Chapter 688: The Five Giants of the Inner Palace
Cabinet.
Nearly half a month has passed since the imperial meeting, and the situation in the imperial court has also undergone a lot of subtle changes, the edict of the Son of Heaven has been favored by Li Tingji, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion, and has been opposed by the courtiers unsurprisingly.
However, unexpectedly, the old Shoufu did not give up, but stuck the edict in the cabinet, delayed for several days, and finally provoked the emperor's thunderous anger and reprimanded the cabinet several times.
"The Cabinet's draft decree is its duty, and it has been a few days since the decree was issued, so how can I expect the Cabinet to be passive and sabotage, in a vain attempt to deceive the monarch?"
The celebrant and eunuch Chen Ju finished the emperor's dictation with an expressionless face, but what was ushered in was an extremely tough answer from the old shoufu.
"The official position of the imperial court is a public instrument of the state, and His Majesty arbitrarily grants and receives, which is against the way of the monarch and the minister, please think twice and withdraw the edict!"
One sentence made the atmosphere suddenly develop to a white-hot level, and the next day, the emperor issued an edict that the Holy Body was unwell and that the court meeting was exempted, which immediately shook the Jingshi.
Without him, the emperor's style, the courtiers are too familiar, and the more senior ministers seem to have returned to more than ten years ago, when the first emperor and the ministers had a dispute because of the country's capital, it was the same tone, is it possible that they have to return to the point where they have not seen the Son of Heaven for decades?
The courtiers who had learned a lesson were naturally unwilling to continue like this, so a group of courtiers directly pointed the finger at Li Tingji, who caused this incident!
"Your Majesty, this is today's recital, and it is still the impeachment of Master Li!"
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Changluo sat on the throne in high spirits, how could he be tired at all, and Chen Ju on the side hurriedly held a stack of musicals, put them on the imperial case, and said with a wry smile.
"Oh? Whose is it today? ”
Zhu Changluo flipped through two books casually, but threw them back into the distance.
He doesn't have a hobby of being scolded for no reason, since it is a recital of impeachment, he must not have said anything good, although these people put the main force of attack on Li Tingji's body, but there are also many stunned people who come up to criticize dragon scales.
For example, a certain rite department gave Zhang Zhenguan in the matter, and bluntly said that the edict of the Son of Heaven violated the system, and should be refuted, and by the way, he greatly praised the heroic spirit of the old Shoufu who dared to resist the emperor.
I just don't know what kind of look he will have on his face when he knows that the old Shousuke, whom he admires so much, is acting with the emperor......
"Back to Your Majesty, plus a few days ago, there are now hundreds of books, most of which are six branches to the middle of the matter and the Taoist officials, and there are a few ministers of the ministry, among which nearly fifty percent of the people have reprimanded Li Tingji for bewitching His Majesty, dictatorship and selfishness, hoping to be lucky, and thirty percent of the people impeached Li Tingji for ignoring the overall situation, loving the position of power, and violating the teachings of the sages, and some of the impeachments of His Majesty for nepotism and private use!"
Chen Ju smiled bitterly and said.
These days, he is also confused, he can't understand what the Son of Heaven is thinking in his heart, even if he wants to punish Li Tingji, there is no need to make such a big move.
Now almost all the court is involved in the trouble, and even the government affairs of the court have been affected, but the Son of Heaven is sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, and he only orders himself to classify and count the charges of impeachment every day, but none of the serious replies are given, which is really confusing.
"Well, I know!"
Zhu Changluo swept the roster handed over by Chen Ju, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but Chen Ju felt a chill in his heart when he saw it.
"The edict is to call Liang Yong and Luo Sigong to enter the palace, what they have at hand should come in handy!"
Hearing this, Chen Ju's heart sank, and he understood that above this court, he was afraid that there would be another big turmoil.
You must know that if the son ascended the throne for some time today, although there has been no change in the outer court, earth-shaking changes have already taken place in the inner court, and the key positions in the palace have been occupied by the eunuchs of the son of heaven, and the situation in the inner palace has gradually formed.
In the gossip that went viral, there are five giants in the inner palace today, and the most powerful is the eunuch Chen Ju, who is the old minister of the former emperor, and has an old relationship with the Son of Heaven, who is deeply trusted, in charge of the government affairs of the foreign court, and the cabinet ministers are confidential, which can be compared to the status of the first assistant of the foreign court.
Next is the eunuch Wang An, the great secretary of the Son of Heaven, who has served by the Son of Heaven since he was a child, and now he is still serving around the Son of Heaven.
There is also Liang Yong, the commander of Dongchang, whose reputation is not very good, but the word Dongchang is enough to show the trust of the Son of Heaven in him.
As for the last two, they are Yang Rong, the eunuch of the inner official, and Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Yang Rong had an unpleasant relationship with the Son of Heaven back then, but later gradually gained the trust of the Son of Heaven, and now he is ordered to serve the queen and take charge of all the affairs of the inner palace, which can be regarded as extremely beautiful.
And Luo Sigong was photographed as the last one, without him, because in the news from the outside world, the friendship between the Son of Heaven and the commander of the Jinyi Guard is not deep, but because of the old ministers of the first emperor, he relies on it very much, and in comparison, it is much worse than the previous ones.
But these are just wild speculations from the outside world, Chen Ju is in the inner palace, and he knows the situation in the inner palace best, saying that there are five giants in the inner palace, but it can barely be counted.
But it would be naïve to force a ranking.
The fact is that in the inner palace, several of them have their own part of the responsibility, although he is in charge of the celebrant supervisor, but there is no room for interference in other internal affairs, Yang Rong is in charge of the harem, serving the queen, he is in charge of government affairs, responsible for dealing with the previous dynasty, Wang An is by the side of the Son of Heaven, taking care of the Son of Heaven's diet and daily life.
As for the rest of Liang Yong and Luo Sigong, Chen Ju didn't know what they were busy with, but under the pretext of being the same eunuch, he knew that Liang Yong was investigating hundreds of officials in the court these days.
Combined with the nature of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the things in charge of these two people are about to come out, about the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven and the thugs, as for who is the eyes and ears of them, and who is the thug, I am afraid that after this incident, it will be clear......
Thinking of these things in his heart, Chen Ju didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly left the palace to summon Liang Yong and Luo Sigong without mentioning it.
At the same time, in the Li Mansion outside the palace, there is no atmosphere of the master's family to be promoted, but there is a bit of everyone shouting and beating, and in the evening, a small cyan sedan chair quietly stopped at the back door of the Li Mansion, and a thin old man got down from the sedan chair, looked at the situation of the Li Mansion, and shook his head secretly, but his face was complicated......