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Chapter 543 Quick Report
From the first year of Jiajing to the present, the Ming Dynasty has not conferred a knighthood on any military officer. Historically, until the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Chengliang was the only military officer to be knighted.

There is no way, Li Chengliang's military achievements are too heavy, and his promotion method is different from that of every Ming general.

Yu Dayou and Liu Xian were the firefighting captains of the Ming Dynasty. There was no rebellion in the south. Let them lead the troops there. After one or two years, the rebellion subsided.

Qi Jiguang is a big killer. To put it bluntly speaking, except for killing Japanese pirates, other first-level achievements can be ignored. Put him in the southeast, and there will be no more wars in the southeast; put him in Jizhen, and there will be no more wars in Jizhen. Decay is miraculous, and the border blockade is impenetrable, making the enemy even want to fight.

Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements, and those who subdue others' soldiers without fighting are good people.

Li Chengliang's military achievements are another way. He fights one by one, never wipes out the enemy, and creates an enemy when there is no enemy. Therefore, he wins every year in the Northeast, and there is no one year that he does not win a battle. Sometimes he wins every year. Fortunately, a few letters.

To be victorious in every battle is not goodness.

That is, [-] victories did not solve the problem, because Li Chengliang can always create new problems.

In fact, Chen Mu's behavior is very similar to that of Li Chengliang. For example, money does not distinguish between public and private, for example, it can always create new problems.

Chen Mu was very surprised when he heard Xu Jue say that the emperor planned to grant him a knighthood at first, but then he calculated his own achievements - it seemed that being a knighthood was nothing.

Since the fifth year of Longqing, the imperial court has not given him any official rewards.

Chen Mu sat in the straight room of Jinyiwei for half an hour, and then went to sit in the Hanlin Zhi room three rooms next to it for a while. Because Tan Lun came, the old man himself had preferential treatment and did not have to go to court, but he was impeached a while ago. Today I am here to hand over the notebook and report my dismissal.

Tan Lun, who is over fifty years old, looks very old. Iron horses and golden weapons are a thing of the past. When the country is in Bei'an, there are no pirates in the south, and the Haiyan opera in front of the battlefield is unable to sing. The slander is even more sad.

After all, Shangshu of the Ministry of War is not a position for the elderly. Tan Lun himself knows that his body is no longer strong enough to perform the duties of the Shangshu. He asked for his dismissal several times, but was rejected by Emperor Wanli decisively. It was not Zhang Juzheng who spoke. It was Emperor Wanli himself who refused to let him go.

Zhang Juzheng was very aware of Tan Lun's difficulties, and it might even be more comfortable for him to return to his hometown to retire, but no one could do anything about it.

When it was Maoshi, civil and military officials entered the palace, waited in line at the south of Jinshui Bridge according to their official ranks, and signed the registration form, that is, the registration form for the court meeting. Only then did Chen Mu discover what the most difficult problem for him was—his rank.

His official position is equivalent to that of a military official transferred to the governor. The grade of a military officer in the Ming Dynasty is actually three levels higher than that of a civil official. This is also the rule of the Taizu Dynasty that treats military officials favorably. At the earliest court meetings, the generals were required to go first, and then other officials could enter the palace in turn. , but later it was changed to two divisions, Wen left and Wu right, even though later it was more important to culture than martial arts, the matter of grade was still maintained.

The cabinet bachelor stands at the front, and everyone has three officials to add officials, and the first rank is doing their part.

Things get tricky later on.

There is no governor at this court meeting. The governors from all over the country rushed to Beijing to report on their duties before the Chinese New Year.

As for the Sangu, most of them are old men, and the younger one is Tan Lun. They have opened five cards, and everyone has the preferential treatment of not having to pay tribute.

In fact, Chen Mu felt that he was more comfortable standing on the side of the military officials. Qi Jiguang, the governor of the left side, also came to participate in the court meeting. Compared with taking a step back, he felt that it was appropriate for him to stand next to Qi Jiguang.

Chen Erye stood on the south side of the Jinshui Bridge and looked around, checking the appearance of the officials to see if he was spitting or coughing. The censor saw that he was standing in the middle of the red robe and the crane, but he didn't know him. He was also thinking about whether to come and scold him. Chen Mu He heard Tan Lun calling him over there.

Turning his head and looking over, Zhang Juzheng, who was at the front, turned his head and looked at him sullenly, and pointed at the position behind him next to Tan Lun with his sleeves folded and his ivory wat.

When the boss spoke, Chen Mu had nothing to hesitate, walked over quickly and made a bow to the elders behind him, and then stood obediently in front of the six books of the Scarlet Robe Golden Pheasant.

Electric lights have been installed in the palace, and the manufacturing process of Liulichang is much better than that of Nanyang. Three low platforms with a height of half a person are built in the north and south of Jinshui Bridge, which seems to hide the threads under the floor tiles. The fly in the ointment is the milky white colored glaze. The lampshade is opaque, and the light emitted is dim and dim. In Chen Mu's view, this is completely artificial - at this stage, the vacuum technology is not in place, and Nanyang is still using a technique similar to cupping to fit the lampshade. The wick with the most rigorous craftsmanship lasted for less than a month.

Compared with the wick, the lampshade is more expensive, but the wick needs to be replaced all the time, and the labor cost is not small.

Not long after, there were big Han generals lined up between the gates of the palace, wearing full armor, on the left and right of the royal road, and behind the civil and military officials, there were school lieutenants standing with swords. After a while, the bell and drum division played music. Support five umbrella covers and four groups of fans, climb up Danchi from the east and west sides, and stand on the left and right behind the throne.

Afterwards, it’s time to go through the procedure. Honglu Temple sang loudly, the drums that should be played, and those who should enter the class. Chen Mu just followed Zhang Juzheng, and sneaked a few glances at Zhang Juzheng, who seemed to have just woken up and stared around. Little Wanli.

For those who are lower than the fourth-rank officials, their morning court is over here. There is not such a big place in the palace. The Secretary of General Administration and the officials of Honglu Temple can read the memorial and wait for the next court.

When entering the palace and standing still, the first is Xie En from the officials who entered and left Beijing, including Chen Mu, but they are all accompanied by someone to read, so there is no need to go out of work.

Next is the frontier report, which is also related to Chen Mu. It is Li Chengliang in the northeast who has made great contributions again, most of the Japanese princes have agreed to the king's division of prefectures and counties, and the three generals in the southwest have completely pacified Burma. , It's nothing more than pursuing Zhang Guowei and demonstrating martial arts.

After all this was over, the morning court began. The little emperor woke up and sat solemnly in the hall. Chen Mu could feel that every once in a while, the little emperor would put his eyes on him. It made Chen Mu feel that it was inappropriate to keep his head down all the time, so he finally smiled and cupped his hands when they looked at each other, which amused the little emperor.

Qi Jiguang reported on the construction of the enemy's platform and the three camps; the emperor issued an edict to the southeast because the people were exhausted, and half of the supply of satin from the internal treasury was exempted; Copper coins in the market have been greatly impacted by silver, and the money law must be unified; Zhang Juzheng reported on the restoration of the "Daming Huidian";

After all kinds of matters, Chen Mu finally waited for no one to speak, and then he coughed lightly, and saluted when he left the class: "Chen Mu, Minister of Nanyang, has been out of Beijing for four years, and returned to Beijing to report on his work!"

The little emperor swept away the drowsy majesty, and almost jumped off the throne, with his left hand holding the big sleeve of the sun and moon robe with his right hand, his right arm stretched forward in an arc of up and down, his face was full of joy, and he said: "Quick!" Quick report!"

(End of this chapter)