Ministry of Rites.

Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who has not been in office for a long time, has a headache today, and the reason is, of course, the pragmatic "Please Open the Domain".

It stands to reason that the matter of high pragmatism is not authentic for Xu Xuemo, because in addition to the Zongren Mansion, the issue of the Zongfan belongs to the Ministry of Rites in the imperial court. Gao Pragmatic, as the Rong Zheng squire of the Ministry of War, is really a bit suspicious of being nosy with rats.

If you are a science and technology official, then it's okay, you are a soldier of the military department meddling in the affairs of my Ministry of Rites, do you have me in your eyes?

Oh, sorry, but not really.

What Xu Xuemo is annoyed about is this, first of all: Gao Pragmatic will not take him seriously. Although he Xu Butang is old enough, he is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 29 years, and he is at least seven or eight streets stronger than Gao Pragmatic, but the qualifications also depend on how and when to compare.

He Xu Butang is so old, he has been in the imperial court for decades, and he has just been promoted from a squire to a scholar, but he is a high-level and pragmatic gold list for eight years, and now he is actually a squire, how can this be compared? It's really short of breath compared to it, so it's better not to compare.

In addition to qualifications, what the courtiers can compare with is nothing more than merit and holy favors, at most one more prestige. But these three Xu Xuemo dare not compare.

On merit, high pragmatism and stability in the south and north; On the saints, high pragmatism is unparalleled in the world; In terms of prestige, he is the top six leaders, and even the urgent news just now said that the cabinet unanimously praised Gao Pragmatism as "the courage of the world". Is this better than a fart?

But in fact, in addition to these three articles, Xu Xuemo knows that there is another point that he cannot compare with Gao Shishi: power.

Who is highly pragmatic? That is the number one person of the real school in Xu Guo who can't be suppressed by the second assistant, who is the legacy of the first assistant of three generations, and who can negotiate face-to-face with Shen Yuanfu.

What about Xu Xuemo? Even the current big uncle is relying on the relationship of the township party, quietly planned by Shen Yuanfu, and snatched from the hands of the former auxiliary minister Pan Sheng.

In this way, of course, Gao Pragmatic will not take him Xu Xuemo in his eyes, perhaps in the eyes of others, the only one who can be called an opponent in the Heart School is Shen Yuanfu alone, and the rest are not worth mentioning.

So Xu Xuemo could only swallow this breath and force himself to think about more important things.

What is more important is nothing more than what attitude the Ministry of Rites should put on under such a high pragmatism, whether to agree or oppose, or to watch from the sidelines.

He first ruled out the idea of being a wall-to-wall view. After all, the issue of the clan is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and others can still consider not saying a word before the matter is clear, but the Ministry of Rites obviously can't do this, otherwise the emperor will ask at that time, can the Ministry of Rites still say that "we are outside the neutral"?

The rest is nothing more than approval or disapproval. In fact, from the original intention of his heart, Xu Xuemo agreed to do something to Zongfan, although Gao Shishi's hand today seems to be too big, no matter how you look at it, it is too radical, and it will cause trouble, but Xu Xuemo still agrees with his thinking, and those five measures can be regarded as the right medicine.

But how can the affairs of the court be able to express their approval if they agree with it in their hearts? Gao Pragmatism's hand today completely occupies all the opportunities. It can be said that in the future, as long as the imperial court takes action on the issue of the clans, no matter how far it is done and how many achievements it makes, it will not be able to run the high and pragmatic initiative when the final merit is discussed. It is needless to say that the first credit is attributed to high pragmatism, that is, to the school of pragmatism.

In that case, where is my mind going? Is it just willing to saddle others before and after the horse?

And there is another trouble at the moment, that is, the rumor from the cabinet at the end only said that the five cabinet elders had gone to see the emperor together, but did not say the position that the cabinet elders finally discussed.

This is a big trouble, the Ministry of Rites, as the yamen in charge of the affairs of the clan and the domain, is now waiting for the Ministry of Rites to make a statement, and Shen Yuanfu has not sent out any news to him. Xu Xuemo knew that he should release some rumors to appease the mood of the hundred officials at this moment, but he really didn't dare to overstep his bounds, lest if he misinterpreted Shen Yuanfu's original intention, it would be a complete mess.

Relying on Tai Chi to send away the fourth group of Xinxue officials who quietly sent people to inquire about the meaning of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Xuemo was so anxious that he went around the house, sending people to quietly ask about the latest news in the palace, and at the same time sending people out to understand the movements of various yamen.

Among the yamen, the Ministry of Industry must be the quietest, after all, the clan has nothing to do with them. Originally, what had a relationship with them was nothing more than that when the new prince and the county king were newly crowned, the Ministry of Industry might need to arrange to repair the palace, but at this time, the Ministry of Industry was nothing more than a worker, and if there was one, they would do it, and if they didn't, they wouldn't do it, and it didn't matter much.

Although the problem of clan crimes has gradually become serious over the years, because clan crimes are generally not the turn of the criminal department or even the three legal divisions, and the sect government is the first to deal with them, the attitude of the criminal department on this matter is also indispensable.

It's just because considering that once the imperial court opens the feudal ban according to the proposal of "Please Open the Domain", then a large number of low-level clans will be transferred to the Criminal Department to deal with their crimes, so now some people in the Criminal Department have begun to ponder, can they take the opportunity to apply for more funds from the imperial court? - Clan cases must be more difficult to handle, isn't it natural for us to ask for more funds?

The reaction of the Ministry of War was average, except for the Ministry of War, where the staff of the Ministry of War was a little excited, and the rest of the departments basically did not react.

As for why the Department of Officials is excited, it is actually very simple - this department is responsible for the affairs of the map, the military system, the city god, the suppression, the conciseness, and the conquest. In other words, they are responsible for drawing up battle plans.

Belch...... Are you in a hurry, what battle plan are you drawing up now?

In fact, otherwise, the Ministry Division is really drawing up a battle plan now, and the goal is still very broad, labeling all the vassal states of more than 20 princes as likely to rebel, and then deducing within the Ministry Division.

But that's not the most interesting, what is interesting is that in its deduction, it is no longer the guards, border troops, etc., that represent the main force of the imperial court, but the newly formed Praetorian Guard.

In various deductions, the Guards were used as the main force of the imperial court's expeditions, but each time they were used, only two to three towns, that is, about twenty or thirty thousand people. This is understandable, after all, the Praetorian Guard is now the only field force in Beijing, and it is used by the imperial court to deter the world, so it is not good to just put down the rebellion and drive them all out.

You must know that they are not the former Beijing camp, there is no "400,000" said, and there are only 60,000 horses in total, so you can't joke easily.

Xu Xuemo only felt ridiculous about this reaction of the military department. In his opinion, this is simply eating too much, which vassal king can be stupid enough to rebel? Don't you know how many pounds and taels you have? At most, it will be to make some trouble, and when the time comes, it will be nothing more than a slow fight with the court, how can there be a war.

What's more, even if there is a real war, Xu Xuemo doesn't think the Praetorian Guards have any chance to fight. The important vassal kings in the north are basically surrounded by the border army, and I am afraid that they will be passed on to the capital division before they announce the start of the army; Although there are no border troops around the feudal kings in the south, they are too far away, and even if they want to suppress them, they must be dealt with by the local governor and the troops of his own town, where can they wait for the Praetorian Guards to be sent from the capital division? By the time the Praetorian Guards arrived, the daylilies were cold.

The reaction of the officials was relatively normal, and the whole department spoke in unison, expressing their support for the opening of the ban. Well, the Ministry of Officials is the base camp of the Shixue School, and it is not surprising to have this reaction, Xu Xuemo should not have such a thing after listening to the report.

Among the six departments, only the household department remains. The attitude of the household department is much more intense, not only all the people are talking about it, but also everyone has different opinions. It is said that Gao Gongbao deserves to be a big deal this time, so the pressure on the household department is suddenly much lighter, and finally there is no need to wear a bitter gourd face all day long; It is said that although Gao Gongbao has a big hand, he still saves face for the court or the heavenly family, and does not catch all the princes and county kings, especially King Lu or something......

The implication is that these officials are still wary of King Lu, who is "about to take the country into a vassal", and they don't understand why Gao Gongbao has left this tail and refused to cut it off since he has been so generous.

According to their thoughts, of course, it is best to get it done at one time, and the so-called "view of the vassals" like King Lu should be strictly limited as an example - how much will his Lu Wangfu cost? What should I do with King Jing's legacy?

Of course, the basic officials who hold these ideas are relatively low-level officials, and they don't even get the news that they don't know about Gao Pragmatic persuading King Lu to give up King Jing's legacy.

In fact, in addition to the six departments, there is also a yamen that really shows the most fierce attitude, that is, the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The reaction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was even more exaggerated than that of the household department, and a large number of officials gathered together to shout. Some excitedly said that Gao Gongbao was really "brave in the world", and he dared to raise the issue of the clan as an important minister of the imperial court, and even made such a big move; Some went further, saying that everyone should hurry up and prepare to support Gao Gongbao, in order to make this matter bigger, so that the emperor would not dare to delay because of "kissing".

Some people even proposed that everyone should be more resolute, and simply go to the "knock palace" outside the noon gate together, forcing the emperor to come forward in person, "give an explanation to the people of the world", and agree to open the ban on the spot on the spot.

And so on and so forth.

All in all, the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were so excited that they all shouted to participate in it, "I wish to join the tail and participate in the grand event!" ”

And the officials of the department have always been in close contact, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was excited to become like this, and of course the six departments were not exempt from vulgarity, and some even ran out of the palace during the matter (the office of the six departments was in the palace, not far from the cabinet), and discussed with the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate how to expand the momentum and support Gao Gongbao's "righteous act".

Well, the reason why it is a righteous act is, of course, because Gao Pragmatic Theory does not care about this stubble, and he should do it completely "out of righteous indignation". Gao Gongbao, who doesn't care about this matter, has come forward, how can we, the officials who supervise everything in the world, lag behind?

These excited science and technology officials were really unambiguous, and they asked people to find pen and ink on the spot, splash ink, write down a note in support of Gao Gongbao, and then ask everyone who would like to sign the joint signature.

At this moment, the crowd is excited, and it is definitely impossible to pretend to be stupid, so no matter whether they are really so excited in their hearts, they all put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance anyway, and they rushed forward and wrote their names on the song.

It didn't take long for a note with more than 100 imperial histories and names in the matter to be completed, and it is likely that two Ming records were created: the most names signed by the Taoist officials, and the fastest to complete.

The only problem now is that the time has passed, and theoretically speaking, at this time, the Department of Communication and Administration has already begun to prepare to receive the Holy Zhu Approval issued by the Celebrant Superintendent.

But it doesn't matter, none of you here are ordinary people, especially the six branches of the matter, and they patted their chests and vouched, saying that they would definitely be able to send this piece of music directly to the king.

This is not bragging, the six departments have their particularities, not only are they working in the palace, but they have been in the palace for a long time, and they are also familiar with the celebrant and supervisor, so it is not strange to send things directly to the master of ceremonies.

As for the procedural issues...... It's like this time.,Almost all the science and Taoist officials have signed the attached recital.,It's reasonable to have the qualifications to send it directly to the king! The privileges of the Ming Dynasty's science and technology officials, is that playing with you?

So the six departments immediately rushed to the palace with a joint recital.

When the news reached the Ministry of Rites, Xu Xuemo was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, and he couldn't wait to go directly to the palace to find Shen Yuanfu for advice. He suddenly thought of one thing at this moment: Why did Gao Pragmatic suddenly want to meddle in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites?

Under the suspicion, Xu Xuemo had a suspicion: Could it be that Gao Shipra was dissatisfied with getting the position of the great sect uncle from Pan Sheng, so he started to work on the issue of the sect and the domain, which was directly under the control of the Ministry of Rites, in order to catch himself off guard, so that the emperor felt that he was extremely incompetent as a great sect uncle, and then find a way to impeach himself?

As soon as this thought popped up, he couldn't stop it anymore, and Xu Xuemo even thought that once things really developed like this, it would also be a huge crisis for Shen Yuanfu.

Originally, Shen Yuanfu not only wanted to win the Ministry of Rites, but also to win Pan Sheng's place in the cabinet at that time. And now although the cabinet has not been obtained, the book of the Ministry of Rites is still in hand, but if the pragmatic "treacherous plan" succeeds, won't the Ministry of Rites be lost again? If that's the case, wouldn't Shen Yuanfu's little half a year be a complete waste of effort? After going around for a long time, I suddenly returned to the original point.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuemo actually broke out in a cold sweat under the three winters, and his entire back was soaked with sweat.

He couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately went out of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, regardless of the surrounding officials coming up to inquire about his attitude, he refused with a cold face, and then hurriedly got into the green nuny sedan chair and went directly to the direction of the palace.

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PS: I can't log in to the starting point on the computer, saying that I have a network problem, and now I send a book on the mobile phone, which is very inconvenient, so yesterday's reward and monthly pass thank you will be sent together tomorrow, sorry.