Daming Military Empire

Chapter 15 Forbearance
Zhu Cijiong thought that Wang Xin and Sun Chengzong were looking for him because of the enthronement ceremony, but after a long time it was not the case.

It turned out that the enthronement ceremony had already been completed, he was already the emperor, and it was time to exercise the power of the emperor next.

What is the power of the emperor to reflect it?Of course it is an imperial decree. The letter king Zhu Youjian and Sun Chengzong came to let him make the decree.

As soon as these two people walked in, they naturally paid respects to Da Li first, and Zhu Cijiong made them flattened as usual, and then gave them a seat.

As soon as Sun Chengzong sat down, he cupped his hands and said: "Qizou the emperor, Wei Zhongxian is calling back the party members who have been sent to other places to the capital. In less than a month, the Jinyiwei under him and the Dongchang Fanzi will exceed the Jinyiwei under Luo Yangxing. We Get ready early."

Zhu Cijiong was a little panicked when he heard the words. If Wei Zhongxian took the risk, he would be in danger.

He really didn't know how to prepare. Seeing that Sun Chengzong didn't seem to be very worried, he hurriedly asked, "Does the Grand Tutor have any countermeasures?"

Sun Chengzong replied calmly: "The imperial guards have 26 guards and three battalions. Except for Jinyiwei, the 26th guards have not been able to practice all year round, and their military equipment is slack. During the war, there was no admiral to command. Please make an order from the emperor to command the Fifth Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. The Shenji Battalion will be stationed in the imperial city as a deterrent. The Fifth Army Battalion will still be stationed outside the capital. Prepare secretly. Once mature, we can wipe out the eunuchs."

Zhu Cijiong has been a little bewildered for the past few days. Ming Xizong's sudden death caught him off guard, and he even forgot such an important matter as reusing the generals of the Qin family.Now that Sun Chengzong mentioned it, he naturally wanted to transfer Qin Liangyu's family over.

Of course, he couldn't mention Qin Liangyu suddenly, he could only look at Sun Chengzong's plan first.

So, he asked again: "I don't know if the Taifu has a suitable candidate."

Naturally, Sun Chengzong had already been selected, and he cupped his hands and said: "Qizuo Emperor, the former Yuqin capital censor, Denglai governor Yuan Keli is mature and prudent, and can be ordered to supervise the Fifth Army Battalion. Yuan Chonghuan, the former Liaodong governor, is loyal and brave, and can be ordered to supervise the Shenji battalion. Both of these two resigned and returned to their hometowns because they were dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's control of the government and nepotism, so it is appropriate to use them to deal with Wei Zhongxian."

I have never heard of Yuan Keli and Zhu Cijiong, but since Yuan Chonghuan has more censors than Yuan Chonghuan, and he is admired by Sun Chengzong, he should be more powerful. It is nothing to make him the admiral of the Fifth Army Battalion.But Zhu Cijiong wanted Qin Liangyu to lead this Shenji camp. Besides, Yuan Chonghuan likes to take credit for himself, which is really not a good choice.

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes and asked pretendingly curiously, "Hasn't Yuan Chonghuan been defending the Jurchen Ministry in the north?"

Sun Chengzong was taken aback when he heard the words, yes, this Ningjin defense line cannot be lost, Yuan Chonghuan is the most suitable defender, and he really cannot be tied to the capital.

Taking advantage of Sun Chengzong's stunned opportunity, Zhu Cijiong pretended to be naive and said: "I heard that Qin Liangyu is also very powerful. Her family is loyal to our Daming. What do you think of her, Tai Tuo?"

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Cijiong dumbfounded, who did you listen to!
But since the emperor has already spoken, he can't refuse casually. Besides, Qin Liangyu is also a rare good general, but because she is a woman, Sun Chengzong didn't think of her.

Hearing what Zhu Cijiong said, he thought about it carefully, and this Qin Liangyu is really suitable, she is a female general, and she can just paralyze the eunuchs, so he cupped his hands and said, "But it's up to the emperor to decide."

Sun Chengzong and Zhu Cijiong came and talked endlessly. Sitting next to him, Zhu Youjian was extremely embarrassed. He was also the co-prince of the government after all, and he didn't even have a chance to speak.But the emperor didn't ask him, and it was not easy for him to interrupt. Seeing that the two people had finished their discussion, he finally couldn't help but said: "Since the discussion has been completed, why don't we go to draft the decree now, just in time to review the backlog of memorials during this period of time?" one time."

If it is the emperor's power to issue imperial edicts, then the review of the memorial is the emperor's obligation. If you are an emperor, you can't escape it. If you escape, accidents will happen.

For example, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty didn't review the memorials properly, he only knew how to do carpentry work every day, and asked Wei Zhongxian to review the memorials on his behalf, so something happened. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty died because of this!

Zhu Cijiong is not Ming Xizong, he still has a little interest in reviewing memorials.He hurriedly ate a few pieces of cakes, drank a few mouthfuls of porridge, and followed them to the Imperial Study Room of the Qianqing Palace.

Gu Zhu Youjian said that it has been half a month since Ming Xizong became seriously ill, and the memorials handed in from all over the country and from the yamen of the capital have piled up like a mountain. If they don't deal with them, the whole Ming Dynasty will be paralyzed.

When I came to the Imperial Study Room, I saw that the memorials were piled up like a mountain. The kang table, kang table, incense table, long table, semi-circular table, and crescent table, as long as there was room for memorials in the Imperial Study Room, they were all piled up with memorials. The little emperor Zhu Cijiong was so frightened that he almost left without turning around.I'm only five years old, okay? If so many memorials are approved, my little life will be gone!
In the end, he misunderstood again. In fact, he had nothing to do with the review memorial, at least right now.

Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty left Xin Wang Zhu Youjian to assist the government, and appointed Sun Chengzong as Minister of Gu Ming. It was because he was too young to review the memorials, so he found two people to do it for him.

According to the statistics of later historians, there are about [-] memorials in the Ming Dynasty every day, and about [-] in half a month.Of course, not all memorials have to be approved immediately. When the memorial passes through the cabinet, the cabinet ministers will write their opinions on a piece of paper and stick it on the memorial. This is called drafting.The cabinet will classify the memorials when writing the draft, and when they are sent to the emperor, those that need urgent treatment will be placed at the top of the list.

There are nothing more than disaster relief and payment of salaries that need to be dealt with urgently. After half a month, there are only thirty or forty cases.

Zhu Cijiong is only five years old, not to mention memorials, he doesn't even need to write imperial edicts, the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies and holds a pen can write imperial edicts for the emperor.The Bingbi eunuch is Cao Huachun, because the chief inspectors are basically Wei Zhongxian's people, and the prince's attendants are generally Bingbi eunuchs after the prince ascends the throne. Anyway, there can be up to eight eunuchs, so Zhu Cijiong After ascending the throne, Cao Huachun was immediately promoted to eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of rites.The other ceremonial supervisors, Bingbi eunuchs, should go and rest for now. Zhu Cijiong has made up his mind to use only Cao Huachun now.

This Cao Huachun is not like Wei Zhongxian who is illiterate. He entered the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen. Under the training of the eunuch Wang An, he is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. Naturally, it is easy for him to write two imperial decrees. But that's all.

Here, Cao Huachun finished writing the imperial decree and handed it to Zhu Youjian and Sun Chengzong for a look.

After the imperial decree is written, the next step is to review the memorial. Since Zhu Cijiong is still young, he cannot personally review it. Cao Huachun can only let Cao Huachun draft the content of the memorial and the cabinet’s votes, and then Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian discuss how to deal with it. At the head, Zhu Youjian wrote the instructions on the memorial with a red pen, which is the so-called draping red, and then the eunuch Bingbi stamped the emperor's seal on it.

Zhu Cijiong's job is to sit there and listen or study. When Zhu Youjian and Sun Chengzong ask him for his opinion, he nods his head symbolically, which means he has reviewed it.

After more than an hour, all the urgent matters were dealt with, and the next step was the appointment and dismissal of officials.

Most of these memorials for the appointment and dismissal of officials were handed over by the eunuchs. Cao Huachun frowned as he read them. The eunuchs really don’t know how to restrain themselves. The emperor has changed, and they are still as unscrupulous as before. !

Zhu Cijiong probably sensed that something was wrong. Before he even opened his mouth, Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it any longer. He snorted and said, "Hmph, do these eunuchs think they can still do whatever they want?"

Sun Chengzong said indifferently: "This is just their temptation. Zhou Yingqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is known as the military advisor of the eunuch party. He brought these people up to see our reaction."

Zhu Youjian said angrily: "Should I give them all?"

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said, "No, they have approved everything."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't believe his ears. He looked at Sun Chengzong stupidly and asked, "Why?"

Sun Chengzong patiently explained: "The eunuch party is powerful, and we can't do anything until we are fully sure. Otherwise, if they jump over the wall in a hurry, the emperor will be in danger. So now we have to bear with it and paralyze them, so that they think we are wary and dare not Do it."

Zhu Youjian nodded as if realizing something, and began to reply.

Sun Chengzong cupped his hands again and said to Zhu Cijiong: "Your Majesty, please be patient for a while, it's best to pretend to be ignorant of the government and numb them."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but secretly pleased when he heard the words: "Ignore the government and let me play? I'm just looking for Xu Guangqi to study the machine tool!"

He had thought about it a long time ago. It is best not to even Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian know about the research on machine tools. Now it is just right, since you want me to pretend to ignore the government, then start pretending immediately.

He directly climbed down from the kang, waved to Cao Huachun and said, "Anyway, the important memorials have been reviewed, so you can approve the rest slowly, I'm off to play."

After all, he led Cao Huachun and walked out, stunned Zhu Youjian and Sun Chengzong.

(End of this chapter)