I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13 Cabinet Deliberations
As soon as he returned to the palace, Li Tian went straight to the cabinet. If he asked all the ministers in the world, who could reassure him, it would only be the few great scholars in the cabinet.

The emperor was dressed in casual clothes and came to the cabinet alone. All the imperial officials were startled and hurriedly got up to greet him.

Hearing the movement, Yang Shiqi also hurried out from the back pavilion to meet him.

"The old minister welcomes His Majesty."

"Du Ping, Shi Qi, come to the back pavilion to talk with me."

Li Tian waved his hand, motioning for everyone to flatten and go straight into the back pavilion.

The emperor came in such a hurry, everyone knew without thinking that something big must have happened, but the memorials from all over the world would go to the cabinet first, so everyone didn't know what happened.

In the back pavilion, Li Tian, ​​who just drank a few sips of tea, calmed down a little, looked at all the four great scholars who were seated and said:
"I came in a hurry, and please forgive me."

Yang Shiqi, who was seated in the first place, saw Li Tian's clothes, and knew that the emperor had left the palace privately. As the chief assistant, he had already learned that the emperor had ordered the capital to be sealed off, so he said:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite, may I ask, are you here because of the discovery of Mingjiao in the city?"

Li Tian shook his head, looked at another great scholar, Yang Rong, and said:
"Zirong, tell us all about the rebellion of the mountain people in Fujian."

The case of the mountain people in Fujian has been closed, the officials of the Yanping Mansion have changed, Zhang Yiliang, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, has also pleaded guilty, and Yang Rong doesn't know why the emperor brought up this matter again.

But looking at the solemn face of the emperor, Yang Rong still told all about the rebellion of the mountain people in Fujian.

There are four academicians in the cabinet. In addition to Yang Shiqi, the first assistant academician of Huagai Hall, there are also Yang Rong (zirong), an academician of Jinshendian, Huang Zhun (another name of Zhongchang), an academician of Wuyingdian University, and a senior scholar of Wenhuadian University. Shi Renjin (zi Zongyu) are all first-class capable ministers, and among them, Yang Shiqi is the best in governance, and Huang Zhun is the most astute.

As soon as Yang Rong's words fell to the ground, Huang Zhun frowned.

"No, since Fujian Commander Li Min has already arrested Zhang Zhongqing, why didn't he find out that Zhang Yiliang is Zhang Zhongqing's uncle?"

Li Tian nodded and said in a deep voice:

"What Zhong Chang said is right, and I have always had this question. Since Zhang Zhongqing was able to confess to Jin Yiwei, why didn't he confess to Li Min? Also, why did Li Min hide Zhang Zhongqing from the memorial, and only said that the mountain people rebelled Has been quelled."

Ren Jin, a scholar of the Wenhuadian University, is impatient, and immediately said:
"Your Majesty, you can see the whole leopard at a glance. As far as this matter is concerned, there is definitely a big problem in Fujian and even Nanjing."

Although they are both bachelors, the four of them don't wear a pair of trousers. Yang Rong and Ren Jin have disagreements in political views, so Yang Rong frowned and said:
"How can Zong Yu be so arbitrary." After saying that, Yang Rong cupped his hands and bowed to Li Tiandao:
"Your Majesty, from the view of the veteran, the Jinyiwei should have a bigger problem. The motive behind Liu Gang's eagerness to convict Zhang Yiliang is intriguing. Moreover, as far as the veteran knows, if the execution was not prohibited during the national funeral, Liu Gang would have done it long ago. gone."

Listening to everyone's chattering discussions, Li Tian nodded frequently, turned to look at Yang Shiqi and said:
"Shi Qi, what do you think?"

Yang Shiqi twirled his beard lightly, muttered:
"Your Majesty, according to what I said, we should first send the Jinwu Guards to escort all the criminals from the mountain people in Fujian to the capital. Then call the Commander of the Jinyi Guards, Liu Gang, and the Commander of Fujian, Li Min, to go to Beijing to re-examine the case. During this period, the chief envoy of Fujian, The procurator should be suspended to avoid suspicion."

As expected of Yang Shiqi, who has the reputation of "Prime Minister of Good Governance", Li Tian felt relieved after hearing what he said.

Although this envoy and that envoy made Li Tian a little confused, but after comparing it with later generations, Li Tian understood.

The procurator is in charge of the criminal law, judiciary, and supervision of a province. In simple terms, it is the head of the provincial public security department, the provincial court, the head of the procuratorate, the provincial discipline | senior officials, the provincial government | law book | secretary, and six officials in one.

And the commander is in charge of the military of a province. To put it bluntly, he is the provincial army|district commander|commander of later generations.

As for the chief envoy, he is a senior official in charge of the people's livelihood and government affairs of a province.

Hearing Yang Shiqi said that both the chief envoy and the inspector should be suspended, Li Tian's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"Is it necessary to suspend both the Inspectorate and Chief Executive?"

Li Tian just asked casually, but he heard the four great scholars say in unison:

"Your Majesty, if there is a problem with the command of a province, the other two envoys will either join in with it or turn a blind eye."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Tian slapped the board and said:

"Then draw up the decree according to what Yang Shoufu said, and there is another decree to let Nanzhili's chief envoy Wang Quan also enter Beijing."

With the emperor's order, the entire cabinet was busy.

After all, one imperial decree had to be sent not only to the third local department, but also to six departments and six departments, and a copy had to be copied. There were so many imperial decrees at once, enough for a group of Hanlin scholars to work for a while.

In the back pavilion.

Ren Jin went out to arrange for the Hanlin scholars to draw up the decree, and there were only three academicians still sitting upright.

After reading the golden lacquer decree in his hand, and knowing that Zheng He returned from his seven voyages to the West, Li Tian felt very happy.

On the one hand, it was because he would soon see the famous Zheng He, and on the other hand, it was the harvest of Zheng He's voyage to the West.

Looking at the dozens of countries listed in the secret decree bowing their heads and proclaiming their vassals, and hundreds of Nanyang tributes, Li Tian couldn't help saying:

"Boss Zheng has not lost my Ming Dynasty prestige. When Boss Zheng comes back, I will definitely welcome him well."

Handing the secret decree to Yang Shiqi for review, Li Tian said casually:
"Let Zongyu draw up another decree for General Manager Zheng. Tell him that he has traveled thousands of miles to the ocean to show off our Ming Dynasty's prestige. I am very relieved. Let him have a good rest in the state capital along the way, so that he does not have to rush back to Beijing to return to his order."

"Here."

No one is allowed to approach the back pavilion, only the bachelors can enter and exit, Yang Rong got up to accept the order, turned around and left the back pavilion.

Yang Shiqi also read the secret decree, his old face was full of joy and said:

"I fully understand that the lack of silver is all due to the amount of silver Mr. Zheng earns every time. It is really a blessing to Ming Dynasty and His Majesty to have people like Mr. Zheng."

After Yang Shiqi finished speaking, he was about to hand back the secret decree. Li Tian waved his hands with a smile on his face and said:
"Let Zhongchang and Zirong take a look."

Different from the laughter of the cabinet, the seven city gates leading to the outside of the capital are full of complaints from the people.

"Hey, Master Bing, the city is closed before it's too late."

"Yeah, yeah, you said it's okay to seal off the city, it's really delaying things."

"It must be some official in the yamen who lost his valuables."

"Hey, it's better to be an official. If you lose something, you can seal the city gate and look for it."

The common people were discussing in one go, guessing wildly about the reason for the closure of the city.

And in a carriage not far from the city gate, a fierce quarrel broke out.

"I said don't save that idiot, it's over now, we're all locked up here."

"The young master told me to save you, Mr. Lei, if you are not convinced, you can talk to the young master."

(End of this chapter)