Chapter 184: Emperor Shengming and Prince Yingming
Along with the book, Ma Wen and Ma Shangshu also submitted a letter to make suggestions!
It is said that good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, but for those big guys in the ministry, no matter good or bad, as long as they make any movement, because there are countless pairs of eyes watching, it will spread throughout all the yamen in an instant. So, once
Ma Wensheng, who has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for many years, also joined the imperial censors, which naturally caused an uproar. After all, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is the most important position below the cabinet, and has always been known as the head of the Six Ministries. This person
They're all in books, that little jian
Can people still escape?
Not to mention how happy the early censors were, even others couldn't help but wonder whether they should take advantage of the situation and take advantage of it. Although according to the information revealed by the cabinet clerk, that day three or four days ago
The seals criticizing the censor's letter have not yet been sent to the cabinet. They should have been detained by the Chief of Ceremonies for delay, or they were simply kept in front of the emperor. However, Youdao is shocking to the censor. The more he can crack the hard bones, the more likely he will be.
It has become an iron rule that he must be a censor with a strong character. So, when the memorial was collected at the right door in the evening of the next day, many people sent in a good article that they had carefully prepared.
However, unlike what most people thought was the delay of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, when Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of the previous Supervisor of Ceremonies, saw those memorials, he almost immediately reported them to Emperor Hongzhi in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
Due to the earth-shattering case before, Li Rong restrained his attitude of relying on his elders a little in front of Xiao Jing. Although he faced a hail of bullets this time, he knew the truth about the prince's skipping classes and naturally he would not follow suit.
At this moment, several ceremonial eunuchs and eunuchs stood in front of the emperor to report the abbreviated memorials. After several important national events, Xiao Jing selected Ma Wensheng's memorial, and even selected the one with the best literary talent.
After reciting a paragraph, he saw that Emperor Hongzhi's face was as dark as water. He spread out the censor bullets that he had collected today on the table, lowered his eyelids and said: "In addition to Ma Shangshu, there are also the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
As well as memorials from various departments that mentioned this matter, there are seven in total." After a long silence, Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: "Except for these, all cabinet bills will be issued."
"Yes, I obey your order."
Since the death of Liu Shan Lingchi in the Palace of Qianqing, although the top bosses such as the Chief of Ceremonies all accompanied Zhu Houzhao to the Wenhua Palace to listen to the lectures and escaped the catastrophe of going to watch the execution with their own eyes, now everyone
They were a lot more cautious. Even the most senior Xiao Jing and Li Rong changed their self-proclaimed status from an old slave to a slave. Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have no other orders, Xiao Jing took the lead in clearing up the memorials on the table and called a few more
The Supervisor of Ceremonies wrote and packed the memorials one by one in boxes. Only Ma Wensheng and the censors were left untouched on the small table. Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, these memorials were obviously
He was retained and did not need to vote in the cabinet. Except for matters involving the Zhang family, the prince's maternal family, this situation is extremely rare.
However, before leaving, Li Rong suddenly bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, the prince left early when Mr. Li was giving lectures in the Wenhua Hall. Very few people knew the true feelings. Now the censor suddenly got wind of something going on. This
The source of the news is really suspicious. The matter involves the prince, and I ask the emperor for permission to let Dongchang go and investigate it, so that others will not blindly talk nonsense and hurt the emperor's sage and the prince's wisdom." The factory guard of the Hongzhi Dynasty compared it.
He kept a low profile, but in fact there was no need to ask for an edict. However, Wang Yue had always been a man of more trouble than less. He was upright and got along well with civil servants. At this moment, he heard Li Rong suddenly mention
With such a suggestion, he couldn't help but immediately opened his mouth to give some advice, but his sleeve was gently pulled by someone. When he caught a glimpse of Chen Kuan next to him, Wang Yue was stunned. When Chen Kuan shook his head at him, he then
I could barely hold it back.
"Okay, let's check it out." Emperor Hongzhi was a little suspicious at first, but when Li Rong said it, he was even more moved and nodded immediately. At this time, Xiao Jing suddenly seemed to have remembered something, and he said "Oops"
Patting his head, he also took a step forward and saluted deeply: "Your Majesty, forgive me, but I forgot one more thing just now. Although it is not a big deal, I still need to report it. Wang Shouren, the head of the Martial Arts Selection Department of the Ministry of War
, wrote a letter asking to go to Xiyuan to observe the front-guard training of the Fu army.
Wang Shouren? Who is Wang Shouren?
Just looking at Emperor Hongzhi's slightly frowning expression, Xiao Jing knew that the emperor did not remember such a person, so he said softly: "Reporting to the emperor, Wang Shouren is the son of Wang Hua, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
He is quite enthusiastic about military matters." "Even if he is enthusiastic about it, he has exceeded his authority in this matter!" Emperor Hongzhi interrupted Xiao Jing's words unhappily, and then said impatiently, "From the imperial censor to the director of the Ministry of War,
All of them are serious Jinshi, why are they not focusing on major issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood, but only focusing on a young Xu Xun?"
Although the emperor never mentioned Ma Wensheng clearly, Li Rong, who had always had a bad grudge with Ma Wensheng, could not help but feel happy. He immediately smiled and said: "Long live the Lord, don't you know the temperament of these censors? You have to stare at the seamless eggs twice."
, What's more, Xu Xun is young, and it is inevitable that he will act recklessly and leave flaws. It is not surprising that he is targeted by them. Wang Shouren expected the same..." This time, it was Xiao Jing who coughed lightly, interrupting Li Rong's words, and immediately
He said with a smile: "Eunuch Li is definitely wrong this time. Your Majesty, I asked Wang Yue to send someone to inquire about this matter. On that day, Xu Xun went to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War to take up his post, but he was picked up by several people with ulterior motives.
The dissatisfied subordinate officials ran around, and then it happened that Duke Dingguo passed away. Master Liu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, responded to the request of the Ministry of Rites and lent Wang Shouren to the Duke Dingguo's mansion to govern?..." Xiao Jing explained the causes and consequences in an orderly manner.
Later, it was mentioned that Xu Xun once asked Wang Shouren for advice on the art of war during his stay in Dingguo Palace. Seeing Emperor Hongzhi's frown gradually relax, he smiled and said: "So, this Wang Shouren may not be
Malicious, he first wrote a letter to Liu Shangshu to refute it. Not wanting to be so bold, he actually wrote a letter directly to the emperor. To say that Xu Xun was young, although he was only given 500 people, it didn't matter even if he was messing around, but now he has become a mature man.
He has been criticized by the public. If a serious civil servant with a serious Jinshi background comes to watch, he may be able to calm down the dispute." Last time, he refused Li Rong's request for Ruisheng to serve in Qianqing Palace, and sent Ruisheng to congratulate Xu Xun. Now Xiao Jing is now
So he simply sent this little guy who had served Xu Xun before to walk around and carry messages. When Ruisheng came back and told Wang Shouren about Wang Shouren, he was immediately moved. At this time, when he was about to come out, he saw that the emperor was hesitating.
After thinking for a moment, he did not add any further fuel. When he and the other three people exited the hall, Li Rong took two quick steps to catch up with him with a smile.
"Eunuch Xiao, you are really very protective of Prince Xing'an!" "Hey, there is no such thing as protective. One day a eunuch from the East Palace came over and made noises in our ears. If this matter never ends,
I'm afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will personally summon this old guy of ours." Xiao Jing glanced sideways at Li Rong with a smile, and then said meaningfully, "Speaking of which, our family seems to have seen two articles of impeachment against Ma Wensheng.
I don’t know why the book with Dai Shan disappeared in the blink of an eye." Li Rong didn’t want to be so quick-sighted, but Xiao Jing still noticed it, and he laughed and started talking to each other.
Tacitly, Wang Yue behind him couldn't help but ask Chen Kuan why the leader had to hold him back. Chen Kuan had no choice but to shake his head at him.
"Old Wang, don't just protect those civil servants all day long. The holy will is already so clear. Just investigate when it's time to investigate. It's better to investigate with someone like you who knows how to do things in a measured way than to ask someone else to take action at a banquet when the general is annoyed.
Well done! As for the feud between Eunuch Li and Shangshu Ma, we have nothing to do with it, and we can't do it!" With something on his mind, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but shuddered after the chief ministers and supervisors of rites retreated, but he was still upset after all.
Unable to enter samadhi, he almost planned to call someone to take elixir. After thinking about it, he remembered that Empress Zhang thought the medicine was bitter yesterday and refused to take it, so he simply stood up and said to go to Kunning Palace. How long will he stay there?
The one who agreed to come up to the service changed his clothes and put on a thick fox fur. He strolled out of the hall and saw that it was snowing. He was surprised and happy at the same time. He immediately waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to wear a chariot, and just walked over.
Although he was in high spirits, even if he wore deerskin boots along the way, he could not help but feel cold all over when he arrived at Kunning Palace. When he entered the hall, he took off his fur gloves to warm his forehead and ears, then he rubbed his hands and asked a greeting
When he learned that the condition of the female official Queen Zhang who came out was not serious, he nodded, but ordered not to be disturbed, and quietly walked in alone. He screened away several palace maids outside Dongnuan Pavilion. He was about to go in, but heard
The voices of Zhu Houzhao and Queen Zhang came from inside.
It was almost evening, and he didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would come to visit his mother at this time. He was relieved and liked for a moment, so he stopped outside the door. The voice from inside faintly came through the gap in the curtain, "The Emperor is majestic"
It was just like that that I heard the sound coming from the corner.
"Mother, have you ever told your father?" "This is a national matter. When have you ever seen your mother interfere in your father's decision-making of personnel matters? Don't worry, if you follow my instructions, you will naturally drag all the censors.
Go out to the court, but your father will not agree! However, you have to believe in your father. Those censors like to talk nonsense and slander people. Your father is the most aware of everything and will not wrongly accuse others. Why don't you
When you are in the palace, Xu Xun will try his best to send a letter to complain to you?" "No way, if he is so worthless, I won't bother to pay attention to him!" Zhu Houzhao's voice suddenly became louder, "I remember when Xing Anbo bullied him.
He, he won't let me complain to my father, let alone now! If you ask me, those censors who can tell others behind their backs are the most abominable. If you have the ability, you can show off your ability and show off! I just feel that I have been wronged
, Mr. Li told me last time that as long as I memorize the books I need to memorize and learn the things I need to learn, the length of time does not matter, it just depends on whether I pay attention to it. Why are they so long-winded? They keep talking.
Instigating me to play truant, could it be that in their eyes, I, the prince, am so useless and just listen to what others say?" After listening to this conversation between mother and son, Emperor Hongzhi stood for a while, feeling very satisfied.
His wife could blow pillows without being in front of him, and his son could see the key to the censor's impeachments. This really made him happier than anything else.
A virtuous wife and filial piety are enough in a common people's home, but in a royal family