In the Fengtian Palace, the ministers were discussing, Zhu Houzhao arrived accompanied by the eunuch Zhang Yuan and others, and the ministers hurriedly stood back and saluted the prince respectfully. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Houzhao sat down on the dragon chair as soon as he came, and raised his hand to greet him, regardless of whether he trespassed or not: "Everyone, don't pay attention to the palace, what you say is yours!" ”

If the emperor spoke like this, the ministers might think that the emperor was angry, but it was the crown prince who said this, a thirteen-year-old young man, and the ministers present had no ideas, and there were still things that had not been said before, so they tried to talk in a low voice, and others followed suit, and the Fengtian Hall soon turned from silence to noise.

Just now he said that the ministers should not pay attention to their own Zhu Houzhao, but at this time they were sullen and thought: "I said let you ignore it, and you really do it?" I will become emperor in the future, let you kneel and see who dares to stand up. ”

After a long time, Xiao Jing entered from the gate of the side hall accompanied by several ceremonial eunuchs.

Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng, one is the first assistant of the cabinet, the head of the cabinet ministers, the other is the secretary of the ministry, and the supreme minister of the ministry and the supreme minister, respectively, brought several important ministers forward to greet them. Xiao Jing's face was a little unsightly, and he walked up to Liu Jian and the others quickly, and handed an edict to Liu Jian.

Xiao Jing reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty has an order, with the crown prince as the prison of the country, in charge of military affairs!" ”

Liu Jian's old face was wrinkled and he didn't say anything, but Li Dongyang stood up and accused: "Your Majesty is so hasty in arranging?" ”

Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and others didn't dare to be so presumptuous, Zhang Mao hurriedly persuaded him: "The holy decree has been issued, let's obey the order." There are still fewer quarrels at this juncture, think about how to help the young master! ”

The "young master" in Zhang Mao's mouth naturally refers to Zhu Houzhao, the meaning is very clear, the emperor has no way to come out to preside over the government, and it is likely that the crown prince will soon be passed on.

Xiong Xiu, as the actual person in charge of the military department, was extremely disappointed, after all, he was quite confident in his military attainments, but he was not appreciated by the emperor, Zhu Youzhu was as "nepotistic" as always, and would rather let the prince come out to preside over the military plane than let him take the throne.

Ma Wensheng said: "The Tatar soldiers and horses have arrived, Your Majesty is unable to preside over the overall situation, and there are precedents to follow with the crown prince as the commander of the country." ”

Li Dongyang looked at Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao, and thought: "Neither of you supported letting the prince lead the troops before, why did you vigorously support Your Majesty's holy decree as soon as it came out?" The capital is guarded and guarded, and everything is arranged by the prince, so isn't it a child's play for me to be a child in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Xie Qian remained calm enough at this time, he glanced at Liu Jian and the others, and motioned to the ministers of civil and military affairs present to watch, no matter what, they should respect the crown prince...... Privately discussing whether the will is correct in front of the prince is always a great disrespect to the royal family.

Liu Jian took the holy decree forwarded by Xiao Jing and turned around and walked in the direction of the dragon chair.

When Zhu Houzhao saw it, he quickly stood up from the dragon chair, and the ministers of civil and military affairs below lined up on both sides, covering their faces with wat boards, and obeying their will.

Liu Jian walked up to Zhu Houzhao and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty has a will." ”

"Uh......"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and raised his hand, "Young Master Liu, please read it!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Jian received the order, turned around to face the minister of civil and military affairs below, unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and read it out loud, "I have been ordered by heaven, governing the country for more than fifteen years, and I regret that my virtue is at a loss. On the occasion of this national war, I am unable to follow the society and fight against foreign humiliation with the secretaries. The prince is young, and now I supervise the state affairs, coordinate the military aircraft, and all the secretaries support me, I am grateful and unkind! Chin this. ”

Reading this, Liu Jian closed the holy decree, and the ministers knelt down and saluted: "I am willing to share my emperor's worries!" ”

Zhu Houzhao listened for a long time, and finally came back to his senses, muttering: "Father, is this asking me to come out to preside over the government, especially the military aircraft?" ”

"Ahem."

Liu Jian turned around and knelt down to Zhu Houzhao with the ministers, and when he raised his head, he saw that Zhu Houzhao was in a daze, Liu Jian quickly cleared his throat, so that the prince could come back to his senses in time and say something about the scene.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be even!" ”

The ministers said: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie! ”

The ministers stood up, but still did not dare to raise their heads, ready to receive the prince's instructions...... In the next battle with the Tatars, all personnel arrangements and military arrangements should logically be decided by Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, but he didn't know what to say first, before he served as a prisoner, he felt that he was a puppet who was set aside, and now he wanted to show his skills and fight the Tatars according to his own design.

Zhang Mao saw that Zhu Houzhao only cared about silly music, and did not speak for a long time, so he could only break the deadlock, and stepped forward to salute and ask for instructions: "Your Highness, please appoint generals and strengthen command!" ”

It has been determined that Zhu Houzhao will preside over the overall situation in the capacity of supervising the country, so the next question will be simple, select generals to supervise the various battalions and horses, unify military command, appoint special personnel to serve as the governor of the Chinese military and the left deputy governor of the Imperial Palace, and the commander to garrison the capital, all of which need to be arranged immediately.

But Zhu Houzhao can only talk about soldiers on paper, he learned some military techniques from Shen Xi, and he has figured out some ways to do it, and the strategic strategies he put forward are good, but when it comes to actual operation, he panics. However, Zhu Houzhao was a little clever, and after a short silence, he spoke: "I don't know if Old Master Zhang has anyone to recommend?" ”

Now it was Zhang Mao's turn and he didn't know how to respond.

Zhang Mao led the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he was in charge of the entire Ming Dynasty, equivalent to "the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses". But as the head of the army, he is not qualified to comment on the employment of the imperial court.

The Ming Dynasty commands the troops and the transfer of troops are two sets of systems, each free and free of the five armies of the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War, the imperial court to dispatch who to lead the troops, how to fight, this is the matter of the Ministry of War, the responsibility of the Governor's Office of the five armies is to obey the command, select and send troops and horses to fight.

Zhang Mao said: "Back to the prince, there is no suitable candidate for the old minister, please instruct!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little dissatisfied, he felt that Zhang Mao did not cooperate with his work, so he had to look at Liu Jian: "What about Young Master Liu?" ”

How do I know who can fight and win a war among the idle or serving generals? Liu Jian had a big head for a while, he felt that this kind of thing should be the responsibility of the Ministry of War, and it was almost the same for him to recommend the civilian officials of the Ministry of War to the imperial court, and let him select specific generals, which was beyond his ability.

Liu Jian said: "Let's listen to Ma Shangshu's opinion, Ma Shangshu has been fighting horses for half his life, and has made great contributions to the stability of the border pass of the Ming Dynasty, and Ma Shangshu should have unique insights!" ”

Zhu Houzhao glared at Liu Jian, don't look at Liu Jian in terms of age to be his grandfather, but this bear child lacks respect for anyone, even for Shen Xi, he only reined in because he admired Shen Xi's talent and ability.

"There should always be someone to choose Ma Shangshu, right?" Zhu Houzhao's gaze shifted to Ma Wensheng.

At this time, Ma Wensheng's heart was not very happy, and he secretly wondered: "Who is in charge of the overall situation?" Why did I have to recommend the leader of the army for the imperial court? Who is responsible if the battle is lost? The military policy written by the prince before far exceeded his own ability and knowledge, and there were clearly people behind him who gave advice, but now why don't you see the people behind the scenes? ”

Ma Wensheng said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister thinks that after Yongkang Hou Xu Yuan is a loyal minister, he is proficient in the art of war and strategy, and he can lead the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army and the Zuoshu Beijing Division!" ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, I don't know that Yongkang Hou is the great god, and immediately asked, "Yongkang Hou is here?" ”

These words made the ministers present feel embarrassed, but one of the generals came out and stepped forward to salute: "The ministers see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhu Houzhao looked carefully, but saw that it was a thirty-year-old man, who looked quite energetic and big, which made Zhu Houzhao feel happy, in his opinion, this kind of general should be a "stupid big man", very easy to control.

But it is said that this Yongkang Hou Xu Yuan, is after the famous general Xu Zhong, to the Hongzhi period, the Xu family has declined, Xu Yuan has been in a state of leisure, belongs to the nobles who eat and wait for death, if it is not for this kind of big court, will never enter the palace.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "You are Yongkang Hou?" ”

The man saluted: "It's Wei Chen." ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "Okay, it's you, you are in charge...... The Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army is responsible for garrisoning the capital, dispatching soldiers and horses, waiting for the orders of the palace at any time, and fighting to the death with the Tartars! ”