As soon as Yun Zheng's words came out, there was a slight commotion among the courtiers. Although it was not big and had not reached the point of whispering, many people subconsciously made some movements, whether it was turning their heads or pinching their beards, more or less.
It was shown that only eight of the seven cabinet ministers, including Yunzheng's uncle Yun Dai, showed no action.
The seven giants in the cabinet are: Prime Minister Shen Cheng on the left, Prime Minister Gu Heng on the right, Qin Ting, the secretary of the Central Committee, Du Fan, the minister of the Central Committee, Zhang Yanyu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Fang Qianran, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Yu Zhongle, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue. This was also the name of the Wei Dynasty.
The unique seven-member cabinet "four plus three" composition convention. The so-called "four plus three" means that one from each of the four major civil servant families, and officials from poor families occupy the other three places. However, in fact, most of the time, the four
The great civil servant Jiadu occupies the most important left and right ministers with the governors of the two provinces under Zhongshu's sect. Therefore, the other three officials from the poor family are usually the six ministers, and they are relatively limited in decision-making. When the famous family confronts the poor family, the poor family is obvious.
Those who are at a disadvantage, only when there are differences within the famous family, will the status of officials from poor families become important.
The four elders from well-known families have been familiar with all the routines of officialdom since they were young under the influence of their elders. Now that they have experienced it personally for so many years, they have already lost their emotions and anger; and since the three giants from humble families can
To stand out from so many officials, naturally they are not of the same generation. The city is deep.
Another person whose expression has not changed at all is Yun Dai Yun Yuan Shan, the right minister of the Ministry of Finance. He is Yun Lan’s half-brother and Yun Zheng’s uncle. Although Yun Zheng spent most of his time in Yan after he was ten years old.
Beijing, he will not spend more than three months in the capital every year, but this does not prevent Yun Dai from understanding his nephew's character. In his opinion, with Yunzheng's temper, it is not surprising to say such a thing.
What surprised me was that those Beijing officials below the third rank were supposed to be relatively well-informed. After all, the interpersonal network of Beijing officials was the most complex in the country. There were not many of these Beijing officials who had studied in Luoyang for half a lifetime.
Where did the news come from? However, their understanding of the four border towns was limited, because everyone knew that the imperial court was strict in this regard, so these officials from the capital who were not high enough did not dare to inquire about the news about the prince of the border towns.
As for the Beijing officials above the third rank, they have enough contact with the real high-level officials of the empire, so they know many things in the palace. They have already understood the temper of Yunzheng, a little prickly head. However, in addition to
I feel that the emperor is indeed good enough to the Yun family, what else can I say?
Whether the officials of the third rank are surprised or not actually does not explain why the feudal empire is the most obvious oligarchy. Only the attitude of the emperor and the great nobles is the attitude of the country. The Seven Giants are not surprised, and the emperor still looks appreciative.
, this has determined that although Yun Zheng's words are quite arrogant, he will not be hit.
"Okay! That's good." Emperor Wanchang seemed to be very satisfied with Yun Zheng's attitude. He nodded and did not specify Yun Zheng's station position, but asked Shen Cheng: "Old Shen Aiqing, what about yesterday?"
This news has probably spread all over Beijing now?"
Shen Cheng opened his eyes, bowed slightly and said: "The situation of the Eight Hundred Miles Army has been urgently reported to the capital. The people in the city did have some speculations, but it can't be called an uproar. After all, since the Holy Emperor came to power, the weather in our great Wei Dynasty has been smooth, the country is rich and the people are strong, no matter how it affects Liao
There has never been a defeat in the war between China and Xixia. Although the people were a little surprised, most of them did not think that anything big would happen."
"Oh? Haha, even if the people have confidence in me, the Great Wei Dynasty, I'm afraid there will still be many different opinions. I'm afraid there are still many people who don't know the whole story. Now that the matter is out of the way, everyone
Let’s discuss what to do.” He tapped Cao Rui, the Minister of War, with his finger: “Cao Aiqing, you are the Minister of War, please tell me.”
Cao Rui, whose courtesy name is Zicong, was born in a family of officials in Kaifeng. He was a Jinshi in the ninth year of the Longsheng period. He served successively as the county magistrate of Yangzhou, the prefect of Yangzhou, the inspector of Zhejiang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and the minister of the Ministry of War. His qualifications are very sufficient. Cao Rui is in his fifties, with the courtesy name of Guo.
His face is like silkworm eyebrows, his eyes are like cold stars, and his lips are like knives. Just one look at him can make people feel that he is upright and awe-inspiring. It can be said that he is very attractive.
"I obey the order." Cao Rui went out and bowed and said: "Yesterday at Shenshi, Zhou Guogong rushed eight hundred miles to report to the Ministry of War, saying that his defense area Xiazhou was suddenly attacked by about 200,000 troops of the main force of the Liao army. It was time
The residents of Xiazhou City were fighting with each other. Because the city's defense was weak, it was successfully raided by the Liao army and Xiazhou fell."
"What...Xiazhou fell so quickly?" Someone was surprised.
"It changed hands at that time?" Some people seemed unable to believe it.
…
"Quiet!" Emperor Wanchang shouted in a low voice: "It's just a Xiazhou, why are you panicking?...Cao Rui, continue talking."
"Yes, what Saint Zhou Guogong means is that according to the ancestral system of our Great Wei Dynasty, 'it would be better to lose thousands of golden mountains than to lose an inch of our country.'
I couldn't bear it, so Duke Zhou asked for an order to fight against the Liao army."
None of the ministers were surprised by this statement. After being slapped, how could there be any reason not to slap him back? Do you think our Wei Dynasty is a soft persimmon? This request for an order is just a matter of course.
Of course, the emperor did not only see the request for an order. Emperor Wanchang asked noncommittally: "What else did he say? Say it all together."
Cao Ruidao: "Zhou Guogong said that the Guanzhong Guard, Qingzhou Guard, and Qinzhou Guard are currently short of soldiers and armor, and their combat effectiveness is low... In addition, even if the northwest defense area is determined to fight to the death, it is short of food and grass, so it is inconvenient to mobilize. Therefore, Zhou Guogong
Attached is the list of supplies required: 40,000 steel knives, 10,000 sets of fine scale armor..." read a long list eloquently
Emperor Wanchang's face grew colder the more he heard about it. Finally he looked at the ministers and snorted: "What do you think?"
As soon as everyone saw the emperor's face, they knew that he was very unhappy. Naturally, no one was willing to say yes, but it was not easy for them to say no. The strength of the Zhou family was also there, and recently
There are rumors in the official circles in Beijing that the Zhou family and the prince have come together. If I stand up now and hinder the Zhou family, who knows whether the prince will hold a grudge?
Then the meeting suddenly became quiet.
Yun Zheng frowned. He was standing alone in the middle. It felt very strange.
"Why, you don't have an opinion?" Emperor Wanchang smiled coldly: "Zhang Yanyu, tell me."
