Chapter 875: The Eunuch of Bingbi
Tang Yin married Miss Xia, in order to rejoice Mrs. Xia, and the wedding was simple. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But in the end, Miss Xia is married for the first time, and Xia Kuan doesn't want to wronged her sister, so she needs to be thoughtful in terms of etiquette, Tang Yin found a courtyard not far from Xia's house as a wedding room.
Of course, it is said that it is a wedding room, but on the day of the wedding, the bride will not live in it at all, and the bride will wear a red wedding dress and stay at the Xia family, taking care of her mother without undressing.
Ma Jiucheng got married, Shen Xi attended in person, this time Tang Yin got married, and Shen Xi was completely handed over to Zhu Qi and Zhu Hong, father and son. This is also the first thing Zhu Hong did for Shen Xi after he arrived in Guangzhou from the Minxiting Prefecture Mansion, Zhu Qi has high expectations for his son, hoping that his son can follow Shen Xi to have a good future.
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Jingshi, Forbidden City, Wenyuan Pavilion.
Including Xie Qian, a member of the Cabinet University, and senior officials of the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries, they are all waiting for the court.
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are still sick, Li Dongyang occasionally goes to work in the cabinet, but each time he works for two or three days and then asks for leave, the emperor understands that Li Dongyang lost his son in his later years and left no descendants, physical diseases are easy to treat, heart disease is difficult to treat, and the emperor specially approved Li Dongyang to continue to recuperate.
The main reason is that there are not many things in the court now, and Xie Qian and the officials of the six departments are well organized, and there is no need for Liu Jian and Li Dongyang to bother and effort.
At this time, the courtiers got together in twos and threes to talk about things.
Xie Qian, as the only cabinet scholar on duty, and the emperor's most trusted and respected person, was the most prominent among the courtiers waiting for the court in this Wenyuan Pavilion, and even old ministers like Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia had to avoid it.
But at this moment, Xie Qian was holding a notebook from Guangdong, talking to Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, and others wanted to come forward to listen, but the voices of the three of them were very small, and there was some noise in Wenyuan Pavilion, so they couldn't hear it very clearly.
“…… caused trouble again, the Guangdong Salt Lifting Division smuggled the official salt, but it was seized, and the lifting division was all removed from top to bottom, which is really a headache. ”
Xie Qian showed the notebook to Ma Wensheng. Ma Wensheng served as the secretary of the ministry, and then appointed a new official of the salt department, which needed to be decided by the ministry.
Ma Wensheng has read the manuscript, but there has not yet been the imperial approval of the Zhu pen, which means that the manuscript has not yet been submitted to the emperor, but it was taken by Xie Qian to discuss with him, the secretary of the ministry and Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, which has been regarded as overstepping the system in the process of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Daxia read the transcript and asked, "It turned out that the case was investigated by Shen Xi, the newly appointed coastal military affairs of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guizhou provinces...... Yu Qiao will present the recital to His Majesty after preparation? ”
Xie Qian said: "Helping is not helping relatives, this kid is already doing nonsense in Fujian, and he has just arrived in Guangdong, and he is messing around." Guangdong Cheng announced that the political envoy and the criminal envoy Yamen jointly participated in the impeachment, saying that he was doing misdeeds in the local area and selling salt privately, and this salt citation is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. ”
Ma Wensheng smiled and comforted: "Yu Qiao, don't be angry, it is commonplace for the governor of this place to be at odds with the three divisions and yamen...... By the way, what did Ying Tianfu say? ”
The recitals from Guangdong are usually sent to Nanjing first, and then handed over to the Nanjing ****** for disposal before they are presented to the capital.
Once it comes to local emergency affairs, the Sixth Department of Nanjing also has the authority to make decisions, just like this matter of the salt department being put to a boil, Nanjing must first make proper arrangements, lest the salt in a certain place be sold for a year, resulting in a large area of salt shortage and civil unturns. After all, it takes more than two months for Fujian, Guangdong, and other places to submit their manuscripts to the capital, and the local authorities cannot expect to get timely approval from the capital.
Xie Qian said angrily: "Ying Tianfu is also messing around, and he actually approved the performance of the superintendent yamen and let that kid be responsible for selling salt." ”
Ma Wensheng nodded: "Sure enough, it met Yu Qiao's previous worries." ”
Liu Daxia was puzzled, and when Ma Wensheng explained, he learned that Shen Xi had found Xie Qian before leaving the capital to discuss the exchange of salt for military rations.
In connection with what is happening in Guangdong today, it can be understood that the reason why Shen Xi took the local salt department was actually to bring salt in his hands and raise military rations.
Xie Qian scolded: "This kid has always been stubborn and reckless, the political envoy of the left cloth in Guangdong is vacant due to mourning, and Zhang Yuanying, the political envoy of the right cloth who is currently in charge, and Lin Tingxuan, who is responsible for supervision, are all old and serious ministers, how can he be allowed to be presumptuous in the local area?" Estimate that in the next few days, he will participate in his books one after another! ”
Xie Qian was very angry, quite a little sad, but Liu Daxia smiled and said, "Yu Qiao is worried about Shen Xi? ”
Xie Qian's face was a little ugly, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a person entered the hall with a eunuch, and all the ministers present quieted down. The person who came was not Zhu Youji, just an old eunuch in his sixties, but everyone who saw it had to come forward and salute, even Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng and others were no exception.
"Grandpa Xiao......"
Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng walked in front and greeted respectfully. This is Xiao Jing, the chief eunuch of the Hongzhi Dynasty, who is in charge of the East Factory, the Imperial Prison, etc., and the most important thing is that he has the right to approve the red version on behalf of the Son of Heaven.
Although Xiao Jing is very powerful, he is modest, coupled with Emperor Hongzhi's diligence and self-denial, the eunuchs are also cautious, Xiao Jing maintained enough respect for the ministers, and said with a smile: "A few adults are polite, Your Majesty is in poor health today, so I will not go to the Qianqing Palace." If you have any matter, or a notebook, just say to the old body, and the old body will be transferred to Your Majesty. ”
It is said that it will be handed over to His Majesty, but as the chief eunuch, he himself has the power to dispose of it.
Normally, the emperor would approve the draft of the vote made by the cabinet scholars, and the celebrant and eunuch would be asked what they thought about it, and then the emperor would decide. But if the emperor feels that the matter is not important, he can directly ask the celebrant to approve it by himself and then transfer it to the six parts, and Xiao Jing can directly approve it on behalf of the Son of Heaven Zhu according to the vote.
During the Hongzhi period, the power of the cabinet scholars became more and more powerful, but because the emperor was diligent and self-denying, most of the time he would personally review the recital, plus the celebrant and others were humble and gentle, and the iron triangle of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian had the absolute trust of the Hongzhi Emperor, so there was never a mess.
But now Liu Jian and Li Dongyang said that they were not sick, and the cabinet was only supported by Xie Qian alone, although Emperor Hongzhi had more and more trust in Xie Qian, but when he was an emperor, he would rather hand over the power to the house slaves around him, and would not entrust all the power to the foreign ministers, so when the emperor was sick and did not go to the court, he would let the cabinet transfer the transcript to the celebrant supervisor, and the eunuch Bingbi would approve it on behalf of Zhu, and then the eunuch with the palm seal would seal it, and then issue six parts.
It doesn't matter what Xie Qian intends to write, it all depends on how Xiao Jing approves it.
If Xiao Jing respects Xie Qian, he can adopt Xie Qian's vote, and if he is sincere or has other ideas, Xiao Jing's Zhu approval shall prevail.
Each of them wrote down the things they wanted to play and handed them to Xiao Jing, and the six parts and local scripts forwarded by the cabinet were also put into wooden boxes and handed over to the accompanying eunuchs.
Xie Qian finally took out the impeachment of Shen Xi from his arms and handed it to Xiao Jing: "Father-in-law Xiao, I don't know if there are some things that I can talk about while walking......
Cabinet scholars and celebrant eunuchs were not allowed to discuss matters together.
The cabinet represents the civil official group of the imperial court, the righteous and close ministers of the Son of Heaven, while the eunuchs are the service groups responsible for the emperor's life affairs such as food and daily life, and belong to the emperor's domestic slaves. Now Zhu Youzhi asked Xiao Jing to replace Zhu Pi because the emperor did not trust the foreign ministers, but Xie Qian took the initiative to communicate with Xiao Jing, which is equivalent to the active collusion between the outer court and the inner court, which is a serious overstepping of the system.
However, Xiao Jing has always been a good talker, and he knew that Xie Qian was Emperor Hongzhi's most favored minister, so he said: "Lord Xie, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, you guys will bring the music back to the prison and don't leave it out!" ”
As the ministers dispersed, the eunuchs carefully took away the box containing the notebook, and Xie Qian saw that there was no one left and right, so he said: "Guangdong place, the salt class is ...... to raise the division."
Xiao Jing pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "What should the old body be, it turned out to be Shen Zhuangyuan's disposal of the Guangdong Salt Class Lifting Division, and the old body has already heard about it." Although Shen Zhuangyuan has the responsibility of supervising the local salt department, he can't mess around like this......
Xie Qian was a little nervous when he heard this, Xiao Jing was obviously not used to Shen Xi's arbitrary and independent style, and criticized it.
"But ......"
Xiao Jing's words changed, "This capital is too far away from Guangdong, I am afraid that it will be too late to report to the imperial court to make a decision, and Shen Zhuangyuan's move should be an expedient measure...... The old body should be detailed with His Majesty. ”
Hearing this, Xie Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
said that he was truthfully with Emperor Hongzhi, but in fact, Xiao Jing made a promise to him that he would not pursue the matter.
Xie Qian smiled and arched his hand: "There is Lao Xiao's father-in-law." ”
Xiao Jing sighed lightly: "What is Lord Xie talking about, the old body heard that the old man Xie Ge married his granddaughter to Shen Zhuangyuan, which is a family, even if there is something, don't we have to talk well?" ”
Xiao Jing is a good old man, but he also has no scheming, although this matter does not seem to be worth mentioning, but it seems that it is all for Xie Qian's face before letting Shen Xi go, so that Xie Qian thinks of his kindness.
Xie Qian heard Xiao Jing mention his granddaughter, and he didn't feel good in his heart.
If he marries into the Shen family as a wife, it will be beautiful, but unfortunately he is only a concubine, and it seems that he Xie Qian is a little shameless in order to win over a posterior boy.
"Father-in-law Xiao, I don't know that Your Majesty is infected with wind and cold...... Is it serious? ”
After talking about Shen Xi's matter, Xie Qian was most concerned about Emperor Hongzhi's condition, Emperor Hongzhi had always been diligent, and at this time he suddenly said that he was sick and could not go to court, which made people worry.
Xiao Jing smiled reluctantly: "It's no big deal, please relax Lord Xie, Your Majesty will recover after a day or two of recuperation, but Your Majesty has an explanation, if Lord Xie has time, teach the prince a lot, don't let the prince go down the evil path......"
"Huh?"
In one sentence, Xie Qian felt the good intentions of Emperor Hongzhi, listening to this tone, it was clear that he meant to be lonely! However, Xie Qian didn't dare to think about it, so he sent Xiao Jing out of the door, and after the others left, he couldn't help sighing, and he felt irritated for no reason.
"Stinky boy, you're outside, don't give me a little trouble, okay?" Xie Qian clenched his fists and scolded viciously. (To be continued.) )