Chapter 572: Strange Decree (I)
Qin Kan's ideas are usually useful and rarely miscalculated, but they are usually not very kind.
After many years in the court, he still does not change his true colors, Qin Kan does not have too many concepts of right and wrong in his bones, everything is only to achieve the goal, the difference between him and the thousands of ministers in the court is that he will never be as disgusting as the minister to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality all the time, so he has become an outlier in the eyes of the minister, and he will not be allowed in the court after all.
Qin Kan doesn't care, he has his insistence, on the other hand, even if he is accepted by all the ministers, he is not willing to go along with these real hypocrites, maybe a little spiritual cleanliness, and always feels that he will dirty himself.
People who are really dirty will not find themselves dirty.
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Yang Tinghe Mansion in the inner city of Beijing gathered many ministers today, the new cabinet scholar Liang Chu, the household department secretary Han Wen and the Ministry of Rites Zhang Shengran were also among them, it can be said that the important ministers gathered together, which is equivalent to a small court meeting.
Yang Tinghe, who was sitting on the main seat, was expressionless, holding his long beard and not saying a word, but Liang Chu stood in the hall and spoke impassionedly, accompanied by a gesture waving all the time, looking full of momentum.
"You must not let your majesty mess around!" Liang Chu emphasized that he had repeated this sentence countless times.
Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe were both born in the East Palace, it can be said that Zhu Houzhao is the old team of the East Palace Prince, Liang Chu, who was the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice, was originally cautious and low-key, but once promoted to the cabinet scholar, some things he wanted to be low-key, and sought his politics in his position, and after entering Beijing, he found that the little prince of the East Palace still did not grow up. The nonsense continues.
"Now that the people in the court have been rumored, the confused Jin Jue Holy Decree under His Majesty has become the biggest joke of my Ming Dynasty! Colleagues, this is a disgrace to my courtiers! Shame on you! Liang Chu almost roared.
Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sighed and said with a wry smile: "With all due respect, Liang Gong entered Beijing from Nanjing not long ago, and he really didn't know His Majesty's temperament, such jokes and shames, we have experienced it many times, but His Majesty is such a naughty child, and he has no regard for the consequences. What can I do? ”
Liang Chu said with a gloomy old face: "I have been knighted since Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, and I am extremely stingy. The previous emperors of the past dynasties deliberately or unintentionally reduced the title, in order to prevent the nobles from being arrogant, how wise Emperor Xiaozong was, he even reduced the title of the queen's younger brother Shouning Marquis to Shouningbo. Princes. Too many nobles are not good for my Ming Dynasty. His Majesty treats the title as a rotten cabbage that doesn't need money, and he can give it to whoever he wants, and so on for a long time. There are many marquis of my Ming Kingdom, where are the ministers who govern the world like us! ”
Han Wen, the head of the household department, said with a gloomy face: "That Qin Kan is also cheeky, knowing that the holy decree under His Majesty is invalid without the cabinet and the general political secretary, and he still hides the holy decree and refuses to return it, and he wants to be promoted to the title of the prince of the country, but he really doesn't know what shame is." ”
Liang Chu said heavily: "Can't let them succeed!" Tomorrow's court meeting, we will gather our colleagues in the DPRK and China, ask Your Majesty to take back your order, and force Qin Kan to return the holy decree, if Your Majesty does not agree, we will not hesitate to admonish him with death! ”
Liang Chu looked around at everyone and sneered: "Today, it is a world ruled by monarchs and ministers, and it is by no means that the next person of His Majesty can do whatever he wants. ”
Everyone present nodded in response, but Yang Tinghe did not interject.
Han Wen glanced at him curiously and said, "Why doesn't Brother Jiefu say nothing?" ”
Yang Tinghe returned to his senses and forced a smile to himself: "What the princes said is extremely true, and I have no objection." ”
At this moment, Yang Tinghe's mind was no longer on the matter of Jin Feng Guogong.
He is a cabinet scholar, and although he has no right to intervene in the actions of the factory guards, he still heard the news yesterday.
Jingshi Jinyiwei somehow sent countless spies to Nanchang, Jiangxi in disguise, this news made Yang Tinghe couldn't help but be shocked, what is there in Nanchang? In addition to the local government, there is also a very sensitive prince ,—— King Ning.
It is said that even if Jin Yiwei goes to King Ning, it doesn't matter to Yang Tinghe, but Yang Tinghe is very weak-hearted. Because over the years, he privately accepted Ning Wang Liangjing regular bribes of no less than 100,000 taels of silver, last winter's Tan Jing, in addition to accepting Ning Wang's silver and various jewelry, he also accepted a pair of stunning twin sisters from Nanchang, these sisters were born charming, but they are still unbudding virgins, and Yang Tinghe has been served thoughtfully for half a year, which made Yang Tinghe almost fascinated.
However, yesterday, the Jinyi Wei scouts rushed to Nanchang, but it seemed to pour a basin of cold water on Yang Tinghe's head, which made him completely sober up from the drunken gold fan.
Ning Wang ...... Problematic!
This was the idea that popped up immediately for Yang Tinghe, and then he felt a burst of extreme shame and worry.
While King Ning gave him a heavy gift, he also emphasized his loyalty to the emperor and the court over and over again in the letter, and swore to heaven that he would abide by his duty as a vassal king, stay in Nanchang City honestly, and never do anything that exceeded the law.
There are too many rhetoric, and even Yang Tinghe can't help believing such loyal and upright ministers, so he can rest assured that he accepted King Ning's heavy gifts, and in the future, whenever there are some remarks unfavorable to King Ning in the court, Yang Tinghe helped King Ning quietly suppress it.
However, the Jinyi Wei spy went to Nanchang, but Yang Tinghe sensitively noticed that King Ning had a problem, if King Ning had a problem, then how could he get so many bribes from King Ning over the years?
This matter was like a thousand pounds of boulders, weighing heavily on Yang Tinghe's heart, so that he was not interested in anything now.
With this matter pressed in his heart, how could Yang Tinghe care about whether Qin Kanjin would be promoted to the rank of knight? He even had a deep fear of Qin Kan, after all, if the matter between him and King Ning was found out, Qin Kan would definitely be the first to know the truth.
Looking at the people who were discussing fiercely, Yang Tinghe stroked his long beard and couldn't help but say: "Colleagues, I don't know if you have heard of the rumors in the Jingshi market now?" ”
When this was mentioned, everyone in the hall was silent, and their faces were very ugly.
Everyone is not an otaku who stays at home, so they naturally know a lot about the rumors in Jingshi.
There is a characteristic of the rumors, that is, there is no position, today to the east, tomorrow to the west, the east and the west have their own convincing reasons.
A few days ago, it was rumored that Qin Kan was in love with the title and instigated the current emperor. Seeking a knight for himself, now the rumors have somehow changed the direction of the wind, turned his head and said that the ministers of the court and the central government do not tolerate virtuousness, and they are all kinds of jealousy and obstruction of the Marquis of Qin, who is about to be promoted to the title of duke, anyway, there are two skins on the top and bottom of people's mouths, and the spearhead of public opinion has completely changed direction in the blink of an eye.
This was something that the Manchu ministers had no choice but to do, and the most useful weapon of the civil officials was public opinion, but their public opinion was limited to the scholars and scholars, and then the scholars and scholars spread public opinion among the common people, and from then on occupied the moral high ground and condemned others without scruples. But Qin Kan is different. He holds the brocade guard. There are countless helpers and lieutenants in Jinyiwei, these captains and lieutenants are mixed in the market all day long, as long as he wants to create public opinion, the momentum will not be much smaller than that of civil officials.
"Qin Kan, this shaft!" Liang Chu roared angrily: "The country is a hundred years old. Traitors don't know how many. This is the only one! And so on. Sooner or later, he Qin Kan will be the second Liu Jin! ”
Prince Liang can't help but be angry, the dynasty has been a hundred years, and there are too many traitors. But like the civil officials, Qin Kan is the only one who knows how to use public opinion, and these public opinions are very terrible, and the tall image of the civil officials has been completely ruined in a few sentences, which is more unacceptable than Liu Jin killing the civil officials with a knife.
Yang Ting and Meiyu were worried: "The rumors in the court and the market are not good, our situation is worrying, although it is a Dan heart, but it is difficult to argue, if we still want to mobilize colleagues to ask the emperor to withdraw the holy decree at this juncture, I am afraid that our reputation will become more and more corrupt, colleagues, should we think twice?" ”
Prince Liang waved his hand heavily: "Don't think twice, how can a loyal and upright minister see a traitor promoted to a lord?" This is not the way of the minister, as for the reputation, but it can suppress the limelight of the traitor, why do we regret the reputation! ”
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After all, the efficiency of several important ministers was a step slower.
When everyone was planning to force Zhu Houzhao to take back the holy decree, a chaotic footstep came, and Yang Tinghe's old butler panted with a red face and made a gesture to everyone in the hall, saying: "Elder Liang Ge, there is a holy decree in the palace, and I am waiting in front of your mansion at this moment, and your servants are waiting for you to go back to receive the decree at the door......
Everyone was taken aback, and Liang Chu's face was a little ugly: "There is a holy decree again?" What ...... under His Majesty?"
Halfway through speaking, Liang Chu rationally cut off a slanderous remark that came out of his mouth.
Yang Tinghe's eyes flashed: "Did the servants of the Liang Mansion say anything about the holy decree?" ”
The old housekeeper said respectfully: "The servant of the Liang Mansion didn't say anything, but only urged the old Liang Pavilion to return to the mansion to receive the order. ”
"This is another holy decree that has not been issued by the cabinet and the general secretary, and the old man will not accept it!" Liang Chu had a very hot temper.
Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said slowly: "Don't worry about Duke Liang, you might as well go back to the house first and listen to what the holy decree says, and then it's not too late to make plans." ”
Everyone in the hall nodded their heads, and they were also very curious about the content of the holy decree.
Liang Chu thought about it for a long time, and finally flicked the sleeve of his robe fiercely, and angrily said goodbye to everyone and returned home.
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Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and somehow, an inexplicable sense of foreboding arose in their hearts.
"Although I don't know the content of the holy decree, the old man feels that this holy decree is not good, and it is mostly related to the matter of Qin Kan Jinjue......" Zhang Sheng stroked his beard and said solemnly.
Everyone nodded one after another, they had already noticed Zhu Houzhao's full malice, but they just didn't say it in their hearts.
Only after the tea time, the old housekeeper of the Yang Mansion hurriedly rushed into the front hall again, sweating on his forehead and said: "Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, the servants of your house are also waiting for you at the door, saying that it is ...... said that there was also a holy decree from the palace, waiting for you to return to the house to receive the decree. ”
Zhang Sheng was taken aback: "I also have a share?" ”
“…… Right. ”
"This, this is just nonsense! What do you want to do? Did he use the holy decree as a notice to reassure the people? Zhang Sheng was furious.
Yang Tinghe said dejectedly: "Zhang Gong should hurry back to the house, let's see what His Majesty wants to do, His Majesty is getting older, and what he wants to do is becoming more and more elusive......"
Zhang Sheng was so angry that his beard curled and hurried back home.
The atmosphere in the hall became more and more strange, Yang Tinghe and Han Wen looked at each other, and the ominous premonition in their hearts became deeper and deeper.
It didn't take long for the figure of the old housekeeper of the Yang Mansion to appear in front of the hall again.
Han Wen's face suddenly became ugly: "This time it's the old man's turn to take the order, right?" ”
The old butler smiled awkwardly: "...... Right. ”
"Faint King!" Han Wen didn't care so much, roared angrily, and then hurriedly said goodbye and went home.
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PS: Yesterday, people had a happy event, calling friends and getting drunk, I'm really sorry......
There is one more update today...... (To be continued......)