eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 131
At the end of the 11th year of Hongzhi, Wang Yueshangshu, the commander-in-chief of the three frontiers in the Northwest, said that he was suffering from a cold disease and was unable to travel in the bitter cold area of ​​​​the Northwest, and begged Emperor Hongzhi to allow him to return to Beijing to recuperate.

Because of the victory in Helan Mountain, Emperor Hongzhi no longer had any previous concerns about Wang Yue. For this reason, he restored his honorary title of Prince Taifu, but the title of Duke Weining has not yet been restored.

This opportunity to be kind is reserved for Zhu Houzhao.

In the East Palace, the crown prince was sitting on a rug with a brazier in front of him. He was not a person who was afraid of the cold, but the winter of 12 seemed to be much colder than last year.

Zhu Houzhao calculated the time for Wang Yue to return to Beijing. If he left at the end of last year, it should be about the same time now.

According to history, Wang Yue actually died in the winter of the 11th year of Hongzhi, because Li Guang committed suicide in fear of crime at that time. As soon as Li Guang died, the court officials quickly pointed their guns at Wang Yue.

Wang Yue was not the kind of magnanimous person with a wide heart. He was a common man in his 70s who would come out to be an official. In the end, there were a bunch of memorials accusing him of meritorious deeds, but Emperor Hongzhi ignored him, which made him fearful and aggrieved, which eventually led to his death with both sorrow and hatred.

But this problem obviously does not exist in this life.

Although he also had a little physical problem, he was a soldier after all.Zhu Houzhao didn't ask much, just hoped that he would last another year.

This year, he will use Wang Yue as Minister of the Ministry of War.

The Minister of the Ministry of War is very important. After the capital of the five armies was basically emptied, the Ministry of War was in charge of most of the troops in the capital.

After the Zuoshunmen Incident, Ma Wensheng, the former minister of the Ministry of War, was ordered to resign. This position has been vacant, and Zhu Houzhao is keeping it for him.

Do you really think that he has been studying for half a year?
And the Minister of the Ministry of Officials,
Still Tu Yu.

Tu Yu had a very close relationship with Li Guang earlier, basically the same nature as Wang Yue.In the Zuo Shunmen incident, he was the only one of the six ministers who was 'right', and his relationship with the East Palace became closer after that.

So, my own people.

Zhou Jing, the former Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, has retired.He was replaced by Han Wen, the former Minister of Rites.

Han Wen was also the secretary of the transfer department in history. Zhu Houzhao used him because he opposed the powerful and eunuchs' wanton occupation of land and salt, and he fought successively for this.

The relationship between Zhu Houzhao and him can't be said to be very good, but it is not bad. We have met and spoken to him a few times, and they are not bad.And as long as the ideas are similar, he is the crown prince who will eventually succeed.I don't think there will be any major contradictions in it.

Bai Ang, former Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, who participated in the Zuo Shunmen Incident, is no longer here.The cabinet minister Xie Qian also led the Ministry of Punishment.

As for the cabinet, the relationship with the prince is actually quite good now.

Xu Guan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, participated in the Zuo Shunmen Change, and now he is also retired. His successor is an old comrade named Zeng Jian, who is 67 years old.Zhu Houzhao was not impressed by it.Anyway, at least he wasn't someone who tried his best to oppose him like before.

Xu Qiong, former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, participated in the change of Zuoshunmen.This position was finally decided by Emperor Hongzhi, and Fu Han, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, took over.

In this way, most of the cabinet and the six ministries have some relationship with the East Palace.

Zhu Houzhao is no longer what he was when he first came here, only Wang Jia and Yang Tinghe are worthy of appointment.

In addition to the important officials of the court,
There is another person who has been quite eye-catching recently.

That is Mao Yuwen, the illegitimate son of Nanning Bofu.

More than half a year ago, he was personally interviewed by Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao because of his amazing performance in the investigation of the smuggling trade case with the Tatars.

Even Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Mao Yuwen used the old routine of pretending to be a tiger, mainly because he didn't think that he had the courage to fool the general soldier of Datong to help him arrest him.

This case was not a small one, but in the final analysis, the crime was known to the world, and there was no tortuous process. Fornication with foreign countries was a crime that the emperor would have to worry about if he wanted to forgive him. It is murder and ransacking.

The imperial court got more than 300 million taels of silver at once, and the internal carrier warehouse raised 50 taels, and the rest were transported to the state treasury.

Therefore, for [-] bolts of silk, the emperor rewarded him as he said.

And Mao Yuwen was awarded Jinyiwei Qianhu by Zhu Houzhao.

Earlier, Zhu Houzhao had asked the emperor for instructions to use part of Jinyiwei's power, and Hongzhi agreed.He knows and accepts this person's insertion.

And what he entered was not the guard of honor of fourteen such emperors, but the core department of Jinyiwei, Beizhen Fusi.

Why did Zhu Houzhao let his own people go to the guard of honor to waste time?

Mao Yuwen is now in and out of prestige, and he is no longer the trembling young man who was afraid of wolves and tigers, and suppressed himself all day long.He regarded himself as the prince's confidant, and he didn't recognize anyone except the prince, which made everyone think he was a little arrogant.

And those slender eyes, face with protruding cheekbones... have already made many people start to be afraid when they saw him.

The information that Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang still don't know how to repent was obtained by Mao Yuwen's investigation.

Another person, Zhu Houzhao, also met.

It was the former magistrate of Leshan County, Han Ziren.

He was brought together by Yang Tinghe.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Han Ziren, he felt that he was not an ordinary scholar, because he was dark-skinned, broad-backed, tall and long-legged, with sharp eyes.

You Qi heard that in Leshan County, he personally took the lead in charging with a knife,

So Zhu Houzhao wanted to develop his general potential,

Han Ziren was a little nervous in the East Palace that day. He had prepared all kinds of excuses, but he never thought that the crown prince would want him to join the army.

The prince said: "Charge forward with a weapon. Many warriors today do not have such courage. You Han Ziren dare, I think it is more suitable for the battlefield."

Han Ziren had never seen a scene like that in the Eastern Palace, so he didn't dare to defend himself, but finally he recognized it in such a daze.

Now he is the Tengxiang Zuowei Qianhu Official (the fifth rank), and the county magistrate is the seventh rank, and now he has been promoted to two ranks, which can be regarded as a future.Needless to say, he was originally at a huge disadvantage in the literati community.

But among a group of Qiuba, he has won Juren after all!
And no one said to him: You are just a juren.

In addition, he had never been a soldier, and Zhu Houzhao sometimes talked about some methods of drill and military training in later generations, but he was more receptive.

Finally, Zhang Yong came back.

Entered the palace on an ordinary day.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao was rummaging through a book in the hall, and when he saw that he had arrived, he asked, "Isn't it hard work this trip?"

Zhang Yong replied: "Your Majesty's maidservants are His Highness's servants. How can it be hard work for His Highness?"

"Where is Maya now?"

"Back to Your Highness, in Hangzhou. Mei Kejia is quite talented in business. He changed his business name in the northwest to Meiji. When he first went there, he was engaged in tea and porcelain business. Only these can find Western buyers, but the process There are also some twists and turns, but fortunately, the servants have the identity of the palace to support him, and the people there are also afraid of it."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "After he stands on his feet, you can stay in the capital. I usually let the guarding eunuch in Zhejiang take care of him for a while. You only need to go once a year. The first is to let people know about Mei Kejia. The relationship with him has not been broken, and the second is to look at his account and get some money back."

"Yes!"

"In addition, Tengxiang Zuowei has selected a total of [-] strong warriors. You are responsible for training them to serve as the relatives of the palace. When the time is right, I will personally patrol. If there is no army, I will I'm asking you."

"Your Highness, please don't worry, this servant will definitely live up to His Highness' trust."

Zhu Houzhao trusted Zhang Yong. Although he was not as thoughtful as Liu Jin, he was more honest than others.

All in all, civil servants and military generals can be regarded as some members of the team.

In this way, he would feel more secure and at ease sitting in the seat of the supervisor.

On the second day, Liu Jian led the cabinet, the six ministers, the general secretary, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the East Palace. A large group of people sat in two rows.

Probably discuss the business, start from here.

(End of this chapter)