Originally, the emperor did not go to the court for half a month, and the ministers had a lot of things to decide in person, but seeing the emperor's angry appearance, they chose to shut up and not say anything, and returned to the yamen of various ministries and departments to wait for the next court meeting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Luo Yuanbin's sudden attack made Zhu Daming very angry on the surface, and even used the topic to set a rule, and cut through the mess quickly, without giving a chance to refute or discuss, but in his heart he still agreed with Luo Yuanbin's attack on several eunuch ministers in the cabinet.

The current cabinet is indeed a corpse vegetarian meal, and he doesn't do anything serious, blindly testing the emperor's attitude towards Wei Zhongxian and their attitude.

As for the reason, of course, it is the new establishment of Emperor Chongzhen, even if there is no eunuch party or anything like this, according to the unwritten old rules, most of them are the cabinet ministers of the previous dynasty, I am afraid that they will have to move their positions, especially the first assistant of the cabinet, the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, from the emperor to the ministers all know this truth.

As soon as he returned to the Qianqing Palace, took off his court clothes, and changed into civilian clothes, Cao Huachun came to report that it was the first assistant Huang Liji who led the other cabinet ministers to ask to see the emperor.

Zhu Daming knew that this was the so-called small court meeting, and whenever the big court meeting ended, the emperor and the ministers of the cabinet and relevant departments had to meet again to discuss the handling of specific court affairs, and this was the time to really do specific things.

Zhu Daming said to Cao Huachun: "Please wait for the first assistant and the cabinet ministers Wenhuadian." In addition, breakfast and snacks are prepared for each minister. ”

Cao Huachun immediately agreed and left.

Zhu Daming hurriedly had breakfast in the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, drank some tea and rinsed his mouth, and then drove to the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Daming can't help but abide by the cumbersome rules in the palace, after all, he has not been on the throne for a long time, and these seemingly very cumbersome and tiring rules, honor guards, retinues, etc., are all set up to increase the authority of the emperor, and he still needs these things very much under the current situation, so he has to endure it.

Entering the Wenhua Palace, Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guojian and the people in the study house were waiting, and when they saw the emperor coming in, they all hurriedly stood up, tidied up their clothes, and then knelt down under the leadership of Huang Liji to meet him.

Zhu Daming walked to his seat, and then said that the ministers were flattened, and when they saw the ministers standing up one after another, he said: "Give a seat to the ministers."

Under the command of Cao Huachun, a group of small chamberlains quickly moved a soft stool without backrest armrests and placed it behind each minister, and everyone who had just gotten up wanted to salute again, Zhu Daming said: "Excuse me, sit down and say." ”

After saying this, Zhu Daming said to Cao Huachun and the attendants in the palace: "Today, I will set up another rule, and in the future, the ministers will perform in the Huadian Palace, and give a seat and tea, which is a common practice." ”

The people in the middle school hurriedly wrote it down, and the eunuch Cao Huachun replied, "The slave and maid obey the order", and at the same time hurriedly served tea to the ministers present.

The ministers saw the eunuchs who had become increasingly arrogant in front of them in the past few months, busily moving stools and pouring tea for them, and deeply felt the unpredictability of the emperor in front of them.

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in power, they couldn't see the emperor at all, let alone sit down and drink tea.

But the difference is that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is so foolish, as long as he fools the illiterate Wei Zhongxian, it is good, and the emperor in front of him seems to be not easy to fool, and he has set two rules for the front and harem in one day, which does not seem to be a good stubble.

Huang Liji led the cabinet ministers to thank the emperor for his grace, and then said: "Your Majesty has been recuperating for half a month, the cabinet has a lot of affairs piled up, involving major events in the world, and the ministers cannot arbitrarily decide, and please ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Seeing that the emperor nodded, Huang Liji continued: "Your Majesty's grace Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department, has returned to his hometown to guard the system, and the post of secretary of the military department is vacant, I don't know who Your Majesty wants?" ”

After Cui Chengxiu left his post in history, it was Wang Zaijin who came up, and Wang Zaijin was really mediocre, and Sun Chengzong was not on good terms, and later had many constraints in the military, and he had already been beaten into the ranks of unusable by Zhu Daming.

Zhu Daming said slowly: "Now it is an eventful autumn, and the northeast and southwest use troops frequently, and the position of the military department is very important. What I mean is that he should be succeeded by a civil servant who is well versed in the art of war and has long been in military affairs. Is there a candidate for the secretary? After speaking, he looked at the crowd.

Huang Liji is the first assistant, of course, he said first: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the minister thinks that the former Ji Liao Governor Wang is familiar with military affairs in Jin, and he is quite insightful about Liao affairs. ”

In history, Chongzhen probably listened to this to enable Wang Zaijin again, but Wang Zaijin did not do anything good after taking office, but in the second year of Chongzhen, after Sun Chengzong recovered, he hindered in many ways, adding countless obstacles to Sun Chengzong's military rectification, and finally caused Sun Chengzong to resign again.

Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu listened to the statement of the first assistant Huang Liji, and also expressed their positions one after another: "Wang Zaijin once served in the military department, known for knowing soldiers, and Tianqijian once served in Liaodong, and he is familiar with the situation of captives, so he is a suitable candidate. The minister seconded. ”

Zhu Daming saw that Li Guowei did not second, but he stopped talking, and seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Does Li Qing have other candidates?" ”

Li Guowei has big ears and beautiful beard, which is quite different from several other ministers with feminine faces. Historically, he recommended Han Yi and Sun Chengzong to Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhu Daming didn't know what kind of person Han Yi was, but he had heard of Sun Chengzong, and he was definitely a bull who could turn the tide, so he specially asked Li Guowei's opinion, hoping that he would take this opportunity to push Sun Chengzong out, after all, he had already drawn out the range, and there were not many people who could enter this range, but Sun Chengzong was definitely one.

Li Guowei is a very complicated person in history, he was promoted by Wei Zhongxian, but he did not receive Wei Zhongxian's affection, Wei Zhongxian promoted him because he and Wei are fellow villagers of Hejian Mansion, and the reason why he wants to recommend Sun Chengzong is also because he and Sun Chengzong are fellow villagers, and they are also fellow villagers of a county, both of whom are Jinshi from Gaoyang County, Hebei.

The emperor named him, Li Guoyan couldn't hesitate any longer, and replied: "Wang Zaijin, the minister knows that he once served as the Jiliao Governor for knowing the military affairs, and was also in charge of the military department, and there is no problem with the qualifications, but there are many improper decisions in the appointment of the Jiliao Governor, and he has been repeatedly impeached by the courtiers and deposed by the emperor. The minister recommended to His Majesty the former military department Shangshu and Jiliao Governor Sun Chengzong. ”

Li Guowei finally said the best candidate in Zhu Daming's mind, it seems that this Li Guowei still has a bit of public heart and can continue to use it.

As soon as Li Guowei finished speaking, Shi Fenglai immediately took over the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, during the period when Sun Chengzong supervised Jiliao, he miscommanded, lost his troops, and lost his advance and retreat, resulting in the destruction of the Daling River and the loss of 200 miles of land in the Ningjin defense line. After speaking, he looked at the emperor with Li Guoyao and others.

Zhu Daming looked at Li Guowei and nodded slightly, then looked at Shi Fenglai, and said lightly: "Sun Chengzong's so-called defeat and loss of land back then was just a plan of the generals, and it had little to do with him. Even though I was young at the time, I had heard about it. If Shi Qing resigned himself from defeat, then what about Wang Zaijin, Wang Zaijin was deposed by the former emperor because of the loss of his teacher and humiliation of the country! ”

Considering Wang Zaijin's various deeds after he was reinstated as the secretary of the military department in history, Zhu Daming simply said: "Wang Zaijin is a person, since the first emperor has deposed him, he will not mention it again in the future!" ”

Shi Fenglai opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't dare to refute the emperor again.

At this time, Huang Liji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in addition to Wang Zaijin, there is another candidate for the minister, which is Yan Mingtai, the current governor of Jiliao. Yan Mingtai was promoted from the governor of Liaodong to the governor of Jiliao for several years, and he served in Liaodong for a long time, and he had many meritorious achievements, so he should be a suitable candidate. ”

After saying this, he looked at the emperor, and then continued: "There is also the minister of the king of Jiliao now, although he has not been supervising Jiliao for a long time, he can also be used as a candidate. ”

Yan Mingtai was originally Sun Chengzong's right and left hand, and his governor of Liaodong was recommended by Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong had a bad relationship with the eunuch party, so when he lost power, Yan Mingtai took refuge in the eunuch party and was able to go further and be promoted to the governor of Jiliao, but his ability was only mediocre, and he may be available in peacetime, and if there is about to be chaos today, such a person is not what Zhu Daming urgently needs.

In addition to Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, in Liaodong in the special year of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, in addition to a governor Bi Zisu, there is also a minister of the king of Jiliao.

However, Wang Zhichen had just taken office in July, and these people were not the candidates in Zhu Daming's mind, so they were not considered at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming said: "Yan Mingtai is a candidate, including the ministers of the Jiliao Governor Wang, but the duties of the military department are important, but after all, they are still in the Beijing Division, and Jiliao is confronting the Dongyu army, and the situation is even tighter, Yan Mingtai's position as the governor of Jiliao cannot be moved for the time being, and the same is true for Wang Zhichen."

"As for Sun Chengzong, this person's ability, I have heard it when I was in the palace, although there are small setbacks in Liao affairs, but after all, the merits are greater than the faults, and the emperor also called him virtuous many times before his death. I have made up my mind, and Sun Chengzong will take over as the secretary of the military department. This matter needs not be discussed again. ”

Huang Liji bowed down to receive the order, and Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu did not say more.

After that, several ministers successively reported various major affairs of the court and government, and Zhu Daming made decisions one by one, and Zhu Daming had no choice but to continue to instruct Yue Hesheng, the governor of Yansui at that time, and others to continue to suppress the civil unrest in Yansui, northern Shaanxi.

As for the rebellion of Tusi Tu Chongming in the southwest, Zhu Daming was not familiar with the governor's affairs, but he knew that the rebellion would be put down soon, so he was happy to maintain the status quo unchanged.

In addition, for the dredging of the Grand Canal, before the fall of Wei Zhongxian, it could not be carried out for the time being, because the governor of Caoyun was also an important figure in Wei Zhongxian's party, so it could only be put aside for the time being.