Emperor Chongzhen was first surprised and then delighted. In the morning, he got the news from Cao Huachun's conversation that Lu Xiangsheng was surrounded by Haoshuiqiao, which was very dangerous. For this reason, he asked people to take out the map and look at the situation. Did he think that Lu Xiangsheng would eventually die in battle like in history?
If Lu Xiangsheng dies in battle, there will be no one capable of leading troops in the capital. For this reason, he issued gold medals in succession and urged Hong Chengchou, who had taken the first step, to come to the capital Qinwang as soon as possible. No matter what, Hong Chengchou is considered a capable player. Even if there is no memory in later generations, the original Emperor Chongzhen knew that Hong Chengchou continued to exterminate bandits.
After receiving news from Cao Huachun again at noon, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed. Knowing his will and the few gold medals that worked, Gao Qiqian went to the rescue all night, and now he has attracted the main force of the Manchu army. Lu Xiangsheng broke through to Jiazhuang, which was easier than defending on the ground.
For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order for the Ming troops from all over the country who were still on Qinwang Road to move towards Julu.
Then, he was in a good mood and began to check Lan Tianbao's "homework".
It has to be said that these four young eunuchs have little experience and have never dealt with similar things. Therefore, their "homework" can be said to be a mess.
The memorials at this time are mainly divided into several categories. First, memorials from various places related to the disasters caused by the Manchu army and the urgent need for reinforcements and military pay;
The second is the memorials from various places where King Qin’s troops requested money and food;
The third is the memorials from various places regarding the need for disaster relief due to natural disasters;
The fourth is the memorials of the parties in the DPRK and China impeaching each other, and these memorials are the best!
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In this regard, these four little eunuchs, especially the fourth category, have no idea what to do and can't tell the difference! In other categories, in line with the principles stated by Emperor Chongzhen, they did respond with money and food, disaster relief, etc. However, they did not know where the money and food came from, how much was appropriate, etc., and it was equivalent to saying nothing. explain.
When Emperor Chongzhen was inspecting, the four young chamberlains stood with their hands down, feeling very frightened. They all knew that they would definitely fail this "homework", and they didn't know whether the emperor would be angry, thus losing a very good opportunity!
They didn't understand that Emperor Chongzhen intended to train them, so they naturally didn't care about this "homework". Instead, they smiled and said to them: "I will review them all in a while, and then you will see how I review them. Cabinet You should also read the proposal of the minister carefully and remember it carefully. I believe that there is no problem in the world that cannot be solved by being serious. As long as you listen, see and learn with your heart, you will be able to deal with these in the future. Memorial!"
After all, the ceremonial supervisor does not actually need to give opinions on how to deal with memorials from all over the country. Instead, the assistant ministers give their opinions, and the eunuch Bingbi comes to see if this opinion is acceptable. Comparatively speaking, the work of the ceremonial supervisor will be much easier, and the requirements for the eunuch Bingbi do not need to be too high.
On the contrary, cabinet ministers who give specific opinions and suggestions are very demanding. This is why cabinet ministers must be well-trained and well-educated people, the best among civil servants.
The political structure in which the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor check and balance each other cannot be said to be unadvanced. It is precisely because of this that the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty has been improved for nearly three hundred years. It’s just that no matter how good the system is, it must be implemented by people. If people have problems, no matter how good the system is, it will only become a decoration.
In the following time, Emperor Chongzhen had to do the most important job of an emperor, which was to review memorials.
After drafting the cabinet vote and the opinions given by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he would read the memorial. If he felt that there was no problem, he would have someone stamp it. If something is not right on the Supervisor's side, he will change the opinion of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and then stamp it; if he feels that the opinions and suggestions of the cabinet ministers are really not to his liking, no matter what the opinions of the Supervisor of Liturgy are, he will write them down and send them back again. The cabinet ministers will discuss it again. As for the things that are unclear at the moment, just keep them in mind for now.
Generally speaking, memorials are drafted based on the content by the assistant ministers in charge. However, if the emperor rejects the memorial, several assistant ministers will have to discuss it together. Of course, some memorials involve several ministers, and these must be discussed together in advance. It is also for this reason that there cannot be no one in the cabinet, nor can one just find someone to do the job.
Relatively speaking, Emperor Chongzhen's job was quite easy, but he couldn't handle the heavy workload!
The former Emperor Chongzhen wanted to learn from his ancestors, and he had to handle everything by himself, no matter how big or small. Therefore, he was very busy from day to night, and he also won a reputation for diligence in future generations. It's just a pity. , but in the end it was a useless effort, and the country was destroyed.
With the perspective of the two emperors of Chongzhen, when he looks at these memorials again, he can see many problems. But there were some things that he still couldn't be sure of. The main thing is that what Emperor Chongzhen originally knew was actually very limited. He didn't know much about the outside world and was not familiar with people's livelihood. He only listened to what his ministers said. And now, although he has experience in later generations, he has just traveled through time and is actually unaware of the events of this era. This must be a familiarization process.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was determined to cultivate a group of confidants in the palace from scratch, and he also wanted to be familiar with the conditions of this era. These memorials had to be read, reviewed, agreed, rejected, or retained to be dealt with one by one.
In this way, time flies by quickly, and it feels like it will be dark in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that there were still many memorials to be processed, and a large number of memorials were sent from the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Emperor Chongzhen felt that his head was a little big. But there is no way, who makes himself the emperor, he still has to continue to deal with it.
While taking a short break, he also took a look at the eavesdropping system. I found that Cao Huachun was still on the road even in the dark. It seemed that he was really frightened, and he even kept on walking all night. Well, when he comes back, we can watch the show.
I just don’t know how the war is going on over there in Julu? When Cao Huachun came back, the channel through which he could understand was cut off again!
Just as he was thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt something in his heart, and he issued an order to call back Wang Chengen, who had just gone to rest, and ordered him to rush to Julu, supervise Gao Qiqian, and strictly implement the previous order. The same goes for other generals, such as If there is a problem, it can be captured on the spot and escorted to Beijing.
When Wang Chengen heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
To be honest, he had already paid forty thousand taels of silver to the emperor during the day, which was regarded as stolen money. After that, I have been a little worried, afraid that the emperor will settle the score afterwards. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only did not fall out, but instead gave him an important task and sent him to supervise the army. In other words, he has suddenly transformed and has a higher status than the previous director Gao Qiqian!
In response, he quickly thanked him and immediately left the capital overnight.
Wang Chengen naturally didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen sent him out for three purposes.
