In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 349 The Grand Court Meeting II
Huangji Hall is the largest and most majestic palace in the Forbidden City. Although the hall is empty, there is still a little lack of space with so many people pouring in at once.

In fact, there are not even a hundred people who are qualified to follow Lin Rui into the hall. However, considering that the meeting will last for a long time, each official entering the hall has a low stool next to him so that he can sit and attend the meeting. There is also an aisle left in the middle, which makes the space on both sides a bit crowded.

Although the emperor's majesty can be better reflected by the ministers standing, Lin Rui has never deliberately pursued those frivolous things. However, it is impossible for each person to sit on a grand master's chair and a golden sword. of.

In fact, according to the tradition of the Han and Tang Dynasties, kneeling was the most elegant thing. However, after the Song Dynasty, basically no one wanted to kneel and were not used to kneeling, so they could only replace the mat with a low stool, although it was a bit inelegant. , but it is more practical and comfortable.

As Lin Rui came to the dragon chair on the steps and sat down, everyone paid homage again, and then they all sat on the low stools, but this time they did not kneel down and worship.

It was only then that the secretary-general in charge of presiding over the meeting officially announced the start of the meeting, and then the first deputy general manager of the inner court took the lead in making a general announcement.

The content of the report is also very simple. It mainly reports on some of Dahua's achievements in the autumn and some major military and national affairs that have occurred.

For example, in the autumn, Dahua added a new Xihai Province, Yunnan was completely pacified, Vietnam, Burma, Ryukyu, Portugal and other countries sent envoys to North Korea, etc.

Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is the war between Mobei and North Korea. North Korea's Second Army is currently completely on the defensive, but the war in Mobei makes people even more curious.

After all, the commander of the army was the imperial concubine, a Mongolian woman, and he only carried [-] troops. In addition, the conquest of Mobei was of great significance to the Han Dynasty, so the civil servants wanted to know what was going on. , has the imperial concubine suffered a defeat, or even been completely wiped out?
Obviously, almost all civil servants were waiting to see the emperor's joke, and some even wanted to be wiped out.

The news from Mobei came in August. All the civil servants were a little surprised when they learned that all the Mongolian tribes in Mobei had been driven to the North Sea and that the Chinese army had occupied the entire Mobei.

Although everyone wanted to know the specific details of the war, there were only a few sentences in the report. Now was not the time to ask, and they did not dare to ask.

But when it was said that the vicinity of Beihai had been occupied by a powerful empire from the west, everyone was shocked again.

Because the description of this empire in the bulletin is a bit scary. Although it has been said above, it has not been confirmed yet, but an empire with a territory not much smaller than Dahua, a large population, advanced firearms, and the ability to build cities and farm is still worth mentioning. Everyone was in disbelief.

Seeing that there were whispers in the hall, and many people looked worried, Lin Rui nodded with satisfaction.

He naturally knew that the current Tsarist Russia was not as powerful as Habeer reported back. The reason why he reported it truthfully was to prevent the world's scholars from sitting in a well and watching the sky. He also had the idea of ​​​​deliberately portraying a powerful opponent.

However, Lin Rui was frightened and at the same time very angry that Tsarist Russia had already arrived at Lake Baikal. Those guys were expanding too fast.

Fortunately, their strength at Lake Baikal is not strong enough. Belle should be able to eliminate the Chechen tribe and them at the same time, strangling Tsarist Russia's eastward ambition.

Of course, he also knew that it was easy to defeat those thousands of Tsarist Russia, but it was not easy to firmly control the entire Central Siberia.

After all, the climate and environment there are too harsh and it is too far away from Beijing, but no matter how difficult it is, actual control and development of local areas must be carried out, otherwise Tsarist Russia will definitely take advantage of it over time.

So he has already given orders to the Wuyuan area, asking them to be prepared. After the spring plowing next year, they will transport 50 shi of food supplies to Mobei, and recruit [-] Mongolian cavalry and go there.

As for the civil servants, the garrison, and the workers who built the rail carriages, they planned to wait until the war was over and the province was officially established. At that time, they would definitely go to the Japanese country to arrest people and be responsible for building foundations in the Gobi desert.

Dangdang!
Lin Rui was still thinking wildly, but the secretary-director standing on the right signaled the female officer beside her to ring the bell.

Everyone fell silent in an instant and sat down leisurely again, while the deputy general manager standing on the left side of the dragon chair continued to read the announcement.

"Now the Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council will make a government affairs report."

Hong Chengchou quickly stood up, picked up the prepared booklet from his sleeve, came to the center of the hall, first saluted Lin Rui on the dragon chair, then bowed to the left and right, and then read aloud.

The Government Affairs Council is in charge of the world's political affairs, and is now introducing new reforms. Almost everyone is listening attentively. Compared with a simple announcement, Hong Chengchou's report was much more comprehensive and detailed. The progress of the implementation of the new policies in each province and the restructuring work of various departments and yamen at all levels were quite clear and clear.

Especially the tax and financial situation of the last quarter.

After reporting for nearly half an hour, his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry. Only then did Hong Chengchou finish his report and retreat.

As soon as Hong Chengchou sat down, all the Donglin Party members looked at each other. Shi Kefa stood up with a decisive look on his face, bowed and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"

As Shi Kefa spoke out, needles could be heard in the hall, and most people looked at Shi Kefa in shock.

After all, the Great Council does not allow trouble, and it is not in line with the regulations for Shi Kefa to stand up now. This is definitely the rhythm of making trouble.

Everyone couldn't help but admire Shi Kefa for not being afraid of death and daring to openly impeach Hong Chengchou on such an occasion.

Obviously everyone knows what Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party members want to do, and they also know that disrupting the dynasty would be the greatest rebellion against the emperor and will never be tolerated.

Sure enough, Lin Rui's face instantly darkened.

Fortunately, the Secretary-General who was presiding over the meeting saw the opportunity quickly and reminded him quickly: "President Shi, it is not the court's turn to report yet, and no one is allowed to do anything. Please sit down!"

Shi Kefa opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down.

The secretary-general breathed a sigh of relief and quickly announced that the report would come from the Governor's Mansion. The tense atmosphere in the hall also dissipated a lot.

Hong Chengchou also secretly broke into a cold sweat. Apparently he said he was not afraid of Shi Kefa's impeachment, but seeing that guy really dared to risk his life to kill him, he felt a little nervous.

The Metropolitan Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office was concurrently appointed by the emperor himself. Lin Rui naturally would not go there personally to report on military affairs, so the person who made the report was the Minister of Military Affairs, a wife in her thirties.

The military affairs report also lasted for less than half an hour. It mainly gave a general briefing on the training and naval matters of the new army, as well as the military expenditures of each legion, town and war zone in the previous quarter, so that everyone could have an idea. A rough understanding.

Although you cannot intervene in specific military affairs and wars, you still have the necessary right to know, and of course it is limited to listening.

In the future, military affairs notifications like this will be divided into three levels. The first level is Level A, which will only be reported once a quarter in the form of newspapers within the military.

Then there is Level B, which is a written notification to the entire government, and finally there is Level C, which is a notification to all the people of Dahua.

The level of detail in each of the three types of announcements varies.

For example, a briefing for everyone will be released once a year in the future. It will mainly talk about where the war is going on, why the war is being fought, and whether it is won or lost.

Then introduce how many legions, how many towns Dahua has, the specific number of field troops, and the amount of annual military expenditures.

"Now the head of the court is invited to give a judicial report."

Seeing that it was finally his turn, Shi Kefa immediately stood up and strode towards the main hall, looking like the wind rustling and the water cold, the power of a strong man who would never return.

(End of this chapter)