Chapter 163: Happy Events of the Winter Solstice Dynasty
However, he said that Nabohuluo would not be too stupid to be sent by Mandulu Khan as a negotiator. Naturally, it can be seen that Governor Yang and Eunuch Wang have different ideas, and they also try to take credit from each other. In the Ming Dynasty system,
This is a common phenomenon.
So Bohuluo was not in a hurry, thinking of finding a way between the two giants and selling at a reasonable price. But what he didn't expect was that a few days later, Eunuch Wang suddenly backed down for some unknown reason, and the only one he faced was Governor Yang.
Governor Yang's attitude was very tough and he rejected all additional requests put forward by Bohuluo. As long as Mantulu Khan accepted the canonization by the imperial court. As a reward for the canonization, the imperial court would allow a border market to be opened in Yulin. Of course, only Mantulu Khan would be allowed to open a border market in Yulin.
department to participate, other departments are still not allowed.
Mantulu's headquarters was weak, and Bohuluo didn't have much confidence, and he couldn't make any promises. For a while, various Tatar flying horses came and went across the northwest.
In the blink of an eye, the winter solstice has arrived, which is one of the most important festivals of the year. The annual Winter Solstice Festival was held in the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital.
Zhu Jianshen, the emperor of Chenghua, had a dull expression on his face, sitting on the throne in the deep palace doing nothing, but he still performed the duties of the emperor in a strict manner, although his mind had already flown to nowhere. In fact, it was already great to be able to sit on the throne honestly and make a spectacle of himself.
The greatest advantage of Emperor Chenghua.
The civil and military officials in the capital lined up to pay their respects in order of rank and class. They all had crowns on their heads and wore official uniforms with big breasts and slanted collars. They lined up from the Fengtian Palace to the square outside the palace. Between His Majesty and the ministers, and
Pro-military generals and generals were densely crowded around the Danqi and the square of the palace, holding various flags and ritual vessels.
In such a grand and solemn occasion, except for the chime of bells, the sound of drums, the wind of flags, the shouts of praise, and the dance and worship, there is generally no other noise. At least there is no noise that affects the overall situation of the court meeting.
Once something like this happens, it is disrespectful.
But something unexpected happened during the Winter Solstice in the 14th year of Chenghua. Thousands of ministers from inside and outside the palace shook their knees and were about to bend down to dance. When the mountain called Long Live, there was suddenly a very discordant shout that disturbed them.
Praise officer.
A pro-military lieutenant rushed out of the west corner gate of Fengtian Gate with a document in hand, and rushed along the edge of the imperial road towards Fengtian Hall. He shouted as he ran: "We need urgent documents within six hundred miles of Yansui Town! It's urgent!"
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All officials were shocked. Similar emergencies had been encountered in the past. Most of them were urgent military information sent from the border. The second was major disasters.
Experienced bureaucrats all thought to themselves that there must be another Northern barbarian breaking through the border wall and entering the invaders, and the big festivals will not stop!
Although he interfered with the imperial ceremony, no one stopped him and allowed the captain to go up to the palace, hand the document to the emperor's guard in imperial robes, and then forward it to the emperor.
The emperor was probably unhappy because his good mood was disturbed, so he opened it with a frown. After a moment, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, and handed it to the eunuch Qin Chang beside him.
Qin Chang looked at it, his expression changed, and he handed it to Huaien, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony. After seeing it, Huaien actually smiled. He handed it to the officer of praise and ordered: "Read it!"
The officer of praise then read to the ministers in the palace in a serious manner, "I am the deputy governor of the capital on your right, the governor of Yansui Town and other places, and the military counselor Yang Hao would like to report that there is now a man from Mandulu, the chieftain of the northern captives. I admire the power of your majesty."
, I am convinced by Wang Hua. Recently I sent an envoy to watch the wind coming. I am willing to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the desert."
The great bachelors, the Imperial Academy, the Ministry of Education, and the ministers of science and education standing under the throne all cursed secretly when they heard this. What kind of trick is Governor Yang of Yansui Town doing! He chose this festival to scare people, it's true.
Everyone was shocked and thought that the Beilu army had invaded.
In fact, Governor Yang was very wronged. It was true that he sent the six hundred-mile expedited memorandum, but he could not have calculated that it would be delivered to the palace at the time of the imperial meeting. Who could have calculated this?
According to the rules, such urgent things must be seen by the emperor as soon as possible. Not to mention showing off to the court, even if the emperor is asleep, he must be woken up to see it.
After scolding Governor Yang and thinking carefully about the contents of the memorial, the officials were a little surprised, as if they were hearing hallucinations. This is unscientific. It was actually done by Yansui Town?
In the previous episode, a new side strategy was proposed in the town of Yansui, and the emperor came to the court with a tentative attitude. After all, it did not require troops, money or food. It only relied on words and a side market. Even if it failed, there would be no loss.
But today I suddenly heard that Yansui Town was actually built. How could we not be surprised?
Since the Tumubao tragedy, the entire Ming Dynasty has switched from offense to defense, and has been mostly passive. Under such circumstances, it is simply unimaginable for the northern chiefs to surrender. Mantulu Khan is still the Khan of the entire desert in name.
, why did you surrender so easily?
At this time, most of the ministers were in disbelief and were stunned for just a few moments, but the one who reacted fastest was the Chief Assistant Wan An. The title of "Long Live Pavilion Elder" of Wan Chief Assistant was not in vain. The critical moment was
We can see why he can still be the first assistant even though his character is widely criticized.
As soon as the saluting officer finished speaking, Wan Shoufu fell to the ground like lightning. While everyone else was still standing, he shouted three times: "Long live, long live, long live!"
Wan Shoufu's voice was very loud and echoed several times in the hall, causing Emperor Chenghua to laugh out loud.
Zhu Jianshen was of course very excited. Although he was an otaku amusing himself in the deep palace, he was, after all, a descendant of the immediate emperor Wenzong, the grandson of Xuanzong who participated in the Northern Expedition at a young age, and Yingzong who dared to drive his own expedition (only to become a big tragedy)
The son of Wu Zong, the grandfather of Wu Zong who loved martial arts.
Therefore, the emperor still has some admiration for martial arts in his blood, and Wang Zhi's desire to practice martial arts cannot be ruled out to please the emperor. Although this time is not strictly martial arts, the submission of Beilu Khan still made him extremely excited.
After Wan'an shouted, the other ministers reacted and bowed down to congratulate under the guidance of the salute officer. When the news spread outside the palace, there were voices calling for long live the mountains again. A routine winter solstice meeting really brought a sense of joy.
atmosphere of.
After the Great Court Meeting during the Winter Solstice Festival, Emperor Chenghua rarely worked diligently and quickly instructed the cabinet to do three things: first, draw up a title, make a gold seal, and draft an edict; second, select envoys to go to the Mandu Lu tribe, declare the edict and confer titles;
The third is to reward Yansui Town for its merits.
It was very easy for Governor Yang to deal with the award. He was directly promoted from the right deputy governor to the right governor, and the third-rank governor became the second-rank governor. He was only one step away from becoming the minister or the left governor. The civil and military officials of Yansui Bian Town also
Everyone benefited, and everyone received an additional level of salary.
However, Fang Yingwu, the writer of the side plan, was more difficult for the court to deal with. There were cases where officials and scholars had made meritorious deeds. The reward method was usually to reward a certain amount of silver taels, but this time it was obviously unreasonable to just give away the silver taels.
If Fang Yingwu was within the system, there would be many ways to upgrade his rank and increase his salary. But Fang Yingwu is just a scholar at present, and he cannot be appointed as a scholar. This would destroy the foundation of the country's recruitment of scholars.
In fact, to change things around, it is possible to confer a son or father on merit, but it is not appropriate to discuss it over and over again.
Therefore, in the end, we can only put Fang Yingwu aside for the time being, and list his name in the merit book of the Cabinet Office, recording the merits twice for future preparation. If Fang Yingwu can enter an official career, the reward of recording the merits twice can be made up for.
, usually one level of promotion is given, and any vacancies are filled immediately.
This kind of treatment makes many people a little jealous. They are waiting for promotion opportunities before they even become an official. This is unprecedented and unprecedented. I wonder if Fang Yingwu will not be able to enter the official career if the imperial examination fails in the future.
, then what should we do.
The title for Mantulu proposed by the cabinet is very uncreative and is "King of Shunyi". The imperial edict and gold seal are being produced in an orderly manner. In fact, the political significance of this kind of canonization is greater than the practical significance, but with the principle of political leadership, the political significance
Doesn't mean it's not important, appearance is the greatest etiquette.
The most troublesome thing is to choose an envoy. According to the rules, as long as such an errand comes back smoothly, it is a meritorious service, and usually one will be added to the official rank. Moreover, this is a very honorable errand. The opportunity to confer the title of Beilu is extremely rare, so naturally I want to go.
There are more people.
The selection of envoys this time represents the face of the Celestial Empire. There is no need to think about Zhuoliu. They can only be selected from the Hanlin, Fang Bureau, Zhongshu Department, and the Ministry of Rites. In fact, under normal circumstances, these departments are responsible for this aspect of affairs.
But there are still too many candidates, and there are hundreds of them in total. The real one is the one who attracts the attention of everyone. So one pass after another appears. Under the attention of the whole court, even the back door of the relationship is not easy to use. After all, this envoy...
In this sense, it also represents the emperor's face, and the emperor does not want to be embarrassed.
First of all, those who are too old will not be accepted, as they will look decrepit, and those over fifty years old will be excluded; those who are too young will not be accepted, as they will appear too frivolous, and those under thirty years of age will be excluded.
After selecting the age, you then select the appearance. Those with average appearance or below will not be accepted, and even mediocre ones will be rejected. Only those with dignified appearance, handsome appearance and outstanding appearance can represent the Ming Dynasty.
This pass is the most cruel, immediately eliminating two-thirds of the remaining candidates. After all, most mediocre people in this world have only a dozen candidates left.
Then compare the character and integrity. As a person who represents the imperial court as an envoy to a foreign country, how can he conquer foreign countries without integrity?
Therefore, all candidates who have a history of stains, or even have a good or bad reputation, will be rejected. Many people are beating their chests and feet for this. For those who usually don't improve their reputation, it is useless to hold on to their prestige at this time.
There is also a competition for knowledge. The Celestial Empire is a cultural country, and of course those with less knowledge cannot be envoys. But if there is no first place in literature, it is not easy to compare the superiors and inferiors for a while.
Therefore, the candidates' scores in the imperial examinations over the years were checked out, and those who ranked lower were in complete tragedy. In this competition for jobs that is more cruel than the imperial examinations, anyone who does not rank among the top ten is in danger.
It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty was full of talents. There was nothing else but scholars of all kinds and all types. In such a harsh and even inhumane screening, there were actually fish that slipped through the net and passed all the levels and met all the conditions.
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The appearance is the best in this dynasty, unparalleled, the integrity is among the best in this dynasty, known as one of the five admonitions of the Hanlin Academy, Zhejiang Jieyuan in the imperial examination, the second best in the palace examination, the age is neither old nor young, Fang Qing, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy in his early thirties
It has made its debut. (To be continued...)
ps: I’ve been writing all afternoon, so I’m going to eat
