However, the rising of a red sun made the entire capital feel a lot warmer.
Crowds of people began to walk around in the fields and streets, making this big northern city look full of life.
In today's morning meeting, it seemed that there were a lot of familiar faces missing.
No one from the punishment department came.
Under the leadership of Li An, all the people in the Criminal Department were busy digging in depth to collect confessions from the hundreds of officials from Jiangnan who were accepted yesterday.
And no one from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came, they supervised the whole process.
Glancing at the officials, Ming Chengzu had a faint smile on his face.
"Today, no one from the Criminal Ministry or the Metropolitan Procuratorate went to court. They must have been busy today and started the trial of the officials involved in the Jiangnan case. Are there any matters from other departments to report?"
Yesterday, Hong Tianren, the Minister of the Ministry of War, carried all his belongings worth one thousand taels of silver notes and wanted to give it to Xiao Chen in exchange for his kind words, so that he could stay in the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War for a longer time in his old age.
some days.
In the end, Xiao Chen did not show up, causing all Hong Tianren's plans to fail.
Hong Tianren can be said to be the oldest person among the officials of the current dynasty. He has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for so many years and has managed the Ministry of War in an orderly manner. He has not been hindered by the several personal expeditions of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.
However, he was confused for a moment and rashly stood up for Cang Cheng when he was beheaded. He got into trouble and was politely persuaded to withdraw by Ming Chengzu.
Seeing that the one-month deadline was approaching, although the emperor did not mention the matter again, the emperor also did not say that the matter had passed.
Once the emperor brings up the old matter again, even if he doesn't want to retire, he has to obediently retire from his position as Minister of War.
Today is the first day of February in the 19th year of Yongle. There is really not much time left for me to save the situation.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to you." Hong Tianren bowed slightly and bravely walked out of the queue, preparing for a last ditch effort.
"Oh.?" Ming Chengzu smiled and looked at Hong Tianren, "Hong Aiqing, I haven't seen you submit a report for a long time. Today, you, the Ministry of War, have something to report."
Lifting his head a little, Hong Tianren looked at Ming Chengzu respectfully: "Today, what I am reporting to you is not about our military department, but about the captain in purple."
"Xiao Chen? Hong Aiqing is in charge of the Ministry of War. He does not report matters related to the Ministry of War, but reports matters related to Xiao Chen? Tell me, what do you want to report to Xiao Chen?"
Ming Chengzu looked at the other party and said with interest.
All the officials in the court also looked at Hong Tianren with puzzled faces.
The captain in purple is now in the prime of his life, but he is not suitable for discussion in the court.
Say good things about him. His achievements are obvious to all, and there is nothing to praise. Besides, if you can't put forward some unique insights and just praise him superficially, you will leave a flattering figure in the eyes of the officials.
impression.
Even for the Emperor, it is possible that the flattery was not done properly, which backfired on him and left him with a hypocritical and unreliable impression.
If you want to point out something wrong with the captain in purple, it is tantamount to asking for trouble.
Some time ago, hundreds of officials were fined one year's salary for jointly submitting a memorial, and they also wanted to target Xiao Chen. It was obvious that he wanted to eat rather than fight, and was seeking death. No one could do anything about it.
It stands to reason that Hong Tianren is also a veteran of the court and has always been cautious in doing things. Today, something related to Xiao Chen was suddenly going to be reported, and the officials couldn't help but look forward to it, wanting to see what unique views he had.
Under the gaze of everyone, Hong Tianren coughed, cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Chen, the purple-clad captain, has repeatedly solved major cases. This trip to Jiangsu and Zhejiang not only solved the problem of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship having no silk to carry,
In this confusing situation, all the black sheep in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who deliberately caused this incident were caught in one swoop. The minister thought that the emperor should reward him. "
As soon as these words came out, the officials next to them all let out a long breath, and the stones hanging in their hearts fell to the ground safely.
Hong Tianren was regarded as highly virtuous and highly respected in the eyes of all the officials. If he was blamed by the emperor for inappropriate words, who else in this huge court could protect everyone from the wind and rain?
"Reward, I must reward him. However, so far, I haven't figured out how to reward him. It just so happens that I really want to listen to Hong Aiqing's advice." Ming Chengzu was in a good mood and looked at him gently.
Hong Tianren looked at all the officials' faces again.
After yesterday's plan failed, Hong Tianren stayed up all night, always thinking about how to get back to the disadvantage in front of him. He also came up with the idea of requesting a reward for Xiao Chen last night, and he had already thought of the specific words for the reward.
"To report to the emperor, I believe that the cases uncovered by the purple-robed lieutenant are all major cases related to the safety of the imperial court. Whether it is the case of Liao Xianghe, who is in charge of the imperial prison, or Jiangnan's private hoarding of silk that affects the treasure ships going to sea.
Only by cracking these cases and digging out the hidden dangers hidden in the imperial court can we stabilize the Ming Dynasty."
"Wei Chen originally thought that based on these merits alone, it would be more than enough for the purple-clothed captain to be awarded the title of General Dingguo. However, this general Dingguo is the second rank among military generals. He was suddenly awarded the title of Dingguo from a school captain.
The general of the country is somewhat dissatisfied with the crowd."
"I stayed up all night and thought about it over and over again. Finally, I felt that it would be most appropriate to reward General Mingwei with the title of Colonel in Purple Clothes, whose official position is Dongchang Qianhu, and whose official rank is the fourth rank."
Hong Tianren said plausibly.
"Hahaha..." Ming Chengzu laughed loudly, "Hong Aiqing, you are really a roundworm in my belly. The suggestions you made coincide with my thoughts. It seems that the post of Minister of the Ministry of War is not available.
I will serve in vain. I agree with your suggestion. After the next court, you will follow the military attache ranking procedures to complete this matter."
"Wei Chen accepts the order!"
Hong Tianren responded respectfully, stood up straight, and retreated into the queue.
At this moment, Hong Tianren's clothes were covered with sweat from the sweat on his back.
Just now, he was really nervous.
Naturally, everyone was very happy when these compliments were spoken to the Emperor's heart. However, if they had not been spoken to the Emperor's heart, someone might think that they were making the decision without permission.
Fortunately, I won the bet.
Especially the last words of Ming Chengzu, "According to the procedures of your Ministry of War, handle this matter." Doesn't this mean that from now on, he will still be at the helm of the Ministry of War.
Touching his chest with his hand, Hong Tianren tried hard to calm down his mood.
"For your information, Your Majesty, I have something to report about the purple-robed captain."
As the voice fell, another figure stepped out from the line of officials and stood in the center of the hall.
