Chapter Forty-Nine: The Imperial Gate Listens to the Government
In the morning before the gate of Chengtian, the sky was bright, and many people came. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On this day on July 19, 276 of the Ming Dynasty, it was the time when the hundred officials of the Beijing division needed to cheer up the most. Because, this day is the day of the early dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's imperial gate listened to the government in the sixth year of Longqing was set to be three times every ten years, every three, six, and nine days, although Zhu Cihong ascended the throne since the reduction of the number of times, but only changed to every nine deliberations.
As the heart of the empire, the largest number of central organs gathered here in front of Chengtianmen, just like Zhongnanhai in later generations.
The trail from Daming Gate to Chengtian Gate has changed, and it can be said that it is a place where all the Yamen of the Jingshi are densely distributed. There are not only five of the six yamens with the heaviest powers, such as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry, but also the official offices of Honglu Temple and Tai Hospital, which are not core departments.
If a meteorite falls here in the sky, even if it is a normal season, the administrative system of the entire empire will be paralyzed and difficult to recover.
But today, these officials of the yamen no longer think about how to handle official business, they are all alarmed by a major event that shook the entire Beijing Division, and they all seem absent-minded.
They are looking forward to, and anticipating that something important will happen.
The ministers gradually arrived, and the Chengtian Gate leading to the palace had already made a creaking sound, and the palace gate opened, and the Forbidden City was inside.
At this time, Huo Liang walked to the Chengtian Gate to sign and stood still, his expression was extremely serious, he nodded to his colleagues in the military department who came together and Wu Peiyou, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who came to support, stood in front of the Chengtian Gate, coughed lightly, and attracted everyone's attention.
"Gentlemen! I have been a country for 300 years, and I have been a soldier for 100 years. ”
Time and space seemed to freeze at this moment, and when everyone heard this, they couldn't help but stand still, and they all remembered the Great Rites Discussion incident.
On July 12 of the third year of Jiajing, just after the end of the early dynasty, He Mengchun, the left attendant of the ministry, advocated the people: "When Xianzong, hundreds of officials cried in front of Wenhua Gate to fight for the funeral ceremony of the Empress Dowager Ciyi, and Xianzong obeyed, which is the old thing of this dynasty. Yang Tinghe's son and champion Yang Shen also said: "The country has been raising soldiers for 150 years, sticking to the righteousness and righteousness and dying, just today." Subsequently, Wang Yuanzheng, Zhang Chong and others stopped and retained the ministers in the south of Jinshui Bridge, and He Mengchun, Jin Xianmin, Xu Wenhua and others called on the ministers. Subsequently, more than 200 court ministers knelt at Zuoshunmen to ask Sejong to change his will.
Later, the situation further escalated to the point where some ministers went to Zuoshun to beat drums and cry, and then triggered the court staff of Emperor Jiajing. There were enough sixteen people who were killed by the rod alone.
After paying the price of sixteen pieces of blood, the Great Rites Discussion came to an end and ended with the victory of Emperor Jiajing.
Although some people in later generations said that after this great ritual event, the bones of the Ming Dynasty were all lost, everyone competed for flattery, and Shilin was polluted, and even the emperor's court staff became a human blood steamed bun stained with the blood of his predecessors, and everyone flocked to it as political capital.
Now, Huo Liang has stepped forward.
Everyone understands that a big storm is about to begin.
In the corner, the ministers of the Cabinet and the Privy Council glanced at each other, and they all felt a heavy pressure. Li Banghua had already entered the Forbidden City first, and he had the right to enter it unimpeded.
Yang Wenyue's expression was calm, as if he had already guessed everything.
Wu Fu said in a deep voice: "Is there only one Huo Liang?" ”
If so, someone will soon come out and clean it all up. The imperial history that suppressed the order of the early dynasty had already walked over, and more than a dozen brocade-clothed guards behind him were stepping heavily, full of intimidation: "Princess, have you forgotten the heads of Wei Zaode and Xie Sheng a few days ago so quickly?" ”
Hearing this, a hint of dodge flashed in Horton's eyes. Even, Wu Peiyou, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, couldn't help but take two steps back.
But soon, the people who followed the retreat became Yu Shi Tangya who came to suppress the order and the brocade guards behind him, and when they saw this person appear, they couldn't help but stop their steps, and even strode back.
The Minister of Education and Culture stood tall and stood tall in an apparently washed court robe. This person is the patriarch of the two dynasties, and the prestige of Shilin is particularly grand!
"Mr. Shi Zhai is out!" Seeing this, Horton was immediately excited, this is a heavyweight ally: "The human heart is here, right and wrong!" Mr. Shizhai also wants to give advice! ”
"It's really a big deal...... This time he refused to negotiate peace, and even killed him! ”
"Such a good condition was given up in vain, and I don't know how much turmoil it will cause in the future. If it is a reckless force, it can make the current treasury, which has just been rich for a few days, unbearable! ”
"It's really good, with Mr. Shi Zhai coming out, this advice is expected!"
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"How can my generation be comparable to traitors such as Xie Sheng and Wei Zaode?" Huang Daozhou said in a deep voice: "Now that the Holy Lord has laid a good situation, it is not easy to have the hope of recovering Liaodong without spending swords. How can we be willing to consume such a situation in the sky of the Holy Heaven when we are waiting for the food of the monarch and the matter of loyalty to the king? It is the duty of a man to advise the king to gain or lose. Even if he discarded his honor and disgrace, the old minister has no regrets! ”
"Get out of the way!" Huang Daozhou said softly.
Tang Ya exhaled deeply, struggled for a long time, and was dragged aside by Wu Peiyou: "The time for the last dynasty is almost up...... It's not a problem to get in the way......"
After Wu Peiyou finished speaking, everyone looked at a huge table clock on the side. Above, the ticking time happened to be the time of the Upper Morning Dynasty. It is also a point of great gratitude to the ministers.
Since Zhu Cihong came to the court, he can finally carry the power of great victory, and he doesn't have to worry about the ancestral training, and changes the time of this early dynasty from the early morning when the sky is not bright to nine o'clock in the morning.
And at this moment, it happened to be nine o'clock.
The gate of Chengtianmen had already opened, Tang Ya shook his head and turned sideways to get out of the way.
The ministers entered the room one after another, but Huang Daozhou came out alone and strode with Huo Liang. Subsequently, more and more officials left the queue and joined the Zodiac Monday pedestrians.
"It's a big storm......" Ni Yuanlu whispered.
On the side, Yang Wenyue said, "How can the saint not know? ”
"But ......" Ni Yuanlu remembered the matter between Xie Sheng and Wei Zaode, but he understood that these two things were by no means the same: "This is a matter of people's hearts, and the choice made by the Holy Lord this time is really too bizarre." Moreover, the ministers admonished in this way, which is by no means an example of betraying the country and making peace and provoking the deep affection of the Holy Father and Son. This is a proper admonition......"
When it comes to dealing with bad guys, people can certainly be unrelenting.
But what about good guys?
Especially a person who is indeed a good person, doing good things that everyone thinks is right, but standing on the opposite side of himself. This is really a very complex and challenging thing to deal with art.
Yang Wenyue didn't say anything more.
In fact, because of Zhu Cihong's open-mindedness and pragmatic style, coupled with the new set of civil and military teams established in Nanjing, Zhu Cihong has a strong control over the imperial court, and the atmosphere of the imperial court has been much better.
Everyone understands that if it was the era of Emperor Chongzhen, where would anyone go to great lengths to make any advice?
When Emperor Chongzhen summoned hundreds of officials to ask Li Zicheng what should happen when he was killed, he responded with silence one by one. There is no normal suggestion, where does anyone have the heart to do anything?
The ministers entered the Neijinshui Bridge, and then stood in shifts in front of the Huangji Gate. In the meantime, only Zodiac Zhou still led the people, lined up alone.
Huo Liang was slightly nervous, but soon, his nervousness turned into another mood.
"The saint is here!" After Huang Daozhou finished speaking, all the civil and military forces in the court cheered up.
Zhu Cihong strode over, but rarely did not sit down, he stood, his eyes fell on Huang Daozhou and the others, and said loudly: "To be honest, I always feel that the significance of this court meeting is really not much. ”
The crowd buzzed for a while, they never expected that Zhu Cihong would come up and set off such a cannon.
Huang Daozhou was also slightly stunned.
At this moment, Zhu Cihong walked in front of Huang Daozhou step by step, looked at the excited and indignant officials behind him, and said softly: "But I sometimes think, how can I hear the truest and most correct voice if I am isolated in the Ninefold Palace?" And how can you understand that you need to make the right decision? Sometimes, bad decisions are more deplorable than the most greedy corrupt officials. Therefore, Tang Taizong admonished and took Wei Zhengzhi as an example. Today, I heard that someone gave advice to each other, which is very good. The significance of the court meeting can be reflected at least here. Huang Qing, what do you think? ”
"Holy ...... Willing to advise? Zodiac Zhou froze for a moment.
Behind him, Huo Liang suddenly felt unspeakably uncomfortable all over his body. It's as if the strength that has been condensed for several days is just for today's fight, but unexpectedly, it was empty in one fell swoop.
"Advice is naturally to be accepted. It is the duty of the ministers to pick up the missing pieces and fill in the gaps, and it is the responsibility of the ministers not to be afraid of the authority of the king, and it is the courage that should be commended. Zhu Cihong said: "Therefore, I admire Huang Qing's courage." Huang Qing's integrity, I trust. But what I despise is that I am a Ming Ming, and there are too few ministers with backbone, courage and righteousness. A few are no longer in the position of ministers, such as Huang Qing, who is in the position of Minister of Education and Culture. ”
Huang Daozhou suddenly felt that the atmosphere was wrong.
Sure enough, many eyes quietly converged on Huo Liang's body.
Huo Liang twisted his body.
Zhu Cihong said: "It is the duty of court officials to perform their duties. It's a pity that some officials only care about fighting for shocking news, thinking that they can use the momentum of public opinion to forcibly achieve their goals. State decision-making has become a battle of will. Some people say that the best official in my Ming Dynasty has become such a noble official, as if he can speak arbitrarily with a sign that the speaker is innocent, but I don't know how much of a joke he made! ”
Huo Liang understood that he couldn't be silent anymore.
He exhaled deeply, looked at Zhu Cihong, and shouted in a deep voice: "Holy Lord! The minister is a soldier to Huo Liang in the matter, there is a advice, please play the saint! If the Holy One does not accept the advice, then the minister will worship here today and never leave! ”
"Good!" Zhu Cihong smiled: "You want to say, wow." I give you a chance, a big, enough chance! ”
Huo Liang exhaled slowly and said, "Dare to ask the Holy Lord, why are you still bent on going your own way, unwilling to negotiate peace, and take back the land of Liaoxi all the way to Ningyuan Jinzhou!" And today, when bandits are raging and disasters are everywhere, it is time to rest in peace with the people. The treasury has been empty all these years, and recently it is difficult to have some savings. If you continue to use force, this Ming Sheji will be over! ”
Zhu Cihong looked at Huo Liang quietly, and then looked at Huang Daozhou, slightly silent.
The atmosphere in the arena suddenly became extremely tense, and everyone watched all this, quietly waiting for Zhu Cihong's changes. This is almost an epoch-making move.
The time has come to test Zhu Cihong's political wisdom.
Zhu Cihong looked at Huang Daozhou: "Huang Qing, is that what you mean?" ”
"Minister...... It is indeed not a minister. Supposedly, this is a matter outside the duties of the ministers. Dan ...... It is incomprehensible that this is a move to abandon peace. Huang Daozhou said in a deep voice.
Zhu Cihong strode over, looked at Wu Peiyou, the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate, and said with a smile: "Does this Aiqing think the same way?" ”
"Minister...... I can't understand the refusal to negotiate peace, and I will kill him! Wu Peiyou bowed and replied.
Zhu Cihong asked one by one, almost everyone behind Huang Daozhou.
There is no doubt that as long as people are in their right minds, they are all supporting peace.
Zhu Cihong looked around, his eyes swept from the civil and military officials in the center of the Ming Dynasty one by one, and they all had various thoughts under each other's eyes. There are puzzles, doubts, and worries.
Huo Liang gasped and waited quietly for Zhu Cihong's reply.
Zhu Cihong clapped his hands, and Gu Yanwu of the Privy Council ran over with a falcon in tow, and took out a cylinder from the falcon's talons on the spot.
At this time, Yang Wenyue, the privy envoy of the Privy Council, said: "This is the Falcon secret letter that can only be used by the most urgent military intelligence in the Privy Council. ”
Zhu Cihong motioned to Gu Yanwu to open the cylinder and take out a letter, in which there were a few large scribbled characters written in plaintext.
"Turai ambush soldiers at the mouth of the Yellow Cliff!"
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"Jiannu has been reinforced, and they don't want to negotiate peace at all." Gu Yanwu said calmly.
Your Highness, there was a slight silence.
Then came the uproar.
Yang Wenyue said indifferently: "Indeed, Jiannu didn't want to negotiate peace at all. They just use peace negotiations to delay time, otherwise, a mere minister would dare to spit out Jinzhou, which was defeated in the Huangtaiji era? ”
All the officials were in an uproar.
Huang Daozhou was stunned, he suddenly felt that his face was extremely red, but immediately, he couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "Fortunately, my emperor Shengming has persevered in all this...... Otherwise, you'll be fooled! ”
"Give in the matter, give in the matter!" At this time, Huo Liang fell to the ground violently during the incident, and beside him, Wu Peiyou supported Huo Liang and vigorously pinched the middle of the people.
Huo Liang's face was blue and white, and he fainted when he landed.
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