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Chapter 178 Rewarding the Ministers
Silent all night.

The next morning.

Zheng Ming ushered in the first morning court after he ascended the throne.

Early in the morning, he yawned and came to the Chaoyi Hall.

Sitting on the dragon chair, he looked down at all the civil and military officials kneeling and bowing, his eyes swept over each courtier.

Cabinet ministers, ranked by the name of the palace, are: Zhang Lingzheng, Liang Songnian, Sun Chengyun, Li Hua

Hanlin Bachelor and in charge of the Imperial Household: Liao Zhen
Minister of the Ministry of Officials: Lin Xu; Zuo Shilang: Tian Zhongyuan.

Minister of the Ministry of War: Zhang Li; Left Minister: Chen Chenghui.

Household Minister: Chen Zheyuan; Zuo Shilang: Zhao Licheng.

Minister of Rites: Song Yan; Left servant: Yan Rushui

Minister of punishment: Du Wenjie; left servant: Wang Qing

Minister of the Ministry of Industry: Zhao Mo, Zuo Shilang: Yang Jisheng

The Censor of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: Si Jingzhong; the Censor of the Right Capital: Guo Mingchen
The governor's acquaintance of the governor's mansion: Mao Wenhua; the governor's affairs: Zhu Sheng.

In addition to these, there are many other officials whose names Zheng Ming cannot name.

"Your honor is free."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Baiguan got up.

Zheng Ming yawned again, his face still full of drowsiness.

At this time, the sky was only getting bright, and it was around five o'clock. To be honest, it was the first time Zheng Ming got up so early in the past few years.

The emperor is really not something ordinary people can do.

In order to be able to sleep peacefully in the future, Zheng Ming is going to revise the morning court regulations.

"Cao Zhengchun, please remember that from now on, the early court will be changed to Sishi, and all officials except the cabinet and the heads of ministries will not be required to participate."

He said lazily.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was stunned.

They didn't expect Zheng Ming's first decree to be so absurd after he ascended the throne.

Since Dali established the dynasty, the regulations of the early court have never been changed. Even Zheng Qingsong has only occasionally missed the court in recent years, but the time of the early court has never been changed.

However, although all civil and military officials felt that something was wrong, none of them stood up and spoke up.

Zheng Ming had just promulgated the first decree after he had just ascended the throne, and it would definitely be death to stand up at this time.

In fact, Zheng Ming's revision of the early court time was not out of willfulness, but because he felt it was really unnecessary.

As the saying goes, there are general meetings for small things, small meetings for big things, and no meetings for particularly important things.

This sentence is true in the court. It is the cabinet and the governor's mansion that really decide major matters. If it is a particularly important matter, it is something he decides on his own. There is no need to say it in the early court.

Although the Dali Dynasty is a feudal dynasty, there are still many differences from the ancient Chinese dynasties.

The existence of senior practitioners has weakened the power and majesty of the court in some ways.

Like seeking to usurp the throne, these civil and military officials in the court simply don't have the qualifications.

Seeing that there was no response below, Zheng Ming nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Dear dears, please tell me anything."

The first one to stand up was Zhang Lingzheng, "His Majesty, the rebellion in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Guangyu, and Nanhua provinces has intensified. The governors of the four provinces have requested the court to send troops to quell the chaos."

The so-called rebellion refers to those sects and forces that are close to Bailian Sect. With Zheng Qingsong's death, these sects and forces have intensified, and some people even directly raised the banner of rebellion.

Naturally, Zheng Ming would not be merciful to this, but he still asked, "What's the cabinet's opinion?"

Zhang Lingzheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think I can dispatch the guards from various provincial capitals to quell the chaos."

Zheng Ming shook his head slightly, and said, "Currently the provinces are not stable. If the guards are transferred away, it may cause more turmoil."

Dali's current situation is indeed a bit difficult. Not only is the interior unstable, but there are also many wars on the frontier.More importantly, there are no soldiers available.

Although there are nearly 700,000 frontier troops in the north, they must be on guard against the Dajin Dynasty and the grassland tribes, and cannot be easily deployed.There are 300,000 frontier troops in the south, 200,000 of which have been transferred by Chen Ze to Guiyun Province, and the Beijing Camp and Imperial Guards are all in Guiyun Province.

In addition to these, it is the garrison troops of each province. The garrison troops must maintain the stability of a province and cannot be mobilized.

Zheng Ming frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Chuan Yuhuatian enters the palace."

"My servant pays homage to Your Majesty!" Yu Huatian entered the hall and bowed.

All the ministers looked at him curiously.

In the past, they could not pay attention to Yuhuatian, but now it is different.

Yu Huatian and Zheng Ming are just like Wei Gonggong and Zheng Qingsong. Wei Gonggong used to be the leader of the Shadow Guard, and Yu Huatian is now the supervisor of the Audit Office.

They all knew that Yuhuatian would be the most special existence in the court in the future, just like Eunuch Wei back then.

"The rebellion in the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Guangyu, and Nanhua is intensifying. If I give you three months, can you make them disappear?" Zheng Ming asked.

Most of those rebel forces are warrior forces, and it is actually more appropriate to use the Procuratorate to suppress the rebellion than to send a large army.

"The servant obeys the order!" Yu Huatian said coldly.

There is no can or cannot, only compliance.

Three months is enough.

Zheng Ming nodded slightly and said: "Baifeng is at your disposal, and I will allow you to cut it first and then play it. If you still can't do it in three months, you, the supervisor of the Auditing Institute, go to the Clothes Bureau to sweep the floor."

Those rebel forces are at most a group of Jianghu warriors, not even a master. If Yuhuatian and Baifeng can't put down the rebellion together, it will appear too incompetent.

Of course, our Rain Governor is definitely not an incompetent person.

"Your maid obeys the order," Yu Huatian replied.

It is impossible to sweep the floor.

Zheng Ming waved his hands and said, "Go."

When Yuhuatian receded, he looked at Zhang Lingzheng again and said, "What else is there?"

"Your Majesty, the Great Zhou Dynasty has already deployed 300,000 soldiers outside Yunnan Province, and there are plans to continue to increase the number of troops. General Sun Jiao of Zhennan is asking for reinforcements." Zhang Lingzheng said.

Zhennan General Sun Jiao is also a rare handsome talent. Like Yuan Hualing, he is a general who grew up in the frontier army. Moreover, Sun Jiao is the Marquis of Nan'an of Dali and also a disciple of Wei Shang.

Zheng Ming looked around at the officials below and asked, "What strategy do you have?"

Now that the troops are tense, the court has no extra troops to send to support Sun Jiao.So he wanted to see what the courtiers thought.

Zhang Lingzheng bowed his head and remained silent.

The other three members of the cabinet also frowned and remained silent.

"Your Majesty, I think you can negotiate with Da Zhou." Zhang Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said.

"Negotiations always have conditions. What shall we give them?" Zheng Ming said calmly.

"Yunbei Province!" Zhang Li said.

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, and the heads of the four members of the cabinet lowered their heads.

Others probably didn't know Zheng Ming well, but during this time they had a lot of contact with Zheng Ming, especially Liang Songnian, who knew Zheng Ming's temper even more.

Ceded Yunnan Province?
Want to fart?
Although Yunnan Province used to belong to the Great Zhou, even though it is the most beneficial choice for Dali to return the Yunnan Province to the Great Zhou and eliminate the war with the Great Zhou, it cannot be said so clearly in the court.

Zheng Ming looked down at him, his eyes were icy cold.

Lao Tzu has just ascended the throne, so you want Lao Tzu to cede land and seek peace?

"Tell me what you think, I hope it will satisfy me." He said coldly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the biggest problem for our dynasty now is the Bailianzong. Only by completely destroying the Bailianzong can we have the strength to deal with other enemies. I thought that we should concentrate our efforts to eliminate Bailianzong first, and at the same time delay Dazhou's attack time through negotiations." Sun Li said.

"Just delaying time?" Zheng Ming said.

"Wei Chen just wants to delay time." Sun Li said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Zheng Ming nodded slightly, and said: "Negotiations will be avoided. The Hundred Refining Sect will be destroyed, but it can't make Da Zhou look down on me, Da Li. Since they want to fight, they should fight. When they start fighting, they have the final say, but When it will end is up to me."

"Cao Zhengchun plans to transfer the Huxiao Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Organ Battalion to the Yunshang Province. Gao Shun will be appointed as the second-rank Xianwu general and the deputy general of the Zhennan General."

"Canonize Yan Mingchen as the third-rank general of Zhenhai, and the Dali Navy will be changed to the Zhenhai Navy, and temporarily listen to the command of the Zhennan General."

"Your servant obeys." Cao Zhengchun said.

When the ministers heard the words, their minds became active.

Zheng Ming's operation made them understand Zheng Ming a lot.

Before, they thought that the new king's ascension would inevitably make Da Li weak for a while, but now it seems that the new Emperor Li is not weaker than Zheng Qingsong at all.

That domineering, sharp-edged attitude even surpassed that of Zheng Qingsong.

It's not that Zheng Qingsong is not domineering, but that Zheng Qingsong didn't need to be domineering in the court before. Zheng Qingsong has established a supreme power over the past 40 years, and the court officials have long engraved Zheng Qingsong's image in their hearts up.They didn't even need Zheng Qingsong to say something, they knew Zheng Qingsong's attitude.

But Zheng Ming had just ascended the throne, he didn't know the officials, and the officials didn't understand him either.

As for the power and influence, it is almost nothing.

That's why Zheng Ming wanted to build up his prestige, to establish his own prestige.

The Bailianzong and the Great Zhou Dynasty were the beginning of his establishment of power.

"Is there anything else?" Zheng Ming asked again.

Seeing that no one spoke anymore, Zheng Ming looked at Cao Zhengchun and said, "Since you are all fine, I still have something to do here, Cao Zhengchun read it."

Then Cao Zhengchun opened a copy of the holy decree and read it.

Naturally, the new king will be rewarded when he ascends the throne. Not only will he be rewarded with gold and silver, but he will also be promoted to some officials.

One is to show the kindness of the new king, and the other is to make room for suitable people.

Needless to say the gold and silver rewards, Zheng Ming just rewarded all the ministers in the DPRK and China as usual, but the transfer of officials is much more interesting.

Lin Xu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Zheyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, entered the cabinet, and Zhao Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was promoted to the cabinet. , Du Ruhui entered the household department Zuo Shilang.

If it wasn't for Jia Xu's low qualifications in the court, Zheng Ming would have wanted them to join the cabinet directly.

But even so, the officials in the court were in an uproar.

What does it mean to reach the sky in one step, this is to reach the sky in one step.

Xin Qiji was a little bit better, he also had an official status as a magistrate, but Jia Xu and Du Ruhui didn't even have any fame, and they actually became the left servants of the Six Departments directly.

However, this is not over yet, Cao Zhengchun continued to read the imperial decree.

All the officials of the original county government in Shanhai County were promoted. Yao Haisheng, who was born as a Jinshi, became the magistrate of Lingyuan Prefecture;

Hu Qingniu served as the envoy of the fifth-rank hospital of Taitai Hospital, and Gong Shuqiu was the envoy of the fourth-rank hospital of the newly-built institution.

One person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs rise to heaven, after Zheng Ming ascended the throne, he did not forget those old subordinates in Shanhai County.

Moreover, people like Yao Haisheng are already accustomed to the governance model of Shanhai County. If Zheng Ming wants to reform the entire Dali in the future, they will all become the main force.

In addition, Shanhai County has also cultivated a group of young clerks in the past few years, and Zheng Ming has not forgotten them, but their starting point may be lower, so Zheng Ming did not announce it in the court.

In the court hall, the cabinet expanded to seven people, which should be regarded as the largest number of cabinet ministers in Dali's history.

However, among them, Zhang Lingzheng, Sun Chengyun, Zhang Li, and Lin Xu are all about 70 years old, and they probably won't be able to do it for long. Zheng Ming's move is also to train the next generation of cabinet.

After two or three years, when these four people retire, Jia Xu and others will almost have their own background, and they can just join the cabinet.

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