"The nature of pigs is water, and it is abrupt and difficult to control." [Poetry·The Stone of Graduality·Zheng Xuan's Notes]
"From now on, you two will work together to set up the military department for me. The compensation for the casualties and the comfort of the soldiers who have retired from the army are the top priorities. If you are not careful, it will damage morale and people's morale. You are all the same.
A cautious and peaceful person, Li Gu, you were also born among the guards. You know that even if you were a guard, there would always be injustices, let alone an ordinary county soldier? After this experience, you should act more carefully." The emperor seemed to be still.
He didn't want Li Gu to steal Deng Chang's limelight by using his position as minister, so he spent a shorter time than the previous reception of Deng Chang and gave Li Gu a few brief words.
In his heart, Li Gu was still grateful for the emperor's closeness as always, and he kept promising that he would cooperate with Deng Chang in managing the military department and not let the emperor down. He was not a member of the elite family, and the fact that he had been able to get to where he was today was all because of the emperor.
Deng Chang's family background, reputation, talent and learning were far superior to his. Since the emperor hinted that no disputes were allowed, he was happy not to compete with Deng Chang.
The emperor had seen enough of the scenery and saw that there were so many followers around him that they couldn't line up in a row on the narrow walkway, so he waved his hand and asked everyone to leave, leaving Xun You alone. Then everyone, led by Deng Chang, came in twos and twos.
They walked down the stairs side by side. At this moment, Li Jian, the visitor, suddenly squeezed under the stairs. He seemed to think that these Huangmen servants would give way to him, or that they would have already passed by when he walked over.
They dispersed from the stairs, so they ran over, but they didn't encounter the situation they expected, and instead made a lot of noise.
Sheyuan was a little uneasy when he came down from the stairs, so he staggered a step to the side and accidentally stepped on Fazheng's toe next to him. When he noticed this, he jumped back as if he had been stabbed.
, as a result, he threw his hands forward and gave Zhong Ji a firm slap in front of him. Seeing that the two people in front and beside him were suffering because of him, Zhong Ji was very anxious and kept apologizing.
Fazheng was stepped on by the opponent and took a breath of cold air. His toes were hurting. Moreover, he was in a bad mood because of Guanqiu Xing's incident, and his face immediately darkened.
Deng Chang was slow-tempered and frowned slowly. Before he could say anything, the hot-tempered Zhong Ji began to scold, not at the fire rescue, but at Li Jian: "You still rush so recklessly when you see someone.
It’s so unruly!”
Shooting aid's face turned red, as if these words were spoken to him, they pierced into his heart like a thorn.
Li Jian was originally worried because of the trouble, but after hearing Zhongji's scolding, he became more courageous and argued: "I have an urgent duty and I have something important to report to the country! You guys are too slow to give in."
, but you still dislike me?"
Zhong Ji choked on his words and glared at Li Jian fiercely. Even Deng Chang couldn't help but open his mouth to speak. However, he only heard a low tone slowly coming from behind him, and said with a smile: "Everyone, everyone."
Jun."
Everyone turned around and saw Mu Shun, the emperor's most favored Xiaohuangmen, hurriedly coming down the stairs. He bowed to everyone with a smile on his face and said nonstop: "You are all magnanimous and magnanimous."
A magnanimous person, it's just a momentary collision, why bother with him? Li Jian has always been a prudent person, and he really wouldn't be so impatient if it were not an urgent matter. Please be considerate of the accident this time and let him give in, otherwise the trouble will start.
Come on, everyone upstairs can hear me clearly."
The words contained a gun and a stick, both soft and hard, which made Zhou Yu, who was standing at the end, slightly surprised and realized that the little yellow gate next to the emperor was not ordinary, but it was not simple at all.
"Huh." Zhong Ji seemed to be stimulated by Mu Shun's lukewarm words and said with a smile: "The eunuchs do not follow the rules and bump into the ministers. Why can't His Majesty see his 'etiquette'?"
Mu Shun's face did not change, and he continued to smile and said: "I still know the etiquette of the imperial court. Your Majesty has already made a decree, and those who are visiting you from home or abroad can come to your Majesty whenever they encounter urgent matters. Everyone on the way must give way to each other.
He held his hands to salute, but did not hold back. Li Jian just now did not salute to the gentlemen. This is indeed his fault, but why did Mr. Zhong avoid it?"
He only pointed at the recalcitrant Zhongji at the beginning of his speech, but he still did not want to make the matter bigger and offend other people. Among these people were newly promoted ministers, the emperor's brother-in-law, and personal attendants.
Easily offended.
"you!"
As soon as Zhong Ji said a word, his words were intercepted by Mu Shun. He turned around and asked Li Jian: "Li Ling, what is the most important thing for you to get closer to the emperor? If not, it would be disrespectful."
crime!"
"Yes, yes!" Li Jian said quickly and proudly: "Military reports from Guandong are the first to be submitted to the country as a rule. The commander of the carriage, Ma Lingrong, has been waiting behind the door with me. This military order is urgent, but
There is no room for delay, and it will be a waste to spend just this moment."
Deng Chang saw Zhong Ji's angry look. Among them, he had the most seniority and the highest official rank, so he changed his mind and said, "The stairs are narrow, it is difficult to avoid them, and the military situation is urgent, so it is normal for those who are visiting inside to not be able to salute. If this is the case, then it is normal."
Everyone should uncover it, and those who want to pay attention can go and report it themselves."
"Deng Gong is mature and generous." Mu Shun replied with a smile, then glanced at Li Jian and said with his lips: "Why don't you go up quickly?"
Li Jian's heart trembled, but he lowered his head and walked forward in small steps.
Deng Chang, Zhong Ji, Sheyuan and others all walked out of the stairs with different expressions and sat on their respective couches without saying a word.
This was just a small interlude. The emperor who was standing on the tall building didn't seem to notice it. Instead, he quickly summoned the waiting coach commander, Ling Ronghe.
In the early days, in order to prevent his power from being neglected and neglected, the emperor took great pains to regain the power of personally reading and reviewing memorials from the chancellery. All memorials and memorials to the subjects were submitted immediately by Wang Duan, the commander of the carriage at that time.
The emperor's imperial visit resulted in the Shangshutai being reduced to an administrative agency responsible only for drafting edicts and handling specific affairs. Although the emperor gained power and the capital to settle down, as he gained power and established his majesty, the disadvantages of this move began to
It began to show up. The complicated and trivial government affairs every day not only occupied a lot of his time and energy, leaving him with almost no time to pay attention to more important matters, but this also made the ministers at the ministerial desk and the ministers who recorded the affairs of the ministers worried.
Dissatisfied, because there is no decision-making power, only one right to consult, everything is decided by the emperor alone, and the central government and ministers are idle.
From a long-term perspective, this is not conducive to internal harmony and unity and the long-term operation of the mechanism.
Therefore, after several trials and games with ministers, and after overt and covert fights, the emperor began to give up the power that was in his hands, which would do more harm than good, and set the rules for the affairs of the Chengming Palace. In the future, after the commander of the imperial carriage collects memorials from the subjects, he must first
The principle of transferring the matter to the Chengming Palace for handling, handling small matters at random, discussing major matters in advance, and then asking the emperor to make a decision, freed the emperor from complicated government affairs and focused all his energy on a few important matters.
What Rong He forwarded was an important piece of military information from Kanto.