Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 565: The cabinet divides the ninth-level bachelors into rankings based on their merits and rewards.
Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Which great immortal came up with this evil idea to burn wasteland? If you burn all the grass, what will the Wala people's livestock eat?"

Qianxue teased: "Even the Wala people sympathize. Husband, you are about to become a good person. Fortunately, Duke Cao realized your painstaking efforts and accepted the tribe of Yexian's third son Amasangchi and settled him in Shasha." state.

Now there are only two forces left in Oara: Huoer Huda and Boyan Timur.According to Cao Guogong's analysis, Boyan Timur showed signs of defecting to Yili.

Huo'er suddenly took Yi Wang, the illegitimate son of Emperor Gongrang, to order the tribes of Meng Yuan.It was difficult for Boyan Timur to compete with him, and he could no longer bear it. "

"Very good, very good. Soon we will have reason to destroy Oara, Yilibali, and Eastern Chagatai, and then go west to start a war with the Timurid Empire and the Golden Horde.

Let Wang Ji and Chen Mao fight slowly in the south, let Cao Guogong and King Su fight in the west, and I will be responsible for fighting the Jurchens, Korea, and Japan in the east.

To the Tatars in the north, I sent Wang Yue and Yu Zijun there, and asked them to attack and defend, and try to work together for a few years.

In the southeast there are Nian Fu, Xuan Shi and Xin Guogong Tang Jie; in Shandong there are Yue Zheng, Lu Yu and Cui Gong; in Huguang there are Wang Lai and Xiang Zhong.

Several people are responsible for one direction and manage it at the same time.

Otherwise, if I rely on myself alone, I will never be able to finish this battle in 20 years.

The fight is almost over, and the next generation has grown up.When the time comes, he will become a prince and go further to expand his territory.

This is my universal Chineseism. "

After hearing this, Lin Xiangyu concluded: "Only by opening up territories can one become a great emperor. Only Emperor Yongle followed by Emperor Jingtai can completely block the light of Hongxi, Xuande and Zhengtong."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I'm thinking too far, I just want future generations not to curse me.

We should urge Li Bing, the governor of Shanxi, to order him to governor Shanxi's military affairs and move the guards from the former Shanxi Xingdu Division and the former Wandu Division to Dongsheng to step up the consolidation of Dongsheng's city defense.

Li Bing is not convinced by me. Next year, let him fully understand the dangers of the world. "

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Three days later, the rural examination ended.

On December 24, the scholars who had finished the examination had programs to watch. Zhao Caixing, Xiao Bao and others were delayed in front of the Daming Gate.

On December 28, after intense marking, the Shuntianfu Township Examination results were released.

On the same day, Luchuan, with his head turned upside down, was thinking about divination and divination, and everyone from the Burmese royal family was escorted to the capital.The escort team hurriedly hurriedly rushed, and finally brought the person to the capital before the New Year.

Surprisingly, the emperor behaved very mildly and placed the members of the original royal family of Luchuan and Burma together with the members of the original royal family of Annan.

All of these live in the Ten Princes' Mansion, with good food, drink, and hospitality, and they can celebrate the New Year peacefully.

On the contrary, the cruel concubine of Xuanmiao lived a bleak life.The two imperial concubines Chao Yun and Mu Yu, accompanied by the four eunuchs Zhang Yong, Wang Qin, Ruan Xi, and Chen Xiang, supervised the concubines of Xuanmiao Ruo who moved into Yingtai.

Yingtai is a small island in the South China Sea of ​​Xiyuan.The two imperial concubines specially repaired the Xiangluan Pavilion on the island for Concubine Ru, and there was no shortage of food and clothing.The young eunuchs Zhang Ben and Zhang Qing were still arranged to take care of Concubine Ru's food and daily life.

Concubine Li thought it was okay at first, but then she went up to the attic, got close to the window, and looked north. She saw a huge stone statue built six or seven miles due north and slightly to the west.Although it is not yet completed, it already has a general outline.

In the past, the Yinghua Palace where Concubine Li lived was in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, and her view was blocked by the palace wall. Now when I first saw this stone statue, I couldn't help but be surprised:
"Why did such a tall stone statue suddenly appear? Who erected it?"

Mu Yu replied: "This is the jade statue that the emperor erected for his mother, the Holy Queen, for all the people to look up and worship."

When Concubine Ru heard this, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood on the spot.

Clenching her fists tightly and taking deep breaths many times, Concubine Li suppressed the anger in her heart and asked coldly: "How about the Emperor surrendering me, the Emperor and the Crown Prince?"

Mu Yu shook his head: "The Holy One said from the beginning that your family will live in Fengyang Palace, live in glory and wealth, and live a peaceful life. We will not disturb each other and forget each other in the world.

None of you are willing to accept it, and there is nothing we can do.You always want us to give up the throne. How can we give up the throne? Will our family still have a way to survive?

The Holy One has already exhausted all his benevolence and righteousness, what else do you want to do?It was Gong who made the emperor insist on fighting that losing battle and even became a prisoner.

It's not like we let him lose the battle, so why should we use our family's lives to bear the consequences for him? "

Seeing that the imperial concubine was agitated, Ruan Xi quickly advised: "Both ladies are pregnant, so it is not appropriate to stay in a place like this for a long time. Leave the rest to the slaves."

Mu Yu nodded: "Seal Yingtai completely and tell the palace people that if any information is passed on, there is no need to interrogate and all the palace people will be killed with sticks."

Several eunuchs shrank in fear. Each imperial concubine behaved differently.The two empresses in front of them are quite tough, which is very different from the five tender empresses in Lingyu Palace.After dealing with Concubine Ru, it’s time to wait quietly for the New Year.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the first day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Jingtai.

New year, new atmosphere, finally got through the three years of Jingtai, which had a lot of troubles.

Early in the morning, Zhu Qiyu got up and took his five beloved concubines to Changle Palace to pay New Year's greetings to Concubine Wu.

Among Zhu Qiyu's fifteen women, four were running the property of Prince Qi in Shandong and did not return to Beijing.The five people in Lingyu Palace are tired of being together every day, but they have good contraceptive skills.

The remaining six are all pregnant again.

The eldest son Zhu Wenfang is already three years old, but is actually one year and nine months old.Not only can he walk, he can talk, he can even kowtow.

Concubine Wu looked at a large area kneeling at her feet, feeling happy and worried at the same time.

The good news is that the harem is harmonious and the population is prosperous.

What's worrying is that the population is growing too fast.The last batch of nine sons and three daughters have not yet been raised, and now I am pregnant with six more.

Finally, Concubine Wu persuaded Zhu Qiyu: "Son, is it necessary to have so many children? Should you control it?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Concubine, you don't know that there are too many places in the Ming Dynasty that need to be guarded by enfeoffed princes.

Nine sons seemed like a lot, but if they were divided up, it wouldn't be enough.

Besides, if we want the throne of our family to be as stable as Mount Tai, we must have twenty or thirty princes to protect the crown prince, so that the younger generation can stop coveting him. "

Concubine Wu could only nod her head: "Okay, I don't understand the state affairs either, so you can take care of it."

Zhu Qiyu and others stood up, and the concubines took Zhu Wenfang to kneel down to Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "No, no, as long as you have it in mind. Some are pregnant, and some are too young, so there is no need to pray."

Then it was Zhu Wenfang's turn, the poor little kowtow bug, to kowtow to the eleven beloved concubines in turn.

Zhu Qiyu turned his head and couldn't bear to look directly at him. All he could do for Brother Fang was to save him from kowtowing to him.

After paying New Year greetings and eating dumplings together, Zhu Qiyu came to the Qingyuntai Hall of Ganquan Palace to hold the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting.

In the past, Zhengdan court meetings were held in the Forbidden City.This time Zhu Qiyu very forcefully moved the meeting to his doorstep.

According to convention, civil servants of fifth rank and above in Beijing, military generals of third rank and above, nobles and vassal kings are all eligible to participate.

But this time the meeting is not mandatory. If you want to come, you can come. If you don't want to come, you can be kicked out.

To Zhu Qiyu's surprise, a large crowd of people came to the court meeting, with more than 200 people.

Fortunately, Qingyun Hall is not too big, but it can still hold more than 200 people.

When Zhu Qiyu, dressed in a blue plain robe, sat on the jade throne, all the officials began to kneel down to congratulate him.

Zhu Qiyu felt bored and hypocritical, but he still managed to cope with it.

After the ministers paid their respects and looked up at the emperor, they were all speechless.This Emperor Jingtai is ridiculous. He never wears imperial clothes, dragons never appear on his clothes, and complicated patterns never appear on his clothes.

There are also jade chairs and jade tables above, without any dazzling splendor.

Zhu Qiyu didn't waste any nonsense and went straight to the point: "The first item is a slight change in official positions. The cabinet bachelors were officially confirmed as the ninth grade, in order: Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall, Jinshen Hall, Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Dongge, Chunfang, Hanlin.

Now, cabinet ministers, let me rearrange them for you.Wang Wen, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was a bachelor of Huagaidian and the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Wei Ji, the Minister of Household Affairs, was a bachelor of Jinshen Palace and the second assistant to the cabinet.

Wang Ji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was awarded the title of Grand Scholar of Jinshen Palace and was granted the title of Duke of Jing. He was responsible for conquering the southern countries.

After that, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Shen Yi, and Xu Youzhen became the bachelors of Wuyingdian. "

(End of this chapter)