Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1453 Meeting with Li Rusong (Part [-])
The most important meeting after the spring of this year was probably the one before Li Rusong was transferred to Liaodong to succeed his father Li Chengliang.The Mind School attached great importance to this. It was rumored that Li Rusong had already received invitations from Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue.

In fact, the invitations Li Rusong received were not limited to Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. He even received an invitation from the "old leader" British Duke Zhang Yuangong, asking him to attend a flower viewing party.

The reason why Zhang Yuangong is Li Rusong's "old leader" is because Li Rusong had "exercised" in the Beijing camp earlier, and his theoretical immediate boss at that time was Zhang Yuangong, one of the governors of the five prefectures.

This time, Zhang Yuangong invited guests to enjoy the flowers on the grounds of his "flowers blooming in other courtyards", and Li Rusong was not the only one he invited.But having said that, Li Rusong is indeed the most important guest of this flower viewing party, but the reason is not that Zhang Yuangong wants to get close to him.

Zhang Yuangong didn't need to be close to Li Rusong, but although Li Chengliang resigned, he was about to return to Beijing as a Spyker to be raised, which meant that Li Chengliang, Li Rusong and his son had actually entered the noble class.

The change of class has an impact on many things, and nobles and ordinary generals are by no means the same concept. This is also the reason why Gao Yuan did not choose to invite Li Rusong directly after thinking about it for a long time, but asked Zhang Yuangong to come forward instead.

In fact, the work of Xunchen is very different from that of ordinary generals, so the style of doing things must also be changed. Gao Yushi hopes to tell Li Rusong through the performance of the nobles in the capital that he should change his style.

As a minister, what kind of work do you have?The first is the sacrifice, which accounts for more than half of their "workload" recorded in the history.Usually it is the sacrifice on behalf of the emperor, and occasionally the emperor's own sacrifice, they serve as companions.The Circular Mound (Temple of Heaven) is the most worshiped, followed by Taimiao, Jiaomiao, Zhaori, Xiyue, Fangze, Sheji, Xiannong and other altars, and even the City God, in addition to the mausoleums of the former emperors.

After running errands, there are often some rewards, such as "give the British Duke Zhang Rong and the Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi each 20 taels of silver and two watches, as a sacrifice to the Fengxian Temple and the Shenxiao Temple to return to life", "British Duke Zhang Weixian To sacrifice to heaven to send the deputy to return to his life, and to send him to the prince for four years of hard work without loss, especially the crown prince Taibao."

Interestingly, the British Duke Zhang Weixian was also impeached for "lazy worship".Yu Maozi said in the ceremony that he "has just arrived at dawn, and the sun is already high after three offerings."Later, the emperor spoke, saying that this time it was because "the sacrificial booklet entered by the Ministry of Rites was not originally written", and ordered the Ministry of Rites to "register the sacrificial booklet clearly so that it can be observed" and "to forgive Zhang Weixian for his mistakes".

From this point of view, this work is still quite hard. "Heaven is sacrificed at the time of Zi, the earth is sacrificed at the time of Mao, the time of Ming is at the time of Mao, and the time of night is at the time of You". It is estimated that I often have to get up in the middle of the night to prepare, and I will be impeached if I am not careful. , Fortunately, there will be no major incidents.

Then it is to act as an ambassador of royal etiquette. For example, during Wanli's wedding, "Send British Duke Zhang Rong and Bachelor Zhang Juzheng to perform the ceremony of acceptance and inquiry".

The second son of the emperor was posthumously named: "Send Zhu Yingzhen, the Duke of Cheng, to hold the festival, and Shen Shixing, a scholar, to posthumously posthumously the second son of the emperor as King Binai".

Banquet for the president of the Daming Huidian: "The compilation officer of the Daming Huidian Chengyan Banquet ordered the Duke Xu Wenbi to wait for him in the Ministry of Rites."

Jinshi Enrong Banquet: "Ren Yin bestows Jinshi Enrong Banquet on Chairman Zhang Weixian, the British public".

In addition, there is an emblem for the empress dowager: "Renzi, the civil and military officials, the crown prince, the Taibao, the British Duke Zhang Weixian, etc. congratulate the empress dowager with the emblem ceremony."

Choose the address of the Shou Palace for the emperor: "Gongwu ordered Dingguo Gong Xu Wenbi, the great scholar Shen Shixing, the eunuch Zhang Hong, the eunuch Zhang Hongtong, and the Shangguan of the Erbu Hall of Li Gong to visit Tianshou Mountain and choose the auspicious place for the Shou Palace."

Accompanying and guarding the emperor on his tour: "The general visited the mountain mausoleum, and appointed all the guards to defend him, and the guards were Xu Wenbi, Duke of the State, Yang Bing, Uncle Zhangwu, Mao Deng, Uncle Fuyi, and Chen Yi, the censor of Zuodu, as escorts."

The honorable status belongs to military officials, but sometimes there are also civilian dispatches, such as the supervisory record: "Order the British public Zhang Rong to supplement the two dynasties' real record supervisors"; preside over the imperial lecture: "Jiyou ordered the prince Taibao British public Zhang Rongchong Knowing the scriptures banquet official Zuo Chunfang Zuo Zhongyun".But obviously, here they only have soy sauce.

However, there are not many records related to their own military positions, such as position changes: "Order the right army to take charge of the governor's office and seal Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi to take charge of the affairs of the rear army's governor's office" (basically front, back, left, right, middle and back. toss).

Self-Chen asked for resignation: "Zhang Rong, the British official who is in charge of the military government, resigned from the government with the military administration, and none of them allowed it." Usually, everyone will say "no job", and the response to the resignation application will almost always be "not allowed");

Examination and selection of the Ministry of War: "Xin Maoshuo's Ministry of War invites generals to be selected for military administration... Cheng Guo Gongxunwei Zhu Chunchen and other professional restraint talents should be retained."

In addition to these routine matters, the impeachment of officials is of course indispensable. Some of them are purely looking for trouble, but most of them are actually pointed out. , you need to request subordinate officials, and set up private files... Please strictly enforce the ban on leather, so as to frighten the owls from corruption."

This is a matter of extorting bribes under a clever name, but the result of the disposal is only "retaining the old honor and maintaining the same position, but reforming the long-standing abuses will be the future rules."

There is also "evidence that Xu Wenbi, Duke of Dingguo, who is in charge of the military government, insulted the ministers for investigation with military positions", and insulting ministers will be reported to the emperor for disposition. It can be seen that the status of military positions is indeed lower than that of civilian positions.

Of course, Ding Guogong's status is supernatural, and it's not him himself who committed the crime this time, but a few hundred households under his command, "gathering together in the forbidden place to insult the minister", it stands to reason that it has little to do with him.However, Xu Wenbi was "fined to live in Lumi for half a year" because he "only participated in six people, fabricated two people, falsely reported three people...was ambiguous and blamed".

There is also "In the matter of military affairs, Xiong Yuming clearly stated that he was more appropriate than the age of the military government. Zuo Fushu wrote that Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, had a camp to seek military administration. The Ministry discussed that he wanted to repudiate it. There was no reason to make an exception. Open, gradually cannot grow."

Although this memorandum and the rebuttals of Zhu Chunchen and others "neither report it", but from the accusation of "seeking military affairs", it can be seen that honorable military officials should not be too proactive even if they are fighting for their share (the military affairs here Refers to Prime Minister Rongzheng, this position is normally held by Xungui), it is still very taboo to ask for a job.

There are even fewer people who actually write letters about their own work, and several of them are about the "Eastern Affairs" that is, the Korean War: Dao Yu Zuo Que researched and translated the Japanese envoy’s request to seal”, “Ding Maoding, Duke Xu Wenbi, and others discussed things at the meeting... Begging the Ministry of War to transfer the text and the governors, those who should discuss it quickly, and those who should do it will go straight.”

From this point of view, they still have a certain right to speak in the military, but in fact they either play soy sauce or talk nonsense.

The following example can also show the embarrassing status of the "Five Armies Governor's Mansion": "In the afternoon of the First Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Weixian, the British official who was in charge of the Military Governor's Mansion, said that according to the Changping town report, the Badaling garrison was released to the barbarians... Begging for the government's yamen It is strictly forbidden to pass through all the gates and gates."

In the end, the reply I got was: "Shang said: This is an important task of border defense, and the Ministry will discuss it." The "Ministry" here naturally refers to the Ministry of War. Let the Ministry of War take care of it", so there is nothing wrong with him here.

They can't get involved in specific affairs. On the contrary, they still have a little right to recommend in terms of personnel, but it is estimated that it is based on face rather than power: "Ding Siqi was originally the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. It is also recommended by the officials, soldiers and ministers."

On the contrary, they have the right to speak about topics other than their own work: "Dingguo Gong Xu Wenbi, concubine Hou Gongchen, etc. have invited the emperor's eldest son to hold the three ceremonies, and they will not report", "Houfu and other British government officials Zhang Weixian, etc. ...Everyone is asking for the postponement of all difficulties in the kingdom of the king of blessings, and will not report."

Of course, this is all following the trend, but it can also be seen that the position of the Chinese and military ministers in the national dispute is the same, and they all agree that the emperor can easily change the principle of establishing a descendant and establishing a senior according to his own likes and dislikes.

There is nothing to say about title inheritance, changes, and related rewards, but the few records about the property of Xungui Zhuangtian are worth looking at:
"Tuntian Yushi Wang Guoqing found out that Fengrun Yutian and other counties Chengguo Gong Zhu Yingzhen withdrew Weidi and the folks complained about reclamation of unregistered land. Zhang passed a quota of 910 Youqi Beans for [-] [-] and [-] Shi Youqi Yong."

"The title of the Ministry of Households states that the eight prefectures and counties of Shuntian have more than 550 hectares of new and old farmland for their relatives. Except for Cheng Guogong Zhu Yingzhen and others who should continue to manage the property, his son-in-law Qi Wan's grandson Xie Wenquan and others have decided to reduce some. Bad report can be ".

"Cheng Guogong's housekeeper received a thousand taels of silver for his disciples and ordered Yizi to buy martial arts indiscriminately."

In fact, although there are few records of this kind, I am afraid that it is the main energy of these nobles.Generally speaking, during this period, nobles and nobles basically existed like mascots, and their main job was to perform sacrifices on behalf of the emperor and undertake various royal etiquette tasks.It seems that the old Zhu's family still regards them as their own, and they are really "resting with the country".

As for the right to speak in the court, they have a certain right to speak in political and military affairs, but they do not have the right to operate.In terms of material life, simply speaking, they have high salaries, many rewards, and farmland, and they can embezzle and accept bribes without worrying about being punished too much. This aspect of treatment is obviously better than that of civil servants.

In terms of status, whether it is title or rank, honor is higher than that of civil servants. (By the way, the statement that "the duke is super-grade" is actually inaccurate. The super-grade should only be said in the Qing Dynasty. I occasionally say this in this book because everyone is used to understanding it this way. In fact, "Da Ming Hui Dian ", "History of the Ming Dynasty Official Records", there is no such thing as super-grade, and Gonghou Bobiao generally states that "the prince is the first rank, and the uncle is the second rank".)
It can also be seen from the various etiquette occasions and related records in the above records that the nobles are in front and the civil officials are in the back.For example, at the time of conferring the title of Crown Princess, "Duke Xu Wenbi was ordered to act as the envoy, and Shen Yiguan, a scholar, was appointed as the deputy envoy, and he was appointed as the deputy envoy at the imperial concubine's residence".
Another example is "the Liao Zuo used soldiers, civil and military officials, the British public, Zhang Weixian, etc. to donate money and pay differently." Like this, those who add a representative after the general name of "civil and military officials" are all honorable military officials;

Another example is that before Zhu Yijun died, "Bingshen, who was seriously ill, summoned Zhang Weixian, the British Duke, Fang Congzhe, a scholar, and Zhou Jiamo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, etc. to meet in the Hongde Palace." At the same time, as Minister Gu Ming, theoretically speaking, Zhang Weixian, the leader of the Wuchen class, is also ranked first.

Looking at all the above, it means that although the honorable status is respected, one must not meddle in power indiscriminately; although the status is high in name, it is best not to offend civil servants.

The flower viewing party is scheduled for the eighth day of March. There is nothing special about this day. The reason for this arrangement is that Li Rusong's meeting with His Majesty has been arranged for Li Rusong's meeting on the sixth day of March.

Although Li Rusong now actually has a "Uncle Ningyuan Yingxi", that is, as the eldest son, he is the one who "should inherit the title".But after all, at this time, he still has a "dispatch position", that is, the "chief army officer guarding the Xuanfu", and he needs to meet the emperor before he can be considered as resigning from this position. Meeting the emperor must come before anything else.

As for the seventh day of March, that day was specially reserved for Li Rusong to visit Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue—at any rate, his father had already joined the Xinxue School, so Li Rusong must go to see them first.

On the eighth day of March, the British Duke Zhang Yuangong held a flower-appreciation meeting in his Xishan courtyard. Because Gao Wushi happened to be resting in Baiyulou courtyard due to the cold spring, he was also invited to go, saying that he had a hot spring in the Xishan courtyard. , most convenient for recuperation and recovery.

Of course, this is just an excuse for high-practical skipping work. After all, civil servants are no more expensive than honorable people, and there are reasonable reasons for skipping work.

Due to the location of the British Gongxi Mountain Bieyuan, which is about [-] miles north of the Gaowushi Baiyulou Bieyuan, Li Rusong set off from the capital early and headed northwest.

After walking not far, Li Rusong heard voices of people in front of him, as if there was a sound of fighting, he couldn't help being stunned, subconsciously pressed his waist knife and asked the people around him: "The front is supposed to be Beiding Niangniang Temple, how can someone fight here?"

Li Rusong had been a military officer in the Beijing camp for many years, so he knew the origin of the Beiding Niangniang Temple in front of him.It was originally a temple built by the royal imperial edict, and Bixia Yuanjun was enshrined in the temple. It was one of the five tops in the famous "Five Tops and Eight Temples" in the capital.This place is located at the northern end of the northern extension of the central axis of the capital, and is a landmark building at the northern end of the capital.

The "five tops" of the capital represent the five directions of the capital, each with its own characteristics. Dongding is also a temple market, which is a lively place for markets and temple fairs outside the capital.

But the excitement is the excitement, and it is not the same as the sound of fighting. Li Rusong heard that the voice in front of him was wrong, and immediately became alert.

However, Tieling Li's family member who stayed in the capital was not surprised, and explained with a smile: "The old man doesn't know something, and it is different now. Although there is the Empress Temple in front of it, but a little further north of the Empress Temple is the Imperial Guard. For the past two years, the camp of the army has been practiced day and night like this on weekdays, and I am afraid that it will be compared to Jianxinzhai, which is further west."

Li Rusong's heart moved, he glanced at the two directions mentioned by the servant, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked: "The camp of the imperial guards is in the north of the capital, and Jianxinzhai is on its side... you say The reason why the guards are acting like this is that they are afraid of being compared with Xin Zhai, so it is hard to believe that Xin Zhai also has a garrison?"

"Jian Xinzhai is not a garrison, of course, it is Gao Situ's other courtyard, there are often two or three thousand servants in it, all of them are ruthless people who practice three nines in winter and three days in summer. Seeing that the servants of Xinzhai have all practiced this How could the Janitors, who were not far across from them, be able to sit still?
Therefore, Commander Qi made a rule, trained the guards very well, and even competed with people from Jian Xinzhai every one or two months. Firearms allowed.Thanks to Jianxinzhai and the medical clinic, there would be no fatalities. "

Li Rusong's heart moved, and he suddenly snorted coldly: "The location of Yingying Gong's Xishan courtyard is quite interesting. When I went to his courtyard, I happened to pass between the camp of the imperial guards and the camp of Jianxinzhai."

After finishing speaking, he raised his chin slightly, and said to the hundreds of cavalry soldiers behind him: "Come on, don't let people look down on our Liaodong Army!"
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