Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 947
In the Chu Palace, Wang Yan and Chen Bangyan came to his study to continue the discussion after the discussion was over.

After the two sat down, the maid came in and served them refreshments and melons and fruits. After leaving, Chen Bangyan said: "I have communicated with Su Guansheng, Zhang Kentang and others in private before, and they all agreed with the proposal. The cabinet also voted to approve it, but unexpectedly, many officials in Tang and Lu suddenly changed their minds when the votes were drafted in the council hall."

The relationship between the meeting hall and the cabinet is actually similar to that of the original inspector of ceremonies and the cabinet.

In the past, the cabinet had the right to draft votes, because it was written in blue pen, so it was also called "blanketing blue", and the right to "batch red" held by the supervisor of ceremonies, the two are indispensable and interdependent.

Therefore, no matter how beneficial the country and the people are to criticize blue critics, it will be useless if the supervisor of ceremonies insists on not criticizing red ones. This is an important means for the emperor to check and balance ministers, so eunuchs are so rampant.

If, on the other hand, there is no cabinet vote to agree, and there is no way to approve the redemption, then it can form checks and balances, which is a very good system.In fact, this was the case in the Song Dynasty. As long as the prime minister disagreed with the emperor's will, the emperor could not do anything he wanted.

However, there is an exception in the Ming Dynasty. There is no rule in the Song Dynasty that punishments cannot be punished by officials. Disagreeing ministers will kill you if you refuse to accept.

In this way, the relationship between the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies is not equal. It is okay to meet a good eunuch and a good emperor, but once you meet a bastard cabinet, it becomes the plaything of Quan Yi and the emperor.

In fact, there were quite a few capable ministers in the Ming Dynasty, but almost none of the capable ministers in the Ming Dynasty ended well.

The current meeting hall has actually replaced the director of ceremonies. The cabinet has the right to propose various plans, but the power to implement them lies in the meeting hall.

As a pro-establishment and reformist, Wang Yan was actually very careful and did not make any fundamental changes to the system of the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason why there was no huge backlash. He just suppressed the royal family.

"I had expected that Tang Lu would definitely object to it, and what they said was not completely unreasonable. The ministers of the two factions saw that the two political kings objected at the same time, as long as the reasons Tang Lu said were not too outrageous, Those ministers will be shaken, which is a reasonable thing. I am too impatient for this bill."

Wang Yan took a sip of tea, calmed down, and reflected for a while.

"Then what should we do now, give up temporarily?" Chen Bangyan asked.

Wang Yan put down the teacup and shook his head, "No, after revising the proposal, submit it again."

"How to change it?" Chen Bangyan leaned forward, "What's your Highness's idea?"

Wang Yan pondered slightly, "This time, we took too big a step and were too impatient. The Ministry of War can be revised, and each department can transfer officers in batches, and start with low-level officers first, step by step. In addition, King Lu has given It’s a threat, but at the same time it’s a reminder to the generals that the opinions of the generals must be considered, this time their interests have been touched, and they must be compensated in order to alleviate their resistance.”

"What concession is your Highness going to make?"

"It's not a concession, it's to make civil and military merge." Wang Yan said seriously: "Gu means to transfer some generals who are both civil and military to serve in the central government, so that the generals have the opportunity to enter the court and transfer from the army to the government. And as long as you have enough talent, you can also serve as a minister in the future, or even enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister."

"Entering the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, I'm afraid the courtiers will object!" Chen Bangyan said in surprise, thinking of Di Qing in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Yan smiled and said: "So we have to take it step by step, we can't act too hastily, first transfer Wang Ji, Wang Shixiu, Xie Kuang and other well-known generals to the court, this can not only give some hints and hope to the generals in the army, but also not to worry. It will arouse the resentment of civil servants."

Seeing this, Wang Yan nodded slightly to Chen Bangyan, looked at him and said, "A change in the army is imperative, but I'm afraid that the generals below won't understand, so I hope you can put down the business in hand and go to the various departments of the five loyalty instead of Gu. At least unify their minds with me."

Chen Bangyan nodded and sighed: "Okay! I will leave as soon as possible."

After he finished speaking, he was about to get up to say goodbye, Wang Yan stood up to see him off, and the two of them walked to the door when they saw Xia Wanchun hurriedly approaching.

Wang Yan and Zhen Bangyan stood there immediately, and when he came to him, they saw a booklet in his hand and asked, "Xiao Yin, what's the matter?"

Xia Wanchun bowed to salute the two, and then said: "The military report sent by North Korea, we need to ask for help from the imperial court, because the Chen Ge department is here with His Highness, so the officer came here with the military report."

Chen Bangyan is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he really needs to be notified of this matter.

After the Battle of Yangzhou, there was no large-scale war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the two sides were relatively peaceful, but this did not mean that there was peace, nor did it mean that Wang Yan was not doing right with the Qing court.

In fact, although the Ming Dynasty's strategic center of gravity shifted to the southwest, it ignored the Manchu Qing Dynasty and allowed it to recover its strength. The confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not actually relax. It was only from the frontal military conflict. Moved on to other things.

The Ming army is now unable to cross the Huaihe River to fight head-on, so North Korea's status will become more important. For a long time to come, the Ming Dynasty can only rely on North Korea to contain and harass the Manchu Qing, and affect its recovery of production and economy in the north.

At the end of the year, the Qing army abandoned Hefei City, retreated to Huaibei across the board, and shrunk its troops to defend. Then there was news that the Manchus were going to take advantage of the winter to attack North Korea. The Qing army was forced to attack the Manchus, so the Qing army had to deal with Mongolia first.

Now that the Qing army is actually attacking North Korea, it seems that they have repelled Western Mongolia, and then immediately approached North Korea without stopping.

For the Qing army to be so impatient, Wang Yan understands Dorgon's mood very well, because the spring plowing season is coming soon, if he doesn't deal with North Korea, the Ming army in North Korea will definitely accompany the Japanese pirates again, affecting the production along the northern coast.

"Where's the military newspaper? Let Gu see it!" Wang Yan was very concerned about the situation in North Korea, so he offered to read it first.

Chen Bangyan had to wait for him to finish reading. After a while, Wang Yan said in a deep voice, "Daishan led [-] troops to approach North Korea. Xie Qian gathered [-] Ming troops and [-] Korean troops to fight. The Ming army is fine, but North Korea The army is poorly equipped and its combat power is very limited, and the North Korean side hopes that we can transfer some more weapons to the past.”

Wang Yan handed the general report to Chen Bangyan, and then looked at Xia Wanchun, "Xiao Yin, go to the cabinet and notify the various ministries to prepare for discussion!"

(End of this chapter)