Chapter 4 Privy Council

The Warat army was defeated by the royal division, and after escaping the desert, the Jingshi gradually regained its former prosperity. The large and small alleys in the capital have also returned to the hustle and bustle of the past. It seems that except for the teahouse and restaurant, the old men of Sijiu City are clamoring for Mr. Storyteller not to talk about the rotten "The Legend of the Great Ming Heroes", but to talk about "'Emperor Li' Cruelty to Zhongliang" and "Fang Xiangguo only holds the sky with his hand", everything is no different from before, this is still the prosperous Ming Jingshi, the heavenly pilgrimage place in the eyes of overseas feudal countries.

But only some careful or well-informed people can find that the children of wealthy families who were freshly dressed and angry in Beijing in the past are now all gone. More and more high-ranking officials of the imperial court began to ride in sedan chairs, instead of riding horses as before.

Fang Buli was aware of all this, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Because the vast history has given him an excellent solution, after the implementation of this method, the military generals will no longer dare to boast of themselves, and the court will not be left without generals.

"Reopen the Privy Council? Xiangguo, you're not joking!" In the solemn Fengtian Palace, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, the left Cheng of Zhongshu Province, the right Cheng of Zhongshu Province, the six Shangshu, the new governor of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, the Dali Siqing, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the General Administration Envoy, the top group of people in the bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty sat in the palace to discuss matters. That's right, you read that right, they're all sitting. I am afraid that this is also one of the few privileges that Fang Buli asked for for high-ranking officials, so that important ministers at the level of the imperial court can sit and discuss court politics on official occasions such as meeting His Majesty the Emperor or non-court meetings.

The person who lost his manners in the Fengtian Hall was Kuang Ye, the secretary of the military department. You can't blame him for forgetting the occasion and forgetting his identity. But Fang Buli's behavior is really unexpected, and this is unexpected, and it directly touches the power of the military department. Previously, after Fang Buli returned to the imperial court, although it was also a drastic reform, it was only to split the household part into three divisions: degree branch, salt and iron, and civil affairs, and set up three envoys. For the other five departments, although there are some changes, they are only minor repairs, and they have never said that they will be changed and restructured, let alone touch the power of the Shangshu Ministry.

However, today, even now, Kuang Ye would rather Fang Buli change and reform the other five ministries, and would rather him take power. Because this is at least an internal political dispute within the civil and official group, no matter how badly it is changed, it is just the personal behavior of Fang Buli, the unprecedented prime minister of Zhongshu Province, and the world just thinks that Fang Xiangguo is rejecting dissidents, and the prestige that Fang Buli has accumulated over the past 20 years will be cut off bit by bit. From now on, Fang will never leave the eyes of the world, but he is just a powerful minister, not a saint. If God blesses the Ming Dynasty and descends the Holy Monarch, he will definitely be able to uphold the right and dispel the evil and sweep away the demonic atmosphere.

But Kuang Ye didn't expect it, Wang Zhi and Hu Ying, high-ranking officials at the ministerial level, and even the governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies didn't expect it. Fang Buli actually wants to start anew, bypass the old system, and create a new system, which is not groundbreaking, but it is also a big rebellion. Throughout the ages, no minister has dared to do this like Fang Buli, and there may be one, that person, called Wang Mang.

There was some commotion among all of you, especially the governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. The five governors, except for Shi Heng who trained the border army in Datong, the other four are here. But even if he was the most supportive, Xue Jian, the governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion who was in-law with Fang Buli, did not say a word, and did not dare to say anything to support Fang Buli's proposal.

Because what Fang Buli has to do is to remove the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and set up another three yas, including the Front Division of the Palace, the Guards Pro-Army Infantry Division, and the Guards Pro-Army Horse Military Division, to lead the soldiers and horses of the world. Some people may think that this is not a big deal, but it is just a change of name, and the power is not the same as that of the former Governor's Office of the Five Armies? If you really think so, then it is wrong, although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies also commands the soldiers and horses of the world, but it is based on the system of guards, and the whole country is divided into five major Governors, and each Governor's Office has set up a Governor to oversee the military affairs of several provinces.

However, the Sansi Yamen is consistent, and if you really follow the footsteps of Fang Buli, from now on, the thousands of guards of the Ming Dynasty will cease to exist, and Emperor Taizu's plan to live in agriculture will also collapse overnight. Since then, the Ming army has changed from the guard army that rests with the country to the recruiting army that takes money to do things, that is, whoever takes the money in the future will be able to mobilize these thousands of Qiu Baye. And in whose hands is the treasury today? In the end, it is self-evident that it will benefit in the end.

If that's all it takes, you can get over by pinching your nose, anyway, it's the authority of the five governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and it's not about the affairs of the Ministry of War. The family name of the world belongs, and now, the mature civil officials and doctors no longer value it. It's just that the five virtues are always, and the destiny of heaven belongs.

However, the Privy Council must be set up to be in charge of military affairs, military defense, border defense, and military orders. Let's set it up, anyway, Fang Buli agreed to let Kuang Ye be the head of the Privy Council, this is a high-ranking official at the same level as Zhongshu Province, and when the official is in this position, he will also have a reputation. But the biggest loss of Fang Buli is that the official system of the Ming Dynasty was changed to official, position, and dispatch in the past, although Kuang Ye was promoted to the head of the Privy Council, but the dispatch was a know-how to know the affairs of heaven. The one who knows the affairs of the Privy Council is Yu Qian, the squire of the military department who advocated not to leave and return to Beijing.

This made several ministers angry. At the beginning, Fang Buli forcibly changed the Ming official system by virtue of his supreme meritorious service, and several ministries did not dare to object, and set up countless backhand confrontations under fear. There has been no movement for so long, and several subordinates relaxed their guards, and just about to put their hearts back in their stomachs, when those back hands were no longer working, Fang Buli had the opportunity to come here. But what can be done now?

Everyone could only watch with their eyes open, and Fang did not leave one ring after another, interlocking with each other, fattening the new party and pitting themselves.

Everyone smiled bitterly in their hearts: "Could it be that Fang Buli still has the ambition to be reckless? After this scene, Fang Buli will be the prime minister of the Emperor Ming Zhongshu Province in the future, and secretly, he will be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Maybe the next step is to add nine tin, and then the next step is to Zen Rang. ”

At the same time as there was silence in the Fengtian Temple, a post guard, riding a fast horse and carrying an urgent document, rushed into the Xizhi Gate.

"Shanxi is in a hurry! Get out of the way!" This post guard doesn't care about any taboos, nor does he care about the laws of the imperial court, let alone how the stalls in front of him are jumping. Because, something big happened in Shanxi!

Chapter 5

Fengtian Hall has now become a vegetable market, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, the six departments and Jiuqing are like small traders selling vegetables in the vegetable market, you come and go, several governors sit on the side without saying a word, serious ridicule and helplessness, but it has explained everything.

The era of honorable and noble military ministers is completely history, although it is said that there is still a Xue Jian and a Shi Heng as governors in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but their two single trees, no matter how big they are, can they be burned for a few days when they are all chopped into firewood? Even if they are now majestic, one Fengbo and the other inherit the title of Marquis of Yangwu, so what? In those years, with Emperor Taizongwen raising troops in Beiping, the group of majestic Fengtianjing who went south to Jingnan was difficult to push sincerity, or they died in the Northern Expedition. On the battlefield of the Southern Expedition, or it was in Tumubao with the Daxing Emperor who was stewed by the Wara Taishi.

The younger generation, the Flying Eagle lackeys and the Qinlou Chu Pavilion are very good, but there are few who can provoke the beams, and most of the capable people have fallen into the civil fort. Xue Jian is difficult to support alone, not to mention that he is the concubine of the concubines, after inheriting the title of Marquis of Yangwu, the doubts of several sons and grandsons have never stopped. It's just that Fang Buli is the majesty of the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, and no one dares to bring it up in person, as long as Xue Jian makes a little mistake, or Fang Buli makes a little mistake. Then, Xue Jian's career as a marquis should come to an end

Just when several bigwigs in the civil official group were about to perform another all-martial arts show in the Fengtian Palace, Shanxi's urgent report finally arrived. The dispute between the bigwigs came to an abrupt end, and both sides thought the other had won. But who really won?

Not to mention the intrigue in the court, there was another big incident in the Caoyun Yamen in Jining, Shandong. Zhao Zhi, the governor of Caoyun, intercepted an urgent report sent by Nanjing, although these reports were stamped with urgency, according to the regulations of the imperial court, no one could stop it, and it could only be opened by the military department. But Zhao Zhi still intercepted it, because he was a jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, or the thirty-third year of Hongwu.

"Ministry, you're playing with fire. Can a group of pirates really achieve great things? The Nanjing garrison is not a straw bag. "In a large lobby, a man with too much fortitude to speak sat motionless in his chair. If you know people, you will know that this person is the prefect of Jining Mansion, Li Yang.

"The old man knows. Zhao Zhi put his hands behind his back and stopped at the door. (To be continued.) )