Chapter 265 Xiaoxiao

"Holy rejoicing, rejoicing! The southwest victory, all adversity is awarded! Miao Chao was pacified by Lord Zhu and Sun Shuai! Li Shizhong held Zhu Xieyuan's recital and shouted all the way and ran all the way, but because he was so excited, he tripped over the threshold, stumbled a few steps and almost fell.

Just as he was about to kneel down to apologize, the Son of Heaven, who had been lying on the dragon collapse and closed his eyes to recuperate, struggled suddenly, stood up half of his body and beckoned: "Great victory? You mean...... Come here, read to me! ”

"Minister Zhu Xieyuan reported: Since the axe split the gorge victory, Wang Shi Kebijie, Fu Chishui, broken weaving gold, raiding Rouyuan, solid duck pond, guarding Lu Guang, successively swept to Zexi, Zewo Zexi, Xiongsuo Zexi, 1,800 miles longitudinal and horizontal, 120 battles of all sizes, all the way to Kai. Since the governor of the division, the attack is positive, the blocking is strange, the fu is the support, the three moves are applied simultaneously, and the two are trapped against the Wufeng Mountain. Sun Jie personally risked the arrow stone to lead the army to the reverse nest, Lao Shun, Liu Chao, Luo Ganxiang, Hu Rugao, An Yunao, Shebai and other Han and Miao generals worked together, An Xiaoliang, Mo De and other banners rebelled before the battle, Wang Shi finally made all the contributions, the battle of Taohong Dam ploughed the court and swept the holes, and won a complete victory!

Extravagant Chongming and An Bangyan have all been ambushed, and Shao Extravagant Yin died of the absence of the bones of General Shenwei's cannons, and none of the forty-seven rebels such as Fei, Mainan, and A Grasshopper have missed the net! It was a battle, and it was strange to cut down 23,700 seedlings. In order to set an example, the ministers all over Zhaochuan, Guizhou, Yunnan Tu Governor, Tuzhi County, Xuanfu Envoy, Xuanfu Envoy and the head of the village master Zhu Tumu to Yongning, witnessed the two rebel heads and 47 times against the public corpse after the bones and ashes, the above-mentioned rebel heads, the pseudo-king golden seal, the pseudo-king banner and the pseudo-king soldiers sent to the Beijing division to report the victory.

In the Battle of Peach Red Dam and the previous battles, a total of 57,983 heads were captured, and the others were destroyed by artillery bombardment, fell into a mountain stream and were found without a trace, and were trapped in a swamp without a roof. The number of heads against the public is very large and difficult to send for inspection, and it has been properly pickled and stored, and it will be checked by the military department in conjunction with a special person sent by the division.

Since then, the southwest has been determined, fortunately not to lose Santo. Congratulations to the saints! ”

After a slight pause, Li Shizhong kowtowed deeply: "The old slave also congratulates the saint!" When I looked up, my face was full of tears.

"Slaves are congratulating the saints!" The small chamberlains around fell to their knees.

"Good, good, good! Rise up, all of you. This is a great thing, I want to reward and reward the heroes, Sun Jie really lived up to me! Give me Zhu Aiqing's good news, I want to take a look at it again! ”

The trembling hands held the good news and read it over and over again, and the two blush replaced the earlier pale on the face of the Holy Son of Heaven, and after a long time, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Help me up, I want to go to the Taimiao Temple to make sacrifices!" ”

"The Holy One must take care of the dragon's body!" Hearing what the Holy Son of Heaven said, Li Shizhong turned his joy into sorrow and persuaded, "Do you want to take a look at the pseudo-king's golden seal and other things first?" ”

"Ha, you have to see, of course you have to see! Bring them all in, I'm going to have a sneak peek! Li Shizhong, I know that you have always supported Sun Shuai, and you should have a share of the credit for the victory, and I will reward you with five taels of silver. The waiters present today will be rewarded with two taels per person, and the others will be rewarded with one tael of silver, and the palace maid will be rewarded with five dollars per person. By the way, pass the decree, call the hundred officials, and when I see it, let them take a look together! ”

The hundred officials who got the news in advance through various channels had already gathered outside the noon gate, and the inner servants who announced the decree still knocked the Jingyang bell out of the twenty-four rings, which meant that the civil and military officials above the seventh rank in Beijing had to go to Que to listen to the decree - of course, such great news should be widely disseminated, so that the people would also know that the whole world was really celebrating.

Officials above the fourth grade enter the palace, and the following people wait outside the noon gate to kneel down according to the shift. The Son of Heaven ascended to the throne of the golden platform in the middle of the Fengtian porch, and the hundred officials went up to the Yudao Mountain to shout long live, and the entire Forbidden City and the entire Jingshi almost became a sea of joy......

However, Zhu Xieyuan, Sun Jie and others couldn't laugh.

Of course, there are rewards, and there are a lot of them: Zhu Xieyuan awarded the Dongge University Scholar * (real official, this is counted as entering the cabinet, the real real power), the special entry Ronglu Doctor (the peak of the scattered rank), and the crown prince Taibao (honor); Sun Jie awarded the right pillar country (title) and the Marquis of Jing'an (title); Lao Shunjin and Sichuan were the commanders and generals of the Zhu State; Liu Chao and Luo Ganxiang were appointed as the chief military officer of the Jin rank, and were respectively awarded the rank of Captain of the Light Car (Wu Xun, Zheng Sanpin), Suiyang Bo and Light Car Captain (from the third rank), and Gaozhou Bo...... Of course, everyone also has a shadow seal (Yin Zi Jinyi Wei Shi Shi). The rest of the people have their own gifts.

What made everyone laugh was the news brought by the father-in-law sent by Li Shizhong to announce the decree: there were several pieces of music that were left in the middle by the Son of Heaven and withheld noncommittally.

Of course, the old tune of changing the land and returning to the stream is indispensable. Although this kind of thing is troublesome to deal with, there is always room for reason, and the other letter is faintly murderous, and people can't help but shudder.

This excerpt is on the book of Cheng Gu of the Left Temple of Dali Temple: "The heavenly soldiers are ruthless, and they are stubborn." The village Miao barbarian, near quite fearful, the minister for the saint to congratulate. However, the saint cloud, who is not of my race, will have a different heart. All the seedlings are the nature of dogs and sheep, but they are afraid of the majesty of the thunder and it is difficult to feel the grace of the rain and dew. In the old practice of the national dynasty, Wusa set up 1,200 guards in Zhaotong, Zhenxiong, Huaiyuan, Jingnan, Chishui, Longchang and other places, ranging from 1,000 to 200 people. In order to stick to the plan, the ministers thought that the generals Sun, Liu, and Luo should divide their troops to garrison with the power of great victory, and their families also moved to live together. If so, all the people are terrified, so as to ensure that they will never surrender. The original prefect of the land and the county of Tuzhi were all appointed to serve as barbarians and local people, and the corpses were vegetarian, all useless, and they should be abolished. However, in order to avoid his shame and anger, he can slowly try to find the gaps and dethrone them one by one. It is also necessary to send more court officials to the government, state, county, department, etc., to educate the locality, and know the righteousness and righteousness of heaven. In time, we will be able to seek the eternal stability of the southwest, and the long-term peace will be long-term. ”

Obviously, this is not just Gu Yiyi's own opinion - Zuo Yidu, Wang Qingyuan, and Zuo Yizhi in the military department have all signed it.

The news was privately relayed to Sun Jie by an angel. The relationship between the internal supervisor and the civil official group has always been bad, although all signs show that Zhu Xieyuan and Sun Jie cooperate very tacitly, but the private relationship between the two is still not clear to outsiders - not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the civil and military collusion in any dynasty is a taboo, so the old and young are secretive about it. Generally speaking, the relationship between the military generals and the eunuchs was better. On the one hand, most of the generals and internal eunuchs are illiterate, and they don't have as many crooked intestines in their stomachs as Wenchen, and they will be very good at talking when they eat and drink a lot, on the other hand, the generals will not look down on the physically disabled eunuchs like Wenchen, on the contrary, in their limited cognition, these fathers-in-law are all Tongtian characters who can speak for themselves in front of the saint. They didn't know that there were many guys who were sent to the camp to serve as overseers, but in fact, they were just gas packets in the palace to empty the toilet for an unpopular lady, and they had never seen any saints at all—let alone saints and gods, and even eunuch leaders like Gonggong Li didn't know them.

Li Shizhong knew the Shengshang's feelings for the Sun family, and even more so the importance of Sun Jie to the Shengtianzi, so he specially sent his confidant Zhao Xiwang to announce the decree, and before leaving, he secretly copied a few copies of what he thought were more important and brought them to Sun Jie, and also secretly instructed him.

Sun Jie thanked Gonggong Zhao heavily, and then discussed with Shang Wenchang for a while, and then went to Zhu Xieyuan with the letter.

Zhu Xieyuan read the letter, his face was gloomy, and he was silent for a long time. Sun Jie hurriedly said, "My lord, look at Gu ...... What did Master Gu say? Split up our army, Liu Shuai, and Brother Luo's soldiers, abolish the Tuzhi Prefecture and Tuzhi County, and send a bunch of officials over! The seedling land is already mountainous and not rich, so how can it afford to support it? Isn't this a mess? ”

Zhu Xieyuan shook his head: "This is not to add to the chaos, this is to force them to rebel again." But don't worry," he said with a blank hand, "The Son of Heaven is like a mirror in his heart, isn't it that he will not be detained." He sneered as he spoke, "Hmph, if a few troublemakers don't pop out of this mouth, the old man will feel strange." ”

Sun Jie said again: "That...... Do you mean that our army will not be dismantled? ”

Zhu Xieyuan shook his head again: "They are not targeting you, they are Liu Shuai and a few of them, especially your big brother Luo." Your Sun family is the most trusted by the saints, and your soldiers are also the most hopeful for the imperial court. They're not stupid, they're just going to hit you, they're not going to kick the iron plate. Ever since you lured Extravagant Chongming out of Chishui, the old man has let go of half of his heart; When you dig out An Bangyan's weaving gold nest, the old man will know that this battle has been completed, and it is only a matter of time before the second reverse is awarded to the first ambush. Since then, the old man has been paying attention to the situation in the east. Huguang has always been quite calm, Guan someone's side is maintaining a good place with Huguang, and the amount of silver for the imperial court is sufficient, he is your real rival in the future. However, according to the old man, if it is handled properly, it may not be necessary to make trouble out of control - people, after all, they have to think about the future, for themselves, but also for their future generations. If the person surnamed Guan just wants to make trouble, he will not let go of the opportunity of this Miao chaos. Looking at it this way, he also has the intention to seek stability, as long as he doesn't bully him, he will be forced to be anxious. Alas, I hope so. The trouble in Zhejiang Province is relatively big, Zhang Hu ran over and caused a disaster, and the coastal plagues also made trouble again, these are the places that will be used immediately, so those Qingliu will not beat your idea.

"Liu Shuai, no one would have noticed him, just a small general. But in the past few years, the official position has been promoted all the way to the commander of the general army, although the soldiers under your command cannot be compared with you, they are all strong soldiers who have seen blood on the battlefield. The number of people has also increased to tens of thousands, and the dynasty has always used literature and military power, so it is inevitable that some people will start to worry. Especially if I fight side by side with you and cooperate well, this is more taboo. Don't worry, of course the old man knows that you are dedicated to serving the country, starting from Chengdu Mansion, after so many years, the old man still doesn't know you! The old man is just telling the truth. The old man sees it this way, but you can't stop others from seeing it that way. The relationship between the two first-class strong armies, the relationship between the coaches is still so good, in case ...... This is a fair and righteous reason, and it is not easy for the Holy One to blame. Therefore, this time I want to put on a small shoe for Liu Shuai, and knock it first. Look at this: 'The old practice of the national dynasty was that Wusa set up 1,200 guards, Zhaotong, Zhenxiong, Huaiyuan, Jingnan, Chishui, Longchang and other places with 1,000 to 200 people', isn't this nonsense? During the Hongwu period, the dynasty was initially decided, in order to deter the army left by Zhu Miao, how could it be used as an example today? Your soldiers will not be divided, so whose will they be split? They moved out of this to help you offend people. But don't worry, it's just a show, and they won't really get along with Liu Shuai - they will use Liu Shuai to 'control' you later. Help you offend him first, and then give him some sweetness, this is their usual trick. Hmph, the old man will talk to Liu Shuai and ask him to get some auxiliaries to deal with it. The old man has spoken for you, of course Liu Shuai will know the measure, and he will not really have anything to do with you, but in the future, try not to have too much contact between your military towns, and Mo teaches others to grab the pigtails.

"On the surface, it is your big brother Luo who is more troublesome, and the division of troops is to dismantle his strength. But this is the real talk on paper, the real fool of the country! Luo Ganxiang was originally the owner of the small water brain village, and like Liu Shuai, he has suddenly swelled over the years. As usual, dismantling his soldiers into a few places will indeed prevent his power from continuing to grow, however, it is in Han Land! Don't forget, he's a seedling! Each Miao village and tribe has its own head, Tumu, in the past, it was Yang Yinglong of Banzhou, and later it was Luxury Chongming and An Bangyan, these people, if they did not get the support of the imperial court, they only relied on themselves, which year and month would they be able to subdue the surrounding Miao villages? The best countermeasure is to divide and conquer, all the tribes are scattered, and the Tumu will rely on the court and compete for favor; It's good, take the initiative to help him spread his power in the seedling land, everyone will look up to his snort, and all the seedlings will recognize him as the backbone! You don't need to say it, your big brother Luo is very smart and loyal, there is nothing to say about this, but what about his descendants? In case there was a dispute between his descendants at that time, wouldn't this be to continue to cultivate a luxury Chongming? Fortunately, he didn't know that this twist was left by the saint, and the old man stopped it after a while. You should understand: don't let him be too big, in fact, the old man is really for his good. Otherwise, decades later, it will be difficult to ensure that the end of the dead clan will not be wiped out!

"The real most troublesome thing is that An Yunao set up the Bai Long clan. They are all heroes, although they all have rewards, but if Huayi's mustard has been stored in the court for a long time, and when the magistrates are sent, sooner or later they will have to press the gourd to float up the scoop. People have made great contributions to the court, and new officials have come to give command, and it is difficult to ensure that they will not arouse resentment over time. While they are all there these days, you invite them to drink a few more times, drink in your camp, and teach them to see your soldiers...... The old man's Korean and Chinese Austrian aid will also make some efforts to stop the villains' actions, and do their best. ”

Sun Jie was dumbfounded by his words, he didn't expect it to be so far away at all.

*This knowledge point: University Scholar.

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was composed of "scholars", except for those who "entered the cabinet for pre-machine service" (internship and exercise), the rest were recommended by the Holy Son of Heaven or the important ministers, and were awarded the position of "scholars", in order: Dongge University Scholar, Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, Wu Yingdian University Scholar, Wenhua Hall University Scholar, Jinshen Hall University Scholar (second auxiliary, Jiajing changed its name to Jianji Hall University Scholar), Huagai Hall University Scholar (first assistant, Jiajing changed its name to Zhongji Temple University Scholar).

Those who enter the cabinet are often called "ministers", but compared with the real prime minister, they are actually the senior secretary team of the Holy Son of Heaven - the prime minister is above 10,000 people under one person, and there is a large group of people in the cabinet. To put it bluntly, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was a four-like institution that did not have the name of the prime minister but had the position of the prime minister, and did not have the power of the prime minister, but had the responsibility of the prime minister.

In order to completely put an end to the hidden danger that the cabinet gradually became a small group of ministers who could compete with the imperial power, the official rank of the university scholar was only the fifth grade. But this grade is too low - it is really unreasonable for a few petty officials of the fifth rank to give instructions to the six scholars of the second grade, so there is some kind of workaround: either choose the courtiers with high rank to enter the cabinet (such as being a certain Shangshu or have the title of a Shangshu), or add officials, such as the first assistant will generally add a title such as a young master, prince and prince, so that the grade will go up.

The main responsibilities of the Cabinet are as follows:

1. The vote is to be approved. Preliminary opinions on major national affairs are drawn up, and the secretary's office sends the secretaries and secretaries who are sealed daily by the Department of Communications and other places to the cabinet, and the cabinet determines whether it is acceptable or not, and drafts the opinions and submits them to the Imperial Cabinet.

The Son of Heaven has nothing more than three opinions: agree, veto, and noncommittal.

If agreed, the celebrant will copy it and send it to the six departments for issuance (to the officials of the six departments from the seventh grade for issuance). Note that this is another feature of "using small to make a big one": if the people in the six departments feel that it is not appropriate, they can refute it in a righteous and strict manner, and the sentence "This chaotic life is also a matter of order", and this holy decree will be difficult to implement because there is no legal procedure. Although this kind of program setting can reverse control the "chaotic order" of "traitors and deceive the saint" to a certain extent, the side effect is even greater - from the official position of Qipin, it is not even as good as the magistrate, and some of them are in order to gain fame in the matter, and they use strong words to find faults, which further aggravates the chaos of rip-off and infighting.

If they do not agree, in order to maintain face and "harmony" between the monarch and the minister, the Son of Heaven will generally not refute it directly, and it is good to ask the cabinet to draft a new opinion. At this time, the cabinet often needs to find out the holy will by probing the tone of the inner prison.

If you don't say anything, then you will stay in the middle and withhold the music, just treat it as if there is no such thing.

2. Drafting the edict. In the name of the Son of Heaven, he drafted edicts, edicts, seals, books, edicts, books, talismans, decrees, and other proclamations, which is also called "seeing grass".

3. Whether it is possible to replace. It is to praise and plan state affairs and make suggestions.

Fourth, the meeting will be reviewed. The meeting is to participate in and preside over the special working meetings of the six ministries and other institutions; The triage is to participate in the legal trial of major cases of the three legal divisions.

Fifth, with the knowledge of the scriptures and feasts and counseling the prince, the examination of the Jishi, etc.