Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 204
The civil and military officials in the court seemed to be used to many things, for example, Emperor Zhu did not appear in the court again.

There is really no need to make a fuss about such things, mainly because such things have often happened before.Some people are speculating that the emperor's grandson was allowed to practice government affairs, or that Emperor Zhu was watching the performance of courtiers behind the scenes.

Everyone is used to this kind of thing, and there is really nothing to make a fuss about.Even if Emperor Zhu doesn't appear in the court hall now, it's good for everyone to get used to many things, and everyone feels that things in the court hall can unfold in an orderly manner.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the chaotic court and saw the civil and military officials quarrel again, and felt that Lao Zhu was very foresight.

Holding back, Zhu Xiongying finally found an opportunity to make use of the topic, which is also his habit.

Zhu Xiongying, who was flipping through the memorial, suddenly threw the memorial down, and shouted, "The affairs of the Ministry of Officials have not been finished yet, why is the Ministry of War arguing? Who will talk about it, and who should I listen to now?"

Ren Hengtai and Zhuo Jing knelt down immediately, as if they understood, "I'm guilty!"

"Guilty, guilty!" Zhu Xiongying continued to shout, still looking extremely angry. "Talk about it for yourself, what is the order of the court! How many years have passed? Discussions are business matters. Before one matter is discussed, someone will stand up and talk about the next thing immediately! After the matter is completed, the discussion is clear?!"

This time it was everyone's turn to kneel down, not to speak of sincerity and fear, "I will be convicted!"

Zhu Xiongying glanced around, and said, "From now on, you will come to the court according to the shift. First the governor's mansion, then the twelve guards, and the general government envoy!"

Zhu Xiongying began to talk eloquently, which can be regarded as clarifying the order of things to be done in the morning court.In fact, this order can also show some ways, and it can be seen that in Emperor Zhu's mind, the status of each department in his mind.The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is indeed the most important in Lao Zhu's heart.

Zhu Xiongying, who was furious, was actually just making use of the topic, and then left Fengtian Hall angrily.

The civil and military officials didn't feel that there was a big problem, mainly because the emperor's grandson was angry now.Even Emperor Zhu was the same, he often ended the early court in a fit of anger, and such things happened from time to time.Everyone understands this kind of thing, and it is a trivial matter not to kill someone.

When they arrived at the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Xiongying started to get busy, reviewing the memorials, and there were still many things to deal with.

Raising his head, Zhu Xiongying said to Wang Chengen, "Give this booklet to Grandpa Huang and ask him to stamp it."

Just as Wang Chengen left, Shuangquan came, "Your Highness, the emperor asked the servants to send the booklet for His Highness to have a look at."

Zhu Xiongying took the notebook and asked casually, "What does Grandpa Huang mean? Let's give an answer right away, or wait?"

"My servant doesn't know what the emperor is thinking." Shuangquan said immediately, not pretending to be stupid, "The emperor just asked this servant to send me the brochure."

Zhu Xiongying nodded slightly and looked at it seriously.In fact, this is the book about dispatching troops to the north. In addition to some soldiers and the guards where the troops are dispatched, there are also things like food and salaries, which are very important.

Looking at the excerpt, Zhu Xiongying always felt that his grandfather was testing him.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Xiongying said to Shuangquan, "Go back and tell the emperor that there is too much food and pay. The three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu should not act rashly. Let the Shenyang Guard and Guangning Guard send troops, and the Ningxia Guard and Liangzhou Guard You can also send troops. Just ordered Lan Yu to let him go out of Mobei."

Sapphire should also be happy. In the past year or so, he drove some rebellious natives from the southwest to the northwest.Now continue to put pressure on there and build a guard.The matter over there was basically settled, and it was time for Sapphire to do more.

Sapphire must be even more excited and happy to fight the Mongols, after all, those natives don't have much fighting power.Asking Sapphire to lead troops to fight the natives is more or less like killing chickens with a sledgehammer, which is really a bit overkill.

Shuangquan hurried back to Qianqing Palace, and Lao Zhu was yelling at Wang Chengen angrily.And Wang Chengen knelt down with a pale face, he had suffered an indiscriminate disaster, and he was just here to deliver the booklet.

"Salary increase, salary increase!" Lao Zhu walked around this memorial, very unhappy, "The salary was only raised once a few years ago, and it will increase?! Are we short of food for those people?! We don't even have them I already have all the official uniforms, what else do I need?!"

Wang Chengen prostrated himself on the ground and did not dare to speak, if it hadn't been for the empress dowager's confirmation of the patches on the official uniforms of civil and military officials and so on.Some officials now have to make their own official uniforms before taking office.This is not an exaggeration. This was the case in the previous Ming Dynasty. Some local officials made their own official uniforms.

So there are some people who want to save trouble and don't even bother to make official uniforms, or just get a set of official uniforms at will.

Lao Zhu has always been relatively harsh on civil and military officials, and he has always kept starvation as long as he is treated.As for the civil and military officials to invite people, or have some socializing, Lao Zhu definitely doesn't care, socialize if you can, and starve if you can't, that's the business of the civil and military officials themselves.

If the civil and military officials couldn't bear it anymore and went to corrupt the law, Lao Zhu would unceremoniously peel off his skin and pretend to be grass.

It is impossible to talk about high salaries and honesty. It is comparable to the treatment of civil and military personnel in the Song Dynasty. Zhu Xiongying has no such plan.However, he also felt that if the financial situation of the imperial court was a little better, it was possible to increase the salaries of civil and military officials a little bit.

The angry old Zhu saw Shuangquan, and said angrily, "Speak up if you have something to do, get out if you have nothing to do, and go to Taisun's to serve you!"

Shuangquan immediately knelt down and held up the paper, "Go back to the emperor, His Highness has approved the paper."

Lao Zhu grabbed it with his hands, and he looked at the book carefully.To be honest, he really didn't intend to test Zhu Xiongying. Those plans just now were his true thoughts and ideas for the Northern Expedition this time.

Looking carefully at the booklet, Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing, "Let the grandson come over, let's talk to him."

Wang Chengen immediately got up and tried to stand upright, mainly because his feet were numb.Seeing Wang Chengen backed up to the gate of the hall, then turned around and left, Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing.

"He's a good servant, so he's relieved." Old Zhu smiled and asked casually, "Then is there anyone else in Wang Chengen's family?"

Shuangquan immediately said, "There is a younger brother in the family."

Old Zhu nodded slightly, and said, "Let someone give you 50 taels of silver, and give me ten acres of land."

Shuangquan couldn't help being envious, don't look at him now as the great eunuch next to the emperor.But Shuangquan also knew that there was still a certain difference between his status and Wang Chengen's.

The reason is simple, today's emperor actually doesn't care much about eunuchs.Even Shuangquan herself was working under Wang Chengen's hands at the beginning.Wang Chengen, the eunuch, followed the emperor's grandson, and in the future he would be the chief eunuch of the Supervisor of Rituals if nothing else happened.Now I still have the East Factory in my hand, and I have a lot of things to manage.

Zhu Xiongying hurried to Qianqing Palace and asked directly, "Grandpa, but grandson didn't speak well?"

"Nothing went wrong, it's just that we didn't expect to be together." Old Zhu didn't hide anything, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "What you're thinking of is a little beating, just Jingbian. What we want is to teach those savages some lessons. , hurt him."

At this moment Zhu Xiongying understood, and said, "Well, if you send troops, it should be as the emperor said. When your grandson turns around, he will ask the governor's mansion to draw up an order, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households will also assist. Originally, I thought Waiting for my grandson to ascend the throne before going to the Northern Expedition to earn some military merits."

Old Zhu laughed, this is one of the reasons why he likes Zhu Xiongying, he will never be satisfied, and wants Daming to be stronger.

"We used soldiers this time because we didn't use them there in the past few years." Old Zhu said, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "Those barbarians are not good at anything, they are just brutish. After all these years, I guess they have gained some vitality." , we gave it a call."

The truth is really the same. It has been almost ten years since the last large-scale use of troops in the north.Although some remnant yuan tribes are still fighting among themselves and still can't produce ironware, they have accumulated to some extent.

Give them a hard time at this time, it really doesn't do any harm to Daming.

The grandfather and grandson can be regarded as having a good idea, and the two of them really moved their minds.In fact, they are also very clear that the foreign aggression in the past dynasties basically came from the north, and such threats can be regarded as always existing.

Since this is the case, then simply, when the nomads in the north are weak, further weaken them, so that those people will never be able to recover.Daming also has such confidence now, because Daming is strong enough, and because Daming has actually been fighting everywhere these years.

"After the north has been laid, I can also clean up the southwest." Zhu Xiongying said, and said to Lao Zhu, "Those chieftains should also be cleaned up, including those in Annan. Let them pay tribute, one by one. In the former Yuan Dynasty, those People don't dare to do that."

Mentioning this old Zhu is also quite angry. Those small countries in the Indochina Peninsula are all a virtue.In Qianyuan, everyone was very well-behaved, but in Daming, quite a few dared not to recognize Wang Hua, which made Lao Zhu very angry.

We even cleaned up the former yuan, and those foreign barbarians still think that we dare not use troops, maybe they don't know how powerful we are!

As for those chieftains, they are basically the emperors of the separatist side.Even if there are some who seem to belong to the imperial court, they are basically in harmony with each other, and they are not worrying about each of them, and there are also some who rebel from time to time.

These need to be rectified, and Lao Zhu thinks that he may not be able to wait for that moment, but his grandson should also cure these.

In Lao Zhu's opinion, he has laid a good foundation for Daming.As long as his grandson continues to be as wise as he is now after taking over, Daming is bound to become stronger and surpass Han and Tang!

(End of this chapter)