Chapter 148: The Case of Slandering the King (I)

Since the death of Xu Jie in the eleventh year of Wanli, no one in the Heart School can compare with Shen Shixing, even if he is as famous as Wang Xijue, after all, his officialdom status is far inferior to Shen Shixing, who has been a cabinet minister for more than ten years. Although Wang Xijue finally entered the cabinet this time, he was strongly recommended by Shen Shixing, which also confirmed the position of the first boss of Shen Shixing's psychology.

As a prominent figure in the Heart School, Shen Shixing's enthusiasm for lecturing is slightly inferior to Xu Jie, but his officialdom methods may now be on par with Xu Huating in the past.

If nothing else, his vote today is a testament to his means.

"Gao pragmatic and unscrupulous, the matter is big. Ercao is anxious to maintain the ancestral system, and his feelings are pitiful. However, slandering the king is really alarmist. Not with the smell. This vote is intended to be four sentences in total.

The first sentence first qualifies the cause of the whole thing: "If you are pragmatic and negligent, the matter is big." ”

How did this happen? That's what Gao Pragmatism talked about. How do you define this? Shen Shixing was extremely cautious and only used the phrase "the matter is big".

"The matter is serious" is not a definition in itself, but as the head of the cabinet, Shen Shixing's "not giving a definition" is also a definition in itself, that is, he believes that the matter is very serious and should be prudent.

Since the emperor has not yet defined, Shen Shixing did this, not only to give the emperor face, but also to express his position of "cautious opposition", and this opposition attitude will not be excessive. In this way, if it deviates from the emperor's definition in the future, it can also be adjusted in time, so as not to get stuck in a certain position and not be able to come back, and directly conflict with the holy will.

The second sentence is a definition of the phenomenon of the officials accusing Gao Pragmatic of slandering the monarch, which is different from the previous one, and seems very conclusive: eager to maintain the ancestral system, its feelings are pitiful.

It stands to reason that "eagerness to maintain the ancestral system" is already a very precise definition, and it means a clear expression of approval of their behavior - after all, "safeguarding the ancestral system" belongs to "political correctness" in the Ming Dynasty, and "eagerness to maintain the ancestral system" shows that these officials are very conscious, and they are very anxious when they see someone wanting to shake the ancestral system.

However, why did Shen Shixing add the sentence "his feelings are pitiful"? The word "need-to-know" is generally applied before forgiving the person who made a mistake, so how do you acknowledge their performance while implying that they did something wrong?

The reason lies in the third sentence, "To slander the king is really alarmist." ”

This sentence is very subtle, first of all, it is wonderful in this "speech" - this word should be read in connection with the "anxious" in the previous sentence. It means that because these officials are very conscious, they are anxious to shake the ancestral system, so when they think about the problem, they are a little anxious, and it is inevitable that they will not think about it - look, it is another clever way to solve the crime.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Shixing made his position very clear: You are "alarmist".

"Alarmist" is also a good word, and it is indeed scary to use this word to imply high pragmatism. It's just that you're still too calm, and the Cabinet thinks things haven't come to that yet.

You see, not only expressed the right concern, but at the same time believed that the situation was not as serious as the officials said, and the matter was still controllable. If you think about it extended, the meaning of Shen Shixing's sentence is that the whole thing is still "undecided" and can be reversed - so this is also a hint to the emperor.

At the same time, "alarmism" is also the ultimate definition of "slander" by the officials: the crime is not large, that is to say, it must be exaggerated - the implication is that there is nothing wrong with their motives, and even the direction of thinking is correct, but there is a miscalculation in the degree of danger.

Although Shen Shixing has never studied physics, it seems that he knows a truth very well: mistakes can be avoided, and errors are inevitable. What he said here means is that the officials say that they are pragmatic and slander the king, which is not a "mistake" in nature, but can only be regarded as an "error", so it is understandable.

Well, all the truths are clearly stated in this seemingly simple and plain but actually exquisite thirty-four words, and then, as the first assistant's vote, he is going to give "handling opinions".

"Not to be heard" is Shen Shixing's opinion on the handling of these impeachments.

What do you mean by "not smelling"? The simplest way to put it: just don't hear it.

I "didn't hear", so naturally I can't agree with you, and I won't hold you accountable for it.

You have to ask why? I've made it very clear before!

At this point, under normal circumstances, no matter the emperor, the cabinet, the high pragmatism, and the officials, all of them were re-placed in a position where they could advance or retreat by Shen Shixing's four sentences, and no matter which aspect or direction, there would be no immediate outbreak of conflict.

What do you mean by eight-sided exquisiteness? This is the eight-sided exquisiteness.

What does it mean to turn a big thing into a small thing? This is the turning of big things into small things.

The attitude that should be shown, I have stated; I downplayed the question of what should be downplayed; I have protected those who should be protected.

When it comes to playing Tai Chi, Shen Shixing can be called a generation of grandmasters.

A total of 27 pieces of impeachment of Gao Pragmatic "slandering the king" were all pasted on the top by Shen Shixing with the same vote, and submitted to the master of ceremonies together with other votes.

The part of the celebrant that can "approve the red according to the routine" has never included this kind of impeachment of important ministers, so Huang Mengyu could not dispose of it after seeing it, and could only forward it to the emperor's imperial judge in original. However, Huang Mengyu was shocked by the strong reaction of the Heart School this time, and he had to be amazed by Shen Yuanfu's Tai Chi Holy Hand.

, can you come back to the "slander case"? Motosuke is awesome!

"Reading is still useful!" Huang Da Zhangyin personally walked to the Qianqing Palace with a stack of musicals, muttering to himself: "The war between these two champions, don't look at the guns and the horses don't neigh, but my old Huang is only about to be unable to understand." ”

Although Huang Mengyu is not Zhu Yijun's descendant, for the emperor, it is actually not bad - no matter how "power eunuchs" are in the Ming Dynasty, they can only rely on the emperor to survive, unlike the power eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty, who completely control the central forbidden army of the Shence Army, and can act arbitrarily to abolish it at will.

Huang Mengyu, as the chief eunuch who has served for more than ten years, is pro-high and pragmatic, but in the final analysis, he is still a close confidant of the emperor, otherwise where can he sit firmly?

Because he was a close confidant, as soon as Huang Mengyu entered the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun, who was sitting in front of the imperial case and reading a book while holding a bronze jue, glanced at him and took the initiative to ask: "How is it, the bullet is like snow, right?" ”

Huang Mengyu smiled all over his face: "Everything can't be hidden from the emperor's eyes, it's really like snow - it's still the kind in Layue." ”

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but laugh at what he said, and said, "It's okay, Ruixue is a good year, and it doesn't necessarily mean that the snow is bigger." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yijun had already put down his wine glass, threw a book back on the table, beckoned to Huang Mengyu, and asked at the same time, "What did you say?" Is it to scold him for seeking truth and wanting to carry out harsh government, or to scold him for competing with the people for profit? Or ...... Scolding him for following the Niu Li dispute? ”

Huang Mengyu stepped forward while holding the song and the ticket, and replied with a slight breath: "There are all of these, and there are some statements that the emperor didn't mention." ”

These words seemed to be slightly unexpected by Zhu Yijun, he was surprised, rolled his eyes, and asked, "Oh? What else? ”

Huang Mengyu carefully put the song on the imperial case, and replied at the same time: "There are twenty-seven ways to impeach Da Si Nong for slandering the king. ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned, frowned slightly, and asked after thinking, "Slandering the monarch?" How can there be slander? What do they say? ”

Huang Mengyu is the master of ceremonies, and he has naturally seen these notes, but he refused to answer, but said with a wry smile: "Although the slave and maid have seen it, they ...... It's also a little incomprehensible, or the emperor should see it himself, the slave and maid really don't dare to say anything. ”

Huang Mengyu's words are also a bit of a doorway. He was the master of ceremonies and supervised the palm print, and when he saw the bullet seals, it was actually "a little incomprehensible", and the implication was naturally that the statements in these bullet seals were completely unreasonable. And the so-called "dare not speak up" is just because he, as a eunuch, is not good at indiscriminate comments before the emperor has no definition.

not only obeyed the rules, but also ambushed, and gave the emperor a psychological hint in advance, making him preconceived doubts about the fairness and rationality of these bullets.

Although Huang Mengyu doesn't read much, these methods are not bad, otherwise how could he have worked for more than ten years in the position of the master of ceremonies?

The emperor's brows really furrowed deeper, and without saying a word, he reached out and took a copy of the book and read it.

This piece of music is Shen Shixing, not a bullet chapter, but a discussion, that is, Shen Shixing's "discussion of things" against Gao Pragmatism.

Here's a little trick worth mentioning: when any of the notes are sent from the celebrant to the emperor, they are not arranged in chronological order of the progression, but rather the celebrant decides the order of these notes, who is the first, who is the second, and so on.

Don't underestimate this seemingly dispensable power, in fact, the power of this "little" power is not small at all, and sometimes it can even have a huge impact.

Let's assume that there is a happy event and a bad event in today's performance, and the official who performed the happy event is not pleased with the palm seal of the celebrant and the celebrant of the ceremony, but the official who plays the bad thing has a very good relationship with the father-in-law of the palm seal. Then, the big eunuch of the palm print can manipulate it, and put the happy events in front and the bad things in the back.

In this way, the emperor will first see the happy event and be happy, and then look at the bad thing, and he will feel that the bad thing is not so bad, and he will hint in his heart that he should not spoil the fun of it. In this way, the official who played the bad thing borrowed the light of the official who played the happy event and resolved his own danger - at least the most dangerous level, such as the big mistake that might have lost his official position, maybe in the end the emperor only fined him for half a year, and so on.

The reverse is also true, among these two officials, the one who plays the happy event is the "friend" of the great eunuch with the palm print, and the official who plays the bad thing does not have a good relationship with the great eunuch of the palm print, so that the eunuch with the palm seal can put the bad things first and the happy events later.

The effect of this is completely different: the first copy of the emperor on this day is a bad thing, a big disappointment, and if he is not angry, he will be severely punished. Immediately after getting the happy event, he turned from anger to joy, and naturally praised him greatly, thinking that this official did a good job, and of course he should be rewarded.

Why officialdom has always paid attention to "the people around the leader should be the leader", the reason is here. It only takes a small gesture, I want to take care of you, and I can make you soar to 90,000 miles; If I deal with you, I can make you suspicious of the Milky Way for nine days.

Four or two thousand pounds!

Although Huang Mengyu's order today is not so direct, it is also exquisite.

Shoufu's recital was placed in the first place, and the emperor would definitely not have any doubts when he saw it, so Zhu Yijun seemed very calm.

Although Shen Shixing's performance was not very strong in criticizing Gao Shixing, neither said that he wanted to practice harsh government, nor did he question his desire to compete with the people for profit, and of course he would not scold him for following the Niu Li dispute, but Shen Shixing very rigorously and seriously questioned whether the methods mentioned in the article were feasible.

According to Shen Shixing, Gao Shixing's method requires at least "nearly 1,000 additional officials." As a result, not only is there a huge shortage of officials, but it will also lead to a serious phenomenon of redundant officials, not to mention increasing the burden on the imperial court, and it may also lead to "hostility between financial officials and left, and treasury officials as enemies".

Moreover, once these two types of officials collude with each other, such an addition is even more meaningless and full of drawbacks.

Shen Shixing also put forward the hypothesis, that is, since the imperial court has fully launched a commercial tax, then the money, grain and materials handled by these officials may increase greatly, and under the temptation of such huge interests, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no phenomenon of "morally unstrong people" colluding with each other, which will further aggravate the burden on the people, "this must be unbearable by the benevolent monarch."

In addition, Shen Shixing also questioned many details in a very targeted manner, and Zhu Yijun read them one by one, frowning. Although Huang Mengyu seemed calm next to him, his palms were actually sweaty, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

After a long while, Zhu Yijun put Shen Shixing's recital aside. Huang Mengyu noticed that the position of the note when he put Shen was not the place where he usually put the note completed by Zhu Pi, but put it aside alone.

Huang Mengyu knew very well that it meant that it was difficult for the emperor to make a decision for the time being, so he left it alone first, and then looked back and thought about it later.

Huang Mengyu was obviously relieved, and he was much calmer, although the whole person didn't even shake, but quietly wiped the sweat of his palm on the hem of the python robe - his python robe has been given for a long time, which is not uncommon in the palm print of the celebrant supervisor, but it is not the kind of python robe on Gao Shishi's body, but it is a python robe like Qi Jiguang.

Zhu Yijun picked up the second book of the music, and his eyes swept over the ticket plan on the surface of the song, and suddenly squinted.

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