Chapter 517 Someone in the DPRK is good to be an official (Part 2)
Liu Mianhua's secret message is full of a strong sense of paternalism, and he almost said it directly: I, Liu Mianhua, just want to promote my son-in-law, and I beg the emperor to be kind and help him!
Compared with those eloquently written chapters, this secret letter is no different from being cute and cute. If it is passed out, it will be criticized by the word "shameless". But this is Liu Mianhua's shrewdness. Emperor Chenghua
I really just want to eat this.
I don't care about getting close to my subordinates to seek my own benefits, and I am happy to satisfy the selfish desires of my close subordinates within the scope of conditions. I think this is a manifestation of peace between the monarch and his ministers.
Deep down in his heart, Emperor Chenghua liked such kind and friendly speeches, and what he hated most was the preaching tone of a serious and moral gentleman. Therefore, by the standards of an emperor, this emperor could never be called a wise king, but he was not a bad person either.
Of course, no matter how thick-skinned Liu Mianhua is, he would never dare to act cute in a public memorial. Secret memorials and public memorials are two different things.
It has to be said that human emotions are extremely delicate things. Assuming that Emperor Chenghua only saw Fang Yingwu, a civil servant, being attacked, he would not have too many feelings, and he would even bring this trivial matter to Liu Ji because of him.
This makes me feel bored.
But after seeing the impeachment of Wang Jing, a close eunuch who helped him make money, and then the impeachment of Fang Yingwu, the feeling was different, and it felt a bit like sharing the same hatred with the enemy.
More importantly, the emperor knew that Wang Jing was definitely unreasonable and could not express his support publicly to defend Wang Jing and refute the Suzhou government's remarks.
Just at this time, Liu Mianmian's secret message pointed out a new direction for the emperor to vent his anger - Wang Jing was not clean, but Fang Yingwu was a clear stream who had been wronged!
With Liu Mianmian's secret memorial as an introduction, the emperor's anger was transferred to Fang Yingwu, and he felt that it was appropriate to give some compensation to Fang Yingwu who had been wronged.
Since the Suzhou Prefecture does not understand the situation, then according to what Liu Ji said, he should promote Fang Yingwu and let the other side know that he is powerful... Having some calculations in his heart, Emperor Chenghua wrote a memorial to impeach Fang Yingwu.
I approved a few sentences.
The next day, it was morning time. The emperor went to the Tianmen Gate and ascended the throne. The civil and military officials filed in from the Meridian Gate and lined up across the Jinshui Bridge.
After the dance and worship of the mountain, the six ministers symbolically played a few things, and then ceremonially announced a few edicts such as exempting a certain place from money and food, and conferring a certain place as a vassal king. In this way, the monarch and his ministers have completed the duel, and this time it was normal.
The morning session is about to end.
But at this time, a censor suddenly threw himself at the foot of Danqi. He shouted: "I will supervise the censor Zuo Shan, impeach the second assistant Liu Ji, suppress the speech, and block the audience!"
When a boring morning session is coming to an end, it is very annoying for someone to suddenly show up and delay for time. But it is annoying and there is no reason to stop it. I have to let Zuo Yushi continue to play.
"I heard that recently there were bullets and seals reported to the imperial court in Suzhou Prefecture, but they were all kept in Liu Ji's hands. So far, there has been no vote for approval. This is a crime of blocking the way of speech and deceiving the Holy One!"
As mentioned earlier, the smooth flow of speech was an unshakable political correctness of the Ming Dynasty. Anything that harmed the smooth flow of speech was definitely a crime.
The imperial censor impeached the bachelor of secondary auxiliary affairs with full confidence. The ministers who did not know the inside story thought that something good was about to happen, and quickly switched to the drama mode.
But suddenly, the expressionless emperor spoke: "I have already read these memorials, so I won't say more."
Since the emperor stated that he had read the memorial, there was no such thing as blocking the way of speech and deceiving the saints. When Zuo Yushifeng heard about the speech and impeached the elder, he naturally made a futile attempt.
If it were a pavilion elder like Shang Xianggong, he would probably laugh it off and disdain to fuss over things like this. He would try his best to show his demeanor and magnanimity.
But Liu Mianmian was by no means such a person. He was bound to retaliate. He immediately went out and said: "I kept this memorial for half a month just to verify the matter and prevent any injustice. It is true that it is easy to be misunderstood by outsiders.
But the cabinet is a place of confidentiality. The affairs of the cabinet ministers are secrets that cannot be divulged. I don’t know how Zuo Yushi learned these details? Your Majesty, please investigate carefully!"
Seeing what Elder Ge had said, the emperor issued another decree: "Go to the hospital to investigate." Zuo Shan's face turned pale as Liu Cifu counterattacked, and he didn't expect that he would fall in so easily.
The censor can hear rumors, but that doesn't mean he can make false accusations that are contrary to the facts. Today's impeachment of his second assistant Liu Ji can almost be classified as a false accusation. The consequences of falsely accusing a minister will at least be demeaning!
A big drama turned out to be just a small episode. Zuo Yushi was simply vulnerable in front of Liu Cifu. The courtiers were a little disappointed. They couldn't help but sigh deeply. Not every sixth- and seventh-rank official has the fighting ability of Fang Yingwu.
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After the court meeting ended, the elders returned to Wenyuan Pavilion. Liu Jue couldn't help but asked Liu Mianhua: "Your Majesty has already read those memorials. Could it be that you presented them to His Majesty in private?"
Liu Ji admitted frankly: "I have a secret report to the emperor, and I submitted these ballads together!"
Liu Jue deliberately changed his face and angrily shouted in front of Wan An and Peng Hua: "How dare you forward the memorial to His Majesty in private without the approval of the cabinet. Where does this put the cabinet?"
Liu Ji was furious, and his attitude was even more fierce than Liu Jue's. He pointed his finger at Liu Jue's nose and reprimanded fiercely: "Liu Shuwen! Why do you say such things without a king or a father!
Don’t forget your duty as a servant! I am just a secretary and a servant, so must your Majesty’s imperial memorials have to go through your hands first?”
When the scolding war reached this level, Liu Jue was immediately speechless. After all, the cabinet is a cabinet, not a real prime minister. It does not have the independent power of a prime minister. The Ming Dynasty's system design does not allow the emergence of a prime minister.
According to the procedures for handling memorials designed by Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, theoretically all the memorials in the world should be directly accepted and issued by the emperor, who also assumed the power of the prime minister.
But in reality, the emperor had to rely on the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor to assist in handling the matter, or even handle it on his behalf. This was tantamount to decentralizing the power of the prime minister, but this can only mean that the emperor needs to do this, not that the emperor must do this.
If the emperor directly approved some regulations without going through the cabinet, there would be no reason for it in terms of procedures. However, most emperors are not workaholics and are too lazy to do everything themselves.
Therefore, Liu Mianhua secretly submitted the memorial directly to the emperor, and the emperor personally approved it and sent it back to the cabinet. This was Liu Mianhua's skill, and there was no violation of the procedures.
As for mixing the memorial to impeach the emperor's trusted eunuch Wang Jing with the memorial to impeach Fang Yingwu, which ultimately led to the emperor's ill-advised attack on Fang Yingwu, this is just a small technical means...
But just now Liu Jue was in a hurry and said, "Memories must first be given by the cabinet or privately," which was a bit overbearing and implicitly belittled the emperor.
His original intention was to win over Wan Shoufu and Peng Hua to attack Liu Ji on this issue. However, after Liu Jue's fierce temper broke out, he went too far. Even if some people thought so, no one dared to accept his words.
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The content of the quarrel between the two elders Liu Ji and Liu Jue was conveyed to the ears of the Emperor. From then on, the Emperor's attitude towards Liu Jue, his former teacher, became increasingly distant and cold.
When the Wenyuan Pavilion was slightly quiet, the eunuch Qin Chang came in and announced to the elders of the pavilion: "I have an edict! I will issue it with the cabinet!"
The so-called edict this time was the emperor's approval of Fang Yingwu's memorial. Wan Shoufu took it and read it first. His expression suddenly changed and became very strange, but he didn't say anything and handed it over again in order.
Second assistant Liu Mianhua looked at it.
Liu Mianhua didn't care to think about Wan Shoufu's expression. After taking the red batch, he couldn't wait to raise his eyes and take a closer look. After seeing it, he was immediately dumbfounded and froze in the hall with the red batch in hand, his expression extremely incredible.
Seeing the expressions of Wan An and Liu Ji, Liu Jue felt very contemptuous. He snorted coldly and snatched the red batch directly from Liu Mianhua's hand. He lowered his head and glanced briefly, and was stunned and speechless for a moment.
Among the four people in the cabinet, Peng Hua, the most junior person, looked at the others for a few times before he carefully took the red batch and looked at it with curiosity. He saw that it read: "Xu Fang acted in an expedient manner and gave the king a flag to go to Nanjing."
The Ministry of War will send it to you nearby."
Mr. Peng Ge understood. No wonder the expressions of the three seniors were so weird. The Wang Ming Flag is equivalent to the sword of Shang Fang in the play, and also equivalent to the Jie Yue of the previous dynasty. It symbolizes the special power of one side of the town. What is it?
Can you give it to the imperial envoy at will?
In this dynasty, only high-ranking officials such as governors, as well as civil servants who were ordered to go on expeditions and control generals, would be given royal flags.
In Nanjing, there is only a royal order flag, which is kept in the Nanjing Ministry of War when not in use. Only when the imperial court appoints an imperial envoy such as Governor Yingtian (or Governor Jiangnan, Governor Su Song), can the Nanjing Ministry of War issue it to the governor.
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A minor imperial envoy like Fang Yingwu, who was responsible for collecting money and food, was stationed in Suzhou. Under normal circumstances, when the governor of Jiangnan was appointed, he was mainly stationed in Suzhou.
If Fang Yingwu got the king's order flag, he had the imperial envoy's customs seal in his hand, and he was given the power to do things expediently, he would be in trouble!
Combining the king's orders, expediency, and imperial envoys, wouldn't it become a small-name Jiangnan governor who does not have the title of governor, but is actually close to a governor?
Seventh grade, twenty-two years old, governor? This is simply unbelievable. The other three people couldn't help but shoot their eyes at Liu Mianhua. The meaning is self-evident——
You, Liu Ji, are a bit unruly in handling this matter. Everyone will take care of their own cronies, but if a poor man sent to collect grain is an imperial envoy, you also invited him to give him a royal flag, and you are not afraid of dying!
Liu Mianhua had no excuse for this, he shook his head helplessly and sighed, really dumbfounded.
This emperor does things as he pleases and doesn't follow any rules. He simply does whatever comes to his mind on a whim. If he is given "doing things cheaply", he means "doing things cheaply". Why should he be given a royal order?
Liu Mianhua felt again that he might have really gone too far this time... He didn't even dare to think about what would happen if someone like Fang Yingwu got the king's flag.
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