The next morning was the fifteenth day. According to the rules, a dynasty was held in Hanyuan Hall. The purpose was to reflect the emperor's majesty and domineering spirit in the grand rituals and music. Generally, there were a large number of participants, including foreign envoys. If you don't have any meetings, you will mainly go through the motions.
But when Xue Chongxun got up, he asked someone to tell him that the eunuch who was waiting outside the Defei Hall to welcome the imperial chariot. He said to him: The road in Hanyuan Hall is too far away. I am too lazy to leave. You go and pass on oral orders, and call the people who participated in the dynasty to go back to their own doors. What should I do? Let the officials of the Political Affairs Hall and the Cabinet go to the Zichen Hall to discuss matters as usual.
Xue Chongxun tends to be pragmatic, just like he doesn’t like various banquets, he is also not very interested in the set of rituals and music, so he pushed the important dynasty by saying, “The road is too far.”
He thought so: Some emperors can still sit firmly when they have never been to court for decades, and it is not a big deal for me to stay in court for a few days.
There are no clocks at this time, and hourglass is often used in the palace to time, but hourglass is not very accurate. Generally, when it is sunny, it is time to start working when the sun starts.
When the sun shines on the steps at the gates of the palaces in various places, everyone goes to the place they should go to and start their day's work.
The political affairs hall and the cabinet ministers had to go long distances to Zichen Hall to meet the saints and attend the regular imperial meetings...
I'm going to see the two pine trees facing the door again.
Among them, the six people in the Political Affairs Hall looked bad.
Because they started arguing yesterday when they discussed Northeast affairs, and no results were found. They originally planned to continue discussing after the Great Dynasties today. There were days when the Great Dynasties usually did not discuss matters in the imperial court, so there was a day to prepare for an agreement. Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun suddenly issued an order to cancel the Great Dynasties...
The military strategists have not fought unprepared battles, and not to mention the temple, it is no wonder that their faces don’t look very smooth.
Now that the cabinet has joined the decision-making body, the pattern has changed subtly. Several people in the Political Affairs Hall cannot argue in front of the imperial court. No matter there are internal differences from time to time, they should barely reach an agreement before talking about the matter. Otherwise, they will be in an extremely passive situation when facing the cabinet's views.
The morning sun shines on the two pine trees outside the Zichen Hall gate, making the shadows grow long. The sky is blue and cloudless. At this time, the northern region is neither industrial pollution nor far away from the coast, and there are more sunny days.
The situation under the two pine trees was also extremely interesting, and it happened that the people from the Political Affairs Hall and the Cabinet were standing together.
If it were a bit lively under the trees on the political affairs hall, one was because there were six people and a large number of people, and the other was that the prime ministers in the political affairs hall had much more experience. Some of them had been in the officialdom for decades and had a lot of anecdotes and interesting stories. They were very active when they were idle.
But today they seemed very dull. There were differences in their internal opinions on Northeast affairs, and it was obviously too late to discuss it at this moment.
It would be fine if Li Shouyi's point of view was contrary to Zhang's words, but Zhang said that he was still a little worried about Cheng Qianli's idea. Yesterday afternoon, Cheng Qianli met his niece, Concubine Shu, in the greenhouse hall. Until now, he has not heard Cheng Qianli mention this matter, and he doesn't know what he said.
The Daming Palace is said to be big and large, covering an extremely wide area like a city with a population of tens of thousands; it is said to be small and small, and people often think about it only have a few people, all of whom are doing things in the same place, and they can't hide anything from everyone. Cheng Qianli didn't say it when he saw the concubine in the harem, but his colleagues knew it very well.
After a while, Cheng Qianli, who was silent, finally spoke: Zhongshu Ling and colleagues, I have a word to recommend the position of Northeast Army Chief Executive. Cheng is not competent and does not want to do things that are not sure about.
When Zhang Shu heard this, a horse's face stretched longer: The Analects of Confucius said: I know that it cannot be done but I do it; Mencius said: Who else can I do it?Cheng Xiang is not capable of taking on the important tasks, so how can you retreat at the last moment?
Cheng Qianli said seriously: Now that he is in accordance with the will of heaven and is coming south, he must be a wise ruler who can choose and employ people.If the emperor also thinks that I am the best candidate to be able to entrust Northeast affairs, I will naturally take it as my choice; if it weren't for this, it would be in vain for us to fight, which would be unfavorable to the country.
Zhang said that he had something to say, and the eunuch who sent the order came and asked the ministers to enter the hall immediately.He had to give up and couldn't say too much for the time being.
Today's discussion place is in the main hall of Zichen Hall. Perhaps Xue Chongxun had a pleasant night last night. He was in good spirits this morning, and the discussion place could easily tell his mood.
Ten ministers went in first to find their seats to sit down, and they were kneeling. Furniture such as chairs and stools were rarely seen in more formal occasions.
After a while, when everyone saw Xue Chongxun coming into the door, they changed their positions and knelt on the seat to salute. When he walked onto the throne and sat down, everyone still sat down.
Sure enough, as soon as Xue Chongxun sat up, he said straight to the point: Yesterday, Du Xian of the cabinet wrote a letter to discuss the Northeast affairs and proposed a plan to advance Yingzhou. You have discussed it, but if you have any opinions, it doesn’t matter.
After he proposed it, he did not express any attitude, just sit on the throne and listen to a group of people citing the scriptures and citing classics, and the content of nonsense was very large.
There is nothing to do about this. If it is not necessary for Qiankun to make arbitrary decisions, his best way is to let the ministers discuss and finally reach an agreement. Only in this way will it be more conducive to implementation. After all, the following six ministries must cooperate with the implementation to make the central decision.
Especially Li Shouyi's various arguments about making decisions for the people and talking nonsense, Xue Chongxun was already a little bored with this person, but he had to endure it and try not to act emotionally.
The court not only needed a person like Liu An who was greedy and lustful, but also needed some people who uphold morality to neutralize the atmosphere, otherwise it would not be a good thing for everyone to be greedy.
Fortunately, Li Shouyi's fight alone could not play a decisive role, and most of the people in the Zhengshitang supported the strategy of taking Yingzhou.
The cabinet had no objection, because the person who wrote the letter was Du Xian, who was a bachelor of the cabinet himself. The other three people would not generally be able to destroy their own people without touching their principles.
So Xue Chongxun asked again: Who is more appropriate to serve as the marching chief?
Zhang Shuo turned his head slightly and looked at Dou Huaizhen. Dou Huaizhen stood up in a hurry and replied: If you want to capture Yingzhou, you must gather several troops in several towns of 100,000. If you can control 100,000 soldiers, I will recommend Cheng Xianggong, the Minister of War.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice in a slow voice: If Mr. Du can propose a strategy, he is confident that he has long-term thinking on the situation in Yingzhou. Is it more appropriate for him to propose a strategy?
The person who spoke was Zhang Jiuling. Among the three people in the cabinet, Zhang Jiuling obviously saw the most thoroughly in the officialdom. He responded quickly and immediately responded.
There have been differences in the discussion on this, but Xue Chongxun still did not say anything.
When making major decisions, he often looks like an optional person, as if he has an attitude: do whatever you say, and he doesn't say anything at all.
So sometimes when discussing matters in a greenhouse, he does some trivial matters or doze off behind the curtain, which does not affect the ministers' decisions on major matters.
The differences in employment were long as Xue Chongxun expected, and he didn't want to get involved, just see what outcome people can finally win.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this time. Cheng Qianli actually stood up and said: If you don’t dare to protect me, you will definitely take Yingzhou, as you may let down the court’s heavy trust.
The cabinet minister was surprised: Of course, modest is nothing, but it is a bit strange that he stood up so modest when he was arguing now.
Xue Chongxun couldn't help but look at Cheng Qianli and said: I have also led troops to fight wars. Where can I find a perfect solution on the battlefield? A must-have method?Just try your best, and you don’t have to worry too much about planning.
Cheng Qianli said: Your Majesty is lenient to others, and I am even more afraid that I will betray the holy grace. I also ask Your Majesty to choose another virtuous person.
Zhang Shuo's face looked very ugly, and he sat in the front without saying a word.
Now in this situation, the Political Affairs Hall has been at a disadvantage...
Not only modern people value people’s confidence, but the same was true in ancient times. They said they were not good at it. How could they ask others to trust them and get things done well?
Cheng Qianli's remarks are no longer limited to self-worthiness, but that he is not competent.
The debate eased, and everyone was silently waiting for the expected finalizer.
However, Xue Chongxun said at this time: Let’s stop today’s discussion, and we will discuss it tomorrow and let it go.In the future, the Zhengshi Hall will first write a summary of the incident and the handling method of the incident and post it on the cover of the memorial; then the cabinet will "draft" the memorial, and I will use Xi after reading it.
After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other. The results of the matter were already very obvious, so why should we discuss it tomorrow?
Everyone was thinking about it in their hearts, so naturally they would not express their doubts.
Zhang Jiuling looked back at Du Xian's face calmly, but he could not see anything from his face. He looked calm.
Xue Chongxun stood up, and the ministers bowed down and bowed, just like the etiquette at the beginning.
……
The Zhengshi Hall’s service office is outside the Xuanzheng Hall in the south, and it will take a while to go back. Although the Zichen Hall and Xuanzheng Hall are both on the same central axis, behind the Xuanzheng Hall is adjacent to the Zichen Hall, because the palace and temples are large in size, they are not very short to walk.
In contrast, the cabinet office is much closer to the inner court.
Several prime ministers were speechless on the way back, so what else can I say?
Cheng Qianli just returned to his study in the Political Affairs Hall, and an official from the Ministry of War came in to ask about the result of the matter. After hearing this, he couldn't help but say: I don't know why my mentor did this, and he changed his mind and retreated overnight... But in this way, the people in the Political Affairs Hall may have any objections to you.
It would be fine if they were not satisfied with Cheng.Cheng Qianli threw the elephant card in his hand on the table, freed up his hand to stroke the beard on his chin and gently stroked it, lowered his head and began to think.
The officials of the Ministry of War who worshipped him did not dare to disturb him when they saw this, so they had to stand aside with their hands down and think about the Secretary of the State in silence.
At this moment, an eunuch walked to the door and took a breath and said: Xianggong Cheng is really fast. The emperor sent a miscellaneous family to summon him. After catching up with him, you have already arrived at the Political Affairs Hall.
But when Xue Chongxun got up, he asked someone to tell him that the eunuch who was waiting outside the Defei Hall to welcome the imperial chariot. He said to him: The road in Hanyuan Hall is too far away. I am too lazy to leave. You go and pass on oral orders, and call the people who participated in the dynasty to go back to their own doors. What should I do? Let the officials of the Political Affairs Hall and the Cabinet go to the Zichen Hall to discuss matters as usual.
Xue Chongxun tends to be pragmatic, just like he doesn’t like various banquets, he is also not very interested in the set of rituals and music, so he pushed the important dynasty by saying, “The road is too far.”
He thought so: Some emperors can still sit firmly when they have never been to court for decades, and it is not a big deal for me to stay in court for a few days.
There are no clocks at this time, and hourglass is often used in the palace to time, but hourglass is not very accurate. Generally, when it is sunny, it is time to start working when the sun starts.
When the sun shines on the steps at the gates of the palaces in various places, everyone goes to the place they should go to and start their day's work.
The political affairs hall and the cabinet ministers had to go long distances to Zichen Hall to meet the saints and attend the regular imperial meetings...
I'm going to see the two pine trees facing the door again.
Among them, the six people in the Political Affairs Hall looked bad.
Because they started arguing yesterday when they discussed Northeast affairs, and no results were found. They originally planned to continue discussing after the Great Dynasties today. There were days when the Great Dynasties usually did not discuss matters in the imperial court, so there was a day to prepare for an agreement. Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun suddenly issued an order to cancel the Great Dynasties...
The military strategists have not fought unprepared battles, and not to mention the temple, it is no wonder that their faces don’t look very smooth.
Now that the cabinet has joined the decision-making body, the pattern has changed subtly. Several people in the Political Affairs Hall cannot argue in front of the imperial court. No matter there are internal differences from time to time, they should barely reach an agreement before talking about the matter. Otherwise, they will be in an extremely passive situation when facing the cabinet's views.
The morning sun shines on the two pine trees outside the Zichen Hall gate, making the shadows grow long. The sky is blue and cloudless. At this time, the northern region is neither industrial pollution nor far away from the coast, and there are more sunny days.
The situation under the two pine trees was also extremely interesting, and it happened that the people from the Political Affairs Hall and the Cabinet were standing together.
If it were a bit lively under the trees on the political affairs hall, one was because there were six people and a large number of people, and the other was that the prime ministers in the political affairs hall had much more experience. Some of them had been in the officialdom for decades and had a lot of anecdotes and interesting stories. They were very active when they were idle.
But today they seemed very dull. There were differences in their internal opinions on Northeast affairs, and it was obviously too late to discuss it at this moment.
It would be fine if Li Shouyi's point of view was contrary to Zhang's words, but Zhang said that he was still a little worried about Cheng Qianli's idea. Yesterday afternoon, Cheng Qianli met his niece, Concubine Shu, in the greenhouse hall. Until now, he has not heard Cheng Qianli mention this matter, and he doesn't know what he said.
The Daming Palace is said to be big and large, covering an extremely wide area like a city with a population of tens of thousands; it is said to be small and small, and people often think about it only have a few people, all of whom are doing things in the same place, and they can't hide anything from everyone. Cheng Qianli didn't say it when he saw the concubine in the harem, but his colleagues knew it very well.
After a while, Cheng Qianli, who was silent, finally spoke: Zhongshu Ling and colleagues, I have a word to recommend the position of Northeast Army Chief Executive. Cheng is not competent and does not want to do things that are not sure about.
When Zhang Shu heard this, a horse's face stretched longer: The Analects of Confucius said: I know that it cannot be done but I do it; Mencius said: Who else can I do it?Cheng Xiang is not capable of taking on the important tasks, so how can you retreat at the last moment?
Cheng Qianli said seriously: Now that he is in accordance with the will of heaven and is coming south, he must be a wise ruler who can choose and employ people.If the emperor also thinks that I am the best candidate to be able to entrust Northeast affairs, I will naturally take it as my choice; if it weren't for this, it would be in vain for us to fight, which would be unfavorable to the country.
Zhang said that he had something to say, and the eunuch who sent the order came and asked the ministers to enter the hall immediately.He had to give up and couldn't say too much for the time being.
Today's discussion place is in the main hall of Zichen Hall. Perhaps Xue Chongxun had a pleasant night last night. He was in good spirits this morning, and the discussion place could easily tell his mood.
Ten ministers went in first to find their seats to sit down, and they were kneeling. Furniture such as chairs and stools were rarely seen in more formal occasions.
After a while, when everyone saw Xue Chongxun coming into the door, they changed their positions and knelt on the seat to salute. When he walked onto the throne and sat down, everyone still sat down.
Sure enough, as soon as Xue Chongxun sat up, he said straight to the point: Yesterday, Du Xian of the cabinet wrote a letter to discuss the Northeast affairs and proposed a plan to advance Yingzhou. You have discussed it, but if you have any opinions, it doesn’t matter.
After he proposed it, he did not express any attitude, just sit on the throne and listen to a group of people citing the scriptures and citing classics, and the content of nonsense was very large.
There is nothing to do about this. If it is not necessary for Qiankun to make arbitrary decisions, his best way is to let the ministers discuss and finally reach an agreement. Only in this way will it be more conducive to implementation. After all, the following six ministries must cooperate with the implementation to make the central decision.
Especially Li Shouyi's various arguments about making decisions for the people and talking nonsense, Xue Chongxun was already a little bored with this person, but he had to endure it and try not to act emotionally.
The court not only needed a person like Liu An who was greedy and lustful, but also needed some people who uphold morality to neutralize the atmosphere, otherwise it would not be a good thing for everyone to be greedy.
Fortunately, Li Shouyi's fight alone could not play a decisive role, and most of the people in the Zhengshitang supported the strategy of taking Yingzhou.
The cabinet had no objection, because the person who wrote the letter was Du Xian, who was a bachelor of the cabinet himself. The other three people would not generally be able to destroy their own people without touching their principles.
So Xue Chongxun asked again: Who is more appropriate to serve as the marching chief?
Zhang Shuo turned his head slightly and looked at Dou Huaizhen. Dou Huaizhen stood up in a hurry and replied: If you want to capture Yingzhou, you must gather several troops in several towns of 100,000. If you can control 100,000 soldiers, I will recommend Cheng Xianggong, the Minister of War.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice in a slow voice: If Mr. Du can propose a strategy, he is confident that he has long-term thinking on the situation in Yingzhou. Is it more appropriate for him to propose a strategy?
The person who spoke was Zhang Jiuling. Among the three people in the cabinet, Zhang Jiuling obviously saw the most thoroughly in the officialdom. He responded quickly and immediately responded.
There have been differences in the discussion on this, but Xue Chongxun still did not say anything.
When making major decisions, he often looks like an optional person, as if he has an attitude: do whatever you say, and he doesn't say anything at all.
So sometimes when discussing matters in a greenhouse, he does some trivial matters or doze off behind the curtain, which does not affect the ministers' decisions on major matters.
The differences in employment were long as Xue Chongxun expected, and he didn't want to get involved, just see what outcome people can finally win.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened at this time. Cheng Qianli actually stood up and said: If you don’t dare to protect me, you will definitely take Yingzhou, as you may let down the court’s heavy trust.
The cabinet minister was surprised: Of course, modest is nothing, but it is a bit strange that he stood up so modest when he was arguing now.
Xue Chongxun couldn't help but look at Cheng Qianli and said: I have also led troops to fight wars. Where can I find a perfect solution on the battlefield? A must-have method?Just try your best, and you don’t have to worry too much about planning.
Cheng Qianli said: Your Majesty is lenient to others, and I am even more afraid that I will betray the holy grace. I also ask Your Majesty to choose another virtuous person.
Zhang Shuo's face looked very ugly, and he sat in the front without saying a word.
Now in this situation, the Political Affairs Hall has been at a disadvantage...
Not only modern people value people’s confidence, but the same was true in ancient times. They said they were not good at it. How could they ask others to trust them and get things done well?
Cheng Qianli's remarks are no longer limited to self-worthiness, but that he is not competent.
The debate eased, and everyone was silently waiting for the expected finalizer.
However, Xue Chongxun said at this time: Let’s stop today’s discussion, and we will discuss it tomorrow and let it go.In the future, the Zhengshi Hall will first write a summary of the incident and the handling method of the incident and post it on the cover of the memorial; then the cabinet will "draft" the memorial, and I will use Xi after reading it.
After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other. The results of the matter were already very obvious, so why should we discuss it tomorrow?
Everyone was thinking about it in their hearts, so naturally they would not express their doubts.
Zhang Jiuling looked back at Du Xian's face calmly, but he could not see anything from his face. He looked calm.
Xue Chongxun stood up, and the ministers bowed down and bowed, just like the etiquette at the beginning.
……
The Zhengshi Hall’s service office is outside the Xuanzheng Hall in the south, and it will take a while to go back. Although the Zichen Hall and Xuanzheng Hall are both on the same central axis, behind the Xuanzheng Hall is adjacent to the Zichen Hall, because the palace and temples are large in size, they are not very short to walk.
In contrast, the cabinet office is much closer to the inner court.
Several prime ministers were speechless on the way back, so what else can I say?
Cheng Qianli just returned to his study in the Political Affairs Hall, and an official from the Ministry of War came in to ask about the result of the matter. After hearing this, he couldn't help but say: I don't know why my mentor did this, and he changed his mind and retreated overnight... But in this way, the people in the Political Affairs Hall may have any objections to you.
It would be fine if they were not satisfied with Cheng.Cheng Qianli threw the elephant card in his hand on the table, freed up his hand to stroke the beard on his chin and gently stroked it, lowered his head and began to think.
The officials of the Ministry of War who worshipped him did not dare to disturb him when they saw this, so they had to stand aside with their hands down and think about the Secretary of the State in silence.
At this moment, an eunuch walked to the door and took a breath and said: Xianggong Cheng is really fast. The emperor sent a miscellaneous family to summon him. After catching up with him, you have already arrived at the Political Affairs Hall.