Chapter 24: Compassion (3rd Update, Asking for Support)
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Just after the morning, the six Shangshu and the left and right attendants, as well as several people from the six departments, were summoned to the palace. Although the Yongli Dynasty has now stabilized, the cabinet auxiliary ministers have not been decided, and the reason why the cabinet auxiliary ministers have not been set is that there is no suitable candidate, and the second is because the status of the cabinet auxiliary ministers is the real prime minister, and the six ministries can also be suppressed.
Of course, everyone knows that there is another consideration, that is, after the success of the Northern Expedition in the future, when the Jin Domain, the Min Domain, the Huai Domain, the Chu Domain, and Zhang Huangyan return to the court, the imperial court will definitely pay the cabinet auxiliary ministers, so the position of the auxiliary minister has been vacant. ,
Actually, the real reason for the empty hanging is that no one is available!
After all, this cabinet auxiliary minister is like a prime minister, if he can't suppress the four feudatories, how can he be an auxiliary minister? The cabinet is empty, and the four feudal clans have set up shogunates, so that there is nothing to do in this court, and there is even a suspicion of deaf ears, of course, even the ears of deaf people have a time to be a decoration.
The palace of the Wannian Mansion naturally cannot be compared with the Forbidden City, but unlike the Forbidden City and the garden, the palace of the Wannian Mansion draws on the planning of the gardens of later generations on the basis of the Jiangnan garden style, making the palace hidden in the landscape, but it also looks quite elegant.
Dozens of central courtiers would always be tempted to admire the lawn when they walked through the garden, perhaps, the lawn that was as neat as a blanket, coupled with the neatly trimmed trees, would always attract their attention, and on weekdays, if the courtiers had the opportunity to come over, if they were not too nervous, they could not help but glance at this garden a few times, admiring this unique scenery, which actually combined neatness and elegance, which was completely different from the natural beauty to which they were accustomed.
Most of the time, though, they don't have the leisure to appreciate it. Because the emperor and the court have been in peace for thousands of years, as courtiers, they naturally have to show a worried look about state affairs.
Finally, came to the side hall to meet the courtiers, when entering the side hall, the ministers were surrounded by a very solemn and solemn atmosphere as soon as they entered the door, and the more they walked forward, the more reverence and fear were increased, after all, this is the forbidden place of the palace, you know, when in Beijing, the emperor is probably a platform to meet courtiers, only a few times will be summoned in the palace, but here, because there is no platform, they can only be summoned in the side hall, so every time, when entering the palace, they have to show a panicked look.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, the eunuch opened two brocade curtains in a row, and everyone bowed in. Then, two more curtains were lifted, and the ministers entered the innermost room, and only then did they arrive at the place where the emperor summoned them.
"Your Majesty!"
Entering the palace, under the leadership of the six scholars, the ministers holding the wat board have both hands over the top of the wat line, the Ming civil and military officials, in the face of the emperor do not need to kneel, unless the emperor sacrifices to the sky, as the Son of Heaven when the minister is received, the minister needs to kneel, after all, at this time, the emperor is the son of heaven. In ordinary times, it is only necessary to prostrate when summoned. As for "kneeling", it is kneeling to the sky and kneeling to parents, which is used only for very important ceremonies. Historically, before the Song Dynasty, there was no minister in China who knelt to the king, until the death of the Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang was sent to Dadu, Kublai Khan asked him to kneel, he said, "Kneel in the south and kneel in the north", kneeling is the custom of your Hu people, and our "southern people" are to do it. Meng Yuan created the vice of kneeling and kneeling to the Chinese noodle king. At that time, the etiquette was "kneeling and reading the watch, after reading, prostrating, reviving, and resuming": kneeling to play to the emperor, and after the performance, he had to lie on the ground before he could stand up, like the Tibetan pilgrimage, and really swept the floor. After Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan, the kneeling salute of the face monarch was slowly abolished, and the minister changed to a bow. Only on certain occasions will the three prostrations and nine prostrations be performed.
Yongli, with a happy face, sat on a dragon chair covered with yellow satin, with a few documents on the imperial case in front of him, and a tea bowl with a lid on a lotus-leaf-shaped silver tea tray. There is a small plaque hanging on the left, that is the first emperor Chongzhen's imperial pen to write the four words of "self-denial and revenge", these years, these four characters of the small plaque, has been with the eternal calendar, is a few relics of the first emperor.
When the ministers saw the ceremony, Zhu Youlang sighed and said with a sad expression:
"For five years of my reign, the country has been troubled, the Qing Dynasty has been imprisoned, the court has been displaced for many years, and hundreds of millions of people have been killed by it, which is deeply pitiful. Recently, Emperor Gao blessed, the court's virtuous ministers were loyal and helpful, and my Ming Dynasty waved the Northern Expedition, and the captives were destroyed, just around the corner. ”
Speaking of these, thinking about the grievances of these years, his eyes turned red, and he shook his head sadly, and continued.
"Today, I can prosper in the Ming Dynasty, it is really the loyalty of the vassals, every time I think of the Huai, Jin, Fujian, Chu vassals in front ......of the enemy, and I am at peace with the ten thousand years, my heart is sad."
Suddenly, Zhu Youlang's nose was sore, and he sobbed, tears like a spring.
When the courtiers saw the emperor crying, they persuaded him not to be sad, and they all said, Fang is so favorable to the Ming Dynasty today, why is the emperor like this?
Anyway, in a word, everyone picks up good things to say. And Zhu Youlang, who was just acting, slowly stopped crying under the persuasion of the ministers, wiped his eyes and tears on his face, and then swallowed hard:
"This ...... The feudal clans have made great contributions to the imperial court, I can not know, I can get Zhongxing, when the king of Fujian is the first merit, if there is no king of Fujian to restore Jiangnan, how to advance and retreat from the Qing captive, first there is the king of Min to restore the south of the Yangtze River, and then there is the king of Huai Ping two Huai, cut 100,000 Qing captives, so that the Qing captives are frightened, so that there is a momentum to lay the foundation of my Ming Dynasty today, Fujian and Huai two domains in my Ming Dynasty, real grace and reconstruction! ”
Okay!
Such a compliment was heard in the ears of the courtiers, although they all knew that this was a fact and could be said from the emperor's mouth, but it still made everyone's hearts tremble slightly.
Fujian and Huai feuds, Entong reconstruction!
That being said, isn't the word a little too heavy?
But in the same way, these ministers also heard the hidden meaning in the emperor's tone, they glanced at each other, and then they all chose to be silent, holding the wat board and not daring to make a sound. However, Zhu Youlang had no intention of continuing, he picked up Zhang Yusen's sparseness and Yushi Kong Tianming's sparseness from a few points, flipped it over, asked Zhang Yusen to come out and reply, and asked:
"I mentioned the killing of Zheng Zhilong to calm the anger of the people in the world, and now I will play it in person."
Belch!
In an instant, everyone understood why the emperor said those words before, and they all knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer!
Zhang Yusen immediately kowtowed and said.
"Your Majesty, although the Fujian and Jin feudal domains have made great contributions to the imperial court, it is difficult to hide the fault of Zheng Zhilong's surrender, if it is not Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Xiang (Emperor Longwu's nickname) is so that he is captured and martyred by hunger. The minister thought that with the crime of Zheng Thief, not killing was not enough to comfort the people of the world......"
Again, he held the wat over the top and said deeply.
"Your Majesty, the Min Domain and the Huai Domain are all sincere to the country, and if you think about it, they will definitely be considerate of the court!"
"Be considerate ......"
Yongli sighed and shed tears.
"I'm not a Fujian and Huai clan, how can I be like this? As a human king, how can I kill the father of heroes, even if he has a hundred crimes, I can't do this! ”
After saying this, he looked at the ministers and said.
"Wang Kun, read the excerpts of Chu Fan to everyone!"
Chu Fan......
Liu Heng and other ministers from Huguang, Henan, and Shanxi, when they heard the words Chu Fan, they were all slightly stunned, and they immediately realized that the reason why the emperor summoned them today was probably because the opportunity to solve the problem had arrived.
If there is a Chu Fan to mediate, then the emperor can naturally get off the donkey and pardon Zheng Zhilong, and in this way, this matter will be over.
“…… Although Zheng Zhilong was guilty, he was forced by the times to surrender at that time, and if he really surrendered, he would be imprisoned for the captivity......"
In Li Ziyuan's twists and turns, he naturally downplayed Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Qing Dynasty to the greatest extent, and emphasized that other "people have not descended", emphasizing that he is "in Cao Ying's heart in Han", which seems to have a great meaning that Zheng Zhilong is a loyal minister, at least, he was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Of course, he is also compared with a group of people who have been favored by high-ranking officials after the Qing Dynasty.
Not really!
After others descended to the Qing Dynasty, they got a high-ranking official Houlu, but he Zheng Zhilong was exiled to Ningguta. Of course, this is because of his "body in Cao Ying, heart in Han", naturally in the middle of the play, and he will not say anything, it is because of Zheng Chenggong that he was exiled.
In a word, Zheng Zhilong is guilty, but the crime does not lead to death, and even his feelings are pitiful, since this is the case, then ...... Remembering that the two feudal domains of Fujian and Huai have made great contributions to the country, it is natural to pardon them.
Now that there is Chu Fan at the beginning, the original body is still just in the way of face, and there are ministers who say that they should be severely punished, and their attitude is immediately relaxed, how can they not know that Zheng Zhilong can't be killed, but for the sake of fame, they can't be the first to stand up and plead, even if someone dares to risk the world now and take the initiative to pick the head, then how can they not know the truth of the sedan chair that everyone carries. What's more, they don't want to provoke the jealousy of the Fujian and Huai clans, at this time, if they don't follow along, they will definitely be jealous in the future!
"Your Majesty, the Min Domain has made great contributions to the country, he was forced by the situation to surrender to Anbo, and he was not too bright after the surrender of the thief, and his feelings are also pitiful, and today he has restored the land for the country, and he should be pardoned for his sins, so that the father and son of the King of Min can be reunited......"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
Since someone is carrying this sedan chair, everything is much easier, Zhu Youlang nodded:
"That's right."
When he said this, Zhu Youlang glanced at Zhang Yusen, and Zhang Yusen also realized that now he had become the target of the public, so he immediately gritted his teeth and said.
"Your Majesty, this matter must not be done, if the Zheng family's sin can still be forgiven, then what is the sin of tens of thousands of displaced people in 10,000 years? The king of Min has made great contributions to the country, but it is difficult to hide his father's sin......"
"Zhang Yusen's words are surprising"
Glancing at Zhang Yusen, Liu Heng's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly.
"Although Nan Anbo was captured, he did not serve the captive, and he was imprisoned immediately after being lured by the captivity, and most of the displaced people who have been exiled for ten thousand years today have been taken prisoner, how can he be innocent?"
Liu Heng's answer made Zhu Youlang nod and say with deep understanding.
"What Liu Qingjia said is extremely true, and the intention is ......"