The official letter is naturally an official letter from the cabinet.

The Ming Dynasty's cabinet was originally a product of the deposed prime minister. In the early days, it only had the power to draft votes but no decision-making power. In the mid-term, the cabinet's power expanded rapidly, reaching its peak under Zhang Juzheng in the Wanli Dynasty. The power was above the six ministries. The chief and assistant ministers of the cabinet also served as officials.

Shangshu became a veritable prime minister and even held military power. Although the power of the cabinet was weakened after Zhang Juzheng's death, it was still considerable.

After all, Emperor Wanli hardly went to court in the late Wanli Dynasty, and after the Wanli Dynasty, there was only one Taichang Dynasty, followed by Zhu Youxiao's Tianqi Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao, like Shenzong Zhu Yijun, was a young emperor at the beginning and needed the assistance of the cabinet, which had very great power.

Shenzong was only nine years old when he ascended the throne, and he relied entirely on Zhang Juzheng to assist him in government. This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng has great power. After all, if he has the military and political burden on his shoulders, how can he not have great power?

Zhu Youxiao also had Zhang Haogu in his dynasty. Two generations of cabinet ministers fell to the New Party. Zhang Haogu suddenly became the first minister of the Ming Dynasty. The New Party took charge of the government. Zhu Youxiao was more focused on science and technology at that time, so he had military and political power.

It is also in the hands of the chief minister of the cabinet.

For example, the establishment of the New Army, the supply of military pay, money, food and equipment, the military system, the appointment of chief officers, etc. were all established by Zhang Haogu and other New Party members. In addition, students from Datong Academy filled the grassroots of villages and towns in the Ming Dynasty and the provinces in the north, Central Plains, and Jiangnan.

Therefore, Zhang Haogu's actual power is greater than Zhang Juzheng's stated power.

After all, Zhang Juzheng had to cooperate with the eunuch Feng Bao during his period, and relied on Empress Dowager Li as support in the harem. These three people were the three giants in the early Wanli Dynasty.

It was only because of these three that the Wanli New Deal could be implemented, and the Wanli Zhongxing came into being.

Empress Dowager Li is the magic needle of Dinghai. When the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was young and unable to govern, the emperor gave Zhang Juzheng the right to become the actual chief assistant and take charge of the power. Feng Bao was the boss of the Ritual Supervisor and was in charge of approving red and sealing, because

Although the cabinet is in charge, the votes need to be approved and stamped, so Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao also have a cooperative relationship.

It can be said that without these three people, there would be no Wanli Restoration of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the New Deal in the early Wanli period. The operation of the cabinet of the Wanli Dynasty can be said to be unique to the Ming Dynasty.

And in the Tianqi Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao was already an adult and ascended the throne. He was young and energetic, and he was sincere to others. Zhu Youxiao had all his trust in Zhang Haogu, and Zhang Haogu bowed in return and showed his affection. Naturally, there was no need for him to trust the emperor and his ministers.

The harem and eunuchs were involved.

Didn’t you see that Mr. Wei, as the chief ceremonial officer, palm sealer and endowed with pens, had to join the new party?

Therefore, the operation of the cabinet in the Tianqi Dynasty was actually different from that in the Wanli Dynasty, because in the Wanli Dynasty, the new policy was implemented by the three giants: the Queen Mother, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet. In the Tianqi Dynasty, the emperor Zhu Youxiao delegated power and gave full power to

The new party is in power, and the military and government are in the hands of the cabinet.

Some people think that the three giants of the New Party are Zhang Haogu, the first assistant, Zhang Ruitu, the second assistant, and Wei Zhongxian, the chief ceremonial supervisor. Some people think that they are Zhang Haogu, the first assistant, Zhang Ruitu, the second assistant, and Lu Xiangsheng, the household secretary. Some even include Cao Wenzhao of the New Army.

Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Fang Yunchu, Zhao Yuqi, Han Yaowei, Wang Dashan were called the seven generals of the New Army, etc.

But no matter what, it is true that the Reform Party was in power in the Tianqi Dynasty, and the decrees of the Tianqi Dynasty were ordinary. The state cabinet decided on its own. After deliberation, the cabinet on military and state affairs decided to vote for Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao would not

be opposed to.

Therefore, the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to report and hold seals has actually been greatly reduced. After all, Wei Zhongxian is also considered a member of the New Party.

Nowadays, Liu Guangtong's imperial edict is different from the previous imperial edict. What's more, it is a joke that Liu Guangtong is to be the supervisor of the army. Since the establishment of the New Army, has there ever been any talk of eunuchs or civilian supervisors of the army?

How has it ever been said that a civil servant with no military knowledge could be the commander-in-chief of an army?

Leave professional matters to professionals. The Ming Dynasty's new army will not be the same as the previous three battalions.

This is the first time that this kind of thing involving changes in military missions and the addition of the old party supervisory army has been encountered. If there is no official letter from the cabinet, the new army will not recognize Liu Guangtong.

Liu Guangtong obviously knew this, and he was secretly angry when he saw that these new army generals had received the imperial edict and asked for official letters from the cabinet. Was it his Majesty who had the final say in the Ming Dynasty or Zhang Haogu?!

The commander of the Yunnan Jinshi, who was only a third-rank official. Before that, let alone the dignified third-rank deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was just a fifth-rank commander.

The magistrates of the first rank can also be mobilized: starting from Baozong, military attaches in the Ming Dynasty were regarded as three levels lower than civil servants. Thousands of households of fifth rank were commanded by the county magistrate of seventh rank, and the civil servants were the bosses.

But who told us that now is the Tianqi Dynasty? The martial arts status has been elevated. Those stinky Qiu Ba before have now become the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the heroes of the country: compared with those who only know how to care, they seem to have a strategy, but in fact they have no ink and can only talk and criticize.

The status of intellectuals in current affairs declined rapidly

Nowadays, when you are an official, you are not required to check your eight-legged essay, Chinese studies, research on things, farming and mulberry, and all aspects of business. Moreover, the supervision is extremely strict and you are not allowed to expand the acres of land or buy property. The good things that happened in the three years of clearing the prefecture of 100,000 snowflakes of silver and thousands of hectares of fertile land are gone.

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When he thought of this, Liu Guangtong sighed secretly, why did the good days of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty go forever?

Although he thought so, Liu Guangtong still took out the official letter of the imperial cabinet from his sleeve and handed it to Lang Pingyu.

Lang Yayu frowned as soon as he unfolded the official letter. The official letter was indeed the same as the secret decree. The red pen and red seal on it and the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies were no problem. However, the seal of the cabinet on this official letter was not that of the chief minister of the cabinet.

Or anyone else!

Seeing Lang Pingyu's expression, Ji Min felt a little nervous and couldn't help but ask: General Lang, is there any problem?"

Lang Yayu said: "My lords, there is nothing wrong with this official letter. It is normal to approve and seal it, but when did the cabinet's official letter not be issued with the seal of the first assistant or the second assistant, but in the name of two cabinet ministers?

Has it been issued?

As soon as these words came out, Liu Guangtong and Ji Min's expressions changed. Indeed, the official cabinet letters of the Ming Dynasty, among other things, must be sealed by the chief minister when it comes to military matters. If the chief minister does not have the seal, at least the second assistant and the cabinet elders must be sealed.

It is correct to have the seal of the first minister and the second minister of the cabinet like now.

What's more, when the new army is mobilized, what does Huang Liji and Qiao Yunsheng have to do with it?

Liu Guangtong and Ji Min originally thought that these generals of the New Party only knew a little bit about writing and were good at fighting, and they were no different from the previous warriors. After all, they were all bad guys.

But the two of them never expected that Lang Pingyu knew so much about some court rules. Once an official letter was sent out, some people who didn't understand or half understood anything would just nod and bend down and act according to the official letter of the cabinet. But why didn't these new party warriors

Is it the same?

It stands to reason that ordinary prefects may not be able to understand these things. How do these Qiu Ba understand the operations and rules of the imperial court so well?

Liu Guangtong and Ji Min still regarded the New Army as the previous Ming Army. They did not know the difference between the New Army and the previous Ming Army. The New Army had its own internal rules and regulations, and the New Army required its grassroots officers to be able to read and write.

Reading and literacy education, not to mention the level of general, especially the level of general who is the commander of a town and guards a province?

At the level of a town commander and a third-grade general, proficiency in military affairs and familiarity with military books are the foundation. Nowadays, the infantry drill code, cavalry drill code, artillery drill code and even the military teaching and training of backbone officers at the captain level within the new army are all

These generals collaborated to compile and summarize it.

Whoever regards the generals of the new army as ignorant Qiubani is a fool.

It would have been fine if Liu Guangtong did not produce this official letter, but now that he has produced this official letter, it proves the problem.

After reading this official letter, the other generals noticed that something was wrong with Liu Guangtong and Ji Min's expressions. One of the associate commanders even asked directly: "Master Liu, Master Ji, where did this official letter come from? You two don't have the chief minister of the cabinet."

Or the official letter sealed by the second assistant is just a document from the Ministry of War plus this official letter, is it just to entertain us?"

Liu Guangtong felt extremely nervous when he saw the unkind expressions of these warriors, but he still managed to stay calm and shouted: "What do you mean?!"

As he spoke, Liu Guangtong raised his hands in the direction of Shuntian Mansion: "I have come with His Majesty's secret decree, not to mention the documents from the Ministry of War and the official letters from the Cabinet. You actually want to resist the decree and disrespect it?!

Is it possible that the dignified third-rank deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Lord Ji, the minister of the Ministry of War, can’t move you with the imperial edict?

Are you the new army of the imperial court? Do you listen to His Majesty’s will?

These three sentences, when asked, can be called heart-breaking words.

It was almost time to ask the Xinjun directly whether they listened to the emperor or Zhang Haogu.

Most people would panic when faced with such heart-breaking words and loyalty to the emperor, but Lang Pingyu said righteously: "You two adults may not know that the New Army has its own internal system. This is permitted by His Majesty, and the purpose is.

Train a world-class strong army."

"What you two have brought out now does not comply with the court's laws, let alone the military system. I have reason to doubt whether you have obtained His Majesty's permission.

Ji Min took a step forward and said in a cold voice: Our official status has been verified. You have also read His Majesty's secret decree. I would like to ask you whether you listen to the imperial decree or not!

A mob of 500,000 people is in the camp. I would like to advise you to quickly pull out the mob that besieged the King of Shu that day and behead them all. The rest will be escorted to Liaodong and sent to join the army. In this way, I can still recognize you as

If the loyal ministers of the imperial court continue to disobey orders, don't blame me for being unkind.

Lang Pingyu couldn't help but sneered and became rude. What kind of friendship can I have with you? Where were you gentlemen when I and the Annan thieves fought to the death in Kunming Mansion and fought bloody battles on the battlefield?

Liu Guangtong couldn't help it anymore: "Are you going to rebel?!"

Jinyiwei, take down these rebellious people!

Let’s see who dares!

The sound of drawing swords resounded, and the guards and generals in the big tent drew their swords to confront each other. The generals and captains also drew their swords and fought against the guards beside Liu Guangtong and Ji Min.

For a moment, the tent was filled with murderous intent.

The movement inside the big tent alerted the guards outside, and the Jinyi guards outside the big tent also had a stalemate with the Ming army soldiers.

Liu Guangtong and Ji Min's faces turned even more ugly. They really didn't expect that these new army generals would actually dare to draw their swords against them!

Don't these Qiu Ba know that they are important officials of the imperial court?

Several third-grade military generals still want to compete with the Deputy Imperial Envoy of the Duchayuan and the Minister of War?!

Are you going to fight against the imperial court? I advise you not to make mistakes!" Ji Min shouted sternly.

Lang Yayu said coldly: "The imperial court's counterinsurgency camp is an important military area! All affairs are handled by this general and are under the command of the cabinet. The two of you suddenly paid a visit, and the official letter was full of loopholes. This general suspects that you are spies from Liaodong, and the purpose is to force you to force

The 500,000 people here caused chaos in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty and made it impossible for us to conquer Liaodong on time!

Liu Guangtong said angrily: "The purpose of sending the mob here to join the army in Liaodong is for the imperial court's plan to conquer Liao! Lang Pingyu, do you really want to disobey the holy will?"

"Believe it or not, I am going to report to the imperial court and give you the power!"

Lang Yayu smiled and said: "I will also report to the court to see where you came from!"

"Humph! Let's go!" Liu Guangtong finally gave in.

This is the camp of the New Army. These New Army officials do not recognize them as the officials of the conservative party. The danger here is too great, so it is best to leave as soon as possible!

Let them go," Lang Pingyu said.

After both sides put away their swords, Ji Min looked at Lang Pingyu with a smile but not a smile: General Lang, take care of yourself!

Liu Guangtong and Ji Min left the camp with the Jin Yiwei with a gloomy face. The faces of all the generals were not very good.

Are these people really envoys from the imperial court or are they?"

Of course it is true. We have verified the official status, we have seen the seal and ribbon, the imperial edict and the official letter are all there. They are the envoys of the imperial court.

Look at the team of guards in brocade robes, embroidered spring knives, flying fish suits, and the shoes are Dongchang's official boots. They are the guards of Dongchang's cavalry and the imperial envoys.

Of course they are real. Lang Yayu said.

"But the decree they brought did not have the seal of the chief minister. And they asked us to kill tens of thousands of people, which were all released by the imperial court before." said a Dutong.

Lang Pingyu frowned: "This is what I'm worried about. These people come with bad intentions. Send someone to keep an eye on them first. I'll write a letter to Yuan Fu."

The generals nodded, their new army was not helpless.

After leaving the counter-rebellion camp, Ji Min and Liu Guangtong both looked ugly. Ji Min said: "Now that these new army generals do not obey the imperial court's orders, how can we do anything?

Liu Guangtong asked: "What if we go to various prefectures to announce the decree and mobilize the troops in each prefecture?"

Is it feasible in Malay?”

After saying that, Liu Guangtong felt that he had asked an idiot question. If the soldiers and horses of each government were useful, would the court still need to spend a lot of effort in training a new army?

Ji Min said helplessly: "I'll just write a note for Your Majesty later.

Let’s just say that the new army is unruly, defiant and disrespectful, and its words are only those of the cabinet but not the court, and there are many rebellious words.”

Liu Guangtong kept nodding: "Yes, your Majesty must remove these people from their military posts and then deal with them properly!"

Soon, the joint memorials of Ji Min and Liu Guangtong were sent back to Shuntian Mansion in the capital. At the same time, the joint memorials of Lang Pingyu and other counter-rebellion generals were also sent to Shuntian Mansion.

However, one copy went to Zhu Youxiao and the other went to cabinet minister Zhang Haogu.

Yuan Fu, please take a look at the folder sent by the counter-rebellion camp." General Gu Yan handed the folder to Zhang Haogu.

Zhang Haogu looked at Gu Yanwu's face and couldn't help but laugh: "What's going on? Is Ning Ren in trouble?"

Gu Yanwu twisted his mouth and finally said: I'm just a little depressed.

Zhang Haogu opened the booklet with a smile, looked at it, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Gu Yanwu again. He obviously knew why Gu Yanwu was so depressed. He put away the booklet, and Zhang Haogu said this matter.

The investigation is clear."

When Zhu Youxiao received the joint booklet from Liu Guangtong and Ji Min, his expression became subtle.

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youxiao's face and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty,

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian and then at the book. He couldn't help laughing and said to these two people, "I asked them to do things badly, but I put the blame on the New Army. I don't know what happened to the New Army."

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Although he said this, Zhu Youxiao's heart sank. His imperial decree could not move the new army.

The New Army actually refused to comply with the order on the grounds that the official cabinet letter did not have the seal of the chief minister!

Zhu Youxiao knew that the new army had its own system, in order to get rid of the old party and the powerful, and to prevent those mediocre bastards who only knew how to get rich and have no strategy to destroy the only army that the imperial court could fight.

The New Army is the foundation for Zhu Youxiao to maintain the New Deal and maintain his rule. Now the New Army in Forty-seven Towns is Zhu Youxiao's greatest capital.

Zhu Youxiao always felt that the New Army was under control, but now it seems that the generals of the New Army are not following the imperial edict!

Is this an isolated phenomenon or is it true for all new armies?

Is there something wrong with the thinking within the New Army?

Zhu Youxiao thought deeply. He didn't want to ask why Lang Pingyu didn't obey the imperial edict. Was it because there was something wrong with the official cabinet letter, or was it to safeguard the previous imperial edict or for the sake of the five million people. He only knew that Lang Pingyu didn't have his own edict.

Do it, it's a sin!

What's more, Lang Pingyu is still in charge of 30,000 new troops and 500,000 people who once rebelled. What does Lang Pingyu want to do?!

Was he ordered by anyone?

Zhu Youxiao was thinking and said to Wei Zhongxian who was standing aside: "Go and invite the master.

Soon, Zhang Haogu rushed to Wuying Hall, and Zhu Youxiao handed Liu Guangtong and Ji Min's notes directly: "Master, take a look."

Zhang Haogu slowly turned over the brochure. After reading the brochure, he slipped out another brochure from his sleeve and handed it over: "Your Majesty, this is a joint brochure of the Southwest generals who suppressed the rebellion.

Zhu Youxiao was a little hesitant. The generals jointly signed it. Why was the fold given to Zhang Haogu instead of being handed directly to him?

Taking the folder and looking at it, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh: "So, they are disrespectful in resisting the decree, but they are doing it for my sake?"

"In order to maintain the laws of the imperial court, to safeguard my sage, and to stabilize the overall situation of the imperial court in the southwest, what a high-sounding reason!"

I remember, didn’t Master say that the most important thing in the army is to act according to orders and to obey orders and prohibitions? If this is my decree, why don’t you carry it out?

Why was this booklet sent to Master again?

The imperial court's new army does not respect the imperial court's will. No matter what the reason is, this is a crime! No one in the southwest counter-rebellion army acted according to the order. They all disobeyed the imperial edict. I can't help but doubt whether this new army is still my new army.

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"Master, yes

Can you give me an explanation?

Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youxiao's series of questions in shock. He was already covered in cold sweat. What's going on?
Chapter completed!