Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 70 The Cabinet Controversy
In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen changed into bright yellow casual clothes and sat at the head of the palace.

The new chief minister of the cabinet is Zheng Sanjun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The old minister is in his seventies this year, his hair is already gray, and his eyes are slightly narrowed.

Zheng Sanjun is a man of the world and has survived four dynasties without falling. He has won the golden mean of harmony but not faux pas. Moreover, he is neither corrupt nor corrupt, does not form cliques, and does not seek selfishness.

As one of the most important yamen in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials across the country. If you want to be greedy, it is effortless, so that many colleagues in the officialdom have disappeared in smoke for decades, but he is still standing like a pillar .

Oh, I can't say that, I heard that Wei Zhongxian had a miserable time when he was in power, but he can bear it, if he can't beat you, he will survive you!

As soon as Chongzhen took his seat, Jiang Dejing, a scholar of Dongge University, couldn't sit still.

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Shanhaiguan Pass, plotted against the law, and the servant An Guobo killed had no objection, but Wu Sangui, as the Emperor's seal of Ping Xibo, should be handed over to the Sanju Judiciary according to the etiquette. Shanhaiguan is an important border gate. The imperial court acted recklessly, and I believe that An Guobo should be recalled as soon as possible, and another steady general should be stationed at Shanhaiguan."

Jiang Dejing is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is very clear about these rules, although he has no old grudges against An Guobo, just discussing the matter as it is.

But in his position, he must seek his own government. An Guobo has repeatedly regarded our court etiquette as nothing, which is simply intolerable.

"Well, I see!" Chongzhen's face was cold.

Are you kidding me, don't I know about An Guobo's virtues?This guy is simply a bastard, he won't go away, he's going backwards, you talk to him about etiquette?
Besides, to get the man back, you go to help me beat Jian slaves?It really doesn't hurt my back to stand and talk.

There are many rituals and ancestral systems in Ming Dynasty. After more than 200 years, many of them no longer meet the needs of the country today and have to be changed. Chongzhen recalled what Liu Hongjian said when he was drunk one day.

Since Liu Hongjian entered the court, he has punished rape and eliminated evil, investigated and dealt with corruption, and the smoggy court finally saw some light.

Chongzhen's reliance on An Guobo, none of these ministers here are like mirrors in their hearts, and so is Lao Jiang, why are they so stubborn!
"What does Li Aiqing think?" Chongzhen glanced at Li Banghua, the second assistant to the cabinet.

"I feel that it is not inappropriate for An Guobo to act decisively in the Shanhaiguan change. What An Guobo said gave the soldiers faith. The old minister has been an official for many years and believes it. The frontier army has lived inside the city wall for too long. Blindly defend It has polished off the spirit of the soldiers..."

Li Banghua and Liu Hongjian were very close friends, not to mention that his official position was recommended by Liu Hongjian. In fact, Li Banghua never took this matter seriously, but Li Banghua valued Liu Hongjian's handling style.

Don't talk about benevolence, righteousness and etiquette with me. It's a mule or a horse. You can just pull it out and say, what's the use?
"My lord Li, soldiers are tricky. An Guobo has repeatedly helped the country from its decline, and brought my Ming Dynasty back to life. This old man also has great respect for An Guobo, but Shanhaiguan is an important border.

An Guobo Nian and the weak crown, if there is a loss, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger! "

Fang Yuegong, the right servant of the household department, Wenyuange University scholar, couldn't help interrupting Li Banghua's defense of Liu Hongjian.

"Hmph, it will take two or three days at the fastest to get here from Shanhaiguan, not to mention whether the order can be delivered in time now, does Mr. Fang have so little confidence in my Ming army?"

"You two lovers, don't argue about this matter. You will not accept the orders of the kings abroad. It is my decision to appoint An Guobo as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan. Since I decided to delegate power, I will not hold him back. I trust him. An Guobo, do you understand?"

Chongzhen sees that the two hold their own opinions and are still arguing, so he interrupts them with a wave of his hand. In Chongzhen's view, the quarrel between the two is meaningless, not to mention whether the battle has already started at this time.

Take a step back and say that even if the frontier army loses, they can still retreat to Jiancheng, and take a step back. Now that the Beijing camp has been rectified, it is not bad. There are Jin Yiwei watching and no one dares to tamper with the military salary. The morale of the soldiers in the Beijing camp is high.

The [-] Jingying infantry stationed in the capital, understand that Jiannu has [-] cavalry, and they must return in vain, but the people in the Jingji area will suffer again.

He came to the cabinet mainly to discuss how to deal with the worst situation. Seeing Zheng Sanjun, an evergreen tree of the Ming Dynasty, still squinting his eyes and not speaking, Chongzhen signaled him to express his opinion.

"Your Majesty, the old minister's humble opinion is that although An Guobo is young and weak, he has made outstanding achievements many times. He is the minister of the humerus of my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, what Mr. Li said is correct, but his character is perverted and needs time to temper. Shanhaiguan is a frontier pass. Importantly, if there is a danger of losing the Great Ming, what Lord Yi Fang said is also reasonable."

After speaking, he did not forget to bow his hands to Fang Yuegong and Jiang Dejing.

"However, if jade is not cut, it cannot be made into a tool. People are not sages and sages. If there is a mistake in Shanhaiguan, the emperor does not need to worry. The soldiers of the Beijing camp will definitely stop the Manchus from outside the city wall.

As far as the veteran knows, among the four towns in the south of Jiangbei, Huang Degong has always had the ambition to serve the country. Now that Huang Degong's troops have suppressed the rebel general Liu Chao, the emperor can reward him and order him to quickly lead the army and serve the king. "

Lord Shoufu raised his hands up, and talked freely with his hands down. He first affirmed the emperor's goodness, then sold his colleagues to save face, and finally proposed a solution. It was a good hand, which hit Chongzhen's heart.

old fox!Fang Yuegong and Jiang Dejing secretly thought in unison.

Only Li Banghua was fine, seeing that Chongzhen's complexion had changed, he hurriedly asked Chongzhen to open a new topic.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zheng just didn't mention the four towns in Jiangbei, but I haven't realized that the imperial court has raised them for many years. When the time came to use them, why didn't any of them come.

Huang Degong's failure to come is justifiable, but how can the other three towns explain it?Fortunately, the three of Liu Zeqing still have the face to submit monthly memorials to ask for food and money, as well as Zuo Liangyu who is entrenched in Wuchang. The emperor must guard against it. "

The three towns in Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu have always been a pain in Chongzhen's heart, so much so that the courtiers hardly dared to mention them in the past two months.

The four Jiangbei towns are Liu Zeqing from Sizhou, Gao Jie from Luzhou, Liu Liangzuo from Yangzhou, and Huang Degong from Huaian. Each of the four towns has more than [-] soldiers and horses.

The other three, Gao Jie, came from Li Zicheng's peasant army. It is said that he gave Li Zicheng a green hat, and he had no choice but to run away with his men and surrender to Ming.

Gao Jie was used to being in the peasant army, and the imperial court couldn't pay the army's salary, so he went to the old Liu's land on both sides to fight the autumn breeze.

Erliu was not a vegetarian either, for the sake of his own territory, the three parties almost fought a small battle every ten days and a big battle for the rest of the month.

I just replied to Chongzhen that the soldiers couldn't get the military salary, and they couldn't adjust it. The ministers remembered that Chongzhen was so angry that he smashed the ancestral inkstone on the table to pieces.

Ordinarily, the three of them are not stupid. They thought that Daming was going to be over, and the three of them were ready to meet the new master, but the defense of the capital surprised the three of them.

What's more shameless is not only that, after the intruders retreated, Chongzhen summoned three people to report to the court, and all three of them stayed ill. False, asking for food and money is true.

The three towns have a contract of 90 soldiers, 100 shi of rice and [-] million taels of silver.

The reason why the three of them are so shameless and bold is that of course they value the court's reliance on them. In a word, Daming has no soldiers, only the three of us have them, oh no, there is a big boss behind us.

This boss is called Zuo Liangyu, who has been entrenched in Wuhan and Wuchang for two years, and has 20 soldiers in his hands. He also refused to go north to serve the king on the grounds that there was no military salary and soldiers were not allowed to dispatch.

Chongzhen, who was so dumb, almost fainted on the spot, so that every time the courtiers mentioned this matter, Chongzhen's face immediately became angry.

But what can I do, now you can't deal with people, if you don't calm down and make trouble for you, can you, Daming, take it?
Seeing Chongzhen's face darken again, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department of Jianji Temple University, secretly pulled Li Banghua's clothes and feet with his right hand, but the former did not respond.

You say you are a courtier, why bring this up?The money comes from the old man's household department, and the emperor didn't say anything, isn't it flattering to both parties?
Ni Yuanlu also felt sorry for Li Banghua, this minister of the Ministry of War has only been in office for less than two months, how can he offend people so much?It seems that the servant minister last time was less than two months, alas!
"Don't need Li Aiqing's reminder, I naturally understand the reason why tigers are a threat, and let a few people run rampant for a while, and discuss it after I finish handling the border affairs."

Chongzhen had one head and two big ones. As the emperor of Daming, how could he not understand how messed up Daming was?

Fortunately, there are not only several tigers sleeping peacefully on the side of my couch, but also two wolves in the north, and a panic in Sichuan.

Do you owe it or not?
"According to Zheng Aiqing's words, I granted Huang Degong the title of Bo Jingnan, Liu Zeqing the Boss of Dongping, Liu Liangzuo the Boss of Guangchang, Gao Jie the Boss of Pingxing, and Zuo Liangyu the Boss of Ningnan.

He ordered Huang Degong to send troops to Beijing, and said to the outside world that he would come to Beijing to supervise the recruits in the Beijing camp. That's it, let's all step down! "

For the first time, Chongzhen did not get angry, which surprised several people. Seeing that Chongzhen had made up his mind, several people remained silent, and retreated to Wenyuan Pavilion to deal with the matter after saluting.

In order to keep the water level and prevent the other feudal towns from becoming suspicious, Chongzhen endured the anger in his heart and gave everyone an earl, and even had to find absurd reasons for rushing Huang Degong.

He didn't dare to recruit all these vassals and towns who couldn't figure out their loyalty and traitors to Beijing. If these grassroots saw the Manchu soldiers oppressing the border and turned their backs, wouldn't they be digging their own graves.

The north is already chaotic enough, and the south cannot be chaotic anymore, otherwise there will be nothing to do when the gods come.

July [-]th is the Ghost Festival, which is called Ghost Festival among the people.

In the Taimiao of the Imperial City of the capital, Chongzhen brought Prince Zhu Cihong, Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong, Prince Yong Zhu Cizhao, and Zhu Cihuan who had not yet been knighted to pay homage to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Princess Kunxing Zhu Shuyu and Princess Zhaoren Zhu Shuxuan also followed .

Since An Guobo left, Chongzhen would bring his heirs to the Taimiao every morning and after the court. They didn't know why at first, but they only vaguely knew about it later.

"Salute to the ancestors!" Chongzhen said in a deep voice with no expression on his face.

Six children of different ages knelt in front of the tablets of the fifteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty. This is their ancestors. Even Zhu Cizhao, the king of Yong who is usually the most troublesome, is particularly special in this Taimiao. Quiet.

The prince is the oldest among the six, and he is already 15 years old. He knows what it means if Shanhaiguan is lost, so he clasped his hands together and closed his eyes to pray.

Several young princes also knelt down in a similar manner, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Sister Huang, do you think Liu Hongjian can win the battle?" Princess Zhaoren Tong Yanwuji, who was only six years old, raised her head and glanced at the pious Princess Kunxing.

Princess Kunxing glared at Zhaoren to signal her not to speak nonsense, and then closed her eyes.

He's sure to win, and he promised to bring me delicious lollipops!Princess Kunxing also closed her eyes immediately.

Uncle An, I have placed all my bets on you. No matter whether I win or lose, I hope you can come back alive. My Daming needs you!
However, what Chongzhen didn't know was that when he first received Liu Hongjian's memorial, the Battle of Shanhaiguan had been going on all morning...

　Fixed a bug. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shumao should be Princess Kunxing, and Princess Changping was granted in the Qing Dynasty.In addition, I would like to thank the book friends Braised Chizhong and chen456852de for the reward of 1000 coins, thank the book friends Liubaijiang for the reward of 100 coins, and thank the book friends Lan Bing for the reward of 500 coins, which is enough for me to eat Tomatoes and eggs are served as a rice bowl. At the beginning of the month, the author received 70 yuan and 3 cents for the manuscript fee. He went to eat a self-service hot pot happily, but ended up paying 30 yuan, woo woo woo!

　　
　
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