Chapter 23: Jiannu's Ascending Gift
The south side of the middle aisle between Yuehua Gate and Zunyi Gate is the inner right gate, leading to the first three halls, and the north side is the right door of the near light, leading to the west six palaces; There is a south corridor in the west of the right door, which is the world-famous military aircraft office in later generations, and is now the duty room of Wang An and other ceremonial supervisors. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Entering the Zunyi Gate, it is facing a shadow wall, and there are surrounding houses, among which Lu Shou's duty room is here. In front of the door of Yangxin, there are two male and female bronze lions in the town house and prosperous power. The male lion wears a ribbon and steps on a hydrangea, indicating that good things are continuous; The lioness cares for the cubs, which indicates the prosperity of the offspring. Because the door is not often opened, in order to facilitate access, there is a side door in the east and west.
When Ye Xiang came to the door of the heart nourishing heart, the main gate and the wooden door that served as the shadow wall inside were naturally wide open, and the red carpet was spread all the way to the throne set up under the hugging summer (that is, the part that extends in front of the heart nourishing hall), and there were more than 30 people gathered on both sides of the red carpet, all of whom came to see the new monarch.
After Lu Shou led Ye Xiang to sit on the throne set up by Xia Xia in the Heart Cultivation Palace, he retreated to the base and led everyone to perform five bows and three bows.
"Who are these people?" Ye Xiang saw that these people, of all ages, were wearing red stickers and black three-mountain hats, so he bowed to Lu Shou after the salute.
"Your Majesty, outside of the pen and pen of the celebrant who deals with the celebrant in the hall, there are all the commanders and palm prints of the twenty-four yamen."
Sticking to the inside, it is a common clothing style for internal officials, the same as the shape of the outer court, divided into two cuts, the upper body is crossed, the lower body is pleated, and there are fine small pleats at the belt above the large pleats, which is very similar to a pleated skirt, in addition, the sides of the body are not slit and no swing. Dressed in red stickers are the celebrants, deacons, and attendants, who often serve in front of the emperor, and have cloud python patterns on their clothes; Other imperial palaces and eunuchs in the outer yamen, the envoys, the chiefs, and the firefighters all wore green stickers without complements.
Ye Xiang saw that there were still eight women present who were in their 30s, and their appearance was not good, but they had a strong bookish atmosphere, and felt that it was a little different from the history he knew, so he asked, "How can there be women?" ”
"Oh, that's the female officer of the Shangfu Bureau, and you were in charge of changing your clothes before, and since then, they have been specially served."
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, according to the previous dynasty, six Shang Bureaus (Shang Gong, Shang Yi, Shang Fu, Shang Bed, Shang Gong), and later imitated the Tang Dynasty to set up the palace division, collectively known as the six bureaus and one division, in charge of the palace things, with female officials as the post. After Yongle, except for the four divisions under the Shangfu Bureau, all of them were transferred to eunuchs.
The four divisions under the jurisdiction of the Shangfu Bureau are: Sibao (two Sibao, two Dianbao, two Zhangbao, and four female historians) Zhangbaoxi and Fuqi; Si Yi (two Si Yi, two Dianyi, two Zhangyi, and four female historians) are in charge of clothes and jewelry; Division ornaments (two division ornaments, two pawn ornaments, two palm ornaments, and two female historians) palm scarves and anointing things; Si Zhan (two Si Zhan, two pawn soldiers, two Zhang, two female historians) where the court, handsome female officials are in charge of the honor guard.
These female officials are different from ordinary palace maids, they are not harem candidates, and what is required is only a woman without a husband, and there is no restriction on whether they are unmarried or widowed. Because of this, the female officials selected are basically talented and excellent people, and they will not fall into the harem to compete for favor. Because of the low rank and limited power, they dare not fight for power like eunuchs, which is completely negligible.
Ye Xiang felt that it didn't matter who was dressing, so he said, "Well, that's right, let's change clothes first, it's too inconvenient to wear this crown." Except for the celebrant and the clerk, let everyone else go back to the yamen on errands, and see you later, don't crowd here. ”
After speaking, Ye Xiang got up and entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and passed through the screen in the hall to the Hanchun Room in the apse, where his daily clothes were stored. The two of them were busy keeping up, and the rest of them also withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Hall and returned to the Yamen to work, not to mention it.
The Hanchun room was divided into five rooms, and Ye Xiang asked Lu Shou to rearrange it according to what he learned from the Internet in later generations, with two beds at the east and west ends, the entrance hall in the middle, and the storage room and cloakroom on both sides. Because there was no sewer system in the Forbidden City, Ye Xiang temporarily set up the clean room and bathroom in the west enclosure room behind the west side hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace.
Under the service of the two female officials, Ye Xiang changed into a linen robe and put on a wing crown covered with linen cloth before returning to the Heart Cultivation Palace.
The layout of the heart hall is also relatively simple, and the center is the study, which is used as a place to deal with political affairs and summon ministers; The things are respectively warmed for study and rest.
While Ye Xiang was changing clothes, the throne had been placed back in its original position, placed behind the imperial case, and after Ye Xiang sat down, his eyes swept over the more than ten eunuchs in the inner court one by one, and then said, "I, hmm...... I am ordered by the imperial examination to shoulder the burden of reviving my family and country, and I often can't sleep at night these days, for fear that I will make a mistake and lead to the disaster of killing the country...... Don't kneel yet, and listen to me, I'm done. In the past few days, I have tried my best to make up all kinds of knowledge, but a person's energy is limited after all, and he still can't know all about the current situation, which requires you to be more attentive in the future to help me check and fill in the gaps. ”
"The slave obeys."
"You have all served the imperial examination and even the imperial ancestor, and you have been in the Ouchi for many years, you should understand the rules, so I won't go into details. Emphasizing one point, the past is not to blame, from now on, except for official business, you are not allowed to have personal relations with foreign ministers, once discovered, you will not be spared. ”
"Obey the Divine Commandment."
"Get up, Lu Zhangyin, after you go down, send someone to make a map of the terrain of the capital and the imperial city, don't be too complicated, just mark the approximate location and name. In addition, except for the companions, everyone else should go down on errands. ”
After everyone knelt down, Ye Xiang said to Wang An, who was staying, "Companion, I haven't had time to summon the emperor's relatives these days, who is in charge?" ”
Ye Xiang has always avoided the people Zhu Youxiao knew before, for fear of accidentally getting out of the way, especially in front of Ke Yinyue, Wei Chao and others, he didn't dare to speak much. Now that the overall situation has been decided, he wants to know about the relevant personnel of the royal family first, so that he knows it in his heart.
"Your Majesty, it's the Zongren Mansion, do you want to let the Horse Hou Gongchen compile a list?" Wang An saw Ye Xiang nodding in agreement, and after thinking for a while, he suggested, "In addition, the Emperor's Mother and the Qi Wan of the Daxing Emperor Guo Yuanfei have not yet been knighted, you see ......."
The Zongren Mansion is the institution in charge of the affairs of the royal clan, which is responsible for the clan register of the emperor's nine clans, recording and educating the information of the children of the clan, and managing the internal affairs of the clan. The official office is in the south of East Chang'an Street, north of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and the current person in charge of government affairs is Hou Gongchen, the commander of the horses. Hou Gongchen was the concubine of Princess Shouyang, who had died thirty years ago (1590) and was the sister of the temple, the aunt of Zhu Youxiao.
"The matter of knighthood...... Don't be busy first, the Imperial Ancestor Zigong is still in the Renzhi Palace, the honorific titles of the Imperial Examination, Guo Yuanfei, and Our Lady have not yet been agreed, and the location of the Imperial Examination Mausoleum has not been implemented...... There are a lot of things, let's wait until I have sorted things out, you convey this meaning to them, don't be in a hurry to meet them these days, let them relax, I know what I know. ”
Our Lady is the emperor's biological mother, Wang Cairen, and is now buried in the mausoleum of the princess of Zhu Changluo, Guo's mausoleum, in the long ridge after the Tailing (mausoleum of the emperor and queen of Hongzhi).
Wang An saw that Ye Xiang had all the arrangements, so he stopped persuading, so he bowed down and said yes. But there is no bottom in his heart, and he doesn't know if what Ye Xiang said before about his personal friendship with foreign ministers is alluding to himself. He is usually close to Wenchen, and everyone knows it, so it seems that he will have to pay attention to it in the future. What's more, he also knew that although Wenchen was respectful and friendly to him on the surface, it was because he was always in front of the emperor, and in essence, they looked down on people like themselves who were disabled.
At this time, there was a quarrel outside the door, and it was getting louder. Ye Xiang saw that he had just moved over, and the people below were a little unruly, and he wanted to take advantage of this to establish his authority, so he got up and went to the wooden shadow wall in front of the hall.
Wang An, who followed, saw that Luo Sigong was arguing with Wang Chengen, so he asked a little angrily, "What's wrong?" What is the noise, do you know where this is? ”
When Luo Sigong saw Ye Xiang come out, he immediately handed over a note three fingers wide with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is the battle report sent back by Jinyiwei from Shenyang." In addition, the minister estimated that the Tangbao of He Shixian, the general soldier of Liaodong, and You Shigong, the deputy general soldier, would not arrive until tomorrow. originally wanted the prince to pass it on his behalf, but he didn't do it. ”
Wang Chengen stood in front of Luo Sigong, stopped him, and explained to Ye Xiang with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, this is nothing great, it's not too late for you to see it in a few days, today is a good day for you to ascend the throne, and don't be in a bad mood for this trivial matter of sesame mung beans." ”
Luo Sigong's Jinyi Wei is a military organization, although he is sixty years old, he is still powerful, he pushed Wang Chengen away and reprimanded, "There is no joke in the army, and there is no trivial matter at the border." Now that the emperor has ascended to the pole, that is, he is the lord of all peoples, of course he should understand the side affairs, are you trying to block the audio-visual? ”
Ye Xiang saw that the note was still in Luo Sigong's hand, so it could be seen that Wang Chengen didn't want to hide himself, he was really afraid that he would be in a bad mood, so he didn't blame it. He also pretended not to understand his words of raising the Jinyi Guard and derogating the military department, frowned, and said to Luo Sigong, "Okay, okay, don't worry about buttoning your hat first, take it to me first." ”
When Wang Chengen heard the Son of Heaven speak, he naturally didn't dare to stop him, and when he saw that he hadn't punished himself, he retreated to the side stupidly.
Ye Xiang took the somewhat crumpled note, and saw that it was scribbled vertically with charcoal: [Jiannu has besieged the thirteen cottages in the north of Shenyang since August 21, and 30,000 people in the village have held on, and because of the lack of foreign aid, they fell day and night in September Yimao (the fifth day of the first month) of the 48th year of Wanli, with about 20,000 officers and soldiers killed and wounded, and nearly 10,000 people captured. 】
Ye Xiang looked at the recent twists and turns, some called the Jianzhou Jurchen Department 'Jiannu', and some called it 'Jianyi'; in addition, nowadays some people call the Dutch Hongyi, and the Jurchen Nurha Chizu is the Ming courtier, so Ye Xiang stubbornly calls it Jiannu. It is incorrect to refer to the Jurchens as Tatars in Jin Yong's novels, which at this time specifically refer to the Mongols under the Tatar regime established by the Mongol tribes.
This battle report can be regarded as a 'congratulatory gift' from Nurhachi to himself, Ye Xiang smiled angrily after reading it, and then ordered Wang Chengen loudly with a gloomy face, "Spread the cabinet, the six Shangshu, the squire, the left and right governors of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the Imperial Horse Supervisor Li Shi, and the Dongchang Zou Yisu to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters." Oh, and Shen Yin. Immediately! Right away!! ”