Chapter 39 The Court Meeting (Part 1)
It was still dawn just now, and various sedan chairs gathered outside the Forbidden City. The civil and military officials who participated in the morning court were waiting outside the palace gate early, and they just waited for the time to enter the palace to attend the morning court. The censor responsible for the court meeting was busy at this time, constantly counting the officials present in the crowd, and informing the officials who attended the court meeting for the first time, etc. What should be paid attention to during the court meeting.
As soon as Sun Chengzong leaned out of the sedan chair, he saw Xu Guangqi in the crowd at first sight. Xu Guangqi's face was full of spirits. The officials around him were all officials who advocated Western learning. At this time, Xu Guangqi also saw Sun Chengzong, so he helped everyone around him to Sun Chengzong's sedan chair, bowed and said to Sun Chengzong: "Mr. Sun, today is not as early as before. Every day, Lord Sun is the first to arrive and the last to leave. What's wrong with today?"
Sun Chengzong walked out of the sedan chair and bowed his hand and said, "Mr. Xu, do you know that yesterday, Zou Yi, the eunuch in the East Factory, seemed to have been removed from office by the emperor! Today, the Japanese official heard this news early in the morning. I really don't know what happened to the emperor, why did he suddenly do such a big move!"
Xu Guangqi obviously heard about this, and he didn't react when he heard what Sun Chengzong said. After looking at the situation around him, he saw that there was no one around him, so he turned his head and said in Sun Chengzong's ear: "Sir, it seems that you are still behind the news. I learned about it last night. It seems that the new eunuch of the Dongchang Seal is Li Jinzhong next to the emperor. The emperor is so nepotism. It seems that Li Jinzhong, the official, seems to have any skills besides flattery!"
Sun Chengzong said again: "But why did Zou Yi suddenly change it? I can't even figure it out!"
Xu Guangqi said again: "The news I heard was that Zou Yi's nephew seemed to have met the emperor who visited him twice in a row, and they both angered the emperor. In this way, it was inevitable that he was withdrawn by the emperor. Hey! He was so proud that he was rampant. This Zou Yi was cautious, breathless and versatile, but he didn't expect that he would be on his incompetent nephew again, destiny!"
Sun Chengzong thought about it and said, "Mr. Xu, I have served as the emperor's teacher. I have chatted with the emperor for a lot of casual conversation. I think that the emperor must think that Zou Yi is too versatile and always makes the emperor's words perfunctory. I want to not offend the emperor or the ministers in the court. This time it seems that the emperor is just taking advantage of the situation. For nothing, I will enter the palace first, and the door is already open there."
At this time, the two thick palace gates were slowly opening, and the officials outside the palace had already stood in line according to civil and military, grades, and walked neatly into the palace.
Several major ministers in the cabinet were at the forefront of the team. Sun Chengzong and several major ministers were also discussing the content of today's court meeting. At this time, Sun Ruyou pointed at Yang Lian in the middle of the team and said, "Everyone, have you seen it? I guess some ministers are going to suffer today. Yang Lian has been very busy recently. I wonder how many officials have been targeted by Yang Lian's anti-corruption bureau."
Sun Chengzong also turned his head and saw that Yang Lian was now looking at the crowd of officials, as if looking for prey, with excitement on his face, and then turned around and said, "Have you heard about Zhou Yingqiu, the Minister of Works. It seems that not only has the property in his family handed over to the Anti-Corruption Bureau, but he has also been transferred by the emperor to the Anti-Corruption Bureau to be a minor official. From the third rank to an unqualified minor official, only such shameless person can do it." Although Sun Chengzong is not a member of the Donglin Party, he has the pride of the Donglin Party. Seeing such a backboneless Zhou Yingqiu, he naturally couldn't help but sarcastically.
Of course, this sentence was approved by these great figures in the cabinet. Each of these great scholars was a literati with a wealth of knowledge. They all had the special qualities of literati. If they live in the temple, they would worry about their people and their kings when they live in the distance. This was the responsibility of literati during this period.
At this time, Sun Ruyou said again: "However, in my opinion, Yang Jiashen is very suitable for this anti-corruption bureau. He used to be criticized and said happy, but he had no lethality. Now that he has a place to use his skills in this anti-corruption bureau. If you are careful recently, you will not be targeted by the anti-corruption bureau at the same time, it will be miserable!" After saying that, he started to laugh. Everyone was a little embarrassed and laughed with him.
Some officials in the Ming Dynasty did not accept a little money. When they encountered this situation, they could only look at the emperor's intentions, and then Yang Lian's intentions. However, as long as the Grand Secretary in the cabinet did not do anything too much, it should be nothing big!
At this time, Xu Guangqi saw that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he said, "Do you want to inform the court of the detailed situation of the Liaodong Battle a few days ago, and then give the imperial edict to the world?"
Everyone nodded, but Sun Ruyou said again: "Although the Battle of Liaodong was won, I seem to have a great hidden danger. Xiong Tingbi also clearly realized it. I think you have seen the memorials from Xiong Jingluo a few days ago. It seems that he wanted the emperor to increase military salary, saying that he wanted to build a city and train troops. I don't know what the emperor will decide today!"
Everyone shook their heads, not sure whether it was impossible or not. At this time, the team had already arrived in the hall, and everyone stood neatly on both sides of the civil and military.
After a moment, a sharp but not very harsh voice shouted: "The Emperor is here!"
Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne of the Golden Luan, which symbolized the imperial power, surrounded by a team of Jinyiwei, eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. At this time, the civil and military officials in the hall knelt down and shouted: "Long live the emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the eunuch who was in charge of the etiquette of the Sili Supervisor stepped forward and shouted, "Flat!"
At this time, all the officials stood up, but they lowered their heads, waiting for the beginning of the court meeting.
At this time, the eunuch shouted again: "If you have something to report, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do!"
As the focus of today's court meeting, the first one to appear was that all officials had known about it. The Ministry of War reported the details of the battle in Liaodong to the emperor and informed the court. The Minister of War Cui Jingrong stepped forward and shouted: "I have a report! The Ministry of War received a detailed military report from the Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi, and I will report to the emperor today."
"Accepted!"
"Report to the Emperor, the Jianzhou Jurchens have been rebelling since Emperor Shenzong of the Emperor. They have been wiped out and rebelled over decades. Especially since the defeat of our Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops in the Battle of Sarhu last year, they have become a little more arrogant than before. This time, the slave chief dispatched 100,000 soldiers to attack the Liaodong of our Ming Dynasty. However, our Ming army fought bloody battles and finally defeated the slave chief successfully and killed more than 20,000 enemies. This time, the Jurchens' vitality was injured and they would not be able to attack our Ming Dynasty again within a few years. This time, the Liaodong General Xiong Tingbi made contributions to defending Liaodong. In accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of War, the Minister of War Cui Jingrong made a memorial report this time, which was actually a reward book received by the Ministry of War, rewarding officials who made contributions in this battle of Liaodong.
Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this. The rewards and punishments are clearly distinguished. If you have any merits, you will be punished. This time, the rewards and punishments of generals in Liaodong must be taken seriously. He said: "Cui Aiqing, the Ministry of War must investigate the merits of those generals in detail. If you dare to take military achievements, I will just say that the officials who beheaded and play with these numbers can still rely on these people to guard the border for me?"
Cui Jingrong replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has conducted serious investigations this time, and there will never be any false military achievements! Please rest assured!"
"It's so good, but I'm still worried. The most common thing I know about the frontline generals is to take military merits. Cui Aiqing will check it out for me after he goes back. Do you understand?" Zhu Youxiao said again.
"I understand! I will definitely check it out again after I go back." After Cui Jingrong finished speaking, he retreated to the queue.
At this time, Sun Ruyou came out and said, "Emperor, a few days ago, the Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi came up with a memorial, asking for additional naval troops in Dengzhou, Shandong to be trained in Laizhou. In this way, our Liaodong can extend its stronghold along the coastline, and the trained naval troops can still enter the Liaohe River to assist Liaodong in defense!"
Zhu Youxiao thought of the memorial from a few days ago, and said, "Didn't I agree? But I didn't say that Dengzhou, Laizhou is not good, I want to build that naval army at Qingdao entrance?" Zhu Youxiao was thinking about the future scenery of Qingdao. What Dengzhou is better than Qingdao!
Sun Ruyou said again: "Emperor, Dengzhou and Laizhou originally had naval military camps. Although Qingdaokou has some facilities, it is not as good as Dengzhou and Laizhou. Moreover, Qingdaokou is far away from Liaodong and far away from Dengzhou and Laizhou. There are many Laizhou. Why is it still located in Qingdaokou?"
Zhu Youxiao was a little difficult to answer. He couldn't say that this was a deep-water port. It seemed like a fantasy to stop a large oil tanker in the future. But he didn't know how to say: "This..."
"That is, the three places are all practicing naval forces. Qingdao is far away from Liaodong and can be used to train the new army. Then it is assigned to Dengzhou and Laizhou. This issue is determined, so please don't argue anymore!" Zhu Youxiao saw that he could not convince everyone, so he stopped talking and said to death. He was the emperor and would do whatever he wanted.
This time it was Sun Ruyou's turn, but Sun Ruyou immediately woke up after dizzying for a moment and said, "Emperor, this navy was originally supervised by Governor Denglai, and now Qingdao is added, all under the jurisdiction of Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong governor. However, the emperor proposed a memorial, saying that the level of this navy was to be improved, so who will lead the navy and what is the rank of the official position!"
"This..." Zhu Youxiao didn't think of this problem and said, "Since this is the case, I have some ideas. Since the naval army station is now added to Qingdao, I will add a Pingliao Naval Division Strategy, which is under the jurisdiction of Denglai and Qingdao. It is responsible for selecting and training the naval army. The official position is decided like this. As for the candidates, who are you from all the officials?"
Chapter completed!