After the Lantern Festival, the Taihe Hall held the first court meeting of the first year of Hongxi, and Li Yuntian went to the court together with the thirteen superintendent imperial histories of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, standing in the middle of the civil official queue on the left. The update is the fastest and most stable, dìng chasing novels, where is fast, and the eyes are fast

Although the level of supervision of the imperial history is low, due to the heavy responsibilities, he is the same as the Ming Dynasty in the six sections, so he occupies a place in the Taihe Palace, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to the officials.

After Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, he sent a large number of inspectors to inspect local officials, plus some supervisors of the imperial history were on duty outside the Taihe Palace, so counting the people on duty in the palace, there were not many inspectors of the imperial history present, a total of more than 20.

In addition to dispatching inspectors to inspect the local area, Emperor Hongxi also carried out a number of administrative reform measures, such as: the elimination of redundant officials, and the abolition of dispensable official positions in the major ministries and courtyards in the capital; Officials over the age of seventy were ordered to retire; Officials who failed in their duties were demoted, and officials with outstanding talents were promoted to more important positions.

In order to supervise the words and deeds of hundreds of officials, and also to encourage admonition, Emperor Hong Xi specially engraved a small silver seal printed with "Rope and Sorrow", which was first awarded to Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, who were scholars of the Cabinet University, and later awarded Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, who could directly advise Emperor Hong Xi with the seal, as well as expose the corruption of hundreds of officials.

In Li Yuntian's view, this move was given by Emperor Hongxi to Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi to supervise hundreds of officials in order to strengthen the authority of the cabinet, and later in order to appease the major ministries in the capital, Xia Yuanji was given the seal.

During the period of Emperor Yongle, the army was used abroad many times, the treasury was empty, and the people's livelihood was suffering, so Emperor Hongxi adopted a policy of recuperation, reducing taxes, providing relief to the victims, and encouraging farming, so that the Ming Dynasty entered a period of steady development.

In addition, Emperor Hongxi also terminated the expensive treasure ships to go to the Western Ocean; The royal expropriation of commodities such as timber and gold and silver was abolished, and such goods were lived by a fair trading system; stopped buying jewellery in Yunnan and Annam; An edict was issued to allow those who could not afford to pay the taxes to return to their hometowns, exempt them from the taxes they owed, and exempt them from taxes and hard labor for two years after their return.

In the later period of Yongle, the frequent incidents of people fleeing to the Ming Dynasty were triggered by taxes and various royal expropriations, which became a strict social problem and caused the country to lose a lot of revenue.

Emperor Yongle was in charge of supervising the country during the foreign war, which made Emperor Hongxi clear about the state of the country, so after ascending the throne, he took a series of measures to consolidate the country's capital and develop people's livelihood, laying a solid foundation for the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, and also showing his talent in governing the country.

While waiting for Emperor Hong Xi to arrive, Li Yuntian keenly felt that the aura in the Taihe Hall was a little depressed, and he had a vague premonition that something big would happen today, and he couldn't help but look up at the cabinet scholars and the officials of the six ministries standing in front of the queue.

The struggle between the cabinet and the six ministries has become more and more intense, and the contradictions between the two sides involving the struggle for power have become irreconcilable.

And after the brewing of the New Year's holiday, the competition between the cabinet and the six ministries will definitely become more intense, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will start to tilt against each other and attack the officials in the opposing camp.

Li Yuntian glanced at the crowd, he didn't know which unlucky guy was going to be besieged by someone now, all he could do now was to wait and see what happened, and watch coldly.

"The emperor has arrived!" With the shouts of the ceremonial officials, the civil and military officials who were whispering in the hall suddenly quieted down, and all of them bowed down to welcome Emperor Hongxi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before today's court meeting, I have an edict to issue!" After the ministers in the main hall finished bowing, Emperor Hong Xi, who was seated on the dragon chair, glanced around at everyone with a majestic expression and said in a deep voice.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Jianwen ministers, if Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, are all loyal ministers, have been killed, the edict is lenient. Those whose family members are in the government shall be treated as the people and their land shall be returned. Those who are close to the border outside will leave one person in the garrison, and the rest will be returned. Chin this! ”

On the high platform, an inner chamberlain who had already prepared the holy decree walked quickly to the left front of Emperor Hong Xi, opened the holy decree and read it in a subdued tone.

The Taihe Palace was silent, whether it was a minister or a noble, and even the royal family, they were all stunned by Emperor Hongxi's holy decree, and no one thought that Emperor Hongxi would rehabilitate Fang Xiaoru and others, who were designated as traitors by Emperor Yongle.

At the time of the Jingjing, Emperor Yongle killed countless people and punished countless slaves, and Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng and others were designated as traitors.

Who would have thought that the cowardly and cowardly prince in the past would now have such courage and rehabilitate the old ministers who had been convicted during the Jianwen period and pardon his relatives in less than half a year after succeeding to the throne.

It is worth mentioning that the "family members who are in the official position" in the holy decree does not refer to officials in the imperial court, but to those who have been punished as officials, slaves, and maids, so that they become good citizens.

Li Yuntian, as Emperor Hongxi's trusted Jishi, was often recruited to his side to write holy decrees and edicts, so he naturally knew that Emperor Hongxi had already had the idea of rehabilitating Jianwen's former ministers.

In the past, in order to ascend the throne, Emperor Yongle had to kill those courtiers who were loyal to Emperor Jianwen, which also made the world's scholars chill, and they had a lot of guilt against Emperor Yongle in their hearts.

In the final analysis, those courtiers who are loyal to Emperor Jianwen are not loyal to Emperor Jianwen personally, but to the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Emperor Jianwen is nowhere to be found, and he has no heirs, and Emperor Hongxi has become the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty, so he doesn't have to worry about Emperor Jianwen coming back to fight for the throne with him.

In the final analysis, Emperor Jianwen did not obey Emperor Hongwu's edict and insisted on cutting the domain, which led to Emperor Yongle's martyrdom, and it was not without legal basis that Emperor Yongle was martyred.

Therefore, Emperor Hongxi naturally wanted to affirm the loyalty of Jianwen's former ministers to Emperor Jianwen, and also hoped that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military could take this as an example, be loyal to the imperial power, and be loyal to Emperor Hongxi.

At the same time, this move also eliminated a piece of the heart of the Ming scholars, and then won the support of the scholars, and consolidated the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Do Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng have any descendants?" Taking advantage of the astonishment of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Emperor Hong Xi asked quietly.

The ministers looked at each other, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had been dead for more than 20 years, and their families were all severely punished back then, who still knew about the descendants of the two.

"Emperor Qiqi, Qi Tai has a son, who was only six years old at the time, so the first emperor was gracious, exempted from death, and was punished for the border, Huang Zicheng had a son who changed his surname and escaped, and he was missing." Just when the courtiers were a little at a loss, Yang Shiqi arched his hand at Emperor Hong Xi and said loudly.

Everyone at the scene couldn't help but look at Yang Shiqi when they heard this, no one Yang Shiqi actually knew about the descendants of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng.

The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a dead smile, it was obvious that it was impossible for Yang Shiqi, who was in a good situation, to remember these trivial matters, and he had undoubtedly done his homework beforehand.

"Pardon the sons of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, and return the house and fields." Emperor Hong Xi bowed slightly when he heard this, then glanced around at the ministers in the palace again, and asked in a loud voice, "Does Fang Xiaoru have any descendants?" ”

At this moment, the civil and military officials in the main hall were suddenly dumbfounded, Fang Xiaoru was wiped out by Emperor Yongle Ten clans, all ten clans were wiped out, where could there be descendants?

"Emperor Qiqi, Fang Xiaoru has no descendants, but there is a relative who is still there." Just when the courtiers looked dazed, Shangshu Qianyi of the Ministry of Officials broke the calm of the scene and said loudly, "Fang Keqin, the father of Fang Xiaoru, has a younger brother named Fang Kejia, and Fang Ke's family has a son, Fang Xiaofu, who is Fang Xiaoru's cousin, and was fined for military garrison that year. ”

Hearing this, there was a commotion in the Taihe Palace, and almost no one knew that Fang Xiaoru actually had a cousin alive.

"Let them go home, and return the house and land." Emperor Hong Xi groaned for a moment and said loudly.

"Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live!" Hearing this, Qian Yi lifted the corners of his robe and knelt down at Emperor Hongxi.

"Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live!" The civil and military officials in the main hall suddenly came back to their senses and knelt down one after another, the ministers were all excited, and the faces of the nobles looked a little heavy.

However, the holy decree has been issued, and Emperor Hongxi's golden mouth said that some nobles can only endure it even if they are unwilling, otherwise Emperor Hongxi will not need to open his mouth, and those ministers will attack him in groups.

Li Yuntian secretly sighed in his heart that Emperor Hongxi's move was high, not only recovering the hearts of the world's scholars in one fell swoop, making the ministers grateful, but also establishing prestige in front of the nobles.

Due to this unexpected decree of Emperor Hong Xi, the court meeting ended uneventfully, and neither the cabinet nor the six ministries were suitable to challenge each other at this time.

However, Li Yuntian knew that this was just a temporary expediency, and the battle between the cabinet and the six ministries was already on the line, and it was time to come sooner or later.

So, in the next second dynasty, Liu Guan, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, suddenly impeached Yu Qian, the secretary of the Dali Temple, for not being secret, and the city was kind to outsiders, which meant that Yu Qian disclosed the information about the case examined by the Dali Temple to outsiders, and then interfered with the trial of the case.

With Liu Guan's attack, not only the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate rose up to attack him, but also the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Zhen, the left attendant of the household department, Bai Yuanren, the left attendant of the Ministry of Crime, and Qin Yongxiang, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, also flocked to impeach Yu Qian.

This made Emperor Hongxi furious, and demoted Yu Qian from the temple secretary of Dali Temple to the young secretary, and the position of temple secretary was vacant, and he was appointed by a good person.

It stands to reason that Dali Temple, together with the Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the General Administration, is known as the Nine Yamen of the Beijing, and now the General Administration Department is in charge of the Cabinet Scholar Huang Huai, so Yu Qian should be the object of the six ministries uniting to deal with the cabinet.

However, Yu Qian had a close relationship with Yang Shiqi in private, Yu Qian was originally governor of Zhejiang, and later it was Yang Shiqi's recommendation that he returned to the capital to serve as the secretary of Dali Temple, so he was very close to the cabinet, and naturally became a thorn in the side of the officials of the major ministries in the capital.

As a matter of fact, the officials of the major ministries and institutes in the capital are not monolithic in their attitude towards the cabinet, and the reason is very simple: some officials have close contacts with the five scholars of the cabinet, and they are either friends or students, so they naturally want to follow the cabinet.

In addition, there are some officials who are sandwiched between the cabinet and the six ministries and adopt a neutral attitude.

For example, Qianyi, the secretary of the ministry, and Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, can be called the leaders of the officials of the major ministries and courts in the capital, but the two are close ministers of Emperor Hongxi, and they know Emperor Hongxi's intentions, so they naturally will not lead the major ministries in the capital to fight against the cabinet.

Qianyi and Xia Yuanji are both veterans of the four dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, their protégés are all over the court, and their prestige in the court is very high.

Therefore, the major ministries and institutes in the capital confronted the cabinet under the leadership of Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Qing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Guan, the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

Although Yang Shiqi and Jin Youzi concurrently served as the waiters of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households, the two were excluded and suppressed in the Ministry and were unable to exert influence in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households.

At present, among the major ministries and yamen in the capital, generally speaking, the cabinet is in the same camp as the General Administration Department and the Dali Temple, and the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are another camp, and each camp has people from the other side, and the factions are very complicated if they are subdivided.

As for the other yamen in the capital, they are wise enough to protect themselves and become the grass on the wall, and they will support whichever side has the upper hand. One