In the Xuanzheng Hall, Zhu Houzhi sat on the throne and looked down at the officials like a dragon coiling around a tiger!
The newly appointed Chief Assistant Minister, Yang Yiqing, bowed and walked out of the line with a board in his hand.
" Your Majesty, Nanjing's Minister of War, Wu Xianfei, has already mobilized his troops and divided them into five groups to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates. The soldiers and civilians from all over the city are fighting. The Japanese pirates are lacking in logistics and will not be able to last long…"
"The cabinet has already mobilized five thousand Divine Arms Battalion to reinforce us. There are a thousand cannons and three thousand javelins under the command of Commander Siqi Jingtong.”
"Which prefecture is the most dangerous and suffered the greatest losses?”
"Your Majesty, the Southeast Governor Qian Youqing and the Nanjing Minister of War Wu Xianfei have jointly reported that Qing Zhou and Quan Zhou suffered the greatest losses. The two of them have already unified the distribution of rations, which is enough for the soldiers guarding the city for a month.”
Yang Yiqing reported as if he knew everything. Although he was over seventy years old, his memory was very good.
"Does the Qingzhou Prefecture have city defense cannons? Who is the city guard?"
"Your Majesty, the city guard is Qi Jingtong's son, Dengzhou Guard General Qi Jiguang.”
"Qi Jiguang?"
Hearing this name, Zhu Houyi was delighted. It was similar to the name in the history books.
At this time, Qi Jiguang was also a young man. He had inherited the title of his ancestors and was already in the military camp.
"Your Majesty, there are 12 cannons on the walls of Qingzhou Prefecture with a range of more than six miles. In addition, there are more than 200 bird guns. I expect Qi Jiguang to be able to repel the Japanese pirates!”
"Zhen doesn't want to chase away the Japanese pirates!”
"Zhen wants Hai Bo Yong Ping! The pirates are extinct!"
"Great Ming is the country of the Heavenly Dynasty. The Great Ming Navy must be rebuilt and go out to sea to exterminate the pirates!”
Zhu Houjin's words echoed in the Xuanzheng Hall, and the officials could feel the emperor's great ambition.
The cabinet assistant Xu Jie reported with tears in his eyes,""Your Majesty, we will definitely follow Your Majesty's will and protect the country forever!”
As Xu Jie's voice fell, Zhu Houyi nodded in satisfaction.
Xu Jie was a little "licorice", but he was still an official.
The daily affairs of the Ming Empire were handled by the cabinet, and the emperor only decided the major matters of the empire.
Therefore, it was very important to have a cabinet that could do things. Otherwise, it would be very tiring to be an emperor.
In the past few days, after Zhu Houyi had executed Yang Ting and his henchmen with thunderous methods, the entire court had already developed a great fear of the new Emperor!
Of course, the eunuchs who were at odds with the cabinet were also having a hard time.
Zhu Houjiu used the original owner's personal eunuch Huang Jin to take over the position of East Military Commander. He then kicked away Si Jiangbin, the commander of the Brocade Guard. The command of the Brocade Guard was also handed over to Huang Jin. The Head Eunuch Qian Ning only had the West Military Commander in his hands now, and he could not even protect himself.
However, Zhu Houyi was not in a hurry to kill Qian Ning right now, because the East and West Chambers were the Emperor's eyes and ears, the main intelligence station.
Tens of thousands of factory guards were monitoring the movements of the civil and military officials and the local officials.
Zhu Houjin needed to use these people to check and balance the cabinet. He also needed them to supervise each other…
The essence of the Art of Emperor was to balance the various powers of the imperial court…
The Emperor himself was high and mighty, controlling everything!
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Yangxin Palace Hall.
When Huang Jin saw the eunuch beside the Emperor walking over, he hurriedly took out a "small yellow fish" from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into the eunuch's sleeve.
"You can't do that. I definitely won't dare to accept it.”The eunuch hurriedly pushed him away.
"Take it."
Huang Jin forcefully stuffed the "small yellow croaker" into the eunuch's hand, and he no longer refused.
"What is His Majesty doing now?" Huang Jin asked in a low voice. How are you feeling?"
"His Majesty is reading the memorial and is very calm.”
"Thank you, Eunuch Li." Huang Jin stopped and pondered for a moment before bowing and entering.
Although Huang Jin had been brought to the capital from Anlu by Zhu Houjiu, Huang Jin felt that Zhu Houjiu had become a completely different person ever since he ascended the throne.
Huang Jin, who had followed Zhu Houyi since he was young, was now in charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the East Chamber. He was in a high position and had great power.
However, his heart was still filled with fear and trepidation.
The current Zhu Houjin was no longer the idle young prince in the south, but the ruler of the Nine and Five!
Inside Yangxin Hall, Zhu Houxin was reading the memorials sent by the cabinet over the past few days.
Originally, it had to be submitted to the emperor through the Chief of Rites, but now, the Chief of Rites, Qian Ning, had already gone south to find Wang Yangming.
It was a critical period now, and omitting this procedure was more conducive to efficiency.
A palm-printed eunuch was the head of eunuchs.
If a soldier who didn't want to be a marshal wasn't a good soldier, then a eunuch who didn't want to be a seal eunuch wasn't a good eunuch either.
All the eunuchs coveted this position.
Eunuchs with palm prints were used by the emperor to contend with the cabinet, and their power was comparable to that of the chief assistant.
Every day, the officials of the empire sent no less than a thousand volumes of memorials to the emperor.
The Emperor couldn't see it all by himself.
Therefore, most of the memorials would be read by the eunuch with the seal and the eunuch with the brush.
After that, they would be separated into urgent and ordinary documents before they reached the heavens. The memorials that reached the Emperor's dragon desk were less than ten volumes.
Emperors who were lazy would not even look at the memorials for three days. Instead, they would let their ministers or eunuchs approve them on their behalf.
This was also the fundamental reason why the emperors of the past dynasties were deceived.
Whether Qian Ning or Huang Jin would be the seal eunuch, Zhu Houjin still had to weigh the pros and cons.
Just as he was weighing the pros and cons, a palace maid came in to report,"Greetings, Your Majesty. Eunuch Huang greets you.”
Zhu Houjin put down the memorial in his hand and said,""Summon him into the hall!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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