Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1290 The Imperial Court (Part [-])
On this day, when Princess Yongning left the palace, Zhu Yijun had gone to the Queen Mothers of the two palaces to greet each other and arrived at the Wenhua Hall.

There is no banquet today, and Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Palace for a more important matter: to hold a meeting of the Imperial Cabinet.

Cabinet meetings are generally not held in Wenhua Hall, but in the cabinet, which is called a cabinet meeting.In the cabinet meeting, the emperor occasionally attended directly to the cabinet, and occasionally announced that the cabinets of the cabinet would be held at a designated place. This place was the Wenhua Hall most of the time after Longqing.Zhu Yijun became more direct after he took charge of the government. Ninety-nine percent of them were fixed here, as if to commemorate something.

It was said that it was a cabinet meeting, but in fact not only five elders attended the meeting, but there was also one person, Yang Wei, Minister of Personnel.

Yang Wei was originally a "non-partisan person", neither of the Xin school nor the Shi school, but he had worked in Xuanda, Shanxi and Shaanxi for a long time, and he had a close relationship with Zhang Siwei.

Since Yang Tianguan is present at the meeting, it means that the topic of today's cabinet meeting has been very clear, and it must be related to civil affairs.

At the second quarter of the hour, Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall.The five elders of the cabinet and Yang Tianguan were already waiting in advance, and when they saw the emperor's arrival, they stepped forward to see it.

Zhu Yijun seemed to have lost a little bit of weight compared to a month ago. He didn't look very good. He kept frowning. He waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. Chen Ju, give your gentlemen and Yang Qing a seat."

Although Yang Wei is an official of the Ministry of Officials with power and position not inferior to the elders of the cabinet, since he has never been a lecturer on the classics and feasts, he is not a cabinet minister after all, so he cannot be regarded as a "sir".

The six important officials thanked the emperor, and their own little eunuch invited them to take their seats under Chen Ju's gesture, and the emperor himself had already sat on the throne.

Zhu Yijun's face was a little cold, and he said lightly: "Today, Xuan Xuan, why you and Yang Qing came here, I don't need to say more. Mr. Shen, does the cabinet have regulations for the reward of Gao pragmatism and pacifying the rebellion in the northwest? What do Gao Guangxian, Liang Wenmeng and others have to say about the disposition of them? In addition, what are the decisions regarding the rewards and punishments of the generals of the towns, deputy generals (deputy generals), participating generals and other generals in the war?"

After all, he has been an emperor for many years, and Zhu Yijun's three words here are quite particular.For the reward of Gao pragmatism, he used "rules"; for the disposal of Gao and Liang, he used "said"; and for the reward and punishment of a cadre of generals, it was "resolution".

Of course there is a difference between these three words.

The "statutes" at this time are slightly different from those of later generations. The general idea is a principled arrangement, but in general it is a relatively rough meaning, or a directional opinion; "Said" is more uncertain. The general attitude of this matter; and there are definitely more "resolutions", which means that the emperor will generally not object, and even if there is an adjustment, the scope will not be too large, or the objects involved will not be too many.

Zhu Yijun's three questions have actually "set the tone" for today's imperial cabinet meeting in advance. As the six important ministers who have been in the officialdom for many years, there is no difficulty in hearing the emperor's voice-over.However, Daming's civil servants, it's hard to say whether they listen to greetings or not.

Shen Shixing was named by Zhu Yijun, and of course he had to come out to answer.I saw that Shen Yuanfu was sitting still, but he still bowed slightly, cupped his hands and said, "The three things that the emperor just mentioned have been discussed by the cabinet, and I will come here one by one for the emperor to discuss the details. ."

Zhu Yijun nodded. Although his face was expressionless, his words were very polite: "There is Mr. Raushen."

Shen Shixing cleared his throat and said, "The Ministry of War has written a detailed statement about the merits and demerits of the military officials in the towns, and the Ministry of War has already made a preliminary review of it and made a few small points. adjustment, and then took it out and discussed it in the cabinet meeting.

By and large, the Cabinet agrees with the revised opinion.But the minister thought that the reward for Li Rusong was a little thin, and it could be a little more generous, in order to meet the emperor's desire to select talents and use energy, and also make Li Chengliang feel the emperor's heart for his old ministers. "

Zhu Yijun didn't make a decision, he just turned his head and asked Wu Dui, "Mr. Wu, how is Li Rusong's reward arranged now?"

Wu Dui found a piece of paper, opened it, took a look, and read: "Back to the emperor, Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Uncle Ning Yuan who responded to the attack, guarded Shanxi, and admiral Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi Rebellion Army, was promoted to the first rank because of his achievements in the northwest. Admiral Ji Liao, Baoding, Shandong, etc., the commander-in-chief of the sea defense and Japan defense, and Yin's son, Jin Yiwei, commanded Tongzhi, and rewarded him with 50 taels of silver."

Zhu Yijun thought for a while, and then asked Shen Shixing: "Mr. Shen, this seems to be a normal reward. Since you think it's a little thin, I don't know what you think?"

Shen Shixing said: "If you only look at the normal beheadings, this reward is not inappropriate, but Li Rusong Zhuang Langwei's first battle was not as beheading as Tuotuo, Ilduqi and other troops, but it played a role of Dingding. meritorious deeds, so the minister thought that he could give a generous reward as appropriate."

"Mr. Shen's words also make sense." Zhu Yijun nodded and said to Wu Dui, "Could Li Rusong have any favors?"

Wu Dui replied: "There is a big red silk unicorn suit."

"Then give another flying fish." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "An extra 30...[-] taels will be added to the silver reward."

Before Shen Shixing had time to speak, Wu Dui immediately said, "This minister follows the order."

Shen Shixing next to him was blocked by his words. He had already opened his mouth, but finally decided to let it go, closed his mouth again, and remained silent again.

Don't look at Zhu Yijun even struggled to increase Li Rusong's silver reward from 50 taels to 80 taels, in fact, this can't be called stingy.For example, when Qi Jiguang made some "big victories", the silver reward was often only 20 taels or 30 taels, so at the beginning Wu Dui gave Li Rusong 50 taels of silver, which was quite generous.

And Zhu Yijun added another 30 taels, which is undoubtedly a "rich gift".In some TV dramas, the emperor rewarded thousands or even tens of thousands of taels at every turn, which basically did not conform to the historical facts, at least certainly not in accordance with the historical facts of the Ming Dynasty.

If even Li Rusong were to be rewarded in the tens of thousands of taels, how much would the reward be for the high pragmatists?After the war was over, all the combatants were added together, and the treasury went bankrupt.

Seeing that Shen Shixing "has no objection", Zhu Yijun smiled slightly and asked, "Mr. Shen, what's next?"

There was no other sign on Shen Shixing's face, and he didn't show any signs of discouragement. He calmly said, "The cabinet has quite a different opinion on the guilt agreement between Gao Guangxian and Liang Wenmeng."

Zhu Yijun's eyes narrowed: "What do you think?"

Shen Shixing's expression was a little ugly, and he said: "I think that one of the two is scolding his subordinates, deducting the army's pay, and causing him to worship and raise troops, which is really the first crime. Even if this crime does not lead to death, it should be taken away from office. The judicial department will then interrogate in detail to determine the specific guilt; the other person has nowhere to go, hesitant to look forward to the future, hesitant to indulge the enemy, and missteps in the battle, the minister thinks that one dismissal and waiting for investigation is enough."

Zhu Yijun glanced at the other ministers: "If you have any objections, you may as well listen to them."

Seeing that the emperor was looking at him, Xu Guo said, "This minister and brother Xinzhai are brothers Fu Huanzhou."

Xinzhai refers to Zhang Xueyan, and Huanzhou refers to Wu Dui, so Zhu Yijun looked towards Wu Dui.

"This minister thinks that Yuan Fu's words are biased." Wu Dui's words showed the chariots and horses as if they were fighting, saying: "Yuan Fu said that Gao Guangxian had nowhere to go, but Gao Guangxian was the governor, Liang Wenmeng was the governor, Liang Wenmeng was the governor, and Liang Wenmeng was the governor. Asking Meng can't be regarded as the 'xia' of Gaoguang's first, not to mention the emperor. If it refers to the worship, then the worship is always illegal, and he has been harassed by the governor and Fu many times, but he is of Mongolian origin. , Although the governor is strict, it is inconvenient to deal with it easily.

As for Liang Wenmeng's so-called deduction of military salaries, Gao Pragmatism had already stated it in plain text before.That's not a deduction, it's just tailor-made - this year's army's pay is not as good as in previous years, Liang asked Meng, as the governor, if there is no plan, will the tens of thousands of troops in Ningxia go to drink the northwest wind in the second half of the year?It's not because Liang asked Meng's fault that he rebelled because of this, but because of his wolf ambitions and his disobedience to teaching!
As for scolding his subordinates, the minister would like to ask, which subordinate does Liang Wenmeng scold besides swearing?Zhang Weizhong would rather die than be a traitor. If Liang Wenmeng also scolded him, would he still do this?The minister thought it might not be possible, and it can be seen that what Liang Wen Mengzhi did was only aimed at the worship.

So why did he target chanbai?Hasn't it been proven now that Ye Bai is indeed conspiring to do something wrong?Liang asked Mengcha to know his ambition to worship, considering that he was a Mongolian, and to restrict him, the minister did not know what the crime was.In addition, after Liang Wenmeng was captured, he was stubborn and unyielding to the death. This is always a fact, right?
The pragmatic and pragmatic servant had rescued Liang Wenmeng from the death row in Ningxia. As the governor of Ningxia, as long as he was a little softer, how could he treat him like this?From this point of view, at least it can be seen that this person's loyalty, even if there are some accidents, after all, his situation is pitiful, and I hope the emperor will investigate in detail. "

Zhu Yijun frowned for a moment, and then asked Wang Jiaping, "Mr. Wang, you didn't speak, do you have anything to say?"

Although Wang Jiaping's position among the cabinet ministers is the tail of the crane, he is also a cabinet minister and has the right to speak.Therefore, he nodded and said: "I think that Yuan Fu and the three cabinet ministers' opinions are one of them being severe and the other being lenient. Gao Guang was uncertain about the game first, and it is true that the northwest is barren. However, it is also a fact that the misdeeds of war and defense cannot go unpunished. , just don't overdo it.

Liang Wenmeng is also the same, although it has the reason that Wu Ge said, it also has the result of the fall of Ningxia.If loyalty and righteousness are not rewarded and mistakes are not punished, how can the imperial court govern, and how can the emperor control the people? "

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "I have a general understanding of what Mr. Wang meant, but what exactly does Mr. Wang think should be done?"

"Rewarding merit is rewarding merit, and punishing wrongs is punishing wrongs." Wang Jiaping said sternly: "Gaoguang can live in the crown first; Liang Wenmeng can give a memorial of loyalty and righteousness to his hometown, but he is dismissed and returned to his hometown."

Everyone looked at the emperor, but Zhu Yijun was very calm, nodded slightly, and said, "I think we can do this."

Everyone wanted to wait for the emperor to explain why he made such a decision, but Zhu Yijun didn't seem to want to talk about it. Instead, he turned his head slightly and said to Shen Shixing, "Mr. Shen, should I say a pragmatic award?"

Shen Shixing inevitably sighed in his heart. In fact, when Zhu Yijun asked three questions at the beginning, the pragmatic and pragmatic question of reward was the first, but Shen Shixing deliberately answered it in reverse and put this question to the end.Who knows that the emperor's attitude towards the first two questions seems to have been clear long ago.

He sighed in his heart, but Shen Shixing couldn't see the slightest trace on his face, he just replied calmly: "Your Majesty, regarding the reward of high pragmatism, the first thing to determine is who Zhuang Langwei is responsible for strategizing and strategizing in the first battle. .

This credit goes to Gao Pragmatist, or perhaps this credit goes to Wei Xuezeng, which has a great influence on Gao Pragmatist's award for this battle, so we must check it out. "

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, who does Mr. Shen think it's reasonable for him to be credited?"

"Wei Xuezeng." Shen Shixing's answer this time was very direct: "The state has its own laws, officials have their own appointments and dismissals, and the merits of wartime are naturally obtained by those who are in office. I have never heard of anyone who goes back to his predecessor and rewarded him. Besides, Gao pragmatism is not Wei Xuezeng. Before he took office, he only assumed his power because Wei Xuezeng had not yet arrived in office. The minister thought that the subject and the guest were different and should not be confused; merit and reward should not be misplaced."

Zhu Yijun was still noncommittal, and asked the others, "What's your opinion?"

This time the situation was different. Xu Guo expressed his agreement with Shen Shixing's view on the grounds that "a high level of pragmatism has real merit, but the country's laws and regulations are great", so he thinks that the rules cannot be broken.

Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui said that the credit should be given high and pragmatic, the reason is that "de-mao-mao officials, merit-mao-mao rewards", whoever deserves the credit should be given.These two sentences are easy to explain: those who are virtuous will be awarded high officials, and those who have made great contributions will be given generous rewards.The original sentence is from "Book of History: Zhongxie Zhi Gao", and all of you here are reciting it backwards.

The truth is this truth, but everyone knows that the key now is not at all who deserves the credit itself, but whether the credit can be given to Gao pragmatism.

The current situation is very clear. Both Shen Shixing and Xu Guo believe that high pragmatism cannot be given, and they must "maintain the law"; Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui believe that high pragmatism should be given, because this is "the Confucian school's best intentions".

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Jiaping again.

Wang Jiaping's face was calm, and he said indifferently: "I think this merit should be given to Wei Xuezeng."

I don't know if Wang Jiaping didn't make a statement during the internal cabinet meeting. He said that at this time, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui were all a little surprised.

On the contrary, Zhu Yijun's expression showed no surprise, but asked with great interest, "Mr. Wang's reason?"

Wang Jiaping said: "Excuse me for taking courage, if this merit is given to Gao Wushi, will the emperor have to ennoble him this time?"

Ask so directly?Okay, it really is Wang Jiaping.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing, and asked, "If you have done so much, shouldn't you be awarded a title?"

"It should be sealed." Wang Jiaping's words were indeed different from ordinary people. After he said this half sentence, he was not moved by the surprised look in the whole room, and continued: "So this minister cannot agree to attribute this credit to high pragmatism."

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask, "Why is this?"

Wang Jiaping replied: "The country has always cherished famous utensils, so that famous utensils are precious and should not be taken lightly, and it is precisely because they cannot be taken lightly that everyone yearns for it. Gao Wushi is only twenty-five years old. Reward, there will be decades in the future, let's just talk about the battle against Chahar, it is already close at hand. Could it be that my court will not let Gao pragmatic lead the army? If he leads the army to victory again, it will be huge. What is the reward for military exploits?
The minister expected that if this matter went well, the high pragmatist at that time should not be in his thirties yet.Destroying Can Yuan was the expectation of the second ancestors and sects, but with this merit, the minister feared that it would not be enough to be promoted to the first rank. Is it necessary to make him a prince at that time? "
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