The power in these four words is intoxicating.

For the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding years, every time the Ming Dynasty drove the expedition, it meant a lot of criticism. Except for the Ming Taizu, the two masters of the Ming Chengzu who immediately conquered the world, and almost none of the later royal expeditions had good results.

For example, Emperor Yingzong's 500,000 army went on an expedition to Wara, but the Tumubao Rebellion failed miserably, and the emperor was taken captive, which became a turning point in the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. Ming Wuzong absurdly went out of the palace, frolicked and fought with the border to fight the little Mongolian prince, even if he won a great victory in Yingzhou, he was also suppressed by the civil officials. As a result, it was preached in later generations, and many of them were imaged as a faint king who was absurd and unscrupulous.

Thinking of Zhu Cihong's achievements when he first got out of the palace and went incognito, it is no wonder that Huang Daozhou couldn't help but feel pessimistic when he mentioned this matter.

"Ge Lao...... Don't be optimistic about the Holy Emperor's personal expedition? Wang Duo contemplated with his eyebrows: "Even if it is a great enemy like a plague, the saint will be restored in ten months. Why does the elder ...... of the pavilion?"

When it came to business, Wang Duo quietly changed his title. In his heart, Wang Duo quickly assessed the changes in public opinion in the court. You know, Huang Daozhou is a member of the new cabinet after all.

Huang Daozhou stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said, "This is not a question of whether you are optimistic or not. The plague is difficult because it is approaching Gyeonggi, and there is no way to retreat. But the royal expedition is by no means necessary. The saint sits on the throne and can control the civil and military affairs remotely, so why bother to drive the expedition in person? ”

Wang Duo narrowed his eyes: "Please also ask the Pavilion Elder to give advice." After all, he is the master of the heroes, sweeping away strong enemies all the way and creating a new system, all of whom are eloquent and strategic. ”

Huang Daozhou continued: "It is precisely because my emperor is the master of Zhongxing that he cannot be hasty. On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes. In the midst of victory and defeat, it is difficult to calculate. To deal with the thieves in a district, why do you need to be personally recruited by the Holy Emperor? Especially now, there are still rebels such as Wu Sangui in the east, and although Jiannu is defeated, there is still spare strength. As strong as Yingzong, as frolicking as Wuzong, they are all lessons from the past! ”

Wang Duo nodded slowly: "What the elder said is indeed reasonable. But then ......"

"Huh?" Zodiac turned around and looked at Wang Duo.

Wang Duo was a little worried: "With the heart of the saint, these reasons will not convince the saint. ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Therefore, so justifiable, I must convince the ministers. You can't back down, you can't be timid. For the sake of the world, we must think about the safety of the saints! The safety of the saint is correct, and the road to the prosperity of my Daming Society is expected! ”

When Wang Duo heard this, he also stood up, pacing left and right, thinking about the series of victories won by Zhu Cihong, and suddenly said: "So, it makes sense!" Elder Ge, I know such a major national event. Tomorrow's court meeting, you will face the Holy Word and understand! ”

"Good!" Huang Daozhou nodded suddenly: "Since that's the case, then I'll go find the next one......"

……

Cabinet Qunfu, Fan Mansion.

"You and I are in the same cabinet, so I won't talk much nonsense this time. The Holy Emperor drove the expedition in person, and we can't ignore it. Huang Daozhou said: "The saint can ignore the danger, but as a human minister, I have to think about the saint......"

"The cabinet is not optimistic about the Holy Lord's expedition?" Fan Jingwen sighed lightly: "We, we want to persuade the Holy Three Divisions. ”

……

Fang Yuegong, Wu Fu......

Huang Dao was upright and walked one by one, and in the middle of the night, he finally dragged his tired body back home. Seeing that all the ministers thought that they should act conservatively and not let the emperor be in a dangerous place, he finally relaxed a little, thinking that he had not lived up to the trust of the new emperor&

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

A.D. 1644, April 6, 276 Ming Dynasty.

The Ming civil and military officials in the Forbidden City gathered here in full.

Nanjing Cabinet Chief Minister Li Banghua, Minister of Finance and Economy Fu Shuxun, Minister of Education and Culture Huang Daozhou, Minister of Integrity Shi Kefa, Minister of National Defense Gao Mingheng, Director General of Education Zhu Zhiyu, Director General of Customs and Excise Chang Zhilang.

In addition, Huang Jingfang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wu Fu, the second assistant, and Fan Jingwen and Fang Yuegong are the first assistants of the cabinet. In addition, there are six ministries and nine Qing and other officials. Wang Duo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Yuzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhang Guowei, the governor of Caoyun and the squire of the Ministry of War, who never left after entering Beijing. As for the rest of the six departments, Fu Shuxun concurrently served as the secretary of the household department, Fan Jingwen concurrently served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Kefa concurrently served as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and Gao Mingheng concurrently served as the secretary of the military department.

The previous secretary of the military department was Chen Xinjia, who was seriously injured in Tongzhou when Jiannu entered Kou Gyeonggi. Zhu Cihong gave him a decent position and let him go to the newly opened Privy Council to serve as the deputy privy council, but Chen Xinjia was very interesting, and he was very low-key when he received the office, and he never came out of his illness, occasionally speaking, and he was also very cooperative with the work of the Privy Council headed by Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu.

In addition to these core civil officials, there are also generals of the Royal Guards Legion.

The commander of the corps is, of course, Zhu Cihong, and Ni Yuanlu concurrently serves as the chief military advisor of the corps' privy council. Zhu Cihong thought about it, but after all, he felt that the Military Aircraft Department was a Manchu thing, so he changed the name of the Privy Council.

In addition to the other generals, there are also the first regiment Lang general Hu Dawei, the second regiment Lang general Chen Yongfu, and the third regiment Lang general Fu Rugui. As well as the captains of various ministries such as Xu Yanqi, Mengruhu, Liu Sheng, Hu Zichen, Liu Quan, Xu Hong, Liu Zhen, and some non-combat officers such as Hu Bo and Xu Hong. The most surprising thing is that there is another woman here: the Red Lady.

The red lady was dressed in military uniform, heroic and extraordinary, standing on the top of the main hall, causing countless discussions, and provoking the imperial history of the class to constantly speak and suppress.

Soon, everyone had no intention of talking.

As everyone entered one after another, Zhu Cihong made an unusual decision: "Sit down for the ministers." ”

As soon as Zhu Cihong's words fell, one chair after another was moved out. Along with the chairs, there are desks.

One by one, the eunuchs carried chairs and desks inside, and the focus of everyone's discussion changed in vain.

There is a seat in front of the king!

You must know that the official family's bowl of rice has been treated more and more badly since the country was arrogant. Don't talk about the Shiqing era in the pre-Qin period, let's say that there was an emperor. Qin and Han still knelt and sat between the monarchs and ministers at that time, after all, there were no chairs at that time, although everyone was kneeling, they were still sitting.

After having a Hu bed, that is, a chair, the ministers of the Sui and Tang dynasties were all sitting.

It's a pity that the good days didn't last long. When it came to Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the chairs of the ministers were suddenly removed, and all the ministers had to stand. The reason why the black gauze hat of the Song Dynasty was so long is also rumored to be to prevent private chat.

Later, when it came to the Yuan Dynasty, the ministers and the emperor did not even have the right to stand, so they had to kneel directly. This is not kneeling, but kneeling, and the spine is bent again.

The ministers are all well-read poetry and books, and are familiar with the annals of history. These changes are naturally clear in my mind, but I never expected that when this new emperor ascended the throne, he would give chairs to a group of ministers to sit down!

Suddenly, there was a buzzing discussion.

It was Huang Jingfang who reacted quickly, and immediately led the ministers, and shouted long live: "The ministers thank God, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Li Banghua followed: "Ministers thank God, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Ministers, thank heaven, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

……

Long live the civil and military ministers, this time, everyone felt that their empty slogan was unprecedentedly firm.

In the crowd, Huang Daozhou felt the hard-won chair, ironed in his heart, and strengthened his belief like never before: "This time, no matter what, we can't let our emperor fall into danger!" ”

……

A noisy voice sounded, and the ministers sat down one after another. Zhu Cihong sat upright, looked at the ministers on the dragon chair, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

Zhu Cihong's aesthetics of furniture are quite "advanced", and this time the chair is specially created. For this reason, Zhu Cihong made a set of chairs for middle school students in his memory.

As a result, in the Qianqing Palace, the center of the empire and the deliberations of the monarchs and ministers, the ministers sat on the chairs of the middle school students of later generations. I don't know who started it, put their hands on the table, and even a few played with paper and pen.

The pen is a quill and the paper is a notepad.

This is a small gift from Zhu Cihong.

The small action in private knew that the attendant Yushi called a few colleagues to come up together, which brought the atmosphere in the hall back to seriousness.

Only Zhu Cihong suppressed the smile in his heart, feeling that this was like an exam.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Cihong's idea is not wrong.

This is indeed an exam, and Zhu Cihong is not only an examiner, but also a candidate who has been tested by history. As the emperor, Zhu Cihong's enemies have gradually decreased. But as a national leader determined to change the empire and the civilization of Zhongxing, Zhu Cihong has too many enemies, so many that it is difficult for them to pick them out with direct pointing.

Everyone sat down, and Huang Jingfang and Li Banghua, the first assistants of the cabinet, began to discuss their own affairs.

Huang Jingfang recalled the scene in Baoding Mansion and said: "Holy Lord, the road from Jingshi to Baoding has been repaired......

Lee Bang Hwa said: "Through the Cabinet University Inspectors, the plague in the Gyeonggi region has gradually subsided, and the supervision of this year's tax exemption and exemption from apportionment has been completed......

"Holy ......" At this time, Yang Wenyue came out of the ranks.

Huang Daozhou's chest straightened, and seeing this, Wang Duo and other officials in the DPRK and China looked at him intently.

Zhu Cihong smiled and looked at Yang Wenyue.

Seeing this, Yang Wenyue said in a deep voice: "The minister invites my emperor to personally conquer and crusade against the traitor Li Zicheng!" For this reason, the Privy Council and all departments of our army are ready to attack at any time! ”

Inside the hall, the atmosphere changed in vain.

Zhu Cihong is the emperor, and as the emperor, of course, he can't fight alone. Zhu Cihong wanted to drive the expedition in person, but after the news was released, it did not mean that Zhu Cihong would personally raise his arm and step forward to debate with the ministers. It really came to that point, which showed that Zhu Cihong had become a loner, not a wealthy Ming emperor with countless martial arts under his command.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Daozhou will think of contacting the ministers. Of course, they will not point the finger at the emperor, but it is enough to suppress and refute the proposed minister, which is enough to achieve the goal of opposing Zhu Cihong's personal conquest.

This time, it was Yang Wenyue who put forward the slogan on behalf of Zhu Cihong. Now the Privy Council of the Ming Dynasty is privy envoy Yang Wenyue.

As soon as Yang Wenyue spoke, Wang Duo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the hall, said in a deep voice: "Holy Lord! Xifu's move, the minister does not agree! ”

Yang Wenyue suddenly frowned.

But he didn't speak in a hurry, although Wang Duo was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, his identity with Yang Wenyue was not equal.

Ni Yuanlu stood up, as a deputy, and as the planner of this plan, he stood up and said, "Dare to ask, what's wrong?" ”

"Because, the weight of our emperor is heavier than Mount Tai. The responsibility of our emperor is to take up the mission of reviving our dynasty. The ability of my emperor is more eagerly awaited by the subjects of the world, all of whom are waiting for my emperor to rescue and recreate my Ming Dynasty. In this way, our emperor is so important that he can't be neglected a little, how can he be in danger of being a soldier? Wang Duo's words were sincere and heartfelt.

As soon as Wang Duo said such sincere words, Ni Yuanlu suddenly choked. People are not looking for fault, but they are justifiable and justifiable, and they do not support Zhu Cihong's personal expedition.

Cabinet University scholars Fang Yuegong and Fan Jingwen came out one after another, and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

……

Ni Yuanlu suddenly felt tricky, and when Yang Wenyue was silent with him, Zhu Cihong, who was at the top, opened his mouth: "So, a few Aiqing think that this expedition to the west is an unsafe move?" ”

"Admittedly." Wang Duo bowed.

"Who else is going to speak?" Zhu Cihong glanced at the ministers and found that Huang Jingfang's face was in a hurry, and he knew that there must be someone to contact him about this matter.

"Holy Lord, the minister has to say." Zodiac Zhou stood up tremblingly.

At the age of sixty, Zodiac Zhou is already considered to be a long-lived man in this era. He looked at Zhu Cihong with blazing eyes, and said: "What the minister has seen all the way, what he has seen in this life, I have never seen such a vigorous change in my Ming Dynasty, the old empire. The reason for this, the old minister understands, is really relying on the actions of the saints. The words of the royal driver's personal conquest, please also ask the saint to refute it. ”

Zhu Cihong laughed: "Huang Qing, Wang Qing, the two Aiqing are defending each other, how can I not know?" I can't say anything more about how important my safety is. ”

Huang Daozhou wanted to open his mouth, Zhu Cihong walked down step by step, helped Huang Daozhou to sit down, and then looked at everyone, put his hands behind his back in the main hall, and said in an unprecedented proud tone: "I, in fact, I want to let the two Aiqing and the people of the world know." I, Daming, am no longer the Ming of the country and the people, and the internal and external difficulties. I, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are no longer the officers and soldiers who know how to bully the people and do not love to fight. What's more, now, the person sitting on the head of all Aiqing is not an ignorant villain who only knows how to sit in the city of sorrow and thinks that he will win a thousand miles within a radius of this. It is human nature to seek profit and avoid taboos. But as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is even more natural to take on the responsibility of a brave warrior. This battle, I, it's decided! (To be continued.) )