armyinform Chapter 218
Chapter 218
Chapter 218
"What is the brother going to do?"
Zhang Sijiao then asked.
Without even thinking about it, Zhang Siwei said confidently: "Nowadays, Lu Huo and a large number of so-called criminals who plotted trouble in Nanzhi urgently need to be dealt with. I believe that since Jiangling wants to arrest these people, it is natural that they will be severely punished to pave the way for the New Deal. In this way, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, which is in charge of trial and punishment, is very important!"
As he said that, Zhang Siwei said: "We have to protect Hai Rui's promotion to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment! Jiang Ling will naturally like it;"
"What's more, it's not appropriate to let Hai Rui directly take over the job now. It's easy for Jiang Ling to see the clues. After all, Jiang Ling intends to use Hai Rui, a god and Buddha, to kill the world!"
"And letting him stay in the Ministry of Punishment will have much less impact than letting him stay in the other six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The most important thing is to make the bureaucrats in the world close the case more rigorously."
"What my brother said is, that brother will find a way to get people to impeach Yan Gongzhi (Yan Qing)!"
Zhang Sijiao laughed as he said that, "Yan Qing is not a close friend of Jiangling, so it is easy to impeach him; besides, it is much easier to find Yan Qing's fault than to find Hai Rui's fault."
Zhang Siwei also nodded and smiled.
Then, Zhang Sijiao said: "However, brother, in my humble opinion, in the future when you rule the country, you can no longer allow people like Hai Rui who rebelled against your father not to be executed! A living god is better than a dead god." "Whoever advises the king, whether he is right or not, will die!"
"This is not thinking about the face of the emperor, but thinking about the etiquette of the world! We don't need the power of the ministers to be greater than the power of the monarch, we just need the rule of the monarch, minister, minister, father, son and son to continue!"
"Even if the monarch is immoral, he should not deal with it openly. It is fine to plot secretly. Besides, it is much easier to plot against a single husband than a group of scholar-bureaucrats with the reputation of scholars!"
Zhang Siwei nodded, and took a look at Zhang Sijiao: "You are right, Xu Huating was bewitched by Wang Xue, so he thought about the power of the king and the power of the minister, but in the end he cultivated a Zhang Taiyue himself, and kept it. A Hai Gangfeng, and these two people should make him and even the entire Shilin extremely uncomfortable now!"
"But in fact, admitting that the way of the king is the way of heaven, and the virtue of the king is the virtue of heaven, and letting the father of the king rule alone, is better than letting the scholar-officials have the ambition to correct the gains and losses of the king and seek the well-being of the common people!"
"So, being a brother is the real loyal minister of His Majesty, but Jiang Ling is not! The so-called loyalty to the king and doing everything for the king is just Jiang Ling's frequent cover-up for overstepping the rules."
Zhang Siwei straightened his chest, and really felt that he was more powerful than Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Sijiao also agreed very much and said first: "Your Majesty will reuse elder brother. There is no emperor who would like powerful ministers. At that time, elder brother will use your majesty's hand to abolish the Jiangling New Deal! If your majesty refuses, we will secretly plot!"
Because Zhang Sijiao was having a private conversation with his elder brother in the courtyard of the mansion, and even the serving maid was standing fifty paces away, he whispered to Zhang Siwei more directly, and made a knife-slashing gesture with his palm .
Zhang Siwei didn't say anything.
The next day.
The winter rain is slightly cold, and the inside and outside of the Forbidden City are misty like a fairyland.
And in the political affairs hall.
Zhu Yijun appeared here, and here he formally began to discuss with the ruling ministers the imperial court about the South China Democratic Movement organized by Hai Rui.
The court discussion system was originally a large collegiate system with as few as 30 people and as many as hundreds of people, mainly to discuss matters of great interest.
However, because Zhu Yijun did not want too many people to participate in the resolution, which would affect the progress and confidentiality, after the establishment of the political affairs hall, the number of people participating in the resolution was limited. Now only the ruling secretary of the political affairs hall and the specially summoned people can join together Participate in resolutions.
The court discussion could have been done without the presence of the emperor, and the ministers only needed to report the results of the collegiate discussion to the emperor to know and decide.
However, Zhu Yijun was diligent in politics, and also intended to see the performance of these ministers in person, and because Zhang Juzheng wanted him, the emperor, to be present, he still came to the Political Affairs Hall in person.
Zhang Juzheng, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Fang Fengshi, Privy Envoy, Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Shen Shixing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Yingjie, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Xueyan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Minister of the Ministry of War and Assistant Rongzheng Yang Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of War Liang Menglong, Yan Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Gu Xiancheng, head of the Ministry of Officials, all saluted Zhu Yijun after he appeared.
Then, Zhu Yijun first noticed Gu Xiancheng who was standing at the bottom.
He already knew that Gu Xiancheng was a representative elected by Nanzhi officials, and according to his will, he specially attended the court meeting in the Zhengshitang today.
But Zhu Yijun took another look at Gu Xiancheng because he knew that Gu Xiancheng had caused a party struggle with Li Sancai, Zhao Nanxing and others in history.
It was not difficult for Zhu Yijun to recognize Gu Xiancheng at this time, because of all the ministers attending the court meeting, only Gu Xiancheng had no seat and needed to stand, and his official robe was not scarlet or imperial python robe.
"Let's talk about the incident between Nanzhi and Zhedong, how do you think we should deal with it?"
Zhu Yijun asked soon after.
Fang Fengshi got up first and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think that the incidents that are happening now cannot be regarded as civil uprisings, but should be regarded as democratic movements; because so far, it has been reported that no large-scale riots have occurred, so in my opinion, Therefore, it is inappropriate to classify the people in Nanzhi who are still making troubles as anti-people, because they are different from the thieves and bandits who made troubles before. The nuisance caused the southeast to remain unstable, which in turn affected the subsequent war against Japan."
"Your Majesty, I agree with Prime Minister Fang Shu's words, and it should not be treated as counter-rebellion."
At this time, Pan Sheng also got up and said something, and said: "In addition, I would like to ask for an order to go to Nanzhi and Zhejiang East to mediate the dispute between the scholars and the people, which can be regarded as restoring peace in the hometown as soon as possible! Today's affairs need to be generous. The people, and since the minister is a person from the south of the Yangtze River, he should take the initiative to undertake this matter."
"Your Majesty! I don't think it's appropriate for Uncle Da Zong to mediate!"
At this time, Gu Xiancheng suddenly cupped his hands and replied.
Zhu Yijun glanced at the future founder of Donglin Academy and asked, "Why?"
Gu Xiancheng said: "Your Majesty clearly learned that Uncle Da Zong has always been called a living Bodhisattva in the village. He is often made things difficult by the poor and dare not complain. When Uncle Da Zong goes to mediate, he will only subdue the rich and make things difficult for the people, making the gentry resentful." , and may turn to the imperial court to hate him!"
Pan Sheng looked at Gu Xiancheng.
At this time, Liu Yingjie, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I also think that Uncle Da Zong is not suitable for mediation. In addition to the reasons mentioned by Mr. Gu, Uncle Da Zong was Feng Bao's teacher and had a relationship with Quan Kui. It’s too close, although the Hanlin professor’s inner eunuch is the old system of Xuanmiao, but Da Zongbo never blamed Kui Bao when Feng Bao took power, which shows that this person is cowardly and can’t do anything, so it may be difficult to get things done.”
Hearing what Liu Yingjie said, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but glance at Liu Yingjie.
"Your Majesty, minister!"
Pan Sheng wanted to explain.
However, Gu Xiancheng took the initiative to propose at this time: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I recommend Mr. Shen Ge to go to the south of the Yangtze River to mediate the disputes between the scholars and the people. Naturally, it is more suitable for the imperial court to govern than Da Zongbo."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing: "Shen Qing, what do you think?"
Shen Shixing glanced at Gu Xiancheng, then got up and said, "Return to Your Majesty, because I am from Wu and originally belonged to a prominent family in Wu, so please keep your Majesty's quasi-subjects silent, so as not to be suspected of covering up the gentry and subjugating the common people."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, and then looked at the others: "What do you think about this?"
At this time, Zhang Juzheng got up and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Shen Gong is a man of integrity, and he can go south to mediate the disputes between scholars and people on behalf of the Son of Heaven."
Zhang Siwei also said at this time: "Your Majesty, I also think that Shen Gong is feasible."
Seeing this, the corners of Gu Xiancheng's mouth raised slightly, but immediately frowned again.
Wang Guoguang got up at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Duke Shen should not be responsible for this matter. This gentleman will go to the south of the Yangtze River with the arrogance of an eunuch. In my opinion, I should choose a northerner to go south."
"How do the northerners know the reason for this, and how can they persuade the gentry?"
At this time, Zhang Juzheng asked Wang Guoguang a question.
Ma Ziqiang was worried that Zhang Juzheng might be training Shen Shihang on purpose, and he was ready to kick him out to make way for Shen Shihang at any time, so he hurriedly said at this time:
"Your Majesty, I agree with Yuan Fu's words. This is not to send officials to stay in the local area, but to send senior officials to mediate. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use Beiren."
Because Zhang Juzheng agreed, and Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, and Liu Yingjie all agreed, and other ministers also agreed, so Zhu Yijun finally decided to let Shen Shi act as the imperial envoy of the emperor to go to Nanzhi, on the grounds that Hai Rui failed to appease the people. , and is responsible for mediating the dispute between the people of Nanzhi.
(End of this chapter)