Ming dynasty grand dude

It seems really different now, seeing my mentor and Fang Xinzhi, that old eunuch laughing and jokingly fighting with each other.

If it wasn't for the mentor who broke up with them and broke it up when he went back, he could only listen to it with a half-knowledge.

For example, the mentor said that he would meet with Lord Xinzhi after returning to the capital, which means that I will find an opportunity to help Lord Xinzhi return to Beijing to take up a post.

Xin Zhigong said, oops~!It's a pity that Qilin'er came and went in a hurry, and the old man was not good at killing Japanese and eliminating pirates, but it was a shame that he seldom helped!

That means that I really can't do murder and arson, but as long as I can catch other things, I will do my best.

After Zhang Lun left, Fang Xinzhi went to invite Qian Neng first, and then went to visit Wang Hua, the examiner.

At first, they thought that Fang Xinzhi was the examiner, so they agreed to Zhang Lun to hand in the papers in advance, but now Wang Hua is the examiner.

Naturally, Fang Xinzhi was responsible for communicating with Wang Hua and asked Zhang Lun to hand in the paper in advance.

Wang Hua was originally resolutely refusing, but Fang Xinzhi bowed again and again and said that this was what he thought the examiner had agreed to.

Qian Neng also said on the sidelines that if this matter was reported to the public, His Majesty and the cabinet scholars would not be offended!

What the two said made Wang Hua sigh. Speaking of which, he still felt a little guilty for taking Fang Xinzhi's position as the examiner.

What is the purpose of promoting this family idiot unicorn to take an examination in the countryside? !

Isn't it just for the name of a teacher, but he, Wang Hua, was robbed in one airborne.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally agreed, and Fang Xinzhi and Qian Neng left happily.

On the eighth day of October, Xu Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, led the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the chief examiner of Yingtianfu Township Examination, and Youyu De Wang Hua of Zhanshifu Youchunfang to worship at the Confucius Temple.

On the twelfth, scholars enter the Tribute Court to roll their names, take their seats, and lock them up.

The 13th year of Hongzhi's Enke Township Examination, which had never appeared in history, started here, sitting in a room not much better than a prison.

While Zhang Lun felt a little excited that he had changed history, he scolded the bunch of bastards in the Ministry of Rites for not knowing how to improve the examination room!

Chapter 142 The imperial court decided to open the martial arts, and the loyal and straight ministers discussed in front of the palace

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the secret reports in front of him, and rubbed his forehead and between his brows, feeling extremely tired.

It has only been a few days since Yushi formed a crony and Gongsheng attacked Princess Fusang's resident, and the results of Dongchang and Jinyiwei's investigation of the Jiangnan Guard also came.

After all, it is necessary to check dozens of thousands of households, which is not a task that can be completed in a short period of time.

Even now, the general situation is only summarized, and this general situation has already shocked Emperor Hongzhi.

"The three great scholars and the Minister of the Ministry of War came to see..." Emperor Hongzhi's voice was full of exhaustion.

This Daming seems to be getting more and more difficult to take care of every day, and he used to feel that he could do a job with ease.

However, when the layers were uncovered, it was discovered that it was actually riddled with holes, leaks everywhere, and loopholes everywhere...

Looking at the layers of problems revealed in the secret report, Emperor Hongzhi felt chills down his spine!

This is not a drastic change, if there is a drastic change, can these guards be reliable!

"Minister..." Li, Liu, and Xie, the three great scholars, and Ma Wensheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, were about to salute as soon as they arrived.

But the exhausted Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said: "There is no need to be polite, these... just take a look!"

Xiao Jing silently handed the secret reports to the four ministers at the bottom of the steps, then returned to the emperor and bowed down.

The four people under the steps were a little puzzled at first, but after the secret report was opened, the faces of the four people all changed.

A large number of soldiers fled, serious shortages, insufficient food and salaries, and no drills...

Hundreds of households and thousands of slaves in the guards made soldiers work for themselves, occupied the farmland, and filled their private pockets with food and wages...

Concealing the soldier's riot and enlisting the soldiers to kill!Forced against the small flag and the general flag of the guard...

One by one, one by one, watching the four people is shocking and the whole body is cold!

If this is a little careless, it will be a disaster to overthrow the country!

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty!" Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the first to kneel down to plead guilty.

Emperor Hongzhi said exhaustedly before he had just uttered the words, before he knelt down: "What if you are guilty at this time, so what if you are innocent?!"

"The matter has come to this, it is necessary to discuss a charter first."

Looking at the report, the three major scholars couldn't help but sigh, regulations?What regulations can be discussed!

This is not a problem of one or two guards, it is a common problem of more than ten capitals, more than [-] internal and external guards, and more than [-] thousand households in the entire Ming Dynasty.

This secret report only investigates the problems exposed by thousands of households in the Jiangnan area. What about other areas? !

Is there no more? !

Even if imperial censors are sent to investigate for a while, how long can they guarantee that they will be investigated and dealt with in batches? !

And these thousands of households and guards are so honestly asking you to investigate? !

In desperation, he pulled people and horses and fell into the grass to flee for bandits and cause disaster...

The military disaster caused by that is even worse than this!

"I set up martial arts before, but I didn't pay much attention to it..." Emperor Hongzhi sighed softly, with a bitter voice: "It seems that it is my mistake!"

The four ministers did not dare to speak, but remained silent.

Why don't you dare to speak? !Chenghua's 14-year cabinet vote proposed:

"Martial arts is important, and it is done before it is easy. The Ministry of War is transferred to the world, and it is educated for several years. Once it is effective, the official tools such as patrolling and learning will be sent to him."

To put it bluntly, it was put on hold.

In Hongzhi's sixth year of martial arts, he had to try two strategies first. Is this the selection of generals? !

The history of the Ming Dynasty also said that in the 15th year of Hongzhi, Zheng Jishangshu, the right servant of the Nanjing household department, asked for a three-year martial arts test, but Xiaozong refused.

Actually? !It was at that time that the Ministry of War replied that "the martial arts has already been held, and it is enough to inspire people's hearts, so there is no need to change it easily."

Emperor Hongzhi did not express his position on this, but was dismissed by the Ministry of War.

So this is not a problem with Emperor Hongzhi at all, it is entirely because the civil servants are worried about the division of power among generals, so they are tightly suppressing the martial arts.

Emperor Hongzhi thought of what Zhang Lun had said to him in his letter, and pondered for a while before speaking.

"Draw up a charter, and hold a martial arts Enke next month!" Emperor Hongzhi, who was on the dragon chair, said in a deep voice: "This time... to mention the provincial examination!"

Li Dongyang frowned upon hearing this, feeling that it seemed too hasty.

But looking at those secret reports again, he could only sigh, the emperor was in a hurry.

The information in these secret reports is too shocking, the guards in the entire Jiangnan area are equivalent to all rotten.

It's no wonder that just a few dozen Japanese pirates were able to run rampant in the south of the Yangtze River and kill innocents indiscriminately, and even dared to stay overnight after the killing.

This stimulus to Emperor Hongzhi was not ordinary, it was equivalent to treating the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty as nothing!

Ma Wensheng was about to say something more, but Liu Jian pulled him and shook his head.

"I will obey the order!" Emperor Hongzhi hummed and waved them away.

After they left, he pondered for a while to Xiao Jing who was beside him, and said: "Xun Wang, Wang Er Gong came to see you."

Xiao Jing couldn't help but twitched his brows when he heard these words, but he still bowed and then went straight out of the hall.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a while in the hall, but he turned out the letter sent by Zhang Lun.

Open it and look at it little by little again. I don't know how long it took before I noticed two people standing under the steps.

Xiao Jing didn't know when he returned to Emperor Hongzhi's side, but he still stood in awe.

"Excuse me, both of you..." Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly to the two people below the steps, who bowed down but did not speak.

There are two of them, one is old and the other is middle-aged, the middle-aged one looks slightly fat, and his face is pale without wearing a Taoist robe of a rich man.

He smiled so hard that people couldn't see his true nature, but the glimmer of light flashed from time to time in his slender eyebrows and eyes showed that this person was not simple.

"Wei Ningbo's action made him feel free, but I have fallen into a place where no one can use it..."

Looking at the old man at the bottom of the steps, Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, "All the ministers in this court...hehe..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to persuade you. If it weren't for the first emperor's courtiers, they would have already been decapitated."

The rich man at the bottom of the rank sighed leisurely: "The minister has done his best for Daming and the royal family, but how is the minister's reputation?!"

"Wei Ningbo has come out to help you, but if he doesn't do this deadly move, I'm afraid it will be hard to die well?!"

The rich man made a long bow to Emperor Hongzhi: "The minister is in charge of Xichang, how many wrongdoings are there in the case you handled?!"

"The ministers counted out the battle formations, leading the army with Wei Ningbo to kill the enemy without fear of life and death, they... said a few good things about the ministers?!"

This man with the appearance of a rich man is indeed Wang Zhi, the famous admiral of Xichang in the Xianzong Dynasty, and the great eunuch who killed and pushed the Tatars many times in Jiuzhen Liaodong!

But Wang Zhi let out a deep breath, and made another long bow to Emperor Hongzhi.

"If it wasn't for the late emperor's protection, I'm afraid the ministers would have been decapitated by now if they had taken the ministers out of their sight first?"

Emperor Hongzhi was silent suddenly, just sitting on the dragon chair, he didn't know what he was thinking.

On the other hand, Uncle Wei Ning Yue smiled slightly, and said softly: "Why do you need to worry, Your Majesty?!"

"That Qilin'er alone is worth several times as much as Wang Gong and me!"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but widen his eyes and put his hands on the table: "Oh?! Chihuer still has such abilities?!"

"Hahaha...Your Majesty! You underestimated that qilin. The three major scholars said that he still needs to be investigated before he can be Fengyun qilin..."

But Uncle Wei Ning Yue smiled slightly, stroked his long beard and sighed: "Of course, the old minister thinks this son has already stirred up the situation!"

Emperor Hongzhi was not a first-timer in politics, so he asked Wang Yue to think carefully about the censor and Gongsheng incidents that broke out this time.

Suddenly he couldn't help but burst out laughing, didn't he!

It's just that he is still young, and it is unlikely that everyone will think about him, and several important ministers were involved in this matter.

Cao Mingqi, the magistrate of Suzhou, Fang Xinzhi, the censor of Tixue, and even Qian Neng, the minister in charge of Nanjing.

The three people are not affiliated with each other, which is equivalent to being out of reach on weekdays. You said that the three of them contributed to this matter together? !

how could it be possible!

Not to mention Emperor Hongzhi, even if he is an important official in the court, how many people would think that he, a child of a state official, can command these important officials? !

A large part of the reason why Wang Yue was able to react was that he had been in contact with Zhang Lun for a long time.

It was dark under the lamp for Emperor Hongzhi, and he suddenly realized it after Wang Yue reminded him!

Even though Qian Neng mentioned these things in the secret memorial, Emperor Hongzhi subconsciously still treated him as a child.

Those things... probably caused by Chi Huer, Cao Mingqi, Fang Xinzhi and others followed up!

However, thinking about it carefully at this time, how could Cao Mingqi and Fang Xinzhi command Fusang envoys to go to the hall to beg? !

"Although this son is capable, he has many problems..."

Wang Yue smiled wryly at Emperor Hongzhi: "The first thing that bears the brunt is bad temper. Once you offend him, it's like stabbing a hornet's nest..."

Hmm... It's much more powerful than a hornet's nest. Emperor Hongzhi thought about the censors who were dismissed and investigated, and the tribute students who were imprisoned.

It is estimated that if they knew the reason of the matter, they would rather be stung by a wasp than offend Chihuer.

"The second is laziness..." Wang Yue said, his face collapsed: "The old minister spent some time with him, and found that besides practicing martial arts and calligraphy..."

Wang Yue's expression became very strange: "That's extremely...lazy!"

"It's a matter of fame for a scholar to ask for an audience, but he doesn't see it. If it's not an important matter on weekdays, the writing is all written by his disciples and he dictates..."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Wang Yue continued: "Secondly... a good fortune, if you want to make it do things, you must be willing to move with the treasure..."

"..." Now it was Emperor Hongzhi's turn to look weird. He thought of the time when Zhang Lun was called to ask about his fraud case.

This kid first asked for money when he came up, and pretended to be dead if he didn't give any benefits, and wanted to run away.

In the letters I exchanged with myself, while I was persuading him not to be rich, this kid was tossing about his fallacies...

"But he has quite a method for taking money, even if he takes it, people have nothing to say."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, which was true.

Chi Hu'er killed Japanese pirates, killed pirates, and even attacked Fusang before returning to Daming.

Apart from borrowing a few warships before and after, it really didn't cost the country a single soldier, a single grain, or a millet.