The prince of the prison kingdom led all the civil and military officials and went ten miles out of the city to welcome Wang Yuan's triumphant return.
This scene could not be more solemn, but there is no suspicion of exceeding the rules.
First, Wang Yuan went to war on behalf of the emperor, and the prince and all civil and military officials had to perform the etiquette to welcome the emperor. Second, Wang Yuan's military exploits were outstanding this time, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty had returned to its peak state in the early Ming Dynasty.
Around noon, the victorious troops finally appeared.
At the forefront were the four Tengxiang guards, who drove the emperor's chariot and held high the banner and the dragon flag. Then came Wang Yuan and the civil and military officials. Wang Yuan behaved very low-key, treating himself as an ordinary civil servant accompanying the emperor on the expedition.
"bye!"
The procession stopped, and all the officials bowed and bowed. What they worshiped was the royal chariot and the dragon flag.
After a series of ceremonies, the eunuch began to read out the imperial edict, and was promoted to the title of Wang Yuan Guanglu, Doctor of Youzhu Kingdom, and the title of Prince Shaobao.
All Wang Yuan's official positions became: Minister of Rites (the second rank), Prince Shaobao (the second rank), Dongge University Scholar (the fifth rank, cabinet official position, temporarily only able to listen to government affairs), Zhan Shifu of Zhanshi (the third rank, the official position)
Chief Prince's Master), Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy (honorary position of the fifth rank), Guanglu doctor (from the first rank of casual rank), Youzhuguo (full rank of the first rank of honor).
There is no substantive reward. Compared with Wang Yuan's great achievements, Zhu Houzhao behaved very stingy this time.
The reason is simply that it was left to the prince.
Now all officials in the court know that once the new emperor ascends the throne, Wang Yuan will definitely join the cabinet. Zhu Houzhao has suppressed Wang Erlang for several years.
The rest of the civil and military officials who accompanied the army did not receive any rewards, and they were all left to the prince to show his kindness.
Wang Yuan did not enter the city. After the triumphal ceremony, he went directly to Haoshanyuan to see the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I am back." Wang Yuan kowtowed.
Zhu Houzhao's cardiopulmonary function has been weakened to the extreme, and it is difficult to breathe. The blood supply to his whole body is not smooth, his brain is dizzy all the time, and he is so cold that he needs to wrap himself in a quilt.
Seeing Wang Yuan, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be in good spirits and said with a smile: "Very good, I like Erlang's gift very much. I have already ordered those scimitars and horse gear, and they will all be used as burial objects for me."
Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, with the blessing of destiny, you will definitely live a long life."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "I have never thought about longevity. If I could drink a few less drinks, I might be able to live for another two years. But in this life, you can't drink good wine before it. What's the point of living?"
Wang Yuan was silent.
Zhu Houzhao stopped talking and seemed to be deep in thought. The room was so quiet that one could hear the sound of a needle dropping.
After a long time, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to himself: "I came to the throne at the age of fifteen. I was a young man who was indulgent and ignorant, and my behavior was always ridiculous. Now that I think about it, it is extremely ridiculous. The majestic king of a country was fooled by a few eunuchs."
Wang Yuan consoled him: "Everyone has a time when they are young and have trouble."
Zhu Houzhao wanted to say something more, he opened his mouth but stopped, and finally waved his hand and said: "Go."
Wang Yuan bowed and resigned.
Zhu Houzhao was completely lost in his memories, the ridiculous years of accompanying the Eight Tigers, the twelve orchids who damaged the kidneys, and the sycophants like Jiang Bin and Qian Ning. By the way, in the battle of Yingzhou, he captured Dayan Khan with his own hands.
His grandson returned the people to the grassland and became the current Bodi Khan.
Daning was taken back, the Loop was also taken back, and Jianzhou Jurchens were beaten so that they did not dare to cross the border.
Also, there is Annan Wei, who was the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi in the Ming Dynasty!
Also, there is that land in the far east. I really want to go out to sea and see it myself. How happy it would be to ride a giant boat and ride the waves thousands of miles away?
I am not willing to accept it!
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Wenyuan Pavilion.
Wang Zan died of illness immediately, Peng Ze became paralyzed, and the only cabinet ministers left were Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and Wang Qiong.
Wang Yuan pointed to the map and said: "That's what I think. It's time to change the Nine Borders. Set up Hetao Town and abolish Yansui Town. The Yansui area will be under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province. Set up Jining Town and abolish Datong Town. Taiyuan
Town, Datong and Taiyuan towns, the central and southern parts are under the jurisdiction of the Shanxi Chief Secretary, the northwest is under the jurisdiction of Hetao Town, and the northeast is under the jurisdiction of Jining Town; Daning Town is established, Ji Town is abolished, Daning Dusi is abolished, and the northern guard station of Ji Town is established
It was placed under the jurisdiction of Daning Town, and the central and southern parts were placed under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. In addition, Wanquan Town was established, Wanquan Division was abolished, Xuanfu Town was abolished, and the entire Xuanfu was merged into Wanquan Town."
Everyone stared at the map for a long time and all expressed their approval.
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From now on, there will only be seven sides of the Ming Dynasty, from west to east: Gansu Town, Ningxia Town, Hetao Town, Jining Town, Wanquan Town, Daning Town, and Liaodong Town.
Places such as Yansui, Xuanda and Jizhen were no longer frontiers by Wang Yuan.
A lot of dirty things about Ningxia Commander-in-Chief Qiu Luan have been known to Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan plans to let Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou Shangwen take over his post.
Li Jin, the commander-in-chief of Datong, performed well and was transferred to the commander-in-chief of Hetao.
Liang Zhen, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Datong, was promoted to Commander-in-Chief Wanquan.
Yuan Da was promoted to Jining Commander-in-Chief. This position is very critical. He can conquer the Chahar tribe when he leaves.
Liu Tao, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, was transferred to the post of commander-in-chief Wanquan, and Zheng Hu was the deputy commander-in-chief. This place was also important. He also attacked the Chahar Department when he went out. What Wang Yuan really valued was Zheng Hu, but he was still young and could not directly
Promoted to General Soldier.
Sima Yong, the capital of Daning, was transferred to be the commander-in-chief of Daning, and he also attacked the Chahar tribe when he went out.
Yu Dayou was promoted to General of the Northern Liao Dynasty and was responsible for defending against the rest of Duoyan's three guards, Fuyu, Taining and the Haixi Jurchens who were not very obedient.
All the military posts in southern Liaoning were withdrawn and set up in counties, and military households were converted into civilian households, and the Shandong Chief Secretary was sent to participate in the administration.
In several abandoned border towns, half of the guard posts were cancelled, and half of the guard posts were moved north to new border towns.
Wang Yuan plans to take advantage of the great victory in the north to attack the border guards. Those who are disobedient can try it to see if their necks are harder than the Mongols.
A new border town was established, all generals were transferred to their posts, military attaches were not allowed to be hereditary, and military households were converted into civilian households. After that, the camp system (recruiting soldiers) was implemented. The abandoned Xuanfu and Datong town military attachés were dissolved on the spot and converted into civilian households. The imperial court
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Wang Yuan sent six censors from the capital at once to serve as governors in these places to deal with relevant work.
If any general is dissatisfied, he can choose to rebel and lead his troops to kill him. It happens that the family property is confiscated and the land is distributed to the veterans who have just converted to civilian households but have no land to cultivate.
The above reforms are only targeted at border towns that have undergone changes and will not be implemented nationwide for the time being.
Engaging in these matters is much more complicated than fighting the Mongols.
Yang Tinghe said that he would not interfere and allowed Wang Yuan to appoint governors. He wholeheartedly waited for the new emperor to ascend the throne.
Wang Yuan was busy dealing with the issue of military reform with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of War, and the Sixth Army Governor's Office. The prisoner presentation ceremony had not even begun yet, but the audition for Prince Zhu Zaiyi's concubine had already been completed.
To choose the Crown Princess, five thousand people should be auditioned across the country. They are all girls between the ages of 13 and 16. They must be from a clean family background, preferably from a poor family.
However, this time the selection was very urgent, and only auditions were held in two or three provinces around Shuntian Mansion. Anyone who was pretty and dignified was selected by the eunuchs.
After the audition, 5,000 girls came to the capital, and the eunuchs started the primary election again, eliminating a thousand of them.
Then, we carefully observed the facial features, hair, skin, timbre, deportment, etc. Those with bad voices, those with dry and yellow hair, and so on, eliminated 2,000 people.
Let's make a selection again, use a ruler to measure the size of the hands and feet, and walk to see the charm, and then eliminate a thousand people.
The remaining 1,000 people entered the palace to be selected. They took off all their clothes and were strictly inspected by the old palace maids. Those with minor scars were not accepted, so there were only 300 people left.
The emperor then sent specialized personnel, either eunuchs or palace maids, to observe three hundred girls for a month, leaving behind fifty who were dignified, gentle and kind, and these fifty could be concubines.
Finally, the queen mother or concubine selected three of them, and the emperor appointed one of them.
Except for the one appointed by the emperor, all other girls can return. Not only will they be given travel expenses, but also money will be given. A thousand girls who can attack and participate in the election will be worth a hundred times when they return to their hometown. I don’t know how many gentry and noble families are rushing to propose marriage, because they
All are certified by the royal family.
Historically, when Mingguang Zong selected the crown princess, the Liu sisters were all in the top three. In order to prevent the sisters from joining forces to dominate the harem, the elder sister was sent back. As long as this sister stayed, she would definitely be a concubine. She would think highly of herself when she returned to her hometown.
I have never married anyone in my life.
Zhu Houzhao wanted to see his son get married before he died. This audition only lasted twenty-five days. There were many crooked girls among the five thousand girls who came to Beijing.
Fortunately, when we selected three hundred people, they were all beautiful and dignified, so they would not marry a dinosaur to the prince.