I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Obviously, Wei Zhongxian wanted to take advantage of the great victory to burn the last fire and completely uproot the Donglin Party members between the ruling and opposition parties.

For Zhu Youxiao, why not do it?

The Zhejiang Party has gradually risen in the local area, and it has the momentum to replace the Donglin Party. Once the leader of the Zhejiang Party, Wen Tiren, enters Beijing, a three-legged situation will be formed between the Eunuch Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Wuxun Party.

And the Donglin Party should indeed be wiped out completely.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao became furious in a blink of an eye, and staged a chameleon-like drama, "These traitors!"

"The high-ranking officials of the court raised them well, and they all boasted that they were noble, but they were full of hypocrites behind the scenes!"

Although Shi Sanwei was on the list of the first to be impeached, most of them are no longer officials in the court, either they have been persecuted to death by Wei Zhongxian, or they have no choice but to return home because of party disputes.

However, nothing can stop the eunuch party from killing the Donglin party.

"Pass down my will, follow up on Wanli Sanjingcha!"

"The deceased will pursue the family's orders, and those who survive will be dismissed immediately, and will never be hired!" Zhu Youxiao seemed to be getting more and more angry, panting heavily, and said repeatedly:

"The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies re-examined the Jingcha three times. I intend to use the deposed person as the original official at my discretion. I will draw up a list and present it to me!"

Shi Sanwei hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground and bowed:

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Eunuch officials also followed suit.

"Your Majesty Shengming, long live long live!!"

The shouts from the mountain gradually died down, and several burly generals stepped up to the Huangji Hall, pulling out the four Donglin party members who were still on the impeachment list and still serving as officials one by one.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

"Your Majesty, think twice, think twice—!"

These four Donglin Party members all deserve death. They appear to be noble, but they are actually very corrupt.

Wei Zhongxian instructed Shi Sanwei to impeach everyone, but in fact they got the tacit approval of Zhu Youxiao, and the eunuch party dared to make such a big show.

But when something like this happened in the court, almost no one would think of Emperor Tianqi himself.

Regardless of whether they are officials in the court or local officials, or those disciples of the Donglin Party members, all they think of is Wei Zhongxian flattering the emperor and taking the opportunity to arrest the Donglin Party members.

Many people know that this action of the Eunuch Party has been planned for a long time, and it is enough to drive the deep-rooted Donglin Party into the bottomless abyss!

Only a few people can see that this is just a move by Emperor Tianqi to further increase the imperial power.

The Eunuch Party, or the Donglin Party, are just pawns under the imperial power. In this open and secret struggle, no one is the real winner except Zhu Youxiao.

……

The miserable cry of the four Donglin party members made the rest of the officials tremble with fear.

There were hundreds of civil and military officials standing on the Huangji Hall, but it still seemed empty, and the silence made people feel hairy and at a loss for what to do.

"Qizou Your Majesty, Xiao Ruxun, the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, passed away the day before yesterday." At this time, the British Duke Zhang Weixian stood up and broke the silence.

"Xiao Ruse guarded Ningxia for twelve years. He repelled the invaders many times and beheaded thousands of people. He is respected by the frontier army. I think the court should reward him appropriately."

Xiao Ruxun defended Ningxia for 12 years in Ningxia when he resisted the sneak attacks of the Western Captives and Mongol tribes when Zhu Youxiao personally conquered the Southwest.

Now that he died in office, he was considered as being loyal to the country. He should be rewarded for both affection and reason, otherwise, it would chill the hearts of the soldiers in the world to serve the country.

"Quasi." Zhu Youxiao nodded, thought about it and said:

"I want to posthumously grant Xiao Ruxun the posthumous posthumous title of Marquis of the Township, so that his son Xiao Anguo will inherit a thousand households of Jinyiwei and command affairs for Shanxi Pingyangwei. What do you think?"

There was a buzz of discussion among the ministers, and someone came out and said:

"Your Majesty Shengming."

As soon as it landed, the discussion gradually subsided, and the officials shouted one after another, including Zhang Weixian and Wei Zhongxian: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied, and suddenly asked:

"Who is Zuo Dudu, the palm print of the Rear Army Dudu's Mansion?"

It is impossible for the emperor to ask meaningless questions at such a time. Most likely, this matter will be handed over to the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

With such thoughts in mind, Zhang Weixian didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, it was Chen Yanzuo, Marquis of Taining, who first conferred the title of his ancestor Chen Gui, and was ennobled by Jing Nan for his military achievements, and has been in office until now."

Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said lightly: "Ningxia Town is under the jurisdiction of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion, so let's leave this matter to the Rear Army Governor's Mansion."

Zhang Weixian knelt down immediately: "Your Majesty is wise, as soon as the court is over, I will go to Taining Hou Mansion in person."

Chapter 686 The New Ningxia General Soldier

"Since the general army of Ningxia is vacant, do you have any other candidates?" Zhu Youxiao looked around at the ministers and asked with his mouth open.

Zhang Weixian said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I propose that Ma Yong can be appointed as General of Ningxia East Road!"

"Oh?" Zhu Youxiao looked over and asked lightly:

"Is there anything special about this Mayon?"

Zhang Weixian thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, Ma Yong has been a subordinate of Zhenbianhou for many years. His name is Tianxi, and he is from Qian'an. "

While he was talking, Wei Zhongxian thoughtfully praised Ma Yong's hometown and his past experience.

This made Zhang Weixian a little embarrassed, but he could only bite the bullet and continue talking.

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised, how did this guy manage to ask and answer every court meeting, and was so well prepared?

In fact, thinking about it, Xiao Ruxun passed away a few days ago, the news must have reached the capital a long time ago, and it was only brought to the court today for discussion.

Naturally, Wei Zhongxian guessed that the imperial court will discuss who will succeed the next Ningxia commander-in-chief at this court meeting. After all, Ningxia is also one of the important towns on the nine borders, and it is an important place for military preparations.

Ma Yong, who has guarded Ningxia East Road for many years, has outstanding military exploits, and has a high prestige in the Ningxia frontier army, is naturally an excellent candidate.

Since Wei Zhongxian was interested, Zhu Youxiao was happy to save trouble, took the brochure, looked carefully, and suddenly found that Ma Yong was indeed a talent.

In the 32nd year of Wanli, he was appointed as the commander of Jinwu Zuowei.

At that time, the government was chaotic, and the Western captives frequently invaded the country. Chen Gan, the general of the Ningxia East Road, was afraid of the battle and avoided the war.

The Western captives plundered Ningxia and retreated. Chen Gan, the general of the East Road, was impeached by the imperial censor soon.

At this time, Ma Yong was recommended by Xiao Ruxun to guard the Helan Mountain pass in Ningxia.

In the third year, that is, in the 36th year of Wanli, the Xilu, who had tasted the sweetness, invaded the Han tribe again and besieged the Helan Mountain Pass, wanting to plunder again.

Ma Yong, who was the garrison officer at the time, was fearless. He led the troops to fight against the Helan Mountains, and repelled the Cha Han tribe with the heavy artillery of the strong city.

The Chahan tribe was defeated and retreated, Ma Yong judged the situation again, and decisively led his troops out of the pass to pursue. The Ming army caught up with the remnants of the Chahan tribe in the Pingluo area, and the two armies started a tragic melee.

According to the records of the military imperial edict, Ma Yong took the lead in this battle, beheading the little prince of the Han Dynasty, and his troops chased him for more than [-] miles, beheading more than [-] levels, which is called the great victory of Helan Mountain.

After this battle, Ma Yong became famous in the first battle, Longyan Dayue, Emperor Wanli, was promoted to the general of Ningxia East Road because of his meritorious service, and the Chahan tribe has never dared to invade south.

Ma Yong, a general in Ningxia East Road, has been working for six years.

Until the third year of Apocalypse, Zhu Xieyuan was ordered to go out to the decisive battle with Hou Jin, and Ma Yong followed Xiao Ruxun to go out to fight against the Jurchen Eight Banners in the Battle of Liaodong, and made other contributions.

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao closed the notebook, but he didn't even hear what Zhang Weixian said, but turned his head and said directly:

"It's true what the British public said, and I think so too."

"Ma Yong has been guarding the East Road for many years. He has performed military exploits and succeeded him as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia.

Zhang Weixian had also prepared in advance, but it seemed that his preparation was not as complete as Wei Zhongxian's.

This old eunuch even picked out Ma Yong's date of birth, and wrote all his merits and demerits so far in a notebook, and presented it for the emperor to read.

As for myself, I just prepared some spoken words.

Anyway, the result is good.

For the imperial court, Xiao Ruxun's death meant the loss of a general, while Ma Yonggao's promotion to the Ningxia General Army was the best result for the towns on the nine borders.

As for Wei Zhongxian, he won this time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Weixian calmly said:

"Your Majesty is wise, I obey the order!"

Seeing his expression, Wei Zhongxian also had a look of gloating on his misfortune, and said, "This old servant will obey the imperial decree."

The ministers had nothing to say, not to mention that Ma Yong's succession was a matter of course, so naturally there was nothing to deliberately refute.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

This kind of shout, Zhu Youxiao's ears could hear the cocoon coming, his face didn't change at all, it was still as calm as water.

After discussing the civil, political and military affairs, the next topic of the court meeting, the issue of the navy and military department, will be resolved today.

Wei Guangwei, chief assistant of the cabinet, knew that he needed to take the lead at such a time, so he came out and said:

"Qizou Your Majesty, the establishment of the Navy Department should not be in the same order as the six departments. This is the law of the ancestors for thousands of years. It has been followed by generations and must not be easily changed."

"As for the Navy Department, it can be renamed as the Navy Division. It ranks under the Ministry of War and is under the direct command of the Ministry of War. It will be located in Beijing to build the headquarters."

As soon as the words fell to the ground, there was a loud commotion in the Huangji Hall for the first time.

Zhu Youxiao coughed twice, waited for the hall to be quiet, and asked expressionlessly: "Is this the result of more than half a month's discussion between your cabinet and the six ministries?"

This kind of tone doesn't seem like a good thing.

Wei Guangwei's forehead gradually oozes fine sweat, and he nods respectfully.

As soon as he stated his position, the remaining six ministers all came forward to agree. It seems that they had already made up their minds to advise on this kind of matter.

Seeing that the attitude of the officials is so firm, Zhu Youxiao can't continue to go his own way for a while.

Looking around at the ministers, no matter what party or faction, the civil servants almost all echoed in unison, but no one on Wu Xun's side did anything arbitrarily.

Obviously, they are not satisfied with the arrangement of the cabinet and the six ministries.

The establishment of the Navy Department is in principle to conduct unified management of the naval divisions of the provinces. This will inevitably elevate the status of the naval divisions and generals.

The civil servants suggested that the Ministry should be changed into a division, and the rank should be subordinated to the Ministry of War. If this is true, the navy of each province will be restrained by the Ministry of War.

This is really not a good plan for generals and nobles.

What Zhu Youxiao has to do now is to strike a balance in the middle, not to let the navy be lifted too high, but also to satisfy both parties.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youxiao looked sideways and asked, "I see that the British Lord is frowning, and he seems to have something to say to me?"

Zhang Weixian was taken aback for a moment, ten thousand grass and mud horses ran past in his heart, but his face seemed to be calm in an ancient well, he hurried out and said:

"Your Majesty knows what I want, and I do have something to say."

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly, noncommittal.

Zhang Weixian is the representative of Wu Xun, and after the restructuring, he is in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. His opinions almost represent the thoughts of Wu Xun in the world.

Civil servants all looked sideways, even Wei Guangwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was no exception.

They all want to hear what solution this leader of martial arts can propose.

Zhang Weixian still frowned, and said in a calm tone: "I agree with the elder Ge and the sixth department's idea, and agree to change the Navy Department to the Navy Division."

that's it?

Zhu Youxiao didn't believe it, nor did anyone present believe it.

Everyone knows that this Weixian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not much rougher than Wei Zhongxian at all, so there must be something to say.

Sure enough, Zhang Weixian pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "The Naval Command should not be directly under the Ministry of War, but should be directly under His Majesty, and His Majesty will directly lead the national navy!"

Zhu Youxiao was taken aback, good guy, that sounds nice, didn't this kick the ball back?

It seems that the person who tied the bell needs to be untied, and the idea that I put forward has to be decided by myself in the end, but the matter of the sixth part of Zhitong should basically be impossible!

Chapter 687 Give it back thousands of times!

Zhu Youxiao examined Zhang Weixian for a long while, and saw that the latter's heart was trembling, and he didn't dare to raise his head to peek at Shangyan.

Shaoqing, but suddenly heard a few loud laughter.

"Hahaha, the Duke of England knows my heart!"

"The cabinet, the six ministries, and what the Duke of England said, I heard clearly. According to my opinion, it was indeed a little unrealistic before."

"The order of the Navy Department should not be the same as that of the Six Departments, so let's set it as the Navy Department! And the Navy Department is in charge of the navy of the whole country, and we want to set up a general administration in Beijing..."