When Zhu Youzhu was dying, the most reassuring thing in his heart was not his wife, but his son, because his son was young and would be in charge of the government in the future, but he really had no bottom on his son's ability, so he could only hope for the old ministers in the court. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When Emperor Hongzhi was thinking about who would rob his son of the throne, he thought about it, although the ministers of the court and the central government could not say that all of them were virtuous people, they were still loyal.

The most important thing is that the royal family tightened its power, and even the British Duke Zhang Mao, who was in charge of the military, only nominally controlled the Jingying and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Because the governor's offices of the five armies do not govern each other, contain each other, and guard against each other. At the same time, the five governments only hold the power of the military, the military power is in the hands of the military department, the government and the ministry restrain each other, the dispatch of troops and horses needs to be requested by the military department, the five governments cannot intervene, and on the day of peace, it will be returned to the government, the army will be returned to the battalion, and the seal will be returned to the court.

This means that without the emperor's will, Zhang Mao could not mobilize the army at all.

Even Zhang Mao, who was in charge of the military, could not threaten the crown prince's throne, so only the remnants of Mengyuan in the northwest were in great trouble.

Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne so far, the Tatars have repeatedly violated the border, especially at the beginning of his succession, the Tatars like to plunder the nine sides every autumn, grab the material for the winter, to the middle of the Hongzhi with the Ming Dynasty with the strength of the situation gradually improved. But the good times didn't last long, and a few years ago, the Tatars reverted to their old ways, and only then did Liu Daxia lead the troops to the battle, and Shen Xi made great contributions with the Franco cannon.

The Ming Dynasty was established on the basis of the destruction of the Meng Yuan, and Zhu Youzhu was always at ease with the Tatars who were currently trying to reunite themselves, so the first thing he did after his health improved was to convene Liu Daxia, Xie Qian and other ministers to discuss the matter of sending troops to the northwest.

In the view of Emperor Hongzhi, it is best to annihilate the main force of the Tatars in one battle, so that it will be sluggish in the next few years or even more than ten years, if it cannot be reached, but can recover the Hetao Plain, and strategically change the Mongol and Yuan troops from a defensive position to an offensive, so that he can create a relatively relaxed and peaceful internal and external environment for his son.

Emperor Hongzhi ignored a new situation, although the Tatars fell into infighting, but after several years of conquest, the Dayan tribe had clearly gained the upper hand, and the fire sieve and other tribes were losing one after another, and even the tribe was about to be unable to keep it.

Shen Xi had previously analyzed that the Ming army sent troops to the grassland, and it was very likely that it would not be able to take advantage of the chaos within the Tatars, but the Dayan Department would use the threat of the Ming Dynasty to complete the unification of the Tatar tribes.

When foreign enemies appeared, the Tatars would naturally huddle together for warmth, and the Dayan tribe took the opportunity to reach an agreement with those tribes on the verge of defeat to incorporate or separate the tribes to achieve the goal of unifying the steppes in central Mongolia.

At that time, the Ming army will be in a dilemma when it sends troops to the grassland.

Unable to attack, retreating for fear of being pursued and ambushed, it was definitely not a wise move to fight the Tatars in the steppes where supplies were difficult.

The Mongols are a nation on horseback, and many of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty began to contact and learn to ride horses after being soldiers, the Mongolians were born to fight against the harsh environment, Ru Mao drank blood, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were born in military households or civilian households, and their ancestors have been cultivating fields and tuntian fields for generations, which is the gap.

When Zhu Youzhu mentioned the war in the northwest, Liu Jian did not express his opinion casually, he knew the emperor's intentions and did not want to destroy the strategic policy of the imperial court.

Although Ma Wensheng was well aware of the risks of sending troops to the northwest, and also realized that there might be a unified external situation within Tatar, he still had some expectations.

Since the Tatars have experienced the defeat of Hongzhi for thirteen years, and have been fighting for many years, they will inevitably lose their vitality, even if they do not win such a battle, they will not be defeated, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty is now equipped with hundreds of Franc machine guns, and Shen Xi only brought ten guns to the battle, and he was able to turn the tide of the war.

Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian did not put forward too many substantive suggestions, many of them were clichés, but they were so chattering, and they still talked unconsciously for more than half an hour, and the sky outside was dark, and the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace began to hold the lamp, and the emperor's bedroom was soon brightly lit.

Ma Wensheng couldn't sit still, and muttered in his heart, is this still a "long story short"? After talking about an established thing for so long, it goes without saying that the next two things may have to be talked about for an hour.

"Let's leave this matter aside for the time being!" Zhu Youzhu finally finished the first thing.

Now it's already a meal, but no one takes care of the meal in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi is full of interest and doesn't feel tired, and the two old ministers can't support it at first.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The second thing I want to say is that the queen is about to give birth, and I ask the two Aiqing to write a book for the new prince, pray for him, and ask God to bless him and give him a name!" ”

Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this.

This requirement is very strange, the queen is about to give birth, what is the matter with the ministers?

Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi seems to have expected that Empress Zhang must have given birth to a prince, which is to make sacrifices first, and then perform divination to name the new prince.

The two couldn't help but think that after Zhu Youzhu came back to life, his trust in the Taoist priest and the monk was almost crazy, although he was angry in his heart, but he was not in a hurry, the queen's birth was originally a happy event, whether it was a prince or a princess, at least the Hongzhi Emperor's vein was not so thin.

Taking a step back, if it is a prince, even if the prince has no queen in the future, it will not cut off the lineage of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Jian, as the first assistant of the cabinet, still came out to express his position at this time, and then he would arrange for the Ministry of Rites to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, and the Son of Heaven could not attend, so he could only find someone else to do it for him.

This is also because the emperor cares too much about Empress Zhang and the child in her womb, as for whether it is in line with the rules, it is no longer in the consideration of Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng.

The first thing was said for a long time, and the second thing was said in the blink of an eye, Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng felt very surprised, so it is still possible to go home before the shift.

"This third thing ......"

Zhu Youzhi suddenly said seriously, "I transferred the champion of Hongzhi for the twelfth year, and now the right deputy capital Yushi Shenxi returned to Beijing from the southeast, and I wanted to send him to Yansui to assist Liu Shangshu in sending troops to the north, but various changes caused him to fail to make the trip. Now that he is about to return to the capital, the two secretaries, what kind of official position do you think should be settled? ”

The third thing seems to be that the emperor remembered it temporarily, and asked casually, but in Ma Wensheng's opinion, the emperor should have been worried a long time ago.

Liu Jian didn't know why the emperor favored Shen Xi so much, and let Shen Xi go to the southeast to pacify the bandits, in his opinion, it was already a "dangerous move" made by the emperor.

Although it later proved that Shen Xi had the courage to break the malpractice of officialdom, under the premise of pacifying the bandits in the southeast, it was completely understandable that the new official took office with three fires, and in the end Shen Xi did not badly, and there were many voices of praise for Shen Xi in the DPRK and China.

Liu Jian thought to himself: "Since Shen Xi is doing a good job in the southeast, just continue to let him do it, why do you want to transfer people back to the capital so much?" Could it be that there is no one available in the Ming Dynasty, so he has to let a stinky boy go to the northwest to take on a big responsibility? Or is it that Your Majesty is afraid that Shen Xi will not be able to control his heart, and will do something harmful to the place, and find an excuse to transfer him back to the capital? ”

Officialdom is very particular about seniority, so Liu Jian despises a fledgling kid like Shen Xi very much, and he has never really used Shen Xi to do things, Shen Xi is too sharp on weekdays, and in his opinion, it is extremely inappropriate, so in Liu Jian's eyes, the emperor is worried that Shen Xi will have trouble in the governorship of the three provinces, so he will be transferred back to the capital.

After analyzing this, Liu Jian would not favor Shen Xi when he spoke, and even deliberately belittled the emperor's intentions, suggesting that Shen Xi be arranged in an inconspicuous yamen and official position, and even proposed that Shen Xi could be left idle.

Ma Wensheng had a different opinion: "Your Majesty, before Shen Shuzi left Beijing, he was in the East Palace lecture class, why didn't Your Majesty reinstate him as an official?" ”

Ma Wensheng's words were actually helping Shen Xi.

Before Shen Xi left Beijing, in order to facilitate his actions in the local area, he was promoted to the right concubine of Youchunfang in advance, and the official residence was the fifth grade, and even the edict of Shen Xi's inner dependents was also canonized in accordance with the edict of the fifth grade.

That is to say, the imperial court recognized Shen Xi's official position, which was actually the fifth grade, not the right deputy capital of the third rank that Shen Xi temporarily received, which was also the fundamental reason why the ministers of the court did not have much opinion.

Originally, the governor was temporary, and Shen Xi also received an unheard-of position as "the governor of the coastal areas of the three provinces", and what he did when he went to the southeast was also a matter of pacifying bandits, which belonged to the nature of the Qincha.

Since he received a temporary position in the local government, he should be reinstated after he came back, but the problem is that Shen Xi should be the right concubine, and the person who has just been promoted to the right concubine position is Yang Tinghe, and the original right concubine Wang Hua has been promoted to the post of the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, and it is unreasonable to let Shen Xi return to the position of the right concubine.

After all, Shen Xi was promoted because of his meritorious work in writing the "Daming Huidian", and Shen Xi was demoted without fault and even when he was meritorious in suppressing bandits in the local area, it doesn't make sense logically.

Before leaving Beijing, he was a five-grade Hanlin official, and after leaving Beijing, he was the right deputy of the third grade, and when he returned to the capital, he became the right emperor from the fifth grade, which is not like words.

Even if Shen Xi returns to the Right Command, someone needs to make room for Shen Xi.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, since Shen Zhuangyuan has no way to arrange it now, it is better to hang the official title of Langzhong in the Ministry of Rites first, and then see if there are any official vacancies in the various yamen, and then call it!" ”

Zhu Youzhu fell silent for a while.

According to the opinion of Scholar Liu, Shen Xi's return to the capital will mean that he will be idle, he has been a beautiful Hanlin official for a few years, he has been promoted very quickly, and he is also the general leader in the local area, and suddenly there is nothing, and the psychological gap will definitely be very large, Zhu Youzhu is a person who cherishes talents, and he doesn't want to be so decisive.

Liu Jian saw that the emperor's face was full of hesitation, thought about it and added: "Your Majesty, now that the phoenix has moved to the side room, the gift of telling the heavens, when someone presides, how about Shen Zhuangyuan come forward?" ”

Zhu Youzhu was stunned, and quickly understood Liu Jian's intentions, and nodded with a smile.

For the time being, Shen Xi will not be assigned an official position, but will be assigned to him on an errand first, which can be regarded as an imperial errand...... Before the queen gave birth, she asked Shen Xi to lead people to pray for the queen and pray to the heavens, no matter how you say it, it is also for the royal family, and the courtiers should feel the favor of the princess.

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