Chapter 209: There are no traitors, they are all loyal ministers
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: Tell the people that these guys are here, kill them! Admire!"
The holy decree that Liu Jin read out in court was unusually concise, and it didn't even look like a 'cultured person' should write it.
But Zhu Hou ordered the seal to be stamped, and this is indeed a holy decree.
As for those who could understand its deep meaning, they looked at the emperor with some mixed feelings.
Why is it written like this?
This was the holy decree of Zhu Yuanzhang back then.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in mud, all the rules in the sky and on the earth are his rules, and his holy decree is written like this, who can have a way?
Now, today's saint has copied the holy decree of Emperor Taizu Gao as it was, what is the intention?
Zhu Houzhao curled the corners of his mouth, "This will was written by me personally, and it will be transmitted inside and outside immediately, so that the officials and ordinary people in Beijing know it one by one!" Take it!"
Receiving the order, can only receive the order. Although it is a bit out of the way, this is a holy decree written by the ancestors, and it can be said to be an ancestral system.
"The ministers of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Wei, take the order!"
"The minister's department is still in Hangul!"
"Minister Zhan Shifu Shao Zhan Shi Yang Tinghe received the order!"
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The number of people who came out to speak increased more and more, and these were all his own people cultivated by the emperor over the years.
Around this time, there was a high-pitched voice of a eunuch outside, "Your Majesty! Teng Xiang Zuowei commanded Chang Fei to see!"
Zhu Houzhao sat back on the dragon chair, raised his head and looked out, "Xuan come in and see what is going on."
"Xuan!"
Chang Fei is the second son of Huaiyuanhou, the descendant of Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, who has studied in the military academy, and is currently the commander of Tengxiang Zuowei.
"Your Majesty! The minister was ordered to maintain law and order in Beijing. However, since this morning, when the people of Beijing heard the news of the Tatar invasion, they were so excited that they could not stop their voices, and they spontaneously paraded in the streets, saying that they would arrest the female officials and eliminate the harm to the country!"
"What female minister?" Zhu Houzhao sat on it and asked.
"That's it...... The female cadres who want to stop the emperor from sending troops."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others in the cabinet all changed greatly!
How can preventing the dispatch of troops be equated with female cadres like this? Who's behind it?!
Li Dongyang also seemed to understand why the emperor, a prince who had studied in the Wenhua Hall for several years, suddenly issued this holy decree in the vernacular!
He just wants to make the people of Jingshi understand!
Understand that the emperor is going to go on an expedition!
The emperor has formed a team with the people, and now they can say it again, how can they be able to defeat the mouth of the world?
Originally, they could have beaten Han Wen as a female cadre like Liu Daxia accused Han Wen, but now the situation is reversed. They lost this commanding height,
Then the road of opposing the emperor and using this to seek direct fame will not work.
At this time, if you still oppose the emperor, you must have a kind of 'although there are tens of millions of people, I will go to it, I will not hesitate to adhere to the morality in my heart, even if I am ruined because of this!'
Zhu Houzhao sneered in his heart, if the Ming Dynasty was really such a minister, then the country would not be like this!
"There are no female officials in the court, they are all loyal ministers." The Emperor stood up and spread his hands, "Is there anyone who is not a loyal servant after obeying the holy decree?" ….
Liu Jian is already an old bureaucrat, but it is difficult for him not to be frightened in the face of such a trick as the emperor.
When today's son, you can trace the ancient times!
In this case, even if the six branches refute the holy decree, it will not cause any turmoil, it is nothing more than pulling it down, fixing the reputation of a female cadre, and then changing people.
Seeing that the situation was gradually settled, the emperor was no longer polite, "Spread the decree, Shangzhi pro-Wei Zhongzhenwuwei, Xuanwuwei, Xingwuwei, Yingwuwei, Jinwu avant-garde, rear guard, Yulin left guard, right guard A total of eight guards set out according to the order, and went out to meet the enemy.
"Deliver an edict ordering Yang Shangyi, the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong, to lead the cavalry troops to move in the direction of Ningxia, looking for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy
There are those who retreat, slash!"
The Eight Guards had a total of 45,000 soldiers and horses, and Yang Shangyi's cavalry force was 22,000 men. In addition, the soldiers of Ningxia, Yulin, Gansu and other countries that are themselves on the frontier will move like this, not to mention 200,000 soldiers and horses surrounding the fire sieve department.
In this case, Zhu Houzhao is not worried about whether he will win the fight, but is mainly worried that the fire sieve will boil. However, in the past few years, the Ming army has been evading, and the probability that the fire screen will choose to fight is quite large.
The soldiers of the imperial court are enough. The main thing is that there are no competent generals. The emperor's decree has not yet been explicitly stated, which also makes the ministers strange.
General, it's still not enough.
From the seventeenth year of Hongzhi to the present, Zhu Houzhao searched for intestines and scraped his stomach, and only thought of a famous general, who was named Zhou Shangwen.
He is a hereditary military member, and he is the commander of the Xi'an guard, he is very strategic in war, good at riding and shooting, and he is already 30 years old this year.
In history, to be able to get ahead, you have to wait until King Anhua rebels and has meritorious combat before you are gradually promoted. Therefore, there is a reason for students of military academies to ask for war, how can they become generals without fighting?
There is a shortage of generals, and only one is more precious. As soon as Zhou Shangwen left the academy, Zhu Houzhao arranged for him to be promoted to command. led Zhenwuwei alone, and later performed martial arts at all levels, and Zhou Shangwen performed well.
Of course, with his qualifications, it is not enough to be the generalissimo of this expedition, and it is okay to be a striker below.
In this way, it seems a little embarrassing, the imperial court is on the march, and there are no reliable people.
But even so, the emperor didn't want to find a straw bag among the nobles to make up the numbers, like the British Gong Zhang Mao, the old dragon clock; Zhu Hui, the prince of the country, has a soft and waxy personality, and only dares to fight battles that must be won; Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo...... Waste one.
There are also some like Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui and the like...... Tens of thousands of troops to these people, can you sleep at night? How big is this heart.
It is better to hand over these troops to Yang Yiqing's command, although the generals of the border army will be too strong, but Zhu Houzhao would rather bet on Yang Yiqing's loyalty than on those nobles who can fight a beautiful battle.
The former is still possible, and the latter is dreaming!
This is really helpless, thinking that although there was no one in the court back then, at least there was a Wang Yue who could be used, and today there are actually some faults.
…… Speaking of faults,
Zhu Houzhao suddenly thought of a person who took over Wang Yue's mantle.
I was so busy every day that I almost forgot such a handsome talent! What a mistake!
After leaving the court, the emperor did not let Wang Wei leave, and a holy decree summoned him to the Qianqing Palace, and before he could sit on the hot ass, he began to ask: "Sir, do you remember the Wang Shouren who went to the northwest with you back then?" ….
Wang Wei blinked, "...... Didn't this person be demoted to Guizhou by His Highness?"
It's been five or six years.
Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips, no matter what, since he is a genius, he should be able to realize something, right?
"Don't bother him yet. Send an urgent delivery to the local subordinate officials, and ask them to secretly search to see what this Wang Shouren is doing. Eight hundred miles in a hurry, this matter must be fast."
Wang Weixin said that Wang Shouren was really talented, and he was relegated to a corner of Guizhou, and he could still be remembered by the emperor. It is also foreseeable that it will soar in the future.
"Yes. The minister will go back to the ministry to do it."
"Good!"
Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands, and the confidence in his heart was even stronger, as long as he didn't defeat Tumu Fort, and kept the foundation of the imperial court, there would be ruthless people such as Wang Shouren, Zhou Shangwen, and Yang Yiqing in the future, and he was afraid that the frontier would not be quiet?
However, it can't be said that he forgot Wang Shouren, this is a person who wants to become enlightened and holy, Zhu Houzhao thought about trying not to disturb him, this time he sent someone to listen to the news, as long as he started to lecture with gods, then in fact, he could almost let him out of the mountain.
Of course, the emperor's arrangement still made the nobles lose face a little, originally, it was usually a stage for civil officials, and it was not easy to wait until there was a war, but the emperor directly ignored them.
Trees want bark, people want faces!
From the next day, Dingguo Gong and Baoguo Gong relied on the old man to hand over the sign in the attendant's room to cut the line.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't cry or laugh, so he ordered someone to combine these brands and pull them down together.
As a result, these old men and the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were all puffed up, like children.
After flipping through the notes in his hand, the emperor glanced at the four of them, "I heard that Feng Xi asked you to scold, why don't you speak when you come here now?"
Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, spoke first, "Your Majesty, this time I sent troops, and the minister originally wanted to recommend himself to kill these northern captives for the emperor, but ...... Your Majesty, you didn't even ask us, the imperial court sent troops, but handed over all the soldiers and horses to Yang Yiqing's command, he ...... He ......"
"I know what you mean, I have already sent Zhang Yong. There's no way out of the mess."
"But now people outside say that His Majesty doesn't trust us." Dingguo Gong is small, fat, and a little old man who enjoys Qing Fu alive, and he still fights.
Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment, "The royal family and the nobles are one. How could I not trust you? Dingguo Gong, don't mess with me. I think it's a chore to go out, and it's tiring for you elders. In this way, if you really feel that you can't save face, then in the name of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, you will inspect the guards around the Beijing Division for me. Last time, it was reported that the Tatars were in Ningxia, but no one knew where they would hit, and the imperial court's guards in various places should also strengthen their guards. That's also critical."
"I'm in the Forbidden City, and I say it's the emperor. But in fact, you can't see anything, you can't hear anything. I can only trust you, and you will see for me with your own eyes and hear for me with your ears."
A few old men thought about it, this job is not impossible, as the emperor's envoy, at least they can seal the stinky mouths of those who suspect their relationship with the emperor.
"Your Servants obey!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, "A few elders embarrassed me as a child. This is the only time, so I won't be an example!"
Dingguo Gong, Baoguo Gong and others were actually in a good mood when they saw the emperor, so they were not very afraid, and they were hippie and smiling, "Then the old ministers will go to work, Your Majesty, you also have to take care of your health."
"You have to take care of your health, Baoguogong, you're going to be sixty, right?"
"The old man should be strong, and he can still serve His Majesty again!"
Zhu Houzhao could only shake his head, ignoring these old men, and instead said to Liu Jin, "Have all the eight guards commanders who went out this time arrived?"
Liu Jin calmed his head, "If you go back to the emperor, you have already arrived, and you are waiting."
The Emperor stretched, "Go! See you there!"
In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, when he was the crown prince's supervisor, he resumed some of the functions of the direct guards, and he attached great importance to the army led by the emperor himself, not to mention, this time he had to go on an expedition.
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