Li Zhi and Qu Shiyun finished discussing and got up to say goodbye. This house is not Qu Shiyun's home, but the home of a low-level imperial historian in the Metropolitan Inspectorate. Li Qu and the others are both elders, and the fanfare meeting has too much influence, so they borrowed the family of one of Qu Shiyun's protégés to plot.

This time, the Donglin Party and the Guangdong Party joined forces first proposed by Qu Shiyun, and the purpose was very simple, that is, to weaken the power of the Chu Party in the DPRK and China.

As an outstanding politician, Qu Shiyun naturally couldn't chase Ma Mingyuan as soon as he came up, it was useless and he fell behind. Therefore, in the first step, Qu Shiyun used the King Gui incident to incite the ministers of the court to rise up against the emperor's injustice, and used public opinion to force the emperor to agree to give Zhu Youlang the nickname.

Of course, with Qu Shiyun's understanding of Emperor Zhu Hongsan, this matter must have no effect, and the only use is to disrupt the government and distract Zhu Hongsan's attention. Because the factory guard of the new dynasty is too strong, the emperor can know about it with the slightest disturbance, so Qu Shiyun took advantage of King Gui's affairs to make a big fuss. However, the matter of King Gui also has Qu Shiyun's small calculations in it, Qu Shiyun was the elder of the Yongli Imperial Court back then, and if he didn't give King Gui a name, wouldn't he become a second minister? Therefore, the use of King Gui is killing two birds with one stone.

Things also developed according to Qu Shiyun's arrangement, at first there were some low-level imperial history books, but the emperor did not pay attention to them, and then the letters of some middle-level officials annoyed the emperor and demoted these people one after another. Zhu Hongsan's doing this is falling into Qu Shiyun's calculations, these civil officials of the imperial court see that the emperor disposes of his own people at will for no reason, so what should the court system do? What should I do with the law of the imperial court? In the future, won't this court become your emperor's hall? If you don't speak for those literati who are degraded officials, who will be able to speak for you when it's your turn in the future?

The Ming emperor was probably the most unlucky emperor in ancient Chinese history, and the literati politics had reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty, while the imperial power was exclusive, and it was naturally opposed to the scholar group that emphasized the separation of powers. That's why there were so many wonderful emperors in the Ming Dynasty, such as the cricket emperor, the carpenter emperor, the Taoist emperor, etc. However, it was precisely because of the emperor's inaction that the economy developed greatly in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the population reached 1780 million during the Wanli period.

Seeing that the emperor was so unreasonable, these literati who cared about the world in the court stood up against the emperor one after another, and this was no longer a party, but a collective rebellion against the imperial power.

At this point, the matter was still under Qu Shiyun's control, but then it was a little out of control, and some ministers saw that the emperor was inactive and did not see them at all, so they turned their targets to the crown prince, hoping that the prince, as the prince, would stand up and speak for them. Unexpectedly, the crown prince was also reprimanded by the emperor, and now there are rumors that the emperor wants to change the prince.

Qu Shiyun was shocked when he heard this, although the Donglin Party and Ma Mingyuan were not on good terms, but the two forces were the same in terms of national legitimacy, that is, to maintain the tradition of establishing a successor, which could never be changed.

Because according to Confucianism, the crown prince Zhu Haizheng is a qualified heir, who is well versed in Confucian classics, treats scholars with respect and courtesy, and governs the country at all. Of course, this wise person is naturally referring to the Donglin Party itself, not to the Chu Party headed by Ma Mingyuan.

Originally, Qu Shiyun still wanted to let the incident continue to ferment, but now that the prince has been involved, the position of the prince will be lost if the follow-up plan is not implemented, so today Qu Shiyun contacted Li Zhi and prepared to launch the Great Dynasty meeting in three days to fight for the expulsion of the Chu party forces from the cabinet.

Qu Shiyun saw Li Zhi coming out of the gate, and said to the students standing beside him, Li Wenxi, the Henan Inspector of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy: "Shubao, you will be the first to strike at the Great Dynasty in three days, are you ready?" ”

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is divided into provinces, and each province sets up a patrol account, which is responsible for inspecting and impeaching officials in the province.

Li Wenxi is a native of Wenshan, Yunnan, and was admitted to the Jinshi of the Yongli Imperial Court when Qu Shiyun assisted Zhu Youlang, so he worshipped Qu Shiyun as his teacher. In the officialdom, this teacher-student relationship is more effective than the father-son relationship, students can find a good position by relying on the teacher's energy, and the teacher can also rely on the help of the students after retirement, so there are many things that father and son have turned against each other in the Ming Dynasty, but the student betrayed the teacher probably only Zhang Juzheng's disciple Liu Tai.

Li Wenxi became a county magistrate in Yunnan after he was hit by the Jinshi that year, and then Zhu Youlang was chased by Zhu Hongsan and ran all over the ground, and Li Wenxi became a lost dog. Originally, Li Wenxi, a rootless and powerless little bureaucrat, went home to study, but he didn't expect Qu Shiyun's old friend Lu Daqi to become the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and with Lu Daqi's help, Li Wenxi's official position was promoted instead of demotion, and he became the official of Kunming Mansion.

After Qu Shiyun entered the cabinet in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Imperial History of Kedao, he immediately transferred his student from Yunnan to Beijing to serve as the governor of a province.

The patrol is one level lower than the sixth-grade pusher, but the pusher is a clear stream that can be compared to the Zuoyin official, and the imperial history is clear and expensive, so Li Wenxi is very grateful to his teacher Qu Shiyun.

Li Wenxi heard what the teacher said, and hurriedly replied: "Teacher, don't worry, the excerpt has been written, just wait for the court meeting!" But... ”

Qu Shiyun saw that Li Wenxi had something to say, and asked: "Shubao, you and I have a master and apprentice, just say anything!" ”

"Yes, teacher! Li Ge is a treacherous person, and the disciples are afraid that the Yue Party will not help during the court meeting! ”

"Uncle Leopard, don't worry about this, the Yue Party has seen that the Chu Party has gained a lot of benefits in Jiangsu, and it has long been dissatisfied in its heart, this time the old man is not looking for Li Zhi, he will also come to the old man!"

Li Wenxi is just a low-level petty official, and he doesn't understand those high-level politics, and now that his teacher has said that it's okay, he can only believe it.

After Qu Shiyun comforted Li Wenxi, he also went out and returned home in a small sedan chair, waiting for the big court meeting three days later.

The system of the court meeting came from the Zhou Dynasty, and it was recorded in the "Zhou Li, Chunguan, Dazongbo": "Spring is said to be the dynasty, summer is said to be the sect, autumn is said to be the Hajj, winter is said to be encountered, time is seen to be said, and Yin is said to be the same." This is the interpretation of the "court meeting". The time when the princes and officials meet the Son of Heaven is in the morning, so it is called "court". The political purpose of the Son of Heaven to meet with the princes and officials was to seek the affairs of the world, and at the same time to inquire about the local governance, which was called the performance appraisal, similar to the "performance appraisal" or "target management" of officials at all levels in later generations.

The Ming Dynasty will have a whole set of systems, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulates that he must go to the morning court every day, and Lao Zhu can't help it, the country is his own nature to be firmly controlled. The next emperor, Zhu Di, was also from a bitter background and knew the importance of the early dynasty, but when Zhu Di's grandson Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen took the throne, he changed. Because of Zhu Qizhen's young age, it was stipulated that the early dynasty must be pre-empted, and the number of events per dynasty was limited, and the political function of the early dynasty was greatly weakened. When Wanli, who is also a young monarch, succeeds to the throne, it is changed to every three, six, and nine days of the month, and from then on, the early dynasty is only held nine times a month, and it can no longer be called "Japanese dynasty". As for Wanli, when he grew up, he didn't go to court for decades.

After Zhu Hongsan occupied Nanjing, he restored the early dynasty system, but it was really torturous to go to the court every day before dawn, so Zhu Hongsan stipulated that he would go to the court twice a month, the first and fifteenth days of each month, and called this kind of court meeting the Great Dynasty meeting.

Naturally, this kind of court meeting attended by the officials of the four products in Beijing and all the imperial history of science and technology has lost the purpose of discussing state affairs, and has completely become a ceremonial meeting, everyone takes out two days a month to meet, and at the same time meet the emperor, let the emperor see that he is still working very hard, and the emperor encourages everyone to work with peace of mind, the emperor I am not blind, I can see the work you do clearly, and you will be promoted and rich in the future.

However, these Beijing officials are all human spirits, and it is not clear that this is the emperor's means of playing. If you can still have a chance to stand out by working hard before the fourth grade, and become a senior official in the fourth grade, it is not a matter of ability. If you want to be promoted, luck, ability, fame, saints, and your teachers are indispensable.

On the morning of July 15, Qu Shiyun got up very early and had breakfast under the service of his wife Shaw. At this time, a maid took Qu Shiyun's big red official uniform and wanted to serve the master and wear clothes.

Qu Shiyun looked at it and said to the Shao family: "Madam, go and bring the newly issued official uniform, and wear new clothes today!" "The official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty were issued by the imperial court, and they were issued every year in the first month and July, and the summer clothes were a set of cotton clothes.

Shaw Brothers was stunned when he heard Qu Shiyun say this, Qu Shiyun has always been thrifty, and every time he wears out the old official uniform, he changes to a new one, why do he want to wear new clothes this time?

Shaw Brothers nodded to Yahuan and asked her to get a new official uniform, Shaw Brothers and Qu Shiyun have been married for decades, and they have long been familiar with Qu Shiyun's temperament, and there must be something big happening today, and Qu Shiyun wrote a book to the teacher Qian Qianyi was also unhappy.

Shao Shi asked in a trembling voice, "Master, but what is the big event in the court today?" ”

Qu Shiyun frowned and said, "What do you know about the woman!" After Qu Shiyun finished speaking, he felt a little heavy, sighed and said: "Madam, you and Qu have been married for more than 40 years, and you have children for Qu, Qu is ashamed of you!" If something happens to Qu today, you can clean up and go back to your hometown in Changshu, and let Qu Xuanpin, Qu Xuanxi and the others not be officials, and go home to farm! ”

Qu Shiyun has a total of three sons, Qu Xuanpin, Qu Xuanxi is the eldest son and the second son, now an adult, in the field as a county order level of petty officials, Qu Shiyun also has a concubine Qu Songjin, because he was young and not in Beijing, but in Changshu's hometown.

Shaw Brothers burst into tears when he heard Qu Shiyun say this, he survived the war and chaos back then, but he didn't expect that now that the country is too peaceful, why is he going to die?

"Master, but the emperor wants to kill you? Otherwise, if we don't deserve to be this official, wouldn't it be good to go home and farm? ”

"The woman's family said that the eldest husband is going to go to the national disaster together, how can he steal his life? Okay, if the old man can't come back, you will go back to your hometown in Changshu! After Qu Shiyun finished speaking, he left Qu Mansion and entered the palace to participate in the court meeting.