The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Anlu County, De'an Prefecture?"

On this day, after Emperor Jiajing practiced in Xiyuan, he called Gao Zhong and brought up all the memorials that needed to be reviewed today.

After approving several memorials, it was soon the cabinet's turn to submit the documents for the selection of the new royal palace and fiefdom.

There is no doubt that most of the officials in the capital have little impression of the De'an Mansion. Unless they have specifically checked the records before, they will definitely not be able to figure out the situation. But is this difficult for Emperor Jiajing?

Before Emperor Jiajing came to Beijing, he was not too young, so he naturally had some knowledge of the conditions in the prefectures and counties around Anlu Prefecture.

Instead of letting the little chamberlain continue to read out the memorial, he came over and read it himself.

The memorial was written in great detail, listing all the reasons why Xu Jie, Wu Shan and Gao Yao supported the choice of Anlu as the new king's fiefdom. However, when he saw Yan Song's statement, Emperor Jiajing's eyes couldn't help but condense.

He could see that Yan Song did not support the content of this memorial. He was opposed to it, but he could not find a reason to object.

Putting down the memorial in his hand, Emperor Jiajing relaxed and leaned on the throne. He turned to Huang Jin and asked, "Huang Jin, is the former fiefdom of King Shou in De'an Mansion?"

"Shouwang?"

Huang Jin and other people in the palace did not participate in the cabinet's decision, and the choice of fiefdom had nothing to do with their inner court.

Suddenly asked by Emperor Jiajing, Huang Jin was shocked and searched for memories in his mind.

After all, it happened more than ten years ago, and Huang Jin still vaguely remembered something.

Who is the longevity king?

It was Zhu Youqu, the ninth son of Xianzong of Ming Dynasty.

It seems that it disappeared many years ago. His fiefdom should be in De'an Mansion.

Thinking of this, Huang Jin bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, King Shou's fiefdom should be in De'an Mansion, but it has been withdrawn."

The cabinet memorial did not mention it clearly, but the words still reminded Emperor Jiajing of this incident.

"hateful."

For no reason, Emperor Jiajing suddenly said harshly.

Then, he leaned against the back of the throne and uttered another sentence, "Deserves to be punished."

Huang Jin on one side, Gao Zhong and other eunuchs below, and all the servants serving in the palace were nervous and at a loss.

The emperor was in a bad mood, and they all could see that if they made the slightest mistake in front of the emperor at this time, they might be doomed.

Emperor Jiajing's anger was not directed at them, and they all knew it, but what made him feel guilty for no reason was that he was worried about causing harm to Chi Yu.

Huang Jin just turned his head and glanced at Gao Zhong, then both lowered their heads.

I don't know what Emperor Jiajing was thinking. He picked up and put down the memorial in front of him, and finally put it aside and did not return it to Gao Zhong.

For a moment, Huang Jin and Gao Zhong were a little confused about the emperor's plan.

Approval, rejection, or retention?

"Next portion."

He didn't have long to think before Emperor Jiajing gave instructions.

The matter of the cabinet memorial passed as if nothing happened.

"The Ministry of War announced that Huang Guangsheng, the newly appointed governor of Hu-Guichuan, asked Yu Dayou to be appointed as the general of Guizhou Left Road Guard. It seems inappropriate for Baihu to be appointed as the general."

The little chamberlain read out the text on the cabinet draft, discarding the rhetoric piled in the memorial, and simply summarized the main content of the memorial and the cabinet's opinions.

"Yu Dayou was beaten back and became a hundred households?"

Emperor Jiajing asked with a mysterious smile on his lips.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The prisoner Yu Dayou was deprived of his official position and hereditary military position due to his crime, and was demoted to Datong. He gained merit for the sneak attack on Bansheng City and participated in the battle of Anyinbao. He was restored to his hereditary military position and is still serving as an official of Baihu."

Lord Gao Zhong immediately replied.

"Both Huang Guangsheng and Yu Dayou are from Fujian?"

After nodding slightly, Emperor Jiajing asked again.

"Um? It seems so."

As for the birthplace of ministers, the inner court does have information, but if they don't check it specifically, no one will pay attention to it.

After all, there are so many officials in the world, who would remember the place of origin of irrelevant people.

Gao Zhong followed the meaning of Emperor Jiajing's words and immediately added: "Your Majesty, I will send someone to check immediately."

"No."

Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and refused.

"Is it possible for his former Zhejiang General Soldier to go to Guizhou?"

Yu Dayou was previously responsible for suppressing Japanese pirates in Zhejiang. Zhejiang was located on the coast of the empire, but the terrain of Guizhou was a mountainous place. Emperor Jiajing had some doubts about Yu Dayou's ability at this time.

Although the battles in Zhejiang and Datong fully demonstrated Yu Dayou's tactical command ability, after all, the terrain conditions are very different from those in Guizhou.

"Your Majesty, it should be possible."

At this time, Gao Zhong took the memorial from the Ministry of War and opened it, read the contents again, and then said: "There is a record in the memorial of the Ministry of War. This Yu Dayou had previously participated in the evaluation of Guangdong and Guangxi and the war in Annan. The terrain there The conditions are quite close to those in Guizhou.”

"oh?"

Emperor Jiajing was slightly moved.

Although he has never been to Guizhou, he knows from the records in the book that Guizhou, and even the southwest of the empire, is full of mountains and rivers with complex terrain.

Commanding operations in such an environment is very troublesome for many generals.

Emperor Jiajing did not expect that Yu Dayou was actually an all-rounder among the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

He still remembered that someone had come forward to intercede when Yu Dayou's case was committed, but he mentioned that Yu Dayou was good at water and land warfare, and he was one of the few coastal generals of the Ming Dynasty who knew how to fight on water.

In this battle of Datong, Yu Dayou once again demonstrated his combat command capabilities on the northern grasslands. Now Huang Guangsheng and the Ministry of War valued his experience in commanding counter-insurgency wars in the southwest and wanted to transfer him to Guizhou to suppress the Miao rebellion.

Emperor Jiajing did not think anything in the memorial was false.

"Previously, the Ministry of War issued a memorandum instructing the Jiubian and Jingying departments to build unicycle chariots."

Emperor Jiajing suddenly said casually.

Huang Jin, who was standing at the side, heard the elegant meaning of the string song and immediately bowed and said: "There is such a thing. It is said that the Ministry of War thinks that this unicycle chariot is very useful when infantry fights against cavalry, and it is recommended to promote it. That memorial to Emperor Shu The slaves have already approved it.

Speaking of which, this unicycle chariot was the enemy-killing weapon built by Yu Dayou when he was in Datong. "

Gao Zhong below blinked at this time and understood what Emperor Jiajing meant. Huang Jin still understood the emperor's thoughts better than himself.

"According to the decree, Yu Dayou has made great achievements in building a one-wheeled chariot. He has been promoted to guard and command of Qianshi. He has also been awarded the title of General Guangwei. He has been promoted to captain of the cavalry and moved to Guizhou West Road to guard the general."

While he was speaking, Emperor Jiajing glanced at the cabinet memorial on the imperial desk.

Just when Gao Zhong responded to the order and wrote the emperor's order at the end of the memorial, Emperor Jiajing said again: "Go down and get me the information about Yu Dayou. I want to take a look and see what battles he has fought. "

Gao Zhong's writing hand paused slightly. He knew very well that Yu Dayou had caught the emperor's eye.

Gao Zhong had read that memorial carefully. After all, not long ago, because of Yu Dayou's reward, there had been several rounds of back and forth between the cabinet chief minister Yan Song and the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War wanted to promote Yu Dayou to an official position, but Yan Song was blocking the promotion.

Although I don't understand why Yan Song agreed with the opinions of Huang Guangsheng and the selected generals of the Ministry of War this time, the emperor's statement reached the cabinet. I think Yan Song, the elder of the Yan Pavilion, would be very disappointed.

Gao Zhong thought in his heart, but then he thought that maybe Mr. Yan Ge just wanted to leave him in the remote countryside of Guizhou. Maybe he stayed in Xuanda, and he might beat the Tatars to the point where they would run away again one day. It’s too bad to stop the reward anymore.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhong suddenly felt that Mr. Yan Ge's move was quite clever.

After that, the previous procedure resumed. The little chamberlain read out the contents of the memorial, Emperor Jiajing quickly gave instructions, and Gao Zhong recorded the emperor's decision behind the draft.

One by one the memorials were processed so efficiently, and not long after, all the memorials brought by Gao Zhong had been processed.

At this time, Gao Zhong directed his chamberlain to sort and organize the memorials that had been criticized. Those that were criticized and those that were rejected were stored separately. Those that Emperor Jiajing did not give any opinions on were kept without being published.

However, Gao Zhong would still take a peek at the memorandum left on the imperial desk from time to time.

The emperor did not express his position, and there was no way of saying whether he would approve or reject it, or whether he would stay in China.

This situation is rare.

You know, the memorials sent by the cabinet to the Supervisor of Ceremonies are recorded, and their final destination is also recorded. If the memorials are left with the emperor, what should be written in the records?

But from the corner of his eye, he saw that Emperor Jiajing was just sitting on the throne in a daze. He didn't know whether he was meditating or in a daze. His face was expressionless, without joy or sorrow.

The little chamberlain is very agile. After all, the people who can be chosen to be beside them are not stupid people.

After the memorials were put away, Gao Zhong could only stand up, bow to Emperor Jiajing and take his leave, taking the memorials back to the Director of Ceremonies.

Gao Zhong stood up after saluting and was about to exit the hall, when Emperor Jiajing blinked and looked at him as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Maybe it was in his heart, or maybe he looked down inadvertently while sitting on the throne. In short, Emperor Jiajing finally saw the memorial placed on the imperial desk.

He reached out, took the memorial into his hand, and opened it gently.

Seeing this, Gao Zhong, who had already taken a few steps back with his servant, stopped. He wanted to see if Emperor Jiajing would give instructions on this memorial in the end.

The servants had already retreated to the entrance of the palace. They noticed that Gao Zhong was still in the palace and did not withdraw, so they all stood at the entrance of the palace.

Emperor Jiajing seemed to be reading the memorial in his hand again, very slowly, and it took him a long time to read it again.

He closed the memorial and threw it to Gao Zhong, who was standing in the palace, without paying any attention to the cabinet memorial.

The memorial fell on the ground a few steps in front of Gao Zhong. Gao Zhong hurriedly took a few steps to pick it up from the ground. After closing it, he gently patted the cover of the memorial as if to wipe off the dust on it.

His movements were very small, but he did not dare to cause the dissatisfaction of the one on the throne.

His little move was actually just a cover-up. How could he escape the emperor's eyes?

But at this time, Emperor Jiajing just looked at Gao Zhong quietly and seemed to have no intention of speaking.

Without expressing his opinion, Gao Zhong understood in his heart that the memorial could only be left in place, or that the emperor was not satisfied with its contents.

Just when Gao Zhong picked up the memorial and was about to exit the hall, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that the aloof Emperor Jiajing slowly closed his eyes and moved his lips slightly.

"I ordered the Minister of Rites to write about King Jing's national rituals, and to write the ministers Wu Shan and Lei Li, together with the chief minister of King Jing's palace, to propose matters for the palace, and Gao Yao cooperated with it."

In just a few words from Emperor Jiajing's mouth, King Jing's title to Fan De'an was finally confirmed.

Gao Zhong felt happy for no reason, but there was no expression on his face. He just hurriedly sat back to his previous seat, spread out the memorial, and took up a pen to record what the emperor had just said.

After the recording was completed, Gao Zhong did not say goodbye immediately, but stood up and stood. After all, it was not a trivial matter for a prince to grant a kingdom, and he was not sure whether Emperor Jiajing had made up his mind.

Just now, the emperor's performance made him understand. The emperor was still very entangled in his heart.

Although I don’t know why, King Jing is favored? Or are father and son about to part ways?

Once the prince leaves the vassal state, he almost never returns to the capital.

"Go down."

Only this time, Emperor Jiajing spoke again without letting Gao Zhong wait too long.

When Gao Zhong exited the hall, holding the memorial in his hands, he not only raised his head and looked up at the sky.

The battle for the position of crown prince has come to an end. At this time, Gao Zhong thought in his heart that King Yu had the last laugh in the end.

Over the years, Prince Jing's Mansion has sent many gifts to the eunuchs of the inner court, and Gao Zhong's Mansion naturally also received many.

However, after the incident ten years ago, he became more cautious. Naturally, he would not refuse the property sent by Prince Jing's Mansion, because refusing would mean breaking up, and he did not want to be an enemy of Prince Jing.

However, after the things were put away, he still kept a distance from King Jing, unwilling to have too deep communication.

He understood that in the civil service group of the Ming Dynasty, although Yan Song, the leader, supported King Jing, other officials, except for a few officials from Yan Song's line, supported King Yu's rise to power. He was not willing to stand on the side of Their opposition has become a target of public criticism.

Even knowing that Wei Guangde had surrendered to King Yu, he still acquiesced in Chen Ju's secret contact with Wei Guangde and spread the news from the palace there.

He glanced at Chen Ju who was standing in front of the palace gate. At this time, Chen Ju was also looking at him.

Gao Zhong took a deep breath and nodded slightly to Chen Ju.

When Gao Zhong and two young chamberlains walked out of Xiyuan with memorials in their arms, Chen Ju had also asked for leave and followed them out of the gate of Xiyuan.

"Sir, Zhang Ji asked someone to take the message. An old friend of the master is waiting at home."

In the duty room of the Hanlin Academy, Wei Guangde was looking through the books in his hand boredly. It was still some time before the official office was released.

He was not very interested in the current hot spots in the capital's officialdom. He had discussed it with Gao Gong before, and the next day he also received a gift from King Yu.

Obviously, his view of the situation pleased King Yu, and at least it made King Yu less worried, so he also sent him a reward from the palace.

Although the gifts are not very expensive, they represent more friendship and trust.

At least, in King Yu's impression, it seemed that Wei Guangde had not made any mistakes.

"Old friend?"

Wei Guangde frowned slightly after hearing what Lu Bu said. This meant that he was asking him to skip work and go home early.

Closing the book in his hand, Wei Guangde stood up and said to Lu Bu as he walked: "I will leave for a while. If someone asks me later, I will say that I am going to Zhan Shifu."