Chapter 51: The Cabinet
"Brother Taiyue, you are the emperor, you shouldn't let the Son of Heaven be so nonsense, you actually do something outside the imperial city, what martial arts hall!"
Approaching the end of the year, the cabinet meeting is also the last time, and in the future, except for leaving a university scholar on duty, he will not be on official business.
At this time in previous years, several cabinet members sat here chatting and laughing, not mentioning official business, and were relaxed, but on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month of the fourth year of Wanli, it was not like this.
The scribes who were waiting outside were all silent, and some of them had a flexible heart and wanted to come forward to listen, what was they arguing about, who thought that the scholars had arranged for their families to block outside, and whoever approached would be severely punished.
Yesterday, Wang Tong's various regulations were sent out from the emperor's companion eunuch Zhang Cheng, and the palm print eunuch Feng Bao was fine, but this thing exploded immediately when it arrived at the cabinet.
At this time, the cabinet was not only a scholar, but also two scholars, and the one who was sharply accused just now was Wan Shihe, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
The Ministry of Rites is nominally the first of the six ministries, and the qualifications of the ministers who serve as Shangshu are very old, and the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and this Shangshu is often a famous scholar of Shilin and Confucianism.
Wan Shihe is a well-known Taoist gentleman in Jingshi, known for his hardness, and he is now standing there and staring at the person sitting at the top.
The man had a thick beard, sitting on the main seat with an expressionless face, Taiyue was the emperor of the court, the number of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wang Tong's plan was very simple, saying that in order to let the emperor exercise wholeheartedly, please make the work of the guards as dark as possible, and at the same time keep it secret.
In order to hide people's eyes, the place where the emperor practiced was called the martial arts hall to the outside world, and the name was more cheesy, called the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Hall, which was indeed the most common name in the Beijing division.
Secrecy is secrecy, and at the signal of the Queen Mother, Wang Tong's plan was passed on to all the people in the Jingshi who were strong enough to know about the matter, and the number did not exceed a hundred.
Of course, the people sitting here are among the hundred.
"The Son of Heaven of Zhengde set up a leopard room outside the imperial city, and the Son of Heaven of the Jiajing Dynasty practiced alchemy in Xiyuan, and the emperor was fourteen years old, and actually set up a martial arts hall outside the imperial city, which is really ridiculous, every time he is tricked by the villain to do that ridiculous and nonsensical act, what should the court do, what should the world do!"
"Si Weng, how can there be such an unbearable situation in today's holy tomorrow, besides, the emperor just goes to move his body in the afternoon, and he has to go to the court to discuss matters in the morning, and he has to listen to Zhang Ge Lao's lectures, how can he indulge in the small road, Si Weng is too worried."
A middle-aged man sitting on the right side of Zhang Juzheng saw the embarrassing situation and hurriedly explained a few words, Wan Shi and Zi Sijie, he is old, and he is younger, and his identity is worse than Si Weng.
The middle-aged man who persuaded him was also wearing a big red robe, and it seemed that he was also one of the cabinet scholars, and as soon as he said a word, Wan Shihe, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had not yet spoken, but the white-haired Shangshu Wang Guoguang of the Ministry of Officials spoke, and he pointed to the middle-aged man and shouted:
"Shen Yaoquan, as a cabinet minister, don't you know that you are admonishing the saint, is your position as a scholar just for you to transcribe in the cabinet?"
Shen Shixing, a member of the Cabinet University, is a loyal party member of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and is known as the "cabinet secretary", which is a metaphor for him who has never had his own ideas and obeys Zhang Juzheng in everything.
When Wang Guoguang said this, Shen Shixing's face turned red suddenly, and Zhang Juzheng, who had been silent, spoke:
"Princes, why do you say so, the emperor is just looking for a place to boil down his body, at a small level, to make his body strong, and to say that he is a big one, it is also a ...... to practice martial arts."
"Ridiculous, surrounded by some martial artists who dance guns and sticks, what will it become when they are older, Brother Taiyue, there is no trivial matter in the heavenly family, the emperor's preferences at this time, in a few years, it will affect the national policy, I can't help but be serious and careful, I am willing to play together and advise the Son of Heaven."
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"It is better to have the children of good families outside the palace to accompany the drills than to be in the palace with eunuchs, the first emperor dragon is not healthy, premature aging, I want to make the emperor stronger, this is also the meaning of the queen mother."
"Liangjiazi, a Liangjiazi who can only hold martial arts, I don't think it's any different from those eunuchs!!"
Hearing that it was the queen mother's meaning, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wanshi and Leng snorted, but the rebuttal words did not mention whether this matter was right or wrong, what can be said and what can not be said, they have a number in their hearts, the queen mother's meaning, that is, the celebrant supervisor, the cabinet and the nobles in the palace have reached an agreement, and then to reflect the wind and bones, the monstrous disaster will come.
Zhang Juzheng didn't seem to want to talk much, and a scholar on the side stood up with a smile and said:
"You don't have to be so angry, hundreds of children from good families, children of the same age in everyone's family can be sent in, and the emperor has been a playmate since childhood, which will be of great benefit to the future!
"Zhang Siwei, you have to be willing to let your children go as much as possible, how can the children of the scholarly family do such a despicable thing, how can they see the world."
The Ministry of Officials Shangshu Wang Guoguang snorted coldly and stood up, and walked away with the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wan Shihe, Zhang Siwei smiled awkwardly, and turned his head to look at the first assistant Zhang Juzheng.
When these two people walked out of the door, Shen Shixing, who had just been insulted, immediately turned to Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting upright, and said angrily and eagerly:
"Elder Ge, this ......"
Zhang Juzheng smiled and waved his hand, and said indifferently:
"Jingshi can't hide anything, Your Majesty is practicing in the Nalaoshizi Martial Arts Hall outside the palace, and sooner or later it will be spread, Wan Shihe and the kingdom Guangshilin fame, the leader of Qingliu, if he doesn't make this gesture, he is also worried about being scolded in the future."
"If there were no elders, Wan Shihe and Wang Guoguang would have lived in idleness a long time ago, and now it is said that ......"
Shen Shixing was not angry and continued to speak, but halfway through speaking, he saw Zhang Juzheng's face change, and immediately did not dare to say more, Zhang Juzheng sighed, got up and said:
"Those who can report the tickets to the palace should be arranged and sorted out as soon as possible, don't delay the work, and the New Year will be celebrated both inside and outside."
Zhang Siwei on the side said with a funny smile:
"Xia Guan remembers the time of the previous dynasty and the Jiajing Dynasty, every time the New Year is close to the left, the cabinet elders are worried about how to go to the deficit of the treasury and the ceremonial supervisor to sell, but since the cabinet elder has been in power, the treasury is full, and the household department said yesterday that the documents in the newspaper yesterday, the treasury has a balance of almost 850,000 taels of silver this year, and this year is a lot better!"
This is the truth, but it is also a praise for Zhang Juzheng's control, everyone in the cabinet said a few words for a while, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, also showed a smile on his face.
After a while, Zhang Juzheng, who was reading the proclamation, suddenly said loudly:
"There is also the imperial history who impeached Wang Guoguang for appointing private individuals and corrupting the rule of officials, so don't suppress it this time, and send it to the celebrant to deal with it."
Everyone was stunned, but Shen Shixing's face showed joy, and he hurriedly bowed down and agreed.
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