Chapter 234: A Storm Brews
Timely update, Wang Yue's words came out, and the atmosphere in the Wenhua Hall suddenly froze.
The three scholars and Wang Qiong frowned deeply, their expressions were solemn, and Xiao Jing, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at Wang Yue with a complicated gaze, sighed silently, and closed his eyes again without moving.
Soon after the death of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao did not make much changes to the personnel of the DPRK and China when he ascended the throne, and the pattern of the Hongzhi Dynasty was still the same, especially the cabinet and several powerful figures in the inner court still existed, and the good situation of tacit understanding between foreign ministers and internal ministers, which was rare in history, did not change.
The relationship between the cabinet and the celebrant was quite pleasant, and Xie Qian also had more respect for the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuch, and after hearing Wang Yue's words, Xie Qian arched his hand and said, "What does the prince mean is that there are ministers around His Majesty?" ”
Wang Yue smiled faintly and said: "Your Majesty has always been very sensible, but since he ascended the throne, he has repeatedly made mediocre and inappropriate actions, such as court meetings, the former emperors once a day or even two dynasties, but His Majesty was very impatient even once, and repeatedly called the eunuchs to say that the dragon was unwell for a day, such as the approval of the book, in the past, the first emperor bowed to everything, and every book must be read, but now His Majesty has completely given the right to approve the red to the celebrant supervisor, and the cabinet handed it to the ceremonial supervisor without turning it over, if it were not for the instigation of the ministers around him, The miscellaneous family really couldn't think of any other reason for His Majesty to slack off on government. ”
Looking at the stunned and ugly faces of several scholars, Wang Yue smiled and continued: "Don't talk about it, let's talk about His Majesty's regret of marriage, do you know why Your Majesty suddenly wants to break the marriage contract?" You are busy with government affairs every day and neglect the news. It's no wonder, but in addition to the master of ceremonies and the pen, the miscellaneous family also leads the East Factory, and there is more news than you......"
Liu Jian arched his hand and said solemnly: "Please also ask the prince to tell him in detail." ”
The smile on Wang Yue's face was gradually filled with a sense of forest, and he said slowly: "A few days ago, His Majesty changed into a small dress and left the palace, and Dongchang Fanzi reported. Your Majesty, accompanied by several eunuchs in the East Palace that day, climbed the wall outside the Xia Ru Mansion and peeked at the future queen of my Ming Dynasty. After looking at it for half an hour, he changed his mind when he returned to the palace and ordered someone to summon Wang Shangshu. ...... want to break the marriage contract"
The three scholars and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Qiong gasped when they heard this, and everyone's faces suddenly became very ugly. The emperor went out of the palace without permission and peeked at the appearance of the queen who had not yet made a big gift, which was simply a mediocre bastard, which was tantamount to a slap in the face to these courtiers who preached Confucian etiquette all day long.
The emperor is mediocre, more advice and more teaching, the faint monarch will always become a bright monarch, in the past, when Emperor Hongzhi first ascended the throne, he was not so wise and powerful, after all, he did a few foolish things, but later under the constant persuasion of the courtiers. Didn't Emperor Hongzhi also become a generation of wise monarchs?
Liu Jian and the others were not worried about Zhu Houzhao's mediocrity, they were confident that Zhu Houzhao would slowly change in the direction they wanted.
However, if the emperor suddenly has a few more demagogues and courtiers around him, the nature of the matter will be different.
Obviously he didn't dare to deal with the ministers, but privately instigated the emperor to do one after another mediocre and brutal unkind and unfilial things. The calamity of the ministers, the first of the internal troubles, is worse than the invasion of thousands of troops and horses by foreign enemies, and it is worse than the exiles from the four places of the Ming Dynasty who gather into troops and kill officials and rebel, and the foreign enemy can be repulsed. The exiles can be suppressed, these are not to be worried, but the destructive power of the ministers around the emperor is greater than that of the foreign enemy exiles, and every word of their slander and every word of demagogy is directly destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!
Liu Jian and the others' expressions gradually became solemn, and a bit of murderous intent flashed on their faces from time to time.
The Ming Dynasty is in the middle of the boom, and whoever wants to destroy the great situation created by the first emperor and them together, they will not hesitate to get rid of it!
"What the prince said about the ministers, does he mean a few eunuchs in the East Palace in the past, such as Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and others?" Liu Jian asked slowly. …,
Wang Yue said with a smile: "In the past in the East Palace, there were a total of eight people who served His Majesty, and the princes should not underestimate these eight people, although they have no power and no power now, but Your Majesty has been served by these eight people since childhood, and the love has accumulated over time, and it can be said that they are like family members, and their words are worth thousands of words from several scholars......
Bang!
Liu Jian, a scholar of Shoufu University, finally couldn't help but slap the table, trembling with anger, and stood up on the ground.
"What a eunuch! Dare to bewitch the king and mess with my ancestors' law, it is simply a wolf with eight obvious ambitions,...... No, it's not a wolf, they're tigers, the Eight Tigers of the Inner Palace! Princes, follow the old man into the palace......"
"Slow down, Liu Gong is slow, the miscellaneous words haven't been finished yet...... Wang Yue stopped the angry Liu Jian with a smile.
Liu Jianqiang held back his anger and arched his hand: "What else does the prince have to teach?" ”
Wang Yue's smile was still the same, his eyes flashed, looking at the angry ministers of the outer court, knowing that the time had come, so he slowly said his true purpose.
"Liu Gong can know that there are more than eight people who bewitch the king......"
"What?" Liu Jianhuan's eyes widened angrily.
Wang Yue said with a smile: "Dongchang Fanzi reported that day His Majesty made a ridiculous move to climb the wall to peep at the queen, at that time, the eunuchs in the inner palace were honestly staying under the wall, and only one person accompanied His Majesty to climb the wall together, the two of them talked while watching, and when they returned to the palace, they changed their minds and wanted to repent of marriage, what they said Dongchang Fanzi has no way of knowing, but His Majesty's decision to regret marriage is about inseparable from this person, and then ...... His Majesty and the queen did not have a big wedding ceremony, and the ministers dared to peep at the future queen with His Majesty, just saying that this move was enough to cut off the head and raid the house. ”
Liu Jian was angry, his white hair and white beard were angry, his teeth were gritted loudly, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and Wang Qiong looked no better, and the Wenhua Hall was silent, but a suffocating killing intent was brewing.
Xiao Jing opened his eyes at some point, looking at Wang Yue who was talking, and somehow there was a sarcasm in his eyes, as if he was looking at a clown who was entertaining.
"The man of the prince's words,...... Who is it? Liu Jian asked slowly.
Wang Yue smiled and said, "Jinyi Wei commands Tongzhi, Qin Kan." ”
The cheeks of everyone in the hall twitched together, and Li Dongyang's eyelids jumped imperceptibly.
There was another oppressive silence.
I don't know how long it took, Xie Qian's tone was full of murderous intent, and he said: "In this way, there are not only eight tigers around Your Majesty, but nine tigers?" ”
Wang Yue continued: "Among the nine people, Qin Kan's status is the most transcendent, the eight eunuchs serve as slaves, and they don't dare to lose their proportions too much, but Qin Kan is a foreign minister, but His Majesty obeys him, the two have a deep friendship, the world knows it, the Son of Heaven treats him as a brother and friend, this person is far-sighted and ambitious, Liu Gongke still remembers the day of His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, His Majesty will make Qin Kan the king as soon as he opens his mouth?" If it weren't for the instigation of the lord behind this son's back, how could His Majesty ignore the etiquette and say this sentence that violates the etiquette of the court in the ceremony? The princes should understand that the internal troubles are worse than the external troubles, and the troubles of the inner court today are the troubles of the Nine Tigers, and the troubles of the Nine Tigers, Qin Kan is the culprit, if the princes are the cause of my Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations, Qin Kan must be removed! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) Timely updates,