Chapter 31: Gray Hair
"Liu Zeqing, originally belonged to the Shandong Division, the battle of the four cities followed the reinforcement of the general army Yang Zhaoji, and when Ma Shilong's Qinwang army attacked Zunhua, the two led the troops to take the Santun camp directly, dispersed a small number of Jiannu there, and held the Santun camp for several months, becoming a nail in the Jiannu territory. At that time, the Santun camp was under the siege of Zunhua and Qian'an, and their courage to hold on can also be seen that they are quite courageous. Zhou Shifa found some simple information from his assistant.
Chen Xin didn't have a good impression of Dongpingbo, one of the four towns in Jiangbei in the future, and he didn't take him too seriously, anyway, Geng Zhongming had changed his fate, and Liu Zeqing, who was not famous, couldn't make any noise. In fact, Liu Zeqing was also fanned by Chen Xin's butterfly wings, and became a white bastard like Wu Xiang, he had a decent ability to fight among the officers in the late Ming Dynasty, and he should have soared into the sky in the suppression of Kong Youde and others, but now he can only go to Wang Tingtu to run an official, and it can also be seen that he has a vision, and he found out in time that Denglai will vacate many official positions. ""The fastest update, full text hand-typed
After listening to Zhou Shifa's report, Chen Xin put the matter down and asked Zhou Shifa: "This time in the palace, will the imperial court deal with Geng Zhongming?" ”
"There are no clues in this regard, it is said that the imperial court should reward him, and the emperor also wants a thousand gold bones, so as to win over the people of Dongjiang Town, Geng Zhongming should be fine." Baidu search "" to see the latest chapters
Chen Xin nodded, and at this time, the guards outside reported that the etiquette usher was coming, and asked everyone to train on the etiquette of the audience, Chen Xin said to Zhou Shifa helplessly: "Take the Beijing Division, you will go to check the Beijing Division Intelligence Station later, but don't reveal your whereabouts, bring two more people to cover." ”
arranged Zhou Shifa, Chen Xin went out and led Lu Chuanzong, Dai Zhenggang and others to learn etiquette. They had also learned it the last time they had done it, and now it was a review. The ushers are skilled. After telling them about the process, I rehearsed it a few more times, and it was completed.
To the surprise of Chen Xin and others. Just after the rehearsal, the usher was about to take them into the palace, originally Chen Xin thought that he would have to wait a few days, and he could see that Chongzhen was indeed an anxious child.
Qipan Street is very close to Daming Gate, but the gate of this large mountain temple is usually not opened, the minister walks through Xihua Gate, and the court goes to Donghua Gate, Chen Xin's group of people dare not ride horses, and follow the usher all the way to Xihua Gate. was about to enter the imperial city through the side gate, and at the gate of Xihua, he saw Cao Huachun and Wang Tingqian waiting, and Cao Huachun was also an old acquaintance of Chen Xin.
Cao Huachun also smiled and squinted when he saw Chen Xin, he knew that Chen Xin was not only a celebrity in the emperor's place, but also a celebrity in Wen Tiren's place, and he also had a relationship with Cao Huachun, and there was no conflict of interest between them. There was a lot of time to cooperate, and the two of them were very polite, and they greeted warmly, although the usher in the Ministry of Rites was impatient. But he didn't dare to show a little irritability on the surface, but he wanted to accompany a smiling face. Wang Tingqian knew that Chen Xin's energy was strong, and he did not change color at all because of Cao Huachun's coldness. And from time to time to make a joke to make a remark. Because they can't afford to mess with Cao Huachun at all.
Cao Huachun is not only Chongzhen's henchman, but also the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi. A powerful man of the Ming Dynasty. Cao Huachun did not defect to Wei Zhongxian when he followed Wang An before, and was sent to Nanjing. If it weren't for his old master King Xin's accession to the throne, Eunuch Cao would have died in the Forbidden City of Nanjing. After he returned to Beijing, he was responsible for the rehabilitation of unjust cases during the Apocalypse, and he had enough money and popularity, and now his power has reached the peak of the Ming Dynasty, and his full name is the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi Suitang.
The 12 internal officials and the 12 supervisors plus the 4 divisions and 8 bureaus are collectively known as the 24 yamen, and the celebrant supervisor is ranked first. The celebrant first has the power to approve the red, and the emperor only looks at a few of the most important ones, and the others can only be executed after the celebrity supervisor approves the red. Generally speaking, the cabinet vote is drafted, and the opinions are written, and the eunuchs can only write a "according to the cabinet ticket" or "according to the cabinet ticket", and if they really feel inappropriate, they will be sent back to the cabinet to rewrite. It's okay to meet the gentle celebrant eunuchs, but when you meet those with a distorted mentality, find countless reasons to fight back, and the cabinet can't do anything. If it was when the eunuch was in charge, it would be useless for the cabinet to draft anything, and the celebrant directly changed it.
And then the celebrant also has the power to pass on the message, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are lazy, they don't like to write, they like to let the eunuch pass the word, the same sentence, if the eunuch is better with the old man, just say gentle, if the relationship is not good, say it angrily, then the old man will have to go home and can't sleep, more vicious, and maliciously modify some of the content. Sun Chengzong, such a good person, also has times when he can't stand it, so he specially sent a message to the apocalypse, saying that it is better to ask the emperor to be diligent and write more.
With these two powers, they actually check and balance each other with the elder of the pavilion, and they are slightly superior, and when it comes to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the elder of the pavilion must first worship the eunuch of the master of ceremonies before he can be regarded as officially in office.
In addition to the outside, the celebrant is also powerful internally, and there is a commander eunuch under it, and the appointment and dismissal of eunuchs in the palace are under his control, including Lu Zhi, who is an outgoing supervisor, all of whom are proposed by this commander and handed over to the emperor for decision, in fact, the emperor rarely refuses.
What's more powerful is that the commander of the East Factory is generally concurrently served by a Bingbi of the Master of Ceremonies, and the East Factory supervises the Jinyi Guard, extending the power of the Master of Ceremonies to a wider range.
Chen Xin was cautious in front of this big eunuch, although he gave Cao Huachun filial piety every year, but his three melons and two dates were not a big deal in the Beijing Division, at most they could only be regarded as a medium level. It is said that the palm prints of the celebrant are collected every year from the 24 yamen, about 30,000 for each department, and the total number reaches 6,700,000 taels.
With Lu Chuanzong and others following, Chen Xin couldn't show that he was too cowardly, but fortunately, Cao Huachun was very gentle with him, and he didn't put on a show at all, so he let Chen Xin walk beside him and talk all the way. After entering the Xihua Gate, it is necessary to go around to the noon gate to enter the Forbidden City, this road is not short, Cao Huachun deliberately walked slowly, so as to talk to Chen Xinduo, all the way to ask about the battle of Dengzhou and Jinzhou, Chen Xin was eloquent, and spoke very thrillingly, sometimes slightly exaggerated, Cao Huachun heard that there was a soldier chasing thousands of rebels alone, and couldn't help clapping and laughing.
Chen Xin also boasted about Lu Zhi as he liked, Lu Zhi was Cao Huachun's cronies, Cao Huachun was quite nostalgic, and Wang Chengen was also brought into the clerical room by him, and this clerical room was in the inner palace. Just like the Hanlin Academy's Jishi is to the cabinet, not a person who comes out of the clerical office. You are not qualified to enter the celebrant superintendent.
So he listened to Lu Zhi's divine martial arts, and he had a very sense of substitution. It's as if I went to Dengzhou to fight a battle. Chen Xin's incorruptible tongue was worth tens of thousands of taels of silver at this time, and when he walked to the noon gate, he finished the battle of Jinzhou, Cao Huachun listened very happily, and Director Chen didn't have to worry about the spies' retaliation.
Some of the military attaches in the back didn't know how powerful Bingbi was, and they looked around all the way, while some were too frightened to speak, and followed silently with their heads down.
After the noon gate, it is the Forbidden City. Geng Zhongming had never been here, and he was completely shocked by the grandeur of the buildings inside, and he was quite a little trembling, and the buildings inside were not only tall
, and many, if no one leads, ordinary people can't find a way at all, he saw that Chen Xin and the people in the celebrant were so familiar, and he couldn't help but strengthen his heart to take refuge.
Chen Xin didn't know Geng Zhongming's thoughts. was asking Cao Huachun in a low voice: "I'm tired of Cao's husband, are we still meeting the emperor in the Qianqing Palace?" ”
Cao Huachun smiled, "You don't have to clear the palace, today is on the platform." The emperor likes to be there. ”
Although Chen Xin knew that Chongzhen would not deal with him, he still chuckled when he heard the word platform, Yuan Chonghuan was arrested here. Lord Yuan only came three times in total, the first time in five years. The second time was only a year and a half apart, and Jin Bing came to level the third ring road in Beijing. The emperor summoned him into the city, met him here, and gave him a fur coat, and the third time was a few days apart, and Lord Yuan was taken down by Tiqi here.
The platform is in the center of the Jianji Hall to the back, on the white jade railing of the three feet, the position is opposite to the Qianqing Gate, also called the Yuntai Gate, Chongzhen likes to meet some ministers here, and many important things are done here.
When Chen Xin and his entourage arrived at the platform, the emperor was already waiting there, with only a simple guard of honor around him, and he was also wearing the cyan emperor's regular clothes.
Chen Xin didn't dare to look up, and after the ushering officer next to him began to sing, he led everyone to kneel down together......
In the green shade, Chen Xin and others accompanied the emperor to talk by the lotus pond in the imperial garden, Lu Chuanzong and others sat farther away, there were several eunuchs waiting there, and Chongzhen only sat Wen Tiren, Liang Tingdong, Wang Tingqian and Chen Xin next to him. Now that the official audience is over, the atmosphere is much more casual.
Chongzhen asked the Shangshan Bureau to prepare a lot of unique dim sum in the palace, including manna cakes, ringing sugar, treasure tea, etc., which are actually similar to the boutiques outside, and the special care of them is a bowl of bird's nest soup per person, which is Chongzhen's favorite snack, every time this soup is cooked, five or six people take turns to taste the seasoning, and constantly adjust to achieve the effect that best meets the emperor's taste.
When the audience was present, Liang Tingdong read out the edict of appointment, and Chen Xin became the chief military officer of Dengzhou without accident this time, and the governor of the left army was the governor of the palace. According to the rank of the first grade, Wu Sanjie was awarded the first doctor Ronglu, skipping the dragon and tiger generals who had been done by Nuer Hachi. Wu Xun didn't give him a promotion, he was still a protector. In addition, there is a great honor, that is, to give him the title of Prince Shaobao, which is common to both civil and military, and is usually a symbol of status.
Except for the general soldiers of Dengzhou Town, the others are fictitious titles, which are useless to say, but they are very useful to the imperial court. It is a difficult thing for the general six books to engage in a prince Shaobao, and it takes six years to get the prince Shaobao, and nine years to the prince Taibao. The head of the six departments with such a strong official book will also take at least six years to reach the crown prince.
Add the prince Shaobao, it is already the second product, but there are eight levels along the way, the prince and the young master, the prince and the young master, and then there are the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, and finally the three princes, the prince, the master, the prince, the three princes, the above can also be added eight times before reaching the top, these are common to the civil and military, and it is said that with this, you can be on an equal footing with the civil officials, but it is actually useless, but it sounds good to say. But with this thing, you can avoid the situation that you will not be rewarded in the end.
Even if Chen Xin is really powerful and promoted to the Taishi, then there are still martial arts that can be promoted, so he didn't add martial arts to him this time, his martial arts are still guards, and there are four levels to add later, so you can mix it up again. The medal is Chen Xin's little red flower, and these false titles are the little red flower of the imperial court. It is very useful to deal with those who have made a lot of meritorious deeds, and it does not cost money.
When the time comes, if you make a meritorious service, you will be promoted to a level, and it will be even slower when you get to the back three dukes, Chen Xin's wine and meat friend Yansui General Soldier Wu Zimian, who is the governor of Tongzhi, from the military attache of the first grade, to the retirement of a prince Shaobao's second rank of false title.
In general, Chen Xin's status is almost the same as Zu Dashou, Zu Dashou's young master is gone, the Zuo Governor is gone, and the acting post has been reduced to the same as Chen Xin's Zuo Army Governor Tongzhi, leaving a military position of the chief military officer of the Pingliao Forward, of course, it is also the most important official position, and the emperor does not dare to take it.
Lu Chuanzong and others were also promoted to deputy commander-in-chief or general, and they were appointed to the Zuofu Minister. When the ranks reached the hussars or the generals of the Zhenguo, they were all dancing on the side at this time.
As for the promotion of ordinary soldiers, as many as two or three hundred, Chen Xin did not want to get too many people to be promoted by the imperial court, so as not to increase the influence of the imperial court in the army, but Song Wenxian persuaded him to follow the usual practice, and finally reported, the promotion of the Ming army is calculated according to the head, divided into miraculous merits, head merits, secondary merits, etc., although it is very unreasonable in Chen Xin's opinion, but it is also impossible in the Ming Dynasty, and the early Ming Dynasty is determined according to the battle table, such as the miraculous skills of the Yongle period are to break the formation, capture the flag, behead the general, lead the first attack, etc., which is relatively fairer, Later, everyone slowly discovered the loopholes, and slowly became more and more out of shape, killing a few people and a dozen people in a battle, and reporting two or three hundred, what strikes, capturing the flag, rescue, and catching spies were all arranged, and the power to report the merits was in the hands of the commander of the army, and the great merit was occupied by his cronies, and later it was changed to be calculated according to the first level.
There are also many drawbacks of the first-level system, and the two biggest ones are the two biggest ones, which have been controversial, but the imperial court can't find a better way, so they can only use it. But in practical use, the generals of each town have a certain degree of autonomy over the reward, He Liangchen and Qi Jiguang have made improvements to the first-level system, He Liangchen is down to divide equally, Qi's army is a soldier is not allowed to cut off people's heads, the firefighters cut everyone down to divide, the front takes more, the back points are less, roughly calculated, the front with a wolf lance knife card can get about three taels, two taels of musketeers, and the firefighters only have five dollars.
Wen Deng's military exploits are to attach importance to the combat table, not according to the head of the merit, the final combat reward is calculated by the completion of the task, each meritorious service according to the scale of the battle to limit the number of meritorious service, plus the independent military judge system, Chen Xin believes that it should be the best military merit system that can be implemented at present.
Chen Xin was eating dim sum, and he had already thought about the promotion in his head, and by the way, even the cooks and firefighters thought of it, Chongzhen finished eating the bird's nest soup, and seemed to be more satisfied, and introduced the origin of the www.biquge.info heart of the Biqu Pavilion to a few people with a calm face, Wen Tiren followed the emperor's words very interestingly, making the atmosphere more harmonious.
Chen Xin could see that the emperor was in a good mood today, he not only gave Chen Xin a head reward for the battles of Dengzhou and Jinzhou, but also gave a head reward for the battle of Midao, and Chen Xin earned another fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver.
After Chen Xin finished calculating his gains, he felt a little proud in his heart, and he was a little distracted, Chongzhen just looked at him and said to him: "General Chen is much more haggard than last time, and you need to be careful in training in the future, but you must also pay attention to yourself." ”
Chen Xin came back to his senses, and hurriedly glanced at Chongzhen, and suddenly found that this young man, who was eleven years younger than him, also had wrinkles between his forehead and eyebrows, and there were still white hair on his temples.
He sighed in his heart, bowed down and replied: "Weichen Xie Emperor is concerned, Weichen also represents the people of Denglai, please take care of the dragon body, Zhongxing Daming." (To be continued.) )
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