First Prince of Ming Dynasty

"With Qing's assistance, I can feel at ease."

Zhu Biao waved his hand, and Liu Jin stepped forward to help Yan Donglai to sit down. Yan Donglai couldn't say anything about the rest. Chen Youzong stood up and cupped his hands to open his eyes for his friend, saying: "Excuse me, Your Highness Yuan Tuyuan has all the intentions, and there must be deep meaning in using Mingsheng. It's just that Ming Sheng is so careless..."

Before Chen Youzong could finish speaking, Zhu Biao interrupted in a rather cold voice: "That's why Yan Qing is asked to guide Ming Sheng to manage Sichuan well!"

"No, I understand."

It seems that Mingsheng is not a simple pretense, the two of them immediately became vigilant, and it seems that their attitude towards him should also be changed appropriately. point.

Especially Yan Donglai, since there is no room for repeating the matter, then it is necessary to eliminate the dust and the gold. Judging from the current attitude of His Highness, as long as Mingsheng is not a mud that cannot be supported, then Mingsheng will have a great future in the future.

From this, it can be seen that everyone has his own destiny, who would have thought that Hou Guiyi, who was like a joke in Beijing, would have such luck.

These two are extremely smart people. After expressing his meaning clearly, Zhu Biao's face softened. This beating is very necessary. If Yan Donglai really has the heart, it is almost inevitable that Mingsheng will be emptied .

Sichuan is close to Yunnan and Guizhou, and the situation is tense and changeable. Zhu Biao is not in the mood to watch them fight for power.

"After the return of Yunnan, there should be more connections with the countries in Southeast Asia. In Sichuan, you will tend to trade with merchants and people, and make good friends with the dignitaries of various countries. If you need it, please come and ask. If you have a situation, act quickly and cheaply."

As expected, His Royal Highness has taken a fancy to the countries of Nanyang. Both of them are traditional scholar-bureaucrats. In their opinion, not to mention remote places like Nanyang, even Yunnan, Guizhou and Liaodong feel that there is no need to recover them.

But since the monarch wants to expand the territory and the country has enough strength, then they are not easy to dissuade them, they can only stick to the horse and climb the scales to die for the king.

Although Yunnan and Guizhou are also close to the countries of Southeast Asia, it is lucky that these two places are free from turmoil, and naturally they don't expect any help.

Zhu Biao explained a lot, and some things were hard to tell Ming Sheng, he was still too young to digest too much, which is why he specially arranged for Yan Dong to assist him.

Not long after, Yan Donglai resigned, and after returning, he had to find an empty appointment to meet with Mingsheng to have a good chat. After all, judging from the current situation, they would at least have to work together for several years.

After he retreated, there was a moment of silence in the hall, and Zhu Biao asked casually, "I have decided on Ming Sheng, do they have any complaints?"

In the first year of Hongwu, his father, in order to help him stabilize the position of the crown prince, forcibly installed more than half of the important officials of the court to concurrently serve as officials of the East Palace.

Not to mention the founding heroes, there are also many civil servants in eastern Zhejiang, but later in Beijing because Liu Bowen and Yang Xian fell from power, they were expelled from the capital to work in the capital. Over the past few years, they have made great achievements in Fumin Anbang, but their positions have also faintly arrived. bottleneck.

After the local officials have enough political achievements and qualifications, they will either be promoted to Beijing, or they will seal off the border management side. Central Beijing has always been the private land of the Huaixi family.

Especially the one who is about to resign is the leader of Zhedong. If this position is not taken by his own people, then the Zhedong family will suffer a heavy loss, and the voice in the court will be even weaker.

Chen Youzong replied in a low voice: "Even if they have them, they dare not show it in front of the ministers. Besides, they shouldn't have them. The promotion and demotion are all based on the superior. How can a minister complain about this!"

"Don't dare not mean no."

Zhu Biao was slightly lost in thought. There must be a balance in the court. At present, the Huaixi family is already the dominant family, and it can be tolerated, but if there is only one voice left in the court, it is absolutely unacceptable.

This is why after the downfall of Yang Xian, the Zhedong Department seemed to suffer countless losses, but in fact it was just a lot of thunder and rain, and most of them were relegated to important local positions.

If Zhu Biao hadn't intervened, Lao Zhu would have arranged for Liu Bowen's position to be taken over by officials from the eastern Zhejiang lineage. Only a high-ranking official in Xinjiang is qualified to help his party members and resist the pressure from the Ministry of Education and the military.

Now that this position is gone, it is necessary for Zhu Biao to promote an official from the Eastern Zhejiang Department to a post of second rank or higher in Beijing, no matter for the purpose of appeasement or balance.

But now that I think about it, there is really no one in the eastern Zhejiang department, and no one has the ability and prestige to gain a firm foothold in Beijing.

Can't help sighing: "It's a pity that Mr. Zhang Yi went early, let alone the Marquis of Nanyang County."

Zhang Yi once served as Yushi Zhongcheng, Minister of Zanshan, and Prince Zanshan. He is a real outstanding man and Wang Zuozhi. Zhu Biao still remembers listening to him give lectures on "The Book of Rites of the Great Dai" and "Six Admonitions of the Clan" when he was young. The friendship of life.

It's just that the war was changing at that time, and within a month Yu Zhangyi was summoned by Lao Zhu to return to the front line to serve as an army staff officer. Until the founding of the country, Zhu Biao never had the opportunity to listen to his lectures, and now I think about it with deep regret.

It's not that Mr. Song Lian's lectures are not good, it's just that the two gentlemen have completely different styles. If it is true, Song Lian's style is more common, after all, it is very traditional, while Zhang Yi's is rare.

Hongzhu Zhanggong, the eagle proclaims his ambition, the beard is splayed, and the purple eyes are pierced, and then he gathers the village brigade, curbs and punishes the enemies, enters and exits the style, and allows the three things to be repaired.

Zhu Sheng once commented that "Liu Ji, Ye Chen, and Zhang Yi are all Wang Zuocai!"

Lao Zhu listened to this in the past, and sincerely invited these people to come out to help, but it is a pity that heaven is jealous of talents. In the second year of Hongwu, his mother died of illness. Zhang Yi was overly sad and sick. earth and rocks.

After that, I couldn't get sick again. At the age of fifty-five, my last words were "Don't worry, my parents are lucky to have the ancestor's tomb in Ancuo. Fortunately, when I was old, the recommendation was orderly. I have few regrets. The first lotus Guohouen is sorry for not being able to repay this."

Zhu Yuanzhang grieved and mourned, wrote a eulogy in person, and went to Zhang Yi's home to pay homage.

And the Marquis of Nanyang County is Ye Chen. This gentleman has never taught Zhu Biao, and he has no chance. In the 22nd year of Zhengzheng, Ye Chen was the magistrate of Hongdu. Yuan Jiang generals Zhu Zong and Kangtai rebelled, and Ye Chen was captured , Zhu and Kang persuaded him to surrender, Ye Chen would rather die than surrender, scolded the rebels, was killed, and buried in Huangtanling, at the age of forty-eight, and Zhu Biao was only seven years old that year.

Among the four gentlemen, Zhu Biao has received lectures from three of them, but Ye Chen has never met him. Alas, among these three, only old age and frailty are left. The disease-ridden Hou Bowen of Sincerity was gone.

What is the status of Liu Bowen and Song Lian in Shilin, what is the status of these two, Chen Youzong naturally admires him very much, and he also read the articles of Zhang Gong and Ye Gong when he was young.

"His Royal Highness is at ease, the high friendship of Zhong Chenggong is especially generous, his volume is vast, his utensils are mountain scorpions, he started a book of poems, and now he is in Dingnai, the Marquis of Nanyang County. He has served his hard work and enjoyed his honor. Materialization rides on the cloud to march, both of them will live up to the kindness of the Holy One and the wish of all people in the world."

Zhu Biao clasped his hands in thought for a moment and said, "Is Zhang Gong's eldest son serving as a commander in Pingyang Guard?"

Chen Youzong's eyes lit up: "Your Highness is wise, General Mingwei Zhang Cundao is in Pingyang, not too far from Beijing."

"In this way, General Huaiyuan will be granted the title of Lieutenant Xiaoqi, and he will be summoned to the capital as the governor of the left army of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. He will enter Beijing immediately after receiving the order!"

"promise."

A mere third-rank Huaiyuan general is certainly not enough, but the best way to show off the honor and privilege is to seal him all the way. This is just the first decree. When he arrives in the capital, he will at least be a second-rank hussars general.

Zhedong lost a senior official of the second rank, so Zhu Biao will replace him with a second rank hussar general in the Beijing camp.

Moreover, Zhang Cundao's qualifications are also sufficient. He served to guard the border of Fujian, that is, to pacify the neighboring bandits to settle Qingyuan, suppress the Miao army and return to Chuzhou, and then served as deputy Yuan Rong, until the restoration of Pucheng in Wenzhou, the victory of the villages in Qingtian and Sushan, and the Ming Dynasty in Rui'an. The victory of the ocean, and even guarding Longquan to conquer Yanping.

Ordinarily, although his merits are not as good as Jin's general of hussars, it should be far more than that of general Mingwei. This shows that the Huaixi lineage repelled and suppressed the other generals.

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