Unlike the majestic yamen such as the Qianbu Corridor, the Five Houses and the Six Ministries on the left and right outside the Daming Gate, the Wenyuan Pavilion Cabinet Room southeast of the Youshun Gate of the Palace City has always been inconspicuous. As the cabinet became more important, the number of scribes used became more and more important.
There are more and more houses, but they are as expensive as the first auxiliary house, which is only a small single room, not to mention the second auxiliary house, the third auxiliary house, etc. After several repairs, this place was divided into three courtyards, and the middle one is commonly known as
The cabinet, that is, the Wenyuan Pavilion, has the imperial edict room to the east and the imperial edict room to the west.
By the end of the Hongzhi period, the people in the cabinet basically remained unchanged unless they retired or died. On the contrary, more than a dozen clerks had changed their orders several times, and many of them had been promoted to the sixth ministry or had been released from foreign posts. It could be said that the camp was iron-clad.
Flowing soldiers.
This day is August 15th, and the common people can celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in a lively manner. However, for the palace, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a formal festival. After the imperial dynasty, moon cakes and royal wine were given to the ministers.
Senior officials can't delay business. Because on the 15th day of the year, apart from the imperial court, it is also the day when the six subjects come to the cabinet and ministers to bow to each other.
At this moment, in the Hui Zhi room, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were sitting on the left, while Liu Ke was sitting on the right. Although there was a huge difference in personnel, everyone knew that these three cabinet elders were
He has been in power for many years and is extremely authoritative. The emperor even calls him sir without knowing it, not to mention that most of the people in the six subjects are no more than seven ranks. Although there are occasional quarrels and quarrels in the usual Hui Yi, most of the time, it is just like this two-character Hui Yi.
What it means is that the assistant minister has the final word and the rest of the people bow their hands and salute.
But this time it was very different. As soon as a few important things passed, Li Ke's case, Wu Guan brought the death of Xing'an Bo Xu Wei to the forefront, and then Hu Ke's case, Wang Gai's question came again
The Ministry of Rites forwarded the successor candidate proposed by Xu Wei's widow, and also said that Xu Wei had another younger brother, Xu Liang. After a while, a quarrel broke out in the small living room.
"After all, Xu Yi is a hereditary Qianhu, which is better than Xu Liang who appears out of nowhere!"
"You can't say that!" Wu Hui, the first official to open the lid, sneered contemptuously, and then looked around at the others, "Before Xu Wei became seriously ill, the emperor had already praised Xu Wei.
Liang's son Xu Xun, and before his father and son came to Beijing, the cousin recommended by Xu Wei appeared again and again in Xing'anbo Mansion, and this man was known in the army for fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.
, wouldn’t it be a joke to let him seize the title?”
"You are just talking about hearsay! Don't think that I don't know what you are planning. Isn't it just because it is said that Xu Xun and Zhonggui have close contacts, and you plan to follow the path of Si Li and several eunuchs!"
"You are such a mouthful! You want me to tell you how much benefit Xu Yi gave you to let you speak to him in a place like this! The inheritance of titles in the imperial court has always been a system of virtuous and unworthy, and right and wrong have their own right and wrong!"
In the midst of the noise, a bad-tempered Gei Shizhong finally couldn't stand listening anymore. He forgot all about it and slapped the table angrily and said: "I studied for decades before I was able to reach the imperial court. Now I am a Nanjing man."
The unidentified boy who came here, and an idle soldier in the military camp who received a salary and did not work, dared to peek at the title because of someone's support? According to the rules, the title should be removed if there is no heir. There is nothing to say!
"
"alright!"
Faced with such a messy situation, Liu Jian, the first assistant, finally couldn't help it anymore and blurted out a shout. He had been in the cabinet since Emperor Hongzhi came to the throne, and this slap from the twelfth year of Hongzhi to now is naturally full of power.
Within a moment, Hui Zhizhi's room was already silent. He glanced at everyone with a majestic look, and when he saw that most of the officials avoided his eyes, he said lightly: "It's just a trivial matter.
How unbecoming it is to have such a quarrel!"
Liu Jian's words shocked everyone, and Xie Qian stood up and said: "The Ministry of Rites must first decide on the funeral ceremony, and then the officials will send letters to Xu Wei's descendants. As for whether to inherit it or not, it will be decided by the superior.
It's too early to discuss this now.
Now that the big things are over today, you all will go back to Liukobi. Apart from such innocuous little things, there are also important things to do!"
Although there are still many people below who want to continue to debate this matter, Xie Qian is famous for his good words, and with his status, no one wants to get into trouble with this person for no reason and give him a lesson, so
After you looked at me, under the leadership of Li Ke Du Ge Shi Zhong, they all saluted and exited. As soon as they left, Li Dongyang, who had been silent just now, smiled slightly.
"It's really strange that such a small thing can make a lot of people angry."
"Xiya, how can their little tricks be hidden from the eyes of you and me? The drunkard is not interested in drinking. Isn't it because the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Procuratorate are closely inspecting and want to find some articles from this? These days
There are gradually more and more leaks about the impeachment of Lao Ma and Lao Dai. It seems that these two have hindered a lot of people!" Xie Qian has always been straightforward, and he immediately revealed the mystery. After sitting down, he sighed again, "
I don’t know what his expression would be if I let them know that the emperor ordered the clerk of the Department of Ceremonies to come over to discuss the three of us’ plans to have the Ministry of War reorganize the vanguard of the imperial army, and also planned to grant Xu Xun the command.”
"Are you planning to second the proposal regarding the government's vanguard?"
Liu Jian raised his eyebrows, and when Xie Qian shook his head, he looked at Li Dongyang again. However, Li Dongyang hesitated for a moment, but said something different: "Yuan Fu, Muzhai, the minister of rites sent by the princes earlier
The clerk was familiar with me, and he said one more thing before he left. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have met Xu Xun, and the emperor summoned him once for this reason. He had a good impression. I thought he had been granted the title of Imperial Guard before, what was his holy intention?
Just call it out."
"What!"
Whether the prince had met Xu Xun or was summoned by Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian and Xie Qian had never heard of it. At this time, they could not help but change their minds. Although Emperor Hongzhi is diligent now, he only goes to court every day and is summoned outside the court meeting.
There are very few cabinet ministers, only two or three times a year in the past few years, not to mention other foreign ministers. However, the emperor actually summoned an insignificant eighth-grade imperial guard, and then asked the Chief of Ceremonies to send someone to hint like this
, this is clearly an estimate.
"What is this man's knowledge, his character, and his background?" Xie Qian asked these three questions angrily, and saw Li Dongyang smiling at him with a weird face. He didn't know anything about Li Dongyang, and he didn't know anything either.
, and suddenly sighed, "The prince came out of the cabinet at the age of eight, but he never went to the Wenhua Hall to give lectures for several years, and even his studies were mostly intermittent. If he is misled by someone with ulterior motives again, it will be really..."
Although Xie Qian didn't finish what he said, the meaning behind his words was already obvious. Liu Jian, the first assistant, pondered for a long time, and then suddenly said: "When the Nanjing Guards and others' vouchers were presented, I was drawing up the votes.
I took a closer look at it when I was there, and I remembered that the name of Nanjian Jiujiu Zhang Mao was among them. De Mao was a man of iron bones, and he would definitely not follow others' opinions. I tended to think that this person's character should be trustworthy. As for learning...
If knowledge is useful, the prince will not be so difficult to teach. This time, Xu Wei has promoted Xu Yi, but the Holy Will has someone else, and there will inevitably be another lawsuit. In this case, why not look at it first
look?"
"Yuan Weng's proposal is really cunning! What about the matter that the Chief of Ceremony asked about the advance guard of the government army?"
"Of course we will postpone it until there is a result." Li Dongyang interrupted before Liu Jian could.
Seeing Liu Jian also nodded slightly, Xie Qian put his hands on his hands and laughed. The three assistant ministers suddenly set the tone on this matter. No one said anything anymore, and the conversation immediately turned to the armaments of Xuanfu Datong.
Even though the Supervisor of Rites immediately sent someone to discuss the matter, Liu Jian still asked the Ministry of Personnel and Rites to discuss it first, and he easily and skillfully passed the request.
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Although no one had ever come to the Xu family in Fengcheng Hutong to report the funeral, after a brief discussion, Xu Liang and Xu Xun did not pretend not to know because the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching. At this time, the day of getting married had not yet come, so the father and son changed into plain clothes.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, we both went to pay homage.
Since the Xing'an Bo Mansion had already announced the funeral in various places, there were many visitors that day. Some were Xu Wei's former colleagues and friends, some were noble children who came under orders from the family, and some were distant relatives. However,
, when Xu Liang reported his name, the two concierges at the door looked at each other and almost simultaneously stretched out their hands to stop him.
"I'm sorry, the master is dying and says that he doesn't recognize you as relatives!"
To be fair, Xu Xun valued the Earl of Xing'an because he had a chance to meet the prince because of his family background. Now that everyone has met and connected with him, he is no longer as enthusiastic as before. However, facing this
Two unruly slaves were blocking the way, but he only felt his heart getting angry. He stopped Xu Liang who was about to get angry and took another step forward.
"Notice it in, and say that if the Xing'an Prefecture is still so arrogant and ignorant of etiquette, then I don't mind making the matter really big! In the Ming Dynasty, the title of nobility began with Lord Hongwu, and the title was taken back by the court because of the quarrel.
, there are many situations that benefit no one, if one thing is too much, it is not enough, and if one thing is too little, it is not much!"
The two concierges didn't even look at Xu Xun at first. After hearing this, one of them wanted to ridicule him, but the other, older one, grabbed his companion and saw that although Xu Xun was young, he was so young.
There was no trace of fear on Shen Jing's face. In addition, there were so many visitors at this time, and the consequences of a big fuss were beyond what a small concierge like him could bear. So, after thinking about it for a long time,
He finally called his companion aside and whispered a few words, then turned around and ran inside without saying a word.
Xu Liang, who was standing behind Xu Xun, heard these words clearly. He couldn't help but feel guilty after being touched in his heart. He couldn't help but pull Xu Xun back two steps and whispered: "Xun'er, if they really
If you want to stop me, forget it... Since you are destined to have the prince's trust so much, it doesn't matter if you don't want my title..."
"Dad, it's one thing whether we want to be together or not, but what I can't stand is for others to look like they deserve a beating!" Xu Xun held Xu Liang's arm and said decisively, "Just for their sake."
arrogant, I have to fight for you, at worst, no one will get it!"