eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 236 Controlling the court
If you say that this is also one person, one life, Yang Yiqing was promoted from the governor of Shaanxi to the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Tripartite on the recommendation of Liu Daxia. achieved such a great achievement.

It stands to reason that Liu Daxia was hated by the emperor, so Yang Yiqing should also be suspected. Could it be that the emperor trusted Yang Yiqing like he trusted generals such as Yang Shangyi?
not necessarily.

It's hard to say what happened in the court. Some people didn't make any merit, but they got promoted slowly. The emperor likes it. What can you do?Some people have made great contributions, but they are suspected by the emperor, so there is still a way to erase that contribution.

It's all about how to say it,

Now the emperor ordered all the ministers to discuss how to reward Yang Yiqing, but did he mean that Yang Yiqing was no longer the governor of the Northwest, or was he really saying that "the official is not afraid of being big"?
The sacred meaning in this is hard to figure out.

Therefore, in the Xinuang Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, it was quiet for a while.

This made Zhu Houzhao a little puzzled, "The imperial court has won a great victory in the northwest, why are all the lovers so sad? Is there nothing I can do if I, Ming, want to reward a governor of the Northwest?"

"...Your Majesty. Be bold. Wang Weining beheaded more than 300 and 400 heads respectively when he raided Red Salt Pond and Weining Sea. This time, Yang Yingning beheaded nearly [-] heads. Moreover, the imperial court also verified when awarding military merits. According to the old rules, this minister thinks, is it necessary to verify the accuracy before discussing rewards?"

This sentence is not unreasonable, but the tendency is somewhat obvious.

Surprised, Zhu Houzhao searched for the source of the voice, and found that it was Xu Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

As soon as Xu Shilang's words came out, many ministers frowned instantly: Xu Jisheng's performance was quite inappropriate.

The new king ascended the throne and the war was victorious. What a good start.To put it bluntly, the capital needs this victory more than Ningxia, so even if Yang Yiqing made a false report, the court will not pursue it.

Especially the emperor will not pursue it.

If you report it, I will believe it, and after I believe it, I will reward you.If something goes wrong after the reward, then I will kill you.It doesn't matter to me anyway.

And even if something happens, the shortest time is more than half a year, and the longest time is three to five years. At that time, the emperor has already used up the prestige gained by this victory, and the throne does not know how stable it is.

So no matter whether the Ministry of War wants to verify it or not, and how to verify it, this sentence will not come out of the emperor's mouth.

Military and politics have never been separated.

Zhu Houzhao probably also knew that the generals in the Ming Dynasty had low status, and even if they won the battle, the results of the battle would be weakened. Stories of tens of thousands of troops killing each other by hundreds of people are all over the history books.

Wars are not good for literati, anyway, they are promoted step by step by studying.

But the soldiers at the frontier won the battle, but they didn't get the rewards and respect they deserved. This was something he absolutely couldn't accept.

No matter what the reason was, he couldn't see that the soldiers, after going through life and death, couldn't play with these big-hearted people politically.How did that sentence say, he didn't fall under the sword of the enemy, but fell into the hands of his own people.

That's why Xu Jin's words narrowed his eyes slightly, "Young Sima, the soldiers escaped death and taught the Tatars on the border. At this time, you want me to ask Yang Yingning if he has lied? Ask the court for the face of the court." where?"

Xu Jin replied: "I didn't ask your Majesty to ask for an order, but the Ministry of War has always had this old practice."

"If there are old rules, follow the old rules! What are you and I reporting on the things that have been stipulated? Talk about new problems!"

Xu Jin gave the emperor a reprimand, but he also felt unlucky.

But Zhu Houzhao thought of another thing,

The civil servants could not see such great achievements made by military generals. Back then Wang Weining was also a conceited hero, and he became jealous after all his meritorious deeds.Yang Yiqing had Liu Daxia in his past, no matter what the process was, now that Liu Daxia is in jail, his official career is soaring, there may be bad guys causing trouble, and finally he will be verified with a figure of "beheading [-] levels".

So in order to guard against this move, he still wanted his own people, "I set up the Military Plane Department at the beginning to handle military affairs in the Northwest. The matter of rewarding officers and soldiers is the responsibility of the Military Plane Department, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, I will obey the order."

"As for Yang Yiqing's reward, let the cabinet discuss it." Zhu Houzhao felt that it could not be decided for a while, and it shouldn't be decided so early. What if it is definitely not suitable, so it is better to brew it first.

After all, this is a global character.

As for the other generals, they are relatively simple. Yang Shangyi is the deputy general of Datong. Although he does not have the magical ability of Zhou Shangwen, he is brave in combat and good at commanding soldiers.

Therefore, his position as the commander-in-chief of a town is always indispensable.

These things are cumbersome, but no matter how cumbersome it is, it is better than defeat.

"Your Majesty, do you want them to go back to the court first? Yang Shangyi only took a small number of soldiers and horses to Beijing, and the rest returned to Datong as soon as possible." Elder Li Ge planned more carefully, "Although Huozhai suffered heavy losses in Ningxia, but The main force of Dayan Khan is not damaged, if the two sides communicate with each other and know that the Ming cavalry is not in Datong, I fear that there will be police in Datong."

"allow."

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shangwen, the commander of the Zhenwu Battalion, was the first to capture Zana alive. I think I can give him the job of being the governor of the governor's mansion!"

This is the position of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in the capital.

Zhu Houzhao pondered, he actually didn't like to put such a general in the capital.

First of all, he is not suitable for this place. In the capital, knowing how to fight is not as good as knowing how to maneuver. If his specialty is not brought into play, Daming will also lose an excellent general.

"Let me think about it again."

After thinking about it again, he didn't quite agree with such an arrangement, but Li Dongyang didn't think there was anything wrong, the emperor wasn't targeting him.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it carefully, "Leave Zhou Shangwen to me. In this way, the cabinet, the military aircraft department and me will have their own division of labor. Oh, yes, the Ministry of Industry has one thing to do."

Zeng Jian stood there for a long time, but he didn't expect to have his own role.

"The old minister is here."

"As I said, victory is worth celebrating, but the soldiers who died need to be remembered even more. Shangshu Zeng, you must hurry up and build a cemetery in the capital as soon as possible."

Zeng Jian's scalp tightened, "Your Majesty, is it too late for such a short time?"

"Don't be afraid. Let's use a simple one this time. Remember, a large stone tablet needs to be erected in the cemetery. It is not necessary to bury the remains of all the sacrificed soldiers, but some craftsmen should be invited to engrave their names on the stone tablet." In addition, the stone tablet with names engraved on it can be smaller, and there will always be more in the future. Therefore, the cemetery should be larger."

"What is engraved on that big stone tablet?"

The emperor turned around, picked up the writing brush on the imperial case, and wrote four big characters on the back of the paper on the declaration:

Yongzhen mountains and rivers!

In the Nuan Pavilion, all the ministers saw it and thought it was very good.

"I will not change the rules and etiquette of the class teacher's triumphant return. I will do whatever I want. But I want to add a link to mourn the sacrificed soldiers in the cemetery. This is not a big deal. Dear friends, don't argue with me." gone."

The emperor's words are quite interesting, as if the courtiers love to argue with him...

But Liu Ge Lao seemed to have no expression on the side.

In fact, his ending no longer requires the emperor to press the last button. Ningxia won a big victory. The court does not know how many young and strong officials will follow the emperor's banner and choose to march like Hetao. He is firmly opposed and obviously disliked by the emperor. Veteran, there will be a lot of impeachments coming...

Of course, the emperor is too busy now.

As soon as the affairs of the Qing Palace are over, he will go to the Taimiao again to offer sacrifices to his ancestors.

This is filial piety, and it is also a political action, that is, regardless of the three sevens and 21, anyway, it is declared to the world first!

As mentioned above, there were many sacrificial activities in ancient times. If you win a battle like this, you have to talk to your ancestors.

The Taimiao in Beijing of the Ming Dynasty was built in the 18th year of Yongle. It was built in accordance with the traditional ritual and music system of "respecting the heavens and the ancestors" in ancient China. Inside are the spiritual cards of the emperors of the past dynasties, and a very small number of people who have made great contributions to the country and were bestowed with "enjoyment" The Minister of Taimiao' honor.

So why is it said that this is the highest courtesy for a minister, that is, when the later emperors kowtowed to their ancestors, Papa also kowtowed to them along the way.

In the Ming Dynasty, the ministers who received this kind of treatment were all ministers like Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He.In addition to the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties, until Zhu Houzhao's current 18th year of Hongzhi, no courtier could send his tablet to the Taimiao.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing made changes later, but the changes were also made during the Hongwu period, that is, Liu Ji was added, and it was not given to Jiajing's own courtiers. It can be seen that this is indeed a great honor.

There are fifteen side halls on both sides of the main hall of the Taimiao. The east side hall enshrines the tablets of members of the royal family, and the west side hall worships the tablets of ministers who deserve to share the Taimiao.The nave and apse behind the main hall are all nine halls with yellow glazed tiles on top.

This place is solemn and solemn, even if the emperor himself came, he would not dare to disturb it, and kowtowed to the ancestor's tablet completely according to the regulations.

The emperor does not lack any etiquette, and if he does not do deviant things, he must use the righteous way to overwhelm the world: none of you want to use the words "absurd and stupid king" to hinder me!

The same is true for the Great Court Meeting on the second day.

In the next few days, there were indeed more memorials to impeach the cabinet chief Liu Jian.According to the habits of officials in the Ming Dynasty, there is no bottom line for slandering a person, and you will be charged with any messy crimes.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao held the afternoon court at Fengtianmen.

He held up the memorial and asked by name: "Is Yu Changzhi, the censor, here?"

A young official with delicate skin knelt down in front of the emperor, "The minister is here."

"I read your memorial. You said that the head of the cabinet, Kui Liuge, was too old to be able to do anything. He also ruled out dissidents and closed his way of speaking. Afraid of trouble, afraid to take responsibility, he is really an incompetent old man who has harmed the country and the people. Are you saying this a little too late? Since the 11th year of Hongzhi, Liu Ge has been the head of the cabinet, and it has been eight years since today. Why didn’t you see it a few years ago? Have you ever thought about writing this memorandum and accusing Mr. Liu Ge of these crimes?!”

Yu Changzhi's head was buzzing. If he stepped on Liu Jian at this time, would he be able to cause problems? Did the memorabilia of "One Book of Thousands of Benefits" get me into such trouble?It's really a steal.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and said to a group of court officials: "I know, some of you think that Ningxia has won, and Mr. Liu Ge should retire and return to his hometown, but you really underestimated me. How could I be that kind of A foolish king who caused my Ming Dynasty to lose a capable minister because of his own selfishness? At court, you can fight, but you can't fight until you lose your conscience! Liu Ge served the country for eight years, worked hard, and was praised by the late emperor before his death !"

"Yes, regarding the issue of the reconciliation, I have a dispute with Mr. Liu Ge, but I and Mr. Ge are both for Daming, and they just disagree! Don't publish these memorials in the future. One who has followed the dynasty for more than 40 years Minister, if I don't believe it, then my Ming Dynasty will be destroyed!"

The last four words were quite heavy, and the ministers all bowed their heads and dared not say more.

The emperor's reversal at this time is really unexpected to many people.

Yu Changzhi was still thinking, isn't it the emperor's encouragement for these people to submit these memorials?Now that there are many memorials, the emperor started to maintain them again?This is really a typical example of being a whore and setting up a memorial archway. He used some operations to knock down Liu Jian's prestige, and almost told everyone that the emperor was not satisfied with the cabinet.When the opportunists were provoked, they turned around and said that this was an important minister of the country who was reused by the late emperor.

All the good things have been told by you alone!
But Zhu Houzhao did not clearly instruct anyone to impeach Liu Jian, who told you to engage in political speculation.

Moreover, it is childish and boring to play politics and talk about good and bad.

Young officials have to pass this level first-shameless, it is an introduction to politics.

Wang Jia of the older generation himself wanted to advise the emperor to do so. Only in this way can the emperor's image of filial piety and fame not be destroyed.

On the contrary, Mr. Liu Ge himself was quite surprised when he heard what Zhu Houzhao said at the court meeting.And it’s still the same sentence, politics is acting to a certain extent. Although the emperor’s words are opened by Jinkou and cannot be changed after speaking, but you can’t believe everything you hear.As for which ones believe and which ones don't, it's like flowing water, never having a fixed shape.

For example, did the emperor really respect him, the veteran of the four dynasties, so much?Just to maintain his position as the chief of the cabinet?Yes, that's what it says.He also reprimanded Yu Changzhi, but how did Yu Changzhi come out?

Liu Jian understands this very well, so he wants to continue acting.Otherwise, if you still have a good impression of him as the emperor, wouldn't that be humiliating yourself?

Scholars are not like this.

So he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! The old minister thinks he has a lot of experience, and his words and deeds are arrogant and unruly. As a minister, he offended his father. He should be punished for his crime! Please issue a decree to punish him!"

This sentence is to admit defeat, because no matter how famous you are, the status of a monarch and minister is still a big frame. No matter how you do things, ministers should not forget their position. If you forget, you are guilty.And if you are guilty, the emperor will deal with you, then it is your problem, it is not what I want to do to you, but you are really carried away.

Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jian's back, with mixed emotions in his heart. He had lived together for many years, but he never thought that the parting would be today. Then he looked up at the young man on the dragon chair. He seemed to be a born monarch. He controlled the rhythm of the court so wonderfully. Hao Dian, merciless when it should be stepped on, decisive when it should be pulled, and such a sharp wrist, maybe... Today's Liu Jian is tomorrow's Li Dongyang.

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It's Chinese New Year now, doesn't the author have a holiday?No one notified me.

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