Sun Chengzong was stunned when he heard that Zhu Youjian was going to vindicate Zhang Juzheng - Zhang Juzheng had been dead for so many years, and the grudges and grudges of those years had long since turned into dust. Moreover, Zhang Juzheng had been rehabilitated once as early as the Tianqi period and had been restored to official position, but he had not been fully rehabilitated.
It’s okay to want a comprehensive rehabilitation now, but why should Zhang Juzheng’s rehabilitation be put together with the injustice of the Six Lords of Donglin?
Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chengzong's puzzled face and said with a smile: "Emperor Taizu Gao strictly forbade his subordinates to form cliques. The "Laws of the Ming Dynasty" states that 'Those who make friends with cliques and disrupt the government will die'... There is no doubt that Lin Liujun is a member of the Donglin Party. Everyone knows this. Since they have formed a clique, they have become criminals. However, the rules and regulations of this dynasty have long been lax, and they will not be executed just because they form a clique. .
But their fight with Wei Zhongxian was just a party fight. Wei Zhongxian controlled the Jinyi Guards at that time and ordered Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe and other five people to kill the Six Lords. Although the method was cruel, the Six Lords were not without fault. After all, there are no good people fighting in the party, so I can forgive their sins, but I cannot vindicate them. "
"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong said, "But Wei Zhongxian is plotting rebellion!"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "It's not that Wei Zhongxian is plotting rebellion, but that the Hakka family is plotting rebellion... Wei Zhongxian only knew about it, but did not participate. At most, he was a collaborator, otherwise I would have been killed long ago. So I just told him Wei Zhongxian was beheaded, but the Hakka family was executed. Wei Zhongxian also left a few nephews and grandnephews, but all the Hakka family members were executed!
The crime of Hakka's rebellion was to adopt pregnant women in the palace in an attempt to have them give birth to children and pretend to be the sons of the late emperor. The Six Lords of Donglin did not know about this matter, because it had not happened before the Six Lords were alive... This matter was only started by the Hakka family when the late emperor was about to die. By the time I came to the throne, all those pregnant women were It's not production yet. Therefore, the death of Liujun was due to party disputes, not because of the revelation of Hakka's rebellion. I can only pardon them, but not vindicate them. "
Zhu Youjian paused for a moment and then said: "Although the Six Lords of Donglin are righteous people, they can't help the late emperor to pacify Liao and exterminate the slaves. This is the business... The one who was killed by slaves in the battle of Guangning Isn’t Wang Huazhen, who suffered a disastrous defeat, a member of the Donglin Party?
His mentor Ye Xianggao was listed in "Donglin Point General Record", but Tiankuixing and Jiyu Grand Bachelor were there! When Guangning was defeated, he was still the chief assistant! If Wang Huazhen had been more ambitious, the Six Lords of Donglin would have devised a clever plan to defeat the enemy and win the battle of Guangning, and the late emperor would not have relied so much on Wei Zhongxian! "
Zhu Youjian suddenly looked at Sun Chengzong with a smile: "By the way, after Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen did something bad, the late emperor entrusted the Liao affairs to you, Mr. Sun... If you can fight a little, you don't need to regain Liaodong, you can If the battle line is pushed back to the Liao River, the late emperor will rely on you to govern the country. But can you do it?"
This is really shocking!
Sun Chengzong, on the other hand, didn't even dare to brag... Why should he brag? The Ming Dynasty has made it clear that you, the little emperor, are the best at fighting! You don't dare to recapture Liaodong immediately, how dare others!
Zhu Youjian sighed: "Actually, the late emperor was really disappointed with you Donglin Party members when he reused Wei Zhongxian... If any of you could have Zhang Juzheng's ability, how could the late emperor use Wei Zhongxian, a scoundrel?" Where are the disciples?"
He sighed and asked Sun Chengzong: "Mr. Sun, tell me...Who in the court can take care of all aspects as well as Zhang Juzheng? I would also be happy to do it with ease." !”
Where could Sun Chengzong go to find Zhang Juzheng for Zhu Youjian? So Zhihao was speechless and stood there... He had to think about it carefully. He was clearly trying to impeach Wu Biao, so why did he get around to Zhang Juzheng?
What is the connection between the two?
Seeing that Sun Chengzong was speechless, Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly and said: "Since there is no new Zhang Juzheng, let's rehabilitate the old Zhang Juzheng first, restore the posthumous title of Wenzhong and the posthumous title of Shangzhu Kingdom, restore the official position of Zhang Jingxiu, son of Zhang Juzheng, and reinstate Wu Yin ...and then send people to Hubei to find Zhang Juzheng’s descendants to be appointed officials in Beijing!”
Zhu Youjian's words were an edict, and Shi Fenglai, a bachelor of Jianji Palace and the Minister of Rites who was present, began to draft the edict himself.
Because the restoration of posthumous titles and posthumous gifts are the work of the Ministry of Rites. After Shi Fenglai drafted the edict, Huang Liji would approve the edict. After that, the Director of Rites would approve the edict according to Zhu Youjian's wishes. After approving the edict, it would be handed over to the Etiquette Department. To the matter, the Li Ke will be transferred to the Ministry of Rites - and during the transfer process, the Li Ke will have the right to refute the imperial edict... If Zhu Youjian wants to give Cui Yingyuan and Tian today... If Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe and other five people are exonerated or rehabilitated, then the criminal department will most likely come forward and return the edict.
However, Zhu Youjian had long thought of using the "sinners" of the eunuch party, so he did not convict them from the beginning or remove their official status. And the Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers, so of course they do not need cabinet approval for their employment.
So now Zhu Youjian can put these five villains into important positions of Jin Yiwei without any need for officials from outside the court to nod.
However, Zhu Youjian still wanted to comfort the frightened civil servants... In fact, he brought these five villains out not to punish the courtiers immediately, but to let them preside over the layoffs of Jin Yiwei!
If Jin Yiwei wants to regain his fighting power, he must first operate on himself!
While Shi Fenglai was drafting the decree, Zhu Youjian talked about "splitting the Jinyiwei" again.
"Although Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe and other five people did not have any unpardonable crimes," Zhu Youjian said slowly, "but when Wei Zhongxian was in power, Jin Yiwei did blindly follow Wei Ni and did what he did. Many mistakes were made. What I mean is that the faults of Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan, Sun Yunhe and other five people were actually caused by Jin Yiwei's excessive power...the five of them were just following orders.
Now, while I am re-appointing the five of them, I am also drastically reforming the Jin Yiwei and reducing the powers, responsibilities and positions of the Jin Yiwei!
From now on, the responsibilities of the Jinyiwei are to patrol and arrest, and specialize in handling cases decided by the emperor without asking about other duties... All duties including bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and imperial staffs no longer belong to the Jinyiwei. "
"Long live the Lord, who will be responsible for beating the imperial staff in the future?" Sun Chengzong interrupted at this time and asked.
This is an important question!
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty still wanted to let people from Jin Yiwei handle the imperial staff... This was not because their buttocks were itchy, but because Jin Yiwei was more professional in this business. If it were replaced by those insignificant soldiers in front of the tent, wouldn't they be able to kill people?
"I won't use the imperial staff anymore!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "You don't have any objections, do you?"
"Long live the Holy Ming!"
The ministers immediately offered compliments - it's always better not to spank!
Zhu Youjian nodded: "Since Jinyiwei has fewer things to do, the staff must also be reduced... There is no need for more than 30,000 people. Let's focus on the Beizhen Fusi, leaving 6,000 people. But. With fewer people, there will of course be less money to spend. From now on, the Ministry of Household Affairs will arrange 300,000 yuan in food and salary for Jinyiwei every year, which will be enough!"
"Your Majesty," the Minister of War, King Wang, said before leaving the Jin Dynasty, "Since the old capital camp was dismissed, the defense of the capital has relied on the pro-army and warriors under the control of the Jinyi Guards. If they are all abolished, wouldn't the capital be defenseless?"
"Of course the capital cannot be defenseless," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "I have made arrangements and will establish a frontline army as soon as possible to take over the defense of the capital."
Pro-army in front of the palace? When the ministers heard this, they all felt that this "pro-military" was quite promising! I don’t know if the leader of the army in front of the palace asked everyone in front of the palace to check?
"Your Majesty," Wang Zaijin asked again, "I wonder how many people there are in the army in front of the palace? How much is the military salary? Where do the generals come from? Which yamen controls them?"
Zhu Youjian said: "My idea is this. The Dianqian Army will be formed based on the regiment training army of the Eight Prefectures of North Zhili and the troops of the four towns of Xuan, Da, Yan and Ning. The soldiers are all taken from the four divisions of the Eight Prefectures. Town, they take turns to serve in Beijing, and when they are out of service, they will return to their own town and home..."
