Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 634: The leading party took the initiative to welcome Wang Shicheng and Zhu sent important ministers to invite them to serve.
Qianxue asked curiously: "Why is Japan's political situation so complicated? With two emperors and two shogunates, isn't this civil war going to knock the dogs out of their minds?"

Zhu Qiyu explained: "Japan has long been full of internal conflicts, and with the push of my attack on North Korea, the Warring States Period has officially begun.

The situation in Japan, using our Ming Dynasty analogy, is like the Jingtai court in Beijing, and Zhu Qizhen announced the restoration in Nanjing and established an orthodox court.Then I sent Zhu Wenfang to serve as the supervisor of the country, to station in Xiangyang and Changsha, and to command the southern provinces nearby.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty had two emperors, one supervisor, and three sets of teams.

With this analogy, you will know how chaotic Japan is. "

"Then Japan is finished. After they fight until both sides are hurt, we can rush in and reap the benefits."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "No, no, no, that won't work. Firstly, I can't wait; secondly, if they are allowed to fight a civil war, the one who survives in the end must be a particularly powerful hero. By then, he will have 30 to [-] elite soldiers and fight It's more strenuous.

It's better to take advantage of his illness and kill him.Besides, I have plenty of troops.The Miao and Yao people were very suitable to be sent to fight against Japan, as long as they were given enough money, food and weapons, and promised to give them land. "

Ningxiang added after hearing this: "There is also a traitor, Liu Hong's nephew named Liu Zhi, who has got in touch with Japan's great internal leader Masahiro.

Ouchi Masahiro wants to bypass the Muromachi shogunate and conduct exploration and trade with the Ming Dynasty. I want to ask my husband if he can agree? "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's awesome. We haven't even attacked yet, but the leading party came out first. You can promise Ouchi Masahiro, no problem."

During the Hongwu Dynasty, this Da Nei clan was conducting trade with the Ming Dynasty alone.Later, after the merger of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan, the qualifications for joint trade were exclusively occupied by the Muromachi shogunate.

As long as Ouchi Masahiro is willing to lead the way, there's nothing wrong with promising him some benefits. "

Ningxiang asked again: "Ouchi Masahiro also proposed to send a special envoy to Beijing to discuss secretly. How should we respond?"

"Come on, I'll see him in person. God helped me. I wanted to sleep and brought him a pillow. I even thought about what kind of petition I would ask them to submit.

Okay, serve me a meal and then go out to court. "

After eating a big meal of fish and meat, and drinking a glass of fresh milk, Zhu Qiyu took Zhu Wenfang to Qingyun Pavilion leisurely.

The third floor of Qingyun Pavilion was crowded with ministers. Zhu Qiyu frowned. There were indeed too many people.

Therefore, Liu Chang, Zhao Xuan, Wang Lin and others entered Qingyun Pavilion wearing armor and swords, and stood between Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Wenfang and the ministers.

As his prestige increased, Zhu Qiyu was also afraid that the opposition would turn him into Caesar.

Although this possibility is unlikely under the Ming Dynasty system, it still has to be guarded against.

Based on this consideration, Zhu Qiyu's first sentence was: "It's too crowded here. If more than ten people attend the Xiaochao meeting in the future, the venue will be changed to Qingyun Hall."

When the ministers heard this, they naturally had no objections.Today, it is rare for the emperor to let his close associates stand with swords during the small court meeting. It is very dishonorable for both the emperor himself and the ministers.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Qiyu leaned on the backrest and asked quietly: "Let's start, what do you have to say?"

It was Luo Tong, the Minister of War, who was the first to stand up and report: "Your Majesty, the Japanese army is out in force and besieging Anbian. Anbian City is short of firearms, food and grass, and Nanhehou asked the court for emergency rescue.

However, there are only [-] Ming troops in Pyongyang City and they are unable to divide the troops for rescue.If we mobilize troops from the interior, it may be too late.

If reinforcements do not arrive within a month from now, Anbian City may fall. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "What does the Ministry of War mean?"

Luo Tong replied: "This matter is difficult to decide, so let's ask the Holy One to make a decision."

Zhu Qiyu asked other people.

Surprisingly, Wei Ji stepped forward and once again reiterated his position of hoping to withdraw his troops.Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I want to send the navy to land in North Korea to relieve the siege of Anbian, and then wipe out the main force of the Japanese and North Korean coalition forces."

Wei Ji was stunned for a moment, then confirmed again: "The Holy One really insists on this?"

"Well, I have to bring North Korea and Japan into the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu's emphasis and obsession with North Korea and Japan are difficult for most ministers to understand.

Starting from Ming Taizu, including Taizu, Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong, all Ming emperors felt that Korea and Japan were dispensable and not worth expending national power to conquer.

Wei Ji, as a scholar in the early Yongle years and as a master of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, could not understand these things.

After receiving the emperor's confirmation, Wei Ji cupped his hands and replied: "I am old and frail. I beg your Majesty to allow me to serve as an official."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Zhunzhi, Huang Qi, send Mr. Wei off for me."

Upon hearing this, Huang Qi stepped forward, supported Wei Ji and went out to invite him.

Although Zhu Qiyu and Wei Ji also had a brief relationship between emperor and minister, in Wei Ji's view, Zhu Qiyu has gone back to Zhu Qizhen's old path of being militaristic and enjoying great achievements.

People's positions are not static, and it is normal to divide and combine.

Wei Ji was helped out politely by Huang Qike, while other ministers were quite surprised.

The emperor in front of him has always been relatively gentle, whether he is really or pretending to be so, he at least shows tenderness to his important ministers.

But today, he was very decisive. Wei Ji asked to be appointed to the official position, and the emperor agreed without even a moment of confusion, let alone retaining him.

Zhu Qiyu is not just out of anger, the cabinet needs to make some adjustments.In particular, Wei Ji, a master of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, will inevitably conflict with his own ideas of governing the country more and more in the future.

To be honest, Zhu Qiyu was full of ill will toward Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and sooner or later he would fine-tune the imperial examination system to deny the dominant position of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

When everyone was distracted, Xue Xuan also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am too old to serve. Please allow me to take up my official position."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Zhunzou, let's go."

After watching Xue Xuan leave, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who else wants to become an official? Come forward together. Don't say it one by one. Everyone is ready to do it."

After waiting for a long time, no one said anything, and most of the important ministers still refused to give up their official positions.

There are two less masters of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the court, which relieves everyone's pressure a lot.

There are two morally perfect people here, and it seems that everyone else's character is quite bad.

Wang Wen is the happiest person. He has finally come through this time.Wei Ji's prestige was too high and his qualifications were unmatched. With this secondary assistant, Wang Wen was under great pressure.

Without Wei Ji, Wang Wen can truly take power and become the real chief assistant.

Zhu Qiyu also had this consideration. After conquering North Korea and Japan, Wang Wen would be in charge of the cabinet. He would control the government from behind and would no longer come forward easily.

It is not a long-term solution for an emperor to always roll up his sleeves and take action in person.

Next, it’s time to reuse Si Lijian and Dongchang.Chenghua used Wang Zhi, Wuzong used Liu Jin, and Tianqi used Wei Zhongxian. This is the right way.The kind of people like Chongzhen are tired and offend others, their efforts are not appreciated, and the more they work, the less interesting they become.

(End of this chapter)