey me. Since they refused to listen to my preaching, they could only obey me with their strength!" Speaking of this, a glimmer flashed in Tang Feng's eyes, which made a sudden slight in his heart, who knew his character.

At this time, amid the shouts of the soldiers, the three generals of the three battalions in the capital gathered together, namely Guan Zhengjie, the general of Shenji Battalion, Zhang Wencong, the general of the fifth battalion, and Liu Meng, the general of the 3,000 battalion. Liu Meng, as his name was, had a fierce look on his face and was full of flesh. After looking at the soldiers who were training under the scorching sun, he said disdainfully: "I didn't expect that the court would let such a stingy boy come to command the training of our three battalions. It seems that even our military eunuchs will not let go."

"But I heard that Tang Feng had made considerable military achievements in Liaodong. Perhaps he had real talents and knowledge, so it would be okay for us to see." Guan Zhengjie said, he was a gentleman who didn't look like a soldier.

"Aren't the military merits made by those eunuchs? I also heard that he had resisted the more than 100,000 Jin army with 20,000 troops. Do you think this is possible? Do you still know the combat power of our Ming border army? It is a great blessing to be able to fight the Jin army with the same number of troops. It can actually make them win such a big victory." Zhang Wencong on the side was not true, and he was also a big man. He cursed: "If he was really capable, he would let the soldiers practice hard under the scorching sun, but he ran into the tent to feel comfortable? I think he arranged this way today just to give us a warning. But we have seen many such people, so where are they afraid that he will come from?"

Liu Meng slapped his thigh and said, "Old Zhang, you are right. It depends on his experience in leading troops like a little chicken. He is very good at fighting for power and profit. I have only heard him and Cui Chengxiu biting dogs these days. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, he ran to our heads to act like a mighty man. No, I can't stand this tone."

"So what if I can't bear it? He is our coach now. Do we dare to be enemies with him?" Guan Zhengjie asked with a wry smile.
Chapter completed!