Chapter 116: The Southwest Makes Decisions

After the early dynasty.

The ministers gathered in the Mandarin Hall.

Zhu Qizhen uses the Wenhua Hall because of the daily lecture, so the frequency of the use of the Wenhua Hall is getting higher and higher. It seems to be about to become a permanent hall where the Son of Heaven summons ministers.

After all, the Qianqing Palace is the sleeping palace of the Son of Heaven, and logically speaking, it is not a place to summon ministers.

It's as if you don't entertain guests in your bedroom when you come to your home.

Before, Zhu Qizhen was not pro-government. So Zhu Qizhen was summoned in the Qianqing Palace. After that, the places where the ministers are summoned will probably be transferred to the Wenhua Palace.

At the moment, the five bigwigs of the cabinet.

Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Zhang Fu, and Hu Hu have all arrived. On the civil official side, there are also six Shangshu, among which Hu Hu himself is also in addition to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. There are also Wang Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, Liu Zhongfu, the secretary of the household department, Wang Ji, the secretary of the military department, Wei Yuan, the secretary of the criminal department, Li Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Wen, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Chen Rui, the right capital of the imperial history. In addition to them, there are also some attachés, such as the soldier of the military department. He Wenyuan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and others.

And on the side of the generals, the nobles at all levels have arrived. Led by Cheng Guogong, a large group of nobles are there.

Suddenly, the voice of the eunuch was heard. His voice was sharp and thin, and he said, "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

Immediately, Zhu Qizhen walked out of the apse.

The more than 20 officials saluted.

Zhu Qizhen swept over at a glance. Needless to say, these people in the cabinet will not be mentioned.

Wang Zhi is still a beard, as the teacher who found Zhu Qizhen at the beginning, he is naturally a rising star among civil officials.

Liu Zhongfu, the head of the household, is an authentic old minister of Emperor Renzong, how old is he, he is a native of Daxing, Beijing, when Emperor Renzong guarded Beijing, Liu Zhongfu followed Emperor Renzong, organized logistics meritorious, and was also regarded as one of the heroes of Jingnan.

If you count the qualifications, he is tougher than Yang Shiqi.

When Emperor Renzong was guarding Beijing, Yang Shiqi was still an official in the Nanjing court.

Therefore, the entry and exit of the world's silver money is in the hands of Liu Zhongfu, and the Empress Dowager is the most relieved.

Liu Zhongfu is naturally a lot worse than Yang Shiqi and others, but he is simple, experienced and fair, and in the position of the household department, he does not need to come up with any clever strategies.

All he needs is to keep the treasury honestly and balance the country's spending.

From above, the Empress Dowager is not without checks and balances on the cabinet Sanyang. Liu Zhongfu seems to be stuffy, but Ci Ning Palace is from.

No matter what Sanyang does, he always has to use money.

One military power, one financial power, and the general principle of the Empress Dowager to stop all unurgent matters. Let the upper echelons of the court be the old ministers left over from the Xuande period, and there is no major adjustment at all.

Sanyang actually can't have an absolute advantage. Wang Ji needless to say, but he has to say that he brought the firewood cart of the military department.

The diesel cart is an old qualification of the Ministry of War.

In the second year of Yongle, he was assigned to the military department as a lifter, and after that, the sea was up and down, although he also served as a magistrate, but once he returned to Beijing, he was still in the military department.

It can even be said that the qualifications of the diesel car are older than Wang Ji's.

However, the old qualification is also an advantage and a disadvantage of the diesel car.

Because he's too old.

Wang Ji is going to Yunnan to supervise the teacher, and this has already spread. Since Wang Ji is out of Beijing, the affairs of the military department cannot be presided over by no one. Wang Ji invited the firewood cart out, and he also had his own thoughts.

The military department Shangshu went up, that is, he entered the cabinet.

But Wang Ji may not think that he can enter the cabinet.

The fact that the Empress Dowager has not added people to the cabinet in recent years is an obvious sign.

After he came back from the victory, the position of the secretary of the military department was gone, and Wang Ji was not easy to do.

After all, there are only about eight positions like the Shangshu of the Jingshi Military Department.

Six books, plus the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate. It's really a turnip and a pit, and it has never been let out for no reason.

Therefore, Wang Ji is ready to push the firewood cart to the throne, so that the firewood cart can also live an addiction to the military department in the last days of his political life. And after Wang Ji came back, the firewood car simply returned to his hometown.

Even if the diesel cart was reluctant at the time, it was easier to deal with than others.

Then there is Wei Yuan of the Criminal Department.

This Wei Yuan is not the other Wei Yuan, not the Wei Yuan who wrote the map of the Sea Kingdom in the Qing Dynasty, they are just the same name.

Wei Yuannai is a young jinshi, and he entered the department at the age of twenty. Emperor Taizong even asked him to return to his hometown to recuperate for a few years, and then use it, he also has a very rich local resume, and even Yu Qian's benefactor, promoted too modest, and also got along with Yang Shiqi. But he also did an excellent job in the Criminal Department.

Of course, it can't be said that Wei Yuan is Yang Shiqi's person.

To really be an official to do this, they all have their own beliefs.

As for the Ministry of Industry, Li Cheng is the softest persimmon among the six books. Because he is a native of Annan, when Zhang Fu first decided on Annan, he wrote to Taizong to ask for Annan's heart.

How to reuse the heart of Annan is to reuse Annan people.

Zhang Fu recommended 1,400 Annam people to the imperial court as officials, and Li Cheng was one of them.

It's just that Li Cheng can't say that he has no ability, he really doesn't have the ability, and it is impossible to stand out among so many people and become the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but compared to other books, he is not so confident.

His only aid was also a eunuch from Annan in the palace.

Wang Wen also said it earlier.

Together with Wang Zhi, he is known as the two kings, and his reputation is famous all over the world.

Zhu Qizhen flowed through these resumes one by one in his heart, knowing that these people are probably the most powerful assistants and the biggest enemies of people in recent years.

Zhu Qizhen was thinking back to the resumes of the people below, but saw Yang Shiqi coming out and asked, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager?" ”

Zhu Qizhen sat down on his dragon chair and said, "The Empress Dowager is in poor health and will not come today." ”

As soon as Zhu Qizhen said this, the people below immediately understood that the Empress Dowager was not necessarily sick, but that this young son of heaven was really ready to take over power.

Before the major events were discussed, the Empress Dowager and Zhu Qizhen attended together, and if there was anything, the Empress Dowager could also hold on to it. But now today it is up to Zhu Qizhen to deal with it alone.

The people below didn't ask again.

Zhu Qizhen saw that they were all standing and said, "Wang Zhen, bring some piers for the ministers." ”

Wang Zhen agreed, and immediately a group of little eunuchs moved up the embroidered piers, and the wooden structure in the middle of these embroidered piers was like a drum.

It's just that the drum surface is not skinned, but solid wood. There is also a layer of transparent silk on the outside, which is embroidered with some auspicious patterns, at most it is a cloud pattern, and a longevity pattern.

The embroidery used in the palace is excellent.

The group was ready. That's where it gets to business.

Zhang Fu immediately stepped out of the queue and said: "Luchuan provokes the power of the heavens, and the gathering cannot be tolerated, otherwise there will be a small and bad way, and I am afraid that the soldiers will be in the southwest mountains, exhausted." ”

"I must let the world know that I can't ride the Ming Iron at the beginning."

As soon as Zhang Fu said this, some nobles led by Cheng Guogong immediately came out to help, and for a while, in the hall, the crowd was excited, and many people asked for orders to join the expedition.

Zhu Qizhen has always known Xungui's opinions.

At least the nobles of the Ming Dynasty have not declined until now, and there is still a bit of blood. Willing to send troops to fight. For them, there is everything with military merit.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes glanced at Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen immediately understood, and said: "In front of Your Majesty, how can you be presumptuous. ”

Wang Zhen reprimanded him, and the people below immediately quieted down.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Yang Shoufu, you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties, an old minister relied on by the first emperor, and now the situation, can you teach me?" ”

Yang Shiqi immediately said: "The minister doesn't dare to be, but in the humble opinion of the minister, he must not indulge Luchuan, otherwise the air will damage the national prestige and make the four borders uneasy." ”

"Now that the tile is sitting big, Annan does not obey the orders of the imperial court, and the imperial court cannot take a step back."

Zhu Qizhen was shocked when he heard this, and he finally heard from Yang Shiqi that since Emperor Renzong, the country has been strategically shrinking for more than ten years.

gave up monitoring and interference in Mobei, let the tile spur unify the grassland, and also gave up Annan. This strategic contraction, albeit out of recuperation. During the Yongle period, the soldiers were frequent, the big work was frequent, and the people were overwhelmed.

However, at that time, this policy was quite correct, but now more than ten years have passed, and the drawbacks are getting bigger and bigger, and the border troubles are becoming more and more prosperous. Yang Shiqi, as the head of the Ming civil officials, how could he not understand this.

And Zhu Qizhen, the little emperor's thoughts, Yang Shiqi is also clear.