Chapter 9 Zhou Chen's successor

The Beijing camp and the border army are the two main forces of the Ming Dynasty.

On the Jingying side, because of the fall of the Chengguo Gong Group, Zhu Qizhen has the ability to settle down.

But the border army is not easy to handle.

First of all, the border army still has a certain combat effectiveness, although many of the border army's guards are also in tatters, and even the chief military officer of the town guard wants to recruit civilians as soldiers.

That is, recruitment.

In history, the early stage of the Ming army was a guard system, and in the later period, it was a recruitment system, and even the recruitment of troops began first in the border towns.

Moreover, the border army is not like the Beijing camp, to find an overall goal, because of geographical reasons, there is also a mutual contempt within the nine-sided border army.

It is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to score in one go.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen must use the Beijing army to fight an undoubted victory, so that the border army can restore the fear of the Beijing army's force, and then Zhu Qizhen dares to take the next step.

Otherwise, once there is any defection, mutiny, and so on, it will not be easy to handle.

There have never been fewer mutinies in the Ariake generation.

But hit whom?

Where to find this victory?

This incident has been bothering Zhu Qizhen.

After today's autumn disaster, Zhu Qizhen has always thought.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was thinking, he heard the sound of footsteps, came in a hurry, and an old voice said, "Emperor, Zhou Xiang is gone." "It's none other than Fan Hong.

Fan Hong is also very old.

He even kept a eunuch in his thirties with him, who was Huai'en.

Huaien's surname is Dai, and his family was originally a scholarly family, but he was implicated and imprisoned because of the crimes of his clan, and was later castrated into the palace. That was in the early years of Xuande.

Instead of Shuo Fan Hong taking a fancy to Huaien, it is better to say that Fan Hong feels that Zhu Qizhen will take a fancy to Huaien.

Without him, because the use of eunuchs is different, different eunuchs are needed.

When Zhu Qizhen had just ascended the throne, he needed a powerful eunuch to maintain the imperial power. But now that Zhu Qizhen has taken control of the imperial court, he also feels the eunuch system, although he is the defender of imperial power, but more often than not, he is the destroyer of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Qizhen restricted the eunuchs, he needed eunuchs who could handle the affairs of the palace well, and who could have a good connection with the civil officials of the foreign courts, and who were content with their duties and did not indiscriminately seize power and accumulate wealth.

Fan Hong meets this condition. Fan Hong's literary style is very good, if he is not a eunuch, he can probably gain fame outside the palace, and Huai En is also like this, his literary style is also good, and now he has the demeanor of a scholar.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly got up when he heard the news and said, "What's the matter?" Didn't you say that you occasionally felt a chill? ”

Fan Hong said: "The old man is already old, and he works hard to the sun, and yesterday he thought it was an occasional cold, but he didn't think that he would go back

It's time to report the funeral. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, sighed, and said: "Three days after dropping out of the dynasty, order the Ministry of Rites to treat the funeral, and prepare for the future." On the day of the funeral, I will go and see. ”

For Zhou Chen's farewell, it is Yongjue, Zhu Qizhen was full of emotion, not unprepared.

After all, Zhou Chen, Wang Ji and Hu Hu are very old.

Zhu Qizhen has always wanted to change Zhou Chen in his heart, originally Zhou Chen was a temporary substitute, but he never expected that this first assistant would sit for five or six years.

Not because of how good Zhou Chen is, but because the country is eventful.

When the country was eventful, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to make too many changes in the selection of high-level candidates, for no other reason, there were a large number of people behind everyone in the cabinet, and if he changed one person, I don't know how many people below would be affected.

The war, the financial crisis, the flood, the drought, the turmoil in all sides, all these major events, made Zhu Qizhen easy to plan, stillborn.

It's just that now this cabinet has also reached the point where it can't be adjusted without adjustment.

Zhou Chen, Hu Hu, and Wang Ji are all old. The remaining three people, Chen Xun, Jiang Yuan, and Wang Yonghe, are called the main force in handling affairs. Among them, Chen Xun is sixty-five years old, which is also considered to be old, and Jiang Yuan is still young at fifty years old. His qualifications are a little shallower than Jiang Yuan's.

However, in recent years, floods and droughts have not been common, and he has done some things in charge of the Ministry of Industry.

But on the whole, the ability of cabinet members is more than one grade weaker than the previous cabinets of Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, and Cao Nai.

Now that Zhou Chen is gone, it is also a question who will take over as the first assistant to the cabinet.

Wang Ji is older than Zhou Chen, so he may go when. Now Wang Ji is obviously occupying a position for Luo Tong, and wants to leave his position as a scholar to Luo Tong, so that his political ideas can continue.

As for Hu Hui's resignation, it is already commonplace.

On the one hand, it is true that Hu Hu is old and does not care much about political rights, and the other reason is that Hu Hu clearly perceives that the emperor has matured.

Although there are some differences with Emperor Taizong's local style today, he prefers to hide needles in Mianli. But as a powerful emperor, he was a minister who took care of his life back then, and he was a little more interesting.

When the prince was getting older, Zhu Qizhen agreed, but he did not let Hu Hu return to his hometown, but asked Hu Hu to take the prince with him. Become the crown prince and concubine.

Zhu Qizhen didn't expect Hu Hui to teach the prince anything, what he liked most for Hu Hu to teach the prince was the way of health preservation.

Zhu Qizhen deeply understood one point, that is, the state has a long monarch, the blessing of the society, and also deeply understood the worry and fear in the heart of the empress dowager when Emperor Xuanzong died.

Let one become an emperor, just ascend the throne.

But if one is cultivated into one that will use the power of the emperor reasonably and truly control the entire Ming Dynasty, it is needed

It will take many years.

Unless gifted, it is impossible to do without ten years.

After all, there may be a difference in status between the emperor and the minister, but if you think about it, you will know that the top boss of the civil official is not killed by a hundred battles.

Ability and wrist are all first-class.

Why didn't Zhu Qizhen choose the best cabinet minister, but instead formed a team of second-rate talents, isn't it that some people can't hold it down and say they are not convinced?

How can a child of a few years old gain the upper hand in this power struggle?

And the entire system of the Ming Dynasty revolves around the emperor, and it is also an emperor who cannot perform the duties of a normal emperor, so it is good to maintain the current situation.

Where can Daming go further.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen's other requirements for the prince can be discussed later, after all, there will be time to adjust in the future, but there is a little, but there is a little bit to cultivate.

How to maintain health? You have to live a little longer.

How can each generation of the Ming Dynasty live to be sixty years old, then the world is a different situation.

As soon as Zhou Chen died, Hu Hu wanted to retire, and the cabinet suddenly vacated two positions, not to mention that the world is not peaceful today, and the matter that has been pressed down by Zhu Qizhen has become something that Zhu Qizhen must solve at this stage.

"Is there a legacy?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Fan Hong said: "There is a legacy. Fan Hong said as he offered it with both hands.

Zhu Qizhen took it and took a look, but when he saw that the pen power on it had collapsed, he knew that the person who wrote this letter was estimated to have run out of oil and dried up.

Zhou Chen thanked Zhu Qizhen for Long En in the first half.

promoted him from a governor of Jiangnan to the household department, and then entrusted him with the power of the world. In the past ten years, he has been very busy, but he is also very satisfied.

This is the greatest satisfaction of a scholar.

And then there's the posthumous arrangement.

He recommended Chen Xun.

The reason is: "Your Majesty is wise and far-reaching Taizong, there are Ming monarchs, there are famous ministers, ministers and mustards, you have the favor of Your Majesty, and you can still go straight to the clouds. I will be able to grasp the deep meaning of His Majesty. Help His Majesty to assist in the affairs of the world. ”

Zhu Qizhen contacted Chen Xun, whom he had seen, and immediately understood what Zhou Chen meant.

Is Chen Xun good?

He is a good person, born in Hanlin, and has a clear name. It's okay to preside over cabinet affairs, but it's not a pioneering talent. It is appropriate to be a cabinet scholar. In addition, the first assistant to the cabinet is usually succeeded by other scholars in the cabinet.

After all, the cabinet has a great deal to do, and if people are transferred from outside, they are not familiar with government affairs, and they are afraid that they will cause big problems.

And Chen Xun has these talents, six books, and all cabinet scholars.

After all, if you don't have a certain ability to deal with government affairs, how can you climb to a high position?