Xiong Tingbi did not kill He Guangxian directly mainly because he found that Pingliao was a difficult errand to do, and the Jiannu invasion suffered a lot of losses, which made him have the idea of resigning, and he was rejected many times when he wrote to resign. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Shang Fang sword held by Xiong Tingbi is the imperial sword of the Son of Heaven cast by Shang Fang, which represents the imperial power. But it can't be used indiscriminately, for example, Yang Hao was also awarded the Shang Fang Sword, but he could only kill officials below the general army; Xiong Tingbi lowered the sword to a higher level when awarding the sword, stipulating that if the soldiers do not need to die, the deputy chief soldier will go down, and he will be cut first and then played; Another example is that later, Yuan Chonghuan used the Shang Fang sword to kill Mao Wenlong, the governor of the left capital and the general soldier of Pingliao, which made people criticize.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the patrol was granted according to the imperial history to replace the heavenly patrol hunt with the sword of Shang Fang, and it was only in the Wanli period that the military general was authorized to authorize him to be able to cut first and then play, and dispose of the extraordinary privilege on the spot. Because Shang Fangjian represents the imperial power, a solemn ceremony is held when bestowing favored ministers - "Performing the Ceremony on Behalf of the Emperor" (the ceremony will be described later).

Even if Ye Xiang knew that he could grant the Qincha Shang Fang Sword, he was not prepared to take it lightly, and if he wanted to maintain the mystery and authority of the imperial power, he could not treat Shang Fang Sword as if he were a cabbage. Neither Xu Guangqi nor Li Shi needs so much power, so Xu can be secretly folded and presented in Liaodong, and he has no right to dispose of it.

But now Ye Xiang can't take care of Xu Guangqi, he is in the Heart Cultivation Hall by Sun Chengzong, Fang Congzhe, Yang Lian and others 'advised', to the effect that as the Son of Heaven, he left the Forbidden City without knowing the cabinet, and only brought a few hundred people, in case of rebellion, the consequences would be unimaginable, and asked that the ministers Wang Chengen and Luo Sigong be demoted to the army for the crime of bewitching the Son of Heaven.

Ye Xiang knew that they were also kind, so he had been bearing it silently, and he didn't refute it, and finally saw that their offensive was slowing down, so he took the opportunity to tell Wang Chengen with a straight face, "You didn't see that all Aiqing was salivating, why are you so eyeless, hurry up and watch the tea." ”

Ye Xiang didn't mention anything about the army recharge, which made Wang Chengen breathe a sigh of relief, and he fled as if he had fled. Sun Chengzong and others saw that the Son of Heaven had this attitude, and they couldn't say anything about their suffering, and the emperors of previous dynasties had similar experiences, such as Wuzong Zhu Houzhao once secretly ran out of Juyong Pass to play, and the ministers were helpless.

The difference between the foreign minister and the inner minister is that the foreign minister supports what they think is right, and allows the Son of Heaven to act according to their ideas; The ministers supported what the emperor thought was right, and went to great lengths to fulfill the Son of Heaven's vision. Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, mainly depending on the Son of Heaven's own choices.

Ye Xiang knew that they must have something urgent, so he invited a few people to the Dongnuan Pavilion, sat upright on the throne against the east wall, and pretended to ask sincerely, "What are you looking for?" ”

Fang Congzhe took out the fold from his arms and offered it with both hands, "The governor of Liaodong, Zhou Yongchun, died of his father, and he wrote a letter to report his worries and returned to his hometown to guard the system, and the post of governor must not leave for a moment. The minister suggested that Yuan Yingtai, the envoy of Yongping Dao, be the governor of Liaodong. ”

The governor system began with Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, and was a temporary monopoly at the beginning, and was slowly institutionalized after Jiaqing, but it was still different from the Qing Dynasty when the governor was a provincial governor. At present, there are several kinds of governor systems: some have power above the three local departments, some have jurisdiction over the border as a preparatory agency for new provinces and regions, some form special zones at the junction of several provinces, and the last one is like Liaodong, serving the war zone.

Because of the promotion of the governor's status, the selection of candidates must be called court pushes by the court, and not by the officials. But in practice, often the emperor often listens to the opinions of the cabinet, and slowly, the cabinet has the right to recommend.

Ye Xiang had already had the idea of simplifying the status of the governor, so he said, "Submit Yuan Yingtai's resume first, and then make a decision after I read it." In addition, the Cabinet also discussed the institutionalization and permanence of the governor into the highest administrative body of a province, the prime minister. ”

After receiving the order, Fang Congzhe said, "There is another thing, the temple mausoleum has been completed, and now the mausoleum is about 1.2 million taels, but the Ministry of Industry is far from being able to support it, please let Your Majesty pay money." ”

Ye Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, he thought that there were more than 200 taels enough to squander himself for a while, but he didn't expect that he didn't do anything, and he would come to the next place. This is a deficit caused by the construction of the mausoleum for Zhu Youxiao's grandfather for several decades, and it cannot be ignored, "Recently, more than 40 million yuan have been with the military and civilians, plus 1.6 million yuan allocated by the imperial examination to the soldiers of the nine sides, and the internal funds are ...... In this way, 200,000 yuan will be allocated from the internal treasury first, and the rest of the cabinet and household departments will think of a way. ”

"Your Majesty, the household Taicang silver wants to maintain the military salary, grain and grass in Liaodong, and the use of each government has been reduced again and again......" Fang Congzhe continued to cry poor, but was interrupted by Ye Xiang.

"Your Excellency Fang doesn't need to talk about it anymore, 500,000, it can't be more." Ye Xiang bargained like a businessman, and the 80,000 envoys of the Ministry of Industry made the winter clothes and silver into the account, and they had not yet covered the heat, if all the Linggong was allocated, there would be no silver coinage next.

“……”

"Let's raise more for the rest of the cabinet, I will also want to fold." Ye Xiang couldn't bear to see Fang Congzhe's speechless appearance, which reminded him of the fact that the tomb of Wanli in the later generations was excavated in the name of archaeology, and said cautiously, "Order the craftsman to erase all the marks outside the emperor's tomb, and put more mercury and other organs inside, the matter is very important, and there must be no mistakes, and Wang Yongguang, the servant of the Ministry of Works, will personally supervise the work." ”

Later generations Dingling was 'archaeological' because it was found on the tunnel wall outside the mausoleum that "this stone is sixteen zhang to the front skin of the diamond wall, and three zhang and five feet deep" to find the location of the underground palace, and this mistake can not be made again. And Wang Yongguang is admiring the Guangmiao mausoleum, because the construction has not yet started, let him deal with the temple cemetery first.

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It wasn't until Fang Congzhe and the others left that Wang Chengen crept in from outside the door, like a thief.

Ye Xiang understood his concerns, and neither explained nor broke it, "Pass the decree, let the palm prints and offices of the prisons and bureaus of the inner government come to see me." ”

In order to raise money, Ye Xiang asked Ke Yinyue to do business on his behalf, starting from retail. Retail needs to be supported by a supply of goods, in addition to various things that already exist in this era, Ye Xiang is ready to prepare other sources of goods for it, which can be regarded as allowing the craftsmen and eunuchs of the palace to jointly generate income.

After hearing this, Wang Chengen did not go out immediately, but stepped forward and wrote a fold on the ground with both hands, and reported, "Master, Sun Chuanting has arrived in Beijing, and this is a fold he handed over." ”

Ye Xiang had been waiting for him for a long time to train the new army, and when he heard that Daxi stood up, "What? When will it arrive? What about people? Pass it on, no, take me with you. ”

After that, he stepped forward and pushed Wang Chengen who was blocking him to the side with his left hand, and walked quickly out of the warm pavilion.

Coming to the inner right door, accompanied by the sound of "The emperor has arrived", Ye Xiang saw a burly young man in thirty years of plain clothes who was slightly bowing and talking to Sun Chengzong hurriedly knelt down.

Ye Xiang guessed that this was the person he had been waiting for for a long time, paced in front of him, looked at the black gauze hat wings that were still swaying on his head, and asked, "You are Sun Chuanting?" ”

"Weichen, Sun Chuanting sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Let's be flat." After Ye Xiang finished speaking to him, he said to Sun Chengzong, "Sun Yude, you go on an errand first, I have something to ask Sun Aiqing." ”

"Obey." Sun Chengzong retired with interest.

After Sun Chengzong left, Ye Xiang began to look at Sun Chuanting seriously. Sun Chuanting is half a head taller than the Han general in the palace, with a national character face, a white beard, curved and thin eyebrows, moderate and energetic eyes, and a full nose, but the lips are bloodless, thinking that it is caused by fatigue.

"Have you ever gone to worship in front of the Emperor Ancestor and the Emperor Kaoling?"

Sun Chuanting is the last Jinshi of the Wanli Dynasty, but he has only seen Wanli in the palace examination, and Zhu Changluo has not seen him, hearing Ye Xiang ask this, he sighed a little that the world is impermanent, so he bowed down and replied honestly, "Weichen originally wanted to go after asking the emperor for peace." ”

Ye Xiang put his hands behind his back, stared at his eyes and nodded, "Then let's go with me." ”

The Zigong of Wanli and Taichang are in the Renzhi Palace, from the Longzong Gate to the south into the Baoning Gate on the west side is the Renzhi Palace, the Renzhi Palace is also known as the White Tiger Palace, which is specially used to park the Zigong Spiritual Seat of the Emperor and Empress of Daxing. Wang Chengen was going to order someone to deliver the decree, so he hurriedly brought the two little eunuchs from the inner right door and asked them to accompany and serve carefully.

Along the way, until he came out of the Renzhi Palace, Ye Xiang didn't say a word, and kept paying attention to Sun Chuanting's behavior that was extremely incommensurate with his age. Sun Chuanting has always behaved decently and calmly, not at all like boys of this age in later generations, which made Ye Xiang feel good.

After walking out of the Renzhi Gate, Ye Xiang looked back at the scene of white sails inside, and said to himself, "What do you say people want in their lives?" ”

Sun Chuanting was first surprised why the ten-year-old Son of Heaven would sigh so much, and then saw that his eyes were gloomy, so he replied with a straight face, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and in the case of Weichen, only the only thing is to break the bones to serve the country." ”

If others blow this cowhide, Ye Xiang will not believe it, he is convinced of Sun Chuanting's words, "I inherited the ancestor Hongye, at the beginning of the imperial pole, I learned that my Ming Dynasty was full of devastation, not only Taicang is in deficit every year, but also Liaozuo has no peace, Qing thinks, what do I want?" ”

"The emperor is the lord of the society, if he is cautious in killing and taking away talents, and recruiting talents, why worry about the lack of profit, and why worry about the injustice of the world?"

"In generalities." Ye Xiang made up his mind, "That's it, do you know why you were urgently summoned back to Beijing?" ”

"Lord Sun just informed Weichen that the emperor wanted to train a new army. It's just that Weichen is puzzled, Lord Xu is already training in Tongzhou, why don't he let him do what he does and order him to inspect the border passes? ”

"Xu Yushi is close to the age of ear shun, is this reason enough?"

Sun Chuanting saw that the Son of Heaven didn't want to explain, so he didn't continue to ask, and said very modestly, "Weichen is a scholar, although he has read Liutao and other military books in his spare time, but he is just looking at the flowers, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on this important task and live up to His Majesty's trust." ”

Ye Xiang disagreed with his self-humility, which of those brave generals in later generations was not tempered by the war to go down in history, there is a way that a general will succeed and ten thousand bones are dry, this is to see the real chapter on the battlefield, so he said, "Zhao Kuo is familiar with military books, but as a result, he killed the 400,000 elites of Zhao State in the Battle of Changping...... I have made up my mind, this new army must be yours, and I also left you a deputy general, that is, Xu Guoquan, the head of Wuke Township this year. ”

Sun Chuanting became interested after listening to Sun Chengzong's speech, and at this time, seeing that the Son of Heaven had an unquestionable tone, he was no longer hypocritical, and bowed down and asked, "Your Majesty, how many soldiers and horses will Weichen train this time?" ”

"Two hundred." After Ye Xiang finished speaking, seeing his incredible expression, he smiled knowingly, and then said, "Aiqing, don't underestimate these two hundred people, I picked out the elites in the Beijing camp, they are not only young and strong, but also illiterate. If you can get half of them to meet my requirements, then I am not wrong. ”

"Your Majesty, is the camp still in Beijing?"

"Of course not, this year, we will first conduct basic training in the inner teaching field, and some of them will be expelled before the New Year's Day, and the camp site will be discussed next year." After Ye Xiang finished speaking, it was not too early to see the sky, and thinking that there were still people waiting for him in the inner mansion, he said, "Aiqing has just arrived in Beijing, and the family has not settled down yet, right?" Well, that's the end of today, you will enter the palace with Xu Guoquan tomorrow, and then I will elaborate on the method of training the army. ”

Sun Chuanting didn't dare to say much when he saw that the Son of Heaven seemed to have something else to do, so he bowed down and said yes, and remembered the Xing Cijing notebook that had not yet had time to be framed in his sleeve, so he carefully took it out, offered it with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen got a letter on the way to Beijing, and wanted to present it to the emperor." ”

Although Ye Xiang is now an emperor, he doesn't know anything about this aspect. He can't recognize the countless treasures, calligraphy and paintings in the palace, and he usually plays with them for a while, and he doesn't have the concept of treasures, so he subconsciously wants to refuse. But after thinking about it, he couldn't brush the courtier's heart, so he took it and didn't open it, "Aiqing will do a good job in the future, if the new army is trained, it will be better than sending me any rare objects." ”

"I understand."