First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 524

After all, he was the commander in chief who commanded thousands of troops. Facing the pie falling from the sky, Xu Da maintained a rare calmness.

Judging from the current court situation, the Zhongshu Province is the core of the Ming Dynasty and is mainly responsible for government affairs, while the Menxia Province is the core of managing people and is responsible for the resumes, evaluations, and promotions of almost all officials.

The two provinces are in control of the court, and there is almost no distinction between top and bottom.

Under these two provinces is Yushitai.

Yushitai supervises all officials and is in charge of the government and the public. The scope of management and the power in his hands are appalling.It is because of Yang Xian's low qualifications that Li Shanchang is inferior everywhere, but even so, he can still greedy so much money, which proves the power of Doctor Yushi.

Xu Da asked himself, if he took over the Yushitai, he would definitely be able to fight against the two provinces.It's not that Xu Da is inflated. Isn't Zhu Yuanzhang's intention to make such an arrangement obvious?

It's just that I still hold the title of the Great Governor of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then take charge of the Yushitai, it would be too much, and the entire court situation would be destroyed.

Xu Da was silent, and Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said, "What? You don't want to?"

Only then did Xu Da raise his head, staring at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, I can only take care of one end of Yushitai and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!"

"no!"

Old Zhu directly rebuffed, "You are the most capable of our subordinates, we can't let you lose your military power! Don't even think about it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's straightforwardness made Xu Da stunned. If he didn't go to the military power, he would not be able to take over the Yushitai no matter what. thing.But as a military general, being able to serve as a royal doctor is a breakthrough for both warriors and Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da weighed it over and over again, and then said earnestly: "Superior, of course I can fight, but there is no shortage of generals who can fight in our army. Whether it is Chang Yuchun, Feng Guosheng, Zhu Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong, Lan Yu, Their skills are enough to sweep the surroundings. On the contrary, the minister has no other use except being able to plan in the sky. If the superior is willing, the minister will relinquish his military power and concentrate on being a royal official. Otherwise, the minister I also don’t want to cause trouble for my own family and future generations.”

These words are sincere and reasonable.

Lao Zhu couldn't help but fell into deep thought. He didn't want Xu Da to give up his military power, but he hoped that Xu Da could use this to better suppress civil servants.But think about it carefully, with Xu Da's title and achievements, who can suppress him except the left minister Li Shanchang and the right minister Mr. Zhang!

In fact, whether there is military power or not is the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered over and over again, and finally said: "Even if we agree to let you go, who can take over from you? Who can take over from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?"

Xu Da thought for a while, and then said: "Supervisor, Chang Yuchun and I originally discussed that we hoped to add the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and change the original Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies... This memorandum has not yet been uploaded, and the superior will Here we come. In fact, the minister said that Chang Yuchun is very suitable to lead the navy."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes lit up immediately.

Chang Yuchun is indeed a good candidate.

He has two advantages, one is that he is brave and invincible, he can run rampant in the world, unstoppable.Second, Chang Yuchun is loyal and obeys orders.

The reason why the navy is rotten is that it is difficult for the court to supervise, and the generals of the navy are doing whatever they want.

If Chang Yuchun is allowed to command the navy, it will indeed make a big difference.

Only in this way, the infantry and cavalry lost their control again.

"Xu Da, do you think other than the two of you, who else can be in command of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion?"

Xu Da hardly hesitated, and immediately said: "It's none other than Tang He!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and a smile appeared on his face.

indeed!

Think of a piece to go!

It is true that Tang He's fighting skills are slightly inferior, but his qualifications are definitely enough, and he is even Lao Zhu's leader.You can easily suppress other generals without any trouble.

Then there is Tang He's ability to govern the army, which is also first-rate.

Let him master the infantry and cavalry, Zhu Yuanzhang can rest assured.

Therefore, after a brief discussion between the two, they made up their minds.

Xu Da resigned from the position of the governor of the five armies and was transferred to the imperial doctor.

The seat he vacated was given to Tang He.

As for the navy, it is very important and cannot be discarded casually.

Therefore, Chang Yuchun was in charge.

Of course, military affairs are not the most important thing now, and can be adjusted slowly.The top priority is still the matter of Yushitai.

"Superior, I'm afraid I'm going to offend someone."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "It's good to offend people! Letting you sit in this position is to offend people! Don't worry, as long as it makes sense, we will fully support it, and whoever dares to be disobedient will get out of the court! We Ming Dynasty, want to be an official The people, the car load!"

When the monarch and his ministers talked about this, they finally talked about it, and they talked thoroughly. They pushed the cup to change, and drank broad beans and edamame, feeling like delicacies from mountains and seas.

Seeing that it was time to hold the lamp, Zhu Yuanzhang left.

He was drowsy from drinking, and before he left the mansion, he found a little girl, riding a bay red horse, dashing in heroically.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, his eyes lit up, why did he look familiar?

That's right!

Why is it a bit like the fourth child!

The vigor, look, and attire... are all quite similar.

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously turned his head and looked at Xu Da.But found that Xu Da's face was very dark.

This girl is too worrying.

"Get me down!"

Xu Miaoyun rolled her eyelids, jumped off the horse very reluctantly, and said angrily: "Everyone came back from shooting arrows, and you just finished drinking, don't you know that drinking is harmful to your health?"

Good guy, you dare to teach her father a lesson!

Xu Da stared, "Go away, don't embarrass me!"

Xu Miaoyun made a face at him, and then ran away.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, and suddenly laughed, "Xu Da, you are a nice girl, how about we get married? You see, we have quite a few sons. Besides the eldest, the fourth is actually Zhu Di. It’s not bad, he’s quite promising, he’s made a lot of contributions at such a young age!”

Hearing Lao Zhu's words, Xu Da's face darkened even more.

Let's not joke, shall we?

How did your son make meritorious deeds, can I not know?

Isn't that just a bargain?

How do you have the face to say it?

How can my Xu family's daughter marry your Zhu family!

My ideal son-in-law should be the kind who is gentle, talented and intelligent. No matter what, he can't be that living bandit Zhu Di!

It was fun now, not only did Zhang Ximeng look down on the old Zhu's daughter, Xu Da also looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang's son.In the field of blind dates, the Zhu family has managed to be at the bottom of the chain of contempt,

How about you being the emperor?

The same is looked down upon!

"Um... superior, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, don't be a horse and an ox for your children and grandchildren. The children are still young, after a few years, let them listen to themselves!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took it as a joke and didn't take it seriously. He came out of Xu Da's mansion and returned to the palace.

He reeked of alcohol, and Empress Ma prepared hot water for him, wanting him to wash up and rest quickly.

But suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table!

"Good job Xu Da! You're too much of a bully!"

Empress Ma was taken aback, "Chongba, did you quarrel with Xu Da?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "What he said is the same as Zhang Ximeng! Exactly the same!"

Empress Ma was stunned for a long time, asking questions one after another, only then did she understand that daring affection was a matter of proposing marriage.

"You don't want to make fun of yourself! Let me tell you, what is the fear of the younger generation! There are too many powerful children now. I talked to Jiang Nan a few days ago. She said that Mr. Zhang accepted a female apprentice. Just now I have entered Beijing. That girl is not yet ten years old, but she is extremely intelligent. The old people in the Qin Tianjian can't compare with her. I even tried it myself. The questions that our children can't figure out, in others, It's as easy as drinking cold water!"

Empress Ma sighed: "It's true that people are more deadly than people. If those few in our family were not born in the palace and grew up in the emperor's family, they would be really useless!"

The more Lao Zhu heard it, the more discouraged he became, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "It's all your fault! The child is not smart, it's the mother's fault!"

Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out, and then he saw a raised slap...... Blame me?Who gave you a big face!

……

It was rare for Lao Zhu to stop for a day, and there was a decree from the palace to let Xu Da be the imperial envoy.

Li Shanchang had gotten the news a long time ago, so he wasn't too surprised, but the others were dumbfounded and confused!

Don't play like this!

Xu Da is just a warrior, how can he manage Yushitai with a mere military commander?

No, absolutely not!

Come out and stop it!

It's just that in the current court, Li Shanchang's performance is bad, and Yang Xian just took a one-way ticket to the Palace of the King of Hell. Although Hu Weiyong is fine, he has missed so many taxes. He is in a bad situation. He is afraid of being noticed. Dare to come forward?

In this way, in a state of horror, anger, madness, and helplessness, Xu Da successfully became the imperial doctor.

On the first day of taking office, Xu Da ordered all the surviving censors to stand outside.

Standing against the big sun.

This made many people go crazy. They are all helpless scholars, they are used to being pampered, how can they bear this?

Is this person surnamed Xu going to train Yushi as a soldier?

It really made them guess right.

"As a censor, he knows the law and breaks the law, and defies the law! Yang Xian's case, the amount of money has never been heard before. This is the shame of all the censors in the world! We must use the fastest speed and the most decisive efforts to restore the censor's authority. Fame is worthy of the official uniform on the body! It is worthy of the embroidered Xiezhi!"

Xu Da yelled angrily: "I declare that from now on, all court officials are not allowed to hold big marriages, build family temples, worship ancestors with great fanfare, greet and send off casually, and even more are not allowed to gather together to eat and drink. .In addition to official business, you must reduce your contacts in private, behave according to your duties, and be a clean official!"

The censor present was dumbfounded, are you going crazy?

But Xu Da said to himself: "Listen to me, all officials who have such behaviors will be impeached! No mercy! The censor made a mistake, and the punishment will be doubled! If there is no change within ten days, I will take the lead in resigning! Not only Resign, and ask Your Majesty to abolish Yushitai directly! The imperial court does not need to eat trash!"

I was blowing on the air conditioner yesterday, and I had a terrible headache. I wanted to take a rest, so I went to sleep... The big guys should also pay attention to their health, and the little ones need to get some medicine...

Chapter 728 Empress Dowager Supports Me

How can a martial artist command Yushitai?

Xu Da believes that the first thing to grasp is discipline!

Yushitai is a very special place. Don't look at it from top to bottom, level by level, and official positions are clearly defined, but in fact, every supervisory censor has the right to handle cases independently and hear rumors.

Basically, an ordinary supervisory censor is not much worse than a doctor censor, at least there is no insurmountable gap.Yang Xian's method of controlling his subordinates is to promote his cronies and install his own people.

When it came to handling the case, Yushitai basically died of drought and waterlogging.

Some people want to climb up, so they desperately impeach, just output, no matter right or wrong, spray first and then talk.

As for the other group of people, they insist on being happy for a day and being angry for a day. Since they are all like this, why are they not happy?

This group of people went to work openly to fish, and they never saw anyone impeaching them all year round. They just regarded Yushitai as a bodhisattva dojo, and it was right for humans and animals to be harmless.

After Xu Da took over the censor platform, he first gave military training to all the censors, standing in a military posture and walking in the queue for half an hour every day.

This is to enhance their obedience, the censor must be disciplined!

Secondly, Xu Da asked people to collect daily newspapers, select the important parts, and read the newspapers to everyone for half an hour to let them know what the public opinion is discussing.

In fact, these two methods have been used in the military, such as daily training, such as regular newspaper reading.

Isn't it too wasteful to train these high-ranking censors as soldiers?Don't they even understand this?

In fact, don't think too highly of these grown-ups, no matter who they are, they will become useless as long as they lie down for a few years.

Xu Da relied on these means to cheer them up and restore their fighting spirit.

The real big thing is having a conversation with everyone.

All censors are in charge, some are in charge of monitoring various places, some are in charge of military affairs, and some are in charge of the city ship department, chaoguan, and river channels...

Anyway, no matter what you are responsible for, it is impossible for your share to be free from problems!Do you have a case in hand, and how far has it progressed?

Is it because I am lazy, or is it really difficult?

Xu Da was tortured one by one, at first some people were not convinced, and talked back to Xu Da, Xu Da didn't say anything, just took out the prepared memorial, filled in the name, and sent it to the palace.

"I have committed impeachment, you can now go home and wait for the news."

Even the memorial to impeachment has been prepared, so there is no one else to do this.