Chapter 711: Above the Imperial Meeting
As soon as Chen Wan, Zhang Wenbin, Zeng Yanluo and other bandit leaders died, they brought Miao Yao thieves from Yangshan to attend the meeting, and they soon lost their fighting spirit.
Although these people are several times the number of the official musketeers led by Hong Yunxuan and Zhu Kezhen, they are far inferior in equipment and fighting spirit, and after seeing the severed heads of Chen Wan and others, they immediately fell into chaos.
After several rounds of musket fire from the officers, a small number of them fled, and most chose to surrender.
In the next few days, as Chen Wan and other leaders of the rebels were booby-trapped by Hong Yunsteam, who participated in the politics of Guangdong, the largest group of Miao Yao thieves in Lianzhou and Shaozhou in northern Guangdong was leaderless and fell into chaos.
And other small thieves in the mountainous areas of western Fujian, eastern Guidong, and southern Gan also died down, and only dared to curl up in the deep mountains and old forests to survive, and no longer dared to blatantly attack the local prefectures and counties as before.
Although the large-scale civil unrest caused by Chen Wan's rebellion in northern Guangdong and other places has not yet been completely pacified, and there are still many thieves who occupy the mountains and forests and go unpunished, the county seat in the mountainous region connecting the four provinces has generally restored calm.
This result, of course, is also good news for the current Emperor Chongzhen.
For him, as long as half of the Ming Dynasty south of the Yangtze River is not chaotic, or can maintain the basic stability as in the original history, then ten or eight years later, or even only three or five years later, according to the current momentum, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to be reborn.
Emperor Chongzhen returned to Beijing, returned to the Forbidden City, and after recuperating for several days, on the morning of the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there was a Wangri Dynasty meeting of the Jianji Palace.
This time, Emperor Chongzhen personally went to Juyongguan to sit in the town and repelled the large-scale attack of tens of thousands of iron cavalry in Jianyu, and in the eyes of the civil and military officials who were qualified to participate in the Jianji Palace, the weight was different from the past.
It's not that in the past, the courtiers didn't regard the Chongzhen Emperor in front of them as an emperor.
Rather, the same young man, now after personally participating in and winning a national war against Hulu, has returned victoriously, and the courtiers of Jingshi, even the people in the streets and alleys, can no longer associate him with the impression of the Lord of Chong Ling, who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women.
When the straight and brisk figure of Emperor Chongzhen appeared in the Jianji Palace, the ministers who had already stood solemnly in the Jianji Hall immediately knelt and kowtowed under the leadership of Li Guowei, the head of the Wenban, and Zhang Weixian, the head of the Wuban, and shouted three long live.
And now this Chongzhen Emperor is also the first time to accept the worship of his ministers calmly.
For more than a month before, Emperor Chongzhen was personally outside, and the major and minor affairs of the court were basically entrusted to the first assistant.
However, Li Guowei, the first assistant, is different from many of the first assistants in the history of the Ming Dynasty who like dictatorship, such as Fang Congzhe and Zhang Juzheng and Yan Song before Fang Congzhe, he has no ability to dictatorship, and he has no basis for dictatorship.
Therefore, almost all major and minor affairs must be presented to the emperor through the ministers and military aircraft where Juyong Guan is located.
Therefore, although Emperor Chongzhen has been away from Beijing for more than a month, he still knows what is happening in the court and in various places.
At this court meeting, Li Guowei, the first assistant of the cabinet, put forward the relevant topics of the New Year's Day court meeting of the third year of Chongzhen according to the report of the Ministry of Rites.
Jiang Yueguang, its deputy envoy, reported to the Korean, Ryukyu and other foreign feudal domains, as well as the two Eastern Mongolian tribes of Karaqin and Kulun, that they had sent envoys to participate in the Ming Zhengdan Imperial Conference.
Now the envoys from Korea and Ryukyu have arrived in Tianjin, and the envoys from Karaqin and Kulun have also arrived at Gubeikou, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to nod and agree.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen of course immediately nodded in agreement.
In the words of a great man of later generations, politics is to make few enemies and many friends.
Whether it is the Karaqin Department or the Kulun Department, these Eastern Mongolian tribes are still very useful to the Ming Dynasty, even if they can't play the role of a barrier in the north, at least as an outpost, it is still possible to report the enemy situation to the border town of the Ming Dynasty in a timely manner.
As for Korea and the Ryukyus, they may not be as useful as the Karaqin and Kulen tribes today, but they will certainly be useful in the future.
At least the island nation of Ryukyu will be useful for future naval stations.
Although Emperor Chongzhen is not interested in the traditional Chinese suzerainty system with neighboring countries, the relationship between the traditional suzerainty and the vassal states can still be used to make a big fuss when he does not have enough strength to annex them.
In addition, Shangshu Cheng Jiming, who has been in Beijing, also raised several questions and asked the emperor to decide.
When Emperor Chongzhen was still in Juyong Pass, he announced the restoration of the setting of the governor of Xuanda, and let Yang He, the former deputy capital of the former left deputy capital who had been serving as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion and had quite achievements, hold this position, but there was no clarity on the replacement of Yang He.
At this time, Cheng Jiming brought up this question.
At the same time, he also said: "Your Majesty! Since the construction of the border broke in, the city of Xuanda was ruined, the lives were ruined, and there were many people who died in the state capitals and counties under their belonging, and there were also those who commanded the army and the people to repel the Jianyu to ensure that the city was not broken. Please make up for it and reward it with Your Majesty! ”
Emperor Chongzhen knew that what Cheng Jiming said was the truth, and he was in the Yong Pass, so he naturally knew better than Cheng Jiming.
For example, Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Hunyuan, Baoan Prefecture and other prefecture cities under the rule of the Datong governor, as well as the county towns of Mayi, Shanyin, Huairen, Lingqiu, and Guangchang, were all slaughtered and looted, like ghosts.
Not to mention the state and county officials, there are few ordinary people.
The Datong Left and Right Guard, Weiyuan Guard, Pingyu Guard, etc., which are subordinate to Datong Town or Shanxi Xingdu Division, as well as the Wanquan Left and Right Guard, Huailai Guard, Yanqing Wei and Huai'an Guard, which are under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town and Wanquan Dusi, were swept away by Jianyu and Mongolian Iron Cavalry.
What should the imperial court do next, this is indeed a question.
Therefore, after listening to Cheng Ji's statement, Emperor Chongzhen opened his mouth and said: "I have ordered Yin Yanghe of Shuntianfu to be the governor of Xuanda, and in the land of Xuanfu and Datong, the new policy of recruiting people to reclaim and restructure the health center of Gyeonggi should be understood.
"The officials and the governor's office of the five armies should find out as soon as possible the situation of the guards and the state officials of the two places of Xuanda and the state capital, and the officials of the guard posts and the state and county officials who have lost their land and survived on their own should be cut down and removed from their names. The officials of the guards, the state and county officials who lost their land and died reported to me, and they all sealed their wives and sons, so that their wisdom would not be extinguished.
"As for those who lead the army and the people to resist the capture and protect the city, all the officials of the guard station are changed from military positions to civilian positions, and transferred to the state and county, and the state and county officials will all report to me, and the officials will be given priority to be promoted and selected!
"As for the Shuntian Mansion Yin who vacated after Yang He was promoted to the governor of Xuanda, I intend to be taken over by Wang Yuanya, the governor of Shuntian, who is sitting in Zunhua!"
After saying these words in one breath, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the ministers in the palace, and then said: "Wang Yuanya sits in Zunhua, renovates the border equipment, lays out redundant soldiers, resettles immigrants, and supports the production of factories and mines in the Ministry of Industry, although his contribution is not impressive, it is indispensable!"
"And after the establishment of the Rehe Town Guard Mansion and the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, the establishment of the Shuntian Governor has become redundant, and after Wang Yuanya is transferred to the Shuntian Mansion, the post of Shuntian Governor can be removed without it."
After Emperor Chongzhen said this, Cheng Jiming immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! Minister-Obey! ”
Zhang Weixian, the Minister of Military Aircraft, the head of the martial arts who was present, also took two steps forward and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming! Obey the order! ”
In the past, when the Gyeonggi Prefecture was implemented to restructure the health centers into prefectures and counties, and the military households divided the fields of the guard posts equally, and then incorporated them into the prefectures and counties and then incorporated them into the private households, all the resistance encountered is now gone.
For such a major matter, the emperor decided in a few words, and the ministers in the Jianji Hall didn't even feel anything wrong.
Or some of them think it's inappropriate, but at this time, except for a few important ministers in the court who followed the emperor to Juyong Pass and made the credit of accompanying the king, most of the people in this palace now played a role that was not honorable.
After Emperor Chongzhen returned from victory, he did not pursue the Duanmen incident, which had already given them a great favor.
At this time, even if some people felt that it was very inappropriate to abolish the two health centers of Xuanda that had been inherited for two or three hundred years, they did not dare to stand up and say a word.
Moreover, at this time, many important ministers who were originally more important in the court and dared to give direct advice were all on business outside Beijing.
or still leading the army to sit on one side, such as Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua, two cabinet ministers and ministers of military aircraft.
Either they are still supervising the transfer of grain and grass under the order and handling various urgent matters, such as Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and others.
It was the scene of harmony between the monarch and the ministers at this court meeting, which was even beyond the imagination of the emperor himself.
The matter of self-employment can affect people's hearts the most.
After this matter was finalized by the emperor, the Jianji Hall fell silent again.
After a while, just as Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun and signaled the end of the court meeting, Li Biao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Jia Jichun, the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, stood up one after another.
These two people raised the issue of rewards and punishments respectively.
Of course, this is also the meaning of the aftermath of this war.
It's just that although the emperor returned to Beijing at this time, the first town of the Guards, the second town of the Guards, and the wars in Saibei, Hetao, Liaodong and other places have not yet ended.
Therefore, in addition to accepting the proposal of the two, Emperor Chongzhen asked the military department and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to contact the two military ministers who were outside the fortress as soon as possible, and to participate in the war in parallel to report the merits of the imperial history of the military supervisors of each town, and to check the capture, all that was left was to wait for the war from Liaodong to Monan to really end.