Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 303

There is a folk saying: Dogs can't get rid of eating shit.To put it more elegantly, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change.

Although Hai Rui's "The Best Book in the World" scolded Emperor Jiajing as if he had changed—it was just as if.The nature of Emperor Jiajing's greed for money and good goods is like a birthmark left when he was born.How could it be possible to change just by saying it?
Not only can nature not be changed, it can also be passed on from generation to generation!Zhu Yijun, the eldest grandson of Emperor Jiajing, was only three years old, and he had to hold a 50 taels of gold ingot to sleep every night.Just like his grandpa, he is just like a little money fan.

At Maoshi, the young eunuch Si Geng beat the fifth watch drum.

The members of the cabinet in the capital, the officials of the six ministries, the ministers of the ministries, and the commanders-in-chief of the governors of the five armies entered the palace one after another from Chengtian Gate.Today is the first time in 20 years that Emperor Jiajing went to court to listen to politics!
He Liu, the Fushi of Beizhen, was originally a military officer of the fourth rank. To show his favor, Emperor Jiajing added him as a military officer of the third rank.Therefore, he also stood among the officials of the upper court.

He Liu heard the fellow of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion next to him tell the Minister of Taichang Temple sincerely: "The last time I saw the emperor at the court meeting was 20 years ago. At that time, I was still a strong man in his forties. .Who would have thought that it would be 20 years before I saw the emperor again at the court meeting. Lord Lin, look, my hair is all gray!"

When all the ministers entered the Chengtian Hall, Emperor Jiajing did not wear a dark Taoist robe, but a dragon robe and a Yishan dragon crown, sitting on a dragon chair.

Xu Jie kowtowed and said: "Minister, Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the cabinet, led the civil and military officials above the third rank in Beijing to kowtow to the emperor! Long live the emperor!"

When many elderly officials kowtowed, they were already in tears!They did not expect that they would still be able to see the true face of the emperor at the court meeting in their lifetime.

Emperor Jiajing said: "The first thing to do at the court meeting today is to promote someone! Gentlemen, I will recite a poem to you, and guess who this person is."

Xu Jie cupped his hands and said, "My ministers are all ears."

Emperor Jiajing said: "The champion is facing the vast sea, with long flat wings and strong winds. The clouds and tigers fall into battle, and the dragon and the city are engulfed by the rainbow! Traveling thousands of miles, Hu Yun will be poor for a hundred years. The stars will fall when the soldiers sleep, and the moon will be empty when the battle is over!"

In His Highness's class of civil servants, all of them were born in the top two rankings, were highly talented, and well-educated. They naturally knew who Emperor Jiajing was talking about.

Xu Jie talked eloquently: "The poem recited by the emperor is "Out of the Fortress" by Dou Wei of the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the champion is facing the vast sea, and the champion refers to Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty. Qi holding the dragon city rainbow refers to Huo Qubing leading troops Drive straight in, break through Longcheng, the holy land of the Xiongnu, and confine the wolves to Xuxu. And travel thousands of miles away, it is the evaluation of Huo Qubing's uncle Wei Qing by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are famous generals in the Han Dynasty. And my famous general Qi Jiguang has the "when "Shiwei, Huo". I dare to guess that the person the emperor mentioned is Qi Jiguang."

Emperor Jiajing nodded in satisfaction: "Where is Qi Jiguang?"

Although Qi Jiguang has no real position now, he has the false title of the former military governor's governor's mansion, so he is also listed in the court meeting.

Qi Jiguang fell to his knees when he left the class: "The end is here!"

Emperor Jiajing said to Huang Jin, the new chief inspector of ceremonies, "Proclaim the decree!"

Huang Jin took out the imperial edict of yellow silk cloth, and said: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Qi Jiguang Jizhou Town Hangyin Commander, the commander of Jizhou, Liaodong, Xuanfu three towns of 20 soldiers and horses. In addition, the crown prince is less Keep the title, plus Dr. Guanglu Wu Sanjie!"

The imperial decree read out by Huang Jin did not start with "There is a decree", but "Follow the heavens to carry the emperor, the decree says".This is enough to show that Emperor Jiajing attached great importance to Qi Jiguang.Jizhou, Liaodong, and Xuanfu are all important towns on the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty.And these three towns are closest to the capital.Emperor Jiajing handed over all the three most important towns in the Nine Frontiers of Daming to Qi Jiguang in one breath, which further shows his trust in Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang kowtowed and said: "The last general ordered to thank you, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Xu Jie led all the ministers to shout: "My emperor is holy!"

He Liu was on the side, really happy for Qi Jiguang.In He Liu's eyes, Qi Jiguang is a hero with both loyalty and righteousness, and a unparalleled hero in this world.Now they are able to go to the north to defend against the Tatars, as the saying goes, the tiger is born out of a guard, and the sky is high for birds to fly.With Qi Jiguang here, the people of Daming Border Town no longer have to suffer from Tatar looting!
Huang Jin handed the imperial decree of yellow silk to Qi Jiguang, and picked up another imperial decree of Huang Fengzi: "There is an imperial decree. Fu Hanling was promoted to the assistant commander of the Shenji Battalion as the deputy commander of Jizhou Town, assisting Qi Jiguang in guarding Jizhou; Yu Dayou Reinstate the General Army of Guangxi, and give the Hussar General a separate rank."

Yu Dayou didn't know how to curry favor with a superior official, and Lu Fang found him guilty a while ago and was dismissed from the military.Now that Emperor Jiajing has reactivated Yu Dayou, all the courtiers are also happy.

A rebellious sentence popped out of Xu Jie's heart: Your Majesty, this is - learn well!Although it is a bit late, but it is not too late to make up for it!
After rewarding the three generals, Huang Jin announced another imperial decree, dismissing two governors, three chief envoys, and three inspectors in one go.These people are all party members of Lu Fang and Chen Hong.

Emperor Jiajing opened his mouth and said: "Everyone who loves you, please speak up when you have something to say. If the court meeting is right, you should know everything and say everything."

A bold idea suddenly appeared in Xu Jie's mind.He opened his mouth and said: "Report to the emperor. Now the national treasury is empty. There are only 13 taels of silver left in the Taicang bank. I wonder if it can be opened..."

What Xu Jie wanted to say was: Can we open an internal shipping warehouse and use the emperor's private money to fill the shortfall in the national treasury.

However, as soon as Xu Jie said the word "nei", Emperor Jiajing interrupted him: "Oh! Xu Shoufu, stop talking! Wanfang is guilty, and I am guilty! The treasury is so empty, I am responsible! From today , I will reduce the expenses in the palace."

Emperor Jiajing only talked about reducing the expenses in the palace, but never mentioned the matter of the internal transport warehouse.Xu Jie felt a "thump" in his heart, it seems that the emperor is still unwilling to use his private money for state affairs.

Huang Jin on the side also frowned.He has been in charge of the internal transport depot for many years, and he knows how much private money the emperor has.Not to mention those priceless antiques and jades and rare treasures, there are 300 million taels of silver alone!The silver has been in the inner storage for too long, and some of it has been damp and moldy!
Huang Jinxin said: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, these silver coins are just pickled things in the internal storage.Take it out, but it can be exchanged for food to help the poor people of Ming Dynasty; it can be exchanged for swords and guns to strengthen the strength of our Ming army.Your old man is rich all over the world, what do you want so much money for!You can't spend it all by yourself!

Emperor Jiajing said: "Forget it, let's leave the court if there is nothing to do!"

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.They have something to do, but everything boils down to two words - money!The emperor refuses to pay money, so talking about their affairs is useless!
Emperor Jiajing waved his robe sleeves: "That's all! Disperse!"

(End of this chapter)