According to solar terms, it should be early autumn now. However, the heat in midsummer is getting stronger day by day, and there is no coolness in early autumn.
Early in the morning, the scalding sunshine began to scorch the earth. In the square in front of Fengtian Temple, you could almost see steaming steam with the naked eye. All the officials wearing official uniforms and official hats were sweating profusely.
Today is the day when the imperial court listens to government affairs. Zhu Yunxi is sitting in the doorway in front of Fengtian Hall, while the ministers are standing on the square. This is the rule established by the old man at the beginning, and it must be like this no matter whether it is three days or three nine days.
It was okay for Zhu Yunxi to sit in the doorway, at least it was a sheltered place from the wind and rain, but the ministers just stood upright in the sun. Several senior ministers had already started to shake.
Both the emperor and his ministers were tired from attending to the imperial affairs. They would enter the palace before dawn and wait in line step by step. One stop would take most of the day.
"I am reporting to the Emperor!" At this moment, it was the turn of Ru Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, to report, "Autumn is about to enter, and in order to prevent the barbarians from spying on the Ming Dynasty again, the King of Jin is reporting that he wants to take over the border vassals, and Yan Ning will be the king of Gu and so on.
Patrol the fortress and sweep along the way to scare the barbarians!"
Shocking is just a nice way of saying it, and a bad way of saying it is just to hit the grass valley.
This has been the norm since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Both the border generals and the vassal princes know that if the soldiers are idle, they will be idle. Every year in the spring and autumn, the vassal princes lead the troops on the fortress, and they can be used to train troops and help.
My generals, please do some military service and accumulate some combat experience.
"According to the report!" Zhu Yunxi said slowly, "The King of Jin has been informed that the princes and brothers of all vassals must join the army and serve in front of the battle!" He said with a smile, "I, a descendant of the Zhu family, cannot be the Prince of Taiping.
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Zhu Yunxi, the leader of the Jin Dynasty, is trustworthy, and now Yan Wang Zhu Di has no thoughts of rebellion. Even if Ning Wang is a little arrogant, he is still very well-behaved. These vassal kings are no longer a threat to Zhu Yunxi.
Besides, through Zhu Yunxi's continuous mixing of sand over the years, the generals under each vassal have been replaced by people from the imperial court. In the future, the reduction of the vassal will not cause any trouble. The difficulty of the problem is that after the reduction of the vassal, they are the sons and grandsons of the dragon after all. These Zhu
All members of the clan must be supported by the court.
Therefore, in Zhu Yunxi's mind, instead of raising them, it is better to gain experience in the army as early as possible. At least they will be enfeoffed in the wilderness in the future. They will know how to lead troops to fight and kill people.
"Your Majesty!" Ru Yun smiled and continued, "The king of Zhou and King Chu came to report that there are some gaps in the army's winter clothes, armor and horses. Please ask the Ministry of War to make up for them. I don't dare to do it myself, so I will report it to the emperor!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi frowned slightly and looked at Wu Chenzhi, Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, Xu Huizu.
Wei Guogong Xu Huizu's face was as deep as water, "Your Majesty, in the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhou Fan just replenished 500 war horses, and Chu Fan replenished 1,000 war armors!" After saying that, he paused and continued, "There are also 13,000 cotton cloths.
Thousands of pieces, 200,000 jins of cotton, etc.”
"The two vassals are both internal vassals. There is no war or military mobilization, so how can these materials be used? The internal vassals are not as good as the border vassals, so what use are war horses? Furthermore, whether it is the king of Chu or the king of Zhou, the fiefdoms are the richest in the world.
Why should we reach out to the imperial court in this land?"
These vassal kings are obedient now, but they always ask for things in different ways. Their own treasury is almost full, but they always complain about poverty.
Zhu Yunxi had long been dissatisfied with this matter. What Ru Yu and Xu Huizu said today was equivalent to handing him a knife handle, allowing him to grab the handle and chop through it.
"What Ai Qing said is absolutely true. I can't figure it out. There has been no war in the Ming Dynasty in the past few years. The princes and uncles in the inner vassals should have lived a comfortable life and had sufficient treasury. Why is there still a gap in military resources now!" Zhu Yunxi muttered.
With eyes closed, "Wei Guogong?"
"I'm here!"
"Go to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to select the officers!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "Check the military arsenal to see if they are in short supply!"
"According to the order!"
Hearing this, the ministers immediately trembled, not even caring about the intense heat.
This time King Zhou and King Chu reached out to ask for something from the emperor, which really annoyed the emperor. If he didn't get the thing, he wouldn't tell them, and he even asked the Governor of the Fifth Army to go down to the palace to check their background.
In fact, only Xu Huizu knew Zhu Yunxi's true thoughts. Investigation was not the purpose, the purpose was to find out what happened. Then, as a matter of course, he replaced the important figures in the two vassals with his own people in the imperial court.
"It's your own fault for your misfortune! The emperor didn't intend to punish you so quickly, but you brought it upon yourself!" Xu Huizu thought to himself.
"My dear friends, who has any memorial left?" Zhu Yunxi looked at the sky and said, it was almost noon.
The ministers were silent and there was silence.
Wang Sha cleared his throat and waved the dust, "Scatter..."
"Your Majesty, I have a memorial!" Suddenly, Yang Jing, the inspector and censor, came out and kowtowed, "I have a memorial!"
"Say!" Zhu Yunxi said calmly.
"I want to impeach three people!" Yang Jing said loudly, "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Zheng Guogong Chang Sheng..."
"hiss!"
"Buzz!"
When Yang Jing said the first two names, the courtiers around him changed slightly and couldn't help but exclaim.
What happened to Yang Jing? He impeached two hereditary and irreplaceable princes without any reason. Moreover, one of them was a relative of the emperor and the other was his uncle.
Chang Sheng, Duke of Zheng, stood next to Xu Huizu. Hearing this, he looked over with surprise in his eyes.
He cursed angrily in his heart, "F*ck you, grandma, why are you so hysterical? Yesterday you were in my fucking restaurant, drinking and calling girls. You didn't give me money after eating and whoring. Today you are fucking impeaching me?"
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"There is one more person!" Yang Jing said, slowly taking off his official hat.
When the ministers saw this, they gasped again.
Yang Jing is the censor of the Supervisory Council. He took off his hat and impeached him. He is fighting for his future!
"And Cheng'enhou Zhao Sili!"
Although the relatives of the Ming Dynasty all lived with their tails between their legs, it still depends on which relative!
He actually impeached the Emperor's father-in-law, the Queen's father-in-law, the Crown Prince's grandfather, and the Marquis of Cheng'en Zhao Sili in front of Man Chaowu?
Besides, over the years, the reputation of the Zhao family has been pretty good in the capital. There has been no trouble caused by the presence of a queen in the family, and they are usually modest and cautious.
When Yang Jing impeached him, how could he explain it if he didn't have any conclusive evidence?
Honorable Minister of Military Affairs, Zhao Sili was standing among the princes, wandering in the sky with his eyes closed. He was thinking of going home for a while, eating a bowl of noodles, and then going fishing with his eldest son and younger son.
Suddenly I heard someone mention his name, and I was shocked.
After hearing that it was Yang Jing who was impeaching him, his legs suddenly became weak.
"Impeach me? I...didn't do anything bad?"
If it weren't for Huaiyuan Hou Chang Sen's quick hands and eyes beside him, Zhao Sili might have fallen down.
"Old Marquis, slow down!" Chang Sen said, "Don't be afraid, these nerds just like to talk loudly. Impeaching the emperor's relatives shows that they are capable! They are suffering from mother-in-law, and they are asking for fame and fame."
Zhu Yunxi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, seemed surprised and pondered for a long time.
"Oh, Yang Aiqing impeached three of them at once. What's the matter?"
"It's a disgrace to the country, including prostitution and gambling!" Yang Jing said loudly.
