The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Wonderful!

It was really wonderful!

The fight that took place in the court today was dazzling and overwhelming.

First, the cabinet chief Yang Tinghe and the chief censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Fei Hong were ready to attack Zhu Chenhao, but they were blocked by Prince Xing Zhu Youji, and then the emperor completely suppressed the matter.

Then the Minister of Rites Zhu Youji requested to approve the reward of the meritorious soldiers in the battle of Japan. His Majesty was delighted and prepared to promote Zhongshan Hou to Duke. The leader of the gentry Yang Tinghe attacked again and opposed Zhongshan Hou's promotion to Duke with reason and evidence.

In anger, Zhongshan Hou shouted the passionate slogan "I will not be awarded the title of Duke until I pacify the northern barbarians", and the ministers were moved.

As a result, at this time, the damn Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao showed his fangs.

He asked that all the rewards be given to the meritorious soldiers in this battle, and His Majesty raised the reward standards for these soldiers.

In other words, from the very beginning, this was the real purpose of Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao!

He Tang Hao didn't want to be conferred the title of Duke at all, or he didn't care about it.

What this thief Zhongshan Hou cared about was to take advantage of this achievement of destroying the country to give birth to a new batch of military merits!

And the previous actions of the cabinet chief Yang Tinghe were clearly to cooperate with Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao, and it was clear that he had secretly reached some kind of exchange of interests with this Zhongshan Hou!

Until this moment, the ministers finally reacted!

They were all fooled by these two people!

Yang Tinghe stood there expressionlessly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all.

But if he hadn't spoken out against it, Zhongshan Hou would have been conferred the title of Duke, and the matter would have ended. How could there be more damn things behind it?

Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe, you are really good at it!

Wang Ao, Fei Hong, Yang Yiqing and others looked at Yang Tinghe with sharp eyes.

But the cabinet chief never responded to them, as if it really didn't matter.

His Majesty the Emperor stopped talking nonsense and immediately revealed his true intentions.

"The course of this battle has been reported to the court by the Marquis of Zhongshan. All the meritorious soldiers, such as An Guo, Qiu Yue, Chang Kuohai, and Chen Jizu, have made great contributions."

"Since the Marquis of Tang is willing to give up his merits, then I, as the emperor, cannot be stingy with rewards, or the soldiers of the three armies will be disappointed!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and directly conferred titles on three marquises and seven barons, a total of ten military merits!

Qiu Yue, the baron of Xianning, was promoted to the Marquis of Xianning, and was granted a hereditary imperial certificate and the deputy governor of the Left Army Governor's Office.

Ma Yong, a general of the Nine Frontiers, was conferred the title of Marquis of Linjiang, and was granted a hereditary imperial certificate and the deputy governor of the Front Army Governor's Office.

Deng Boyan, a descendant of the famous founding general Deng Yu, was conferred the title of Marquis of Jining, and was granted a hereditary imperial certificate and the deputy governor of the Right Army Governor's Office.

Xu Tianci, the descendant of the famous founding general Xu Da, was conferred the title of Jiangxia Earl, granted hereditary imperial edict, and deputy governor of the rear army governor's office.

Chang Kuohai, the descendant of the famous founding general Chang Yuchun, was conferred the title of Wu'an Earl, granted hereditary imperial edict, and deputy governor of the central army governor's office.

Tang Mu, the descendant of the famous founding general Tang He, was conferred the title of Yingchang Earl, granted hereditary imperial edict, and deputy governor of the left army governor's office.

Lei Xiong, the former chief general of the Zhanpei Camp, was conferred the title of Yuncheng Earl, granted hereditary imperial edict, and deputy governor of the front army governor's office.

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All of them are clearly the confidants of Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan.

His Majesty the Emperor not only granted these people titles, but also hereditary imperial edicts, and more importantly, all of them were given important positions!

In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao abolished the Grand Commandery and established the Five Military Commandery. Each of the Five Military Commandery had a left and right commander, who were of the first rank; a commander-in-chief, who was of the second rank; and a commander-in-chief, who was of the second rank. The five military commanders were the judges of the Central Military Commandery, and they were in charge of the capital and the local garrisons.

This means that, just for this one annihilation of the country, the Ming Dynasty had ten more commanders out of thin air!

What does His Majesty the Emperor want to do?

What does Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao want to do?

Continuing subconsciously, the civil officials and gentry could not sit still and immediately spoke out in opposition.

Yang Yiqing, the Minister of War, immediately stepped out and loudly retorted: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed!"

"No one can be conferred a title without military merit. This is the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu Gao. Your Majesty is so wantonly conferring titles. If you set a precedent, I am afraid that in the future..."

"Yang Yiqing, what do you mean by "indiscriminately conferring titles"?"

Tang Hao shouted directly: "The merits of these soldiers have already been reported to the court in detail!"

"Not only the merits of destroying Japan this time, but also the merits of pacifying the Japanese pirates and the merits of suppressing several rebellions!"

"What? The soldiers have made military achievements, but the court does not reward them? What kind of logic is this?"

"Otherwise, we will not be rewarded after this battle Fight, don't you civil officials like to become generals and ministers? If there is any war in the future, you Yang Yiqing will lead all the gentry to fight the enemy, how about it? "

Yang Yiqing looked at Tang Hao angrily and scolded him: "Zhongshan Hou, don't think that I don't know your little tricks!"

"Even if these soldiers have made military achievements, it is far from the point where all of them can be conferred titles! Are the titles of my Ming Dynasty cabbages? Anyone who participates can be conferred titles? What prestige does the court have in this way? "

You can be conferred titles, as long as you have made enough military achievements.

But the problem is that a merit of destroying a country has given birth to ten military merits. Isn't it too ugly for you to be greedy?

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were only two such large-scale knighthood events: the founding military honors and the Jingnan military honors. The second was the canonization and seizing of the gate after the restoration of the Yingzong. Those speculators also joined the Communist Party. Just three times.

The first two times we won the world, can you warriors compare with others?

The next move to seize the gate is no different from seizing the world... so the essence is still similar, and it is acceptable to be granted nobility.

But you just destroyed a small Japanese country, and you want to ennoble it so arbitrarily, it is too whimsical!

Yang Yiqing's righteous speech was quickly recognized by the civil servants and gentry.

Wang Hao, Fei Hong, Wang Jianzhi, Cong Lan and other court ministers all expressed their support and opposed His Majesty's indiscriminate granting of titles.

You must know that these titles given by His Majesty the Emperor are not just ordinary titles, but each one has a hereditary title!

This also means that if the canonization continues like this, the Ming Dynasty will have ten more hereditary and replaceable Hou Bos out of thin air!

The civil servants and gentry have controlled the government for so many years, and the number of military honors they secretly abolished is only this amount. Now it is better. His Majesty the Emperor has made up for it as soon as he opened his mouth. Isn't this just disgusting?

"Haha, what do you mean you can be knighted as long as you participate?"

Faced with the accusations from the officials, Tang Hao did not panic at all.

"For example, Linjiang Marquis Mayong and Jining Marquis Deng Boyan, in order to cooperate with the imperial army, they went deep into the Japanese enemy territory for three years. They were in danger of being buried in a foreign land without a burial place at any time. But did they ever complain? Did they give up? ?"

"Not only did they not do it, they also continued to carry out the task tenaciously. Finally, when I led the main army to the Japanese country, they cooperated internally and externally to wipe out these Japanese traitors in one fell swoop. Isn't this achievement enough for them to be granted the title of marquis?"

Living in a foreign enemy country for three years, cooperating with the royal army to defeat the enemy, this is indeed a touching achievement!

Even Yang Yiqing had nothing to say at this moment, but he really couldn't do it!

Think about it, in the Japanese territory, you have to be cautious with the Japanese people at all times, otherwise you may die at any time. No one can bear this difficult situation, let alone the two of them endured it for three years!

"The two of them deserve to be knighted. I have nothing to say, but since Renxuan, the knighthood has always started from the earl. How can there be any reason to be knighted from the beginning?"

After all, Yang Yiqing had led an army in a war. Recalling the scenes of these soldiers fighting bloody battles, he couldn't help but feel soft, and his tone softened.

Ma Yong and Deng Boyan can be ennobled, but there is no reason to directly ennoble them. At most, they can be given to a duke.

"Did Yang Shangshu forget that His Majesty just opened the mouth of Chrysostom and raised the standard with rewards, so shouldn't it be right for the two people who should have been granted the title of uncle to be granted the title of marquis now?"

Tang Hao asked with a smile.

At this moment, Yang Yiqing's face turned extremely ugly.

Ma Yong and Deng Boyan should have been granted the title of uncle, but now they have become princes of the world.

These latter people could only be given some rewards at most, but they suddenly became uncles.

And all of them were promoted to governors. After all, the main way to serve in the governor's office of the fifth army is to promote military generals with military merit.

Beyond this scenario, there are two other tenure trends. One is to appoint some middle-level military generals who are old or have already served as governors; secondly, a group of descendants of meritorious officials and distinguished relatives are specially appointed as governors of the governor's mansion.

Hou Bo served as the governor of the five prefectures, which was also the court's practice.

Yang Yiqing gritted his teeth and was about to say something else, but Tang Hao attacked him directly.

"It's Shangshu Yang who just reminded me of the ancestral clan system of Taizu, right?"

"In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao, in order to prevent the dictatorial power of the generals who commanded the army, also stipulated that the Governor-General of the Five Armies had no power to dispatch the army, and that the power of dispatch was directly under the control of His Majesty the Emperor. Although the Ministry of War has the power to appoint, remove, promote, and train the army, He has the power, but he is not allowed to command the troops. During war, His Majesty the Emperor temporarily appoints a special person to serve as the chief military officer to lead the troops of the garrison. When the war is over, the chief troops return to the general seal and the troops return to the garrison. "

"It's good now. The War Department can both command and mobilize troops. It also has the power to appoint, dismiss and promote military officers and military officers. It completely ignores the ancestral precepts of Emperor Taizu Gao and the ancestral laws of Emperor Taizu Gao!"

"Since when did the Ministry of War steal the power of the Five Governments? This is something you take for granted."

"What? Does your Ministry of War want to become the second Grand Governor's Mansion? Do you want to usurp the divine weapon?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar.

Because many courtiers still retain their memories and remember that Marquis Zhongshan once said these words.

It's just that at that time, it was still the early days of His Majesty's accession to the throne, and it was still the peak period of civil servants and gentry.

The Minister of War at that time was still Liu Daxia!

At that time, Zhu Hui, the protector of the country, went out for a walk, and the northern captives retreated before they reached the battlefield. As a result, this guy falsely claimed military merit for more than 20,000 soldiers, which caused a fight in the court.

In the end, the Marquis of Zhongshan said these words to Liu Daxia, Minister of War, in an attempt to regain the authority of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

But the irony is that Tianguan Ma Wensheng only used one sentence, which made the Marquis of Zhongshan speechless.

Even if the powers of the Fifth Prefecture were separated from the Ministry of War and returned to the Fifth Prefecture, would Tang Hao dare to take over?

The Marquis of Zhongshan did not answer at that time, nor did he dare to answer, because he really did not dare to answer.

The Five Prefectures had long become an empty shell that existed in name only, and became a place where the sons of nobles and nobles embezzled salaries. Even if they really took over the power, there was no one to use. Instead, it destroyed the current military situation in the world and made the entire Ming Dynasty uneasy!

But what about now?

When the old matter of Zhongshan Hou was brought up again, would he dare to take it this time?

All the ministers reacted.

Abandon the Duke!

Instead, give birth to ten governors!

Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao wants to rebuild the Five Prefectures!

Hiss... Once the Five Prefectures are established, the rise of military merits will be unstoppable!

"Don't you civil officials and gentry like to shout the laws of your ancestors the most?"

"Then I will tell you about the laws of your ancestors now!"

Tang Hao stared at Yang Yiqing sharply!

"Yang Yiqing, the Ministry of War is not allowed to command troops. Is this the laws of the ancestors of Emperor Taizu Gao?"

Yang Yiqing looked at Tang Hao in disbelief with a look of shock on his face.

Of course, he also saw that this Zhongshan Marquis actually wanted to rebuild the five prefectures.

But how is this possible?

The five prefectures have been abandoned for so many years, and the military command has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Why does Tang Hao do this?

After the Tumu disaster, Yu Qian took charge of the government, and the civil officials and gentry controlled the right to speak. The military department took the opportunity to seize the power of the five prefectures and completely became a behemoth that combined the power to command and mobilize troops.

Today, the Ming Dynasty's military department has become the highest military leadership agency in the country. It formulates military plans, is in charge of the assessment and appointment of military officers and generals, organizes the training of frontier troops, is in charge of military registration and military households and farming affairs, conveys the emperor's military orders and dispatches the national army according to orders, etc. It can be said that it is "in charge of the world's military affairs", a real behemoth.

The guards all over the world are also accustomed to the dispatch and command of the military department, and even the soldiers of the nine borders dare not object to this. Why do you dare to do this, Tang Hao?

For a time, Yang Yiqing fell into great anxiety.

Indeed, if Marquis Zhongshan rebuilt the five prefectures, the Ministry of War would be deprived of the right to command troops, which was equivalent to losing most of its power.

But what Yang Yiqing was more worried about at the moment was that Marquis Zhongshan's reckless behavior would cause the current situation to completely collapse, until the last bit of luck of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in his hands alone!

"What? The ancestral laws of Emperor Taizu Gao are useless?"

"I am asking you, the Ministry of War is not allowed to command troops. Is this the ancestral law set by Emperor Taizu Gao?"

"If even the ancestral laws of Emperor Taizu Gao are useless, then which ancestral law of yours is useful? The Three Yang ancestors of your civil officials and gentry?"

The Three Yang ancestors!

This is an extremely sarcastic remark.

After all, the beginning of the civil officials and gentry stealing the power of the government originated from the hands of the Three Yangs.

The so-called Three Yangs, taking advantage of Zhu Qizhen's inability to govern, began to frantically steal power. They not only set the rules for the Wenhua Hall meetings, but also allowed the cabinet to re-agglomerate the power of the prime minister. It can be said that this set a good example for the subsequent gentry and gentry!

"Tang Hao! You are presumptuous!" Yang Tinghe suddenly shouted angrily.

He had to speak up, because the Three Yangs were the ancestors of the cabinet. Without the Three Yangs, there would be no cabinet, let alone the current cabinet chief.

In other words, Yang Tinghe had to protect the Three Yangs no matter what.

They, the descendants who inherited the shadow of their ancestors, could not watch the ancestors of the Three Yangs being humiliated by a military merit.

"Presumptuous? This marquis has always been presumptuous!"

Tang Hao was also anxious. He was going to rebuild the Five Prefectures today, and no one could stop him!

"You like to shout about the laws of our ancestors!"

"I have explained the laws of our ancestors clearly, what's the problem?"

"The Ministry of War can mobilize troops but cannot command them, the Five Governments can command troops but do not have the power to mobilize them, and the Ministry of War has no right to inquire about the affairs of the Five Military Governors' Office. According to the ancestral system, outsiders are not allowed to know about the Five Military Governors' Office. This is the laws of our ancestors!"

"Now, I ask you again, do you recognize or not recognize the laws of our ancestors?!"

The same situation appeared again.

Do you recognize or not?

You must recognize!

But you can't recognize it!

No one dared to refute the words of the Emperor Taizu Gao, otherwise it would be rebellious!

However, once you recognize it, the Ministry of War will lose most of its power, and the military generals and nobles will be revived with the Five Military Governors' Office, so you can't recognize it!

But this time, the Marquis of Zhongshan took a tough attitude, and the power controlled by the civil officials and gentry was no longer as strong as it was in the past.

Among the six ministries in the court, the Ministry of Revenue has been completely separated, and Jiao Fang, the despicable villain, has completely turned to the emperor.

The Minister of Rites became Prince Xing Zhu Youji, who has always been outside the civil officials and gentry.

Since then, the civil officials and gentry have only controlled the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Works.

However, it is not ruled out that the highest officials of these ministries, temples, and supervisors, such as Wang Ao and Fei Hong, are upright people who are loyal to the emperor and love the country, and will not be involved in any court struggles or form cliques with others for personal gain.

The current Ming Dynasty is no longer a one-man show for civil officials and gentry!

When Zhongshan Hou spoke again, he wanted to take back the power of the Five Military Commandery.

This time, no one could resist.

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath, looked at Tang Hao, and asked the same question as before.

"Zhongshan Hou, even if the powers of the five prefectures are separated from the Ministry of War and returned to the five prefectures, do you dare to accept it?"

In fact, Yang Yiqing wanted to remind Tang Hao not to act rashly, otherwise the situation would be completely ruined.

But this time, Tang Hao straightened his back and shouted loudly: "Why not?"

Now, of course, he is qualified to say this!

The military generals and nobles are no longer the same as they were before. Apart from the old military group behind Tang Hao, at least they can also provide financial support. Just Ma Yong, Deng Boyan, Qiu Yue and other ten military meritorious officers, plus the general officers of the nine border military towns, are enough to support the Five Military Governor's Office.

The generals and lieutenants of the nine border military towns naturally support the reconstruction of the five offices, or they wish it would be so.

Because the five offices are back in power, the promotion and command of the military generals and nobles will be in the hands of the military meritorious officers themselves, rather than being restricted to the hands of civil officials and gentry. This is the significance of the reconstruction of the five offices!

The promotion and dispatch are all in the hands of civil officials and gentry. How can the military generals and nobles not be abolished?

Of course, rebuilding the five offices is only the first step. If you want to ensure that the military meritorious officers will not decline again, the best way is to find a way for them to inherit, just like the imperial examinations for civil officials and gentry!