Chapter 800: An Eventful Autumn (Medium)

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The former mansion of the Chengguo Mansion is almost carved out of the same mold as the Dingguo Mansion, but it is no wonder that the regulations are like this, and it can only be done like this, not one more brick or one less tile. Of course, the backhouses must have their own merits, but Cheng Guogong and Shen Mo are not familiar with each other, so he didn't take them into the back garden of others to have a look.

However, Cheng Guogong did not neglect to be silent, and invited him to meet in the main hall, and please take a seat. The silence was not flattering, but seeing that he was a little overly attentive, he faintly felt that he must have something to ask for.

He didn't say anything, he didn't ask silently, he took out the piece of music and asked him to sign it, and then he didn't talk nonsense, and he was not in a hurry to leave.

Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, has entered the year of the Mandate of Heaven, but because he is good at maintenance, he looks much younger, and seeing that Shen Mo can't take the initiative to ask, he has no choice but to speak: "There is a matter, I want to discuss with Shen Xiang." ”

"Grandpa, please speak." Shen Mo's heart moved, and he said with concern.

"I've heard that the emperor wants to put the four guards of the forbidden army back into the imperial horse prison." Cheng Guogong frowned and said, "I have to send the supervision army to the three major battalions again." "It's terrible news, especially in the first half of the game, when his brother is still in charge of the forbidden army.

"Oh......" said silently, "Who did Grandpa listen to?" I don't know at all. ”

"Hey, let's tell Shen Xiangshi," Cheng Guo said fairly: "It's someone from the palace who came over and asked me to take the initiative to go to this sparse." ”

"Is that what the emperor meant?" Shen Mo squinted his eyes slightly.

"The emperor must be in the know." Cheng Guo said: "It's not that you don't know, our one is notoriously soft-eared, which makes the people on the side talk a lot, maybe they will nod." ”

"Hmm......" Shen Mo muttered, "What does Grandpa think?" ”

"Me?" Cheng Guogong smiled and said, "I won't tell you, that's a hundred unwilling." There is nothing in the world that is handed over to the eunuchs that is not messed up, especially the ...... in charge of the army Shen Xiang wants to carry out military reform, and he must not let them get involved. ”

He looked at him silently, and said to you, why did you mix me in? He smiled faintly and said, "This is recognized." ”

"yes." Cheng Guogong said happily: "Please be sure to resist the cabinet, that is a rare good governance of the first emperor."

"Then the grandfather's recital, is it up or not?" Shen Mo looked at him.

"Hehe......" Cheng Guogong asked rhetorically, "What does Shen Xiang mean?" ”

"Hehe......" Shen laughed silently, looked at Chengguo and said, "Grandpa can make his own decisions." ”

"......" knew that the Tai Chi skill of silence was invincible to himself, and Cheng Guogong finally stopped going around in circles and said: "I don't want to go to this way, but they pretend to pass on the holy decree, and I have to obey it." Please give me a way to see if you can ...... both" said and hugged his fists and said: "This love, this prince remembers in his heart, and if he is sent in the future, he will do his best to repay." ”

"Drag it off." After a moment of silence, he whispered, "What can they do to you?" The tone became cold and said: "No one wants to return to the Zhengde Dynasty, so everyone can only work together, if the grandfather compromises, the civil officials will feel that it is none of their business." ”

"Could it be ......" Cheng Guogong said bitterly, "Is there no other way?" ”

"On the big question of right and wrong," Shen Mo shook his head, "there is no chance of ambiguity. ”

"Alas......" Cheng Guogong didn't say anything anymore, until he sent Shen Mo out, he seemed absent-minded, and it seemed that he was sad.

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Sitting in the sedan chair back to the cabinet, he fell into deep thought, in fact, the eunuch's intention to regain the lost territory, he had already been aware of it...... As a relevant member who has a good relationship with the palace, the eunuchs have long tested his tone, but he politely shirked it. That's why they went back to Zhu Xizhong to try their luck, and if they couldn't get a satisfactory answer from Chengguogong, they would probably lobby the emperor directly and decide the matter through the central decree.

This speculation is very reliable, because Longqing is different from his father, he is extremely dependent on the eunuchs around him, and since he ascended the throne for a year, he has repeatedly promoted and indiscriminately awarded these eunuchs. Still in the period of filial piety, the impatient 'grace' eunuchs, the Qiandi was rewarded by more than 50 people, and among the old people in the palace, there were more than 20 meritorious people, all of whom were exceptionally shaded, and several of them were brocade guards.

For example, Huang Jin, the former eunuch of the ceremonies, first got his nephew Huangpu as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and when he stepped down as the chief manager and went to Nanjing to retire, Longqing added his nephew the title of governor and served as the Jinyi Guard. Huang Jin died of illness in June this year, and Huangpu was allowed to invite him to grant six people, including Huang Bao, a member of his clan, as Jinyi guards and guard the tomb of Huang Jin. The celebrant invited Huang Bin and other 30 people to serve as warriors of the horse supervisor, so as to be compassionate, and they were all allowed.

In this way, only one celebrant eunuch was added, and seven officials below the rank of governor were added to the brocade guard, thirty warriors of the imperial horse eunuch, and six tomb guards were actually set up in Qinzhun to be honored, completely above Jiuqing, even the ministers were far behind, it can really be said that one person is favored, and the chickens and dogs are all immortals.

In just one year, there were nearly 1,000 more officers in the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Horse Prison, which had reached the point of being unscrupulous. Of course, this made the government and the opposition angry, but because this kind of reward has always been arbitrarily decided by the emperor and does not have to go through the outer court, the minister can't care about it. As for exhortation...... Of course, there are many officials who have opened fire, but Longqing, who is already full of resentment towards them, thinks that 'even if they can make the decisions, they have to point fingers', so they simply don't bother to watch it.

Yes, since Gao Gong went, Longqing has become increasingly disgusted with foreign ministers, and even thinks that except for Shen Mo, Zhang Juzheng and other old people in the former palace, the rest of them are bad people who bully themselves, so they have become more and more invisible to foreign ministers, and they have not been in the court for more than half a year and have not taken care of politics. Staying in the harem all day long, in addition to collecting honey and pollinating, is to have fun under the guidance of eunuchs. Teng Shen and Meng Chong, who were the celebrants, competed for their strange skills to please the emperor's intentions, and the most famous was to reproduce the Aoshan lantern of the previous dynasty...... In Beihaizi, a lantern shed several zhang high was set up, and various lanterns were arranged on it, and tens of thousands of lamps were burned. Then the emperor sat on the flower boat, feasted and drank all night, as if in a fairyland, very happy.

The price of happiness is that there is no money to be paid. Of course, most of the money flowed into the eunuch's pocket, and he also coaxed Emperor Longqing to thank him and Liuqing. This made the power of the eunuchs swell rapidly, and under the banner of the emperor, they searched for beauties and sent people to various places to supervise the supervision of rare tributes. and wantonly looted the people's fat and ointment in the capital...... Although it was later rectified by the high arch, but under the overstake of Emperor Longqing, the eunuchs of all sizes were almost unharmed, and when they helped Xu Jie to take the high arch away, they were no longer afraid of anyone at all, not only reopened the imperial store, set up tax cards, and even began to reach out to the outer court.

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The first to suffer must be the household, because they have what the eunuchs are most interested in.

Ge Shouli, the secretary of the household department, checked the input items according to the routine, and found that the amount of incense money levied in Taihe Mountain and other places, and the amount of national funds released was less than one-tenth of that of previous years. Under the investigation, it was found that most of them were embezzled by newly dispatched tax eunuchs...... Although according to the regulations, the local government and the tax eunuchs should jointly manage the incense and silver, but in fact, the collection of access is mostly dominated by the central officials. So Ge Shouli wrote a letter to ask, according to the old practice of Jiajing, and ordered Fu and the government to elect a member of the government according to the official election, in addition to the regular fee, the remaining silver was relieved of the ministry for the side, and the ministers were not allowed to interfere.

Instead of listening, the emperor made him disobedient. Ge Shouli had no choice but to thank him and said: 'The foolish ministers can't obey the Ming order, blaspheme the heavens, and the crime cannot be punished, but with the job of Qian Gu, he witnessed the difficulties, and he couldn't steal himself, and he wanted to save money for the court. In the end, the emperor accused him of not complying with the clear decree, repeatedly disturbing him, and should have been dismissed, but remembering his hard work and high achievements, he only won half a year.

This is really unbelievable, the dignified Minister of Finance, only within the scope of his duties, asked the eunuch to hand over the incense money and surplus silver for the state, which is a righteous thing, how can it touch the 'blasphemy of heaven, the crime cannot be punished'? How can they be reprimanded for this, and they will be taken for it? It is completely unreasonable, and treats the law of the country as nothing.

Since Ge Shouli took office, because of his resistance to the infringement of eunuchs, he has suffered far more than this in order to protect the national funds. Because of the emperor's unprincipled protection, the eunuchs became more and more presumptuous, trying in every possible way to encroach on the treasury, the most recently, they thought that the emperor, the crown prince, and the concubine were weaving new clothes, so they used empty money to take 200,000 taels to make up for the shortage.

Ge Shouli would never agree, he said, 'Beijing money is re-sent, but it is taken in a piece, not printed or named, to distinguish the authenticity? 'Refused, but what came was that the emperor ordered the household department to take the silver for use, and then refused without such a precedent. However, under the prodding of the eunuchs, the emperor did not understand the heart of the old minister, but gave a fierce order to reprimand him, and fined him for half a year, but still had to take the silver for use.

Although Ge Shouli has not yet been allocated, he is exhausted and has been sick at home for several days, just to delay.

The situation of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Lei Li is not much better than him, he thought that this year to stop the construction of the palace and the procurement of the Ministry of Industry, the budget of the Ministry of Industry should be very generous, but who knows that the eunuch leader Teng Xiang invaded his authority everywhere, and the danger was rampant, and everything was restricted, making him unsustainable and miserable. For example, in the name of Teng Xiang to build cabinets, purchase lacquer glue, and repair the seven altar musical instruments, he has added his own faction, and the cost is huge; And the big wood stored in the factory, which is more than four feet long around one zhang, is worth ten thousand gold, but the inner court uses the imperial weapon as a pretext, cutting it arbitrarily, and using it against its talents. Lei Lili couldn't fight, but was humiliated by the internal officials, but he was just angry and weeping.

Lei Li was not angry, made a statement of affection, and complained to the emperor, and said, "The middle officials take power, and the matter is contrary, if the ministers stay for one day, they will increase the matter in one day, and beg to be reprimanded early, and use the national body", there is a great tendency to never stand on the other. As long as he is a sober-minded emperor, he should strictly discipline Teng Xiang and order him to interfere less in the affairs of the ministry, but the fact is just the opposite. If it weren't for Xu Jie's efforts to preserve, he would have lost the black yarn because of a few complaints about his power being dumped.

There are many more things like this, but in the disputes between ministers and eunuchs, all of them ended in the eunuchs winning the lawsuit and the ministers losing, and there were not a few other officials who were demoted for impeaching the eunuchs.

The greed of the eunuchs was unbridled and their power was unprecedented, and now they actually extended their hands to the military and political affairs.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Shen Mo couldn't help sneering, it seems that the tiger is not powerful, I really think I am a sick cat

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Sure enough, a few days later, seeing that Chengguo Gong had not moved, the eunuchs pleaded with the emperor and sent a central decree to the cabinet.

Shen Mo was also in the pavilion that day, and after Xu Jie read it, he handed him the edict, and Shen Mo looked at it, but he ordered that the four guards of Tengxiang were still under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and sent the eunuchs Lu Yong, Gao Xiang, and Tao Jin to sit in the regimental camp. Sure enough, it's a bloody basin, and my appetite is not small.

"What should I do?" Xu Jie looked at Shen Mo, but there was a bit of schadenfreude in his eyes. He had always thought that Shen Mo's recent movements had been too big, and he had finally summoned the wolf. So, young people, are not yet mature...... However, unlike the nature of Zhang Juzheng's work in the household department, Xu Jie supported Shen Mo to do this, and when his reputation was seriously damaged because of Gao Gong Guo Pu's resignation one after another, Xu Jie urgently needed some movement to divert the attention of public opinion.

"It's up to the teacher." Although Shen Mo had been mentally prepared, looking at this imperial pen note, he was still angry.

"The forbidden army has always been subordinate to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the military department is just a trusteeship. Jingying also has a tradition of eunuchs supervising the army, which was also changed by the first emperor. Xu Jie didn't have so much bad taste, so he said slowly: "So the emperor's will, it is difficult to change it." ”

"So," Shen Mo frowned, "Did the prime minister agree to let the eunuch return to power?" ”

"No......" On the issue of right and wrong, Xu Jie said unequivocally: "How can you let the Zhengde Rebellion reappear?" ”

"How's that going to happen?" Shen Mo asked.

"You're in charge of the military, so I'll leave this matter to you." But the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, Xu Jie still said casually: "Your attitude is the attitude of the cabinet." ”

Shen Mo didn't expect Xu Jie to stand up and speak, recently the relationship between the old prime minister and the emperor has obviously cracked, and Longqing is like a bull and regresses, which makes Xu Ge Lao quite sad. Xu Jie no longer expects to be sent to Jun Yaoshun, it doesn't matter if you go to court or can't open a sutra feast, the minister can work hard, just do it for you.

But this month, the emperor should enjoy the Taimiao as usual, this kind of national ceremony to worship the ancestors, but no one can replace it. As a result, the emperor ordered Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, to act on his behalf. Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, invited the emperor to come in person, but Longqing did not allow it. So Xu Jie had no choice but to say: "Sacrifice, national ceremony." In autumn, four o'clock is repeated. The emperor will bow and worship naked, and then for filial piety, the ancestors and saints will also get the emperor's bow to the Yue, and then Ge Laixin. And from the palace to the temple, the road is not far; There are a number of dedications, and the gifts are not complicated. The husband is heavy in the temple, although he should not avoid it, but he is not very tired? Please ask the emperor to pay homage to the temple. 'The emperor obeyed it.

As soon as Xu Jie's sparse text was announced, it was ridiculous to raise the court, which is the courtier's invitation to the emperor, it is clear that Master Xun Meng is exhorting the tone of the schoolchildren, reasoning, opening the way, and urging at the same time. Emperor Longqing had no choice but to reluctantly comply. But after reluctantly and reluctantly going once, I still didn't bow to the temple, and it was useless to persuade him. His laziness and recklessness, or there is another hidden secret, is not understandable to ordinary people.

But Xu Jie can understand that this is the emperor's silent protest against himself, and his rebellious psychology has reached the point where he can joke about national affairs. Xu Jie was also a little discouraged, his recent attitude towards the emperor, no matter how ridiculous it was, as long as he didn't interfere in national affairs, he would let it go.

But how can military and political affairs be child's play? So Xu Jie showed his attitude as soon as he came up, but he really didn't want to conflict with the emperor, so he asked Shen Mo to deal with it himself as much as possible. Of course, in order to reassure Shen Mo, he still promised that if he had no choice but to do so, he would exercise the right to refute and return the emperor's central decree...... But it's best not to come to this point, otherwise the relationship with the emperor will be completely deadlocked.

After clarifying Xu Jie's attitude, Shen Mo picked up this burden. In fact, with his relationship with the emperor, if it was anything else, he would go directly to the face. But when it comes to the control of the forbidden army and the Beijing camp, how can you talk about it? Familiar to familiar, talking nonsense will definitely cause trouble...... Even if Longqing trusts himself no matter how much he trusts himself, he can't stand the eunuch's magic sound all day long, and the story of the three of them becoming tigers is not a joke.

So he has to be strategic, and he has to figure it out slowly. On the second day, Tan Lun, the squire of the military department, objected: "The Beijing military camp system was ruled by the first emperor, and the regimental camp was removed, and the old three battalions of the two ancestors were restored. Once it is easy now, it is not possible. ’

Long Qing quickly replied: "I look at the "Daming Huidian", there is a system of ministers supervising the camp, and I still order it to be given to it. ’

At this time, Shi Xing helped the fist in the matter of the military department and said: "Although the establishment of the lieutenant has not been abolished since ancient times, it is inappropriate to let it go, and it will lead to chaos. For example, Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, Cao Jixiang, Liu Jin, Chen Hong, etc., are good at authority, interfering in government affairs, opening factories to arrest affairs, killing innocent people in vain, going out of the town to pawn soldiers, poisoning the border, and even plotting to do wrongdoing, framing the loyal and good, inciting the party, praising merit and virtue, and even the state affairs are getting worse and worse, and the defeat is followed, which is enough to be a warning. Therefore, the first emperor abolished the lieutenant officers of the supervising army, took over the military power to the military department, and ruled that the internal officials and officials were in charge, and the legal system was very clear. This is the holy precept of the first emperor, and the emperor is a clear guide."

This is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but the eunuchs said to the emperor: "This is obviously a move by the outer court, of course, the military power of the capital division must be in the hands of His Majesty to feel at ease. It's a lot to think about. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was really fooled, and in a fit of rage, he actually asked Jinyi Wei to arrest Shi Xing and punish him for eighty times at noon-

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Hmm, got back to state......