When he was an enemy of Prince Zhu He, Zhao Junchen often secretly cooperated with the seventh prince Zhu Hejian. .
The same is true this time.
For example, Zhao Junchen sent someone to deliver Guo Tang's collection of poems to the seventh prince Zhu Hejian.
And the seventh prince Zhu Hejian will naturally not disappoint Zhao Junchen.
After the court meeting, Emperor Deqing came to the imperial study, still looking a little hesitant.
In this conflict between the "Princeling Party" and the "Zhao Party", Emperor Deqing once again favored the "Zhao Party" in order to replace his reserve. However, such an attitude was ultimately detrimental to the interests of Emperor Deqing, so Deqing
The emperor was a little unsure whether his decision was correct, and he was constantly thinking about ways to make amends.
"Perhaps, it would be a good idea to let Zhao Junchen and Qingliu both lose... Speaking of which, Zhao Junchen's power has expanded too fast, and the plan to use Zuolan Mountain to split the 'Zhao Party' has not yet been effective. It is time for me to do it myself.
Let's give Zhao Junchen a beating, we can't let him continue to be proud..."
Emperor Deqing thought secretly.
While Emperor Deqing was thinking secretly, Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of Yangxin Palace, brought a thick stack of memorials, carefully placed them in front of Emperor Deqing, and reminded: "Your Majesty, these are sent by the Chief of Ceremonies.
The incoming memorial requires your personal approval."
Looking at the thick stack of memorials in front of him, which included thirty or fifty volumes, Emperor Deqing frowned and said, "There are actually so many?"
However, the government affairs of the imperial court have always been complicated, and Emperor Deqing was unwilling to delegate power. Naturally, there were many things that he needed to deal with every day. Although there were a lot more memorials today, Emperor Deqing didn't think much about it and just nodded.
After that, I picked up a memorial and started reviewing it.
The content of this memorial is not good news. It is that there is a serious drought in Shaanxi and Gansu. It has not rained so far this year. Local officials requested the court to prepare early. If there is no harvest in Shaanxi and Gansu this year,
, the court needs to allocate a large amount of money and food for relief, otherwise there will be a risk of a large number of refugees.
Since ancient times, chaos in all dynasties began with refugees. Emperor Deqing also knew this very well, so after he saw this memorial, he also attached great importance to it. After carefully approving his opinions, he handed the memorial to Zhang Xiu
, ordered: "Take two copies of this memorial, send one to Wenyuan Pavilion for discussion by several pavilion elders, and the other to the Ministry of Household Affairs and give it to Zhao Junchen."
After Zhang Xiu took the memorial with both hands, Emperor Deqing reached out and picked up the second memorial for review.
The content of this memorial was still not a good thing. However, the governor of Shanxi reported to Emperor Deqing that Shanxi was also suffering from a serious drought this year and was also likely to have no harvest. He hoped that the imperial court would prepare money and grain for disaster relief as soon as possible.
Seeing this memorial, Emperor Deqing frowned tightly and murmured to himself: "Shaanxi and Gansu have been experiencing drought for three consecutive years, and the same is true for Shanxi. It finally rained a few times last year, but there was another drought."
There was a locust plague. I remember that in the end it was Zhao Junchen who decisively put out the locust plague when he went to relieve the disaster. Otherwise, it would have spread to several surrounding prefectures, and the losses would have been even greater... What happened to the Ming Dynasty?
Are there continuous disasters in various places? If this continues, the imperial court may not have enough money or food to provide relief."
Then, Emperor Deqing approved this memorial again and copied it into two copies like the previous memorial and handed them over to the Cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs for processing respectively.
But because of these two memorials, Emperor Deqing's mood gradually became a little depressed.
Then, Emperor Deqing reached out again and picked up the third memorial. After reviewing it, he found that the content in this memorial was still not good news. Jiangxi Governor Wang Zheng impeached Jiangxi Inspector Wu Xingren for violating the law and discipline, and his words were extremely fierce.
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Emperor Deqing did not understand the details of the matter, and was unwilling to listen to Jiangxi Governor Wang Zheng's side of the story, so after reading the memorial, he put it aside and prepared to deal with the reply in the future.
However, the fourth memorial was written by Wu Xingren, the envoy of Jiangxi Province, to impeach Wang Zheng, the chief envoy of Jiangxi Province, for forming a party for personal gain. His attitude was extremely firm.
These two memorials were sent to Emperor Deqing's court at the same time. Obviously, the relationship between Wang Zheng and Wu Xingren was on the same level. The lawsuit was brought to Emperor Deqing. I am afraid that the entire Jiangxi officialdom is now in turmoil.
Restless.
Thinking of this, Deqing frowned and looked a little helpless. He felt that no one in the court could make him worry.
Finally, Emperor Deqing put the fourth memorial aside and prepared to discuss the matter with the officials at court tomorrow morning.
However, the fifth memorial is still not good news. It is a memorial that caused heavy losses in a fire in a granary in Henan.
The sixth memorial is not good news...
Emperor Deqing read seven or eight minutes of the memorials in succession, but none of them was good news. Emperor Deqing couldn't help but feel a little angry. He felt that the country was in trouble and all the officials were incompetent, but he himself was powerless.
Emperor Deqing did not know that putting all these bad news together was a deliberate move by the Chief of Ceremonies, who wanted to arouse Emperor Deqing's anger and make him lose his usual rational judgment.
Seeing that Emperor Deqing was about to become angry, Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of Yangxin Palace, secretly winked at a young eunuch in the distance.
After seeing Zhang Xiu's hint, the young eunuch quickly left secretly through the side door of the imperial study.
Not long after, the young eunuch returned to the imperial study and reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, Feng Desheng, the eunuch of Dongchang, asked to see him and said he has something to report to your majesty."
After hearing the little eunuch's report, Emperor Deqing still buried his head in the memorial, but his voice was a little impatient and said: "Let him come in."
Soon, Dongchang eunuch Feng Desheng came to the imperial study room, kowtowed to Emperor Deqing and said: "Your Majesty, in recent times, Dongchang has found that the criticism of the imperial court among scholars has become more and more serious. Many scholars have expressed their dissatisfaction with the imperial court.
He lost his sense of awe and wrote many anti-poems and articles to ridicule the imperial court. His words were quite vicious, and even..."
Hearing Feng Desheng's words, he hesitated. Emperor Deqing raised his head and frowned and asked, "What even? Explain clearly!"
Feng Desheng bowed his head and said: "Even His Majesty and the previous emperors of our dynasty have suffered wanton ridicule from these scholars..."
As Feng Desheng finished speaking, Emperor Deqing finally found a way to vent his anger. He slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Bold!"
Feng Desheng's body trembled, and he quickly lay down in front of Emperor Deqing, not even daring to raise his head, but continued to report: "In addition, after a close investigation in Dongchang, it was discovered that the criticizing atmosphere among scholars all originated from the clear stream of the imperial court.
It is precisely because of the unscrupulous criticism of the imperial court by the Qingliu people that it has led to bad habits among civilian scholars... Especially the young master Guo Tang. Several of his poems that ridiculed the imperial court and criticized current affairs have been widely circulated and received a bad response...
I heard that hundreds of officials were discussing the matter of Guo Tang this morning, and I thought it would be best to let Your Majesty know about it in time."
After saying that, Feng Desheng took out a book of poems from his arms and handed it to Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of Yangxin Palace.
Then, Zhang Xiuze handed over this collection of poems to Emperor Deqing.
Emperor Deqing took it over and took a look and found that the poem was called "The Poems of Crane".
"Helu... Humph! It seems that this is indeed a collection of poems by Guo Tang..."
While mumbling to himself, Emperor Deqing opened a collection of poems and started reading.
In this collection of poems, many words have been specially outlined by Dongchang with a red pen.
After seeing these verses outlined with red pen, Emperor Deqing savored them carefully and quickly understood the deeper meaning of the poems.
As a result, Emperor Deqing's face became more and more gloomy, and his body began to tremble slightly. He seemed to be extremely angry, but he was suppressing it.
Then, Emperor Deqing slowly raised his head and said in a cold and emotionless voice: "Very well, the scholars in the world have long lost their awe in discussing government affairs for a long time, and the Qingliu people even used it to criticize
The imperial court is proud... Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is time to rectify them!"
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ps: Well, second update.
Also, I am very grateful for this book’s second red award!