Zhu Houzhao took the array diagram and asked: "Is this method possible?"
"It has not been verified yet," Wang Yuan said.
Zhu Houzhao thought about it carefully and said: "Then we will organize the six battalions of Baofang and train them all in this formation. Next year we will send them to Yansui to fight."
After the death of the little Mongol prince, Tatar-Mongolia was divided into two.
Balsbrot, who became the self-proclaimed Khan, suddenly died of illness. His eldest son Ji Nang no longer claimed to be the Great Khan, but he led the 30,000 right-wing Mongolian households as deputy khan. This guy became the deputy khan of Mongolia at the age of thirteen, and he became the deputy khan of Mongolia at the age of sixteen.
They came to invade the border of the Ming Dynasty, basically every two years there would be a large-scale invasion.
The characteristic of Ji Nang is that he suffered repeated defeats and defeats, and was often violently beaten by the Ming Dynasty's border troops.
Every time they suffered a setback in the Ming Dynasty, they would return to the grasslands and beat the surrounding tribes, suppressing the left-wing Mongolia in the east, and chasing the tribes of Oara in the west. Historically, these guys even fought all the way to Qinghai, and then went north to conquer the tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. At their peak,
One hundred thousand cavalry can be dispatched to fight at one time.
Zhu Houzhao planned to let the Sixth Battalion of Baofang train the new formation and throw it to Yansui to fight Ji Nang to verify whether Wang Yuan's formation was useful.
Zhu Houzhao said melancholy: "Erlang, I don't plan to go on a personal expedition anymore."
Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty's martial arts skills are as good as those of Taizong. You really don't have to do it yourself anymore."
The real reason is that Zhu Houzhao's chronic illness has worsened. In the past, it only occurred in winter and was relieved when spring came. Now, regardless of the season, it is easy to relapse as long as you catch a cold. It will also relapse when encountering sandstorms in Beijing. Each attack lasts for at least one or two
moon.
Very serious chronic bronchitis was difficult to cure in ancient times, and may cause obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary heart disease in the later stages.
The emperor and his ministers were chatting when suddenly a eunuch came over and whispered something to the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Mao Cheng is dead."
Historically, Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, died three years ago. He resigned due to political strife and died of illness on his way back to his hometown.
Although this guy lived for three more years, he still fell ill frequently, and now he has finally passed away.
Wang Yuan said: "I should go and express my condolences."
At the same time that Mao Cheng died of illness, Jin Gui once again asked to resign due to illness, and this time Zhu Houzhao finally agreed.
Wang Yuan's biggest asset is his youth. Look, another minister has been killed, and another cabinet minister has been driven away. Yang Tinghe is already sixty-seven years old this year, and he gets sick from time to time? How many more years can he spend with Wang Yuan? Eunuch Zhang Yongye
Already sixty-one years old? My body is also getting weaker and weaker. How long I can live depends on God's will.
cabinet.
Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Mao Ji, Jiang Mian and Wang Qiong? They are the only five cabinet ministers.
"Who should be selected as the Minister of Rites? Why should we discuss it further? I don't think there is any need for court recommendation. Wang Ruoxu must be the successor." Wang Qiong expressed his attitude first? He was the emperor's lackey and Wang Yuan's supporter.
Yang Yiqing said: "His Majesty did not reward Wang Ruoxu for his contribution to regaining Daning? He is probably waiting for what will happen today."
"I have no objection." Yang Tinghe couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.
Wang Yuan has yet to be rewarded for his contribution to the recovery of Daning, and his contribution to rectifying the political affairs in southern Liaoning is still remembered. He is also the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites who has served for many years. In the past, age was still a factor, but now age is no longer a problem? No.
It would be nonsense to let Wang Yuan succeed him as Minister of Rites.
After thinking about it? Yang Tinghe said: "Let's also reward Daning for his contribution."
Everyone was shocked. Yang Tinghe actually took the initiative to discuss Wang Yuan's reward. Is this an opportunity to ease the relationship?
The five cabinet ministers quickly completed their deliberations and sent the cabinet draft to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
After Zhang Yong finished reading, he remained silent for a long time. He did not comment on behalf of Emperor Zhu, but instead personally sent the draft vote to Zhu Houzhao for review.
Zhu Houzhao approved and asked Zhang Yong to return to the cabinet.
The cabinet ministers looked at each other in shock. They had to make a new draft and add "Prince's Guest" to the reward content.
Guest of the crown prince? Third rank? No quota? Minister of the East Palace.
Although it was just a false title to reward meritorious officials, the emperor's haste made people doubt the emperor's health. I heard that Zhu Houzhao fell ill this summer, which had never happened before. Could it be that he was really not going to die soon?
For this reason, Zhu Houzhao was frightened by himself and really thought that he would not live long. In fact, as long as his disease did not worsen seriously and did not cause other diseases, it was possible for him to live to be seventy or eighty years old.
…
Yang Zhai.
"Father, I heard that Wang Ruoxu is going to be a minister?" asked the second son Yang Dun.
Yang Tinghe said: "How do you know?"
Yang Dun smiled and said: "Since Mao Shangshu is dead, Wang Ruoxu has been promoted, so why do we need to inquire?"
Yang Tinghe admonished: "Do your job well and don't worry about who is the minister."
"Yes," Yang Dun hesitated, "Father, my son and my brother all feel that you should not fight Wang Ruoxu. It's not that my father can't fight him, but it's not necessary. You... you are not of the same generation at all.
."
Yang Tinghe was too lazy to explain and waved his son back.
Yang Dun was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Zhengde. After the Shujishi disbanded, he was awarded the sixth rank of Zhengbu Doctor.
From this arrangement, it can be seen that Yang Dun must be a Jinshi in the Third Ranking, otherwise he will definitely choose to stay in the Hanlin Academy after he is admitted to the Shujishi. Just because a Shujishi from the Third Ranking has no problem staying in the Hanlin Academy
Instead of using it, it would be better to just throw it away and become an official, and rely on my father's relationship to be able to rise to the top.
Yang Dun left the study, ran to find his eldest brother, and sighed: "Oh, brother, my father is confused."
Yang Shen scolded: "How can you speak like this?"
Yang Dun said: "Why bother, father?"
Yang Shen patted his brother on the shoulder: "Father, we also have difficulties."
In officialdom matters, you have to sail against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
If Yang Tinghe didn't work hard to hold on, with the emperor's favor for Wang Yuan, the chief minister of the cabinet would become a yes man. He didn't want to be the chief minister of clay sculpture, so he had no choice but to suppress Wang Yuan. Although he could no longer suppress him, he had already
Riding a tiger makes it difficult to get off. Yang Tinghe's allies and party members do not allow Yang Tinghe to compromise, which affects the career of countless people in Yang's party, because people on Wang Yuan's side will also exclude dissidents.
Being able to take the initiative to discuss Wang Yuan's reward is already the greatest goodwill that Yang Tinghe can release.
Yang Tinghe is now old and has no chance to overthrow Wang Yuan. Now that Wang Yuan has become minister, what else is there to fight for?
Wang Yuan was really pissed off, and he was tortured to death. What if he had to settle the score again? If he was convicted of any crime, he could be dug out of the grave and whipped!
The whipping corpse must be an exaggeration, but Yang Tinghe has to think about his two sons. Especially the eldest son Yang Shen, who is talented but not suitable for politics. If the relationship with Wang Yuan is not repaired, Yang Shen will probably have a difficult career in the future.
…
Zhang Yong’s idea is not too far off.
As a eunuch, although he had no worries, he was well aware of the changes in the emperor's condition. Zhang Yong was afraid that if he did not die, the emperor would die first, and Wang Yuan could kill him at will.
"Wang Shangshu, this is a congratulatory gift from Governor Zhang." A young eunuch said with a flattering smile.
Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Thank you for your work. I would also like to convey my gratitude to Governor Zhang."
"I don't dare." The little eunuch bowed and retreated.
Wang Yuan opened the gift box and took a look. Inside was a top-grade "Fengxi Inkstone".
As he slipped away to the laboratory, Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Mei'er, I'll give you an inkstone."
Huang E was observing microorganisms with a microscope. He raised his head and asked, "Jianzhou inkstone?"
"Yes." Wang Yuan nodded.
Huang E immediately put down the microscope, took out the ink stick, added water to grind the ink. After a while, Huang E said happily: "This inkstone is of the highest quality."
Jianzhou inkstone is produced in Fujian and is ground from Jianzhou stone. There are two types of stone, one is beautiful and moist, but not easy to get ink; the other is ugly and rough, but it is easy to grind ink.
The square inkstone Zhang Yong gave to Wang Yuan is the top grade among Jianzhou inkstones. It is both beautiful and suitable for ink grinding. Inkstones of this level are hard to come by, and it is not easy to buy if you have money.
Wang Yuan joked: "This eunuch is so generous."
"Sent it from the eunuch?" Huang E asked.
"Zhang Yong showed his kindness to me," Wang Yuan explained. "In the past there was Zhu Hai crossing the ocean, and in the back there was Zhu Fenfu Daning. These two eunuchs were both recommended by Gu Dayong to serve as the imperial eunuchs. The emperor was very interested in Gu Dayong.
Zhang Yong was very anxious as Yong became more trustworthy. He was afraid that I would continue to favor Gu Dayong, so he simply took this opportunity to send a congratulatory gift to ease the relationship."
Du Gong Zhang is also having a hard time. The Chief of Ceremonies holds both the seal and the pen. He has the power to control the court, but there is a Gu Dayong who can enter and leave the Leopard Room at will.
The whole family fasted for three days and knelt to welcome the imperial edict.
Because he wanted to be promoted to minister, Wang Yuan's achievements during his tenure as Zuo Shilang were now all rewarded.
Wang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites (Second Rank), guest of the Crown Prince (Second Rank), Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu (Second Rank), bachelor of the Hanlin Academy (honorary position of Fifth Rank), and Doctor of Ronglu (Sanshi Rank of First Rank)
), Zhuguo (from the first rank).
If mentioned in official documents, his identity should be expressed as follows: Zhu Guo, Ronglu doctor, minister of the Ministry of Rites, prince guest, Zhan Shi, Hanlin bachelor Wang Yuan.
The rank of Dr. Ronglu was obtained by supervising Ma Zheng; the rank of Zhu Guo was obtained by recovering Daning.
As for the Minister of Rites, Wang Yuan deserved it, and he was promoted to Zheng'er Ba Jing.
Now, Wang Yuan is a first-rank official, ranked by Zhu Guo and Ronglu. As far as the Minister of Rites is concerned, although he has great power, he can only be regarded as a second-rank official.
The two principal wives, Huang E and Song Ling'er, were both awarded the title of second-class lady. The concubine did not receive the title this time.
The next day, there will be a court meeting.
As soon as Wang Yuan passed through Chang'an Gate, an official saluted: "Well done, Uncle Grand Master!"
"I can't take it seriously." Wang Yuan clasped his fists and smiled.
After walking for a while, I met several officials and saluted him again: "Uncle Zong!"
Wang Yuan replied: "I don't dare."
Although Wang Yuan had already been quite powerful, now that he was a minister, there were still obvious changes. It seemed that the official hat had an aura of intimidation.
It was about to dawn, and the officials were waiting outside the palace.
At dawn, the emperor did not come, so all the officials could only continue to wait.
By mid-morning, when the emperor had not yet arrived, Wang Yuan went straight out of the queue to urinate.
Seeing that the Minister of Rites took the lead in going to the toilet, many officials followed him. Even Yang Tinghe couldn't help but follow him.
There are also public toilets in the Forbidden City. There are public toilets in the factory room of the Secretary of Ceremony, the Reward Office of the Secretary of Ceremony, and the Beishi Room... These places are equipped with public toilets, and foreign ministers can also solve their physiological problems.
A foreign minister was holding a bird and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't gotten up yet, have you?"
"Maybe he went out of Beijing to go hunting in Nanhaizi. Now is the time when the prey is fat." Another temple teacher answered.
Another official said: "Fortunately, today is not a big ceremony, but just an ordinary court meeting, otherwise we would have suffered again."
"This is very true. It is a blessing among misfortunes!" All the officials agreed, as if they were recalling some unbearable past events.
It was New Year's Day in the eleventh year of Zhengde. As usual, all the officials entered the palace to offer New Year blessings to the emperor. Unfortunately, Zhu Houzhao had so much fun the night before that he didn't get up until half the afternoon of the next day.
The civil and military officials waited at dawn, and waited until three or four o'clock in the afternoon until the emperor presided over the ceremony. It was late at night when the ceremony ended. Because New Year's Day greetings are a big gift, there is no eating, drinking, or diarrhea during the period, which means that everyone has not eaten from morning to night.
, I couldn’t go to the toilet since the afternoon ceremony, and I don’t know how many people peed their pants secretly.
When the congratulatory ceremony ended, hundreds of officials ran for the road, and the fifty-six-year-old general Zhao Lang was trampled to death.
Fortunately, Wang Yuan was not in the capital at that time...
At this moment, Wang Yuan shook his big bird and said to Yang Tinghe next to him: "Mr. Yang Ge, your Majesty doesn't like to attend court in the morning. How about we change the rules together?"
Yang Tinghe said: "The ancestral system of court meetings must not be changed rashly."
Wang Yuan said: "Taizu and Taizong are both holy masters. They have endless energy every day, so naturally they can work during the court meeting. But since Taizu and Taizong, which of your majesties really handles political affairs during the court meeting? The court meeting has now been eliminated.
As for the form, you know it, I know it, and your Majesty also knows it. Rather than letting your Majesty be lazy in government, it is better to reform the court and make your Majesty become diligent."
Yang Tinghe asked: "How to change it?"
Wang Yuan said: "Every month there are three, six or nine morning dynasties, and there are only nine morning dynasties in a month. In this way, Your Majesty must come, and all the officials will be happy and relaxed."
"This matter can be discussed." Yang Tinghe was noncommittal and wanted to discuss it, not wanting to bear the responsibility of violating the ancestral system.
After Wang Yuan became the minister, the first proposal he proposed was to turn the morning court into a market like the people going to the market. Get up early on the 3rd, 69th, and 9th, and everyone can sleep peacefully the rest of the time.