Chapter 509: Something to Start, Nothing to Deceive the King
No matter what you think in your heart, since you are an official in the court, the emperor has to participate in the court meeting, which is an obligation and a duty, and it is also a moment to show authority. Before Xie Hong returned, even if he had to get up before dawn, everyone in the DPRK and China was still very much looking forward to it.
In fact, according to the rules, even if it is the emperor himself, he should actually go to the court every day, and then show a good style at the court meeting, which is a happy situation.
In the Hongzhi Dynasty, if the emperor has a headache and brain fever and delays the early dynasty, then all kinds of exhortations will fly into the Forbidden City like snowflakes and flood Wenyuan Pavilion, no one cares about the reason, and everyone pays attention to the result.
Hongzhi held his body to the court, and it was not once or twice, and each time, it was regarded as a great victory by the scholars.
But today's roles are reversed, the reluctant side has become the scholars themselves, the previous day's court meeting has already made them lose face, and today's court meeting is more likely to bring a bloody storm.
Although the sky was beautiful, standing on the square in front of the Taihe Palace, everyone's mood was a little uneasy, and their expressions were very solemn.
Although the people in the imperial party did not have all the worries of the scholars, they were not at peace in their hearts, and many people's eyes were wandering, and from time to time they would look at the queue of the scholars.
The so-called division for a long time must be combined and divided for a long time, and politically, this point is indeed vividly embodied.
In addition to frequently throwing all kinds of glances at the Shi Party, the people in the imperial party focused more on the two people at the end of the court, Tang Bohu, a figure like Xie Hong's shadow, disappeared for a whole day yesterday, and brought a Yan Song with him, which is really strange.
No one will believe that Tang Bohu does not know about yesterday's news, although on the surface, the emperor's spy system is a factory guard, but the courtiers secretly have speculation that the emperor has another spy system in secret.
The latter is much more powerful than the former, and even a lot of private matters can be spied on, and this system has existed for a long time, after Xie Hong left Beijing, the person who controlled this system for the emperor was Tang Bohu.
Yesterday's news spread so widely, will this spy boss not know about it? In any case, it is impossible to say, but he has never shown up, and he has not sent out the Beijing camp to poison the soldiers who offended Hou Defang as before...... All the things that happened to him all revealed a strange aura, which made people shudder.
Not only the imperial party, but also the party frequently focused their attention on Tang Bohu's face, and when Tang Bohu smiled and looked back, he hurriedly turned his head to look aside as if he was afraid of being burned by the other party's eyes, which showed Tang Bohu's might.
Tang Bohu's existence made everyone in the Shi Party more cautious, but also made the people in the Imperial Party more vacillating.
According to common sense, Xie Hong's defeat has been decided, and then the situation in Beijing and even the world will be involved, so that the balance of victory will completely tilt to the side of the Shi Party. But who can guarantee that Xie Hong has no other means and conspiracies? Isn't Tang Bohu's weirdness a precursor to a conspiracy?
At this time, it was too late to change to the court, if Xie Hong succeeded in counterattacking and the imperial power overwhelmed the scholar power again, then there would really be no way to live.
There are different thoughts, the more I think, the more uneasy I become, there are more than 100 people present, and Tang Bohu is the only one who can smile and remain calm and calm.
"The emperor has arrived, and the ministers have entered the palace to wait for ......" The duck voice of the third father-in-law was still so ugly, adding a trace of gloom to the already gloomy hearts of the ministers, and a low sigh sounded on the square.
However, although everyone's mood is a little low, if someone observes carefully, they will find that most of the people who are depressed are peripheral personnel with lower grades.
Headed by Li Dongyang, all the core figures of the Shi Party had a resolute look in their eyes, obviously they had a plan in their minds and were confident, and that trace of worry was just worrying about their own losses.
"Brother Tang, the news from yesterday ...... You really don't care at all? You must know that it is ......" In contrast, Yan Song's expression was much more serious, just looking at his expression, you could understand his worry.
"It's useless to be worried," Tang Bohu waved his hand, and said: "Liaodong is far away, even if it is a flying pigeon, it will always take three or four days on the road, if the news is true, this time and again, what should have happened has already happened, instead of worrying about these, it is better to deal with the things that Lord Xie explained earlier, even if the matter cannot be cleaned up, it is necessary to expand the current advantages a little more......"
He suddenly smiled and looked at the people of the Shi Party: "Brother Fen Yixian, look at it, in fact, Lord Xie's power has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if people are not here, and there are natural disasters to cause trouble, but you and I are only slightly abnormal, which has already affected everyone's hearts, making them suspicious and suspicious, and they can't even sleep peacefully, from this point of view, there is really nothing to worry about." ”
"Brother Tang is talking about ......" Yan Song nodded, even though it was in this situation, seeing the scene where everyone avoided his gaze, he couldn't help but feel pride in his heart.
In essence, there is no difference between being admired by all people and being feared by everyone like a tiger, although the latter is not good to say, but after a long time, it will slowly transform into the former.
If you don't have an official position, whether it's Li Dongyang or Wang Wei, they're actually just two bad old men.
"Fenyi, you don't have to worry too much, Lord Xie has always used all the means to reach the sky, maybe the matter has been solved at this time, I don't know, hehe," Tang Bohu smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "In fact, Tang can stand on top of the court now, which is a miracle in itself, if it is not Lord Xie, how can it be like this?" ”
"Brother Tang's teaching is that the younger brother will definitely do his best and try to do the thing that the adult explained."
"Well, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Brother Yu will introduce an assistant to you, and with his cooperation, it will also save you a lot of time and energy......"
"The emperor drove to ......"
While speaking, he heard a long howl again, Tang Bohu looked up, the two of them said in a daze, they didn't care for a while, it turned out that they had followed the team into the Zhonghe Palace, and when the two hurriedly knelt to greet them, they saw Zhengde yawning and walked in.
"Everyone, Aiqing, let's ...... flat" There are people who peeked at Zhengde's expression and wanted to find something from it were very disappointed, and when he spoke, Zhengde stretched his waist very unimaged, obviously he really didn't sleep enough, not worried all night, so that he couldn't sleep at night.
"Long live my emperor...... "Long live the mountain", everyone is confused, is the emperor confident, or has no heart and lungs to attack again? It's hard to guess.
"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat from the court......" The third father-in-law shouted at the right time, which made the ministers even more confused, didn't you convene the court meeting with the emperor? According to the emperor's habits in recent years, isn't it generally that he does nothing but go to the Three Treasures Palace? What kind of routine is it today?
"Oh, are you all right to tell me?" Zhengde looked very surprised, sighed, and said, "Alas, it turns out that the notes you usually hand over are all deceitful?" Say that the political affairs in the world are complicated, if I don't go to court, I can't handle them all, it's true...... Xiao San'er, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, is this considered a crime of deception? ”
"Back to Long Live Lord, it should be regarded as a ......" The third father-in-law has a lot of eyes, he definitely doesn't understand the law of Da Ming, but since the emperor asked, he has to say that there is no one, this is the truth of being a eunuch, he bowed closely, and his voice was not small when he answered.
This gentleman and minister sing and harmonize, obviously not a good way, this is not a good way, this is not what, a bully hat is buckled, isn't this bullying? Zhang Sheng dared to hesitate, and immediately flashed out of class, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a book to play......
"Oh, let's talk about it." Zhengde raised his hand slightly, but the expression on his face was still faint.
"Today, there is a Ryukyu envoy to Beijing to pay tribute, and the Ministry of Rites wants to arrange for him to choose a face saint, I don't know what the holy will is?"
Daming is so big, it is really not a lie to say that there are many government affairs, but the courtiers are used to the style of talking about things with virtue and morality, and they haven't adapted to it for a while. Zhang Sheng thought about it casually, and immediately pulled out a big thing.
"Ryukyu, huh?" Zhengde tilted his head and thought about it, then smiled and said, "Well, I know this place, so the Ministry of Rites will arrange it, and I want to meet the messenger." ”
“…… The old minister obeyed. Zhang Sheng was slightly stunned. He has lived at this age, but where is the Ryukyus, he can't tell, he only knows that he is overseas, but he didn't expect to get such an answer from Zhengde, it is indeed a bit surprising, the emperor still understands geography? It's really strange that there are many things every year, especially this year.
"Well, it seems that only the Ministry of Rites has something to do, and the other yamen seem to be very idle, so ......"
"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!"
"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"
Although I didn't figure out the emperor's path, this was not the time to hesitate, listening to the emperor's words, it was clear that there was a posture of taking the opportunity to lay off employees. The people of the Shi Party did not dare to slack off, and they came out one after another to report the political affairs that should be taken care of one by one.
In the past, Zhengde was not very interested in these political affairs, but today it is very different, he nodded frequently, put on a posture of enjoying it, and commented from time to time.
What does this mean? Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe glanced at each other, both shaking their heads slightly.
The most reliable guess is that the emperor plans to let everyone go up the disaster information in Liaodong by themselves, and then plan to give relief, but according to his previous style, it seems that there is no need to bother with it, right?
Besides, although the news has spread throughout the city, in fact, the official documents of Liaodong have not yet arrived, and this matter should not be brought to the court?
Of course, I won't say it, drag, don't let a grain of rice flow into Liaodong, this is the countermeasure formulated by the Shi Party, and it is also their bottom line, even if the emperor really kills on a big scale, they will not give in, the left and right are dead, it is better to fight here.
What's more, if the emperor really wants to kill him, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, unless he completely ignores the safety of the society.
(To be continued)