Taking advantage of the wedding day, all matters in the court came to an end for the time being, and Zhao Junchen took a good rest. He was not as busy as before, and the physical and mental energy that had been lost for a long time was replenished.
After resting, Zhao Junchen often took Cui Qianxue and Fang Ru on autumn outings in Beijing. He also took advantage of the opportunity of autumn outings to practice riding skills secretly.
However, Zhao Junchen did not just rest, he still paid close attention to the developments of the government and the opposition.
On August 12, Zhao Junchen received news that Qi Bin had led two thousand new soldiers into Shaanxi-Gansu and would soon return to Yansui Military Town.
At the same time, the new army that Qi Bin left in Yansui Military Town was not idle. It was still training continuously under the leadership of Qi Bin's deputy Niu Ji, and its number also expanded to nearly a thousand people.
In this way, the number of Qi Bin's new troops has reached 3,000, but most of them are new troops without combat effectiveness. Once they participate in the war, only the veterans who are less than 1,000 can play a role.
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But even so, Zhao Junchen still attaches great importance to Qi Bin's new army and regards this new army as the last trump card for Shaanxi and Gansu to resist this year's invading invaders.
During this period of time, after 50,000 elite soldiers of the Forbidden Army supported the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, the leading general Guan Wuyuan quickly became a man of the hour on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu. Under the vigorous propaganda of the army staff Niu Fude, Guan Wuyuan's Martial Queen
His personal identity, majestic appearance and temperament, the 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, as well as his pretentiousness and self-promotion, all shocked the morale of the border troops on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu!
After Wang Zheng took over as the governor of the three sides, he quickly realized that the situation on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu was corrupt. Seeing that the situation of invading invaders this year was bound to be much worse than in previous years, he was worried and frightened, but he did not expect that the imperial court would immediately support him.
Wang Zheng received a large amount of food and grass, and also sent 100,000 reinforcements. He was overjoyed and breathed a long sigh of relief. Guan Wuyuan and the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Forbidden Army under Guan Wuyuan were regarded by Wang Zheng as a life-saving straw. Regarding Guan Wuyuan's request
It can be said that everyone agreed.
Guan Wuyuan followed Zhao Junchen's instructions and took the opportunity to transfer 50,000 forbidden troops to station near Yansui Army Town. Qi Bin's new army stationed in Yansui Army Town also fell under Guan Wuyuan's command.
At the same time, Niu Fude, the staff officer accompanying the army, under the banner of Guan Wuyuan, contacted the generals and commanders of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu to build relationships, and soon reached an agreement on mutual offensive and defensive assistance.
At this point, Zhao Junchen's layout in Shaanxi and Gansu has been completed.
In mid-August, news came from Shaanxi and Gansu that scattered Mongolian cavalry had begun to invade and plunder. This was obviously a precursor to the invasion of invaders this year.
After receiving the news, Zhao Junchen made up his mind and prepared to leave for Shaanxi and Gansu.
Of course, with Zhao Junchen's current status, he can no longer leave Beijing easily. If he wants to go to Shaanxi and Gansu, he must have a sufficient reason.
Fortunately, Zhao Junchen had already prepared this reason.
But it was said that on the morning of August 15th, Emperor Deqing was furious in the Huangji Hall!
"Yesterday afternoon, I received the memorial from Nanjing from the Crown Prince, Grand Master Wang Baoren, Du Bai, the Imperial Censor of Zuodu, and others! Their investigation of the Six Ministries of Nanjing has been settled, and I am greatly surprised by the final result.
Angry and deeply saddened! All six ministers of Nanjing Liubu were found guilty after rigorous investigation! After investigation, ten of the twelve ministers were also involved in various crimes! As for the middle and lower-level officials of Nanjing Liubu, they were even more corrupt to the core.
Here! Under the reorganization of several imperial envoys, the entire officialdom of Nanjing was wiped out. The prisons in Nanjing were almost overcrowded, and the prisoners held inside were all ministers I once deeply trusted!
I have always had high expectations for the Six Ministries of Nanjing. Nearly half of our taxes, the evaluation of officials in several provinces, and the cultivation of talents in Jiangnan... all these important tasks have been handed over to the Six Ministries of Nanjing! But how did the Six Ministries of Nanjing repay me?
To protect smuggling! To murder ministers! To collude into a party! To liaise with the vassal king! All kinds of crimes are shocking to me! In this case, what is the use of these Nanjing officials? What is the use of the six Nanjing ministries? According to me
In my opinion, the existence of the Six Ministries in Nanjing has become a stubborn problem for the imperial court, so it would be better to remove these yamen and take over power to save trouble!"
Emperor Deqing slapped the armrests of the dragon chair vigorously with his hands and kept shouting angrily. His expression was full of anger, as if he had never thought of such a result.
When the officials saw Emperor Deqing's anger, they were also frightened. They saluted Emperor Deqing in unison and asked for his orders: "I am guilty, your majesty, please calm down!"
However, Emperor Deqing directly pushed back and said angrily: "The Six Divisions of Nanjing are so corrupt, how can I appease my anger?! Tell me, what is the use of the imperial court keeping the Six Divisions of Nanjing? Just to be angry to death.
Me?"
Seeing that Emperor Deqing actually wanted to take over power from the Six Ministries of Nanjing, some officials from the south of the Yangtze River successively made statements, introduced their ancestral laws, emphasized the stability of the court, and explained the necessity of the Six Ministries of Nanjing. In short, they did not want Deqing to
Emperor Qing took over power from the Six Ministries of Nanjing.
"Your Majesty, calm down. The Six Ministries of Nanjing have existed since Taizu founded the country. If Your Majesty were to remove the Six Ministries of Nanjing out of anger, I am afraid that the country will be unstable and the people will be panicked. I hope Your Majesty will learn from it!
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"Your Majesty, although the Nanjing Six Ministries made mistakes, they still stabilized the situation in the south of the imperial court. It can be said that the merits outweigh the faults! Now that Nanjing's officialdom is corrupt, we only need to replace officials. There is no need to go to war to take over power from the Nanjing Six Ministries.
Otherwise, the entire Jiangnan area will be at a loss."
"Your Majesty, the Six Ministries of Nanjing were established by Taizu. After moving the capital to Shuntian Prefecture, Taizu still left the Nanjing officialdom system. If His Majesty deposed the Six Ministries of Nanjing out of anger, I am afraid that he would have violated the laws of his ancestors.
I hope your majesty will calm down and take notice!"
The relationship between the Six Ministries of Nanjing and the Jiangnan gentry was extremely close, so even if Emperor Deqing was extremely angry, many officials would still take risks to intercede for the Six Ministries of Nanjing.
In fact, Emperor Deqing's statement was just a test. After seeing a large number of officials expressing opposition, he did not continue to insist. He only calmed down his anger for a while and then said: "In this case, I will no longer believe in Nanjing."
The six departments are once, but if the Nanjing Six Departments still disappoint me, it means that the existence of the Nanjing Six Departments has done more harm than good, and we must not continue to keep them!"
After a pause, Emperor Deqing's tone became much calmer, and he continued: "Nowadays, Nanjing's officialdom has been completely cleared, and there are many vacancies. Since the Six Ministries of Nanjing still need to exist, these vacancies need to be filled by officials. However, in this way,
There are many vacancies that need to be filled by officials, and I can't think of a suitable candidate for a while. Do you have any suggestions?"
Emperor Deqing's inquiry was naturally in accordance with Zhao Junchen's plan.
As Emperor Deqing finished speaking, the senior ministers and ministers of the imperial court also put forward their own suggestions for candidates according to Zhao Junchen's original plan.
Zhao Junchen was the first to go out and said: "Your Majesty, the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for nearly half of our dynasty's taxes, and it also has the power to introduce salt, prospect and combine. The most important thing is that it needs an experienced and stable minister to take charge. Now
Jiangxi Governor Wang Zheng's term of office is about to expire. This person has great abilities and is very familiar with Nanjing's officialdom. He is the best candidate to be Nanjing's Minister of Household Affairs."
The position of Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing is a lucrative job. Although everyone wants to compete for it, Zhao Junchen, as the Minister of Household Affairs in Beijing, naturally has the most say. If Zhao Junchen’s recommendation does not encounter too much opposition, then it will
No one can compete with you.
At this time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's recommendation, all the officials were shocked.
Wang Zheng, the chief envoy of Jiangxi Province, has always been greedy, stingy, careless, and notoriously ruthless. He will not do things for others even after receiving money. How could such a person be a suitable candidate for Nanjing's Minister of Household Affairs?
However, the officials did not understand Zhao Junchen's serial conspiracy to harm the Six Ministries of Nanjing. They only thought that Wang Zheng had joined Zhao Junchen's disciples at some point, so he was recommended by Zhao Junchen.
After Zhao Junchen's recommendation, Song Qiwen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came out to object and listed many shortcomings and shortcomings of Wang Zheng. However, in the end, Zhao Junchen's voice had the greater say in this matter. In addition, Emperor Deqing,
Shen Changmao, Zuo Lanshan and others also favored Wang Zheng, so the position of Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing eventually fell to Wang Zheng.
Song Qiwen, the official secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, seemed to want revenge, and immediately went out and said: "Your Majesty, the Nanjing officialdom has just experienced some turmoil, and the Nanjing Official Affairs Bureau is the core yamen of Nanjing officialdom. Since it is related to the stability of Nanjing officialdom,
It is also related to the official atmosphere of the Six Ministries in Nanjing. Only a minister who is upright and disciplined can serve as minister, so that the court can feel at ease. Therefore, I recommend Wu Xingren, the envoy of Jiangxi Province, to be the minister!"
After hearing Song Qiwen's recommendation, all the officials were shocked again!
Wu Xingren has a perverse and unsociable personality. He does not know how to gather people's hearts but likes to exclude dissidents. How can he be a suitable candidate for Nanjing's Minister of Civil Affairs? However, considering that Wu Xingren has always been close to the "Zhou Party", he has no relationship with the newly appointed Nanjing official.
Wang Zheng, the Minister of Household Affairs, was a mortal enemy. Recalling that Song Qiwen had just strongly opposed Wang Zheng's appointment as the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, everyone thought that Song Qiwen's recommendation of Wu Xing was a fight between the "Zhou Party" and the "Zhao Party"
In the game, both sides wanted to take the opportunity to interfere in Nanjing's officialdom, so they sent their own party members and wanted to suppress the other party.
Regarding the overt and covert fighting between the "Zhao Party" and the "Zhou Party", officials naturally did not dare to participate in it. In addition, Zhou Shangjing, Li He, Shen Changmao and others all supported Song Qiwen's proposal, so the position of Nanjing's Minister of Civil Affairs
It also fell on the heads of the Wu Xing people.
Then, Li Ziyong, the old, weak and dim-witted censor of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing on the advice of the chief minister Shen Changmao, and also received the unanimous support of the "Shen Party" and the "Zhou Party";
As a result, Shen Xinwen, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture who was jealous of talents and talents, became the Minister of Rites in Nanjing. This appointment seemed to be the result of a compromise between the various parties.
As for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, it fell to Cao Wenbin, the former minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, while the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing was an "imperialist" official directly appointed by Emperor Deqing. This position involved military power, but there was no one.
Dare to fight with Emperor Deqing.
After all the appointments of the six ministers of Nanjing were settled, the uninformed officials realized something was wrong belatedly!
The perverse Wu Xingren became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing, the greedy and stingy Wang Zheng became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, the old, weak and dim-witted Li Ziyong became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the ignorant Shen Xinwen became the Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing...
The nature and ability of these people are completely inconsistent with their appointments. Furthermore, considering that Nanjing Hubu and Nanjing Libu are the two core yamen in Nanjing officialdom, Nanjing Hubu Shangshu Wang Zheng and Nanjing Libu Shangshu Wu Xing
People are notoriously deadly rivals...
As a result, wouldn't the Nanjing Sixth Department, which had just ended a purge, be in chaos again soon?
Thinking of this, the ministers who had close relations with the Six Ministries of Nanjing were all worried. They vaguely felt that the Six Ministries of Nanjing seemed to have fallen into a conspiracy, and the purge and rectification of the Six Ministries of Nanjing by the central court was just the beginning of this conspiracy.
However, these appointments were already a foregone conclusion, and they no longer had any reason to object. However, when the imperial court began to discuss the candidates for more than ten ministers of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, they came out one after another to express that these appointments should not be decided hastily and should be carefully evaluated.
The selection is cloudy.
Don't you know that this situation also fell into the calculations of the high-level officials of the imperial court, but they agreed to it smoothly, and the vacancies in the positions of these ministers became the introduction and foreshadowing of the next plan of the imperial court!
Seeing that the imperial court's plan for the Six Ministries of Nanjing was going well, Emperor Deqing was in a happy mood, but on the surface he still looked extremely serious and still angry, and asked: "For the time being, let's deal with the officialdom of Nanjing first.
That's it! Sir, do you still have something to report?"
Seeing Emperor Deqing's appearance, it seemed that he did not intend to continue participating in the court proceedings. The eunuch Zhang De knew what was going on and shouted loudly: "If you have something to do, report it early, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
Originally, the officials thought that today's court meeting was over.
Unexpectedly, because of Zhao Junchen's promotion, today's court meeting has just begun!
As Zhang De finished speaking, he saw more than ten officials walking out of the queue of officials.
Most of these officials were from Qingliu, but there were also "Zhou Party", "Shen Party", and neutral officials. When they made statements, their expressions were a little angry.
"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!"
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Zhao Junchen, the Minister of Household Affairs, for corruption and perverting the law!"
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the victims in Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu have not received relief from the imperial court so far. The large amount of money and food used by the imperial court to provide relief to the victims has disappeared. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
As these officials rushed to express their opinions, they all pointed their fingers at Zhao Junchen!
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Well, the weekend is over and it will break out tomorrow.