The infinite heavens start from the red building

Chapter 49, 2.39
Chapter 2

2.39 The court debate and the assassination are over

In the early morning of the next day, there was a court meeting in front of Qianqing Gate.

In modern society, people think that the upper court is held in the main hall, such as the Hall of Supreme Harmony. In fact, it is completely unreliable, because regardless of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, except for special circumstances, the "imperial gate hearing" is held.

Since it is the "Imperial Gate", it is naturally in front of a certain gate. The Dashun Dynasty first inherited the Ming system, and it was in front of the Taihe Gate, and later it was unified in front of the Qianqing Gate.

After the assassin incident, Emperor Yongzheng went back to the palace under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army that day, and did not go to court for three whole days, and various news spread one after another.

The information obtained at the beginning was obviously too conservative, because there were more than a dozen tents that were burned in one go, and five of them belonged to the royal family.

The tent for the three concubines, because it was during the night's sleep, there were basically no living people running out of it, and three titled concubines died, as well as more than thirty court ladies accompanying them.

The most important thing is that these three concubines all brought children, all of whom were underage, which resulted in the death of three princes and two princesses.

Among the other two places, one belonged to an adult prince. Although he did not die, his body was severely burned, his hair was burned off, his face was severely injured, and he was completely destroyed. At the same time, several women died, including the prince's first wife.

There is also a place where senior eunuchs lived, and several eunuchs of high rank died. Fortunately, Dai Quan was serving by Emperor Yongzheng at that time, otherwise it would have been a lot of fun.

As for the other court ladies and eunuchs with little status, the total number of deaths has exceeded [-], and no one pays attention to the exact number.

These losses were found out by all parties themselves, and the royal family didn't mention a word, only when facing Han Chuan's resignation.
"Han Chuan, the Commander of the Fifth Army Battalion, owed the sacred grace, caused misfortune by neglecting his duty, was ashamed to death, and dared not have a vegetarian meal, so he came here to resign today." Han Chuan respectfully handed over a memorial.

"Sure!" Emperor Yongzheng just casually glanced at the memorial and threw it on the ground, a word popped out coldly between his teeth, even disregarding the normal old rules of "three speeches and three concessions".

"Report to Your Majesty, General Han did dereliction of duty, but the crime is not limited to this, I ask His Majesty to allow him to be demoted to the frontier, and make meritorious deeds!" Chen Ruiwen from the honorable camp was the one who spoke.

"I don't know where Lord Chen thinks he should be demoted?" Wang Feng, the left servant of the Ministry of War, asked with a sneer. The Minister of the Ministry of War is old and sick, and he is actually the tallest.

"Under the rule of the general army in Datong Town, the guard station closest to the Tartars serves as the commander of the guard." Chen Ruiwen said seriously.

There was a commotion in the hall, and no one thought that Chen Ruiwen was actually playing for real.

". Yes!" Although Emperor Yongzheng didn't understand what was going on, this kind of treatment was indeed serious enough, so he approved it on the spot.

These gentlemen who kept their feet away from the masses didn't even know that, in fact, because of the strong raids by the Zhenbei Army for many years, today's Tartars have long been beaten into frightened birds, and they are no longer what they used to be.

This guardhouse, which doesn't even have a name, has actually become a place for mutual exchanges. Every year, it doesn't hesitate to reach out, and the normal profit alone is no less than 20 taels.

With so much income, it has even exceeded the current normal annual income of the entire Jinxiangbo Mansion. It can be said that it is full of money. In other words, Han Chuan is actually continuing to accumulate strength when he comes here.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'A country cannot be without a master for a day, and an army cannot be without a commander for a day', the five military battalions are the main body of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp, and they cannot be vacant for a long time.

The minister recommends Hou Xiaokang, the governor of the right army of the governor's mansion of the fifth army and the hereditary first-class son of the Duke of Xiuguo, as the commander of the fifth army battalion, so as to reassure the army! "Niu Jizong immediately stood up and said.

As the commander-in-chief of the Central Army of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, he is in charge of personnel affairs such as the promotion and adjustment of generals, so it is understandable to have such a suggestion.But now, Han Chuan has just resigned and is still standing in court!
Whether it was Emperor Yongzheng's side or the civil servant's side, none of them expected that Han Chuan here had just been demoted and left the capital, and Niu Jizong over there would propose a successor.

According to the rules, shouldn't we wait a few days, at least until Han Chuan officially takes up his new position after the regular half-month deadline?

Now, both Emperor Yongzheng and the civil servant camp are all in trouble. Not to mention that they don't have any suitable candidates at all, even if they do, they haven't discussed it at this time, so I can't mention it!
"This is a reminder to His Majesty, the Fifth Army Battalion is the pillar of the Beijing Battalion, the commander must not be so hasty, it needs careful discussion before making a decision.

What's more, General Han has not yet resigned, so how can he behave like this, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers! "Wang Feng, the left servant of the Ministry of War, spoke again.

"Wang Aiqing's words are polite." Only then did Emperor Yongzheng heave a sigh of relief.

Wang Feng is the current No. 1 in the Ministry of War and the iron-clad next Minister of War. Now when it comes to military personnel, he is the only one qualified to speak in the entire civilian camp.Although the personnel power now lies with the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the Ministry of War still needs to register. Besides, his reasons are quite reasonable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's just that I know that this dereliction of duty is a serious crime, so I dare not stay any longer. The preparations for the handover will be completed tomorrow, and I will be able to start taking office within five days.

Your Majesty, please don't worry about me, minister, minister." Han Chuan knelt on the ground with a painful face, and even sobbed faintly.

The corners of the eyes of all the officials at the scene twitched, do you want to be so exaggerated?But at this time, even if he knew that Han Chuan's performance was exaggerated, he still had to follow.

"Han Aiqing doesn't need to be like this, it's just that after a few years, the imperial court still needs Han Aiqing to make new achievements!" No matter how big his opinion was, Emperor Yongzheng had to arrange for the eunuchs around him to help him up.

Otherwise, the title of "mean and ungrateful" is probably indispensable-although he is now recognized by the world as such.

After another round of verbal confrontation, the position of the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion must not be settled, which is also the result that everyone can guess.

However, what Han Chuan said just now is very clear. He is going to set off as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow; even if he can't do it, it will only take three to five days.

But in such a short amount of time, it is difficult to decide on a dignified third-rank real position, even if there is someone to choose, because after all, it is necessary to coordinate the interests of all parties.

What's more, today's civil and military opposition is serious, whether it is Emperor Yongzheng or the civil official camp, how can there be such a suitable candidate?No matter how they think about it, they still have to negotiate with the court in the end.

Leaving aside the opposite side, Niu Jizong and Han Chuan "coincidentally" met soon after Wu Xun's side left the Dachaohui venue.

"Brother Han, I'm afraid you still need to make arrangements for the Fifth Army Camp." Niu Jizong didn't go around in circles, and directly stated his purpose.

"Don't worry, the arrangements have already been made. I will not enter the camp tomorrow when I am ready to hand over the materials, and I will take up my post in northern Xinjiang the day after tomorrow.

As for when you need it, you can let Qi'er arrange it, and he will come to the guard to find me with follow-up personnel in half a month. "Han Chuan said happily.

This time he was blamed. Although he was demoted and left Beijing, the position he arranged couldn't be said to be bad, so although he felt uncomfortable, he didn't feel any resentment.

Then there was a normal melee in the court, the two sides fought with each other, but it was useless, because the civil servants couldn't come up with a suitable candidate, but they couldn't say that Hou Xiaokang was not suitable.

They could only argue repeatedly in accordance with the so-called "etiquette". After the censor finished talking about the principal, he went on to the next, and then repeated the reason just now after two people. The whole court almost turned into a vegetable market.

Fortunately, Wu Xun is not good at talking loudly, so that the civil servants will not be overwhelmed, but this side is not stupid, if the east is not bright, then look at the west.

According to Wei Xu's opinion, Niu Jizong secretly took the opportunity to adjust, arrange the ranks and even the positions of the little ones at home and the promising young generation in the military camp.

Then when there was a quarrel in the court hall, people were arranged to report to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War was only thinking about the position of the commander, so how could it care about dozens of thousands of households, hundreds of households, or even sentry officers?
However, they didn't last long. Four days later, Han Chuan officially resigned and led his team to serve in the Beijiang Guard.

Dozens of former soldiers who were left behind clamored for discharge because they were worried about being liquidated. The question is, no matter which dynasty, how could it be a matter of retiring?

No one thought that a small half of these people would sneak away and become deserters that night (to chase Han Chuan). Now that dozens of deserters cases came out, the civil servants couldn't bear it anymore!

What's more, with such a high position, the final decision must be made by Emperor Yongzheng himself!
After several days of exchanges and wrangling, these things finally settled.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: The hereditary first-class son of Chashan Guogong Mansion, the right army governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Hou Xiaokang, transferred to the command of the Fifth Army Battalion;

Xie Jing, the former guerrilla general of the Fifth Army Battalion, was promoted to be the commander of the Fifth Army Battalion.

Qi Jianhui, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, resigned and stayed on. Jiang Zining, the guerrilla general of the Fifth Army Battalion and the hereditary second-class male of the Pingyuanhou Mansion, was the former commander of the Imperial Forest Army and acted in charge of military affairs!
I hope that the above two people will be loyal to their duties. Don't disappoint my heart, love this! "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)