The three nobles who followed Cheng Jing in were all dressed in full imperial robes and looked unhappy. When they walked into the hall, they saw Zhu Qiyu sitting upright, and bowed their hands in greeting.
"See you, Your Majesty."
"No gifts, please give me a seat!"
Zhu Qiyu looked at the three people in front of him.
They are almost among the current nobles, the ones who can take action and speak with the most weight. They are all second-generation nobles who contributed to the Jingnan. The rest either lack qualifications or have just ascended to the title and are too old.
Small.
Having sat on the throne for so many years in his previous life, he naturally understands the situation of nobles.
In the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were two large-scale knighthoods for the founding heroes and Jingnan heroes, and about a hundred people were actually awarded.
However, due to Emperor Taizu's craziness in expelling his knights in his later years, and in addition to the numerous people who have been expelled from his titles for various reasons over the years.
There are about fifty honorable persons in the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, only nine of the founding heroes are left, and most of them were left in Nanjing.
There are more than thirty officials who contributed to the Jingnan War, and they are the main source of honors in the capital today.
There are still more than ten people who are honored by Renzong, Xuanzong and Jin Dynasty. There are many people in this group, but most of them are sent to various places to guard one area.
Under the deliberate guidance of many civil servants, many people felt that the nobles were just imperial worms who oppressed the people every day with their salary from the court and the glory of hereditary inheritance.
But in fact this is not the case. As the top force among the military ministers, Xungui is extremely important in the military minister system of the Ming Dynasty.
Putting aside the founding nobles who are far away from the political center, from Zhu Qiyu's perspective, the remaining nobles can be roughly divided into two types.
One is senior and the other is junior.
The former is represented by Honorable Jingnan, who has deep qualifications. His father and grandfather once killed generals and captured the flag, and made countless military exploits for the Ming Dynasty. They have high strength and prestige in the army. Because of their long-standing title, they have been married to other nobles all the year round and have a network of relationships.
It is intricately connected and powerful.
Zhu Qiyu prefers to call this type of nobles the nobles of the capital.
Because their basic base is in the capital, their main role is to be responsible for the management of the army. Most of the officers in charge of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are selected from among them.
With their deep seniority and complicated in-law relationships, they can easily become one, so only a few representatives are needed to compete with the increasingly powerful civil servant group.
But the disadvantage is that because they have been knighted for too long, they cannot go to the battlefield at all. There are some who can fight and are more willing to lead troops to suppress rebellions than to take charge of the capital. In addition, due to the selection
The scope is not wide enough, which leads to the frequent occurrence of various problems such as corruption, incompetence, and fraud in the Fifth Military Governor's Office.
The other type is those with junior qualifications. To put it bluntly, they are Renzong, Xuanzong, and the newly promoted nobles conferred by the emperor today.
The number of this group of people is small, but the quality is very high. The earliest among them have only been knighted for more than 20 years, and the more recent ones have only been knighted for a few years. Moreover, they do not rely on Jing to obtain knighthood, but basically rely on solid military merit.
They have come up step by step, so they are very capable, but the disadvantage is that they are not qualified enough.
Zhu Qiyu called this type of distinguished nobles from other places.
Because after they were knighted, they were often sent by the imperial court to guard various places or lead troops to counter rebellions. They were not in the capital all year round, and they were also the first candidates to lead troops and generals in various places.
This group of people can be said to have devoted themselves to the Ming Dynasty and died.
Zhu Qiyu did not calculate it carefully, but generally speaking, most of these foreign nobles will stay in the garrison until they are old, or die in the fight against the rebellion, and will pass the title to the next generation before they are recalled to the capital.
, wait peacefully until the new generation grows up.
Generally speaking, if the new generation is still outstanding, they can gain a firm foothold in the capital, enter the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and become a member of the capital's nobles.
If the qualifications of the new generation are mediocre, then if they are passed down for two or three generations, when their qualifications rise, they will barely be able to advance to the highest level of military officials.
The military minister system of the Ming Dynasty relied on this model of internal and external cooperation and constant flow to maintain good operation.
But now, suddenly, this system is broken.
Originally, there were more than thirty Jingnan nobles in the capital. Among them, in addition to the British Duke, the pillar of the first-generation nobles, there were seven or eight second-generation nobles with deep qualifications and a dozen third-generation nobles in their prime. The remaining
There are still seven or eight people below, who are the fourth generation nobles who have just ascended to the title of nobility. Most of them are teenagers and have not yet participated in political affairs.
The emperor's personal expedition this time has another meaning, that is, the second-generation nobles in power are handing over the power of military ministers to the third-generation nobles who have grown up.
When they win the battle and have a great military merit on their backs, they can naturally become the governors of the Five Armed Forces, and they can compete with the civil servants without falling behind.
But the battle was lost!
Not only were they defeated, everyone died!
As a result, the military minister system in the capital faced a big problem, and there was a power vacuum.
After the Battle of Tumu, there were only seventeen noble families left in the capital, and five or six of them were teenagers who had just ascended to the title.
The third generation of nobles, who were supposed to be the most important and most numerous among the nobles, only had a pitiful seven or eight families left.
As for the second-generation nobles who can carry the banner of military ministers and fight against civil servants, after being pulled back and forth, only the three in front of me are left.
Among them, only Xincheng Bo Zhao Rong is relatively young, Cheng'an Marquis Guo Sheng and Fengcheng Marquis Li Xian are both over sixty, especially Li Xian, who is almost seventy years old...
If this were not the case, during the discussion on that day, the nobles would not have given up the right to nominate the admiral of the Beijing camp so easily.
There really is no one who can stand up to me!
After the salute, the three nobles looked at their noses and hearts without saying a word.
To be honest, they really don't have a good impression of Prince Tan, a royal family member.
In the civil war, it was obvious that their nobles suffered the most serious losses, but Prince Tan not only refused to help them resist the swords of civil servants, but also added insult to injury.
You know, that's the Beijing camp!
Especially for them, the nobles of the capital, the capital camp is their biggest asset against the civil servants, but in the end, their nomination rights were taken away in such a confusing manner.
It would be strange not to be angry!
Last night, people came from the Prince's Palace and asked them to come to Jiyi Hall to have an audience today. They came, but before they came, they had to make a trip to Cining Palace.
All I have to do is tell Zhu Qiyu openly that our nobles and you, King Xi, are not the same people!
At this time, Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, and they didn't bother to speak, so they just stood there frozen.
Until Zhu Qiyu raised his hand, picked up the memorials at hand, and motioned to Cheng Jing to hand them over.
The three of them circulated it around, and as soon as they finished reading the first book, the white-haired Marquis of Fengcheng, Li Xian, jumped up.
"These bastards are really bullying people! I'll fight them!"
Guo Sheng and Zhao Rong were relatively calm, but after reading it, their faces were gloomy.
The content of the memorial is very simple, which is to impeach the four ministers who accompanied him on the expedition, including Zhenyuan Hou Gu Xingzu, Jianping Bo Gaoyuan, Zhongyong Bo Jiang Xin, and Guangning Bo Liu An.
And they are the only ones who returned alive among the large number of nobles who went on this expedition.
In particular, Zhenyuan Hou Gu Xingzu and Jianping Bo Gaoyuan were among the three generations of ancestral relatives who were originally one of the most promising successors!
Guo Sheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The civil servants' counterattack came too quickly...
Pulling the sleeve of Li Xian who was furious, Guo Sheng asked.
"Your Majesty summoned me to come, is he planning to give us another blow?"
