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At the critical moment, Li Xuexiu shot an arrow and hit Yuan Zongdi's arm holding the knife.

Yuan Zongdi's soldiers also reacted and hugged his arms and legs one after another to persuade him.

"General, why is this happening!"

"It's not the general's fault that the city of Xi'an was destroyed. Why does the general need to apologize?"

"As the old saying goes, it's better to live than die."

Not all the soldiers persuaded him, but Yuan Zongdi was hesitant about committing suicide.

After all, he comes from a lower-class background. He has struggled in this chaotic world of cannibalism for many years. He has managed to survive to this day and knows how precious life is.

Having committed suicide just now had already exhausted all determination, but now that I have been persuaded, it is really difficult to make a similar decision.

He simply sighed, sat down and stopped talking.

After some discussion, Guo Sheng and Li Xuexiu assigned some men to watch Yuan Zongdi and his soldiers, and then assigned men to open the east city gate to welcome the Yi army into the city...
In the third year of Qianyuan, it was the seventh day of April.

The Yi army attacked Xi'an.

Go down without a fight!

After that, Xi'an Prefecture's Wei army divided into two groups and successively captured Yan'an Prefecture, Qingyang Prefecture, Yansui Town (one of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty), Pingliang Prefecture, and Ningxia Town.

The 7th Division of the Standing Army in the far west captured almost all areas of Gongchang Mansion, Minzhou Guard, and Taozhou Guard.

to late May.

In the original Ming Dynasty, the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province, except for the Gansu Xingdu Division, only a few passes including Lintao Prefecture, Gongchang Prefecture, Minzhou Guard, and Taozhou Guard were still owned by the Shun Army, and the rest were captured by the Wei Army.

It must be noted that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although the Ming court had the post of governor of Gansu, it did not have the chief envoy of Gansu. Gansu was truly separated from Shaanxi and was divided into a province in later history during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. North Korea affairs.

At this time, although the Shun army failed to defend the two important cities of Gongchang Prefecture, Anding and Longxi, as Li Yan originally planned, they had Shouyang Pass, Meichuan (Guancheng), and Yangsaguan in their hands, making them It became an important pass in the defense of the Yi army.

Therefore, it cannot be said that the Wei army captured the entire territory of the former Ming Shaanxi Chief Envoy this time.

However, the Shanxi Chief Executive's Office was actually completely captured by the Wei army, and it became one of the Dawei provinces.

It's June and the weather is getting hotter.

In addition, there were many defeated troops and bandits in the previously captured areas, and they needed to be pacified as soon as possible, so Damei stopped large-scale military operations.

The war between Wei and Shun also came to an end.

···
Qianyuan three years, June 16th.

Nanjing.

At around six o'clock in the morning, courtiers arrived at the Forbidden City one after another.

Because today is the half-monthly meeting.

In the pre-Ming Dynasty, there were three types of dynasties: Dachao, Shuowang Dynasty and Changchao.

The Great Court Meeting is held on major festivals, such as the annual New Year's Day, the Winter Solstice, the emperor's birthday, etc., and basically all officials above the seventh rank in Beijing must participate. If it is a day related to sacrifices, you need to wear cumbersome sacrificial clothes.

Moreover, a large court meeting often takes a whole day, which can be described as very troublesome.

The Shuowang Dynasty was better, only requiring court officials in Beijing to attend, and only wearing official uniforms.

But I have to get up at two or three in the morning and wait at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City before five o'clock.

Generally speaking, the Ming Dynasty starts at six o'clock.

And because there were so many civil and military officials, they had to follow the instructions of the drum and enter in order before six o'clock, and go to Fengtian Hall to wait for the emperor's arrival.

As for the Chang Dynasty, also known as the Early Dynasty, it all depends on the preference of the reigning emperor.

When encountering a diligent and energetic emperor, such as Hongwu, he would get up at three or four in the morning to go to work every day.

If you encounter a lazy emperor, such as Wanli, it will be okay if you don't participate in the Shuowang Dynasty, and it is almost non-existent in the Chang Dynasty. It is simply not too comfortable.

After Liu Sheng established Dayei, the Chang Dynasty was directly abolished and replaced by various temporary meetings. In this way, the monarch and his ministers will be more flexible and faster in handling large and small military and political affairs, significantly improving administrative efficiency.

At the same time, although the Dachaohui and Shuowangchao systems of the pre-Ming Dynasty were retained, they were also changed.

For example, the procedures and ceremonies of the imperial court are simpler, requiring fewer officials to participate.

The date of the Shuowang Dynasty was changed to the first and sixteenth day of each month, and the official start time was postponed to seven o'clock. Liu Sheng originally wanted to postpone it to eight o'clock, but later he learned that there were many things to do during the Shuowang Dynasty and the time was short and not enough. Choose seven points.

Even so, it's still an hour later than tomorrow.

Today, when civil and military officials attend the Shuowang Dynasty, they only need to get up at four o'clock, even if they live a little further away. If you live close by and are quick on your feet, getting up after five o'clock is not a problem. And there are only two times a month, so the Mandarin people will not be listless all day due to the court meeting, delaying the affairs of various ministries and departments.

In the pre-Ming dynasty, the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were generally responsible for the great court meetings, while the Shuowang Dynasty was only handled by Honglu Temple.

In Da'ei, Honglu Temple was responsible for diplomatic affairs, and all domestic etiquette issues were handed over to the Ministry of Rites.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a set of procedures for the Shuowang Dynasty and the early Dynasty, which were relatively complicated.

Take morning morning as an example.

The first process is that Honglu Temple reports the officials who came to the capital to express their gratitude and leave the capital to resign. After hearing this, the emperor will choose to summon some officials to the palace to meet them and even chat for a few words.

As for those who are missing the emperor, they still need to perform the ritual of bowing three times to the Nine Bandits from a distance outside the palace, or even outside the Meridian Gate, before the ceremony is over.

Liu Sheng saved all this, and almost followed the rules of later generations. Regardless of joining, resigning, leaving Beijing, etc., all he had to do was apply and report.

The second process of the former Ming Dynasty meeting was to announce border reports and major civil affairs events in various places, so that some officials could be informed.

In Da'ei, this step was also omitted by Liu Sheng - in his view, this was formalism.

This is not to say that formalism is not necessary at all, but it is a waste of time to bring it to the court meeting.

In Da'ei, such matters are usually first reported to Liu Sheng and relevant ministries and departments, and then, depending on the situation, formal documents will be notified to other departments and officials who should know about the matter.

This undoubtedly saves court meeting time and improves administrative efficiency.

However, this method of doing things not only consumes a lot of paper, but also requires certain printing technology. It is not without reason that in the early Ming Dynasty and even earlier dynasties, such things were chosen to be done at court meetings.

However, papermaking and printing techniques were already relatively developed in the late Ming Dynasty. Liu Sheng brought the papermaking and printing techniques of later generations, which significantly improved the relevant technical level. Naturally, more efficient administrative methods could be used to handle government affairs.

The third process of the former Ming Dynasty meeting was "playing things".

There are also "procedures" for how to perform things.

As a rule, the official who performs the task must cough first to let other officials know that he is about to go out to perform the task, so as to avoid the embarrassment of two people going out at the same time.

Of course, coughing alone cannot be completely avoided. Sometimes officials may even deliberately take the lead. At this time, officials from Honglu Temple or the General Affairs Department must be responsible for guidance.

When memorializing, one needs to kneel down in front of the emperor, hold the memorial and read it out loud.

However, some officials' official speech was not standard, or their voices were not loud enough for various reasons to be heard by the emperor and other officials. At this time, officials from Honglu Temple or the General Affairs Department had to come forward to read on their behalf.

Therefore, in the former Ming Dynasty, the officials of Honglu Temple and General Affairs Department were generally handsome and had loud voices.

In Liu Sheng's view, the process of reporting not only gave officials participating in the court meeting the right to know about something, but also the right to participate in the meeting - this was the reason why the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty could have a hand in everything. One of the reasons.

Liu Sheng hoped that Da'ei officials would perform their respective duties like those of later generations, instead of each official taking care of everything, but in reality they could do nothing.

Therefore, in the Dayei court meeting, the process of memorializing was also cancelled.

The three-step process of the former Ming Dynasty meeting is gone, so why do you still hold the Ming Dynasty meeting?

Just do one thing.

Proclamation of government!

In front of all the civil and military officials attending the meeting, formally announce some imperial policies or issue some imperial edicts, and then announce them to the world!
In the words of later generations, it can also be called work summary, announcement, etc.

For example, this court meeting mainly announced the rewards for the main generals and officials in the Battle of Mieshun and the Battle of Longmenchuan——

"Peng Youyi, commander of the Second Division of the Standing Army and Duke of Andong County, has been promoted to the title of Duke of Yanmen County!"

"Shen Wandeng, commander of the Fourth Division of the Standing Army and Marquis of Xiangyang County, has been promoted to Duke of Wudu County!"

"Wenxuan, the commander of the 7th Division of the Standing Army and the Marquis of Luyang Township, has been promoted to the title of Marquis of Longxi County!"

"Li Rongguang, the commander of the Guards' Cavalry Guards and the Marquis of Baima Township, has been promoted to the title of Marquis of Xianning County!

"Zhongyong Bo Zhou Xing, the commander of the second brigade of the Guards Hu Ben Guards, has been promoted to the title of Marquis of Changwu Township!"

"···"

As one after another imperial edicts were issued through this court meeting, generals and officials who had made sufficient contributions in many battles from late March to late May were rewarded.

Along with being promoted to an official position, there are also financial rewards such as gold, silver, silk and satin.

As for the commendations and rewards for ordinary soldiers, as well as the compensation for dead and injured soldiers, this was done through Yusi as early as early April, and most of it has been completed now.

Only a few soldiers' hometowns are remote and the journeys are long, so it will take some time for rewards and pensions to be delivered. (End of chapter)