At the end of the eleventh year of Hongzhi's reign, Wang Yueshangshu, the chief governor of the three northwest territories, said that he was suffering from cold illness and was unable to travel in the bitter cold of the northwest. He begged Emperor Hongzhi to allow him to return to Beijing to recuperate.
Because of the victory at Helan Mountain, Emperor Hongzhi no longer had any previous concerns about Wang Yue. For this reason, he restored his honorary title of Crown Prince and Tutor, but the title of Weiningbo had not yet been restored.
This opportunity to benevolent was reserved for Zhu Houzhao.
In the East Palace, the prince sat on a soft couch with a brazier in front of him. He was not a person who was afraid of the cold, but the winter of twelve years seemed to be much colder than last year.
Zhu Houzhao calculated the time for Wang Yue to return to Beijing. If he set off at the end of last year, it should be almost by now.
According to history, Wang Yue actually died in the winter of the eleventh year of Hongzhi, because Li Guang committed suicide in fear of crime at that time. As soon as Li Guang died, the imperial censor quickly pointed his gun at Wang Yue.
Wang Yue was not the kind of worldly master with a generous heart. He was a common man who wanted to become an official in his seventies. He originally thought of being quiet for more than ten years and making a turnaround, but it didn't work at all. Li Guang After his death, there were a lot of memorials accusing him of his merits and demerits, but Emperor Hongzhi did not care about them, which made him both scared and aggrieved, which eventually led to his death with a mixture of sadness and resentment.
But this problem obviously does not exist in this life.
Although he had some minor health problems, he was a soldier after all. Zhu Houzhao didn't ask for much, he just hoped that he would last another year.
This year, he will appoint Wang Yue as Minister of War.
The Minister of War is very important. After the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was basically eliminated, the Ministry of War was in charge of most of the troops in the capital.
After the Zuoshunmen Incident, Ma Wensheng, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, was ordered to become an official. This position had been vacant, and Zhu Houzhao was keeping it for him.
Do you really think that he has been studying for half a year?
And the official secretary,
Still Tu Yu.
Tu Yu had a very close relationship with Li Guang earlier and was basically of the same nature as Wang Yue. During the Zuo Shunmen incident, he was the only one of the six ministers who stood on the right side. Later, his relationship with the East Palace became even closer.
So, own people.
The former Minister of Household Affairs, Zhou Jing, has become an official. He was succeeded by Han Wen, the former Minister of Rites.
Han Wen was also the Minister of the Transfer Department in history. Zhu Houzhao used him because he opposed the wanton occupation of land and salt by the powerful and eunuchs, and fought successively for this.
The relationship between Zhu Houzhao and him can't be said to be very good, but it's not bad either. They met and talked to him a few times, and they were all pretty good. And as long as the ideas are similar, he will be the crown prince who will eventually succeed. I don't think there is any big contradiction in it.
Bai Ang, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, participated in the Zuo Shunmen rebellion and is no longer here. The cabinet minister Xie Qian also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
As for the cabinet, the relationship with the prince is actually quite good now.
Xu Guan, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, participated in the Zuo Shunmen rebellion and is now an official. His successor is an old comrade named Zeng Jian, who is sixty-seven years old. Zhu Houzhao was not deeply impressed by him. Anyway, at least he wasn't someone who was trying so hard to oppose him like before.
Xu Qiong, the former Minister of Rites, participated in the Zuo Shunmen rebellion. This position was finally decided by Emperor Hongzhi, and Fu Han, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, took over.
Based on this calculation, most of the cabinet and six ministries have some connection with the East Palace. ….
Zhu Houzhao is no longer what he was when he first arrived. Only Wang Hao and Yang Tinghe are worthy of his appointment.
Except for the important officials of the imperial court,
There is another person who has attracted quite a lot of attention recently.
That was Mao Yuwen, the illegitimate son of Nanning's uncle.
More than half a year ago, he was personally received by the Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao because of his amazing performance in investigating the smuggling trade with the Tatars.
Even Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Mao Yuwen would use the old trick of pretending to be powerful, mainly because he did not expect that he would have the courage to fool the general soldiers of Datong into helping him arrest people.
There was quite a stir in this case, but in the final analysis, the crime was made known to the world, and there was actually no tortuous process. It was a crime of liaison with foreign countries. Even if the emperor wanted to spare him, he would have to worry about the negative impact, so Later, there were murders and house raids.
The imperial court received more than three million taels of silver at once, and the internal transportation treasury raised 500,000 taels, and the rest was transported to the national treasury.
So when it comes to twenty thousand bolts of silk, the emperor will reward him as he pleases.
Mao Yuwen was awarded by Zhu Houzhao to thousands of households in Jinyiwei.
Zhu Houzhao had asked the emperor for instructions earlier, asking to use part of the Jinyiwei's power, and Hongzhi agreed. He knows and accepts this person's safety.
And what he entered was not the emperor's honor guard like the Fourteenth Institute, but the core department of the Imperial Guard, Beizhen Fusi.
Why would Zhu Houzhao let his people go to the honor guard to waste time?
Mao Yuwen is now a powerful figure. He is no longer the timid young man who was afraid of wolves before and tigers behind, and suppressed himself all day long. He regarded himself as a close confidant of the prince and recognized no one except the prince, which made others think he was a bit arrogant.
And those slender eyes and protruding cheekbones on his face... have already made many people start to feel scared when they see him.
The information that Uncle Shouning and Uncle Jianchang still did not repent was obtained through Mao Yuwen's investigation.
Another person, Zhu Houzhao, also met.
It was the former magistrate of Leshan County, Han Ziren.
He was brought along by Yang Tinghe.
When Zhu Houzhao saw Han Ziren, he felt that he was not an ordinary scholar, because he had dark skin, a wide waist and long back, and a sharp look in his eyes.
Especially when I heard that he personally took the lead in the charge with a knife in Leshan County.
So Zhu Houzhao wanted to develop his military potential,
Han Ziren was a little nervous in the East Palace that day. He had prepared various excuses, but he never thought that the prince would want him to join the army.
The prince said: "Charge forward with weapons. Many warriors nowadays do not have such courage. You, Han Ziren, dare to do so. I think you are more suitable for the battlefield."
Han Ziren had never seen a scene like that in the East Palace, so he didn't dare to defend himself. In the end, he just accepted it.
Now he is Tengxiang Zuowei Qianhuguan (fifth grade), and county magistrate is seventh grade. Now that he has been promoted to two levels in a row, he has secured a future. Needless to say, among the literati community, his status as a scholar was a huge disadvantage.
But among a group of Qiu Ba, he had even won the title of Juren after all!
And no one said to him: You are just a judge.
In addition, since he had never been a soldier, Zhu Houzhao sometimes talked about some drills and military training methods of later generations, which was easier for him to accept. ….
Finally, Zhang Yong came back.
Entered the palace on an ordinary day.
At that time, Zhu Houzhao was rummaging through a book in the palace. When he saw him arriving, he asked, "Was it a hard trip?"
Zhang Yong replied: "I am your Highness's servant. I run errands for His Highness. How can I say it is hard work or not?"
"Where is Mekojia now?"
"Back to Your Highness, in Hangzhou. Mei Kejia is quite talented in business. He changed the name of his business in the northwest to Meiji. When he first went there, he was engaged in tea and porcelain business. Only through these can he find Western buyers, but the process It was also a lot of twists and turns, but fortunately, I have the status of the palace to support him, and people over there are also afraid of it."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "After he gets a foothold, you can stay in the capital. Usually I will ask the Zhejiang garrison eunuch to take care of him. You only need to go once a year. One is to let people know about Mei Kejia." The relationship has not been broken, and the second thing is to take a look at his account and get some money back."
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"In addition, the Tengxiang left guard has selected a total of 2,800 strong men. You are responsible for training them to serve as the relative guards of this palace. When the time is right, I will personally patrol. If there is no army yet, I will Let me ask you."
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely live up to Your Highness's trust."
Zhu Houzhao trusted Zhang Yong. Although he was not as thoughtful as Liu Jin, he was more sincere than Liu Jin.
All in all, the civil servants and military generals are quite capable.
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In this way, he felt more stable and at ease sitting in the position of supervising the country.
On the second day, Liu Jian led the cabinet, six ministers, general affairs envoys, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the East Palace. A large group of people took their seats in two rows.
This is probably where the discussion begins. .
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