marquis of jingan

Chapter 719

Cleaning up the Forbidden Army is not an extraordinary requirement. After all, according to the procedure, the promotion or relegation of the generals of the Forbidden Army does need to go through the procedures of the Ministry of War.

As for Shen Yi, the military selection officer, he did have a say in the personnel arrangement of the fifth-rank and lower-rank generals.

The emperor had been in Hongde for eight years, and he had roughly controlled the Forbidden Army.

This kind of general control means that several top officials of the Forbidden Army fell to the emperor and became loyal supporters of the emperor.

And these people, that is, the commander of the Mabu Army, and the deputy commander of the capital.

The high-level officials turned to the emperor. Although it can be said that they have mastered the Forbidden Army, after all, they have not been sorted out from top to bottom, and some old-fashioned grassroots forces will inevitably appear in the Forbidden Army.

If you want to use your fingers like your arms, you have to rearrange it from top to bottom.

This sorting includes the replacement of generals at the grassroots level, and even the dismantling of the grassroots establishment.

These things require the full cooperation of the Ministry of War with the emperor.

However, those former members of the Ministry of War have interests and entanglements with various armies, including the Imperial Army, and it is impossible to follow the emperor's ideas wholeheartedly.

That's why the emperor quarreled with the old man for a long time with a blushing face and put Shen Yi in the current position despite all the arguments.

You know, the prime ministers of Zhongshu would rather let Shen Yi go to Yushitai to be the fourth-rank censor of Qiandu than let him preside over the military selection department!

Because this yamen is very critical, if one fails, the army all over the country may cause trouble!

Sitting in this position and helping the emperor organize the imperial army is a tacit understanding between the emperor and Shen Yi, and it is a matter of duty.

But to sort out the Huaihe Navy...

That's a bit too much.

After all, the personnel transfer of the Huaihe Navy was nominally passed through the Ministry of War, but it was always approved by the court and the Ministry of War after the Zhao family reported it. That is to say, the internal personnel of the Huaihe Navy had nothing to do with the Ministry of War.

Seeing Shen Yi's appearance, the emperor's face was calm, and he said lightly: "You are the doctor of the Wuxuan Division, and you are the one who decides the personnel affairs of the Huaihe Navy."

He squinted his eyes, and said lightly: "After you take office in the early spring, the Huaihe Navy will hand over the paperwork for the transfer of officers. You should press it first, and then give him a no. Let's see what the reaction is."

Shen Yi sighed helplessly, and said: "Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, I am afraid that the Huaihe Navy does not care about the appointment document of the Ministry of War. Whether the Ministry of War suppresses it or not, they will not take it seriously. .”

"Don't take it seriously, then wait a month or two and transfer someone to fill the vacancy."

The emperor said expressionlessly: "I want to see how arrogant the Huaihe Navy is."

Master Shen was silent for a while, then lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the first half of the year should be dominated by the Imperial Army. After the transfer of the Imperial Army is completed and the combat strength is restored, it will not be too late to start adjusting the Huaihe Navy."

"Moreover, the adjustment to the Huaihe Navy cannot be done slowly."

After Shen Yi paused, he continued: "For example, the Huaihe Navy handed over a document for the transfer of generals. As long as the Ministry of War suppresses him for a month or two and rejects him, then I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid that the Huaihe Navy will no longer have a document handed over to the Ministry of War."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, the emperor stroked his chin and thought for a while, then nodded, and said, "That's the truth."

He looked at Shen Yi and said with emotion: "It's Shen Qing who thinks carefully."

His Majesty the Emperor sat in his seat, looked at Shen Yi silently, and said, "This year, you and my ministers have a lot to do."

"In the first half of this year, there will be many more vacancies in civil service positions."

His Majesty the Emperor said indifferently: "In the first half of the year, the six ministries and nine ministers and those prime ministers will focus on these vacancies of civil servants, and they probably won't pay too much attention to the imperial army. We will clean up the imperial army within half a year. .”

After a pause, he continued: "However, I also need to spend some thought on these vacancies, so the adjustment of the forbidden army requires Shen Qing, you have to put a lot of thought into it."

This sentence is a bit rascal.

It probably means that he needs to divide the cake from the civil servants, and he doesn't have much energy to manage the affairs of the imperial army, so Shen Yi needs to work harder.

Master Shen looked around and saw that there were no palace people nearby. He was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I am in charge of this matter. If someone from the imperial army comes to give gifts, will I accept them or not?"

"If I don't accept anything..."

Master Shen sighed: "I'm afraid I will offend half of the imperial army, or even most of the imperial army."

The emperor smiled.

He looked at Shen Yi and said, "I've thought about this matter for Shen Qing too. Don't worry, I'm not someone who kills donkeys. I won't let Shen Qing offend too many people."

"For things like receiving gifts, if you can adjust them, you should accept them. If you can't adjust them, you don't accept them at all, and then tell the person who came to give the gift."

The emperor said indifferently: "Just say that the servant minister above you is not allowed, let him go to find the minister minister to give gifts."

Master Shen blinked.

"If Ji Shilang and Jiang Shangshu accept the gift, then press it down..."

The emperor's face was calm: "I'm afraid it's not easy for the generals at the level of Qianhu to meet the head of your military selection department. It's their ability to really let them meet the person at the level of Minister Minister Shangshu."

"By the time."

The emperor tapped lightly on the table: "I will break up with them."

Master Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief, he got up and cupped his hands to the emperor, "Thank you Your Majesty, if there are any gifts that I have to accept in private, they should all be handed over to the palace to enrich the internal funds."

In any case, there is always nothing wrong with giving the boss a favor.

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and laughed dumbfoundedly: "I despise those who have three melons and two dates. You can save it to subsidize the family."

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor did have the confidence to say such a thing.

Now the five municipal shipping departments in the southeast have all been established. Among them, the Wenzhou Prefecture Shipping Department and Songjiang Prefecture Shipping Department have begun to operate normally, especially the Wenzhou Prefecture Shipping Department. 190 million taels of silver!
Except for a part of this money, which was used to maintain Wenzhou Wei, most of the other money went into internal funds.

Although the income of the Municipal Shipping Department will definitely be noticed by the household department after a long time, but in the past two years, the income has still entered the internal funds.

Therefore, in the past two years, His Majesty the Emperor has been very rich.

When rewarding people on weekdays, they spend a lot of money.

Shen Yi silently bowed his head in thanks.

The monarch and his ministers chatted for more than an hour in this nectar palace, and then they talked about the "official affairs" in the first half of the year after the beginning of the new year.

After talking about what happened in the first half of the year, Shen Yi hesitated and reminded: "Your Majesty, if the Ministry of War moves the Huaihe Navy in the second half of the year, the Huaihe Navy may not be able to bear it..."

Mobilizing the personnel rights of the Huaihe Navy is nothing more than the emperor's test of the Zhao Clan.

If the Zhao family endures, in the next few years, the emperor and the Ministry of War will gradually replace the generals of the Huaihe Navy, so as to complete the transfer of power without bloodshed. When the time is right, the emperor will transfer the Zhao family Please go back to Jiankang.

Give them preferential treatment for a few years, and then invite them to drink tea slowly.

And if the Zhao Clan is unwilling to accept being taken over by the court, then there may be trouble directly.

Shen Yi was asking if the emperor was ready.

His Majesty the Emperor closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "I've been thinking about this for three or four years. Now that I'm still young, I have the spirit..."

"We have to start doing it."

"Otherwise, in a few years, I'm over thirty, I don't know if I still have the courage to make such a decision."

His Majesty the Emperor was expressionless, and said slowly, "It's nothing more than a big change."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't do it now, you will be even more tied up in the future!"

Young people are always full of enthusiasm.

What the emperor said was right, if he doesn't do it now, he will not have the courage to do it in the future.

In the future, I will be entangled in various things, and the word "Northern Expedition" will become a dream.

Shen Yi silently cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"All right."

The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "There's no need to talk too much empty talk, it's boring to listen to. It's getting late, so Shen Qing will just go back."

After a pause, he continued to smile and said: "After Shen Qing goes back, you might as well think about my family affairs for me. I've been quite a headache these days."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi pretended not to hear it, and bowed his hands deeply to the emperor.

"Wei Chen...retire."

After finishing speaking, he backed up in small steps and hurriedly left the Ganlu Hall.

Seeing Shen Yi's funny appearance, His Majesty the Emperor pretended to be serious at first, and he couldn't help laughing until Shen Yi left the Ganlu Hall.

"Look at his cowardice!"

Eunuch Gao stood behind Shen Yi all the time, and said with a smile, "You can't blame Shen Langzhong, even the prime ministers in Zhongshu probably don't have the guts to get involved in the family affairs of the Tian family."

When the emperor heard this, the smile on his face subsided, and he shook his head helplessly.

"I used to think that the Tian Family is extremely honorable, so there should be no troubles, but now it seems that there are quite a lot of troubles."

The empress dowager instructed him to choose a girl, and the intention behind it is self-evident.

Because Empress Sun has had no children for many years, the empress dowager wanted to add a son to this niece.

But this kind of harem battle is now just a secret fight.

After all, the emperor was in his prime, and with him, conflicts in the harem would not erupt.

The emperor stretched, stood up from his chair, and asked, "Did my two uncles come to the palace to see the queen these few days?"

Gao Ming hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head slightly: "Not in the past few days, but a few days ago, the two Marquis came to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager."

"Humph…"

The emperor snorted and did not continue.

After stretching, he sat back down again and said in a low voice, "It's a pity that my emperor's son is too young."

"Otherwise, Shen Qi has to accept him as a student..."

(End of this chapter)