"Bachelors drafted imperial edicts in the ban. Even though Chen Han issued them, he was still able to review them. This is called Shicao."
Jia Xu didn't care about how well these memorials were written. What he cared about was who would be the first to eat the crab. The words of the secretaries arguing about this just now did not reach Jia Xu's ears, but the reactions between each other But it was more or less as expected by Jia Xu. When he presented the memorial prepared by Chen Lin to the emperor, the emperor briefly glanced at it and nodded: "Well, being generous and decent is the essence of literature." Sir, there is no need to delete a word."
Asking again who drafted the edict, the emperor smiled and said: "Is it Chen Kongzhang's handwriting? I think so. Everyone in the secretary's supervisor is talented and learned, but he is the only one who has this utilitarianism and the desire to make progress."
Chen Lin was originally an aide to Yuan Shao. When Nanpi City was destroyed, all the advisers and scribes who were close to Yuan Shao died. Only he and Ying Shao were valued by the emperor because of their skills, so they survived by chance. Survival was not easy, so Chen Lin could only try her best to please. , trying to figure out the emperor, just like last time, it was Chen Lin who racked her brains and spent several nights writing this masterpiece. In a short period of time, Chen Lin jumped from an old minister of the Yuan family to the emperor's Literature awaits edicts, and his greatest strength, being good at writing articles, plays a big role in it.
Now Chen Lin can see clearly that as long as she is willing to be the emperor's mouthpiece, not only will her life be safe, but fame and fortune will follow. He has experienced dangers of life and death, and his identity is impure, so he always retains They have a heart that is worried about slander and fear of ridicule, but others are not like that. Even if they miss this opportunity because of their conservative personality, as long as their reputation and family background are still there, there will be more opportunities waiting for them.
"Some people have worries and dare not write, while some people disdain this approach and want to be prudent and worry about being ruined if they get too much praise. They are shirking each other, but only Chen Lin understands it and does it neatly." Jia Xu was rarely praised. An outsider.
"Today, let's start by asking for directions. Although there are many secretaries and literary scholars, not all of them can write for you as counselor. This Chen Lin can do it. Judging from your tone, you must have taken a fancy to his adaptability." The emperor will roughly. After reading the memorial, he handed it back to Jia Xu and said, "Take it to the Talisman Platform for sealing and send it to Xu Huang as soon as possible."
"Thank you." Jia Xu took the memorial with both hands and responded: "Chen Lin is not only talented in diction, but she is talented in rhetoric, but she was once a disciple of the Yuan family and drafted imperial edicts, so she is afraid that it will cause criticism."
When the emperor heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said slowly: "Don't worry about this. I never look at the background of people I employ, I only see whether they are worth my time and effort."
This sounds like she is talking about Chen Lin, who has a bad background, but she is actually trying to comfort Jia Xu, because compared to Chen Lin, Jia Xu once relied on Dong Zhuo and participated in secrets, which will also cause criticism.
Jia Xu had a tacit understanding with the emperor, and at the same time he was relieved. Holding the edict drafted by Chen Lin, he rushed into the palace at the emperor's order and invited Fu Jie Ling Zu Bi.
"This is a national edict. Due to economical matters, we need to go to General Zhennan in Yangzhou as soon as possible and ask our ancestors to issue a seal for use." Jia Xu said politely.
Zu Bi glanced at the memorial with suspicion, and then looked at Jia Xu with suspicion, as if he was guessing the possibility that the other party was pretending to pass on the imperial edict. Finally, he slowly said: "The imperial edict must be written with a ruler of one inch." The 'edict' written on plain silk paper is not orthodox. If you want it to be sealed by Fazhou County, I cannot comply with your order."
"Is it just because I didn't use Chi Yi?" Jia Xu asked calmly, his expression unchanged.
Zu Bi hesitated for a moment and replied: "Since Mr. Jia said that His Majesty has seen this and approved it, I have no objection, but the form must still follow the rules."
Jia Xu held up his palm and said, "That's good. We have sent someone to the Chancellor's Desk to get the blank ruler. Please ask Zu Ling to keep it for a while." After saying that, he called people to go to the Chancellor's Stand to ask for the ruler.
According to the Han system, most imperial edicts were written on an edict board that was one foot and one inch long, so the emperor's edicts were called "Chi Yi". Although the new papermaking technology that has been researched and improved has greatly reduced the cost of papermaking
, improved the quality of paper, and everyone from the imperial court to local state and county governments began to use paper to write official documents. The private sector also started from Taixue and Imperial College, and paper was introduced to high-level families and even ordinary merchants' homes.
The promotion of paper has greatly occupied the use space of silk and bamboo slips. However, in some special fields, bamboo slips and bamboo slips are still in use. For example, edicts officially issued by the imperial court are still adopted.
The tradition of one ruler and one imperial edict.
Zu Bi had served as the Fujie Order for many years, always abiding by his official duties, being strict and selfless. Even if Dong Zhuo wanted to ask for the seal to wear for himself, Zu Bi would rather die than refuse. In the end, he escaped death because of Cai Yong's intercession. Wang Yun was in power.
Later, he admired the integrity of Zu Bi, a Youzhou native, who was neither humble nor arrogant, and still handed the talisman to the other party for safekeeping. Zu Bi was also a man who abided by the rules. Wang Yun originally thought that he was a favored person, and Zu Bi should do something within the scope of his duties.
'Result' is the key. Unexpectedly, after the emperor gave the order, Zu Bi obeyed and handed over the seal several times to seal the edict without even going through a discussion meeting with the ministers.
Everyone knows that the emperor deposed Wang Yun with the support of ministers such as Ma Rixi and Zhao Qian; Xun You and Jia Xu's strategies, but few people know that at the beginning, the emperor used the imperial edict to seize power from the chancellery.
Zu Bi came out of it with great strength.
Jia Xu knew Zu Bi well. Even though Zu Bi was still the official of Fu Jieliang for so many years, he did not dare to have any slights. Who knew that the emperor would find a more suitable position for Zu Bi and let him jump up? Now he is holding the tentative hope.
I carefully explored Zu Bi's attitude and found that Zu Bi's only objection to this matter was that the use of the imperial edict board was irregular, but he did not point out that the edict was drafted by Secretary Lang and was not in compliance with the Han system.
Did Zu Bi really not know the key here? It was precisely because the other party had personally experienced the emperor's withdrawal of the right to review memorials at the Chancellery a few years ago, so when he encountered this again, he almost subconsciously knew what he should do.
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Thinking of this, Jia Xu's evaluation of Zu Bi was a bit higher. It seemed that the other party was not necessarily an immutable person.
At this time, someone had taken several unused rulers and slips from the chancery table. Jia Xu picked one out and put it on the table. In front of Zu Bi, he took a moistened ink pen and wrote on the bamboo slips.
He started transcribing word for word. Not long after, he copied the edict drafted by Chen Lin onto the bamboo slip. When the ink on the bamboo slip was slightly dry, Jia Xu took it and showed it to Zu Bi: "Now
Now that this is the case, it should be possible to use the seal, right?"
Zu Bi breathed a sigh of relief. If he had just heard that the emperor asked his secretary Lang to prepare the imperial edict, it was already shocking. Now that he saw Jia Xu copying and transcribing it with his own eyes, as if he was a minister, Zu Bi was even more shocked.
He was shocked in his heart. At this time, he was vaguely aware of the controversy behind this incident, but he was powerless to stop it and could not stop it. He had no choice but to reach out and take the Chi Yi Zhao from Jia Xu's hand. He looked up and down and found that it was correct.
, then he nodded and motioned to Fujie Lang Sun Hui, who was standing behind him, to take out the seal he carried with him, select a suitable seal, and put a red seal on the ruler.
"I would like to congratulate Duke Jia first." After Zu Bi returned the imperial edict, he gave Jia Xu a meaningful look.
"It's just that the burden on my shoulders is heavier, and I'm not as relaxed as before. What's worth congratulating?" Jia Xuyun said lightly, sighing lightly, and then handed over another ruler he had just prepared.
Past: "By the way, I forgot just now. There is another copy here. I have to ask the ancestors to use the seal."
Zu Bi was stunned for a moment. Jia Xu just showed him an edict written by Chen Lin. Where did this one come from?
As if he knew what Zu Bi was thinking, Jia Xu said lightly: "This is your Majesty's oral edict. He asked me to write it down and make it public to all the ministers."
Zu Bi took it in surprise and took a look, and was immediately shocked. He saw that the content of the imperial edict was to order the chancellor not to use the seal of the Talisman Platform without authorization in the future.
The chancellor responsible for drafting the imperial edict cannot use the seal casually. Can the imperial edict he drafts still be regarded as an imperial edict? Zu Bi thought in his heart, I am afraid that this imperial edict really came from the emperor's mind. With Jia Xu's caution, he would never do it.
Drafting an edict without authorization. As soon as this edict is written, if the Chancellor and others no longer have the power to draft an edict, then who will draft the edict in the future? Is it the entire secretary-supervisory literary elite? Or is it just Jia Xu?
"Zu Ling." Jia Xu tapped the table with his fingers and urged from the side: "The edict is urgent and must not be neglected. If there are no other problems, it is better to use the seal earlier."
Only then did Zu Bi come to his senses. He thought to himself that he was just an official in charge of the talismans. Naturally, there would be disputes between the emperor and ministers about such important matters. How could he have the right to comment? Since these edicts indeed came from
With the emperor's approval, as a talisman, he only needs to affix the seal according to the emperor's wishes, and there is no need for him to take care of anything else.
After the two edicts were stamped with seals, they soon became legal. Jia Xu took them and entered the Chengming Hall. The person on duty today was Sikong, who recorded the affairs of Zhao Wen.
"Is this really your Majesty's intention?" When Zhao Wen saw Jia Xu, who had never been to Chengming Palace, coming here, he had a strange premonition. When he saw the two edicts, he was surprised and said: "
Xu Huang moved eastward to encircle and suppress Shanyue, but why did he rush to spark the fire? He had to prepare and issue the edict when all the officials were sleeping? He also asked his secretary Lang to prepare the edict. Is there such a case in the past? "
"Ming Gong." Because Zhao Wen was the third Duke and was granted the title of Marquis, Jia Xu said with respect but in a light tone: "How can we stick to conventions today?"
Zhao Wen was silent, staring at the two edicts and pondering for a long time, and then raised his eyes to look at Jia Xu: "If this is the case, how will the Chancellery stand?"
"The ministers of the Central and Taiwan dynasties belong to the inner dynasty. They each perform their own duties and do their own things. Naturally, they are on par with the nine ministers of the outer dynasty." Jia Xu explained: "The ministers can still enter the Chengming Palace to manage politics."
"Well..." Zhao Wen always obeyed the emperor's orders. This time, since he understood that the emperor had made up his mind, he did not think about it for long and quickly said to the outsiders: "Go and invite the ministers who are on duty at Zhongtai today."
After saying that, Zhao Wenfu looked at Jia Xu again with a deep look: "It seems that there will soon be a place for Mr. Jia in the Chengming Palace."
"I don't dare." Jia Xu cupped his hands and said humbly.
The emperor's edict to weaken the power of the minister's desk quickly received reactions from the internal and external courtiers. The minister has always been more respected than the two thousand stones among them in terms of status and power. Now that the situation is reversed, the external courtiers are naturally happy to see the power of the ministers.
It has been weakened. Therefore, the ones who raised the most objections to this were the ministers, especially Wu Shuo, the minister. After Xiu Mu, Chang Chaoshang, as one of the three independent sittings, even said bluntly: "Since
Since Emperor Guangwu's resurgence, it has been a fixed rule for the world's most important officials to be in Tai Pavilion. Now there is a special edict that prohibits China and Taiwan from using seals without authorization. In my humble opinion, this will only increase waste and is not conducive to the smooth implementation of imperial decrees.
efficient."
"Nowadays, the Shangshu Desk has complex institutions and overcrowded personnel, and it is not worthy of being called an important place. What's more, the secrets of imperial edicts must not be passed on to many hands, let alone leaked lightly." The emperor said: "Since all ministers have their duties, they are naturally inappropriate.
Otherwise, how can he be like the nine ministers?"
"I still think this is a serious matter..." Wu Shuo lowered his head and kept looking to both sides, hoping that Situ Huang Wan and Attendant Yang Qi could say a few words for him.
However, the two of them had their own plans. Huang Wan first said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Chancellor's Desk are numerous and it is indeed difficult to keep them confidential. Back then, Your Majesty took away the power of reviewing memorials from the Secretariat's Desk and moved it to the Chengming Hall.
What do you mean? Now that we have taken over the power of the minister to prepare edicts, we can move them to Chengming. In this way, whenever the emperor and his ministers have discussions and make decisions, they can directly prepare edicts and issue them from Chengming Palace, without having to go through the hand, which is one less joint.
More results.”
Yang Qi followed up and said: "Since your Majesty took charge, both internal and external court officials have paid equal attention to it, and Chengming Palace has become the key point of the imperial court. Now that the power of Zhongtai has been taken away to rectify its roots, it is expedient to transfer its power to Chengming to respect its importance.
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"Times have changed and customs have changed. Emperor Guangwu relied heavily on the ministers. This was because the powerful ministers in the previous Han Dynasty stole their lives and the monarch's power fell aside. In the past, there were only six ministers at the minister's desk, who upheld the superior's intention and drafted edicts. Today, all ministers, Lang,
There are countless ministers and ministers, and each has his or her own duties. The authority to prepare edicts should be carried out by dedicated personnel." The emperor did not directly respond to Huang Wan and Yang Qi's words, and planned to finalize the matter first.
Wu Shuo was unwilling to give up and seemed to have something to say. Dong Cheng on the side actually snorted and said: "Wu Ziju, you insist on it. Is it because you are a minister or because you are a minister?"
"Of course I am your Majesty's servant. I am a public servant. How can I have any personal feelings?" Wu Shuo heard this heart-wrenching words and hurriedly leaned over and said.
"If that's the case, why don't you understand the truth that even Shangshu Lang Feng Shuo understands?" Dong Cheng said, picking up a memorial from the side that Shangshu Lang Feng Shuo wrote alone.