Chapter Thirty-Six: The Court Fight
Ye Guan is a high-grade official, so sure enough, Jing Weisi arranged a single room for him with a dung bucket that was not too damp and dark, and the food he ate was also sent by Jinyiwei, which was a hundred times stronger than the pig food in the prison, and his life was quite comfortable. But this comfort is only relative to the other prisoners.
At the court meeting early in the morning of the second day, the entire court hall was like a nest blown up, as long as the officials above the fourth rank in the main hall of Fengtian Hall were whispered into the Fengtian Hall after the whip saluted early. Some idle nobles with more smart noses have also found their own positions, and they are ready to watch a big show, when will they see a big drama performed by officials above the fourth grade of the Beijing Division? If you don't come, you'll lose, so you will crowd the huge Fengtian Temple.
Seeing that so many idle nobles who were not supposed to go to the court also went to the palace, many civil and military generals looked sad and angry, and made Emperor Hongzhi stunned, and said in their hearts What is wrong? Is it because I missed a bowl of rice last night and they found out? (ps: The emperor is very particular about eating, and if he eats more than the quota, the eunuchs have the right to stop it, saying that it is for the sake of the dragon body.) Eating less is even worse, eating less than a bowl of rice, the eunuchs were shocked: Your Majesty is congested and has a loss of appetite. Xuan Taiyi, as soon as the Taiyi came, he prescribed more than 20 catties of medicine...... More than 20 catties, eat slowly! Therefore, when Emperor Hongzhi saw the faces of civil officials and military generals, he thought that they knew about his loss of appetite yesterday. )
"There is a morning music, nothing to retreat from the court-after a eunuch with a loud voice standing at the foot of the jade steps shouted a fixed sentence, and before Hongji could finish his yawn slowly, there was a burst of jade rings staggered in the ears, all of which were the sound of the jade pendants worn by those courtiers when they walked around and came out of work.
"Minister, Wang Ning, the servant of the ministry, has this book to start playing long live my emperor...... The prince of the minister supervised the sacrificial wine Li Shiyouben and played it...... Qian Muhua, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, has a book to start playing......"
"The commander of Jin Yiwei made Mu Bin have a play. Chen Jianchang, Bo Zhang Yanling, has a play. Zuo Chunfang University scholar Yang Ting and Youben Qi play long live my emperor......"
Most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood up at once, but Emperor Hongzhi couldn't react for a while. It's okay for the others to start playing in the Fengtian Temple, because those people have low official positions and don't have much time to see the king on weekdays, so they have to find an opportunity to show their faces. But Mu Bin, Zhang Yanling and Yang Tinghe don't need to coax, they often see the emperor, and if they have opinions, they can say it in Dongnuan Pavilion.
"That, ladies and gentlemen, I have already announced the Imperial Doctor yesterday, and the imperial body is fine. You ministers need not be worried. Emperor Hongzhi thought that those courtiers who came out of the class to start playing were all because they had eaten one less bowl of rice yesterday, so he hurriedly spoke first and sealed the mouths of those courtiers who were playing, so as not to make them mutter.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is not here for this matter! Your Majesty had a restless meal yesterday? That Weichen still has this enlightenment! A foreigner said in surprise, and then added another piece of music temporarily.
"The minister has a book to play...... "Hearing that Emperor Hongzhi had eaten one less bowl of rice yesterday, the dragon was sick, and the rest of the ministers who were watching the excitement all stood up.
When Emperor Hongzhi saw the situation under His Palace, he couldn't wait to give himself a mouthful. Originally, I didn't have my own business, but now it's good, and I'm involved in it.
"First of all, let's talk about what the Qing family wants to play." Emperor Hongzhi interrupted the exhortation that followed the trend and motioned for the prince to start the sacrificial wine.
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the commander of the Shuntian Mansion Yin and the Jing Wei Division to maintain the place restlessly, so that the thieves have risen, causing Wechen's house to be set on fire by gangsters last night, fortunately, Wechen's servants are in time to save it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." The priest of the country knelt on the gold bricks and cried, which caused many officials to feel concerned.
"Your Majesty, the minister's house was also set on fire by the gangsters."
"Your Majesty, there are still ministers."
"Your Majesty, the minister's thatched house was burned, and the minister was going to the toilet at the time, and he was almost burned to death."
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Emperor Hongzhi didn't expect such a thing to happen last night, seeing that so many courtiers came to cry, so he looked at Mu Bin standing in the group of generals and Wang Yue standing beside him with his eyes, the two of them are in charge of detectives, and they should know what happened, so they signaled them to explain what happened.
"Your Majesty. Your Majesty. This time, it was Mu Bin and Wang Yue who spoke at the same time.
"Well, Mu Bin, come on." Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment and decided to let Mu Bin speak first.
When Wang Yue saw this scene, his heart suddenly sank, last time in the same situation, His Majesty asked him to say it first, which shows that in His Majesty's heart, Dongchang is closer than Jinyiwei, so he won the first place. And this time, His Majesty actually asked Mu Bin to say first, it seems that Ye Guan's actions in the past few days have affected His Majesty's decision, and even the Jinyi Guard has been close to His Majesty. Therefore, Wang Yue made up his mind that attacking Jinyiwei was secondary, and he must take this opportunity to put Ye Guan to death in order to solve this big trouble.
"Your Majesty, here's the thing......" Mu Bin heard the emperor ask him to say that he was sure in his heart that His Majesty's mind had slowly moved closer to Jinyiwei because of Ye Guan's friendship with the crown prince, so seeing this situation, he told one of the two excerpts that had been prepared.
Mu Bin said it in detail, almost all of it is true, but he deliberately exaggerated a little of it, such as how Zhen Neng was reckless so he was punished by Ye Guan, how Shou Ninghou humiliated Ye Guan when he was looking for a place in the middle of the night, and how Ye Guan made all the compromises that failed, but was beaten by Shou Ninghou with a whip to break the flying fish suit given by the emperor, which made Ye Guan fight with Shou Ninghou regardless of dignity, as for the house of those ministers on fire, Mu Bin said that he didn't know.
"Well, I see." When Emperor Hongzhi heard Mu Bin say this, he also thought about it at the moment. It is a big crime to destroy the things given by the emperor, and the light is to raid the house and exile, and the heavy is to behead the whole house, although the Hou Shouning has eight laws, but it is also indispensable to squat in prison for several months and receive a few whips. Seriously, he is very reluctant to deal with Shou Ninghou, although Shou Ninghou is a little arrogant, after all, he is the queen's younger brother, he Zhu Youzhi is such a queen, he respects her and loves her on weekdays, if he disposes of the queen's younger brother because of this matter, I don't know how many days she will put a cold face on herself.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to Mu Bin's words. How could my brother be a bully in his law-abiding duty, the Qianhu surnamed Qin suddenly made a move when he disagreed, regardless of his dignity and humility, and fought with the dignified first-class marquis, not to mention the problem of the Qianhu, but to punish the brother severely, wouldn't it be a reversal of black and white? Zhang Yanling, the younger brother of the Marquis of Shouning, saw that Mu Bin actually wanted to clear the responsibility of the thousand households intentionally or unintentionally, and immediately relied on his identity as the brother-in-law of Emperor Hongzhi, and preemptively accused Mu Bin without waiting for the emperor to speak.
Seeing that Jian Changbo was so unorthodox, those civil officials who were just angry about their own house immediately stopped doing it.
"Make no mistake! You actually dare to be presumptuous in front of the emperor, don't you just rely on yourself to be a relative of the emperor, I don't know that only our civil official group can be presumptuous in front of the emperor, and when those nobles can be so lawless. This is not good, we have to take a good blow to the arrogance of those nobles, originally our civil officials could not make meritorious deeds, and now even the right to give direct advice in front of the emperor has been shared, although Jinyiwei and Shouninghou are not things, but in comparison, Mu Bin is much kinder, no, I have to participate in the construction of Changbo. ”
In recent years, under the suppression of the emperor, Jinyiwei has gradually become gentle and polite, those prisons have not been used for a long time, Mu Bin can be a man again, with the emperor's instructions, he consciously put his identity on the emperor's lackey, and he saw that the civil officials were also amiable, so that the civil officials were not so cold to Jinyiwei.
However, the brother-in-law of the two emperors was not so gentle. From ancient times to the present, as long as they are related to the emperor, they basically have the strength to walk sideways on the street, Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo have brought this strength to the extreme, bullying men and women, enclosing land and robbing houses, embezzlement and bribery, bullying superiors and subordinates, colluding with corrupt officials, interfering with case handling, and so on.
At first, they were just idle nobles, but since Emperor Hongzhi gave Zhang Heling the official position of commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhang Heling has become even more lawless. Originally, this official name was only a nominal commander, but Zhang Heling, relying on his noble status, actually squeezed into the real power of Jinyiwei. Once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out.
With Zhang Heling, the intrigues and tricks in the Jinyi Guard have a place to use, Zhang Heling not only let his disciples be wantonly corrupt and blackmailed, but also always look for opportunities to deal with those imperial historians who impeached him. It was a panic.
Of course, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not vegetarians, and the snowflakes of impeachment have long been piled up on the desk of Emperor Hongzhi, and some people have even participated in the impeachment in the Golden Palace, crying a handful of tears and snot for the country and the people, but Emperor Hongzhi has only one queen, and the queen's maiden family only has two younger brothers, his father died early, the eldest sister is like a mother, and he has loved them since he was a child, and Emperor Hongzhi has made up his mind to punish the two brothers-in-law countless times, but it is a pity that Empress Zhang blew on the pillow that night, and the next day the two brothers-in-law were again" Shelved and renegotiated".
Today, there is a chance to live Ninghou's life, and those imperial historians who have heard about it will certainly not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"In the palace of the imperial historian, Wei Pavilion participates in the construction of Chang Bomu and has no king, please punish your majesty severely!"
"Zhang Guochang, the imperial historian, impeached Shou Ningbo for defacing the holy relics......"
"Minister's Ginseng Shou Ninghou ......"
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