Chapter 600: Undercurrent (Page 1/1)

"Master," the two were talking, when someone from the Zhu Mansion came into the house and said to Zhu Jizuo, "Lord Jin Binjin asks to see him." ”

Although this Jin Bin is only a member of the Chinese Scholar of Qipin, he is a member of the cabinet and a confidant of Zhu Jizuo. Zhu Gebu immediately ordered: "Let him come in." ”

"Cabinet Department," Jin Bin hurriedly saluted, and glanced at Yan Qiheng in the room, knowing that he was not an outsider, so he said hurriedly, "You let your subordinates keep an eye on the movements of Yuanzhou Mansion." Just now, news came from the Jiangxi Political Envoy Department, saying that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Political King had sent someone to reward Cheng Fude because of the rapid implementation of the Yuanzhou Huangzhuang contract, and recruited him to return to Beijing to report on his work. It is said that it is planned to promote Cheng to participate in politics as the political envoy of Jiangxi. ”

The political envoy's participation in politics is from the three grades, which is equivalent to raising Cheng Fude from the "municipal level" to the "provincial level".

Yan Qiheng looked at Zhu Jizuo in surprise when he heard this, "Cabinet, which one is the auxiliary king going to sing?" Also, when did the appointment of Cheng Fude go to the cabinet, why haven't you heard you mention it? ”

Zhu Jizuo frowned and shook his head, "The cabinet has never received a letter from the ministry, it should be a private decree issued by the auxiliary king." Otherwise, how could the news come back from Jiangxi, I don't expect that no one in the DPRK and China should know about it. ”

Jin Bin hurriedly said: "The Pavilion Department is not the central decree, only the eunuch rewarded Cheng Fude with five hundred taels of silver with great fanfare, and ordered him to return to Tianfu to report on his work. ”

"What about this promotion......"

"It is to reward the eunuchs for the news." Jin Bin said, "However, now that the local authorities in Jiangxi have known about this matter, everyone thinks that Cheng's promotion to the imperial court has been agreed. Now the officials of various state governments have followed the example of Yuan Zhou, and they want to take credit for the Huangzhuang contract, but they do not take the initiative to push the matter, but they are also unwilling to obstruct it. ”

Zhu Jizuo suddenly understood, "Our auxiliary political king is really acting out of the blue.

"It was well known locally that Cheng Fude was an exemplary example of what was going on against the Imperial Zhuang, but now that he had been commended for his effectiveness in implementing the Imperial Estate, the magistrates would have thought that he had switched to the Auxiliary Prince. And the Huangzhuang in Yuanzhou is in full swing, which confirms everyone's speculation. ”

Yan Qiheng also frowned and continued: "In addition, when all localities get the news of Cheng Fude's promotion, they must think that the court and the central government have compromised on the matter of Huangzhuang, but how do you know that this is just the wind released by the auxiliary king, and the household department and the cabinet know nothing about it." What a good way to do it......"

"It's just," he said with some confusion, "why didn't Cheng Fude himself stand up and state his position?" ”

Jin Bin whispered: "Lord Yan, I'm afraid that the Cheng clan saw that the momentum was wrong, so he really fell to the auxiliary political king......"

In fact, how did they know that Cheng Fude took the reward of the auxiliary king, and before he returned to his mansion, he was "escorted" to Nanjing by more than a dozen brocade guards, and he was not given a chance to defend himself.

"Can't wait! Otherwise, the matter of the emperor's village up and down the whole country will become a common practice, and it will be difficult to turn it over again. Zhu Jizuo said in a deep voice, "Qiheng, Yuan Du Yushi has to add more fire." If you look for an opportunity to hint to him, as long as he stands up, the DPRK and China will definitely be crowded. ”

"Yes, the student will do it."

……

On a cloud car heading for Nanjing, Zhu Linmiao looked at the map of the Huai River on the table, and said without raising his head: "Yuan Pengnian gathered a crowd to make trouble?" ”

"Yes," Zheng Guangying arched his hand, "he led nearly 200 courtiers to kneel outside the noon gate every day, vainly claiming that the current situation in the east should not be chaotic with the imperial court taxes, and often knelt from early morning to noon before dispersing, and there were countless onlookers. ”

"I've only been out of Nanjing for a few days, and they can't hold it anymore." Zhu Linmiao smiled slightly, "But it's better to jump out early, otherwise there really won't be a way to clean him up." ”

Zheng Guangying said again: "Your Highness, according to the news obtained by your subordinates, it seems that there are cabinet members behind this Yuan Pengnian to rely on. This person is the most likely person to be the official Shangshu Zhu. ”

"No wonder there was such a big battle." Zhu Linmiao shook his head and said, "If you want to say that Zhu Jizuo is also loyal, he once reprimanded Zheng Zhilong when he was the first emperor, and he also did some practical things. It's just that once his own interests are involved, he can't sit still, which is a pity. ”

"Your Highness, look at the ...... right now"

"It's okay, let them kneel if they love to kneel. You hurry back to Nanjing first and check some important things for me. ”

After Zhu Linmiao gave some instructions, he asked Zheng Guangying again, "That's it, how long will it take to find out?" ”

Governor Zheng Du thought for a while, and arched his hand: "Back to Your Highness, in fact, the courtiers who have served in the court for more than half a year have already found out the bottom before, and the rest can be checked in about half a month." ”

"What if you only need more than five grades?"

"Within six days, the subordinates will definitely be able to give it to His Highness."

"I'll help you weed out some more people, and in four days, I'll find out all of them."

"Subordinates obey!"

After Zheng Guangying left, Zhu Linmiao asked someone to bring paper and pencils, wrote a secret letter to Xu Erlu and Hong Si, and sent a fast horse back to Nanjing.

After doing this, he raised his hand and knocked on the carriage, "Shi Lin, let the coachman go slower and leave more time for Lord Yuan to perform." ”

And Xu Erlu and Hong Si received Zhu Linmiao's secret letter that night and immediately took their own actions. The former contacted Yao Qisheng and other courtiers who had been promoted from Gezhixue, and wrote to impeach Chang Caichen of Yizhi County and Lin Min of Wanzaizhi County for obstructing Huangzhuang's contracting. The latter convened the principal officials of the Propaganda Department overnight and agreed on a vigorous propaganda plan.

……

Four days later, the Auxiliary King, who had left Beijing to inspect the defense, finally returned to the court, which coincided with the day of the great court meeting.

The air in the court seemed to be so tense that it was about to crack, and as soon as the ministers had made a big salute, Yuan Pengnian jumped out impatiently and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Minister Qi Auxiliary Prince, recently the eunuch Feng Kang has pretended to be in the name of the Emperor's Village, and has wantonly enclosed land in various places, and has repeatedly embezzled and solicited bribes, so that the people's resentment is boiling!" ”

The reason why he was so excited was not entirely because the Huangzhuang contract had sharply reduced the rent of 94 hectares of fertile land under his name, but more because most of the officials in the DPRK and China had opinions on this matter. He calculated that if he could take the lead to make the auxiliary king change his original intention, then he would be regarded as a benefactor of the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, and his prestige would definitely increase in the future.

In addition, not long ago, Zhu Gebu opened his mouth and would support him in this matter, so he had no scruples.

According to the history of the struggle between the courtiers and the king in the Ming Dynasty, since the Yongle Dynasty, as long as more than forty percent of the officials in the court agreed, the emperor would basically give in.

So this is the case.

He took a breath and raised his voice a few more points, "Your Highness is requested to stop the actions of the Imperial Village immediately, severely punish Feng Kang, and calm the anger of the people!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, forty or fifty courtiers immediately stood up around him, and said impassionedly: "What Lord Yuan said is extremely true. ”

"Eunuchs mislead the country, don't let it go!"

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the ......"

"Calm the anger of the people?" Zhu Linmiao signaled the ministers to be quiet, and then said with a smile, "The Huangzhuang contract has won the support of the people from all over the country, and there is an endless stream of people who make the deed. Recently, tens of thousands of people in Jiangbei have heard the news that they have crossed the river to plant the land of Huangzhuang, where is the public anger? ”

He smiled, "I think it's only you who are angry." ”

(End of chapter)

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