Chapter 124 Observing the government according to the order (1)
For several days in a row, the political arena in the capital was busy. Officials of all kinds were talking about the Hannaji incident. Some were in favor of the internment, while others were against it. What's more, some even suggested that Hannaji be imprisoned directly. Ji killed Ji Qi.
However, for three days in a row, the emperor did not issue an edict or give an approval, and the cabinet did not inform the six ministries and yamen of the final decision on this issue. It gave the impression that neither the emperor nor the cabinet had made up their minds.
It was Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi and Wu Dui who really sent letters one after another, insisting on taking Han Naji into custody.
Of these three, Wang Chonggu was the governor of Xuanda, Fang Fengshi was the governor of Datong, and Wu Dui, a disciple of Gao Gong, was the newly appointed governor of Xuanfu.
In other words, the three main border ministers in charge of the Second Town of Xuanda have fully moved towards accepting the surrender of Hannaji. The "main war faction" forces in Beijing are heartbroken because of this. However, due to the special nature of the border ministers, it is generally not easy. He was impeached, so everyone had to go to court one after another, asking the emperor to make up his mind quickly and issue an edict to calm people's hearts.
On the fourth day, the emperor chose to follow the advice and formally issued an edict through the cabinet: accept the surrender of Han Naji.
However, the cabinet gave a certain explanation for this seemingly too simple edict and expressed through various channels: Accepting Han Naji's surrender does not mean that the court is afraid of An Da. On the contrary, it means that the court has no fear of An Da. After all, accepting Han Naji's surrender is likely to directly anger Anda. At present, Anda's army has not only returned to Fengzhouchuan, but also issued a golden order from the Fengzhouchuan Khan Court and is further gathering. With the strength of our troops, we are about to fight. Under such circumstances, our Ming Dynasty still insists on accepting the surrender of Han Naji. What is this if it is not fearless?
The main war factions could barely agree with this statement, but at the same time they all went to court, saying that they should order the local border ministers to prepare their troops and defend them to the death, so that they could give me some clues.
Normally, the emperor's response to such an invitation would usually only be three words: Got it.
But this time it was different. The emperor solemnly told the ministers through Zhu Pi, the superintendent of rituals, that he had asked the border troops from all over the country to strengthen their defenses. At the same time, he was discussing with the cabinet to send people to inspect Xuanda Er Town in person.
When all the officials in the capital heard about it, they all celebrated with their crowns. Looking at their proud faces, it seemed as if they had already won a great victory and had captured Anda and presented him to the Ancestral Temple as a prisoner.
However, by the early morning of the fifth day, this festive atmosphere suddenly turned into collective astonishment.
Because on this day, the emperor issued another decree: Cheng Wen of the Engineering Department inspected the defense and armament matters of Xuanda University and other departments on behalf of Tian Tian; the prince accompanied Gao Pragmatism to watch the affairs of the university and public affairs on defense and armament matters on behalf of the prince.
In the engineering department, Cheng Wen was a disciple of Gao Gong, and Gao Gong supported the acceptance of Han Naji. It was understandable for the officials to have him inspect the university on his behalf. After all, he was an official in the field of science and education. Generally speaking, inspections should be carried out by the Supervisory Censor of the Thirteenth Road, but it is not impossible for the section chief to take action. After all, the section chief is a member of the same family.
However, shouldn’t the inspection of defense inspections be left to the military department? Why are all the engineering departments dispatched involved? Is it enough to just inspect the fortifications and fortresses in various places?
Doubts are doubts, but this problem is not a big one at all, and everyone accepted it after hesitating for a while.
What I really don’t understand is the second article: The prince accompanies the reading and is pragmatic in observing the government and publicizing major defense and armament matters on the prince’s behalf.
There is nothing wrong with the first half of the sentence, but... let him watch the government and publicize defense and armaments?
Your Majesty, are you kidding me? How old is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is necessary for him to observe the government and announce major defense and armaments? How old is he, a pragmatic man, to have the ability to watch the government on behalf of the Crown Prince? Don’t just arrive to announce the affairs.
Big, I answer, the army attacked and frightened the little "bachelor" who was watching the government on behalf of the prince to wet his pants, right? Although everyone didn't take him as a "fake bachelor" seriously, but no matter what,
That was also the "bachelor" who had been specially appointed. If he was scared to death by Beilu, all the officials in the world would be disgraced!
But fortunately, there is another part of this imperial edict: The prince accompanies the prince to observe the government on his behalf. He must insist on only seeing and speaking, listening but not speaking, and only checking but not investigating the three items. He should respond to his feelings while observing the government, and no words should be leaked.
After returning to Beijing, give a detailed report to me and the prince.
Seeing this supplementary explanation, everyone was finally not as "uneasy" as before. They thought that this was probably another temporary decision made by His Majesty the Emperor on a whim. It was Cheng Wen's responsibility to actually patrol on behalf of the sky.
In fact, this pragmatic "Xiaoge Lao" just went on a trip at public expense, and when he came back, he handed in a travel note to His Highness the Crown Prince as a business trip.
Come on, come on, anyway, our Ming emperors have all kinds of weird things, especially in the recent generations of emperors, some of them like to be generals, some like to be Taoist priests, and they are no worse than today's favorite son-in-law - after all, today
It's hard to live a good life, so just be patient and considerate. After all, this man is easier to serve than the two before him, right?
As a result, another prince's decree, which was obscured by the imperial edict, was basically ignored by everyone.
Of course, as we all know, the relationship between the crown prince and the emperor is very delicate. As a prince, he will generally not issue another edict or edict on matters that the emperor has already issued, so as to avoid misunderstandings between the monarch and his ministers, father and son, and further
The prince is not even an adult now, and the prince is not under the special premise of "supervising the country by decree." Generally speaking, the orders he issues cannot even be called edicts.
But this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really issued an edict, and it was even directly attached to the emperor's edict. This is very interesting. However, only a very small number of officials who are really politically astute noticed this edict.
, such as Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and others.
The language of this prince's edict is straightforward - this is not surprising. Emperors of the Ming Dynasty always used very straightforward language when issuing orders. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di issued countless imperial edicts in vernacular. However, later due to the special human emperors drafting
As a result, this situation gradually disappeared.
However, although the subordinate officials of the East Palace are now permanently appointed, they are not actually responsible for the affairs of the East Palace. Therefore, there is no one to help write the edict of His Highness the Prince. It is estimated that the Prince's original words were copied by the Chief of Ceremonies:
"Instruct Gao Shidu Dai Gu to carefully investigate the defense and military preparations of Xuanda Er Town. He should visit various places. No one is allowed to stop him or to prevaricate the questions raised by Gao Shidu. Gao Shidu observes the government
After returning to Beijing, no one else is allowed to inquire about the affairs of the administration. They must come here immediately to report on their duties. This is the order."
