After the Lunar New Year in 1507, 40 Franc cannons and 500 arquebuses that Marin paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty also arrived in Beijing. However, this thing was shelved, and it also caused controversy between the government and the opposition.

Why? As a tribute to the vassal states, the Furlong cannons and arquebuses were first transported to the Ministry of Rites, which was in charge of tribute. But at this time, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was a conservative. Mao Shangshu, who was full of poetry and books, did not think that firearms were of any use, but believed that as long as the sage education was implemented, Hu Yi could be influenced and "all nations could come to court". Therefore, Mao Dashangshu's opinion is that it is a good thing for the small barbarian country called Beihai to come to the court, but it has to go through the process. In addition, these guns ...... Weigh how much, according to the weight of copper and iron, calculate how many catties of copper and how many catties of iron were paid by the Beihai Kingdom......

If Ma Lin knew that Mao Dashangshu treated the guns he paid tribute to Daming as scrap copper and scrap iron, he would probably be so angry that he would bite Mao Cheng to death......

In fact, many ministers in the DPRK and China were very dissatisfied with Mao Cheng's rash move. For example, Wang Wei, a member of the Cabinet University, was very dissatisfied with Mao Cheng's move.

Wang Wei is a literati who understands military affairs, and once put forward his own eight strategies for governing the border - fixed the temple, emphasized the main general, strict laws, sympathized with the border people, recruited widely, used the room, divided the troops, and was surprising...... And it's mostly adopted......

The so-called temple calculation refers to the strategic policy discussed by everyone in the court; The emphasis on the main general is aimed at the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty's use of literature and military power. The literati supervised the army, and often used soldiers to dictate to the main general, making the main general dance with shackles, which was very passive. However, Wang Wei's good strategy was only adopted temporarily. Later, it was overthrown by the civilian clique. After all, "serving as an official for one term and overthrowing the predecessor" is a tradition of Chinese officialdom......

Strategies such as strict laws, sympathy for border people, extensive recruitment, use of space, division of troops, and surprise are also very far-sighted strategies. Of course, it's still the same question - "for the first term of office, overthrow the predecessor...... Good policies are incoherent, and no matter how good they are, they are in vain......

It's just that although Wang Wei is now one of the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet and is considered a big man, he has the lowest status among the three big men and has no right to speak......

Why? Because a major event happened in the Ming Dynasty a year ago - the resignation of Liu Jian and Xie Qian......

Liu Jian was originally the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Xie Qian was also one of the cabinet ministers. In the later period of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian formed the "Iron Triangle" of the Hongzhi Dynasty - Li (Dongyang) conspiracy, Liu (Jian) referee, and Xie (Qian) Gongyou Kankan......

What this means is that Li Dongyang is strategic, Liu Jian is arbitrary, and Xie Qian is ...... The mouth cannon is top-notch......

Xie Qian didn't care about this mouthpiece, Li Gongmou and Liu Gongju were more important. This is somewhat similar to Tang Taizong Li Shimin's Zhenguan Dynasty's house plot and decision. With such a cabinet minister, and Emperor Hongzhi is relatively good at accepting the suggestions of ministers, the Hongzhi Dynasty is naturally relatively good.

In fact, the natural disasters and man-made disasters of the Hongzhi Dynasty are also continuous, although they are not as powerful as the natural disasters during the Chongzhen Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but because the Hongzhi Emperor knows how to make good use of people, and has Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and Xie Qian such good ministers as the assistant, plus he is also more able to accept the opinions of the ministers, he finally survived, and made a "Hongzhi Zhongxing". As for Chongzhen, although he is not a bad person, his ability is too poor. First of all, blindness...... At first, he reused the Donglin Party and was toyed with applause...... Later, the pit attribute of the Donglin Party was discovered, but it was too late......

Because he was blind and did not choose the right minister, when Chongzhen committed suicide in the end, only Wang Chengen, a eunuch, accompanied him to his death. As for the Manchu civil and military forces he chose, Quan Temo surrendered......

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Of course, all of the above is off topic. In the autumn of 1506 A.D., that is, the first year of Zhengde. Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, led the other two cabinet ministers, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, because they were not used to seeing the great eunuch Liu Jin and others fooling the emperor and slacking off the government, and constantly asked for the removal of Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, Gu Dayong, Wei Bin, Zhang Yong, Qiu Ju, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang and other eight close ministers (Zhengde Eight Tigers).

But Zhengde always agreed on the surface every time, but when he turned his head afterwards, he acted as if nothing had happened......

In desperation, the three cabinet ministers threatened to resign and forced Emperor Zhengde to get rid of the "Eight Tigers". However, this angered the bear child Zhu Houzhao......

Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao is only a 15-year-old boy at the moment, and if he is left in the next generation, he is exactly the age of the second year of secondary school. Secondary 2 teenagers are the most rebellious, and they have been spoiled by their parents since childhood. So, Zhu Houzhao, the bear child, went crazy directly - you want to resign, right? Okay, that's it......

Then, the minister was dumbfounded...... The puppets are just scaring you, are you serious?

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao did not completely enter the second grade, and in the end, he allowed Liu Jian and Xie Qian to resign and go home, but left Li Dongyang behind...... In this way, in the "Iron Triangle" of the Hongzhi Dynasty, Li Dongyang was left with a light pole......

The reason why Li Dongyang was left behind was because Li Dongyang was the smoothest of the three, unlike Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who accused Emperor Zhengde of his mistakes in public every time, but persuaded the little emperor behind his back, which was regarded as giving the little emperor face.

As for Liu Jian and Xie Qian, the little emperor Zhu Houzhao is full of resentment - I don't want to lose face? You two slap your face in the face every time, where does my emperor's face go?

Therefore, when the three of them resigned together, Zhu Houzhao only left Li Dongyang, who was more face-saving, and let Liu Jian and Xie move back to their hometown......

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After Liu Jian and Xie Qian were allowed to "return to their hometowns", they vacated the positions of two cabinet scholars. Then, the ministers of the DPRK and the eunuchs led by Liu Jin fought fiercely for these two positions.

Liu Jin wanted to support his political ally Jiao Fang to ascend to the throne, but when Tingtui (that is, the ministers publicly recommended the vote), the ministers of the DPRK and China unanimously recommended Wang Wei, a direct minister who had participated in the Shangshu's request to punish the "Eight Tigers......

In the end, Jiao Fang and Wang Wei both entered the cabinet. However, Wang Wei was not liked by the emperor and the eunuchs. Therefore, among the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, Wang Wei is the one who has the least right to speak......

In addition, during this period, although the status of the Ming Dynasty cabinet rose a lot, it was not completely above the six ministries, but the status was higher than the six ministries, but it may not be able to command the six ministries.

What's more, the Ministry of Rites led by Mao Cheng is the head of the six departments, and it is very confident. Although Wang Wei is a cabinet minister, he is the lowest. Li Dongyang is a part-time official and a secretary, and he is in charge of the official hats of officials in the world, so he is naturally full of confidence. But in addition to the cabinet scholars, Wang Wei only serves as a left waiter in the ministry, and in the face of Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, his confidence is very insufficient.

Therefore, in the face of the doubts of Wang Wei, a cabinet elder who understands military affairs, Mao Chengniao is not a bird, and still treats the guns and cannons paid tribute by Ma Lin as scrap copper and scrap iron, and throws them in the treasury of the Ministry of Rites, regardless of whether he asks. As for Marin's request to become a vassal state, it was not processed because of insufficient materials......

Wang Wei went to ask for help from Shoufu Li Dongyang, but Li Dongyang was more tactful. And he's not sure if the guns are really powerful. Therefore, he was not willing to offend Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, for this "trivial matter".

As for the other pavilion elder Jiao Fang, he didn't deal with Wang Wei at all. Moreover, Jiao Fang has a problem, that is, he hates southern officials. This product belongs to a typical regional black, but I can't get used to looking down on southern officials. As long as the southern officials think it is good, he will definitely think it is bad. If a Southern official is unlucky, he will applaud his hands......

These guns were made by Shen Rui and Liu Meng of the Guangdong Political Division, and Shen Rui was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Liu Meng was from Jiangxi and Western Jiangxi, both of whom were officials in the south. Therefore, Jiao Fang and Jiao Ge directly stood on the opposite side of the two - whatever the southern officials said was good, he would definitely say bad...... It's that weird......

Therefore, no one can stop Mao Cheng Mao Shangshu's perverse behavior. And the guns that Marin paid tribute to Daming were temporarily sealed in the treasury of the Ministry of Rites and eaten ashes......