Chapter 799: Imprisonment and Appointment

Compared with Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor who was prone to thunder and rage, over the years, the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town has been much emptier than before. However, before the city gate was closed in the evening of that day, two prisoner vans were sent to the Beizhen Fusi Prison. Fang Ling, who had already received the information, had been guarding here with people since the morning, and when he put people in prison after the handover of the signature, he looked at the backs of the two people who were shackled, and couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart.

This resentful person who was imprisoned is none other than Dai Lun and Lin Changmao, who were promoted by the palace officials at the beginning of the emperor's reign! Both of them were Zhu Zhanji when he was still the emperor's grandson, and Zhang Ying and Chen Shan, who were also lecturing, first entered the cabinet, and later withdrew from the cabinet because they were not very effective, but one was promoted to Shangshu, and the other was also honored, which is better than Dai Lun and Lin Changmao's current situation.

Although Fang Ling is still the commander of Jinyiwei, and there is also a commander Wang Jie, but the management of Beizhen Fusi is enough to make people understand that he is the most powerful person in Jinyiwei today. At the beginning of his tenure, although he did not make drastic measures against old evils such as withholding and soliciting bribes in prison, he also did his best, so in today's edict and prison, all kinds of lawlessness have been curbed a lot.

Even though he knew that his subordinates did not dare to deduct rashly, he still recruited Liu Baihu, who was in charge of prison affairs and was his own confidant, and instructed in a deep voice: "Although he is a prisoner, don't be slow to be supplied, after all, he was once the emperor's old man when he was in the East Palace." ”

"Adults can rest assured, small ones will be careful, and they must always save for the future. I think that the two who had been locked up here for nearly ten years were university scholars soon after they went out, and they entered the cabinet again. ”

Hearing this guy misinterpret his mind like this, Fang Ling didn't explain, and gave a few more instructions, and then took someone to routinely inspect the edict prison in person. When he saw that the newly locked Dai Lun Lin Changmao was next to Yu Qian, he couldn't help but pause.

Regardless of the size of the official position, the cells in this edict are exactly the same as a pigeon's cage, and there is no room for two people. According to the old rules of the Hongwu period, all prisoners were not allowed to talk on the phone or pass on news, and if they were locked up for several years, they often couldn't even speak after they came out. In the Yongle period, because Zhu Di only sent people to prison for ten days and half a month, but as long as ten years and eight years, after Ji Gang was sentenced to Yuan Fang came to power, he was lenient on this article. If you know your colleagues next door to the left and right, you can also hold on to the wooden fence and talk a few words across the brick wall, and occasionally pass on the articles and notes written by each other, etc., and you can't help but stop it.

Therefore, seeing Yu Qian's narrow cell reading with only a lamp lit, he couldn't help but think of Yang Pu, the legendary figure in this prison. Seeing that Dai Lun and Lin Changmao were both leaning against the wall and closing their eyes to recuperate, thinking that both of them had been dismissed, he said gently: "If Mr. Dai and Mr. Lin need any books, please tell the jailers, as long as they don't violate the ban, they will naturally be considerate." ”

Dai Lun and Lin Changmao used to persuade Zhu Zhanji to hunt less and study more, which finally attracted the emperor's anger, and now that they are in prison, they are all holding a fire in their hearts. Hearing that a strange high-ranking official of the Jinyi Guard outside said this, Dai Lun just sneered, but Lin Changmao said, "Thank you for your kindness." I will die at the end of the day, but if I have one more day to live, I want to read more books, can you prepare the Analects and the Records of the Historians for me? ”

Fang Ling didn't care about Dai Lun's cold attitude, and when he heard Lin Changmao's answer, he ordered the jailers behind him. Since there were no other prisoners in Yu Qian's cell, he turned back from here.

Yu Qian, who was on the side, couldn't help but put down the scroll in his hand when he heard the words "Death and Death", and there was a hint of touch in his eyes. Seeing Fang Ling and the others passing outside, he got up and went to the fence, and suddenly asked, "Dare to ask the two of you, Lord Lin Jingshi and Lord Dai Wenshan, who once served the emperor to give lectures?" ”

Lin Changmao didn't know that there were still people next door to him, and when he heard this, he also dragged the heavy shackles and stood up, and when he moved to the fence, he couldn't see who was next door, but he only heard the voice as if he was a little young, so he asked: "I am Lin Jingshi, listening to Xiaoyou's voice is very young, why was he imprisoned?" ”

Sure that the people next door were indeed Dai Lun and Lin Changmao, Yu Qian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when he heard Lin Changmao's question, he briefly mentioned his own matter, and as a result, Dai Lun's agitated voice immediately came from next door.

"Good, good! Those things that scholars and scholars dare not say, but you dare to speak out without hesitation, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a hard-nosed descendant like you, Gu Duxian really manages the Metropolitan Procuratorate well! Today, when we were escorted into the city, we also heard that several imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly issued a direct advice, and as a result, the emperor ordered a debate at the noon gate, except for the eunuchs, the dismissal of traitors, and the correct name. In contrast, Jing Shi and I, as palace officials, only advised the emperor to hunt less and study more, not as far as you! ”

Yu Qian hurriedly asked, but Dai Lun Lin Changmao only heard a few words when he entered the city in the evening, and he was not clear about the specific situation, so naturally he couldn't solve his questions. And when talking about how the two of them were escorted back to the capital by Jinyiwei, the two just sighed and didn't explain much to each other. After all, although Yu Qian said that he angered the emperor, his words and deeds were at most demeaning, and he would rarely be seriously blamed for it, but the two of them were different - it was an old grudge accumulated when the emperor was still the emperor's grandson, and there was no luck.

At three o'clock the next day, Zhang Yue, who hadn't slept well all night, got up early. Now that the weather is hot, after tossing all night, he only feels sticky and uncomfortable, so he simply asks people to bring well water to wipe his body. Changing into a dry robe and eating breakfast, he was pondering the news sent by Zhang Bu last night, and he was thinking about the people he should meet in the place he was going to today, and someone outside hurriedly reported it.

It was Gao Quan's daughter-in-law who reported the incident, saying that the Ministry of Officials had sent officials over, saying that the early dynasty had agreed on the personnel of the six ministries, so he asked him to go to the Ministry of Officials immediately to handle the matters of the commission. Since he got the letter, he naturally settled breakfast in two of three, changed into official clothes and hurried to the yamen of the ministry.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Officials is located to the east of the Daming Gate, and is sandwiched between the Zongren Mansion and the Household Department. Since Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and respected the six ministries, this has become the most important place in the whole world - no matter the official position, you always have to go from the ministry. And today's official department Shangshu Jianyi, who has been serving as a waiter in the ministry since the Jianwen period, has been nearly 30 years now. It can be said that whether it is the Yamen of Nanjing's Ministry of Officials or the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials of the Beijing Division, they are deeply branded by Jian from top to bottom.

Jianyi has been in the Five Dynasties, and in the Hongwu period, he has been appointed as a scholar in the imperial order, and compared to Yang Shiqi and other now trusted cabinet ministers, his qualifications are naturally incomparable. However, for many years in a high position, he is still generous, at this moment in the hall to see Zhang Yue bow down, he personally picked people up, and then in the handling of a matter is one by one instructions, but where Zhang Yue has questions, he all patiently answered, not impatient at all. At the end, when Zhang Yue said goodbye, he personally sent it to the hall.

"Among the six departments, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War are the heaviest, you have worked in the Arsenal Department and the Department of Staff, and you are also an old man in the Ministry of War, and you have a lot of experience outside, so you are naturally familiar with the affairs of the Ministry, but now that Zhang Shangshu is old, it is inevitable that there will be more partiality in everything, and please work together with Feng Shilang. Originally, everyone suggested that another Shangshu should also serve as the Ministry of War, but the emperor said that it was not necessary, so everyone did not insist, you must have a number in your heart. ”

"Thank you for the reminder."

Before, he was just telling the ministry to explain the affairs, but now these reminders are word for word, Zhang Yue hurriedly bowed down and thanked him. When he got out of the Yi Gate, he couldn't help but look back, but found that Jian Yi was still standing on the steps with his back hand. When he looked at it closely, he didn't think it at first, but now when he looked at it from a distance, he found that this old Shangshu looked rickety and old, and he didn't look like he was only one year older than Yang Shiqi.

After that, he naturally followed the rules, he was an old man in the military department, and now although there are many new faces, most of the two levels of Lang Zhong and Wai Lang are acquaintances, although they are more restrained by each other, but it is cheap to do things. He first went to see Shangshu Zhang Ben, and then his subordinates came forward to pay homage and perform a sitting ceremony, after a few thorough courtesies, it happened that the cabinet transferred a document to ask the military in southwest Yunnan, Zhang Ben thought that Zhang Yue had just returned from Yunnan, so he let Zhang Yue go over.

Zhang Yue came back in just three days, and even Yang Shiqi and the Shen brothers didn't have time to visit, and Yang Rong naturally saw him for the first time outside the court. Before meeting this bachelor in charge of military strategy and military affairs in a small courtyard outside the cabinet room, he took advantage of his efforts in the carriage to read the Luchuan military newspaper urgently delivered by Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo in Yunnan, and he also had some numbers of erosive conditions there, so after seeing Yang Rong, he took the opportunity to put forward the words "change the land and return to the stream", and then added another sentence.

"Luchuan Si's hand has reached Myanmar, and if it is not controlled, the southwest will cause great trouble sooner or later."

"It's a pity that the Duke of Qianguo is not a good general."

Although he received Mu Sheng's heavy gifts, he would say some good things about him on weekdays, but Yang Rong really didn't dare to compliment the ability of this public soldier of the Qianguo State now, so he couldn't help but sigh at this time, and then regretted it a little. Seeing that Zhang Yue didn't seem to hear it, he was still sitting upright, and he reminded himself in his heart that the young man in front of him was no longer a fledgling teenager in the past, but a capable minister who had been reused after his fame, and he couldn't be regarded as a junior when he spoke.

"Since you just came back from there, and now you have been appointed as the squire of the military department, you will be in charge of the military affairs in Luchuan first, and you will submit the military reports to the cabinet in front of you, so you don't have to be partial to Zhang Shangshu. In addition, you should also pay more attention to the matter of returning to the teacher, after all, this reward and so on are so tireless, and with you, a person who knows the roots, you will not be fooled. In addition......"

Yang Rong is not as righteous as Jianyi, although he does not directly treat Zhang Yue as a subordinate, but he still uses an unquestionable tone when explaining things. Zhang Yue knew that this person was so temperamental, and Yang Rong's assignment was also official, so he had no objections, and when it was time to get up, Yang Rong added something coldly.

"The matter of the Wuxuan Division still makes Zhang Shangshu more appropriate, although you are said to be a genuine Jinshi, but after all, your family is from a military background, plus the nobles are all in-laws and in-laws, if someone comes to the door to ask for help, can you be a junior who can turn everyone away? Therefore, I didn't say anything when I asked you to be the squire of the military department, but Xia Shangshu, Wu Shangshu, and Yishan all raised objections. But the emperor thinks that you have attainments in military affairs, so don't let down the emperor's hard work. ”

This is the big truth in front, Zhang Yue only felt relieved when he heard it, and he didn't have any complaints. The latter words are a little subtle, after all, although Yang Rong did not show merit, he pointed out the opponents at that time. Zhang Yue heard it in his ears, and he had another plan in his heart, but his face was silent, and he left the palace after thanking him.

Hongwu Yongle is an eclectic era of employing people, as long as the emperor's fate is voted after the recommendation, a cloth cloth can also be awarded to the political envoy, so some people say that Zhang Yue is too young and suffers; But when he arrived in Hongxi Xuande, he gradually paid attention to qualifications. Although Zhang Yue can be called a meritorious service, he has been promoted many times, but many of the most important promotions are all super-relocation, but this time it is based on seniority, and the people who can raise objections are only for which one to go to, not whether they are qualified.

Although he often went in and out of the forbidden palace in ordinary times, this time he came out of the noon gate all the way, and some of the officials and inner prisons he met retreated, and some bowed and greeted, which was much more respectful than before. Under the baptism of this kind of collective attention, Zhang Yue couldn't think about things lightly along the way, and when he got out of the right gate of Chang'an and went to East Chang'an Street, he felt relieved.

If the new official is in a foreign country, it is naturally indispensable for his subordinates to pay for a banquet and entertainment to show respect. However, Liu Guan, the former governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was convicted, and one of the charges was to have a lavish banquet with his subordinates, so after the reinstatement or taking office of the six bigwigs, there was no too flamboyant personal contact. Zhang Yue took office as a new official, and this first meal was actually a collective gathering of officials from top to bottom.

The same was true that evening, although Shangshu Zhang Ben did not come, but the money was sent by Soap Li, and the rest were not lacking, including Feng Shilang, and directly booked six tables in Du Kanglou, which Zhang Yue frequented in the past. If Zhang Yue's habit was in the past, the scribe soap Li would not have fallen, but now in the turbulent juncture of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was not afraid of being impeached again, but was afraid that the increasingly fierce offensive of the Metropolitan Procuratorate would anger the emperor, so he showed his mouth early and went out, not invited by the small officials.

The people who deal with the yamen of the military department are all the big bosses in the army, so they are extra reserved as civil officials in the yamen, but now after the staggering, the people who are not familiar with Zhang Yue inevitably show a bad drunken state and find excuses to leave one by one, but those who are familiar with each other naturally throw away the disguise outside. After eating the meal with laughter and laughter, seeing that it was almost time for the night faston, a group of people had just dispersed, and when Zhang Yue got into the car, he pulled up the happy Wanshijie by the way.

"Lao Wan, when I left Beijing, I asked you to take care of the matter of the old Yang Ge's father-in-law, can you take care of it?"