On this day, when Princess Yongning left the palace, Zhu Yijun had already gone to the two palaces to greet the queen mothers respectively, and arrived at the Wenhua Palace.
There is no sutra feast today. Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall for a more important matter: convening a meeting of the imperial cabinet.
Cabinet meetings are generally not held in the Wenhua Hall, but in the cabinet, and are called cabinet meetings. In cabinet meetings, the emperor would occasionally come directly to the cabinet to attend, and occasionally would announce that the cabinet ministers would convene at a designated place. This place was held most of the time after Longqing.
They are both Wenhua Hall. After Zhu Yijun took office, he became more direct. Ninety-nine percent of them are located here, as if to commemorate something.
It was said to be a cabinet meeting, but in fact there were more than five cabinet elders attending the meeting, and there was also one person, Yang Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
Yang Wei was originally a "non-party person" and was not considered to be from the mind school or the pragmatism school. However, he had served in Xuanda University, Shanxi and Shaanxi for a long time, and he had a close relationship with Zhang Siwei.
Since Yang Tianguan is attending the meeting, it means that the topic discussed by the cabinet today has been very clear, and it must be related to civil affairs.
At two o'clock in the morning, Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall. The five cabinet ministers and Yang Tianguan were already waiting in advance. When they saw the emperor's arrival, they all came forward to see him.
Zhu Yijun seemed to be a little thinner than a month ago. He didn't look too good. He kept frowning. He waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite. Chen Ju, I will give you a seat for all gentlemen and Yang Qing."
Although Yang Wei is an official in the Ministry of Personnel with a position that is not inferior to that of the cabinet elder, because he has never served as an official in the banquet and is not a cabinet minister after all, he cannot be regarded as a "sir".
The six important ministers thanked the emperor, and a young eunuch invited them to take a seat at Chen Ju's signal. The emperor himself was already sitting on the throne.
Zhu Yijun's face was slightly cold, and he said calmly: "I don't think I need to say more about why you gentlemen and Yang Qing came here today. Mr. Shen, is there a regulation for the cabinet's reward for being pragmatic in putting down the rebellion in the northwest? For
Gao Guangxian, Liang asked Meng and others, what do they say about the treatment? In addition, what decisions are made about the rewards and punishments of the generals of the towns, the deputy generals (i.e. the deputy generals), the participating generals and other generals who participated in the battle? "
After all, after being the emperor for many years, Zhu Yijun was very particular about the three words he used here. For the pragmatic rewards, he used "constitution"; for the treatment of Gao and Liang, he used "dao";
The rewards and punishments of a general are "decisions".
There is of course a difference between these three words.
The "Articles of Association" at this time were slightly different from those of later generations. The general idea was a principled arrangement, but overall it had a rough meaning, or a directional opinion; the "Said" was even more uncertain, just asking the cabinet for its opinion.
The general attitude on this matter; and the "resolution" is more certain, which means that the emperor will generally not object, and even if there are adjustments, the scope will not be too large, or there will not be too many objects involved.
Zhu Yijun's three questions have actually "set the tone" for today's imperial cabinet meeting in advance. As six important ministers who have been in the officialdom for many years, there is no difficulty in hearing the emperor's voiceover. However,
As for the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, it is hard to say whether they listened to the greetings.
Shen Shixing was called by Zhu Yijun, and of course he had to come out to answer. Although Shen Yuanfu was sitting still, he still bowed slightly and said with cupped hands: "These three matters mentioned by the emperor just now have been discussed by the cabinet.
I will come one by one to provide the Emperor with detailed information."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Although his face was expressionless, his words were very polite: "Mr. Lao Shen."
Shen Shixing cleared his throat and said: "As for the merits, demerits, rewards and punishments of the military officials in various towns in this battle, the Ministry of War has submitted a detailed statement. Mr. Wu Ge has already made a preliminary review of it and made a few small points.
adjustments, and then brought it up for discussion during the cabinet meeting.
Generally speaking, the cabinet agrees with the adjusted opinions. However, I think that the reward for Li Rusong is a little small and could be a little more generous, in order to comply with the emperor's intention of selecting talents and using their talents, and also to make Li Chengliang appreciate the emperor's care for his old ministers.
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Zhu Yijun did not comment, but turned to Wu Dui and asked: "Mr. Wu, how are Li Rusong's rewards arranged now?"
Wu Dui took out a piece of paper, opened it, took a look at it, and said: "Back to the emperor, Ning Yuanbo responded to the attack and guarded the Shanxi military commander. Li Rusong, the admiral and commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi rebellion military affairs, was promoted to the first level due to his merits in the northwest.
Admiral Ji Liao, the commander-in-chief of sea defense against Japanese invaders in Baoding, Shandong and other places, and the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Yin Yizi, were rewarded fifty taels of silver."
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and asked Shen Shixing: "Mr. Shen, this seems like a normal reward increase. Since you think it is a little small, what do you think?"
Shen Shixing said: "If we only look at the gains from normal beheadings, there is nothing wrong with this reward. However, although Li Rusongzhuang Langwei's battle was not as good as that of Tuotuo, Yilduzi and other tribes, what he exerted was the power of Dingding."
I have done a great job, so I think I can reward you generously as appropriate."
"What Mr. Shen said makes sense." Zhu Yijun nodded and said to Wu Dui, "Can Li Rusong give me some advice?"
Wu Dui replied: "There is a big red silk unicorn suit."
"Then give Feiyu another gift." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "The silver reward will also be increased by twenty...thirty taels."
Before Shen Shixing had time to speak, Wu Dui immediately said, "I obey your order."
Shen Shixing next to him was blocked by his words. He had already opened his mouth, but finally decided to forget it, closed his mouth again, and remained silent again.
Don't look at Zhu Yijun even struggling to increase the silver reward for Li Rusong from fifty taels to eighty taels. In fact, this can't be said to be stingy. For example, when Qi Jiguang achieved some "big victories", the silver reward was often increased.
There were only twenty or thirty taels, so Wu Dui initially rewarded Li Rusong with fifty taels of silver, which was quite generous.
And Zhu Yijun added thirty taels, which is undoubtedly a "rich gift". In some TV dramas, the emperor often rewards thousands or even tens of thousands of taels, which is basically not consistent with historical facts, at least it is definitely not consistent with the Ming Dynasty.
historical facts.
If Li Rusong really wants to be rewarded with tens of thousands of taels, how much will Gao Pragmatic be rewarded? After this battle, all the combatants together, the national treasury will go bankrupt.
Seeing that Shen Shixing had "no objections", Zhu Yijun smiled slightly and asked, "Mr. Shen, what's next?"
There was no other meaning on Shen Shixing's face, let alone discouragement, and he said calmly: "There are quite different opinions among the cabinet regarding the guilt agreement between Gao Guangxian and Liang Wenmeng."
Zhu Yijun's eyes narrowed: "What do you think?"
Shen Shixing's face turned a little ugly and he said: "I think that one of the two was scolding his subordinates and deducting military pay, which caused him to surrender and raise troops. He is actually the chief culprit. Even if this crime does not lead to death, he should be deprived of his position.
He will then be interrogated in detail by the judicial department to determine the specific culpability. The other person was incompetent, looked forward and backward, hesitated to indulge the enemy, and made mistakes in the battle. I thought that dismissal from his post pending investigation would be enough."
Zhu Yijun then glanced at the other cabinet ministers and said, "Gentlemen, if you have any objections, you might as well tell them."
When Xu Guo saw the emperor looking at him, he said: "I and Brother Xinzhai are following Brother Huanzhou's proposal."
Xinzhai refers to Zhang Xueyan, and Huanzhou refers to Wu Dui, so Zhu Yijun looked towards Wu Dui.
"I think Yuan Fu's words are biased." Wu Dui spoke as clearly as he did in battle, saying: "Yuan Fu said that Gao Guangxian was incompetent, but Gao Guangxian was the governor, Liang Wenmeng was the governor, and Liang Wen was the governor.
Asking about Meng cannot be regarded as Gao Guangxian's "subordinate", and it cannot be said that he is under the imperial command. If it refers to Kuai Bai, then Kuai Bai has always done illegal things, and he has been troubled by governors and governors many times, but he is a Mongolian.
, although the governor is strict, it is understandable that he cannot deal with it easily. This is the case everywhere in Jiubian.
As for Liang Wenmeng, Gao Pragmatic has made it clear before that he withheld military pay. It was not a deduction, but tailoring to suit the situation - this year's military pay was less than in previous years. As a governor, Liang Wenmeng, if he didn't have a plan, would be
After eating, will tens of thousands of Ningxia troops all go to drink the northwest wind in the second half of the year? Kuaibai rebelled because of this. It was not Liang Wenmeng’s fault, but his ambition and disobedience to education!
As for blaming his subordinates harshly, I would like to ask, besides worshiping him, which of his subordinates did Liang Wenzhong blame harshly? Zhang Weizhong would rather die than become a traitor. If Liang Wenmeng also scolded him, what else would he do?
Is this possible? I don’t think so. It can be seen that Liang Wen and Meng’s actions were only aimed at Kuaibai.
So why did he target Kuaibai? Hasn't it been proven that Kuaibai did have evil intentions? Liang asked Meng. Cha knew Kuaibai's ambitions, and considering that he was a Mongolian, he restricted him. I didn't know what the crime was. In addition, Liang asked Meng.
After being captured, he was determined to fight to the death. Is this always a fact?
The previously highly pragmatic servant rescued Liang Wenmeng from death row in Ningxia. As the governor of Ningxia, how could Kuaibai treat him like this as long as he gave in a little? From this point of view, it at least shows the loyalty of this person.
, even if there were some accidents, the situation is pitiable after all, and I hope the emperor will investigate it in detail."
Zhu Yijun frowned and thought for a moment, then asked Wang Jiaping: "Mr. Wang, you are the only one who has not spoken. Do you have anything to say?"
Although Wang Jiaping's position among the cabinet ministers was the last, he was also a cabinet minister and had the right to speak. Therefore, he nodded and said: "I thought that the opinions of Yuan Fu and the three cabinet ministers were lost.
Harshness, forgiveness for one mistake. Gao Guang was hesitant at first, it is true that the northwest is barren, but it is also true that he made mistakes in battle and defense, and he must be punished, but it does not need to be excessive.
The same goes for Liang Wen Meng. Although it has the cause mentioned by Wu Ge Lao, it also has the result of the fall of Ningxia. If loyalty is not rewarded and faults are not punished, how can the court govern and how can the emperor control the people?"
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "I roughly understand what Mr. Wang means, but what exactly does Mr. Wang think should be done?"
"Rewarding merit is a reward, punishment is a punishment." Wang Jiaping said with emotion: "Gao Guang can first live in peace and quiet; Liang Wen Meng Ke gave him a Zhongyi Archway in his hometown, but he was dismissed and returned to his hometown."
Everyone looked at the emperor, but Zhu Yijun was very calm, nodded slightly, and said: "I think that's what I'll do."
Everyone originally wanted to wait for the emperor to explain why he made such a decision, but Zhu Yijun didn't seem to want to talk more. Instead, he turned his head slightly and said to Shen Shixing: "Mr. Shen, is it time to talk about a pragmatic reward?"
Shen Shixing could not help but sigh a little in his heart. In fact, when Zhu Yijun first asked the three questions, the highly pragmatic reward question was the first one, but Shen Shixing deliberately answered the other way around and put this question at the end. Who knows what the emperor would think of the previous question?
His attitude towards the two questions seemed to have been clear for a long time. It didn't take much time to make a decision, and then he immediately asked about the thing he was most concerned about.
The sigh in his heart returned to his heart, but there was no trace of it on Shen Shixing's face. He just replied calmly: "Your Majesty, regarding Gao Pragmatic's reward, the first thing that needs to be determined is who deserves the credit for strategizing the battle of Zhuang Langwei.
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This credit goes to Gao Pragmatic, or perhaps it goes to Wei Xuezeng. It had a great influence on Gao Pragmatic's reward for this battle, so we must investigate."
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "In that case, who does Mr. Shen think deserves the credit for this?"
"Wei Xuezeng." Shen Shixing's answer this time was very direct: "The country has its own laws, and officials have their own appointment and dismissal. The merits during the war will naturally be obtained by those who are in office. I have never heard of anyone who was rewarded by going back to his predecessor. Moreover, Wei Xuezeng is not the one who is highly pragmatic.
Before taking office, he only acted on behalf of Wei Xuezeng because he was not in time to take office. I believe that the host and the guest are different and cannot be confused; the merits are rewarded and cannot be misplaced."
Zhu Yijun was still noncommittal and asked others: "What do you think?"
This time the situation was different. Xu Guo expressed his agreement with Shen Shixing's view. The reason was that "being pragmatic and having real achievements, but the laws of the country are great", so he believed that the rules should not be broken.
Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui said that the credit should go to Gao Pragmatic. The reason is that "virtue should be rewarded by officials, and merit should be rewarded." The credit should be given to whoever has the merit. These two sentences are easy to explain: Those with high virtues will be awarded high officials.
Those who have made great contributions will be given generous rewards. The original sentence comes from "Shang Shu Zhong Hui's Edict", and everyone here knows it by heart.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is the truth, but everyone knows that the key now is not who deserves the credit itself, but whether the credit can be given to Gao Pragmatic.
The current situation is very clear. Both Shen Shixing and Xu Guo believe that Gao should be pragmatic and should "maintain the law." Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui think that Gao should be pragmatic because this is the "most important intention of Confucianism."
Zhu Yijun then looked towards Wang Jiaping again.
Wang Jiaping looked calm and said calmly: "I think this credit should be given to Wei Xuezeng."
I wonder if Wang Jiaping did not express his position during the internal cabinet meeting. When he said this at this time, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Zhang Xueyan, and Wu Dui were all a little surprised.
On the contrary, Zhu Yijun's expression showed no surprise, and he just asked with great interest: "Mr. Wang, what's the reason?"
Wang Jiaping said: "I beg your pardon, if this merit is given to Gao Panggang, will the emperor be able to knight him this time?"
You asked so directly? Well, well, it turned out to be Wang Jiaping.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing and asked: "If you have such great achievements, shouldn't you be knighted?"
"It should be awarded." Wang Jiaping's words were indeed different from ordinary people. After he said this half sentence, he remained unmoved in the face of the surprised look in the room, and continued: "So I cannot agree to attribute this credit to Gao Pragmatism."
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?"
Wang Jiaping replied: "The country has always treasured famous utensils, so that famous utensils are valuable and should not be obtained lightly. And precisely because they are not obtained lightly, everyone yearns for them. Gao Jingshi is only twenty-five years old. If you can, I will confer a knighthood on him."
Not to mention the reward, there are still decades to come, but the battle against Chahar is just around the corner. Will our court not let Gao Pragmatic lead the army? If he leads the army to victory again, it will be so huge.
How to reward military exploits?
I believe that if this matter goes smoothly, Gao Pragmatism at that time should not have been in his thirties. It is the hope of the second ancestors to destroy the residual Yuan Dynasty. However, with this merit, I am afraid that it will not be enough to advance to the first level of the nobility. Could it be that it would be done at that time?
Are you going to make him a duke?"
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