In mid-November, it suddenly rained heavily in the capital, and the entire Forbidden City was washed clean without leaving any dust. The action to capture the eunuch party was basically over, and the entire court was also cleaned, leaving less than 40% of the officials of all sizes.

The eunuch party was cleaned up, and a very serious problem followed. All the yamen in the capital were seriously short of people, especially the six ministries. The eunuch party almost occupied the vast majority. Except for Sun Chengzong, the other five ministers were all eunuch party. In this cleanup, let alone the operation of the state machine, even the eunuch party could not be found!

Zhu Cijiu quickly invited Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian to discuss the issue of promotion of officials. He said that it was an agreement to actually ask Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian to propose candidates, and they thought it was fine.

Zhu Cijing didn't have many requirements. The only department he wanted to control was the Ministry of Industry, mainly to facilitate the establishment of a military-industry system in the future.

The Ministry of Works was a nest of thieves. Wu Chunfu, the Minister of Works and the Right Censor of the Eunuch Party, was the main culprit of the eunuch Party, and there were a large number of eunuch Party members below. During this purge, the main officials of the entire Ministry of Works were almost wiped out. Bi Maokang naturally took over as the Minister of Works, and Wang Zheng was also promoted to the Left Minister of Works. Even Song Yingxing, a close confidant from a juren, was promoted to the fifth-ranking Ministry of Works. It can be said that the entire Ministry of Works changed from an eunuch Party to an imperial party.

The others are basically Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youjian, and the first one to determine the cabinet members.

It goes without saying that Sun Chengzong was the Grand Tutor appointed by the former emperor, the Grand Secretary of the Zhongji Palace, the Minister of War and the Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet.

The emperor's teacher Xu Guangqi had already entered the cabinet. Gu Bingqian, the Minister of Rites, happened to be a eunuch party again and was dragged out and chopped down. So Xu Guangqi naturally became the Minister of Rites and became the Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall.

The other two cabinet members are Han Kuang and Lai Daozong.

Han Kuang is amazing. He is the elder of the Donglin Party, Wanli, Taichang, and the three dynasties of Tianqi. In the fourth year of Tianqi, he was even promoted to the chief minister of the cabinet. Later, because of his disagreement with Wei Zhongxian, he angrily resigned and retired, and thus avoided the eunuch party's purge of the Donglin Party. This time, he was invited by Sun Chengzong to come out, mainly to the imperial decree of the eunuch party and to rectify the administration of the officialdom. He joined the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace as the Minister of Personnel.

Daozong is not small. He was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli. He served as the Grand Duke of Guanglu, the Young Tutor, the Prince's Grand Tutor, the Minister of Revenue, and the Minister of Rites. He was a minister of resignation during the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty and a veteran of the cabinet. However, he was unwilling to participate in the party struggle between the eunuch party and the Donglin party and returned home. This time he was invited to go out to Wenyuan Pavilion to serve as the Minister of Revenue.

These four members of the cabinet, including Bi Maokang, the Minister of Works, the Minister of Works, and the Minister of the Six Ministry have confirmed five. Who is the last one?

The candidate of the Minister of Justice, Sun Chengzong, recommended Qiao Yunsheng, who was also a backbone of the Donglin Party. During the Tianqi period, he was the Minister of Justice and was unwilling to participate in the party struggles and returned home. This time, he could only be said to be the official reinstatement.

The six ministers of the Ministry of War were decided, and the next one was the Minister of the Right and Right. There was nothing to say about the other departments. Zhu Cijing didn't care much at all, but he paid attention to the Ministry of War. Why?

Because he also had a close confidant Sun Yuanhua who served as a doctor in the Ministry of War, he would go further and further, and this was a minister. This was a step further, but it was not a left minister, but a right minister. Sun Chengzong, the candidate for the left minister, had already been booked, and that was Yuan Chonghuan, the former governor of Liaodong.

Sun Chengzong still valued Yuan Chonghuan very much. Not only did he be named the Left Minister of War, but he also added him the title of Right Censor of the Censorate. This Right Censor of the Censor of the Censorate is the second rank, which means that he is at the same level as the Ministers of the various departments. Yuan Chonghuan is still a little angry and does not want to take office. Why?

This was all caused by Wei Zhongxian. As mentioned earlier, Yuan Chonghuan defended Ningyuan in the sixth year of Tianqi, and shot Nurhaci into the West with one shot, and won the Ningyuan victory. The following matters are not discussed in detail.

In fact, after the Ningyuan victory, Yuan Chonghuan also achieved a more brilliant victory in Ningjin. In May of the seventh year of the Tianqi period, he beat the invading Huang Taiji so much that Huang Taiji was afraid to attack Ningjin's defense line for a long time, and turned to the Mongolian grassland to develop forces.

Logically speaking, such a great contribution would have to be promoted, but Wei Zhongxian was in power at that time, and all this contribution was falsely taken over by Wei Zhongxian.

All the contributions to the Ningjin victory were Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangdong and his clan's grandson Wei Pengyi. So Wei Liangdong, who was a farmer, was awarded the title of Marquis of Dong'an and was the Prince's Prince's Preservant for his merits; Wei Pengyi, who was still drinking milk, was awarded the title of Bo Anping and was the Young Master for his merits!

The real hero Yuan Chonghuan was just a little bit raised, from the fourth rank to the third rank, and then there was no more. Yuan Chonghuan was naturally angry and exclaimed. Once he threw the lead, he quit and resigned and went home to farm.

He naturally needs comfort after suffering such a great grievance. Sun Chengzong thought it would be enough to mention the second grade to him, but he also mentioned that Yuan Chonghuan had a bad habit, that is, he was proud of himself. He believed that this great contribution to the second grade was not enough, and he must be the first grade, otherwise he would not serve him.

Emperor Chongzhen in history really gave him a super official, that is, the Minister of War and the Supervisor of Ji Liao, who was in charge of the military and politics of Liaodong, Denglai and Tianjin. This supervisor is usually served as a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. He holds the Sword of Shangfang and supervises the military and politics of various places. No matter how big the local officials commit a crime, they can take action first and then report. It can be said that the Supervisor is bigger than the first rank, and he is the local emperor of the same place!

Of course, Zhu Cijiu could not learn from Emperor Chongzhen to accommodate him. The Ningjin defense line was not lacking Yuan Chonghuan, and the Later Jin cavalry was not good at siegeing the city, and their number was too small. As long as they were not afraid of death, they could defend the Ningjin defense line. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were many generals who were not afraid of death. Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Shi Kefa were all powerful generals who would rather die than surrender. You can defend the Ningjin defense line if you pick one. You Yuan Chonghuan love to come, it would be better if you don’t come. If you come, you will cause trouble. Don’t think that if you leave the earth, you will not turn. If you have me on the earth, you will turn better.

So, Yuan Chonghuan's affairs were temporarily put on hold, and the officials of the six ministries had almost arranged the same, and the rest was to arrange military positions.

Speaking of this military position, the first person to be promoted is naturally Luo Yangxing. This guy was the first to jump out and sing a stage drama with Wei Zhongxian. He couldn't come down as soon as he came on stage. He kept fighting against Wei Zhongxian and eliminated the eunuch party. He should remember his first merit.

I have to say that although Luo Yangxing is a second-generation official, he is still very capable. Although he is not a good general, he will at least not make trouble. He doesn't have to rely on him to charge on the front line, but he is still competent in managing the security of the capital. So Luo Yangxing got what he wanted and joined the commander of the Fengjin Yiwei, and as usual, he entered the left governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

What the hell is this left governor of the Five Army? In fact, this left governor is not a real position, and the Five Army Governor's Office is not a department, but five. The Five Army Governor's Office is a general term for the Front Army Governor's Office, the Back Army Governor's Office, the Central Army Governor's Office, the Left Army Governor's Office, and the Right Army Governor's Office. Each Governor's Office has one left and right governor, and they are all first-rank military officers in charge of all the troops in the Ming Dynasty except the Imperial Guard. The Left Governor's Office, who is also the commander of the Jinyi Guard, is only a first-rank empty title, and is not a real-ranking governor of any Governor's Office.

In addition to Luo Yangxing, Yuan Keli and Qin Liangyu also made great contributions, but the admiral of the Beijing camp was already the first-class and could not be promoted. If they could not be promoted, they could only be awarded a title. Yuan Keli was named the Marquis of Zhongyong, and Qin Liangyu was also named the Marquis of Zhongzhen. Not to mention that female generals could not be named a Marquis, Qin Liangyu was indeed a Marquis of Zhongzhen in history, but that was conferred by Zhu Yousong, the Emperor of Southern Ming, and now he has only been named a Marquis of Housing for her for more than ten years.

As for Qin Gongming and Qin Yi, they were already in the third rank at a young age, and it would be a bit ridiculous to be promoted again, so Zhu Cijiu had to give up.

Finally, there are eunuchs in the palace. Cao Huachun, the eunuch of Silijian, made great contributions and naturally took over the Dongchang and became the most powerful eunuch in the palace. The other eunuchs who performed outstandingly were rewarded, including Gao Youqian, Wang Chengen, Wang Dehua, Fang Zhenghua, etc., so I will not explain them in detail here.

In short, the eunuch party has been cleaned up now, Zhu Cijiu's confidants and backbone of the Donglin Party have also been promoted, and Huang Taiji is not interested in attacking the Ningjin defense line for the time being. What is even more rare is that the treasury has some money. It seems that the situation is very good, and the Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation is expected. Is this really true?
Chapter completed!