After Zhang Siwei gave these instructions, he rushed to the palace again.
As a result, he met Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang and others who were coming to him on the road.
Zhang Siwei then hurriedly saluted Zhang Juzheng and asked: "Yuan Fu, how is your majesty?"
Zhang Juzheng said: "Your Majesty is fine. I have been specially ordered to come and see you. How is your Majesty doing now?"
Zhang Siwei hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, I am fine!"
Then, Zhang Siwei stood up and looked at Wang Guoguang: "Ru Guan, are you okay?"
Wang Guoguang nodded.
"That's good."
Zhang Siwei said with a smile.
Zhang Juzheng said at this time: "It seems that the two of you ate too much pepper."
"Uncle, don't tell me, the new food at the emperor's banquet is really good! Especially this pepper!"
Wang Guoguang said something at this time.
Zhang Juzheng glanced at Wang Guoguang, but did not say anything. Instead, he said goodbye to everyone, went to the Imperial Service Department, and ordered him to prepare the order to release the people from Shangshan Supervisor.
When Zhang Juzheng returned to the official residence of the Chief Minister and looked down from above, he saw people like Wang Guoguang and Zhang Siwei, all working hard in the backyard of their official residence to cultivate wasteland.
He couldn't help but laugh, and then his eyes were attracted by the official residence of Li Youzi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Because Li Youzi was telling his family to pack their things at this time, obviously preparing to move and leave.
Zhang Juzheng also said to Li Youshu, the younger brother of Li Youzi, who was serving as the Chief Assistant to Chengwen beside him: "Go and tell your brother that his intention to become an official has been rejected. All the ministers in the court advocated retaining him, and Your Majesty also cherishes his integrity." , and want to continue to use him as a winter official."
The so-called Chengwen Tuiguan is a kind of secretary-like staff position added to the ruling ministers after Zhu Yijun established the official residence system. The rank is not high.
But for Jinshi who are just entering the official career, being able to follow senior officials and participate in some confidential matters is naturally considered a kind of experience.
Li Youshu quickly raised her hands and said yes.
"Have everything been packed?"
Li Youzi, who had ordered his family to pack their things and prepare to move out of the official residence of the Minister of Industry, did not attend the banquet because he was not selected to participate in the farming ceremony. Instead, he stayed in the official residence waiting for his approval to return home. And that night, he specifically asked his son Li Bida how he was packing his things.
Just as Li Bida was about to reply, he saw Li Youshu walking quickly: "Brother, Yuan Fu asked me to tell you that your resignation has been rejected, and all the ministers advocated retaining you."
"What?!"
Li Youzi was so shocked that he immediately lost eight points of his soul, stood up, and said:
"But Yuan Fu had clearly promised me before that after the official residence was built, he would let me return home with a first-class official title! Why did he suddenly want to stay in office?"
"Brother, you should prepare to thank me!"
"If someone wants to put you in a urn, what can you do?"
Li Youshu persuaded.
Li Youzi couldn't help but pace around the room with his hands behind his back: "Given my current situation and the current government that has implemented the official residence system, what is the point of being the Minister of the Ministry of Industry?"
"I'm afraid that if I become the Minister of the Ministry of Works, I will be stared at by many eyes all day long. Not to mention that I dare not do anything and make false reports. Even if I leak an account and the supervision is not strict, I am afraid that I will be caught. Eat and die!"
"So, it's better to go back to your hometown with the official title of a first-class official, and get a first-class salary every month, so that the lintel will be more glorious."
Because in front of his own children who knew everything about him, Li Youzi didn't hold back and told the reason why he was unwilling.
Li Youshu continued to persuade: "Brother, there is nothing we can do about it. Now colleagues all over the court praise you as the most honest person in the Ministry of Industry. Even His Majesty knows that you are incorruptible."
"Excessive!"
"What they did is really excessive. What kind of colleagues are they?"
"They are fighting to give me a high hat, isn't it just because they hate me for advocating the implementation of the official residence system? Seeing that they can't find my fault in the project, they just take revenge on me! What a bunch of villains!"
Li Youzi shouted excitedly, and then said: "Of course, not His Majesty and Yuan Fu. They were deceived by these hateful people. I'd better go ahead and thank you."
The next day, after receiving Li Youzi's letter of thanks, Zhu Yijun smiled slightly and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, remember to relay my edict to Li Qing's family, and just tell me what I said. When North Korea's compensation money arrives, we will As Pan Aiqing said before, we should continue to control rivers and open canals on a large scale to ensure that farming will not be affected by drought in the future. This requires him, an honest official, to watch over at the Ministry of Industry. After all, I hope to have millions of people in the future. After the two taels of silver arrive at the Ministry of Industry, they can be turned into river embankments and ditches."
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile and said yes.
Shortly after the completion of the farming ceremony, Zhu Yijun indeed received a joint memorial from Yu Youding and Li Chengliang in Seoul.
Yu Youding and Li Chengliang said that the king of Korea, Li Hui, had punished his treacherous ministers and accepted the Ming Dynasty's edict to send troops to station troops in Korea. He was willing to bear the cost of the Ming Dynasty's troops stationed in Korea starting from the next year, and had given the king's order to evacuate Busan. Together with the officials and sergeants of Tsushima and Jeju, they assigned these places to the Celestial Dynasty for leasing the troops. At the same time, they also handed over all the accumulated money in the treasury to the Ming Dynasty as compensation.
And according to what Yu Youding and Li Chengliang reported, the value of the compensation received was more than 2.7 million taels of silver.
Although it is not a lot, for Ming Dynasty, it is enough to offset the cost of interrogating North Korea this time, and there is still a lot left over to increase national funds.
For this reason, after the ruling ministers deliberated in the political hall, Zhu Yijun finally asked the imperial minister to issue an order to Li Chengliang in a Privy Council document, in addition to leaving 200,000 shi of grain and 50,000 taels of silver to supply Wu Weizhong's garrison, as well as to issue Three hundred thousand taels of silver were rewarded to the officers and soldiers of the guilty army, and grains worth two hundred thousand taels of silver were left outside the treasury of the Liaodong capital, and grains worth two million taels of silver were transported back to the capital to replenish Taicang.
Because the Ming Dynasty's first use of foreign troops during the Wanli Dynasty was not for the purpose of occupying its territory and forcing it to change its direction, but for a higher-level strategic purpose to achieve practical military and economic requirements. Therefore, This means that after spending money, food, and silver this time, the troops can still make a lot of money.
"According to established rules, officers and soldiers who have made great contributions and are judged to be awarded military medals need to come to Beijing to be awarded military medals by me personally. However, the ceremony of visiting the mausoleum is imminent, so this time I am asking North Korea and those who have made meritorious deeds should be awarded military medals, so the issue has been changed to The seal will be awarded at the palace in Gonghua City."
At this time, Zhu Yijun made a new decision because he thought of the funeral ceremony.
In Zhu Yijun's view, taking advantage of Ye Ling's trip to Beijing to award military medals and meritorious service to soldiers in Changping might allow the frontier soldiers in Jizhen to more intuitively see the emperor's emphasis on martial arts.
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
"In addition, let Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, as well as Ma Fang of Xuanfu, Guo Hu of Datong, and Ma Jin of Taiyuan, take advantage of this opportunity to bring their own children to Changping for an audience."
Zhu Yijun gave another instruction at this time.
Time flies by like a flash, and it soon arrives on March 12, the eighth year of Wanli.
Zhu Yijun served the empress dowagers of the two palaces and led his concubine and his entourage. Accompanied by the ministers, he officially left the palace on this day and set off from the capital to the ancestral mausoleum in Changping Prefecture.
Nowadays, the spring rain is like crisp, the fragrance of flowers is all over the road, and the high mountains and ridges of the entire Yanzhao land are also quite beautiful.
In the Splendid World, there are also forests of armor, dense forts, and tight defenses.
After Zhu Yijun also saw these fort armors, he ordered Zhang Jing: "Let the Jin Yiwei go secretly check how many forts have purchased bronze heavy cannons!"
Zhang Jingkou said that he obeyed the decree.
On that day, Zhu Yijun and the two queen mothers and concubines were stationed at Gonghua City Palace.
Zhou Yong, the governor of Jiliao, Yang Siwei, the general in charge of Changping, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and others who came to see Zhu Yijun, as well as officials and students from Changping Prefecture, also came to the palace that day to ask for their favor to see Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun approved these people's invitation to visit him, and when he saw them, he said: "Border preparation is a major matter for the country! You guys have made great contributions to guarding the border for the country. Therefore, I came here to pay homage to the ancestors, no matter what. How can I meet you, and because of this, I have to reward those who have made military achievements while you and other border officials and people are here, so as to encourage you and other side personnel. I hope that you will know me and know what the imperial court is. We will not bury any of you who are willing to fight bloody battles for the country."
Zhu Yijun said: "In this war to punish North Korea, the person who first landed in Pyongyang and stormed Fengyue Tower to capture the traitor was the one who made the most contribution!"
(End of chapter)
