Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 169

As for the third chief assistant, it was quite unexpected.

Xu Zhen, later the famous Xu Youzhen, was Zhu Qiyu's third chief assistant.

Although Xu Yu swayed from side to side and often did some ridiculous things, he was too capable to hold back this person.

In terms of water control alone, 120 years from now, and 80 years later, in a total of 200 years, there is no better river control ability than Xu Xuan.

Just relying on the extremely scarce ability of river management talents, Zhu Qiyu is enough to tolerate Xu Xuan without limit.Although Xu Zhen in history participated in the change of seizing the door, if he wants to become a famous emperor through the ages, he has to grit his teeth and endure some things.

Just like Wei Zheng also participated in Li Jiancheng's plan before and after the Xuanwumen Incident, but Li Shimin still gritted his teeth and admitted it.

Moreover, Xu Xie was a very rare civil servant and earl in Ming Dynasty. Although Xu Xie committed a series of acts of death, he finally died well. It can be seen that his talent and political ability should not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Where is Xu Yu, I asked him to control the river before, has he left Beijing now?"

Huang Pu replied: "This humble official knows that Xu Yi has not left Beijing. He said that there is no way to start construction and repair the river in winter, and there is nothing to do now that he has gone. So these days, he has been active in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. The senior consulted the art of river control."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said with a smile: "This great talent is quite modest, and he even knows to ask others for advice. But I can understand that he went to the Ministry of Industry, but what does the Ministry of War have to do with him? Why did he go to the Ministry of Military Affairs?"

Huang Pu replied: "Xu Yu said that it is enough to repair the river and mobilize the officers and troops, and there is no need to torment the common people."

"This coincides with my thoughts. Go and inform him that he will also come to participate tomorrow morning."

Huang Pu received the order, and Zhu Qiyu ordered again: "I'm going to entertain the generals tonight, you two should join together. Ningxiang, you go to the backyard to make something to eat and bring it here. Let's eat something first and then talk about it."

So everyone rested and ate separately. In the evening, the generals entered the mansion one after another.

The military generals behaved completely differently from the Xungui Group. Whether it was Shi Heng, Fan Guang, Sun Tong, etc., or the emperor's personal guards such as Xu Tong, Gu Zhong, or Liu Yongcheng and Hao Yi from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, none of them I can't tell you that I'm sick.

After all, everyone wanted to be named Earl and Marquis, and the distribution of these titles was just a matter of the emperor's decision.

Zhu Qiyu didn't mention the fact that the army went out of the camp to provoke Wala today, but just persuaded the generals to drink.Then they revealed some post-war arrangements one after another. In short, they promised to give enough titles and powers, and then let the generals separately go to the border to garrison and expand the territory for Ming Dynasty.

The demands of the generals were satisfied, and the meal was a feast for the guests and the host. It was not until late at night that everyone dispersed.

Silent all night.

At dawn the next day, the civil and military ministers had to arrive at Prince Qi's mansion early.

The Ming Dynasty came to court very early, and the ministers had already gotten used to it.Zhu Qiyu complained while dawdling in the bed: "Who sets these court times. I have tried my best not to stick to the rules. Why do the ministers come here so early?"

Ning Xiang had no choice but to coax her with a smile: "Husband, let's go back quickly, the slave's house is warming the bed, waiting for my husband to come back."

"Hey, let's kill him quickly, that's enough."

Zhu Qiyu got up while cursing Yexian, dressed neatly, and came to the West Flower Hall.

After reclining on the soft couch, Zhu Qiyu looked around the crowd, two people who didn't show up often came today, one was Xu Xuan, and the other was Fengcheng Hou Li Xian.

Zhu Qiyu had to lament the efficiency of the nobles, as soon as he drove away a group of people, the nobles immediately launched a new spokesperson.

Moreover, this Marquis of Fengcheng's qualifications are still very old: his family is the founder of the country, and during the Xuande period, Li Xian was already in charge of the former military governor's office.In the orthodox year, Li Xian served as the chief military officer of the Datong Mansion, and now he is in charge of the Nanjing Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion.

Because of this battle to defend Beijing, Nanjing's army was also transferred to Beijing. Not long after the Marquis of Fengcheng led a new batch of King Qin's army to Beijing, he caught up with the emperor's coup and drove away a large number of dignitaries in Beijing. .

Senior honorables either died in Tumubao, or were driven out of the capital, or just like Wei Guogong, they have been guarding Nanjing.

So Li Xian suddenly found out that he was now the oldest and most prestigious among Zaijing Xungui, who was close to the emperor, and he couldn't help but be pushed to the fore.

But Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to be courteous to these nobles who were close to the emperor. Even if they tried their best, they would still have this attitude, so why bother to put a hot face on a cold ass.

Besides, the nobles who are close to the Supreme Emperor, the capable Uncle Jingyuan and Hou Ningyang are three to five thousand miles away, and those in the capital are all useless trash, and they are not worth paying attention to at all.

So Zhu Qiyu's first sentence was to ask Xu Yu: "Xu Aiqing, do you have a clue about how to control the river?"

Seeing that the new king was the first to ask himself, Xu Yu was a little flattered, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I already have a general strategy.

But speaking, it's a bit long.Chen believes that the previous river control strategy only focused on the short-term, not the long-term, and it was completely treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Take the present as an example, we can't just think about strengthening the river embankment in Shandong just because of the breach in the Shandong section.The imperial court should have an overall plan for the governance of the Yellow River and the canal, and then implement it consistently for decades. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction: "After a while, the court meeting will end, Xu Aiqing will stay here, and we, the monarch and minister, will chat in detail alone."

Xu Yu was overjoyed when he heard the words. He was a Jinshi at the age of 26. He was originally a promising young talent, but in the end, no one appreciated him, and his time wasted.

Poor Xu Yu, who just won the Jinshi, was named the editor of the Imperial Academy of the Seventh Rank.However, 16 years have passed, and in the 14th year of orthodoxy, the 42-year-old Xu Zhen was only promoted to the sixth rank of the Hanlin Academy.

Xu Yu sighed in his heart: In the end, it was all thanks to the absurd new monarch, who inexplicably promoted himself to the fourth rank of the Royal Procuratorate Youqian Capital Censor as soon as he took the throne, and finally stepped into the ranks of high-ranking officials.

Xu Yu took another look at the only two people standing behind him: He Yi and Huang Pu, and felt even more emotional in his heart.The civil servants present were all important officials of the imperial court, whether they were ministers, ministers, or left and right censors, ministers of Dali temple, ministers of Taichang temple and so on.

He is only the censor of the right capital, and his official position ranks third from the bottom.The key point is that the two people who are lower in official position than him are much better off than him.Especially He Yi, who is only 22 years old now, is already the fifth rank Zuo Shuzi of Zuo Chunfang.

Although he was one level lower than himself, he was 20 years younger.And as the direct descendant of the new king, the difference of one level is nothing, it is simply more than a hundred times luckier than himself.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the people with different expressions, and knew that the civil servants had come early for some reason.So he cut straight to the point and issued an edict:
"The eldest uncle has already left Beijing, and the Ministry of Rites cannot be left alone. The court is in troubled times, and it is helpless for two ministers to appear in one book.

How about this, Yu Shiyue, Minister of Dali Temple, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of general affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and still in charge of Dali Temple affairs. "

When Yu Shiyue heard the words, she was greatly surprised, and quickly knelt down to thank her.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Zhou Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is also a Bachelor of Dongge University, and he joined the cabinet to assist me in handling government affairs."

Zhou Chen was also greatly moved. The 70-year-old veteran has finally survived to join the cabinet.

These two appointments are still within the acceptable range, but they are quite standard.So the ministers all concentrated their minds and listened carefully to see who the position of the remaining cabinet minister would be in the end.

(End of this chapter)