As all forces came to make judgments about Gao Pragmatic's triumphant return, the situation in the capital that had been overwhelmed by dark clouds immediately improved. Especially on this morning, the emperor summoned all the ministers of the cabinet to meet with his Majesty in the Wenhua Palace.
After that, it can be said that the clouds cleared and the sun appeared, and the sky was clear and clear.
Early that morning, the Supervisor of Ceremonies sent someone to notify the elders to go to the Wenhua Hall to hold an imperial meeting. At that moment, Shen Shixing, the Grand Scholar of the Zhongji Hall, Xu Guo, the Grand Scholar of the Jianji Hall, and Wu, the Grand Scholar of the Wenhua Hall,
Dui, Wang Jiaping, a bachelor of Wuying Palace, Wang Xijue, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Liang Menglong, a bachelor of Dongge Palace, all came to the Wenhua Palace to see His Majesty.
Zhu Yijun, who had just been blessed with a daughter of gold not long ago, looked very good. He even arrived at the palace in advance. When he saw the elders coming in, he said with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen, there is no need to be polite. Please take a seat."
The elders in the pavilions are all good people. One look at the emperor's complexion, demeanor, and tone, and he knew that the queen was extremely happy to give birth to a princess for him this time. Even though he was discussing important matters today, he was also smiling.
Yingying.
The Empress had been infertile for many years. The outside world had always suspected that her vitality was damaged when she gave birth for the first time. She might not be able to get pregnant again in the future, so she even caused a dispute over the country. The reason why the emperor did not agree at that time was that the empress was still young and would not be pregnant in the future.
There is still a chance to give birth to a legitimate son. If the crown prince is named first, it will be too difficult if a legitimate son is born.
Obviously, the mainstream views in the imperial court at that time did not agree with this statement. Only the Gao pragmatic family firmly stood on the side of the emperor. If they accepted death, they would have to wait for the empress's legitimate son. Later, through various means, they reluctantly brought Zhengguo to the throne.
This matter has been suppressed for the time being, but everyone knows that as long as the Queen's legitimate son is not born, this matter will not be over at all.
However, this time the empress gave birth to a princess, which caused a major turning point in the whole incident. Although the princess was not a prince, her actual status in the Ming Dynasty completely depended on the emperor's attitude towards her, but the empress gave birth again is the key to this matter
, which means that "the queen may have difficulty conceiving again", the original "fact" that most courtiers tacitly believed has been overturned.
Since I can give birth to a princess, what's wrong with giving birth to a prince in the future? Because of this incident, many people who participated in Wang Xijue's struggle for the country regretted it.
Although Emperor Taizu had strict rules and the Ming Dynasty's harem basically had no political influence, if the queen gave birth to a prince in the future, and the prince grew up and ascended the throne, I remembered that someone in the palace almost caused him to lose his status as prince before he was even born.
, what kind of mood should that be?
Of course, the elders in Wenhua Palace are basically not worried about this at the moment. After all, their age is here. Judging from the energetic appearance of the emperor today, it is estimated that they will not be able to survive that day——
Presumably, even if the new king decades later is really the Queen's unborn legitimate son, he probably won't hold a grudge so deeply that he would take advantage of their descendants, right?
In any case, it is certain that the emperor is very happy now, but the elders will not really "dismiss the courtesy". They still bowed to see His Majesty, and after thanking him, they sat down separately.
Today's Wenhua call was requested by the emperor, so Zhu Yijun had to take the initiative to speak, and he was very direct: "Yesterday, Da Situ's essay arrived in Beijing. You must have read it, so I won't go into details. I just want to ask.
Gentlemen, how should the court respond?"
I would also like to mention this matter. After Gao Pragmatic's remarks were sent to the cabinet yesterday, the cabinet did not form a unified opinion, so it did not put a vote on it. Instead, it was directly dismissed on the grounds that "this matter should be governed by the Sacred Heart".
Sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The emperor's question now seems to bring up old matters again. The implication is that I am not satisfied with your attitude yesterday and must give you a clear explanation.
However, it was no longer yesterday. Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue had already formulated a new plan. They no longer planned to fight Gao Pragmatically to death, but changed their thinking and completely implemented the flattery.
Shen Shixing was the first assistant, and he was supposed to be the first to speak at this time. He did not hesitate, stood up and bowed slightly, saying: "Your Majesty, yesterday I opposed the resignation of Da Situ from the Meng Yuan Dynasty.
Because at that time, I believed that although the campaign against Yuan had gone through two great victories and the two chiefs Tumen and Abadai Saiyin fled to the west, it was not over yet. How could Da Situ, as a minister, leave his post prematurely?"
He deliberately paused here, and as expected, Zhu Yijun asked: "Oh? Listening to Mr. Shen, you have a new view today?"
This sentence seems to be a casual question, but if you touch it carefully, it seems to be a bit sarcastic. It's just that Zhu Yijun is already an experienced "old emperor", and his face is really calm at the moment, and he can't see any other meaning.
The emperor has rich experience, not to mention Shen Shixing, who is completely at the top level of doing what he says. Not to mention that the emperor's words are just vaguely sarcastic, I'm afraid it is a real sarcasm. Shen Yuanfu can also do it in front of others.
His mood changes but his heart does not beat, and he has a completely "indifferent" attitude.
"Yes." Shen Shixing looked serious and said solemnly: "I am not good at military affairs. After careful study after returning home last night, I found that the Great Situ had already properly arranged the entire war. When he returns to the capital, it will not affect the victory.
the result of.
Wei Chen guessed that Da Situ was worried that he would have a backlog of affairs after being away from the Ministry of Household Affairs for a long time, so he was unwilling to delay his return to Beijing as soon as possible. Therefore, I now agree with Da Situ's resignation from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
"
Shen Shixing's sudden change of attitude not only surprised the emperor, but also all the other ministers - except Wang Xijue, of course.
Wu Dui said with some confusion: "Yuan Fu, that's not what you said yesterday..."
"Hey, Mr. Huanzhou, didn't Shi Xing just say that he didn't think clearly about it yesterday?" Shen Shixing turned around and said to Wu Dui with a smile: "Fortunately it's not too late, don't you think so?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wu Dui was made to lose his temper by his attitude. Although he was doubtful, he could only nod his head and said: "Yuan Fu's words are serious."
Seeing that Wu Dui had been forced to shut up, Shen Shixing looked around at the ministers and asked, "Is there any other minister who has objections?"
Everyone glanced at the emperor subconsciously and saw that the emperor's round and smiling face was extremely kind. They all knew that any objections at this time were just for fun, so they naturally fell silent.
Zhu Yijun was indeed very satisfied, especially with Shen Shixing and Shen Yuanfu who suddenly changed their tune. He nodded to him repeatedly, and then said: "Okay, okay, okay. Since the cabinet thinks that pragmatism is here to make a triumphant return,
Then such a great achievement should have a triumphal ceremony...Mr. Shen, should the cabinet also make arrangements for this?"
Shen Shixing reacted quickly and immediately replied: "Since it is a triumph, it stands to reason that we can welcome it in the countryside..." He paused here, obviously waiting for something.
Zhu Yijun understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Of course I want to go in person."
This attitude was not surprising to Shen Shixing, and he said calmly: "Then there is only one other problem: Normally, a triumphant army returns victoriously, with great momentum and awe in all directions. But now, Gao Situ only brought five hundred of his servants back to the capital.
It’s hard to handle a suburban welcome with such a small number of troops.”
Zhu Yijun was startled for a moment, and said to himself: I forgot about this, but pragmatically, there is a purpose in only bringing the servants back to Beijing, but this matter is not easy to handle.
Gao Pragmatic resigned from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and returned to Beijing with only 500 servants. The outside world thought that he deliberately gave up military power as soon as possible to prove that he had no ulterior motives and to express his attitude to the emperor.
In fact, it is not the case. Judging from high pragmatism, Zhu Yijun will not doubt him just because he is in charge of an army of 600,000. This is completely inconsistent with Zhu Yijun's traditional thinking. The characteristic of this Wanli Emperor is that he does not doubt people and does not trust them when he employs them.
Since he dared to hand over 600,000 troops to himself before, it means that he has no worries in this regard.
Originally, even though the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had various problems, none of them rebelled, and the emperor never worried about this. Why? Because of the system.
According to the system established by Taizu, civilian officials themselves did not have the power to lead troops at all. Even after Yu Qian, the real power of the Ministry of War was greatly enhanced, and then gradually made civilian officials superior to military generals, and began to gain military power step by step, but one thing must be clear
: In the Ming Dynasty, civilian officials were in charge of the army, and they were "temporary measures" from beginning to end, and their legitimacy relied heavily on the emperor's imperial edict.
Basically, it can be understood this way: institutionally speaking, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have always been directly subordinate to the Five Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, and the Five Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief is theoretically only responsible to the emperor, so the emperor himself is the highest military commander of the Ming Dynasty.
However, after the Tumu Incident, the Ming court was extremely cautious about the emperor's personal conquests. Except for Emperor Zhengde, who did not care about his posthumous name, the other emperors could not really directly control the generals of the country, and the nobles had long been unable to fight, so they had to
Let the civil servants represent the emperor to manage the war on a larger scale.
Not only the governor, but also the governor was essentially set up for this reason. Therefore, although the power of Gao Pragmatic, the Mongolian and Yuan governor, was huge, the military force under his command probably accounted for more than half of the entire Ming Dynasty and one-third of the Nine Borders
Second, as long as the emperor issues an imperial edict, the military power will be withdrawn. Unless...all the generals on the frontline follow Gao Pragmatic in their rebellion.
Zhu Yijun had already concluded from various signs that Gao Pragmatic had no intention of rebelling, nor did he think that the frontline generals were crazy. The families and children of these people were all in the pass, and most of them were even in the capital. What were they trying to rebel for? Dongchang and
Although Jinyiwei is not as good as in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is not that such a large-scale conspiracy cannot be found without any clues.
In fact, the purpose of Gao Pragmatic's doing this was not for the emperor to see, but for the courtiers to see. To be more precise, it was to stop some people's bad mouths.
It was precisely because Zhu Yijun understood Gao Pragmatic's meaning that he felt embarrassed when Shen Shixing said this. However, after thinking about it, he felt that there was no solution to the matter, but it was best not to say it himself.
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"Well...Mr. Shen's words make sense." Zhu Yijun nodded, frowned, looked around at the cabinet ministers, and asked, "Do you gentlemen have any good advice for me?"
Wu Dui and Liang Menglong looked at each other and tacitly chose to wait and see. Both of them felt that the atmosphere today was wrong, especially Shen Shixing's performance in the cabinet yesterday, which was completely different from that in the cabinet yesterday. This could not rule out that he and Wang Xijue had another relationship.
What a new plan, so it is best not to act rashly for the time being and wait and see how the other party will make a move.
However, before Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue "made a move", Wang Jiaping suddenly said: "This matter is easy to hear."
He suddenly jumped out. Although Zhu Yijun was a little surprised, he still said politely: "Please give me Mr. Wang's advice."
Wang Jiaping was the second-ranked Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. He was selected as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy and was awarded the title of editor and editor. He participated in the compilation of national history. After Zhu Yijun came to the throne, Wang Jiaping was promoted to editor and editor and became a daily lecturer. He was responsible for Zhu Yijun's work.
He talks about scriptures and governance, so it is completely reasonable for Zhu Yijun to call him "sir". If he wants to talk, Zhu Yijun cannot be polite and ask for advice.
Wang Jiaping is a serious old Neo-Confucian neutralist. In essence, he does not want to participate in the party struggle between practical learning and spiritual learning, so he has always behaved more matter-of-factly. Of course, since Gao Pragmatic himself is a practical school, Wang Jiaping usually stands on the side of
There are relatively more people on the high pragmatic side, which is also true.
So when Wang Jiaping wanted to speak, Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were very calm, and they were not worried about him showing off and playing a different tune. Xu Guo on the side looked out of sorts, with his eyelids drooping and even looking a little half asleep. But strangely, Shen Shi
Xing and Wang Xijue were actually quite calm, with no trace of worry in their expressions.
However, Wang Jiaping didn't pay attention to these details at all. Instead, he bowed his hands to Zhu Yijun and said: "Your Majesty, Gao Situ led the imperial guards when he went out to fight. It happened to be during the battle against Yuan Dynasty.
The Imperial Guards have also made great achievements, and I thought that Situ, who was ordered to do so, should not rush back to the capital first, but better deploy the troops outside the customs to set up defenses, liberate the Imperial Guards early, and then return to the capital with him to receive the reward."
Zhu Yijun mused: "Mr. Wang's words are reasonable, but the court has not yet come up with specific opinions on how to deal with the outsiders after this battle. The reason why I have not made clear arrangements is because I am worried that his handling will be inconsistent with the court's final decision.
The conclusion is different, so it can only be postponed.
Even, he is eager to return to Beijing, and maybe he also hopes to directly participate in the discussion of this matter - after all, he has been thinking about the Mongolian land for more than 20 years, and he will always have some opinions."
Wang Jiaping replied: "There is no need to worry. Da Situ has already arrived in Yanqing Prefecture. Judging from what he said in his brief introduction, at least he will not return to Beijing overnight. In this case, as long as the imperial court can discuss the results as soon as possible and show them to the general public,
"Situ, it's too late. If the great Situ has some different views, because the distance between Yanqing Prefecture is limited, he can quickly negotiate with the court, and it won't take long."
This is the truth, but as a result, the focus of the matter to be discussed now has changed, from how to deal with Gao Pragmatic's abstention and return to Beijing to how to deal with the land outside the customs.
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