Regarding Yang Tianmin's memorial, Emperor Wanli replied: "The eldest son of the emperor is transferred to Ciqing Palace and enthroned for a period of time, and the ministers shall not be disturbed."
It was the old tune that "I know nothing in my mind, don't talk too much", but there were fewer excuses like "Young and weak, afraid of death" than before.
After all, the eldest son of the emperor is already twenty years old and looks healthy. If the emperor still says "I am afraid of death if I am young and weak", it is an insult to the IQ.
The ministers who clamored to establish the crown prince were obviously dissatisfied, and they submitted memorials one after another before requesting the establishment of the crown prince.
The chief officer Xie Tingzan requested the enthronement and was exiled to the Guizhou Governor Zhaomo; the minister of the court, Wang Shichang requested the crown prince, and was exiled to Guizhou as a clerk, and the censor Zhou Pan and others were rescued, and their salary was taken away.
There was also Ye Xianggao, the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, who begged for the third rituals of the eldest son, but the emperor stayed at the throne and refused to send it.
In recent years, the most famous troll engineering department has submitted a memorial to the director Wang Dewan, accusing Emperor Wanli of being bad to the empress, and questioning that if the emperor had the intention to establish another, he should favor the empress more and give birth to a legitimate son to peace in the world.
This memorial intended to guide the life of the royal couple made Emperor Wanli break the defense, and criticized Wang Dewan as a beast, and issued an edict to imprison Wang Dewan.
During February and March, when the ministers who actively clamored for the establishment of the crown prince and the emperor continued to raise the throne, civil unrest broke out in many places against the tax prisons assigned by the emperor.
First, tens of thousands of people in Wuchang surrounded the yamen where Chen Feng was located. Chen Feng fled to the Chu Palace. The people threw 16 people into the Yangtze River and drowned.
Then more than 10,000 porcelain workers in Jingdezhen rioted, destroyed the instrument factory, burned the tax office, and fled the tax supervisor Pan Xiang; and there was also a civil rebellion in Tengyuezhou, Yunnan, burning the tax manager Yang Rong's tax manager.
So the ministers submitted memorials, demanding that the tax supervision that imposes heavy taxes and infringes on the people be convicted, and asked Emperor Wanli to withdraw the tax supervision.
Emperor Wanli refused to follow the rules and issued an order to "accus the real evil spirits and deal with them according to the law." Even the cabinet did not dare to obey orders and returned the order.
As soon as the spring began, the ministers and the emperor were coming and going, arguing endlessly.
Perhaps because of the late spring cold, Lin Tai, a powerful man from the court, fell ill. Although he was still in the capital, he did not participate in these disputes much.
This is probably the first time in his life that Lin Junhou, who is as strong as a ox and two tigers, has not been ill.
However, at the end of February, Lin Tailai also submitted a memorial, claiming that the preliminary investigation and verification of Shijian Yinshan of Waguo had been completed, and that 800,000 taels of silver could be sent to the court every year in the future.
This number suddenly shocked the court again. The 800,000 taels that were in vain were almost as close as the Yangzhou salt tax!
The legendary Emperor Wanli reacted very quickly this time and immediately issued an order to divide 800,000 taels of Japanese silver into two parts, half each of Neiku and Taicang.
The emperor's half-division plan must have been opposed by ministers. Why do you emperor want so much money?
Instead, the Ministry of Revenue proposed the sharing of the spoils of 600,000 taels into Taicang and the remaining 200,000 taels into the internal warehouse.
Emperor Wanli asked again, your ministers quarreled every day to add crowns and weddings to the emperor's eldest son. Isn't this money?
Then Emperor Wanli listed a grand ceremony for the eldest son’s crown with a total value of 5 million taels of silver and a budget list for the wedding, and asked the Ministry of Revenue to prepare.
This budget of five million taels almost made the Minister of Revenue Yu Shenxing so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.
When Emperor Wanli was married, he used only 170,000 taels of silver. What does this mean to give a budget order of 5 million this time?
If the eldest son's crown ceremony and wedding are worth five million, what about the ceremony of establishing the crown prince? So the emperor clearly used another method to disgust and make things difficult for the ministers to achieve the goal of procrastination.
Anyway, the annual quota of 800,000 taels reported by Lin Junhou successfully added fuel to the fire. In addition to establishing a throne and tax supervision, it opened up a new path of confrontation for Emperor Wanli and ministers.
Several problems mixed together and the quarrel was in April. The Zuo Deputy Censor Qian Yiben took action and secretly began to connect with middle-level officials.
Qian Yiben, who was famous for his repeated impeachment of Lin Tailai, has now been promoted to the left deputy censor and has become a big shot among the Qingliu forces, with a strong appeal.
On the sixth day of the fourth month, more than 20 poets, ministers, and officials gathered outside the Dongjiao Gate of Huangji Gate to request an audience with the emperor for the matter of the country.
The leader is Zhao Nanxing, a veteran of Qingliu Party who is known for his integrity and integrity. He is exactly fifty years old this year.
He was a senior Jinshi in the second year of Wanli. He had been in the imperial examination for twenty-seven years and was appointed as the head of the ritual department of the sixth rank of the ritual department of the Ministry of Rites.
In fact, seventeen years ago, under the support of Shen Li, the leader of the Qingliu force, Zhao Nanxing had already become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department, and could be called a star-level official.
However, twelve years ago, Zhao Nanxing wrote an article "On the Four Harms of the World" and called out the name of Haolin Tailai in Suzhou Township.
Then his official position became smaller and smaller, and finally he was in the position of chief officer for ten years. After the exam, he would just change his department and continue to be the chief officer.
Looking at the closed vermilion door of the East Corner Gate, Zhao Nanxing burst out with anger and actually hit the door with his head!
Seeing this, the Dawei Inner Guardian quickly blocked Zhao Nanxing.
"Why don't you care about your six-foot body? What should I do if I stop you?" Zhao Nanxing shouted sternly to the forbidden soldiers who held him down.
The on-duty soldiers had no choice but to report to the palace.
After the news spread, the court was shocked by this, and many people recalled the "Zuoshunmen Incident" in the early Jiajing Dynasty.
Zhao Nanxing and others stood at Dongjiaomen until the afternoon, but there was still no sign of leaving.
Emperor Wanli still refused to come forward to meet him, but instead sent Chen Ju, the eunuch in charge of the seal and the admiral of the East Factory, to solve the problem.
And authorize Eunuch Chen, if the problem cannot be solved, the person who caused the problem will be solved.
Eunuch Chen was very conflicted and did not want to be such a villain, but his responsibilities were solemn that he could only come out to face the ministers who were beating him.
"You guys are useless to wander here, but they are suspected of forcing the emperor. Let's disperse!" Eunuch Chen advised Zhao Nanxing.
Zhao Nanxing bowed to the north and said righteously: "In the fourteenth year of Wanli, there has been no minister who has been in a desperate manner, starting from today!
If the emperor does not change his mind, we will only go on a hunger strike here until death!"
For the fifty-year-old Zhao Nanxing, this may be the last chance, and he will not survive without being crazy.
Eunuch Chen sighed helplessly. Although he understood the ministers more deeply because of his education and personality.
But if I really can't persuade me, I can only capture the more than 20 people in the name of disrupting the palace ban and put them in prison.
Anyway, these ministers were proud of being beaten by the court and entrusting the imperial edict, which was a blessing for them.
Hundreds of imperial soldiers and Jinyiwei official school groups surrounded the ministers. Zhao Nanxing, who was led, was not afraid and even a little excited.
Just then, someone suddenly shouted "Stop!"
Eunuch Chen turned his head and saw several officials carrying a door panel and walking towards the Meridian Gate.
On the door panel was a majestic man with a big figure, but his face was pale and seemed to be sick. Who wouldn't he be the powerful man who brought Fang Hou Lin Tailai?
Zhao Nanxing looked at the biggest enemy in his life and his heart was covered with a shadow.
It seems that Lin Tailai has never issued an imperial prison. Isn’t it here to grab the achievement of “issuing an imperial prison” today?
When we got closer, we saw Lin Tailai lying on the door panel waving his arms and shouting: "The country has been raising scholars for another eighty years, and the morale cannot be reduced again!"
Everyone: "."
Which side of you are from? What does "any eighty years" mean? How does it sound like a sarcastic meaning?
Eunuch Chen greeted him and asked, "Why are you here?"
Lin Tailai took out a notebook and said, "I will also submit a memorial today to request appoint it!"
Eunuch Chen was a little confused. Didn’t you, Lin Tailai, always get out of trouble and not get involved in the great disaster of the country? What kind of turmoil is this to be frightened today?
If even Lin Tailai wants to make trouble in the country, it would be difficult.
Then Eunuch Chen greeted him and carried Lin Tailai to the next corridor, then waved his left and right, and talked face to face with Lin Tailai alone.
"There is no one around now, and the king has something to say, but I just want to say it." Eunuch Chen asked again.
Lin Tailai sighed and said, "The eldest son of the emperor is already twenty years old. When he is in the year of winning the championship, can the emperor still hold on?
Since the 14th year of Wanli, the dispute over the foundation of the country has been fifteen years. I can’t help the third son of the emperor for fifteen years. What’s the point of dragging it on?”
Eunuch Chen said bluntly: "But what does this have to do with you? Haven't you never participated in these things?"
No one is a fool, and you, Lin Tailai, are not a little white flower. What is your intention to suddenly come over to join in the fun?
Lin Tailai pointed to the ministers outside and said explicitly: "If the emperor can't hold on anymore and has to become a crown prince, it is better to give it to me instead of supporting the first merits and giving it to those who seek fame and reputation."
Eunuch Chen: "."
It seems to make some sense, but it is speechless.
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After a little thought, Eunuch Chen asked again: "You are not short of this achievement. What is your intention to do this?"
Lin Tailai seemed to be very realistic and answered: "It is a great joy to establish a crown prince. How can I be absent when I participate in the grand event like this?
So I just want to support me, and there is no other meaning.”
"Let's report to the emperor like this?" Eunuch Chen tentatively said.
Lin Tailai said without any attention: "Just transfer the original words I said!"
Eunuch Chen felt that he would just be a memoir. "We will show your memorial to the emperor, but how the emperor thinks is not what we can do."
To be continued...