Chapter 677: Rights need checks and balances

Qian Qianyi unceremoniously put himself in the position of an ally, and the tone of his title can be described as unpredictable. Chen Xie is not Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi is not Zhou Yanru, the relationship between the two will not change because of the title, just face.

Qian Qianyi, who was in a happy mood, left, and he had no chance to get ahead during Zhu Youzhen's time, and now he is waiting. After Zhu Cihong succeeded to the throne, there were many voices from the government and the opposition, asking him to return to the mountain. It's a pity that Zhu Cihong is pretending not to see at all, and in the final analysis, he still can't look down on him, or no one can convince Zhu Cihong.

Jingshi Lienke began, and 2,000 school-age children gathered, opening a new examination mode. In the month before and after, 200 new science and technology jinshi and jinshi were born, and the difference from previous years is that the current department of the Shu Ji Shi exam, actually did not test the eight shares at all, only the arithmetic and the science of things. This is something that Zhu Cihong insisted on, the cabinet opposed it strongly, Zhu Cihong was unexpectedly tough, and the imperial meeting said: I would rather not have a Ji Ji this year, than a group of Hanlin who went to the local office to catch the blind.

The little emperor was first revealed, and the cabinet was forced to give in. In the end, sixteen people were selected because the topic was too difficult, and only so sixteen people reached sixty points. Whether or not officials should understand the matter of gewu and arithmetic caused an uproar in Beijing. The focus of Shilin's discussion was Chen Xie, saying that this guy had brought the emperor bad and discarded the good things of his ancestors.

Scold the emperor, scold! Chen thief, the scene of flying into the palace like snowflakes did not appear, new means of public opinion appeared, and newspapers issued articles to spray out, which is a popular trick in recent years, and the effect is much better than that of Shangzhu. Someone scolded the emperor for being young and ignorant, and Chen Xie deceived the saint, so someone stood up and sprayed back. The opposing side has a relatively simple point of view. is to name and say that Chen Xie is in trouble with the dynasty, and the emperor is a faint king who listens to thieves. This is a consistent technique, to bring out the so-called righteousness, and then all kinds of words are piled up. The counterattack of the positive side is much more detailed, speaking with facts, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang. Talk about the importance of generalist officials. Countless examples have been given to prove that in the past two hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has caused various dangers to the country because of the single knowledge of officials.

No matter how noisy it was, Zhu Cihong was unmoved, and once again issued an order in the form of a newspaper, asking the officials to arrange for Xinke Jinshi and Shu Jishi to go to the local internship for half a year, and decide the future arrangements according to the results of the internship. How did this internship result come about? Comments from officials at the place where the internship took place. This time it blew up the nest again, and it caused a new round of quarrels.

This time it's the focus of attention. It aroused the opposition of all the cabinet and officials in Beijing, not against the internship, but against Zhu Cihong's issuance of this edict without first consulting the cabinet. The cabinet, the six ministries, and the six sections, unexpectedly united, entered the palace like snowflakes, and asked Zhu Cihong to withdraw the edict, which needed to be agreed upon by the imperial meeting. to be recognized.

Zhu Cihong continued to be tough, and the imperial meeting threatened that he had done nothing wrong. After that, he brushed his sleeves and left. The next day, he didn't even attend the imperial meeting, and this time the officials of the Beijing division were furious, and more concerts were smashed. Zhu Cihong's willfulness directly affected the appointment of the new science and technology jinshi, and even the Jingcha of the Ministry of Officials was affected and stagnated. The hundred officials are like being beaten with chicken blood, and they have to ask for an explanation on this issue.

After Chen Xie, who was far away in Huating, received the news. It was a surprise. This matter is essentially a collision between monarchy and vassals, during Zhu Youzhen's reign, this collision is very rare, as far as monarchy is concerned, Zhu Youzhen has achieved a point close to Zhu Yuanzhang. But then the course of history. It proves that Zhu Youzhen accepted Chen Xie's opinion after hitting a wall again and again, and began to make reforms, easing the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and at the same time returning the monarchy to a relatively balanced state.

Now that Zhu Cihong is doing this, it looks a bit nonsense, but in fact, this is the fangs that any emperor of yours will show. The core of the problem is power, even if Zhu Cihong is a little emperor, his desire to control power cannot be underestimated. So, did anyone teach him to do that? There is no doubt that there is. It is to use some means to highlight the particularity of the monarchy.

The young Zhu Cihong has already begun to try to grasp the power of the country. Zhu Cihong, unlike most emperors of the Ming Dynasty, lived in the backyard of the deep palace all his life, and he had the opportunity to come out to see what the world was like. It was precisely because of this that he came up with the idea of a so-called internship. I learned this word from Chen Xie.

Chen Xie was thinking about how to face this problem, so as not to make Zhu Cihong feel lonely and could stop his nonsense, Menzi came to report, and Eunuch Zhou came from Jingshi and was waiting at the door. When Chen Xie heard the report, he sighed and asked Lao Zhou to come in. Now it is not what it used to be, Chen Xie still does not discriminate against the group of eunuchs, but he will not be as polite as he treats Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen.

Lao Zhou worked hard enough all the way, but he didn't dare to delay in the slightest. The pot has already been boiled in the Jingshi, and Baiguan and Shilin are on the opposite side of Zhu Cihong. If the little emperor wants to say that he is not panicking, it is impossible. Even Lao Zhou, who gave Zhu Cihong a bad idea, was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, otherwise how could he run all the way south and only rest for five hours a day. The tired ones were about to fall apart, but they still insisted on coming in to give Chen Xie a big salute, kneeling down and saying: "The slave maid has seen the grandfather of the country, and His Majesty has a letter for the slave to bring it, and I also ask the grandfather of the country to reply." ”

Chen Xie took the letter and read it carefully, Lao Zhou knelt on the ground, constantly examining Chen Xie's reaction with the corner of his eye. What do you mean by that? After the abolition of the celebrant eunuch, the eunuch was the biggest victim. Even eunuchs have a strong desire for power, and these eunuchs can only draw small circles in private to curse Chen Xie.

Because of the examination problem of Ji Jishi, Zhu Cihong had a conflict with the cabinet, and he was very unhappy with these civil officials. After studying with Chen Xie for a period of time, he realized that there was a big problem with the Ming Dynasty's system of taking scholars, and the ability of officials was insufficient, and he basically relied on his master to solve the problems of government affairs during his reign. This is also the root of the reform of the imperial examination. So he proposed the reform of the Shu Ji Shi examination, but the cabinet did not do it, and Zhu Cihong had to threaten to stop, and finally the cabinet compromised. This matter gave Zhu Cihong sweetness, and he felt that the cabinet was procrastinating, and some things could be decided by himself without them talking nonsense.

In addition, Lao Zhou is on the sidelines, and the case of Shu Jishi can still be used to threaten the cabinet, and he cannot do everything in the future. In the long run, what right does Long Live have to speak? Zhu Cihong, who felt that the power in his hand was very cool, was enthusiastic, and simply did such a thing and bypassed the cabinet directly.

Unexpectedly, when the ministers reacted so violently, even when Jiang Fengyuan was not on his side, Zhu Cihong panicked. Hurry up and write a letter to Chen Xie, at this time you can only count on Chen Xie. Zhu Cihong explained the incident very clearly in the letter, and also explained the reasons for his actions very clearly. After Chen Xie finished reading, he glanced at Lao Zhou and said lightly: "You go down to rest first, let me think about it carefully." ”

Lao Zhou went down nervously, Chen Xie remained silent, and he was very flustered. To be honest, Chen Xie hates this form of struggle, he has always been a model of profiteering, but it was an extraordinary time, and now it is a time of peace, and the past set does not apply. A country can't do this all the time, one person has the final say, then it can still work?

Power needs checks and balances, even if it is the monarch's power, you can't do whatever you want, this is what Chen Xie wants. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, Zhu Cihong alone does not deserve encouragement. But Chen Xie can't say it too directly, on the one hand, he alienates the direct relationship between the two, you must know that at Zhu Cihong's age, the rebellious psychology is still very strong.

Chen Xie, who was helpless, had to send everyone else away first, and the matter of compulsory education had to be put aside for a while and deal with this problem. Depressed, I can't discuss this issue yet, so I have to think about it myself.

How to make Zhu Cihong maintain his face and retract this wrong practice, Chen Xie thought about it for a whole afternoon, and he didn't notice it, and he was still pacing in the study. The curtain opened, revealing the pretty face of Ye Xianyun's charming mature woman, and there was a joke: "The master has been stuffy in the study for an afternoon, I still think it is cool and tight here, I never thought to come in to explore, and I didn't see much cool breeze, and I don't know how much sweat on your forehead to wipe it." How do you take care of the people around you? Lack of cleanup. ”

Chen Xie came out of his thoughts at this time, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There are no fox spirits in this house, don't look around, and you are not afraid of becoming squinted." Prepare warm water, I'm going to wash it. One sentence pierced Ye Xianyun's careful thinking, the woman snorted twice, and found that there was really no one else, it was she who misunderstood, she made a big red face, stepped forward to fan Chen Xie, and asked the maid to prepare warm water, Chen Xie sat on the chair and enjoyed the service, only to find that the clothes were wet with Han water and did not notice.

Don't you really say it, after a few blows of this fan, Chen Xie suddenly slapped his head, walked back to the table, picked up the pen and started to write a letter.

In the letter, Chen Xie first affirmed that Zhu Cihong's idea was right and that it was necessary to do so, and then he changed his pen and said: "However, national affairs must not be without rules, Your Majesty is a model for all people, and it is inappropriate to take the lead in breaking the rules." The fact that He wants to express his will shows that he has the desire to govern the country well, which is a good thing. However, the minister thought that in order to express His Majesty's will, it was necessary to achieve it within the rules. If you think about it carefully, wouldn't it be beautiful to talk endlessly and persuade the ministers at the imperial meeting? ”

After writing more than 3,000 words before closing the pen, Chen Xie changed his angle to remind Zhu Cihong to pay attention to the art of struggle, and then to achieve his own will, so that the ministers could start from this angle, said some of his thoughts, and finally said that he hoped to give Zhu Cihong some help. (To be continued......) R1292