Chapter 43: The Dust Settles
Different from the great court meeting four days ago, this time there were not only many more clans, but even many nobles who had been at home for the elderly also appeared in the court.
But under the high platform in front of Zhu Di, on the platform on the second floor, there was one less prince, and only one grandson sat alone on the right.
Although Zhu Zhanji today is not high-spirited, compared with four days ago, he lowered his head, but today he raised his head high and looked at the ministers in the audience.
Directly in front of him is the noble, the military general's camp. Hundreds of people held their breath and stood there staring ahead, not making a sound.
In front of him on the left, there was the civilian camp, but they just happened to be able to look directly at Zhu Zhanji who was diagonally in front of him, and from time to time they glanced at Zhu Zhanji.
Although they prefer Zhu Gaochi, the crown prince, they are still willing to accept this grandson of the God of Wealth who likes to be reasonable.
Although Zhu Zhanji has never participated in political affairs, it does not mean that everyone is unfamiliar with him.
Since the Eastern Expedition to Dongying, Zhu Zhanji has begun to make his own voice in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty. Although he does not have Zhu Gaochi and Confucianism, he treats everyone equally.
And he also makes money, can do things, he is more like a curious child, always paying attention outside of Da Ming.
Now the two banks of Daming were founded by him, and these two banks have become institutions that all Daming people cannot leave.
The main reason for the timely distribution of official salaries in the Ming Dynasty, including the rapid development of commerce, was because of the role of banks.
He is not as murderous as Zhu Di, and all the ministers who have been in contact with him, although they don't like him, but he likes to be reasonable, which is still very respected by officials.
It is better to deal with such a grandson than with an emperor like Zhu Di who doesn't like to be reasonable.
As for Zhu Gaochi, when he had been eliminated, except for the people who had completely pinned their lives on him, not many people still thought about him.
People are realistic, not to mention this era in which you are likely to lose your life if you stand on the wrong side.
This time the pilgrimage will be additional, and if it is not a big festival, there will only be two pilgrimage meetings a month.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the military general system had a great deal of autonomy, except for the work in the army's logistical support, because it involved the military department and the household department, which needed to be brought to the court for discussion, and the basic civil servants could not interfere in military affairs.
Because of this, many nobles did not bother to attend the court meeting at all, and they only needed to attend the meeting of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.
It is precisely this degradation that has led to fewer and fewer political generals today. A few decades later, after the Tumubao Change, the military generals had almost no political power and became vassals of Wenchen.
Everyone knows very well that today's court meeting is mainly held for Zhu Di's expedition to the west.
When the hundred officials were on standby, Jian Yi directly handed over the initiative to the hands of Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War.
It is still the procedure of the previous days, and if the imperial court wants to send a teacher, it needs to prove its own justice and truth.
However, because the envoys of various countries had already visited the country once a few days ago and submitted their letters of request, this time, the envoys of the northwestern countries were not summoned.
Zhu Zhanji's attention was on a group of clans and nobles, who would never appear here on weekdays.
Especially the King of Han, who has already become a vassal and was imprisoned in Le'an, he was deprived of the title of King of Han, and even if he entered the Fengtian Hall today, he was only arranged behind the nobles.
Yesterday, although Zhu Zhanji knew that he had the intention to go west, what Zhu Di thought in his heart did not reveal it.
Whether it was Wang Yan or Yang Rong, without Zhu Di's permission, they didn't dare to leak Zhu Di's mind casually.
The main reason is that Zhu Zhanji feels that there is no need to put pressure on them, otherwise they will also tell him Zhu Di's intentions.
No matter how Zhu Di arranges it, it is just a little wave in the tide and cannot affect the tide.
There was silence in the hall, only Wang Yan's voice sounded one by one, and the voice of the herald eunuch spread throughout the entire Fengtian Hall and beyond.
"Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng is hereby ordered to be the chief officer of the former battalion of the North Route Army......"
"I hereby order Huang Fu, the secretary of the military department, to be the chief officer of the rear battalion of the North Route Army......"
"I hereby order the eunuch Meng Ji to be the ...... of the Northern Route Army"
"Zhang Xin, Marquis of Longping, is hereby ordered to be the chief officer of the former battalion of the Southern Route Army......"
"Liu Jiang, the Marquis of Zhongwu, is hereby ordered to be the chief officer of the naval division of the South Route Army......"
"I hereby order Mu Xin, the commander of the horse capital, to be the commander of the front battalion of the Southern Route Army......"
"I hereby order Zhang Chang, the left governor of the military capital mansion, as the commander of the Beijing army......"
Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhu Di to transfer his uncle out and entrust him with such a heavy responsibility.
This should be to prevent yourself from doing less and not doing more, and vigorously exclude dissidents when you have power in your hands.
"I hereby order Fu'anzi Huang Yuan to be the chief officer of the rear army of the Southern Route Army......"
If it is said that the appointment of Zhang Chang as the commander of the Beijing army is still understandable, the appointment of Huang Yuan, who is not yet 30 years old, as the chief officer of the rear battalion, this appointment is beyond the expectations of most people.
Not to mention that he rode on many marquis with a viscount, and the head of the count, even his age is surprising.
Many ministers looked at Yang Rong, the first assistant of the cabinet, in the cabinet, even if Yang Rong could not be reused, there was also a Jin Youzi who was proficient in military affairs.
Why didn't these two people use it, but they used a little-known Huang Yuan?
This Huang Fu, Huang Yuan's father and son, one scholar and one martial artist, but they served as the commander-in-chief of the rear battalion of the northern and southern armies respectively, which is an unprecedented glory in the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty.
Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, wrote several times, wanting to be Zhu Di's vanguard and participate in the Western Expedition, but Zhu Di did not agree, because he was afraid that he would be rewarded for his great achievements.
Now the father and son of the Huang family are being used so much, which is really surprising.
But Yang Rong and Jin Youzi were both smiling, and they didn't have the slightest sense of loss abandoned by Zhu Di. Everyone quickly understood that these two people were left by Zhu Di to assist the grandson.
In addition to the commanders and admirals of the northern and southern armies, there were dozens of earls who led various departments and assumed the position of commanders.
In this dispatch, the Southern Route Army alone had 34 Jingwei, plus 30,000 musketeers and 10,000 artillerymen of the Shenji Battalion, totaling more than 150,000 people.
In addition, a total of 50,000 mountain troops were drawn from the southern guards, making up 200,000 troops.
In addition, the navy and the internal supervision dispatched more than 1,200 ships and nearly 100,000 soldiers.
However, the Navy will not be involved in the war this time, and will mainly be responsible for logistics and transportation. Therefore, there are basically no combatants in the navy's personnel, and they are mainly based on boats and gang leaders.
In addition, in addition to the princes of all countries in the Ming Dynasty, each country must also send envoys.
This is the Ming Dynasty in order to show off its strength, so no country is allowed to resign.
And although Zhu Gaochi was not able to lead the army directly, he was left in the big tent of the Chinese army by Zhu Di, waiting for the left and right, as long as he didn't come this time, he would probably restore the throne when he came back.
Although most of the Southern Route Army were elite, Zhu Zhanji was not worried that Zhu Gaoxu would be able to seize military power.
Not to mention that the families of the nobles are all in the Ming Dynasty, and they have to go through Zhu Zhanji's navy to come back. Even if Zhu Di had an accident, Zhu Zhanji didn't believe that Zhu Gaoxu could win over people's hearts.
Of course, there are still necessary precautions.
Zhu Zhanji had already conveyed his orders through Huang Yuan, asking the Yulin Weixue soldiers of all armies to pay close attention to the situation of each army.
In addition to these people, Daming also has a special army, that is, the world's first "air force".
Since the fourteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Zhanji developed the glider, and Zhu Di quickly realized the role of the glider in the military.
By the time Zhu Zhanji returned, three years had passed, and almost every guard in the Ming army had the air force reconnaissance capability.
Although the glider's reconnaissance capabilities are limited, it is also greatly affected by the weather and climate. But in this poor ancient era when the range of various activities was small, and it took a day to walk dozens of miles, the glider was a real black technology.
All the guards directly sent soldiers to the Xiamaqiao Farm to learn how to fly the glider, and then it spread.
But spreading it doesn't mean it's open, the glider has always been the biggest secret in the Ming army, and it's stricter than the musket control.
After more than four years of development, Daming's musket can produce more than 300,000 pieces a year if it is fully produced.
The Ming Jingwei and border guards have almost all been reloaded, so today's musket control is not strict, and even a small amount is sold abroad.
But the glider remains top secret to this day, and the average soldier can't even get up close and personal. Every soldier who pilots the glider carries a flint on his body, and if there is any accident, the glider must be burned.
In recent years, more than 1,000 soldiers who have learned from Yulinwei have also been added to the guards of the Ming army, and Zhu Zhanji's control over the Ming army is also getting bigger and bigger.
Basically, except for a few armies now, there are soldiers from Yulinwei everywhere.
These soldiers were not only loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but also to him Zhu Zhanji.
When the generals of each military guard were arranged, all the civil servants were in good spirits, and now it was the turn of arranging the ministers of the capital.
Unlike the Qing Dynasty, all ministers in the Ming Dynasty only had the power to assist the supervising state, and did not have the power to directly govern the government.
However, this is still the glory that every minister dreams of, not only the glory, but also the real benefit of being able to get closer to the future emperor.
Zhu Di didn't sell it, and directly asked Li Qian, who was replaced because of Wang Yan's hoarse throat, to read out the arrangements for the prison country.
"I hereby order the emperor's grandson Zhanji to meet the grandson, and the governor's court should be in charge of affairs inside and outside the court......"
Zhu Zhanji got up and turned to Zhu Di and knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "Taisun Zhanji takes the order." ”
Along with the holy decree, it was passed to Zhu Zhanji, as well as the jade seal of the country and the two emperors who dealt with military affairs and civil affairs.
These are only symbolic meanings, because they will still be taken back to the imperial study and the celebrant and will only be taken out when the seal is used.
Zhu Di said softly: "I want to go to Liujiagang at the end of the month, and when the time is ripe, I will set off for the south, and travel to my Daming country on the way." You should work hard in the capital and live up to my expectations. ”
"My grandson will do his best to work hard for my Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Di said again: "Come up." ”
Zhu Zhanji stood up, straightened his clothes, and strode up the side steps to the three-story platform.
Zhu Di took Zhu Zhanji's hand and stood in front of the high platform, and said loudly: "I have been on the throne for 18 years, the first time I sent troops, the grandson is young, the prince is in charge of the country, and the grandson is stationed in the north. On the second expedition, Taisun and I went into battle together to kill the enemy, and they were unstoppable, killing forty-three enemies.
In the thirteenth year of Yongle, the grandson took command and exterminated the remnants of Dongying and Zhang Shicheng. In the fourteenth year of Yongle, Dongying was pacified, and the Dongying royal family was moved to Yingtianfu.
In the fifteenth year of Yongle, Taisun led an army of 100,000 and traveled 100,000 miles back and forth. It took three years to double the land of my Ming Dynasty, and it is an immortal achievement to expand the territory.
There is nothing to be rewarded, and there is no need to be rewarded. As the grandson of my Zhu Di, he carries the entire Ming Dynasty on his body, and this world will be his. I will give him the whole world ......, who is in favor of it? Who is against? ”
There are no madmen in this hall, don't say that most people approve of it, but what if they don't?
At this time, if he dared to stand up and say that he was opposed, what was waiting for them was Yang Zhangde, who was eyeing him, and he really wanted to behave well in front of Zhu Zhanji.
The ministers in the palace were headed by Jian Yi, and the nobles were headed by Zhang Fu, and immediately knelt down in response.
"The ministers will meet Your Majesty and His Royal Highness."
After the ministers bowed three times and bowed nine times, Zhu Dizhi took Zhu Zhanji's hand and returned to his dragon chair with satisfaction.
It was a dragon chair like a mahogany bed, covered with golden cushions.
It is this ordinary-looking throne that countless people have gone crazy and died for thousands of years.
Zhu Zhanji waited for Zhu Di to sit down this time, and then sat down beside him, sitting on a high platform overlooking the ministers in the palace.
After the ministers got up, Li Qian walked to the front of them again and read aloud.
"Yang Rong, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is hereby appointed as the assistant minister of the state of prison. The main military affairs. ”
Yang Rong immediately walked out quickly and knelt down in the middle of the hall. "The minister takes the order!"
Zhu Di looked at him and said in a harmonious voice: "Zirong is good at military affairs, and in the future, he should be conscientious and conscientious to assist Zhanji, and he must not slack off." ”
"Yes!" This was followed by various rewards for his part-time role as a minister, and this reward was customary and everyone would have it.
"I hereby order the British Gong Zhang Fu to be the assistant minister of the prison state, and the main military officer."
Zhang Fu knelt down, hugged his fists and said, "The minister accepts the order." ”
Facing Zhang Fu, Zhu Di didn't say much, the eyes of the two monarchs and ministers were opposite for a moment, and Zhu Di said, "Get up." ”
There was no reward for Zhang Fu, and Zhang Fu didn't take it to heart. After two years, if the Zhang family is a feudal domain, this reward is already big.
"Jin Youzi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is hereby appointed as the assistant minister of the prison state. The Lord Defense. ”
Jin Youzi is also good at military affairs, but he is a staff officer-type talent, and he is not good at arranging troops and leading the army to fight.
"I hereby order Hu Yan, a scholar of Hanlin, to be the assistant minister of the prison state, and the main academic matter."
Hu Yan was originally the country's chief sacrificial wine, and there will be autumn this year and spring next year. This sent an invigilator to take the exam, and the students had to discuss with him, as well as Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Moreover, when it comes to the spring of next year, this exam question will have to be circled by Zhu Zhanji.
Next, the six chiefs were appointed as assistant ministers of the state of supervision, and no one was missed, and Liu Guan, who was moved to the imperial history of the left capital, also became an auxiliary minister.
The seven of them all have their own work, and they are responsible for the scope of their own work.
However, the three people who started, plus the seven of them, made a total of eleven people.
To everyone's surprise, next, there was another decree.
"Xie Jin was promoted to a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and he was hereby appointed as an assistant minister of the prison state. The Lord Writing. ”
Last time, he ran away in vain, and Xie Jin, who was waiting outside the hall today, still dressed as a scribe, entered the Fengtian Palace.
Since Yongle was imprisoned by Zhu Di in the twelfth year, he has disappeared from the court for six years.
In the past six years, he has been able to enter the palace every day, but he has been his librarian in the ancient and modern scripture library, far away from the government.
But if he blindly teaches a good student, even if it has been put on hold for six years, he still has a chance to make a comeback.
Jian Yi is still very satisfied with this appointment, Xie Jin is a little bookish, but in fact, he is a stunned young man without scheming.
But his literary talent is indeed the best in the world, and now in the Ming Dynasty, no one dares to say that his literary talent is as high as his.
Such a person to assist in civil affairs and act as a liaison between His Highness and them is much easier to deal with than Yang Shiqi's old fox.
Zhu Di doesn't have much affection for Xie Jin, he is a pragmatist, in his opinion, the best thing for a person like Xie Jin is to teach and write books, and politics is not the way he should go.
But he also knew that Zhu Zhanji's weakness was the lack of support from Wenchen, so he needed to solve such a signboard, so he agreed with Zhu Zhanji's opinion.
But when Feng Jiejin was released, everyone became more excited, because the auxiliary minister could not be an even number, but only a singular number, and now that there are twelve people, there is still one person missing.
"Wang Yan is hereby appointed as the assistant minister of the prison state, and the chief of court affairs."
The glimmer of hope that many people had ignited was quickly dashed, and the ministers who took care of their lives this time were generally based on stability.
Except for one Xie Jin, the others are all ministers of the DPRK and China.
However, others are not in a hurry, and after Zhu Di goes on the expedition, it is not too late to surrender to Zhu Zhanji.
At the age of Zhu Zhanji in his early twenties, he can be in power stably for at least 40 years, which is a real temporary refuge and a lifetime benefit.
"Something to play, nothing to retreat ......"
After receiving Xie Jin, today's court meeting came to an end. Because the opposition was imprisoned in the big guys, today's court meeting was held very smoothly.
The civil and military officials left the Fengtian Temple in order, but the eleven ministers who took care of their orders were left behind.
The crowd turned to the hall of the body and sat down in the main hall, along with several cabinet members. They are all Zhu Di to take with him.
Although Zhu Di went on the expedition, it did not mean that he ignored political affairs. Every month, the imperial court will send someone to report all the affairs that happened within a month, and when Zhu Zhanji does not handle it properly, he will have to make a new decision.
However, this is just a procedure, if he arrives in Timur's country and it will take half a year to go back and forth, it will be too late to change Zhu Zhanji's decision.
It was also for this reason that he took Zhu Gaoxu with him, if it was really because Zhu Gaochu provoked Zhu Zhanji and was killed by Zhu Zhanji, he would also feel distressed.
At this regular meeting, Zhu Di also communicated openly and honestly with the ministers, asking them to carefully assist Zhu Zhanji.
Moreover, starting tomorrow, every morning and then at noon, Zhu Zhanji will need to deal with political affairs with him, and other ministers will also have to accompany him.
Until the meeting was about to end, Jian Yi asked, "Your Majesty, how to arrange it on His Royal Highness the Prince's side?" ”
Zhu Di let out a long sigh. "After a few days, he recovered a little, and then transferred to the Tangchi Courtyard to recuperate."
Everyone understood, and this also completely cut off the way for the prince to participate in politics and discuss politics.
Even if the crown prince still stays in the capital, he has no chance to discuss politics at all except that he can use the identity of the prince to suppress Zhu Zhanji in private.
After listening to Zhu Di's arrangement, the ministers will not be influenced by Zhu Gaochi, and everything is still based on Zhu Zhanji's opinion.
When Zhu Zhanji's figure appeared at the door of the Wenhua Palace, the Zhang family and Sun Xian, who had been waiting in the hall for a long time, all greeted them.
Zhang's lips trembled slightly, looking for an answer on Zhu Zhanji's face with a concerned gaze.
Zhu Zhanji looked at her, smiled, and nodded slightly.
Zhang Shi exhaled and a bright smile appeared on his face. And Sun Xian and the others next to her didn't dare to smile like her, but they were all in good spirits.
Everyone knows that today's court meeting will announce a series of personnel arrangements, and the most important thing is Zhu Zhanji's position as the supervisor of the country.
Zhu Zhanji's position is stable, and their position is naturally stable.
"Is my father feeling better?"
Before Zhang could reply, Zhu Gaochi's chamberlain He Chun trotted over quickly. "Your Royal Highness, Your Highness has been waiting for you!"
Zhu Zhanji nodded with Zhang, and followed He Chun into the side hall of Wenhua Palace.
It was originally a living room for receiving guests, but it has recently become Zhu Gaochi's bedroom.
Today, Zhu Gaochi's spirit looks good, although he is still lying in bed, he no longer has the symptoms of breathlessness.
Seeing Zhu Zhanji come in, he propped it up with his hand, wanted to get up, and was quickly persuaded by the imperial doctor next to him.
Zhu Zhanji came to the bedside, helped him get up, and asked the imperial doctor to add a cushion behind him to make him more comfortable.
"The dust has settled?"
Zhu Zhanji snorted and sent the others away, leaving Li Liang alone in the room, also guarding the door.
"British Princess, Yang Rong, they assist the children in supervising the country. However, in dealing with political affairs, the child also has to honor his father, hoping that his father's body will recover as soon as possible. ”
Zhu Gaochi shook his head, his face was calm, he couldn't see any loss, it seemed that everything was open. "Before you came, I was still talking to the Imperial Doctor. Although this palace is peaceful, it is not as convenient as being in the hospital in Xiamaqiao. There are all kinds of doctors there, and no matter what the disease, you can find someone who is best at it. So I have decided to leave the palace in the afternoon and go to the hospital. ”
Zhu Zhanji wanted to persuade again, but he said again: "When I came out of the hospital, I went directly to Tangchi Farm, and today I have already sent someone to take care of it there." Before I go, though, I have one more thing to say to you......"
"Listen, child!"
"The Kong family, you must be cautious, you can only be gentle, and you can't suppress it."
("Back to the Ming Dynasty as a Tyrant" for the Sacrifice Dog Emperor, today another silver Meng is still specially angry, angry with me.) Sacrifice him! )