Chapter 969: Ancestral Rules
Chen Wu didn't say much, nodded at Wang Zhen and Cao Jixiang, Wang Zhen nodded with a smile, and didn't forget to hug Yang Shiqi with a fist, while Cao Jixiang was dissatisfied, and pouted: "Gonggong Chen, you are the ancestor in the palace, are you still afraid of Yang Shiqi?"
"Slap mouth!" Chen Wu shouted.
Cao Jixiang was slightly stunned, but he still raised his hand and slapped his left cheek, and said, "The villain knows his mistake!"
Chen Wu snorted and said: "Yang Shiqi is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, a scholar today, an old man, just rush this, you and I should respect him, besides, the emperor doesn't want to make a big deal about this matter, if it weren't for Yang Shiqi to come, let you do whatever you want, make a lot of trouble, don't you know how powerful these civil officials are, when the time comes, everyone will put you on the charge of eunuch interference, do you think the emperor will offend the world's scholars for you?"
Cao Jixiang was frightened into a cold sweat, although he said that he came to this matter by order, but he just arrested people, but these officials, how can they be so easy to catch, when the time comes, it is indispensable to use force, once these officials are damaged, it is really difficult to clean up, in this way, they still have good fruits to eat, and they are inevitably pushed out by the emperor as a scapegoat, which is a tradition left by Hong Wuye, Jin Yiwei commanded Mao Xiang to create a major case implicated in Hu Weiyong's death, and finally he was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in order to calm the anger of the public.
The second is Jiang Xuan, and the evidence of Lan Yu's rebellion in history was that he secretly told Zhu Yuanzhang, and Lan Yu was also killed by Zhu Yuanzhang after the case.
The third was Ji Gang when he became the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and in the thirteenth year of Yongle, he put Xie Jin, the president of the "Yongle Canon", in the snow and froze to death. In the fourteenth year of Yongle, he was killed for supporting the Han king's seizure of the throne. He can't guarantee how the emperor will clean him up if he gets out of control today!"
Wang Zhen on the side looked at Yang Shiqi and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, if Yang Shiqi can't persuade them, what should I do?"
Chen Wu's eyes flashed, and he snorted: "Then don't blame us for being ruthless! The emperor taboos the arrogance of these civil officials, and the more they make such a fuss, the more beneficial it will be to us!"
Wang Zhen frowned and said, "My father-in-law is right!"
The three of them retreated to the side, and those fans also retreated a few feet away when they saw this, silently looking at the Yiqiē on the field.
Yang Shiqi sighed softly, and said in his heart: "How did I come across these things that don't get in with oil and salt?" After all, he still met it against the scorching sun, although these civil officials were flying and domineering, they were only at the eunuchs, and when they saw that Yang Shiqi didn't dare to speak, the field immediately became quiet, but there were also many young and uninteresting officials who were complaining about the eunuchs' interference in politics and scolding.
Yang Shiqi snorted, and the two sharp lights swept over everyone's faces one by one, these officials are not afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, even the emperor dares to go up and scold a few times, but for some reason after being flashed by Yang Shiqi's two sword-like lights, their hearts turned empty, and they all looked uneasy.
Lord Wang, who was the leader, pouted and said: "Elder Ge, you also saw how arrogant those eunuchs are just now, if they are allowed to read and write, they will inevitably have to do politics, and they will not ride on our heads to show off their power when the time comes!"
"Yes, I have already set the rules for Hong Wuye, eunuchs are not allowed to read and write, they are not allowed to wear foreign ministers, they are not allowed to concurrently serve as foreign ministers, and their official ranks are not more than four grades, and the ban of "ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who are predestined to be beheaded" are cast into iron plates and suspended the palace gate. Didn't the emperor break the rules of his ancestors by doing this?"
As soon as two people began, the rest of the crowd shouted.
Most of these people are not familiar with government affairs, do not understand the world, and even do not understand the overall situation, but there is one advantage, that is, most of these people's moral character has nothing to say, because the Ming Dynasty needs to meet three conditions for the selection of speech officials, one is to "forget the country and forget the family, loyal and forget the body"; the second is to be upright and upright, straightforward and dare to speak; the third is to have outstanding knowledge, not only familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, but also to be able to understand the ancient and modern. In addition, it is necessary to have a certain degree of career experience, experience and stability, and even have specific requirements for age, origin, and ability to write articles and debate. That's why they are fearless, no matter how big an official you are, they will impeach. Dealing with these people, the hard ones can't work, the soft ones can't do it, because they don't get in the oil and salt, and the temperament is still stubborn, and to deal with them, you have to say the reasons for them to obey, which can be said to be the only magic weapon to deal with the officials, of course, the time to debate, if you can argue that they are speechless, it is also a method, but this method Yang Shiqi does not dare to use, he asked himself that his knowledge is good, but after all, he is just one person, there are more than 100 officials here, and it is rare to have four hands with two fists! So he decided to talk about the overall situation, and sighed softly and said: " Don't talk nonsense about these words, the current matter has not been bad to any point, you just make a fuss like this, it is not a solution to it, in case the emperor is angry, he is angry and makes the eunuch read and write, why do you want to continue like this?"
Everyone has always admired Yang Shiqi, and in the past two years, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu's abbot cabinet, many policies are thinking about the people of the world, which can be called virtuous.
"But if we don't do this, will we let the emperor break the rules of our ancestors, and let the eunuchs read and write?" said the leader of the king.
"Yes, eunuchs are not allowed to read and write, this is the rule I set for Hong Wuye, is that brand still there?" said another official.
The rest of the crowd shouted more goodly.
Yang Zheng said in his heart: "The rules of the ancestors have long been broken and cannot be broken! According to the rules of the ancestors, the cabinet is only an official with a positive rank of five grades, and its main power is only an advisor, how can there be such a right ...... today?" He only dared to mumble in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, and said: "Although the words are right, but the rules and regulations of the ancestors are only suitable for the ancestors at that time, you see that during the Yongle period of my dynasty, the emperor did not begin to reuse eunuchs, and set up special schools for eunuchs to study and help the emperor in his daily work." In the first year of Yongle, Li Xingfeng, the eunuch of the inner palace, sent to the king of Laosiam. In the third year of Yongle, he sent the eunuch Zheng He to lead the boat division to the Western Ocean. In the eighth year of Yongle, the governor Tan Qing had internal officials Wang An and others in the camp, and ordered Ma Jing Town to Gansu and the eunuch Ma Qi Town to Jiaozhi. In the eighteenth year of Yongle, the East Factory was set up, which was controlled by the leader of the eunuchs, and you see that these eunuchs sent envoys, special expeditions, supervised the army, divided towns and spying on the enemy, and today's saints are just continuing the rules of the ancestors, and it is not considered to have broken the rules of the ancestors!" Besides, you are making such a fuss, it is not a way to solve the problem, it can only make things worse and worse, and in the end, it is these eunuchs who are happy and bad, they want you to make such a fuss, which angers the emperor and makes the emperor disgusted with you, thinking that you are forcing the palace!
"Forcing the palace ......?" Rao is these officials are not afraid of the sky, and they can't help but feel their hearts beat a little when they hear this word, you must know that this is a big rebellion.
"Master Ge, what do you always say?" asked Wang Guan'er with some concern.
"Finally relented?" Yang Shiqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This matter must not be reckless, we must stop it is right, but we can't choose confrontation, because that can only make things get older and bigger, and make the emperor lose face, the emperor must have won over the eunuch in order to maintain the authority of the Son of Heaven, at that time the eunuch took the opportunity to propose to study, even if the emperor wants to let go, he will have to support the decision to use the eunuch because of your nonsense."
The official surnamed Wang said: "What should the elder of the pavilion say?"
Yang Shiqi sighed lightly, glanced at the vermilion gate of the palace, and said: "You can't come to the noon gate to make trouble in the future, what the noon gate is for, you know better than the old man." “
The officials were slightly stunned, the noon gate is the main gate of the Forbidden City, and it is also the most solemn façade of the palace, so it is the emperor's issuing party. The emperor gave spring cakes in the beginning of spring, cold cakes on the Dragon Boat Festival, and flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival. On the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the following year's almanac will be issued. On the first day of the lunar month every year, the "awarding" ceremony of promulgating the calendar of the following year is held at noon. In the event of a heavy war, the army triumphed, to be held at the noon gate to pay tribute to the emperor of the prisoner of war "sacrifice ceremony", but also the punishment of the minister's "court staff" is also held at the noon gate, from the time of the grandfather, this rule has been continued, in case it really angers the emperor, come to the court staff, that thing is in the hands of the guards, is crippled, is death can be all in the emperor's words, who can not be afraid!
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Yang Shiqi said: "This matter has not yet been decided, you better go back earlier, right? Don't hide that your old man is here for this matter!"
The leader of the king, Lord Wang, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, then hand it over to Lord Yang, let's go back!"
Everyone on the field was frightened by Fanzi before, and then gave Lord Yang a sentence of "forcing the palace" to scare, and they had already wanted to leave, and after hearing Yang Shiqi's words, they immediately hugged their fists and saluted and withdrew.
Yang Shiqi nodded and said, "The old man will do his best, you go back early!"
got the promise, those officials knelt for a long time, and were exposed to the scorching sun for most of the day, at this time it was you who helped me, and I stumbled out of the noon gate.
Looking at the backs of everyone in the distance, Yang Shiqi shook his head, walked up to Chen Wu and the others, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for the accommodation of the three fathers-in-law?"
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