Chapter seven hundred and twentieth compliance
"This Yang Feng is having trouble again."
In Wenyuan Pavilion, looking at the memorial sent by Yang Feng that he was asking for troops, Gu Bingqian smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly, and handed the memorial to Zhu Guozhen beside him.
After Zhu Guozhen and Han Du finished watching, the three of them fell silent for a moment.
After a while, Han Yu said: "In fact, according to my official's opinion, it is good that Marquis of Jiangning wants to send troops to wipe out Jiannu in one fell swoop.
Since the old thief of Nurhaci started his army, Jiannu has been constantly eroding the territory of our Ming Dynasty. A few years ago, even Chenyang was occupied by them, and it has not been taken back to this day.
Since the Marquis of Jiangning is willing to take the initiative to lead his army to recover the territory, how can we stop it?"
Zhu Guozhen frowned, "The reason is this reason, but the Huang Taiji sent an envoy a few days ago, willing to regard our Ming Dynasty as the sect leader. Now the civil and military officials in the court are discussing this matter. If we suddenly turn against each other, how will the world view us?"
Han Du rolled his eyes, "Ping Han, you have been in the midst of officialdom for most of your life. Can't even understand Jiannu's delaying plan?"
"Of course I know." Zhu Guozhen said helplessly: "But the problem is that we can't see it. The censors and censors in the court can't see it. They are yelling all day long that the country will perish even if it is a big war, and they are encouraged by His Majesty to form a brotherly country with those Jiannu."
Han Du said angrily: "Bad brotherly country! When our Ming Dynasty was weak a few years ago, why did they ignore the brotherly country? How much money have we invested in Liaodong and how many soldiers have been killed and injured in the past few years? If the Marquis of Jiangning led the army to teach them a lesson several times, would they still be so honest at this moment?"
Zhu Guozhen said helplessly: "You are useless to tell me about these things, you have to tell those censors."
Speaking of this, the two of them looked at each other and both noticed the helpless look in each other's eyes.
The censors of the Ming Dynasty were a very strange group. These censors had the right to impeach and also had the responsibility to make suggestions and make suggestions. Although they were only small officials of the seventh rank, they had extremely strong power and had the right to directly impeach cabinet ministers, or even to report the news and advise the emperor.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang gave these censors such great power is to put it bluntly that he hopes to use these censors to check and balance, supervise the important officials in the court, and prevent any of them from becoming overwhelmed.
Comrade Zhu's starting point is good, but he underestimated people's ambitions. After more than two hundred years of development, these censors have become a group of sluts who are both in the world and in the middle. In their opinion, there is nothing they can't control in the entire Ming Dynasty.
After the development to this point, these censors were afraid that the suggestions they made were not innovative enough, so they often stolen the truth and used the rumor to do their best. They all put forward unrealistic ideas, nothing more than hoping to attract attention by making a big deal or even scolding the emperor, and be famous throughout the ages. In the words of later generations, they are to make pure and inspire.
For example, during the Wanli period, Luo Yuren, the left-ranking judge of Dali Temple, portrayed Emperor Wanli as a lustful, greedy, cruel, stupid, incompetent, lazy...the useless emperor. This is not an advice, it is clearly a personal attack!
If it were the Hongwu Dynasty, Comrade Zhu would have been merciful if Luo Yuren could survive for three days.
But the final punishment given by Emperor Wanli was nothing more than dismissal for the people. Since then, officials who abused the emperor have been in constant force. Emperor Wanli did not want to bear the bad reputation of "killing a censor", so he chose to remain silent and avoid.
Even the emperor was like this, let alone the cabinet ministers, so when they heard the attitude of these hob meat towards Manchu, even Zhu Guozhen and Han Du became a little afraid.
In fact, Comrade Zhu's original intention of establishing a censor is good. If censors can be brave enough to advise and fulfill the responsibilities of ministers, this is a good thing. However, if they indulge in unreasonable ways and rewards and punishments are unclear, they will gradually distort the original intention of censors to advise, and eventually seriously interfere with the normal operation of the state machine. This is a disaster, not a blessing.
After a while, Gu Bingqian suddenly said, "Wenning (Zhu Guozhen), Yu Chen (Han) Han Du, I will ask you, Jiangning Marquis wants to recover Chenyang and defeat the Qing Tartars. Is this a good or harmful thing for my Ming Dynasty?"
"This..." The two of them hesitated for a moment before Han said: "Of course it is beneficial."
Gu Bingqian said in a deep voice: "Since it is beneficial to my Ming Dynasty, why don't you persist? Instead, you are afraid of a group of censors who can only talk big. Could it be that you two are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who
Looking at Gu Bingqian's rare stern expression, Han Yu and Zhu Guozhen bowed to him in shame and said in shame: "Sir, you are right, the official has received the teachings."
Seeing the two of them admit their mistakes to him, Gu Bingqian sighed softly: "You are all pillars of the world that I value. Now I am nineteen. I should pray to Your Majesty next year. After I leave, you will take the lead in the cabinet. If you can't stand alone, how can I leave with peace of mind?"
"Well said!"
A voice sounded at the door. The three of them turned around and saw Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing regular clothes, strode in.
"See Your Majesty!"
The three of them quickly bowed.
"Forget it!"
Zhu Youxiao helped his hands with his hands and signaled the three of them to get up.
He walked to a chair and sat down and said loudly.
"I have heard what you and the three of you just now. What Mr. Gu said makes sense. As a cabinet master, your words and deeds determine the wealth, lives and destiny of the Ming Dynasty and the national destiny.
If you do something, you must first consider the reflections of those censors. What’s the point of waiting for me? I might as well give the cabinet to those censors to take charge and let them decide on state affairs?"
"What Your Majesty taught me is!" Except for Gu Bingqian, Han and Zhu Guozhen all lowered their heads.
Seeing that both of them had admitted their mistakes, Zhu Youxiao didn't think so and continued, "I already know the memorial sent by Marquis Jiangning. I deeply agree with Marquis Jiangning's concerns.
Those Jiannu are just a group of ungrateful wolves who are not well-off. Although they have been so honest over the past year, they have been slandering and demanding the opening of a trade, but I can guarantee that if the Ming Dynasty has a slight decline, they will be the first one to jump up and bite us."
Of course, Gu Bingqian and the other two had no doubt about this. Sarhu's defeat has not been a few years since then, and Chen Yang is still in the hands of his lover. How can they forget these shames?
Finally, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand as if he was summarizing and said loudly: "In short, I have made up my mind this time. Since the Marquis of Jiangning wants to bring Chen Yang back and drive all the Jiannu back to their old forest, I cannot help but support this place. Gu Aiqing..."
"Old minister is here!"
"Transfer an order to Sun Chengzong... Let him cooperate with Jiangning Hou to drive the Jiannu back to their hometown, so that they will never threaten the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!