Chapter 355: Talking in the Straight Room of the Six Parts

Although the imperial city of Beijing is only in its infancy, the high palace walls can hardly hide its magnificent atmosphere. Because the crown prince was in charge of the country in Nanjing, Zhu Di's wind paralysis flared up from time to time, and the early dynasties of various officials were often intermittent, coupled with such cold weather, the open-air early dynasty was really a miserable errand. Therefore, I heard that the Son of Heaven listened to the government in the palace, and the ministers who had not been to the court for a long time had their own thoughts, and they inevitably got up early one by one on this day.

As a result, although the sky was still dark, there were endless cars and horses on the east and west Chang'an Streets, and officials who knew each other had to greet and talk to each other, and for a while there was a lot of noisy human voices. When everyone arrived in front of the East and West Chang'an Gate, at this time you could see the difference between civil and military officials, the nobles of the military governor's mansion of the East Chang'an Gate were often wearing light furs, crane cloaks and other warm clothes were extremely gorgeous, while the civil officials of the West Chang'an Gate were mostly covered with homely coats outside the official robes, and there were even patches on people's old clothes, not to mention the shabbyness. In this gloom, Yang Rong, who was wearing a gold-colored jacquard velvet, stood out from the crowd.

A group of civil officials gathered at Zuo Chang'anmen and were waiting to enter the palace, and suddenly they saw that there seemed to be a large group of people coming on the street of Zhengyangmen, and they had to talk about it for a while. When they got closer, everyone saw that it was a Fanbang envoy wearing a Ming official uniform, and they suddenly realized. Looking at the envoys who were still clumsy in their good clothes, standing in front of the palace gate looking left and right with curious faces, many officials had a trace of arrogance belonging to the Heavenly Empire.

"Hey, there's someone over there again!"

With this voice, all the officials couldn't help but look at each other again. This time, there were more people than the pioneers, and all of them were brightly colored, and they looked even more splendid in front of the torch burning in front of the palace gate. Some people who have gotten the news can't help but point their fingers and poke and say to their colleagues: "See, even if you are a civil official, you are from a noble family that is different from us." It was a gift from head to toe...... Tsk, I don't know if the sword of the Son of Heaven he wears is real or fake! ”

Jin Youzi looked at Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites beside him, frowned slightly and sighed: "The emperor has always been arbitrary, and he was angry with many people for the previous move of the capital. However, Lu Shangshu also saw it, even if he is not escorted by brocade guards, not counting sable fur and Qilin Suit Tianzi Sword, in the end, he is a child of the family, but I am afraid that the other clothes on his body are not something that poor civil officials like us can afford. ”

"How can our fortune be compared to other people's wealth?"

Yang Rong has always been proud, so when he heard Jin Youzi say this to Lu Zhen, he snorted lightly: "Since you are from a wealthy family, if you sell your reputation and dress up simply, you are a hypocrite!" Zuo Chang'an's door has been opened, won't Lu Gong and Brother Jin go in? ”

Seeing that Yang Rong raised his hand to let Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji who were speechless, and then walked in with their heads held high, a group of civil officials who were discussing suddenly felt bored, some pouted and some sneered, and followed behind one by one. Although Lu Zhen and Jin Youzi were displeased, they also knew that Yang Rong was such a character, so they could only enter the palace one by one. At this time, the military attaches have also entered the imperial city from the right Chang'an Gate, and when the civil and military meet, the discussion suddenly disappears like ice and snow melting, until Zhang Yue and others also entered the palace surrounded by Jinyi Guard, which attracted countless eyes.

The celebrant and eunuch Huang Yan had a gloomy face at this time, because he was not a court counselor, so he naturally didn't bother to follow these civil and military officials. At this time, he stared at the sable fur on Zhang Yue's body for a while, and then he said hello to his hard erection, and actually walked away. The two little eunuchs were caught off guard for a while, and it took a while for them to catch up, and one of them was still holding a bulging baggage. Because of the cold and slippery road, the little eunuch fell to the ground before he ran a few steps away, and the burden was suddenly taken off, and the knot that was tied couldn't help but loosen a little, revealing a corner.

Zhang Yue saw a corner of dark purple at a glance, and immediately sneered in his heart. This morning, he found that Huang Yan was in poor spirits and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept well last night, and now that he thinks about it, this one is probably waiting for him to knock on the door. Since this old eunuch is friendly with King Zhao, presumably the things in it are from King Zhao's mansion, but unfortunately in the end it was in vain.

At this time, before the time of the court, the officials waited in the court room according to their duties to wait for the court. The south of the right gate is the brocade clothes and guards straight room, the next three rooms are the Hanlin straight room, there are five straight rooms on the left side of the end door, the name is called the board room, it is the place where the officials of the East Palace and the officials of the Department and Economic Bureau are waiting for the court, now the officials of the East Palace are all in Nanjing, and there are fewer natural people. The Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had their own places, and the crowd that had been chaotic soon diverged separately. And I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Lu Feng, who didn't need to go to the court, actually went straight into the Jinyi Wei straight room. And Zhang Yue is not a serious official now, but when he was hesitating, he saw Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, waving to him, so he followed him into the six straight rooms.

There was a charcoal stove in the house, but it was still difficult to withstand the cold, so a dozen or so officials of the Sixth Ministry were tightly wrapped. Even a second-class master like Xia Yuanji only wore an old sheepskin jacket that had lost his hair. Zhang Yue saw that everyone was staring at him, so he stood there quietly without squinting and waited for this old Shangshu to speak.

"The emperor once summoned his ministers to talk to us about Ningbo before, and I told the emperor at that time, but it is good for you to be young and sharp, but it is too strict to deal with it vigorously. It is true that convincing people purely with virtue is on paper, but we cannot blindly convince people with authority, let alone blindly surrender to the emperor's favor. ”

Despite being a handful of years old, Xia Yuanji still had a straight back and spoke sonorously: "Let's not mention the effectiveness of the sea ban for the time being, but you can think about open source, this thought is worthy of praise." After you return the holy order at today's court meeting, I plan to ask the emperor for instructions to transfer you to the household department, so I will talk to you. ”

Since Zhu Di set up the Wenyuan Pavilion and selected a group of counselors from the Hanlin scholars, the status of the six Shangshu has gradually been inferior to that of the Hongwu Dynasty, but Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji are still the most trusted people after Zhu Di ascended the throne. At this time, Xia Yuanji said such a thing in front of the public, and everyone in the room couldn't help but look sideways, and even Jian Yi was a little surprised.

Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is capable and smooth, but he is a picky person in his bones, and he saw a group of brocade guards surrounding Zhang Yue in front of the West Chang'an Gate, and he didn't like it, so he echoed Jin Youzi. However, just after seeing Zhang Yue enter the door, he saluted in a group, and he was not proud of his favor and background, so he felt that it was not for nothing that the emperor favored this young man. So, when he heard Xia Yuanji's words at this time, he deliberately coughed dryly and stepped forward again.

"Since Mr. Liu's victory in Wanghaipo, this time he has beaten those gangsters hard, and your credit is not small! You must know that Japan submitted to the court and was canonized by the imperial court, but now the new king has blatantly cut off the tribute, and the emperor has long been extremely dissatisfied. After this coastal capture, clearing the waterway is secondary, and the southeast coast can be peaceful for a while from now on, and the countries will no longer have to worry about paying tribute, which is the most important thing. ”

Zhang Yue went around the Ningbo Mansion in Songjiang Prefecture this time, not only explained by Wang Darong, a eunuch who had been in charge of the city for many years, but also dealt with the Yang family, who were familiar with Oriental affairs, and learned more about today's Japan. Due to the precedent of Genghis Khan's eastern expedition to the end of Japan's almost complete army, although Japan refused to surrender many times during the Hongwu Dynasty, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, but he also pressed against sending troops. It was not until the second year of Yongle that Zheng He led the sailors to come in person, and the Japanese accepted the canonization of the Ming court, and at the same time accepted the holy order of ten years of tribute. Naturally, Japan valued trade routes, and the tributary envoys before this were only once every ten years.

However, the name of the Japanese king canonized by the Ming Dynasty was Gen Daoyi, and it was not the Japanese emperor, but the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu! Now that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is dead, his son Ashikaga Yoshinori has really grasped the power of the general, and the reason for interrupting the tribute is even more ridiculous, and he even said that Japan has not been a vassal since ancient times!

Who was the country that sent countless envoys to the Tang Dynasty in the past? Who was the first to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty?

With these thoughts in his mind, he replied with a smile: "What Lu Shangshu said is extremely true, it takes grace and power to deter foreign countries, not to mention that they are sinners even in Japan. As far as I know, Japan, a small country, is now interrupting the payment of tribute because of arrogance, but there are other reasons for this. Don't look at the new king's high-sounding words, in fact, he is just a false king, and the previous king's tribute is also ulterior. If nothing else, the real king is subject to the shogunate, and the shogunate cannot fully control the feudal officials in various places, and even the lower-class samurai dare to offend the lord. In their words, it's called the next gram. ”

Lu Zhen is a scholar of the Ming Rite Department, even if he is also responsible for the exchange of Siyi, but the situation of these Tibetan countries is naturally managed by the Siyi Pavilion and the Huiwen Pavilion, and he is a scholar who has all the opportunities to know what the situation is like in small Japan. At this time, when he heard Zhang Yue say these three words, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he couldn't help but snort angrily in the end.

"It's hateful to be a small country, and it is so blind that the monarch does not obey the law of etiquette!"

Although most of the officials in the room didn't like Zhang Yue's youthful ambition, most of them paid attention to hearing him talk about such things at this time. And at this moment, Zhang Yue frowned again and said something.

"According to some scribes who dealt with the Japanese tributary envoys, when the Japanese king accepted the canonization of our country, many ministers in the country attacked him en masse, and said, 'Although Japan is a small country, the emperor has been independent and the emperor of the world. The emperor of the hundred will be the first to destroy the country on behalf of the country, and not subject to the king's name. And now the source of morality on behalf of the military ministers, it seems to show that Japan is ashamed of a different dynasty'. In this way, it can be seen that if they are given a chance, the whole country may not be able to know. ”

Hearing this, the room was suddenly silent. Even Lu Zhen, who just asked casually at first, was blushing at this time. Zhang Yue knew that his words had hit the point, so he stopped flirting. In his opinion, the dignified Ming sent envoys to Japan several times, and that Ashikaga Yoshinori dared to refuse to enter Beijing, did he really think that Japan's small country was very remarkable? Although it is not in line with the method of benevolence and morality in the Central Plains, some actions can be tried.