Chapter 1721 Negotiate to attack Egypt, officially started
The retirement system will definitely be opposed by most officials, and only a few people are willing to retire. If Lian Zining helps implement this system, he will definitely be drowned in scolding, and he will lose his reputation. Yun also knows
On this point, I did not urge him, I just waited for Lian Zining to make his own decision.
After a long time, Lian Zining raised his head and said with approval: "Your Majesty, I am willing to implement the retirement system." 'The so-called eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor, since your majesty has given the order, how can I do it for my own sake?
Refusing in private? Besides, His Majesty treats me with great importance and kindness. If I evade, I will not have the face to consider myself a scholar. Even for the sake of my own peace of mind, I have to agree.' He thought.
"Okay!" Hearing Lian Zining's promise, Yun relaxed and said loudly. He immediately realized that he was a little out of control, coughed and took a sip from the tea cup to cover up his emotions, and then said after calming down.
: "I am very pleased that I have agreed well with you. I will implement this system after I consider this matter again."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lian Zining agreed again.
A few days later, Lian Zining suddenly proposed retirement when he went to court. Yun pretended that he had not known about this before and did not express his position on the spot. Instead, he accepted Lian Zining's memorial and expressed that he would think about it.
After the news spread, many officials began to scold Lian Zining. Even if he still received a full salary after retirement according to the system, all the subsidies he received when he was an official were gone, and he would also miss the gifts given to his subordinates on their third birthday and two birthdays, not to mention the unnecessary
Those who commit corruption and bribery will definitely not get a penny, which is very different from when they were officials. Except for a very small number of people, who is willing to retire early? As the instigator, Lian Zining will of course be scolded by them. Not only that, they
He also slandered Lian Zining's reputation. Every little thing that Lian Zining did wrong when he was an official would be taken out and magnified a thousand times, and he would be ridiculed.
Facing the scoldings and ridicules coming from all directions, Lian Zining just remained silent and ignored them completely. He went to court on time every day, went on duty, and went home after work, as if he didn't know.
There were also people who wanted to ridicule him in person, but were stopped by others. After all, Lian Zining was Xia Fuguan and was trusted by Yun, so the consequences of provoking him in person were hard to predict; besides, it was a sin for a lower official to insult a superior official, and it was also a crime in officialdom.
One of the bottom lines is that you can't do this. Moreover, some people think that His Majesty's approach is unfathomable the more they think about it. They ridicule Lian Zining in person because they don't know who he really offended, let alone do this.
A few days later, Yun announced that he had accepted Lian Zining's suggestion and implemented the retirement system. Since he had discussed it with all second- and third-grade officials in advance, they did not object, and the retirement system was implemented.
Another month later, Lian Zining formally submitted a letter requesting to retire according to the retirement system. His request was granted, and Lian Zining left the capital and returned to his hometown.
When they heard about Lian Zining's retirement according to the retirement system, someone ridiculed: "When he first implemented the retirement system, he probably didn't expect that he would be the first person to retire."
But no matter how many officials ridiculed Lian Zining, the retirement system has been established and cannot be changed.
Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It was already October, and winter was about to begin. According to the usual practice, nothing would happen in winter. Yun thought he could relax faster. But he didn't expect that that incident was supposed to happen a few years later.
What just started is about to come to an end.
"Xie Qing, Aiqing can handle such small matters by herself from now on. You don't need to let me see it again." Facing Xie Jin who brought over another plate of memorials, Yun said.
"I was negligent for a moment. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Xie Jin seemed to have suddenly remembered the incident and hurriedly apologized.
"You are being cautious, so how can I blame you? It's just that my energy is limited. I can't handle so many things by myself, so I'll let you share the burden and don't be so confused in the future." Yun said again.
Xie Jin bowed and went back to draft the votes or review the memorial.
After implementing the retirement system, Yun officially gave more power to the four auxiliary officials. They could review some memorials and had their own subordinate officials, which were equivalent to today's secretaries or assistants. In the future, Yun would still serve in the imperial city.
They set up a separate office building so that they could truly assume some of the powers of the prime minister. Since this was in the interest of the officials, there was almost no objection.
Of course, Yun would not let them have the power of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, that would be too great. Yun was imitating the prime minister system of the Song Dynasty, and the four assistant officers were similar to Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi. Since he was imitating the Song Dynasty system, of course he must
Those who participate in political affairs are allowed to have a bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy plus the title of Shilang (the fourth auxiliary officer has the title of Sangu) to play a role similar to that of being an advisor to political affairs, and to contain the fourth auxiliary officers; at the same time, the fourth auxiliary officers exclude military generals, and all are made by
Civil servants served, but the military power was freed from the constraints of the four auxiliary officers. All relevant matters were discussed and approved by the "Suzaku Pavilion Meeting" of the Governor's Office.
After these reforms, the emperor had fewer things to deal with personally, but still maintained that no one could usurp the throne from within the system (after all, no powerful officials in the Song Dynasty could usurp the country), and Yun was quite satisfied with this.
Yun approved several more memorials. When he saw that one of the memorials said that Henan had suffered another disaster, he requested tax exemptions and relief for the coming year and allocated funds for disaster relief. Yun thought for a while and first approved the Ministry of Household Affairs on the memorial.
He allocated money and food for disaster relief, and ordered the commander of the Jin Yiwei to come to the palace to see him, asking him to use the Jin Yiwei to find out whether the local disaster was as serious as stated in the memorial.
Not long after, the commander of the Jin Yiwei rushed to Qianqing Palace, listened to His Majesty's orders and hurriedly agreed. But just before Yun asked him to step down, the man took out a memorial from his sleeve and said to Yun: "Your Majesty, this is
The memorial sent back from India was sent to the capital through Jinyiwei because it was said that it was of great importance and the post route of Jinyiwei was faster."
"Coming from India? It's a big deal?" "Could it be that those foreign countries that have expressed surrender are going to rebel again?" Yun thought.
While he was thinking about it, he took the memorial from the commander of the Imperial Guards. When he opened it, he saw on the first page that it read, "I will manage all affairs in India and deal with diplomacy with the envoys of Castile."
'The Castilian envoy has arrived in India? And what this means is that Fu An and others have reached an agreement with the country's envoy and are only waiting for my permission? Could it be that the Castilian country has captured Tunisia at this time?
?' Yun guessed again.
He wanted to directly read the last part of the matter related to diplomacy, but then he thought that although this matter was important, it was not important, so he read along the page numbers. Seeing that His Majesty had nothing more to say, the commander of the Imperial Guard saluted.
Back off.
Most of the content of the memorial is about how Qin Song established the governor's palace, how to govern the people of India, the resistance of high-caste people in various parts of India to some of the Ming Dynasty's policies, and how to resolve their resistance or enforce it.
Little India does not fall on paper, but the rules are established.
Yun read it with great interest. On the surface, this part was about how to govern India, but in Yun's opinion, it was about the conflict between Ming culture and Indian culture. It was like an imaginary article about Chinese rule in India, which was very interesting.
I don’t know how long it took, but Yun finally finished reading this part. He glanced sideways at the time and realized that it was already two quarters past noon. He originally wanted to put down the memorial and go to eat first, but he felt that after reading the last part, he felt that it was different from Castilli.
The content of the envoy's discussion should have continued quickly. But he had only glanced at two pages, and suddenly he was stunned for a moment.
"A man named Mohammed bin Bayezid bin Murad defeated all his brothers, completed the unification of the Ottoman state, recovered all the land lost in the past ten years, and officially inherited the Ottoman state at the end of last year
The position of Sultan. And after he became Sultan, he temporarily gave up attacking Constantinople and instead planned to go south to attack the Mamluk country?" Yun shouted in surprise.
The Ottomans were not surprised to be reunified. Although he did not know much about the history of this period, he always knew that the Ottomans later conquered Constantinople, destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire, and established a powerful country. Since this country later became so
Awesome, of course it won’t be completely finished now.
However, he was very surprised that the reunified Ottoman State wanted to go south to attack Egypt. In the next few years, he was about to join forces with the Castilian State to capture Egypt, but the Ottoman State suddenly also wanted to intervene, which would change the situation.
It developed in an unexpected direction. Moreover, the Ottoman Empire was so powerful and it was the closest to Egypt. Even if he joined forces with Castile, he might not be able to capture Egypt.
Thinking of this, Yun couldn't help but become nervous. He stood up from his chair and walked around the palace. "Capturing or controlling Egypt will have little economic impact on the Ming Dynasty, but this matter is related to a very important plan of mine. We must not let Egypt or
Suez fell into the hands of the Ottomans. However, the strength of Castile was far inferior to that of the Ottomans. If Castile was the main force, it might not be able to defeat the Ottomans.'
'But will the Ming soldiers be the main force to fight against the Ottomans? After the war, all the Ming soldiers will withdraw from Egypt, leaving only a few people near Suez. Although it will be called a joint rule and a joint colony of the two countries,
After all, the Castilian Congress holds the majority. If the Ming Dynasty sends too many troops, it will be equivalent to fighting for the Castile State. This is too internationalist, and I am afraid it will be considered by the Castilian people as being taken advantage of. Such things
It can't be done.'
But if the Ming army is not the main force, unless the Castilian people are one to ten, Yun really can't think of how to defeat the Ottomans. This makes Yun even more anxious.
"Your Majesty." As he was thinking, he suddenly heard a voice beside him. He looked up and saw Huang Huai, who was serving as the Winter Auxiliary Officer. He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and asked, "What's the matter with Qing Xie?"
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"Your Majesty, it's already noon. I'm going to have lunch." Huang Huai said.
"You just go and don't have to watch me stay with me in the palace before I go to have dinner," Yun said.
"Your Majesty, I want to persuade your Majesty to go and have a meal." Huang Huai said: "I don't know what your Majesty is thinking about, but it must be something very important and difficult to decide. But although the matter is important, your Majesty's health is even worse.
It is important that your Majesty's meal must not be delayed for the sake of government affairs."
"Furthermore, I have encountered difficult decisions in the past. The more anxious I was at that time, the less I could think of a countermeasure. Instead, when I thought about it after doing other things for a while, I suddenly became enlightened and came up with a countermeasure. So I feel,
It would be better for Your Majesty to have a meal first."
Listening to Huang Huai's words, everyone else was sweating for him. Yun's prestige became more and more important, and the ministers became more and more cautious when speaking in front of him, and became more arbitrary in their actions, especially regarding foreign affairs. Huang Huai
If what Huai said was not in line with His Majesty's wishes, he would probably be penalized. However, Huang Huai was not worried about himself at all and just said this.
When he first heard Huang Huai's words, Yun was so anxious that he almost scolded him. He suppressed the urge to get angry, thought about it carefully, and felt that Huang Huai's words were not bad, and said: "Aiqing is right, it's me.
I'm impatient. I'm going to have a meal now." He glanced around again, and suddenly understood the thoughts of the others, and said: "My dear friends, if there is anything inappropriate in what I have done, I must report it to you.
If I remonstrate, I will never blame you."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xie Jin and others agreed. However, even though they agreed, whether they want to give advice will still depend on the situation and Yun's mood.
After saying this, Xie Jin, Huang Huai and others bowed again and rushed to have lunch. Yun felt that it was getting late, so he stayed in Qianqing Palace to eat.
Yun took another nap at noon, got up in the afternoon, and finished answering all the other memorials. After selecting a few of the memorials handled by the Fourth Auxiliary Officer and seeing that there were nothing wrong with them, he took out the memorial from India and detailed it.
It seems.
"The State of Castile controls the island of Cyprus?" Yun glanced at the world map beside him, marked the island of Cyprus according to the location described in the memorial, and said: "It is a good thing. The island of Cyprus is farther from Egypt than
Sicily, controlled by the Kingdom of Aragon, is much closer and is very suitable as a bridgehead to attack Egypt. However, this island is too close to the Ottomans, and the Ottomans may send troops to harass them. Fortunately, Castile has
The navy is the strongest and should be able to protect the island."
Yun looked at the memorial carefully and saw other good news. For example, the relationship between the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile was closer, and they were willing to send troops to attack Egypt together; England also agreed to send troops. This made him more interested in seizing Egypt.
Some confidence has been restored.
He thought for a while and suddenly told Lu Yi: "Go and call my fourth son Wen Kun."
"Huh?" Lu Yi was a little confused, but since His Majesty gave his orders, he didn't dare to disobey, so he agreed and hurriedly left.
