The next morning, young prisoner Sun Yong stood under the porch of Huiji Gate in the clerk's room of the Supervisor of Liturgical Affairs, looking up at the sky.
The weather is very sunny today, and it seems to have some crisp autumn weather. It is a good day.
Of course, Eunuch Sun's mission here is not to observe the celestial phenomena, but to receive memorials from ministers on behalf of the emperor and the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Then most of the memorials were thrown to the cabinet first, and a few that were particularly sensitive were taken to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
The essence of Eunuch Sun's job is actually to perform a trick. It may seem redundant, but it has indispensable procedural significance.
Because he accepted the memorial on behalf of the imperial power, and then sent the memorial to the cabinet for approval on behalf of the imperial power.
If there was no procedure like Eunuch Sun and the memorial was submitted directly to the cabinet, wouldn't it mean that the minister directly submitted the memorial to the cabinet?
Every day, the General Administration Department would collect Chinese and foreign memorials and send them to Huiji Gate, and sometimes ministers would go to Huiji Gate in person to deliver memorials.
A senior attendant gently touched Eunuch Sun, who was studying the celestial phenomena, and reminded him: "Lin Jiuyuan is here!"
Eunuch Sun trembled and immediately looked warily at Lin Tailai, who was walking slowly from the Meridian Gate.
Lin Tailai is not a minister on duty in the inner court. His only purpose here must be to submit a memorial.
Such a person's memorial must be given the highest level of attention, and there is no room for any negligence.
Lin Tailai said hello and handed the memorial in his hand forward, "Good morning, Eunuch Sun! This is the memorial I want to submit today!"
Sun Yong stared at Lin Tailai's memorial, his face twitching.
I don’t know how many copies of these memorials there are, but they are half a foot high.
Who is a good person who can deliver memorials up to half a foot long at a time?
Eunuch Sun tentatively said: "Emperor Taizu Gao has given instructions that memorials must be straightforward and to the point, and no piling up of superficial prose is allowed."
Lin Tailai smiled heartily and said: "These memorials of mine are all about things, but I just talk about a lot of things. I am definitely not deliberately piling them up."
Eunuch Sun asked again: "What's going on?"
Lin Tailai said loudly: "When Lu Guangzu was impeached and appointed as Minister of Punishment, the case files were stagnant and the prisoners were flooded!
Yu Zhan, a member of the imperial examination department, was impeached for favoritism and neglecting public affairs, and helped Lu Guangzu pass the examination!
The impeachment minister Song Qi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, borrowed the emperor's grace and power to gain fame when building the Longevity Palace!
Impeachment of Aimu, the minister of Taipu Temple, because he is old and fatuous, and his talents are not up to his standards!
There are also eight officials who were impeached, who had connections with foreign countries, colluded with the pirates at sea, took refuge in the rebellious Kuaibai, and deliberately slandered the ministers and generals who went to war!
We also impeached Sun Piyang, Yang Junmin and other ministers whose corpses were left to eat without food!"
Damn it! Eunuch Sun was really shocked. Lin Tailai's memorial, regardless of its content, only said that the level of explosion was comparable to Hai Rui's "Public Security"!
It is impossible for the clerk's office to refuse a memorial from a minister. So Eunuch Sun knew it was a big bomb, but he still wanted to take it and hold it in his hands.
According to the rules, an explosive memorial like this should be quickly brought to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and then forwarded to the emperor. The emperor should read it first before talking about it.
Therefore, Sun Yong did not hesitate and ordered others to stay at Huijimen. He personally carried Lin Tailai to report and quickly ran to Yangxin Hall, where many priests and supervisors, Da Yuan, lived here every day.
Zhang Cheng, the chief minister of rituals, was talking to Chen Ju, the eunuch of Bingbi. After turning over Lin Tailai's memorial, he did not dare to delay and stood up to forward it to Emperor Wanli.
But Chen Ju stopped Zhang Cheng and suggested: "Don't take these memorials directly to the emperor, but send them to the cabinet first and let the cabinet draw up votes."
Zhang Cheng thought for a while, nodded and said: "It makes sense."
If this kind of memorial were directly in the hands of the emperor, wouldn't it cause problems for the emperor?
The essential job of the ceremonial supervisor is to help the emperor solve his problems, not to add trouble to the emperor.
Then Zhang Cheng told Sun Yong: "Just like ordinary memorials, send these to the cabinet first!"
At this time, in the middle hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, all the pavilion elders gathered for a meeting.
Chief Assistant Shen Shixing looked at the other three bachelors and said: "There is no need to delay the reward for the Ningxia Campaign. It must be negotiated as soon as possible and implemented as soon as possible."
Wang Jiaping, the elder of the Three Pavilions, said dissatisfied: "We should implement the reward as soon as possible and reward merit with rewards!
Otherwise, there are some people who are doing whatever they want outside just relying on their merits of winning seven battles and seven victories and ascending the city to defeat the enemy every day!"
Zhao Zhigao, the elder of the Fourth Pavilion, immediately argued: "After all, it was a bloody battlefield, a hero who killed enemies for the country. After the war, he needed to relax his mood. It is understandable that he went a little bit out of line. Why should Wang Shanyin be too harsh?"
Wang San retorted: "Relying on your merits to show off your power and use violence wantonly, is this called slightly out of line?"
Zhao Si also said tit for tat: "It's really not a big deal, Wang Shanyin, you are really making a fuss out of a molehill.
If you deliberately deny a meritorious figure because of a small problem, then who will be willing to work bravely to make meritorious deeds?"
Wang San couldn't help but sneer and said: "You openly beat people in places like the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and send servants to set up access control at the Hanlin Academy. Do you think this is a small matter?"
Zhao Si looked blank, "I've never heard of him doing these things."
Wang San sarcastically said: "You pretend you haven't heard of such a loud thing, how is it any different from hiding your ears and stealing the bell?
The cabinet is not a place for pretending to be crazy or acting foolishly or acting recklessly."
Zhao Si was very serious and said categorically: "I can guarantee that Dayun has never done anything like beating anyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
Wang San was stunned, "Da Yun?"
Zhao Si asked a bit strangely: "Isn't it the Gansu town counselor Da Yun who was the hero of some of the seven battles and seven victories you just mentioned, who climbed the city to defeat the enemy?"
Damn it! The second assistant Wang Xijue was drinking tea and watching a play. When he heard this, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
It turns out that the hero of the seven battles and seven victories was not only Lin Tailai, but also Dayun who had been following Lin Tailai!
Even in the very risky climb to the city, Dayun was the second to climb the city, right behind Lin Tailai.
Bang! Wang San was so angry that he slammed the case and was about to say something.
But then I saw Chief Assistant Shen Shixing shouting: "You guys, please stop joking! It's more important to talk about awards and rewards. Let's talk about the generals first!"
If the discussion revolves around Lin Tai, I'm afraid it won't be finished all morning, so we might as well start with the easy stuff and then the tough stuff.
The rewards for the generals who participated in the war were easily determined. Those who were originally deputy commanders were promoted to commanders, and those who were originally commanders were promoted to higher ranks.
For example, Ma Gui was finally promoted to the commander-in-chief position he had longed for, while Li Rusong, who was originally the commander-in-chief, was promoted from the first-grade governor, Tongzhi, to the first-grade left commander.
In the position of military attache, Li Rusong has been promoted to the top.
Coupled with the fact that his father, Li Chengliang, had guarded Liaodong for twenty years, and his younger brother, Li Rubai, who served as deputy commander-in-chief in Jizhen, it is no wonder that some people are talking about the fact that the Li family has too much military power, and it also surrounds the capital, so the potential risk is very high.
Shen Shoufu shook his head. Someone will definitely impeach Li Chengliang soon, but this time he really can't continue to cover up. It's also for Li Chengliang's good.
After talking about the general, Wang San, who had been holding back his words, quickly suggested:
"Shang Shu, the Director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Conferment Certification Department, said that with Lin Tailai's merits, he could be granted a title.
The title is planned to be Uncle Ningxia or Uncle Shuofang, which I fully agree with."
After Wang Sanjiaping put forward this proposal, Shen Da, Wang Er, and Zhao Si all fell silent and did not say anything for a long time.
So far, Lin Tailai has not made a clear stance on the knighthood, whether publicly or privately.
Therefore, no matter whether Shen Da, Zhao Si, or Wang Er, who was close to Lin Tailai, could not figure out Lin Tailai's thoughts, they did not know how to express their stance.
Under normal circumstances, those who are knighted will be on the side of the military attache and nobles.
Even if the future of the civil servants is not completely cut off, at least it is difficult to make any progress.
When standing in the court meeting, you can only stand in the west class, opposite to the civil servants in the east class - if there will be a court meeting in the future.
Moreover, there are many important court discussions, and nobles will not be invited to participate in decision-making.
Therefore, in today's context where civil servants hold real political power, giving up a future in the civil service system is tantamount to giving up governing power.
But being knighted is not without its benefits. The honor of being honored for generations and living with the country is not something that ordinary people can resist.
The descendants of civil servants may not always be able to hold high positions, and it is common for families to decline after two or three generations.
But the descendants of the earl will definitely remain earls. As long as the Ming Dynasty is still there, the family's wealth can be guaranteed.
Moreover, the earl is more "detached" than the civil servants. He may not be able to climb up in the civil servant system, and he may fall down after climbing up.
Anyway, both options have their own benefits, and no one is sure what Lin Tailai will choose.
Zhao Zhigao sighed secretly. Lin Tailai never expressed his thoughts clearly. He didn't know how to express his position at all.
Although I tried to forcefully delay the rhythm by making jokes, it can't be delayed forever.
At this time, someone from Zhongshushe came to report, and Sun Yong, the young prisoner in the clerk's room, came to deliver the memorial.
Seeing Sun Yong entering Wenyuan Pavilion, Shen Shoufu asked doubtfully: "There are only so few memorials today?"
The number of memorials is usually three digits, but why is the memorial in Sun Yong's hand today only half a foot high?
Sun Yong smiled bitterly and said: "These are just the memorials of Lin Tailai. Do you think there are too few memorials?"
Pavilion elders: "."
Maybe it was an auditory hallucination, and I heard the sound of thunder rolling from the sky.
Although I haven’t read the contents of the memorials, I know from experience that these memorials are not good things!
While they were still discussing how to arrange Lin Tailai, Lin Tailai actually took the initiative to turn over the table!
Shen Shoufu suddenly shouted: "Close the door!"
The person on duty outside the door from Zhongshushe was very agile and quickly closed the door of Wenyuan Pavilion.
Sun Yong, who came to deliver the memorial, just turned around and almost ran into the tightly sealed door panel.
"?" Sun Yongyong looked at Shen Shoufu in confusion.
Shen Shoufu pointed to the memorial on the case and said to Sun Yong in a pleasant manner:
"Young Master Sun! Don't leave in a hurry. These memorials must be very sensitive, and it is difficult for us and other foreign ministers to deal with them.
I also hope that Sun Shaojian will also take these memorials and send them directly to the Chief of Ceremonies, and ask the great officials to present them to the Emperor's Holy Inquisition."
Sun Yong: "."
You know these memorials are "inconvenient" even if you haven't read them at all?
"I sent these memorials to the cabinet, which is exactly what Da Xun meant." Sun Yong still explained.
The elders of the cabinet briefly looked through the memorial, so Shen Shixing said again: "Now that the cabinet has read it, the memorial can be returned to Zhu Dajuan."
Sun Yong felt that it was too difficult for him to be a tool responsible for delivering memorials.
The palace is filled with bureaucracy, and when faced with difficulties, it will only kick the ball. The worst thing is that you are the ball!
As a person with countless bad precedents, Lin Tai's every move after returning to Beijing was carefully studied.
Not only was the meeting held at Wenyuan Pavilion, there were also small meetings targeting Lin Tailai in other places.
After Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu, arrived at the Duchayuan, he immediately convened a meeting of key censors to study and deploy the next step of political struggle.
President Lu pointedly pointed out: "Lin Tailai's crazy performance yesterday shows that he will rely on his merits to further seize power!
We must be highly vigilant against this trend, and we must quickly take the most powerful measures to curb Lin Tailai's rampant momentum!"
All the censors said in unison: "What the General Xian said is true!"
Lu Guangzu nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "Next, there are three planned directions!
The first direction is to rekindle national issues and set off a new climax!
The emperor promised last year during the spring disaster that he would establish a prince during the winter solstice this year!
Now that autumn is about to begin, it’s time to start preparing for the Lidong Palace Ceremony in advance!
Is there anyone willing to use the most vehement words to request the establishment of the Eastern Palace?"
Before Lu Guangzu finished speaking, a censor named Feng Congwu stood up and said impassionedly: "I am willing!"
Another censor also stood up and shouted: "I am also willing!"
"Brilliant! Very good!" Lu Guangzu motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then continued: "In the second direction, who is willing to come forward to strongly criticize the chief assistant Shen Shixing? I have already listed more than a dozen charges, which is enough!"
Before Lu Guangzu finished speaking, three or four more censors stood up and said loudly: "We are willing."
"Very good! How magnificent!" Lu Guangzu encouraged him a few more words, and finally said: "The third direction is to criticize Lin Tailai! The skills and intentions behind this will be discussed later."
Lu Guangzu's words didn't fall, second fell, third fell
Still no one stood up, and the situation was a bit awkward for a while.
Lu Guangzu: "."
Is this still the upright comrade he knows who is not afraid of rape and indomitable?
Where is your blood? Where is your courage?
Everyone is also very helpless. When Lin Tailai is not in the capital, it may not be a big deal to impeach him for fun.
But now that Lin Tailai has returned to the capital, and has obviously entered a violent state, what is the difference between impeaching Lin Tailai and touching a tiger's butt?
Finally, Lu Guangzu turned his attention to two people, two old censors who had been in trouble for two years.
One is named Qian Yiben and the other is named He Zhuo.
Two years ago, Luo Yuren published "Drunk, Sex, Wealth and Qi", which angered the emperor.
Qian Yiben rescued Luo Yuren during the court trial, but Lin Tailai confused his face with "Jin Ping Mei".
Then He Zhuo went to the imperial court to discuss Qian Yiben. As a result, He Zhuo was given the honor of presenting "Jin Ping Mei" to the emperor.
Later, fellow countryman Wu Zhengzhi bribed Lin Tailai with "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" so that Qian Benn could be let go.
From then on, the two key censors, Qian Yiben and He Zhuo, both fell into ruin and remained dormant for two years.
Seeing Mr. Lu's earnest eyes, Qian Ben stood up and gritted his teeth and said, "I will be responsible for impeaching and criticizing Lin Tailai!"