Chapter 675: Accompanying the King is like accompanying a tiger (Part 2)
After sending Chen Chun away, Qin Dewei looked at Zhu's manuscript and fell into deep thought.
When Chen Chun was here just now, Qin Dewei couldn't make his attitude clear, but now after thinking about it repeatedly, the more he thinks about it, the more something is wrong.
Another day passed. Standing outside the Yinghe Gate of the Renshou Palace area of Xiyuan, Xu Miaojing, the guard in uniform on duty, sighed sadly.
When other seniors are on duty, they will be on duty at the Wenhua Palace or Fengtian Gate or Fengtian Palace, depending on the emperor's position. This is one of the highest honors for a royal guard.
Why did the emperor come to stay at the Renshou Palace in Xiyuan when it was his turn to get ahead? The Jinyi guards like himself could only guard the miserable place of Yinghe Gate.
Xu Laosan, the eldest nephew from Nanjing, laughed at his brother-in-law for calling him a concierge. In fact, Xu Miaojing was more like a concierge here.
Moreover, there has been a slight turmoil in the court recently, involving her brother-in-law, which also made Xu Miaojing a little worried.
While he was thinking wildly, the eunuch Huang Jin came out and said to Xu Miaojing: "Holy edict, please take the imperial censor Lin Yuan and Tang Jingbang, each with forty imperial staffs!"
Xu Miaojing went according to the order, and first went out of Xi'an Gate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, where two censors happened to be there. Then he arrested the two censors and took them outside the Meridian Gate according to the rules.
Huang Jin was already waiting outside the Meridian Gate and shouted to the two censors: "Yesterday Zhu Pi arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. You two dare to go to Shu to contradict the emperor again. Who instigated you?"
When the executor Xu Miaojing heard these words, he understood what had happened.
Yesterday, the Emperor Zhu Quanzhi went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to scold his brother-in-law Qin Dewei for his meddlesome officials.
Today, the two censors contradicted each other again. It was like going against the wind. Then the emperor was angered and issued an edict to beat the imperial staff.
The two censors replied: "Everything you say comes from your heart, how can others tell you what to say?"
Xu Miaojing curled her lips in disdain. If it was a single impeachment, it might be an individual act.
But before, more than ten people went to the spa together. It would be a disaster if no one instigated them. The two people went to the spa again. It was probably the aftershock of the previous wave, or it might be a test.
For some reason, Huang Jin did not continue to ask further questions and only said to Xu Miaojing: "Let's execute him!"
There was nothing more to say, so Xu Miaojing directed his officers to start taking action.
After finishing the forty strokes, Xu Miaojing asked for instructions again: "Do you want to issue a prison sentence?"
Huang Jin shook his head, and he and Xu Miaojing withdrew to Xiyuan. The two half-dead censors were thrown outside the Meridian Gate. Someone would come to take care of them anyway.
Anyone who is familiar with the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty knows that whenever a civil servant touches the imperial staff, he will definitely attract the attention of the court, and I am afraid that it will arouse another wave of public opinion.
After getting off duty, Xu Miaojing went directly to the Qin Mansion and reported today's situation to her brother-in-law.
Compared with issuing Zhubu and reprimanding, hitting the imperial staff with a stick is more cruel.
Qin Dewei was speechless for a long time. He, Qin Zhongtang, was so virtuous and capable. He was so humble that he didn't even "participate in aircraft maintenance." How could he be worthy of the emperor's fierce defense of himself?
Anyway, now it is completely clear that the Jiajing Emperor, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, made it absolutely clear!
Xu Miaojing couldn't help but questioned: "The emperor is doing this to protect you, brother-in-law. How can you criticize the emperor's intentions so much?"
Qin Dewei turned around and said to his wife Xu Miaoxuan: "In my opinion, your little brother is a little lost. He doesn't know his last name anymore!"
Supporting Xu Xiaodi to rise to power, I didn't expect that there would be such a side effect. Xu Xiaodi, who was rewarded by the emperor, actually became "loyal to the emperor".
Maybe it's a counterproductive move? Qin Dewei couldn't help but muttered in his heart.
Xu Miaoxuan sighed and scolded Xu Miaojing sternly: "Without my brother-in-law, where would you be today? If you can't tell who you should really be grateful to, don't recognize me as your sister in the future!"
Xu Xiaodi was shocked. As the saying goes, a sister is like a mother. He had never heard his sister reprimand him so mercilessly.
Qin Dewei came out with a smile and said to Xu Miaoxuan: "It is normal for young people to be confused for a while, don't make such a decision."
Then he said to Xu Miaojing: "Now quickly list all the official positions I have held, the things I have done, and the achievements I have made in the past few years! Let me listen to it."
Although Xu Miaojing didn't know what her brother-in-law meant, she still followed the request and immediately told what she could remember.
Qin Dewei handed over the Zhu batch that Chen Chun had copied in the same year and said, "Compare it yourself."
In Zhu Biao, Emperor Jiajing also fully listed Qin Dewei's qualifications and achievements in order to reprimand the officials for causing trouble.
Xu Miaojing lowered her head to look at Zhu's manuscript. After comparing it, she found that she had missed a few items.
Wucao! My brother-in-law won’t use this as an excuse to repair himself, right? Little Brother Xu suddenly felt uneasy.
Qin Dewei sneered and said: "As for my qualifications and achievements, you, my dearest relative, who has watched me step by step to where I am today, can't even remember them all at once.
The emperor is busy with many things, hundreds of memorials are sent to the palace every day, and there are tens of thousands of officials in the world. It happens that the emperor can write my complete resume. Do you think it is a coincidence?
Also, for the two censors today, the emperor only struck them with the imperial staff, but did not issue an edict to investigate them in prison. Doesn’t that explain the problem?"
When Xu Miaojing heard this, for some reason, she felt a mountain of pressure from her brother-in-law's tone. He did not dare to continue asking why the emperor deliberately bothered him like this.
But Qin Dewei wanted Xu Miaojing to understand, and took the initiative to say: "As far as I can guess, the emperor's purpose of deliberately tormenting you like this is nothing more than two possibilities.
The first is that by diverting attention from me, public opinion will focus on me, and the pressure on other aspects will be reduced."
Xu Miaojing suddenly understood. He had been on duty at the palace gate for the past two days and had some knowledge of the public opinion situation.
Logically speaking, it is a very improper behavior for the emperor to go from the main palace to Xiyuan to practice immortality. Emperor Wuzong stayed in Xiyuan for a long time and never left.
The ministers should try to dissuade the emperor from this behavior, but now the focus is on his brother-in-law entering Zhiwenyuan Pavilion, and the emperor moving to Xiyuan to cultivate immortality has become indifferent.
Qin Dewei continued to state without emotion: "The second is to worsen my public opinion environment, making me more dependent on the emperor and easier to be controlled by the emperor."
Xu Miaoxuan asked cryptically: "Isn't your husband okay too?"
What do you mean by not being able to do it? Qin Dewei replied: "It's nothing, I just started to bear things that I shouldn't bear at my age."
In fact, it means that you have crossed into the deep water area. When you are in the middle and lower layers, you have more room to move around.
But the closer you get to the emperor, the more squeezed you are, and the less space you have to move around. Because in theory, no one in the existing imperial power system can restrict the emperor.
Therefore, in many online articles I read in my previous life, time travelers could not bear it and chose to rebel. Qin Dewei understood this very well.
What also makes Qin Dewei very unconvinced is that these tricks of Emperor Jiajing should be used on Yan Song!
Why could Qin Dewei, a humble "unprepared maintenance worker", enjoy such treatment before Yan Song?
Speaking of Emperor Jiajing's ruling techniques, there are countless analyzes on the Internet five hundred years later, and of course many of them are derived from a certain TV series.
In any case, Emperor Jiajing had a very clear idea, which was to strengthen the power of the cabinet and the chief ministers. By controlling the cabinet and the chief ministers, he could control the government with minimal effort.
As for how to control the cabinet and the chief minister, it depends on other means, such as what Qin Dewei is currently encountering.
Now Qin Dewei even has some self-doubt. Was he too radical in the past few years, and had the effect of competing with Yan Song to be a "treacherous official"?
Because he stole too many scenes from Yan Song, his priority was no less than that of Yan Song, so the emperor began to consciously "target" himself?
If this is the case, then the pace must be slowed down in the future, and hiding behind Yan Song is the most "safe" situation.
Otherwise, as a time traveler, it would be funny to end up as "Yan Song".
After hearing what her brother-in-law said, Xu Miaojing felt her hair standing on end and felt terrified in her heart. It was terrible to be a servant next to the emperor. It was ridiculous that she had always been ignorant and fearless.
Qin Dewei smiled and said: "You don't have to be so afraid. After all, the emperor is a human being and not a monster. I'm just saying this to let you know what's going on!"
Xu Miaojing asked directly: "What should we do now?"
Qin Dewei answered concisely and concisely: "It's just low-key."
Xu Xiaodi still didn't understand: "Why are you so low-key? Just doing nothing?"
Qin Dewei explained: "It's not about doing nothing, but about pretending not to understand the emperor's deep meaning, so that you can be truly low-key."
Not understanding, understanding, and pretending not to understand are three realms.
Then Qin Dewei continued: "To be specific, it's reckless! Let others think that I don't understand anything!"
Xu Miaojing was speechless. Brother-in-law, the low-key words in your mouth never seem to mean the same thing as the low-key words spoken by others.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
The idea is still stuck. If I give it more time to think about it, this paragraph will be really difficult to write. I have changed it over and over again. This chapter is still a bit heavy. There is too much to express, which is inconsistent with the cheerful tone of the book.