Chapter 1086: Locust Plague
Right and wrong have always been relative, Tang Yi is not so pedantic, or in other words, he is not a gentleman, let Li Feng Bao and others pass through the hall in turn, which can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
If you really have to figure it out, you will only lose both, not to mention that there is no time.
For the corporal of the world, even the most demanding Xinxue disciples feel that it is interesting enough, the queen mother, to appear in the lobby as a prisoner is a complete victory for the civil official group.
For thousands of years, only Tang Yi has achieved this, and the resentment that has been suppressed in the hearts of literati for a long time has finally come out. From Zhu Yuanzhang's pickpocketing of daylily officials, to Zhu Di's destruction of Fang's filial piety and ten clans, Yu Qian's tragic death in Shaobao, and then to the Eight Tigers in the dynasty, Zuo Shunmen cried at the door...... In the hearts of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a king and a scholar to rule the world together, and the scholars are just their family's wage earners, watchdogs, and if they are slightly unsatisfactory, they will be angry with civil officials.
The entire group of scholars and the emperor were separated from morality, and if it weren't for this, the idea of the hypocrite would not have spread so quickly.
Now that the power of civil officials has finally completely overwhelmed the imperial power, the scholars are no longer the lackeys of the royal family, but have become the masters of the world.
For a while, all kinds of ideas sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, all kinds of things, and poured out together.
Almost everyone joined the discussion, looking for a way to govern the country......
Tang Yi felt that there was no need to worry about this, he could quarrel for three or five years, and even if he continued to quarrel, there was nothing.
There are a few key things to deal with in front of you.
Hai Rui sentenced Li to death on the charge of murder, and like Zhang Juzheng, a bottle of trigger took her life. When he died, Li's body was bowed, convulsions, bleeding, and finally his head and feet touched together, and his whole body was like a bow, hideous and terrifying, and he deserved it......
As for Feng Bao, he participated in the assassination of Long Qing, kidnapped Li Fang's brother and nephew, and killed the monk Haiyun...... More than a dozen people were killed on their backs, and they were sent to the entrance of the vegetable market and shot to death.
The rest of those involved were either executed or exiled, and so on.
It is worth noting that in this trial, the description of the crime did not include the words "killing the king", "killing the husband", "killing the master", "committing the following crimes", etc. There are no cruel methods such as Ling Chi, splitting the corpses of five horses, and beheading, but the shock far exceeds all the previous trials.
From top to bottom, no one is unconvinced, the law is greater than the sky, and it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
After disposing of the Li family, there is still the little emperor Wanli left, and it is very difficult to think about what to do.
"Yuanfu, it stands to reason that Your Majesty is not too young, a ten-year-old child, he can remember a lot of things, but suddenly he suffered a drastic change, his parents died tragically one after another, and he couldn't stand it in ordinary people's homes. It is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not be radical and hateful to hundreds of officials in the future. And in the past few years, if he becomes ill and dies suddenly, the responsibility will inevitably fall on our heads, which is really a hot potato! β
Tang Ruji kept complaining, this was the third time that the cabinet had discussed the issue of Wanli.
How to deal with it, it is time to come up with a solution.
"What is your opinion?" Tang Yi asked.
The newly added cabinet elder Gao Yi has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for a long time and is familiar with the etiquette, he pondered: "Speaking of the eunuch eunuch temple and the Zhou Dynasty, and then for the successive dynasties, due to the incomplete health of the eunuchs, it can prevent the chaos in the palace, calm the heart of the monarch, and preserve the royal bloodline." However, over the past generations, the calamity of eunuchs has also been repeatedly banned. In the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gao pointed to the deer as a horse, and the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty held military power, and they were able to depose the emperor, and they were arrogant and domineering, and they had lost their original intentions. As for my Daming, the inner court is becoming more and more perfect, with twenty-four yamen, 100,000 eunuchs, and even more East Factory and West Factory, and the right to approve red is the same as the outer court! How can the eunuchs understand the national economy and the people's livelihood if they don't read poetry and books, second, they don't have experience in governing places, third, they don't work in the yamen, and they don't understand the rules of the imperial court? How to govern the country. What he did was nothing more than pandering to the emperor and praising the horse! β
Grohe is old, and having said so much in one breath, he must stop and catch his breath.
Zhao Zhenji said on the side: "That's right, the disaster of the eunuch temple has existed in ancient times, and my Ming Dynasty is especially serious, when the king was in his prime, the eunuch made a lot of strange things in order to please the emperor, and mutilated the king's body, so that the emperors and princes of the past dynasties were difficult. When the dynasty changed, they took advantage of the suspicion of the lord and the country to make waves and disrupt the dynasty. The scourge of the eunuch temple cannot be removed! β
On this point, the high arch is the deepest calculation and the most profound reflection.
"The eunuch is physically incomplete, has a biased temperament, and has no descendants, and acts without scruples. Let them grow up with the emperor, it is easy to pass on a bad character to the emperor, and no matter how good a child is, he will be taught badly. The old man thought that virtuous ministers should be selected, taught and cared for the emperor, and should not let the eunuch temple influence the emperor. β
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Everyone put forward their opinions one after another, and finally it was basically determined that the 24 yamen must be abolished, and as for how to arrange the people around the emperor, there was no idea for a while.
"I propose to set up the Son of Heaven to assist the right." Tang Yi threw out the thoughts in his heart, "Zuo Fu is a civil official, a lecturer, teaching His Majesty a subset of scriptures and history, the court etiquette system, and guiding Your Majesty to be a qualified monarch." I am going to arrange for a courtier with profound knowledge and loyal character to serve as the emperor's chief lecturer to Zhu Dashou, and then cooperate with four attendants, Wang Shimao, Shen Shixing, Yu Youding, and Luo Wanhua. β
These five are all subordinates of Xinxue, Tang Yi's hardcore allies, disciples of the disciples, whether they are knowledgeable or character, they are absolutely passable. The most important thing is that these people will not follow the emperor all the way to the dark, they will definitely be optimistic about the little emperor.
"As for the right bi, it is the military attachΓ©, and I propose to select the right person from among the nobles to protect the emperor and be responsible for guarding the court."
Tang Yi didn't say what the candidates were, but the big guys had a number in their hearts, the capital was full of calculations, the three major princes, the British Duke Zhang Rong, and the Dingguo Duke Xu Wenbi bet on the wrong treasure, and they had been hated to death by the civil official group, but they emphasized the law, these two just obeyed the order, but they did not kill people, it was really difficult to take them.
Although he is not dead, being alive has turned into torment.
They hid in the mansion, didn't even dare to go out of the door, they were worried all day long, and in a few days, Zhang Rong fell ill, Xu Wenbi was young, and within a few days of the failure, he was so worried that his sideburns turned gray, and he got rid of the little old man, not to mention how old he was.
These two big dukes can't be used, so there is only one line left of the Chengguo duke.
Unfortunately, just two months ago, Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, fell ill and died soon after.
Unlike other people who trembled, Zhu Xizhong even smiled when he died.
The wisest thing in his life is to bet on Tang Yi, with him as a backer, no matter how big the wind and rain, the Zhu family doesn't have to be afraid.
After Zhu Xizhong's death, his son Zhu Shitai inherited the position of Guogong.
After the cabinet discussed, Zhu Shitai served as the right bi of the Son of Heaven and was responsible for protecting the emperor.
In addition, the Jinyi Guard was also reorganized, no longer subordinate to the emperor, but changed to the internal guard of the capital, responsible for protecting the imperial city, the official office, and the mansion of hundreds of officials, and directly obeyed the cabinet.
At the time of the decisive battle, Lu Yi stood on the side of the hundred officials, won unanimous praise and trust, and successfully served as the commander of the reorganized Jinyi Guard.
Although the official position seems to be lower, the safety of all officials is in his hands, and the authority is not weaker than before.
In the era of great changes, it is already very good to be able to maintain the prestige of the Lu family, Lu Yi held a jar of wine, kowtowed to his father Lu Bing's spiritual position, and cried bitterly, fortunately, his father bet on the right treasure, and the brocade guards were preserved.
Tang Yi officially issued an order that the palace would no longer recruit eunuchs, and all the existing eunuchs should be expelled from the palace within three years, and find a way to settle their livelihoods.
The affairs of the harem were handed over to the female officials. Female officers are recruited every year, over 15 years old, under 25 years old, and after five years of service, they can choose whether to stay in the palace or not. Moreover, it is clearly stipulated that these female officials do not belong to the emperor personally, and they cannot be taken for themselves, nor can they be beaten, scolded and harmed, and the two parties are only equal in employment relationship.
It's ridiculous to say, if it weren't for the crazy treatment of hundreds of officials by Li and Feng Bao, which completely chilled the officials, Tang Yi's bold move would not have received support from all sides.
Anyway, they all tore their faces, Tang Yi's decision was unanimously supported by the civil officials, and even the Ministry of Rites also drew up a limit on the number of people in the palace, and the annual expenses of the royal family were compressed to 500,000 yuan in addition to the maintenance of the palace, which can maintain 18,000 people at most, and the so-called grand occasion of 100,000 eunuchs will never be there again.
Tang Yi made a bold move, quickly dealt with the problems of the royal family, and finally had the energy to focus on the outside.
On the fifth day of the execution of the Li family, Zhu Zailing, the king of Zhou in Kaifeng Prefecture, officially raised his army, he bitterly Chen Tangyi's ten sins, ran to the family temple, wept bitterly, and swore a curse to eradicate the traitors and restore the Zhu family.
He appointed Zhang Xueyan as the first assistant, Li Youzi as the secretary of the military department, in Kaifeng Mansion, gathered more than 20,000 people and horses, prepared to choose a day for the Northern Expedition, and vowed to restore the Ming Dynasty.
His banner was raised, not to mention, a large number of old bureaucrats, bachelors of science gathered in Kaifeng, praised the feats of King Zhou, sang praises of virtue, called friends everywhere, and shouted for King Zhou.
For a time, there were people from all over the country who echoed it, making the Central Plains a miasma.
"The mantis arm is a car, I don't know whether I am alive or dead!" Tang Yi took out his efforts, naturally he would not be polite, he immediately mobilized people and horses, and prepared to sweep away the rebellion of King Zhou.
But before the army was dispatched, there was a group of things that were overwhelming, from north to south, and they started first, and everywhere they passed, there was not a single grass left, and the wheat to be harvested was eaten overnight, and hundreds of people wept bitterly and were heartbroken!
The locust plague, the terrible locust plague broke out, from Shanxi, Shuntian, Shandong, including Henan, stretching through several provinces, the disaster was as urgent as a spark, unstoppable.
In the face of this plague of locusts, many people rejoiced.
Geng Xiang faced the north, looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, "Virtue is not worthy, Tang Yi, if you commit a crime, God will punish you!" (To be continued.) )