Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 658: Reorganization of Cabinet Monopoly Power, Support Materials, Support Kamakura
Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Everything requires a holy judgment, so what do you need these ministers to do? Let me choose. Of course, those who are selected will be happy, but those who are not selected will not complain about me in their hearts. They have offended me for no reason. Human work.”

Su Xi ignored His Majesty the Emperor's complaints and handed over the memorial.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I won't read it. Yao Kui, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment; Zhou Xuan, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment; Geng Jiuchou, the left minister of the Ministry of Hubu, was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu.

All three people entered the cabinet and became bachelors of Dongge University.Yao Kui and Geng Jiuchou presided over this session of the National Examination and the Imperial Examination.

In addition, Xiao Tan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs and governor of Cangchang.

Just like that, with Wei Ji and Xue Xuan becoming officials, Yao Kui, Zhou Xuan, Xiao Tan, and Geng Jiuchou ascending to the throne, the ministers and ministers became a lot younger again. "

Su Xi asked: "In this way, will the important ministers of the Zhengtong Dynasty be completely eliminated? Did your husband assume that the court test will not produce results from the beginning?"

Zhu Qiyu admitted openly: "There are no factions in the court, and there are all kinds of strange things. These cabinet ministers appear to be harmonious, but in fact there are factions.

Even if there are no factions, there are still political differences.For example, the two people who left, Wei Ji and Xue Xuan, were die-hard Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianists.

They didn't agree with my political views and had nothing to do with me, so they all ran away.

This is a good minister. At least he doesn't want to kill me and replace me with another emperor.

The remaining ministers have either not been trusted by orthodox officials, or have surrendered their allegiance to me.

Officially from now on, the cabinet and the six ministers can no longer form any resistance to me.

When I defeat Japan and get back the annual income of 500 million taels of silver, my prestige will be too high to imagine.

At that time, I can send Zhu Qizhen to die, and then let the prince abdicate. From then on, I can completely cut off the thoughts of the people in the world and force them to move forward. "

Lin Xiangyu asked: "When Taizong took away Jianwen's kingdom and later won the hearts of the people in the world, was it as difficult as my husband?"

Hearing this question, Zhu Qiyu laughed: "Taizong has a much harder time than me. If it were so easy, why would he move the capital to Beijing in a hurry?

Then he fought against the Tatars, attacked Annan, went to the Western Seas, and built the Yongle Grand Ceremony. He was determined to make eternal achievements, wasn't it to establish his legitimacy?

In some matters, he went even further than me. He even canceled Jianwen's reign title and imprisoned Jianwen's descendants within the high walls of Fengyang.

The least I can do is let Zhu Jianshen take good care of himself and not have murderous intentions from beginning to end.As an emperor, I am warm enough, but they just refuse to be satisfied.

If the Great Emperor Yingming Shenwuxuanmiao had been in my position, he would have killed their whole family long ago, and he would not be as verbose as I am. "

Qianxue asked: "If we conquer Japan, will we kill King Yi?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly: "I can only keep him alive until this point, and I can no longer control the subsequent situation.

Even if I don't say anything or do nothing, the people below will do it themselves.

Kill King Yi, depose the prince, and establish Zhu Wenfang as the crown prince to completely consolidate the vested interests. This is the unanimous demand of my cronies.

If it continues to be wasted, no one will be able to agree to it. "

Qianxue smiled and said: "Speaking of having your own way, husband, please read this memorial."

Zhu Qiyu took it and took a look and laughed: "These gentlemen from Shandong are really interesting. The more they play, the more fun they get. They actually want to transfer North Korea's Jeju Island to Shandong as an enclave of Shandong and an overseas military port of the Navy. .

It's really whimsical. They are a little bit into the drama and want to pull everything to Shandong. Qianxue asked: "Then reprimand them in the reply?" "

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I agree, quasi, give them the word 'quasi'."

Qianxue was very confused when she heard this: "Then I don't understand. My husband just said that they were just whimsical. Why did they have to play it accurately as soon as they finished speaking?"

"This is called a dog-tooth system. After we conquered North Korea, we must break up some of its territory so that our rule can be more stable.

For example, North Korea was divided into two provinces, North and South, and Jeju Island was assigned to Shandong, where a permanent military port was built and a large army was stationed for a long time.

This improves military deterrence capabilities and makes it much more difficult for North Koreans to rebel.

After conquering Japan in the future, I will also transfer Tsushima Island to Shandong, thereby controlling the trade channels of North Korea and Japan from the sea, and firmly controlling their lifeblood.

I have laid out the situation well and let the descendants behind us slowly lose their fortune.As long as there are no more bullies like Sanyang, the defeat will be endless for a while, and the Ming Dynasty can survive for more than 300 years.

I, the Shizu Emperor, am worthy of them. "

Qianxue nodded: "It turns out there are still these ways. If my husband doesn't teach me and let Brother Fang realize it on his own, when will he be able to understand all these messy ways of governing the country?"

"That's why I asked you to assist me in handling military and political affairs. If I suddenly go to Hexi, you can assist me until Zhu Wenfang comes of age, and slowly teach him the principles I usually teach.

I won't put all my hopes on the minister. If Huo Guang appears again, it will be in trouble. "

"Oh, I see. If you put it this way, we will understand. So is Jeju Island a state or a government?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Jeju Prefecture, that island is quite big, almost 150 miles long from east to west, so setting up a prefecture is not a big problem.

In the future, Jeju Prefecture was used as a trade transit station to provide supplies and services to passing merchant ships, and the court collected fees from it, which was also a large profit.It can also patrol and crack down on smuggling, killing multiple birds with one stone. "

The next day, the emperor's edict was passed to the cabinet, and Yao Kui, Zhou Xuan, Xiao Tan, and Geng Jiuchou officially entered the core of power in the Ming Dynasty.

Yao Kui and Geng Jiuchou presided over the joint examination and palace examination, and this Enke session can proceed smoothly again.

South Korea, Seoul.

Jiang Yuan, Xu Heng, Xu Yongning, Fan Guang, Fang Ying, Quan Zhu, Han Minghui, Huang Qi and others, like Shandong's civil and military ministers, were also making final strategic arrangements.

Neither the emperor's personal army brought by Xu Heng nor the new army of Nurgandusi led by Fan Guang knew how to fight on the water, let alone participate in naval battles.

Therefore, some of these troops were responsible for garrisoning in Seoul, Kaesong and other places, and some were stationed in Busan to prevent Japanese troops from landing and raiding.

The North Korean Navy was responsible for the attack on Tsushima, and the North Korean Navy had already assembled in Busan and was confident of defeating the Japanese Navy.

However, Xu Heng suddenly made a difficult request: "The Holy One has ordered us that in addition to attacking Tsushima, we also need to deliver a batch of strategic materials to the Ashikaga Shige clan of the Kamakura shogunate."

Quan Zhen and Han Minghui, who were originally happy, were stunned: "What, sending supplies to the Ashikaga Seiji? Are we familiar with him?"

Xu Heng shook his head: "We have not had any contact with the Ashikaga Seiji, and the same is true in Beijing. But this batch of supplies, even if they are forced, will still go to the hands of the Ashikaga Seiji.

We must support him. If he is defeated quickly by the Muromachi shogunate and the Kanto governor, we will be in trouble.We need a divided and internally divided Japan, and we must not allow them to join forces. "

(End of this chapter)