Generally speaking, when the emperor deals with government affairs, he always finds relevant personnel, or cabinet assistants and celebrants, or six Shangshu, etc., and a small number of people can discuss. Once the number of people in this court is large, it means that there is something important to discuss.

Obviously, this time the court meeting falls into this category.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne, looked at the large group of people below, and nodded at Wang Dehua, the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies and the palm seal on the side.

So, Wang Dehua stepped forward with a holy decree and shouted: "The emperor has an edict!" ”

As soon as they heard this, all the courtiers had to kneel down to listen to the decree, and they were a little puzzled in their hearts, not knowing what the emperor's decree was? Could it be that so many courtiers were summoned just for this purpose? Is it a characterization of yesterday's events?

When they were still wondering, Wang Dehua had already read it in a frustrated manner: Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Xue Guoguan, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, has both ability and political integrity, and can be appointed as the dry city of Sheji; hoe and traitor, and have no shame and integrity; Xuande is worthy of the ......

Listening to just one beginning, basically everyone was taken aback. They didn't expect that this will had nothing to do with yesterday's events, and they praised Xue Guoguan as soon as they came up. You don't have to listen to it, you must be promoting Xue Guoguan. And now that Xue Guoguan is already an auxiliary minister in the cabinet, if he is promoted again, it is conceivable what position he will be.

As they expected, the final purpose of the will was to promote Xue Guoguan to be the first assistant of the cabinet, so that he could share his worries for the monarch, and called on other courtiers to learn from Xue Guoguan, fulfill their duties together, and share worries for the monarch.

Listening to Xue Guoguan's loud voice of thanksgiving, many people secretly glanced at another auxiliary minister, Yang Sichang. Seeing his expressionless face, some people gloated, and some sighed for him.

After the ministers all stood up again, Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and suddenly said, "Or someone will have objections to my will, and feel that Xue Qing is not qualified enough if he wants to talk about qualifications." However, why I am here to announce the decree is to tell Qing and others that as long as there are people who have both ability and political integrity and can share my worries, I will not hesitate to promote. Do you know why? Do you know? ”

This heavy question makes it difficult for people to answer, and if one of them does not answer well, it will attract the anger of the emperor. After all, as long as the eyes are not blind, you can see that the emperor is angry in his heart.

Thinking about it, there have been so many bad things recently, it's strange that the emperor can be in a good mood.

Most people thought so, and they became mud bodhisattvas in the temple one by one, looking at their noses and noses, and looking at their hearts, motionless.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen had expected it, so he sneered and shouted: "Where is Tian Qing, the secretary of the ministry? ”

"Wechen is here!" When Tian Weijia heard the roll call, he could only step out of the column and echo.

"What I wanted to do a few days ago, let's talk about it here!" Emperor Chongzhen seemed to ask with a little anger.

Tian Weijia had already guessed this matter, sighed in his heart, and reluctantly talked about the Tingtui list in public.

The court knows about the list, but only a few people know what the result is.

Therefore, when Tian Weijia finally said that there was no one on the Tingtui list in the end, they couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. When did such a fragrant thing become unexpectedly unexpected?

"What is the reason, Qing will also tell everyone about it!" Emperor Chongzhen demanded in a cold voice again.

"The specific extent of the requirements for public honesty is not yet known, so it ...... Therefore, the selection of the court has not yet been decided! Tian Weijia was helpless, so he had to play truthfully.

As soon as he said this, all the officials understood. Many secretly peeked at the emperor's face, and had a guess in their hearts, could it be that the emperor already knew some officialdom rules, so Tian Tianguan didn't dare to fool the emperor here, right?

Seeing that no one was talking, Emperor Chongzhen shouted loudly again: "See, there is no one, and it is necessary to be specific to every detail, so what does it mean?" Most officials are worried that what they have done is a violation of public integrity! With such a simple condition, I will be embarrassed to death by my officials! If I still put seniority first and follow the schedule, can this court still be saved? ”

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not say clearly: The officials in question I am referring to are not one person, but all of you present are this sentence, but who of these officials who can sit in the palace and discuss with the emperor does not know this subtext of the emperor! After all, those who can go to the court to push the list, except for the feudal officials, are basically those standing in the palace.

For a moment, everyone fell silent. No one has the courage to stand up and say that I am honest and honest, and the emperor can check it casually!

In fact, even Xue Guoguan is somewhat problematic. Or in other words, in today's Ming officialdom, it is estimated that there are very few people who can really be honest.

If it had been before, someone might have taken the plunge. But now, the head of the former head assistant Liu Yuliang is hung on the Zhengyang Gate, and the head of the former imperial horse supervisor is hung on the gate of the palace by the eunuch Wang Zhixin and others. There are also auxiliary ministers who are bribed and demoted every year, the East Factory is raging, and Jinyiwei has also changed a large number of people, in this limelight, no one really has the courage.

Therefore, although everyone is like this, this matter cannot be mentioned on the surface, and the emperor is angry about it, so he can only remain silent.

Emperor Chongzhen was also silent for a while, glanced at the courtiers below, and after a while, he softened his tone a little and said: "Now that the country is in trouble, I have also discovered some talents. Jinzhou Zhizhou Chen Hongxu is one, he is just a person, but he has done better than many Jinshi people! Then Chen Weiquan is a jinshi, pigs and dogs are not as good! The previous Changli County Ling Zuo Yingxuan was a talent, and he was also from a high background, but he was jealous and demoted. I will tell you that in the future, as long as I have both ability and political integrity, or just a little fault but can make great achievements, I will use them in an eclectic way. Chen Hongxu and Zuo Ying chose them, and I will definitely be of great use. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly sneered again, and said in a stern tone: "Don't be unconvinced, you have the ability to do something greater than the two of them to show me, and I will also reuse you!" ”

A large group of Jinshi old men bowed their heads and were speechless at this time. The emperor was furious, and they didn't have the credit for doing it, so they didn't dare to speak out. If Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others were there, they might be qualified to speak out, but the two of them would not be at this time, just because of the different backgrounds of Jinshiju and the emperor.

There was no reaction at the bottom, and Emperor Chongzhen instructed the new chief assistant Xue Guoguan in public, and planned to make the world clear, as long as a person with both ability and political integrity, or a small mistake but can make great contributions to the country, he can come to Beijing to report, once the verification is true, the imperial court will immediately select the best and no longer need to follow the previous set of official methods.

In fact, Daming originally had this set at this time, that is, recommending him to be an official. Many officials in the palace were promoted to the emperor through ministers. It's just that most of the officials are from Jinshi. Now that the emperor is so clear, he has rightly expanded the scope to the level of lifting people.

In the future, there is no need to just be a master, or only a county magistrate. If you are really talented, if you are recommended to the emperor, you can also become a bigger official.

Of course, there is such a person in the Ming Dynasty now, that is, Chen Xinjia, who became the governor of Xuanda with a large group of Jinshi and other officials. I have to say that in the officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty, there is really money that can make ghosts grind!

As soon as he finished saying this, when Emperor Chongzhen had not yet begun to say the next thing, suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and at the same time, there was an excited shout from the inner servant: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, great victory......"

Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard it, the word great victory was really not heard for a long time.

Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised, because early in the morning, he learned the news of the great victory from the eavesdropping seed on Wang Chengen's body. Of course, he didn't know the specifics. After all, the news from Wang Chengen's office is just a general situation of rushing back overnight to report.

"Your Majesty, the two lords of Hongsun annihilated more than 5,000 Jianjun, great victory, Your Majesty ......" Entering the main hall, the waiter was full of excitement, shouted loudly, and at the same time submitted the report documents.

When many civil and military officials in the hall heard this, they couldn't help but be very surprised.

In the previous battle, because of Jianlu's shameless coercion, hundreds of beheadings were asked to go back by Jianlu, so although there was good news, many courtiers in the palace were skeptical. Now that only a day and a night have passed, the second letter of good news came, but the content was even more exaggerated, saying that the annihilation of Jianyu reached more than 5,000 people, and for a while, few people in the hall believed it, and they all whispered at the bottom.

"Daming against Liaodong Jianyu, but there has never been such a big victory, right?"

"But no, don't lie about your achievements, right?"

"What about the head, you must check the head when you go back!"

“……”

These people below were talking in a low voice, and Emperor Chongzhen had already unfolded the report document and read it. Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Sun joined forces to complete the battle of encirclement and reinforcements, which was presented in detail in front of his eyes.

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen's face did not have an ecstatic expression, but he was a little happy, and instructed Wang Dehua to read out the report document on the spot for everyone to read.

As soon as the voice of the shrill eunuch sounded, the hall fell silent, and everyone listened with their ears pricked up. Some people want to see what kind of victory it is, and some people want to find out the flaws, anyway, everyone has their own thoughts.

After reading it, Shoufu Xue Guoguan was the first to come out and play: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the great victory, this great victory of annihilating more than 5,000 Jianjun is not a good run!" ”

"Your Majesty, you should check the head to check the authenticity, and then announce the world!" Yang Sichang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, followed suit, but he insisted on following the procedure.

The other courtiers also followed suit, supporting the two opinions respectively.

One is that this great victory is inspiring, and it should be announced to the world immediately; The other is Yang Sichang's point of view.

Emperor Chongzhen waited for them to make noise for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly with a cold face: "There are detailed battle history, and there are also battle losses on both sides, so you can't tell the truth from the fake, you must check the head before confirming?" More than 5,000 heads, when will the inspection be completed? The soldiers at the front paid such a big price, but in the end they were distrusted by the imperial court, didn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers who fought to the death for the country? ”

A series of geological questions made many courtiers bow their heads. Especially those courtiers who have the name of knowing soldiers, Emperor Chongzhen's words are obviously aimed at them. For example, Yang Sichang.

If you really want to talk about it, how can Yang Sichang not see that the great victory mentioned in the report document is basically true, from the beginning Lu Xiangsheng tired the enemy army, and later Sun Chuanting created the illusion of blocking to attract the Tartars to gallop to rescue, so that there was a separation of infantry and cavalry, and then the main force of the Qin soldiers with superior forces, but also to wait for work to encircle and annihilate the Tartar infantry army, this link is a link of strategy, if it is really implemented, this war can be won is not run.

However, Yang Sichang did not want to see this result. Because once this great victory is recognized by the imperial court, Hong Chengchou doesn't care, but then Lu Xiangsheng is a meritorious minister, and Sun Chuanting is also a meritorious minister, how can he do these two people when he turns around?

It is for this reason that as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked the court to go through the previous process, and he had to send someone to inspect it first, and then there were many opportunities to deny this great victory.

In fact, in the past, even the emperor did not want to see such a great victory, the reason is very clear, the court has no money, and it can't get so much silver reward, so it wants to rely on the skin. However, this kind of thing, in today's Emperor Chongzhen, will not happen.

At this time, the emperor asked so continuously, if Yang Sichang still insisted on it, then he had to take off his name as a soldier, and he relied on the name of a soldier to get to the high position of an auxiliary minister, so he couldn't say it.

He can't say it, but some people can say it, such as the imperial historian, who insists on following the procedure, who can say anything?

So, when I saw that Liu Meicai was out of the ranks, I was ready to play it right.

Yang Sichang is not the only one who doesn't want to see Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting make meritorious contributions, after all, the things these two have done before have hindered others from getting rich.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't give Liu Meicai a chance, and shouted first: "Some people's tricks, don't think that I don't know, take advantage of the opportunity to check the head to blackmail the meritorious minister, if you can't achieve the goal, you will report that the head does not match, or kill the good and risky merit, or exaggerate the crime of the results, you can come at will." Even if you don't use these means, procrastination and delay in giving a reply to the court is one of the means of blackmail, which chills the hearts of meritorious soldiers! ”

As soon as he heard this, Yushi Liu Meicai was a little stupid. If he still insisted on a priori the first level at this time, would he have put it into what the emperor said?

What Emperor Chongzhen said just now actually existed not only in the late Ming Dynasty, but also in other periods, more or less in other periods, of course, there were many in the late Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the inspection of the first level is a beautiful difference. After all, if you are comfortable serving this messenger, it will be easy to reverse black and white.

Killing good and risking merit can be said to be a righteous battle feat; Serious combat exploits can be said to be good and risky achievements! How much say do you have as a general (or minister) leading the army, and you will be able to accept it after you report it to the Emperor. Even if you are not convinced and ask the court to review it again, the head is not something else, it will rot no matter how it is preserved. In the end, the battle is basically in the hands of the inspection Qincha.

Nowadays, with such a big feat, more than 5,000 levels of beheading, if you send someone to check, you don't know how much time it will take just to check the head, if it is difficult, so many heads, there will always be a thorn in the thorn, suspect that it is fake, and then start to exaggerate, turn around and win a big victory, believe it or not, it is possible to report a defeat.

The mouth of a civil official, sometimes, is really much more powerful than a knife and a gun!

The civil officials in the palace didn't know why the emperor knew about it, and when they saw that the emperor was in a rage, for a while, no one dared to speak. Even Liu Meicai, who has already been listed, has no courage. After all, the emperor had already said at the beginning that as long as he knew the soldiers, he could deduce the truth from it.

Emperor Chongzhen had a cold face, glanced at them and continued: "The report document is not played by individual generals, but by my trilateral governor and the governor of Shaanxi, and the content also involves the military department's book, do you think that the three of them will deceive and deceive me, right?" If that's the case, who else in this world can believe it? Besides, didn't you hear the price paid by the Qin soldiers in this battle? The great victory that was finally won, are you going to chill the hearts of all the soldiers? Who will fight for the imperial court in the future? ”

At the end, he added heavily: "If it was really a group of pig teammates, then Jianyu should be smiling happily." Undefeated and defeated, undefeated and victorious! ”

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