Chapter 340: Punishment Station
The next day was also a sunny day, and a large group of people gathered early in front of Taihemen. [No pop-up novel network]
According to the etiquette system, the emperor also has to rest for a few days after the wedding, and generally speaking, he will not come out to accept the congratulations of the hundred officials until the third day, and the queen will not summon the wife to accept the worship until that time.
But who remembers the rules when something so big happened last night? Besides, was it a big wedding yesterday? Who still has a cave house when the rule of tearing down the door is not true?
Because of this, no one paid attention to those rules, and came to the Taihe Hall according to the usual routine of the court meeting, waiting for the unknown fate with anxiety.
In the past, before the meeting, there would always be some people gathered together to talk, but today there was silence in front of the Taihe Gate, and the crowd was unconsciously divided into three large blocks, and the large block was divided into several small groups.
The members of the largest group are all very high-status, and there are many three-grade officials wearing clouds and cranes and brocade ribbons, and these people have impassioned faces and eyes full of grief and indignation.
Of course, this is also understandable, the previous situation was dominated by these people, it can be said that they single-handedly set off last night's chaos, judging from the opponent's consistent style, eighty percent are going to retaliate, can they not be sad and angry?
You must know that after the fiasco of the Beijing camp, Liu Shangshu, who supervised the battle on the front line, has not been seen so far, and it is obviously more than lucky. As the vanguard of the hardliners, Liu Daxia has been fighting on the front line of hoeing and annihilation, if he suffered misfortune in the chaos last night, it would be fine, but if it fell into Xie Hong's hands, then his fate may be very bad.
In fact, Liu Daxia's popularity is very ordinary, and no one will worry about his bad luck, but everyone is in the same boat now, and Liu Daxia's fate is likely to be what they are about to encounter, which makes them have to be impassioned.
At this time, it is the momentum that fights, so many people, as long as they can create momentum, no matter how arrogant and domineering that annihilator is, he will not dare to mess around at will. What's more, Scholar Liu already had some arrangements in advance, if the other party really made a dead move, he couldn't say it, and everyone had to fight to the death.
The eldest son of the family has been sent back to his hometown, and he casually brought a letter to his hometown. Although the city was immediately sealed after the war last night, the people with good eyes moved very quickly, and they had already completed these actions. The back road has been arranged, and now it is said that it is not good to die and leave a name, and it is said that there will be a time for rehabilitation.
If you really leave, wouldn't it be cheaper for others?
When the chaos occurred last night, there were quite a few people led by Scholar Li who stayed out of the matter, including Xu Jin, a soldier who escaped from the battle. Although these people also had a worried look on their faces, they did not have any sadness and indignation, and a few shallow eyes flashed with joy from time to time.
Unless Xie Hong is not afraid of the chaos in the world and rashly kills, otherwise, his liquidation is just to clear the way for others to be promoted. went to Liu Shoufu, naturally Li Shoufu made up for it; went to Liu Shangshu, Xu Shilang naturally had to make a gorgeous debut, otherwise why would he go home halfway? This behavior has attracted a lot of eyes and hatred for him.
It is said that such a major event that shocks the world, in the capital, it is impossible to stay out of it no matter what, like Li Dongyang, who has closed his door and has actually cut himself off from the mainstream of the court.
Although this kind of behavior can also be interpreted as preserving the useful body for the future, the differences in political views have been made clear after all, and there is not much room for maneuver. If the hardliners win, they will naturally be liquidated; But if the Annihilation faction wins, they may not have any benefit, in fact, it is a relatively unworthy behavior.
But there are no absolutes in the world, in addition to people like Li Dongyang, there are some people who are purely bystanders.
The reasons for their stay out of the crowd are basically the same, that is, they have no chance to join the mainstream, because they are not enough, or for various reasons, they are excluded from the public. One of the most typical is Yan Song, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy. His status is low, and there are other reasons, so he is almost not allowed to be in the court, so he can only stay out of the matter.
But there are some exceptions in this group of people, such as Jiao Fang, the servant of the ministry, and Liu Yu, the imperial envoy of the right capital, who are among them, which is a little surprising. Liu Yu is okay, but Jiao Fang was a very positive one in the early stage, is he going to stand aside at this time? It's a little too late.
No matter what kind of thoughts they have, everyone has all kinds of uneasiness in their hearts, especially when they find that everyone has been waiting for almost an hour, and it has reached the hour, and Zhengde has no sign of coming to the court, everyone is at a loss.
Otherwise, if there are no rules, you can't make a circle? It is good to have customization, the early dynasty belongs to the category of etiquette, and the courtiers are anxious, and they immediately eliminate the estrangement, and everyone focuses on Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Zhang Sheng secretly complained in his heart, why did such an unlucky errand fall on his head? But everyone expected it, and in desperation, he could only step forward and ask:
"This father-in-law, please go and spread the word, all the adults are waiting here, when will the emperor come to the court?"
If in the past, Zhang Sheng would definitely not be so polite when he spoke to a eunuch, and Wang Yue, the chief of ceremonies, had to be submissive in front of him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, how could an ordinary eunuch on duty be in the eyes of Lord Zhang?
And in the past, if there was anything in the palace, someone would immediately report to them, but now it is completely different, whether it is the eunuch on duty here, or the general of the Han Dynasty, there is no familiar face, and the attitude towards the ministers is far less than before.
"This lord, yesterday was the emperor's wedding, you don't know, right?" The eunuch raised his face and his attitude was very arrogant, as if the person in front of him was not a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, but a member of a certain yamen: "Of course the emperor is in Kunning Palace now, are you sure you want to let our family report?" Aren't you harmful? ”
"......" Zhang Sheng was speechless. He didn't know if this eunuch was really stupid or fake, the battle in the capital was so hot last night, and I heard that the emperor also personally charged, so he still had time to go to the cave room after tossing like this? Even if you're young, you can't be so tossed, right?
"Third father-in-law, does the emperor plan to go to court early today?" The third father-in-law is actually quite famous, although he is only a support group, but after all, he has also shown his face in the Wenhua Palace, so someone quickly recognized him and politely greeted him.
"Maybe, probably, almost?" Although the other party is very respectful, the third father-in-law still looks like his nostrils are facing the sky, and he has a villainous posture.
"And what about tomorrow?" Zhang Shengqiang held back his anger and asked again. If in the past, which eunuch dared to talk to him like this, he would have called the wrestlers on the left and right to drag him down and beat him to death, but today, he didn't need to look at it to know that those guards on duty were all newcomers, and they would definitely not listen to his orders.
"Maybe, maybe ......not" Sangong said ambiguously, his tone was long, obviously playing with Zhang Sheng, how angry and angry, the last sentence almost made Zhang Sheng angry: "In short, you adults should come and wait tomorrow, the provincial long live lord can't see you when he goes to the court, and it is not appropriate to misunderstand the adults to strike the court." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Sheng also understood that this dead eunuch was sent by Xie Hong to disgust people, but at this time, he couldn't have a seizure, so he had to retreat into the crowd stupidly.
“…… That eunuch did this, obviously with the intention of humiliating us scholars, Liu Shoufu, you see ......" Zhang Sheng gritted his teeth and said hatefully. Xie Hong is just that, now even a messy dead eunuch dares to humiliate the scholar, is there any reason in this world?
Liu Jian and the others also looked at each other, this kind of trick was like a child playing a scoundrel, but they couldn't find a suitable way to deal with it for a while.
Zhengde is not in court, and it is reasonable from the etiquette, he got married yesterday, even if he does not enjoy the honeymoon, he always has to have a few days off. Of course, everyone in the capital knows what the big wedding is all about, but can you talk about it?
If the emperor proposes it, it will represent the beginning of the reckoning, but if the ministers themselves bring it up, wouldn't it be a stretch of their necks to be slapped in the face?
Whether it is the crime of murdering Emperor Xiaozong or the crime of rebellion, once it is taken out, it will be a major event that will shake the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, and it will be impossible to finish this matter without the death of tens of thousands of people.
No matter what role they played in this turmoil, the ministers did not want to see this kind of thing happen, so they also thought of many excuses in order to excuse themselves.
I don't know if it can be successful, but if Zhengde really goes against the will of everyone, that is, against the will of the people of the world, and insists on going his own way, then the scholars and doctors have no choice but to unite and do the last thing.
But now whether the emperor wants to liquidate or not, and how to liquidate it, has not yet been seen. If everyone is at ease, it is not a way to stop staying at home and not going to court. It is conceivable that once someone does this, the emperor will definitely appear in the Taihe Palace, and then there will be a truth.
The emperor dismissed the court, and the official wanted to be impeached; The minister's resignation of the court, this thing really rarely happens, but once it happens, it is a big deal, and at least he will be punished for the crime of disrespect. This crime is also real, even if some people are not convinced, they will not get the sympathy of the people of the world, to be such a big official, even the court is too lazy, it is better to give up the position to others as soon as possible.
Because of this, although he knew that Xie Hong was humiliating them, Liu Jian couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while, and after discussing it for a while, he could only sigh: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and if you are in charge, we can only endure the humiliation and wait for him." ”
That is to say, but this little humiliation is actually not so easy to bear, most of the courtiers are old, get up early in the morning to punish the station, this ordinary people really can't stand it, especially this punishment station has not yet set a deadline, and I don't know when it will be a head, it's too difficult!
The only thing that can be fortunate is that it is autumn now, the autumn is crisp, but there will be no heat stroke, although it is a little cold in the morning and evening, but it is okay to add a few more clothes.
If you don't lose, why should you suffer this sin? In front of Taihe's door, there was a sigh.
Alas! The morning sun is so dazzling, and the road to hoeing is long......
(To be continued)