Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 221 Post-War Rewards
"Palmprint, this is a gift from the envoy Cui Yin, and this is a memorial from His Royal Highness King Qi."

On July [-]th, with the recovery of Kaiyuan and the northern section of the Great Wall, the Battle of Restoring Liao Dynasty came to an end. At the same time, Wei Zhongxian, who was "entrusted with important tasks", gradually raised his head.

"His Royal Highness King Qi's memorial, I will send it to Wansui for a review later."

In the Lijian, Wei Zhongxian did not open Zhu Youjian's memorial, or did not dare to.

He just waved his hand to signal his subordinates to send the memorial to Qianqing Palace, while he opened the gift from Cui Chengxiu.

It was a wooden box, inside the box were gift lists, and Wei Zhongxian nodded in satisfaction after opening these gift lists.

Seventeen gift lists, more than [-] taels of silver, [-] mansions, more than [-] mu of land, and dozens of jewels and jades. It can be said that Wei Zhongxian has never received such a big gift so far.

Satisfied, he put away the wooden box, and opened the memorabilia sent by Cui Chengxiu.

[The minister inspected Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and its salt tea...]

After sprinkling hundreds of words, Wei Zhongxian glanced over, only noticing the final amount of salt tax and tea tax.

More than [-] million and [-] taels of salt tax silver, [-] taels of tea tax silver, and another [-] houses were raided, [-] taels of silver, and more than [-] acres of land There are more than [-] family members of the principal and accomplices involved, and [-] mansions.

The value of these things added together, totals more than [-] million...

"Cui Chengxiu did a good job, now our family has the capital to ask for credit from Long Live."

Holding the memorandum, Wei Zhongxian got up triumphantly, and then ordered people to prepare a carriage, and drove towards Qianqing Palace.

Half an hour later, he got off at Donghua Gate, and then walked to Qianqing Palace. While entering the palace, he saw Zhu Youxiao who was processing wood on the Qianqing Palace.

"Long live, slaves come to announce the good news..."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian immediately put on a congratulatory smile, and Zhu Youxiao also stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Wei Zhongxian, and said with a smile:
"Tell me, what's the joy?"

"First Xi, His Royal Highness King Qi recovered Kaiyuan, the Great Wall of Liaodong, and the entire territory of Liaodong. This is His Royal Highness Qi Wang's memorial. The slaves have not read it yet." Wei Zhongxian handed out Zhu Youjian's memorial, and Zhu Youxiao also He took it and asked:
"What about the second happiness?"

"Second Xi, Cui Chengxiu inspected the south of the Yangtze River, verified and cleared the salt tax and tea tax, and collected a total of more than [-] million taels of tax silver. After implicating officials in ransacking the house, there was another [-] million taels of farmland and houses."

Wei Zhongxian handed in his memorial to invite credit, and after Zhu Youxiao took it, he first glanced at the memorial that Zhu Youjian handed in.

In Zhu Youjian's memorandum, he mainly explained the deployment of troops to prepare for the abolition of the guard post and the Beijing camp, and then said that the garrison in Liaodong in the future will be the [-]th battalion, which will be mainly deployed outside the Great Wall, and then it was decided The military salary quota for soldiers and horses in Liaodong.

The [-]th Battalion of the Three Guards, the military salary quota is [-] million taels, the grain is [-] million shi, the meat price is [-] taels of silver, and the horse feed is [-] taels of silver. The total military salary expenditure is [-] million taels plus [-] million shi grains .

Compared with Liaodong's previous military pay of four to five million taels, this expenditure made Zhu Youxiao feel very relaxed, so he handed it directly to Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Rewards, and the mobilization of troops and horses from all ministries is also approved, but the generals arrived in Liaodong first to celebrate."

"Yes..." Wei Zhongxian responded, and then waited for the emperor to praise him.

After Zhu Youxiao handed out the memorial, he also picked up Cui Chengxiu's memorial and read it. When he saw that more than [-] people were implicated in the house raid, he opened his mouth and said:

"Cui Chengxiu has done a good job. You are worthy of being recommended by you, Zhongxian. All the fields will be allocated to the south field of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the mansion will be allocated to the Imperial Store. The more than [-] people will be exiled to the Ryukyu Mansion, and the silver taels will be sent to the internal treasury."

Zhu Youxiao sent the silver taels into the internal funds, which is equivalent to including the salt and tea courses in Beijing and Jiuzhou provinces such as Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou into the internal funds. of normal income.

In other words, this operation is robbing the household department's pocketbook.

Wei Zhongxian understands the profound meaning of this move, but he doesn't care about it at all, so what if the civil servant is powerful?It is enough for the emperor to protect him.

"Yes." Wei Zhongxian agreed, not unhappy because the fields and the house were assigned to the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

On the contrary, he was a little happy. After all, His Royal Highness King Qi would be very satisfied with his behavior.

When the emperor and King Qi are satisfied, what else can Wei Zhongxian be afraid of?

Thinking of this, he continued courteously:
"Long live, after the Jiangnan incident is over, why not call Cui Chengxiu back to investigate the Beijing officials?"

What Wei Zhongxian said was the list of more than [-] Beijing officials who were involved in the adjustment of gunpowder and food last time, and the reason why Wei Zhongxian was so attentive was because Yang Huan prepared a gift for Jin Yiwei when he ransacked his house.

Wei Zhongxian is very reasonable. Since the civil servants offended the emperor and the king of Qi, he must behave himself.

In case Zhu Youjian is not satisfied with him, when Zhu Youjian comes back, maybe his power will be deprived by the emperor.

Only when he acts worthy enough can he feel at ease.

Therefore, cleaning up the four thousand officials in the capital is naturally what he needs to do to please Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian.

"Hmm... Big Companion can figure it out on his own."

It is rare for Zhu Youxiao to address him as a big companion, which means that he is very satisfied with the choice made by Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian is also very happy to bow to him when he sees this:

"Slaves should be ashamed, and do their best."

"Let Cui Chengxiu and Yang Huan transport all the southern farmland to the north by the way." Zhu Youxiao turned around and picked up the plane, and Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youxiao was going to be busy with "business" when he saw this, so he bowed in response immediately, and then withdrew up the palace.

But after he exited the palace, Zhu Youxiao, who planed the wood a few times with a plane, suddenly said:

"Yang Huan and Cui Chengxiu ransacked the house, how..."

After saying this, a person came out from behind the thick pillars of the palace. It was Lu Jianxing from the Supervision Department of Jinyiwei. After walking out, he also bowed and said:
"Most of them are diehards from the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kunming..."

"Hmm..." Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao pondered for a few seconds, and then said:

"Continue to monitor, and notify my younger brother, and return to the capital after the Beijing officials are investigated."

"Civil and military officials in Liaodong, those who should be promoted, I will promote them according to my younger brother's memorial, and let them go to Beijing first."

"Yes..." Lu Jianxing replied, then got up and slowly exited the palace.

After he withdrew, only the voice of the carpenter was left in the palace...

"Seventy-five families, more than [-] people! Isn't this a provocation to the scholars and officials of the world? Isn't it a trample on the legal system of the ancestors?!"

An hour later, in Wenhua Hall, when Gao Panlong's roar appeared, everyone frowned.

Since the compilation of "Shenzong Veritable Records" and "Guangzong Veritable Records" a few days ago, Zhao Nanxing of the Ministry of Officials has reinstated Gao Panlong to his post and returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be the censor.

But since he came back, this Wenhua Palace has not been quiet for a day.

Seeing him roaring, Zhao Nanxing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, frowned slightly and felt a little headache.

After all, Zhao Nanxing was able to fight Shen Yiguan, the founder of the Zhejiang Party. He naturally knew why Qingliu's new policy could not be implemented. Therefore, after he became Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he immediately arranged for Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, and Zuo Guangdou to be in charge of the court. decree.

Li Tengfang and Chen Yuting assisted in the election of the cabinet, Wei Dazhong and Yuan Huazhong were in charge of the imperial examination system of the Ministry of Officials, and Zheng Sanjun, Li Banghua, Sun Juxiang, Rao Shen, Wang Zhicai and others were all placed in power in the Ministry of Officials.

Zou Weilian, Xia Jiayu, Zhang Guangqian, Cheng Guoxiang, Liu Tingjian, who were regarded as good officials in the hearts of the people, were placed among the four important divisions of the Ministry of Officials.

In this way, in the eyes of the common people, Donglin officials seem to have become the number one Qingliu in the Ming Dynasty. As for the filth behind the scenes, only those in power can know...

"It's people from the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kunming. What does it have to do with you..." Zhao Nanxing complained in his heart, but he still comforted him on the surface:

"Keep it (table word), discuss this matter later, the first thing to do now is to deal with the list of meritorious deeds issued by King Qi."

After Zhao Nanxing said this, he immediately turned his head to look at the cabinet, six ministries, six divisions, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the Jingdian Hall, the master of the Wenhua Palace, and said:
"His Royal Highness King Qi has promoted a total of [-] ministers of civil and military affairs, among which the main generals of the four armies have been put on the list of meritorious service."

Zhao Nanxing increased his tone, then picked up the memorabilia on the table, and said to Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Qi Shijiao and others:

"Long live has agreed to the memorial, and the supervisor of ceremonies has approved the red, and the list of meritorious persons, from the top to the bottom of the merits, is..."

"Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong economic strategist, was additionally awarded the Jingcheng economic strategist. At the beginning, he was conferred from the first-rank doctor Ronglu, and from the first-rank Zhuguo, with a reward of one thousand taels and ten thousand taels of silver."

"Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong, was additionally conferred with the first-rank prince Taibao, transferred to the cabinet, and awarded the University of Martial Arts Hall."

"Yuan Yingtai, the chief envoy of Liaodong, was conferred the first-rank crown prince and grand teacher, and the first-rank second-rank Zishan doctor."

The most important in this battle, or the promotion of the three people involved in each party, was mentioned by Zhao Nanxing. Among them, Xiong Tingbi was from the Chu Party, Yuan Yingtai was from the Qin Party, and Sun Chengzong was from the Donglin Party.

Although the three belong to three parties, everyone knows that Xiong Tingbi has fallen out with the Chu Party long ago, and the Qin Party where Yuan Yingtai belongs to is weak. thought.

As for Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youjian applied to be transferred back to the capital and transferred to the cabinet.

Right now, Donglin occupies only one seat in the cabinet, while the five parties occupy five seats. If Sun Chengzong joins again, Donglin's power among the eight cabinet ministers will be expanded.

With Zhu Youjian's actions, it's hard not to make people feel that he is sowing discord.

But the question is, can the Donglin party members refuse such sowing dissension?
"The old man thought that these three people could pass directly!"

Zhao Nanxing held up the memorial, and the leaders of the party frowned as soon as he opened his mouth, but no one spoke to stop him.

Although Zhu Guozuo and Shen Yu didn't want Donglin to occupy two seats, at least the seats were not officials of the Qi Royal Party, and they also wanted to unite with Donglin to counter Zhu Youjian and maintain the current balance.

Therefore, the three most difficult to decide were passed in a delicate atmosphere.

Faced with Sun Chengzong being passed and transferred back to the capital, Zhao Nanxing felt a little happy, and then continued:
"After the three, His Royal Highness King Qi listed the commanders and generals of all armies."

"Qi Jin, the commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, was granted the title of Zuo Dudu of the Zuojun Dudufu, and he was awarded the second rank of Shanghu Army, and he was promoted to the second rank of Jinwu General."

"Qin Bangping, the commander-in-chief of Shenyang, was appointed as the governor of the right army and the governor of the left.

"The general of Daning is full of troops, and he is appointed as the governor of the left army and the governor of the right, and he is awarded..."

"Sun Yingyuan, the general soldier of Tianjin, was appointed as the governor of the right army and the governor of the right commander, and he was awarded..."

The meritorious service of the four generals of the Liaodong World War I was reported, and it is worth noting that for these four people, Zhu Youjian's meritorious service was to make them the left and right of the right army and the left army governor's mansion in the five armies. Governor.

Youjun Dudufu, this place was in charge of the seven capitals during the Yongle period, including Yunnan Capital, Guizhou Capital, Sichuan Capital, Sichuan Xingdu, Shaanxi Capital, Shaanxi Xingdu, and Guangxi Capital. Province.

The Governor's Mansion of the Zuo Army mainly leads the Zhejiang Capital, Liaodong Capital, and Shandong Capital, involving three provinces.

Judging from Zhu Youjian's entrustment of these four people, it is obvious that he will directly attack the guards in at least eight provinces, or actually six, because the guards in Liaodong and Shandong have been reformed.

For such an arrangement, Zhu Guozuo and Shen Yu gritted their teeth, because in this regard, Zhejiang Dusi deserves special attention.

Zhejiang Dusi and its guards have a total of [-] guards, involving nearly [-] soldiers and horses, more than [-] people, and [-] million acres of land.

Of course, this is paper data, but in reality it may be more than that.

In any case, if Qi Jin and Man Gui are in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, then the three provinces of Liaodong, Shandong, and Zhejiang will be controlled by them.

It's just that even if they are dissatisfied, the credit of these two people is really high, and if they are not allowed to enter the Dudu Mansion, then judging from the credit, it is estimated that they will be transferred to the capital as officials in the capital.

This is something that Zhu Guozuo and the others cannot accept.

In comparison, they could only bear the pain to allow these four people to successfully enter the Left and Right Dudu's Mansions.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhao Nanxing glanced at Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Qi Shijiao and others with some disdain, and then continued to read:
"Hong Chengchou, a military officer in Chongqing, was conferred the title of Zuobu political envoy of Yunnan, and the governor-general of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces. He was first conferred the title of third-rank Yazhong doctor..."

"Sun Chuanting, the governor of Bijie, was granted the title of Zuobu Political Envoy of Shaanxi, and the governor of the three sides, and was promoted to be a doctor of the third rank"

"Yang Wenyue, a military officer, was granted the title of Governor-General of Guangdong, and was first conferred the fourth rank of Doctor Zhongshun."

"Wu Aheng, a military officer, was granted the title of governor of Jiangxi, and was first conferred the fourth rank of Zhongshun Doctor."

"Lu Xiangsheng, the magistrate of Liaoyang, was granted the title of deputy envoy of the Liaodong inspection and the governor of Jianzhou, and was first conferred as a fourth-rank imperial official."

After the four generals finished speaking, the ones who reported were the civil servants who had made meritorious service in this battle, but unexpectedly, a Lu Xiangsheng who basically did not participate in the battle was mixed into the list.

The appearance of Lu Xiangsheng's name made Gu Tianjun of the Kun Party ugly, because it showed that Lu Xiangsheng also joined Zhu Youjian and became the Qi Royal Party.

Gu Tianjun thought he could win over Lu Xiangsheng, but now Zhu Youjian's memorial has cut everything.

His expression is naturally also in the eyes of everyone.

In the final analysis, Lu Xiangsheng is a magistrate after all, and the magistrate of Daming has only more than [-] people, not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng is a talent who was promoted in the second year of imperial high school.

But everyone didn't mean to laugh at Gu Tianjun, they just thought Zhu Youjian's performance this time was a bit interesting.

Leaving aside Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting alone, they are both political envoys and governors.

However, the places where they were canonized were Shaanxi and Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi after all, far away from the rich and rich places in the southeast, so Zhu Guozuo and others had no intention of resisting.

On the contrary, Wu Aheng and Yang Wenyue, a governor of Jiangxi and a governor of Guangdong, although they are still related to military power, these two are civil servants after all. If Zhu Youjian shows his merits and let them serve as chief envoys in the future, the situation will be a bit bad up.

Thinking of this, everyone frowned, but they still didn't say anything, but Zhao Nanxing's next words made everyone clenched their fists.

"Qin Bangping, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, and Qin Banghan, the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou, were promoted to the commanders of Sichuan and Guizhou."

"Ma Xianglin, Zunyi General Soldier, was promoted to Commander of Yunnan Capital."

"Qi Yuangong, the commander-in-chief of Kuandian, Qi Yuanfu, the commander-in-chief of Phoenix City, and Qi Yuanbi, the commander-in-chief of Wusong, were promoted to be the commander of the Zhejiang capital, the commander of the Fujian capital, and the left-behind division of the central capital."

"He Shixian, the chief soldier, is the chief soldier of Liaodong, and You Shigong is the chief soldier of Jingcheng..."

"Participant Wang Chong was promoted to the general of Jianzhou, general Qin Gongming was promoted to the commander of the capital of Sichuan, and Qin Yiming was promoted to the general of Songpan..."

"Qin Liangyu canonized as first-rank madam, and posthumously bestowed on her late husband Ma Qiancheng the new Xibo, and her daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi canonized as second-rank madam."

"Zhang Jixian, the commander-in-chief, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of Gansu Town, and promoted to the second-rank guard army. Lu Qinping was transferred to the commander-in-chief of Datong, Shanxi.

"Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief, was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, and he was awarded the fourth-rank captain of cavalry..."

"Admiral..."

The canonizations of more than [-] people were eloquently sprinkled, the more Zhao Nanxing read it, the more ugly the faces of the ministers in the main hall became.

Without him, Zhu Youjian's meritorious service almost covered the two capitals and fourteen provinces of Ming Dynasty.

Except for Huguang Zhu Youjian who did not intervene, the other two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty had his arrangements.

The five provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou have commanders, and Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Shaanxi have governors and generals.

The most difficult one was Nanzhili, and Zhu Youjian also stationed soldiers and horses in Fengyang by virtue of his official position of "staying behind in the central capital".

As for the north, let alone, Liaodong, Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan are all soldiers and horses of the outer guard battalion of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

After such an arrangement, if the civil servants make any small moves, I am afraid that Zhu Youjian can control the two capitals and thirteen provinces in a flash.

The rest of Huguang will be taken down in an instant.

"The emperor really dares to agree..."

Zhu Guozuo almost gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to be really not afraid of his brother's rebellion.

As far as this arrangement is concerned, if the cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, and the Sixth Division agree, then Zhu Youjian will really be able to manipulate it at will in the future.

"This is an act of usurping!"

Sure enough, as everyone expected, after hearing Zhu Youjian's arrangement, Gao Panlong got up immediately, and Wan Yanyang also echoed:
"It's been close since ancient times, and it's never been heard that all the generals will be promoted and assigned to the world after just one battle!"

"If His Royal Highness King Qi really doesn't have the intention of treason, then he should return to the capital and express his merits by dictating in the court!"

Zhu Youjian didn't make any move to return to the capital, so he had to say that the ministers were afraid.

Not to mention the soldiers and horses in Liaodong, just the soldiers and horses belonging to the Yumajian in Shangzhi and the north are enough to take down the entire northern capital and four provinces within a few days.

As long as one capital and four provinces are captured, the remaining places may not spend much energy.

Therefore, compared with the idea of ​​driving Zhu Youjian far away at the beginning, what the ministers hope to do most now is to stay in the capital honestly.

If you stay in the capital, it is better to stay in the imperial city or the outer city.

"Please play long live, transfer back to the king of Qi, and build the palace of the king of Qi, please ask the king of Qi to serve the capital temporarily."

Zhu Youjian's arrangement is too big, even Ye Xianggao has to weigh the opening, instead of blindly covering Zhu Youjian and helping Zhu Youjian make peace.

For a while, the entire Wenhua Palace was in a quarrel, and everyone was discussing how to make Zhu Youjian come back against Zhu Youjian's arrangement.

But they also knew that no matter how much they urged, as long as the emperor disagreed, Zhu Youjian could stay in Liaodong forever.

Compared with them, Zhu Youxiao has a far-sighted vision. Cao Huachun told his younger brother not to come back in a hurry, and he kept reminding him again and again.

To put it bluntly, regarding the upcoming political turmoil in the capital, Zhu Youxiao is not going to let his younger brother take this muddy water.

It's easy to lead the army and enter the customs to slaughter. With a wave of the hand, those barking officials and censors fell down, but what happened after that?

It sounds good, as long as there is a need, scholars all over the world will squeeze their heads to join the court.

But if Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian really use this method, will there really be people who will squeeze their heads to join?

Sima Yi refers to Luoshui as an oath not to kill Cao Shuang, and finally kills Cao Shuang's family with a knife. This action directly cuts the moral level of China, and people no longer believe in the oath, because some people have dared to tear the world as an oath.

So here comes the question, if the two brothers raise troops and kill the officials, what will the people of the world react?
The king treats his ministers like grass, and the ministers treat him like a bandit...

Since ancient times, it is not that no one has directly rolled the heads of civil servants with a knife, but what is in front of these kings?what's behind
The strong one suppresses civil servants in front of him, and the civil servants counterattack behind him, using world governance and public opinion propaganda to make the next generation of kings restricted by civil servants.

Weak people were overthrown by civil servants and other people in front of them, and their heads were in different places...

No one dares to say eternity, this is the same as whether the dynasty is a feudal monarchy or other systems.

Most of the civil servants in the world are connected with the township party and involved by blood.

It is useless to kill the ministers, the township party behind them will recommend new people.

Did Zhu Yuanzhang not kill anyone?Tens of thousands of civil servants died, and the imperial examination case in his later years was not a comeback after the civil servants recuperated.

If it is said that killing one person and prohibiting three of his children from participating in the imperial examination, there will be more than two million officials and subordinates that day, involving more than [-]% of the literate population of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youjian killed without raising troops.

It's just killing people, and killing people's heads can only solve the temporary problem, and what he has to do is to support a new civilian student force to fight against the civil servant force of the old system.

The two learn differently, and the values ​​​​produced are different.

This is like some ordinary college students in modern times, but they keep thinking that they can go back to ancient times to be able to become a Jinshi or a champion in high school.

Different learning systems and different values ​​will eventually lead to a collision of old and new concepts, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will be the beneficiaries of this collision.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the students of Guozijian the status of "Students of the Son of Heaven", and then used their inner vanity to attack other student officials except them.

Military generals often don't kill people because of differences in military opinions, but once civil servants have different political opinions, it will be a century-old party dispute.

The civil servants were noisy and worried, not because they knew that Zhu Youjian not only had an army, but also tens of thousands of students from Yanshan Academy.

These students are the existence they fear most...

(End of this chapter)