Li Dongyang rushed back from home. Although he had been taking a long leave, he had already predicted that something big was going to happen, and Li Dongyang couldn't sit still at home.
After entering the duty room, Liu Jian and Xie Qian were discussing something. Xie Qian seemed a little unhappy and wanted to say something while holding the desk, but Liu Jian's face was as usual, as if comforting.
Seeing Li Dongyang coming in, the two stopped talking. Li Dongyang took leave and went home, and now he has rushed back in advance. Liu Jian naturally had to ask questions and said to Li Dongyang with a smile: "Binzhi, didn't you say there was something wrong at home?
Is it important?”
Li Dongyang smiled faintly and said vaguely: "It's not a big deal, why? Does Your Majesty have any clear instructions for the memorial handed over this morning?"
Liu Jian cheered up and said, "This is what we discussed just now. The envoys of the vassal states are almost here according to the rules of previous years. Now the Wassai State has made such a request, but they are tough.
But he had no choice but to do anything. His Majesty must have been in a dilemma. Alas, what exactly do you want to do this time? Could it be that this is a threat to give me the benefits of the Ming Dynasty?"
Xie Qian said angrily: "The Tartars are hateful."
The words of the Tartars rarely speak in the mouths of the cabinet ministers. The so-called prime minister's demeanor is like this. No matter how rude the other party is, he cannot treat him rudely. However, Xie Qian is an abnormality, and he may not have
Scheming, but honest, he says whatever he wants.
Li Dongyang smiled. In fact, the whole story of this matter was very simple. The country of Washu had submitted a letter of state before and expressed his willingness to send envoys to pay his respects. This kind of thing is very common. Although there was friction between Washu and the Ming Dynasty, they fought for years.
When it was time to pay tribute, they would not pull them down at all. Mongolia had fallen into division and extreme decline since its establishment. Although there had been a change in Tumu Fort, this trend did not change. The entire Mongolian internal materials were extremely
There was no iron for the arrows they were best at riding and shooting. They had no choice but to use cow bones and horse bones to cut them into arrows.
Under such circumstances, Mongols like Washu were extremely dependent on the Ming Dynasty's tribute system. Although they usually fought happily, when the tribute came, Washu came every year.
But this time, the situation was different. The Watshu people directly proposed a condition, requiring the envoys of Watshu to enter the Forbidden City from the Daming Gate to participate in the congratulations.
The Daming Gate is the south gate of the Forbidden City. On the central axis of Beijing, the ancients always regarded the south as noble, so the Daming Gate enjoys the status of "national gate". Like the houses of ordinary families, the Daming Gate is the middle gate in the house.
Only the emperor can enter and exit.
It is absolutely impossible to enter the Forbidden City from the Daming Gate to congratulate you. You must know that both in the palace and the court attach great importance to this etiquette. In history, the Daming Gate caused a huge uproar, and later generations have no son because of Zhu Houzhao.
After Zhu Houzhao's death, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcan inherited the throne, which triggered a ritual discussion. It once caused controversy around Zhu Houcan's biological mother, Princess Anlu, who wanted to enter the palace from the Daming Gate. In the eyes of people at that time, Princess Anlu was just too
The concubine was not qualified to enter the imperial city from the Daming Gate. In Zhu Houcong's view, the concubine was his biological mother and the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty. She had to let her mother enter the Forbidden City from the Daming Gate.
For this matter, almost all political affairs were abandoned, and there were resentment everywhere in the capital. Some people even shouted, "The country has been raising scholars for 150 years, and the ritual of justice and death is today." This sentence looks very exciting.
Those who don’t know thought that something was going on in the national crisis and that the Ming Dynasty’s life was about to end. Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houcan did not give in and beat the ministers at the Meridian Gate, which triggered another bloody case that shocked the court and the public.
This shows the power of the Daming Sect. This is a matter of principle. The Daming Sect only allows emperors and queens to enter and exit. If there is another person, it is just an extra Empress Dowager. Only they can enter and exit the Daming Sect. The rest
At that time, the main gate of the Forbidden City has always been closed tightly, and sometimes, it may not be opened once in ten or twenty years.
Now the Watshu people actually handed over the letter of state and asked the envoy to enter through the Ming Gate. This was simply a fantasy and a naked provocation. This incident made the entire court stunned. If they refused, they would definitely make trouble again.
The reason for the quarrels was not allowed to make a bigger fuss. Taking this opportunity to give the Wassar people another excuse to send troops. As for agreeing to the Wassar people's request, it was almost impossible. It would rather start a war than the court set a precedent.
Li Dongyang was silent for a moment and said slowly: "There was no famine in the desert this year. I believe that the thorns were relieved. It is precisely because of this that they have the confidence to take this opportunity to humiliate the court, and at the same time they also want to take the opportunity.
Let the court compromise and concession for them in other places. This trick is actually not very clever, but it is a problem for the court. For me, this matter should be left behind for the time being. The messenger of the thorn man is still
It hasn't arrived, and now I can only take one step at a time. I guess it's fake to enter the palace from the Daming Gate, and it's real to ask for money and property. The more busy the court was, the more they fell into their trap, and simply ignored the matter.
, The problem was naturally thrown back to the Watshuren, Liu Gong, I mean, we will go back to a letter of nationality later. The content of the letter of nationality is the same as in previous years. If you should be polite, you will still be polite.
No matter how you say it or whatever, but their request is just as if they have not seen or heard, without mentioning a word, and try their reactions.”
Xie Qian heard this and said, "What if the thorns are more aggressive?"
Li Dongyang said seriously: "No matter how aggressive they are, they are rude first, and the court at least takes over the righteousness."
Liu Jianhe nodded and said, "Binzhi's words are very pertinent, just do it."
As he was talking, someone hurried in outside, Qiqiai Aiai said, "Sir, it's not good, something happened to the Ministry of Works..."
When Liu Jian heard something happened in the Ministry of Works, his face changed slightly, but then his face returned to normal. Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, obviously a little confused about the incoming clerk Buzheyan. What could happen to the Ministry of Works?
?The Ming Dynasty has never heard of any yamen accident.
After sitting back on his desk, Li Dongyang said nothing, but just picked up a book of memorials and opened it quietly to watch.
"What happened..."
The clerk did not hide it and told the matter in its original form.
At this moment, Xie Qian couldn't help it, and snorted coldly, saying, "It's getting worse, this is getting worse. This Liu Chengfeng is really brave. Now he dares to murder the minister. It's tolerant to rush into the Ministry of Works to make trouble.
If he is unbearable, if he continues to indulge himself like this, is he going to come to the cabinet and enter the palace?"
Xie Qian complained, and Liu Jian was also furious at this time, but the light from the corner of his eyes saw Li Dongyang's face calm and he was slowly reading the memorial. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang have worked with him for many years, how could he not understand Li Dongyang's
He was so angry that he said, "This matter must be thoroughly investigated. If someone comes, why don't you please give me a note? Tell the Ministry of Justice and get someone from Shuntian Mansion."
Li Dongyang raised his face and said calmly: "Mr. Liu, I have already known about Shuntian Mansion. I believe that at this time, Liu Chengfeng has been taken to the Shuntian Mansion Prison."
When Liu Jian heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Why, Binzhi had known about this for a long time?"
Li Dongyang sighed and said, "So what if you know, so what if you don't know, just look at the cabinet on the wall."
Xie Qian slapped the desk with his hand and said, "Look at the wall? Mr. Li, what does your implication mean? Do you still have to do even if Liu Chengfeng? Today he dares to take action on the announcement, and the cabinet will ignore it.
, How will people in the world view you and me? What's the point of being a corpse? What's more, Liu Chengfeng is so domineering that he did something that had never been heard of in the country since Taizu. Does Mr. Li want to
Tolerate? I know, Mr. Li’s clan brother…”
Having said this, Liu Jian's face changed, he shouted loudly, and said, "Yu Qiao, what are you talking about!"
Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, and his flushed face changed instantly. He was so excited that he actually told Li Dongyang's clan brother that he was obviously accusing Li Dongyang of being favored. On this occasion, he said this in front of Li Dongyang.
It is really inappropriate and may even trigger a division between the cabinets.
Xie Qian's face was blue and white, and he said yes, but he didn't say yes, and finally sighed heavily and said, "That's all you should say, Mr. Li, think about it carefully."
Li Dongyang smiled without thinking it was offended, took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "My clan brother is indeed doing things under Liu Chengfeng, but today I invite the second master to watch the wall, not for personal love, Liu Gong, Xie Gongke
Do you know that Liu Chengfeng brought a musket to the Ministry of Works this time?"
Musket...
A hint of astonishment appeared on Liu Jian's face, and he immediately understood.
The creation of the situation must be the creation of the situation, because the creation of the situation, this conflict has led to this situation...
Liu Jian narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "What you said is not wrong. This matter is not that simple. The cabinet must be impartial. However, Liu Chengfeng made a big fuss in the Ministry of Works, so the cabinet must naturally have
Disciplinary: Now that Shuntian Mansion has already taken the person, it’s better. In a few days, Yu Qiao will write a memorial to impeach Liu Chengfeng, but the words don’t have to be too intense, just like the one who is Binzhi.
We said, we are watching the bad debts of this scheming situation. I don’t expect that someone will settle the matter today. It’s okay…”
Liu Jian seemed a little tired, put his hand on the handle of the chair and half tilted his back chair, squinted his eyes and continued, "This matter will be decided soon."