On the morning of 8 December, three days after the last court meeting, Shi Fenglai, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Weixian, the minister of military aircraft, and Li Biao, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Inspectorate, went to the palace to meet and jointly submitted a list of candidates for the appointment of 13 military supervisors and imperial historians by the imperial court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Daming took a look and found that Ni Yuanlu was impressively listed, in addition to several imperial historians who have recently performed more eye-catching, such as Wang Jiazheng of the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, Shi Gongsheng, a member of the Criminal Department, Wu Hongye in the Like Affair, Qu Shiyun in the Household Branch, etc., of course, there are also people who are not very famous now, but Zhu Daming knows the name in the history books of later generations.

For example, Wu Fu, the imperial history of the Inspectorate, Mao Weizhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Bangyao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Wen Zhenmeng, the champion of the second year of the Apocalypse, the Hanlin waiter, the third year of the Apocalypse, the Hanlin Academy, Chen Renxi, the household department to the matter, Han Yiliang, the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the pedestrian department Ma Maocai, etc., there are also a few people who know nothing, such as Liu Zhiyan, the director of the Jinshi Rites Department during the Apocalypse, and others.

The Cabinet of Ministers, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Inspectorate came up with a list of twenty people for the emperor to choose from.

According to his impression, Zhu Daming selected thirteen people, regardless of the current rank, all of them were promoted to one level, and were awarded the imperial history of the Beijing camp and the twelve towns of the nine sides: the second year of the Apocalypse, Wen Zhen Meng, the commander of the Beijing camp, Ni Yuanlu Xuanfu, who first advocated the abolition of the ministers of the prison army, Chen Renxi supervised the army of Liaodong Town, Mao Wei Zhang supervised the army of Dongjiang Town, Wu Hongye supervised the army of Shanhai Town, Shi Bangyao supervised the army of Ji Town, Wu Fu supervised the army of Datong Town, Wang Jiazheng supervised the army of Taiyuan Town, Ma Maocai supervised the army of Yansui Town, Shi Gongsheng supervised the army of Guyuan Town, Qu Shiyun supervised the army of Ningxia Town, Liu Zhilun supervised the army of Gansu Town, Han Yiliang supervised the army in Lintao Town. Others who are not selected will also be promoted to one level, and the officials will be registered and given priority in case of vacancies. The holy decree is proclaimed, and the whole world praises it.

Because the New Year is approaching, if the Imperial History of the Supervisory Army of the Nine Sides of the Nine Sides wants to rush to the post before the New Year's Pass, they must set off as soon as possible, so on the afternoon of the eighth day of December, the thirteen selected Supervisors of the Imperial History, under the leadership of Shi Fenglai, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Weixian, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and Li Biao, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Inspectorate, came to the Wenhua Hall to collectively resign.

After the ceremony, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Weixian, and Li Biao were all seated, and the thirteen imperial historians of the prison army, including Wen Zhenmeng and Ni Yuanlu, with an average age of about 30, were of course standing.

The oldest of these people is Shi Bangyao, thirty-eight years old, the youngest is Liu Zhilun, twenty-four years old, and the highest official position is Wen Zhenmeng, who was originally the fifth grade, and now it is from the fourth grade, and the lowest rank Ma Maocai and Liu Zhilun are all Jinshi in the late stage of the Apocalypse, originally from the seventh grade, and now they are all from the sixth grade. However, regardless of the rank, the actual position today is the same, it is the imperial history of the superintendent army of the important town of the nine sides, and there will be Shang Fangjian, although many people are lower than the governor and the chief soldier in terms of rank, but they can compete with the governor and the chief soldier in terms of authority. Zhu Daming emphatically talked about the duties of supervising the military and imperial history, and warned them to listen more and talk less when participating in military discussions, and not to interfere in the duties of military generals such as leading troops in battle and commanding in battle, but they must be responsible for supervising military functions and powers, such as meritorious service, money and food, and military discipline issues.

Zhu Daming said: "The money and grain escorted by the imperial court to the towns on the nine borders were distributed by the ministers of the supervising army in the past, and of course the imperial history of the supervising army will be responsible for distributing them in the future. This is one of them, which is called the palm of money.

"Second, it is called the discipline of the army, and the purpose of the sword I awarded you is to give you the right to make decisions on the spot, and all the generals who do not listen to the dispatch, escape from the battle, bend the law for bribes, kill good people and even do not save friendly troops, regardless of the guerrilla of the general army, can be cut first and then played.

"Third, it is called the palm of the narrative, all in battle, the merits of the generals and soldiers should be truthfully reported, there are merits to be remembered, there are faults to be recorded, and they must be fair and selfless. In addition, all the good people you see when you walk the borderlands, whether they are school officials or peddlers and pawns, can be recommended to me. ”

After listening to the emperor's words, Wen Zhenmeng and the others were all overjoyed in their hearts, and they all bowed down to accept the promise.

Next, Zhu Daming said: "In addition to Shang Fangjian, I give each of you the right to perform secret things." The secret fold of the Qing and the others, transmitted through the Jinyi Wei and the Dongchang at the same time, is a separate channel for me to communicate with the Qing and other superintendent military historians, and the Qing and other ministers can report to me through the secret fold without going through the political secretary, the Beijing camp and the towns on the nine sides should be in charge. ”

As soon as the emperor's words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked except for Shi Fenglai and Zhang Weixian. It turns out that the Imperial History of the Prison Army still has such power! This is a power that even the cabinet assistants, the six ministers, and the local governors do not have! The thirteen overseers were really surprised and delighted.

As soon as Zhu Daming's words were finished, Wang Chengen commanded a group of inner servants, and gave each supervisor two boxes with locks and keys, looking at everyone's shocked expressions, Zhu Daming said: "These two boxes are made by the inner court, except for you, only I can open them. My will was also conveyed to the Emperor through this box. ”

After Zhu Daming said this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Qing and others are willing to give up the prosperity of the Beijing division and go to the border to serve as the army of our supervisors, a three-year term, which is not long, but it is not short. If you don't live up to me, I don't live up to you. ”

After speaking, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea. Seeing this, Shi Fenglai and others immediately led a group of supervisors and imperial historians, kowtowed and thanked them.

The next day, in addition to Wen Zhenmeng leading his entourage into the Beijing camp, the other twelve supervisors and imperial historians each ordered the accompanying Jinyi Wei and Dongchang people to escort the military pay to the nine sides.

If you are closer, you can arrive before the year, such as Xuanfu, Jizhou, Shanhaiguan, Liaodong and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town, and if you are farther, such as Ningxia, Gansu, and Lintao Towns, I am afraid that you can arrive before the year. However, the emperor's decree to pay four million taels of military salaries has now spread to the nine sides, and the morale of the army has suddenly increased a lot. Besides, a good meal is not afraid of being late, I have been in arrears for a long time, and I don't think it will be ten days and a half months.

After the matter of selecting and supervising the army and sending them to the nine sides to distribute military salaries was dealt with, Zhu Daming was relieved. The reason why the rebellion of the displaced people at the end of the Ming Dynasty was so difficult to govern was deeply related to the flight of the soldiers in the towns of the nine borders, who were more organized and more effective than the displaced people, and knew the reality of the official army.

It was the addition of a large number of deserters and routs that the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi continued to grow, and finally became a huge destructive force. This is a situation that Zhu Daming tried his best to avoid.

Of course, there are still many urgent matters that need to be dealt with now, and for the time being, we cannot do our best to stifle the germination of civil unrest. Besides, the peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi has deep political, economic, and even climatic reasons, not that if you find out and kill Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong in advance, the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi will not break out, or it will be able to be quelled naturally. Without Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, I'm afraid there will be other thieves popping up, that's for sure.

This is like a person has pustules on his body, only when this pustule comes out and is removed when it matures, can the skin and even the body under the pustule be truly treated, and the future problems can be eradicated.

Besides, there is great chaos before there is great governance, as long as it is within a controllable range, the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi will also become a force for the new emperor to reshape the Chinese empire.

However, the crux of the matter lies in the fact that we must keep the civil unrest that originated in northern Shaanxi within a controllable range; once it gets out of control, it will be a big trouble, and we may repeat the mistakes of history.