Emperor Fulin asked everyone to talk about the next step, which caused everyone to start some small commotion, but the way of "commotion" was different-

Most of the Manchu ministers exchanged heads and discussed enthusiastically. No one would believe that these Manchus were monolithic, but at least they behaved more like a whole, naturally revealing a group strength that should not be underestimated.

On the other hand, on the side of Hanchen, several of them are all scholars of the ministry, and some of them have also added honorary positions such as the prince and the prince and the prince, all of whom are dignified and first-class members, but there is no Manchu minister's "calm spirit" and "swaying freely", and there are few Manchu people like the language exchange, but they are hesitant and contemplative, at most they occasionally touch the eyes of individual Hanchen, and point to the end.

Hongyi felt a little sad in his heart:

It is said that the national policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was to "worship Manchuria first", and this is not false at all. However, in the early Qing Dynasty, especially after the pro-government of Shunzhi, the status of Hanchen was steadily improved, and the prominent example is Chen Mingxia. He not only showed off his Sinology skills many times in front of Fu Lin, who loved Han culture, but also dared to say to his political opponent Ning Wanme[1], "As long as you keep your hair and regain your clothes, the world will be peaceful"! This kind of thing can be said, it can't be caused by a short circuit in Chen Mingxia's brain, but during that period, Fulin did wear more Hanfu in the Hou~ Palace, and even wore it to the inner three courtyards to show the courtiers, behaving very Muhan. As for the later killing of Chen Mingxia, this incident is also used as one of the direct evidence, and the fundamental reason is that the Manchurian conservative shili gained the upper hand in the struggle with the Qing Dynasty's reform shili, or rather. The Empress Dowager's faction destroyed the prestige of the Emperor's faction!

But Chen Mingxia's death was also recognized and acquiesced by Fulin, and even guided. That's because, when the young Emperor Muhan favored the Hanchens, a group of Hanchens became a little fluttering, and began to care about each other's status and favor, and then the "dispute between friends and parties" and "the same party and the difference" that the Han people had inherited for thousands of years also intensified. It was not until the emergence of the "northerners" (Han people who returned to Shun before entering the customs) and the "southerners" (Ming ministers who surrendered after entering the customs), the "new people" (Shunzhi pro-government and later joined the government) and the "old people" (including the northerners and southerners) in the Han Dynasty, and there was a tendency to repeat the "friend politics" of the Ming Dynasty. In a sense, the sudden stagnation of the process of sinicization in the early Qing Dynasty. On the one hand, there is the self-preservation of the backward culture of Manchuria. On the one hand, it was the mud and sand of the advanced civilization of the Han people, which frightened the Manchurian rulers. As a result, this overkill stagnation has led to today's court. The deliberate estrangement between Hanchen and jade alienation. Silent grievances to protect themselves......

A moment later. The head of the military department, Manshangshu Kadahun, nodded at a man in his thirties beside him, seemingly encouraging and encouraging. Sure enough, this person understood. Immediately out of class says:

"Slave, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Enged, Qi Emperor."

"Speak!" The presiding officer of the meeting, Emperor Fulin, immediately approved it.

"Huh! When the DPRK exercised to the DPRK, it was naturally the Ministry of Rites of the Slave Office that took the lead in handling it. Now those North Koreans have no law, and they have acted recklessly, and they must be severely punished. The slave asked for an order, and immediately locked up all the 18 people of the DPRK exercising Kim Ru Yang and handed them over to the Criminal Department! The young and vigorous, "brave and resolute" Enged, came up and made a ruthless move.

Hongyi looked carefully and found that as soon as Engde's words came out, the Manchurians were still one-sided, except for the Criminal Department's Man Shangshu Tuheim was silent, the others were just "indignantly" using body language to express their support, especially the Military Department's Shangshu Kadahun, who nodded vigorously in agreement. What is completely different from just now is that Hanchen's side has been in a mess, muttering "can't" one after another. However, there was also a middle-aged man who was as "silent" as Tu Hai, which aroused Hongyi's great interest.

"yes, got it." Fu Lin was noncommittal, and did not pester Enged anymore, but took the initiative to ask Hanchen's side:

"Hu Shi'an, you are the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, you can also talk about it."

"Minister, guilty." The one called "Hu Shi'an" by the emperor was the silent middle-aged man noticed by Hongyi, who looked fifty miles away and had a vicissitudes on his face. With the word "guilty", the man was already on his knees.

Oh, it turns out that you are the one who took the lead in taking the lead in Shufu Lin to take back the fate of Hu Shi'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, for the matter of abolishing Concubine Jing! Although Zuihou bowed his head to the emperor who had already paid attention to it, I still admire your righteousness! - Hongyi secretly admired.

"Be quiet, you get up and answer first. Whether you are guilty or not, it's not up to you to decide, but also a meeting. I just want to ask you what you have to say about the Korean business. Fu Lin's tone was gentle, not like he thought this person was guilty, not only used Hu Shi'an's expression "Quiet", but also waved his hand to signal Wu Liangfu behind him to personally go down and help him up.

"Minister...... Shame until! Hu Shi'an was so moved that he was about to burst into tears before he got up. This can make Hongyi inexplicable.

Xiao Xuanye actually didn't know that Hu Shi'an could be said to be the calligraphy teacher of the young Fulin. This "Hu Chujing" was a jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty (1628), and later changed to Shu Jishi, and he was tired of being a young Zhan Shi in the Zhan Mansion. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he was still appointed as the original official. Because he wrote a good hand, he quickly won the appreciation of the studious young man Fulin, and often asked for calligraphy, so he changed from the young Zhan Shi of the James Mansion to the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and rose all the way, and the bachelor of the Academy of National History, the bachelor of the National History Academy to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and finally after the eight years of Shunzhi Fulin pro-government, the official to the Ministry of Rites Hanshangshu. During this period, he also served as a palace examination and reading officer, and served as the vice president of the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and other important positions, until May of the twelfth year of Shunzhi, Hu Shi'an "completed the examination" - passed the examination, achieved excellent results, added the prince Taibao, and Yin Yizi entered the prison to study, which can be said to be trusted and reused by the emperor.

"Chu Jing, you have served in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and you must know the mysteries. This will be under the rule of you and Enged, and North Korea will not be able to escape the involvement of smuggling and selling prohibited things, which is a later story. But don't be afraid, just talk about the next step in this matter. Fu Lin continued to patiently comfort Han Shangshu, and at the same time glanced meaningfully at Man Shangshu on the other side.

"Your Majesty! Although the slave was only transferred to the Ministry of Rites in May this year, something happened to the same hall. The guilt of the minions is not small. The slave is willing to accept the guilt with Lord Hu. Without waiting for Hu Shi'an to speak again, Enged, who was glanced at by the emperor, hurriedly grabbed the words.

Enged saw the emperor's thoughts, so he had to follow with him to "equalize interests". Although it was an acknowledgement, after the emperor said that Hu Shi'an "served in the Ministry of Rites for many years", he quickly explained that he "only transferred to the Ministry of Rites in May this year", and it was clear that he was given the meaning of the main responsible person. At this moment, Engde does not have the humility that Xiao Xuanye had when he first ascended to the imperial gate a few days ago, and asked Hu Shi'an beside him for the etiquette department's etiquette.

Fu Lin didn't even give Enged a tone particle this time, just looked at Hu Shi'an intently, patiently waiting for the answer.

"The minister has served in the Ministry of Rites since the eighth year of Shunzhi. It has been more than four years. Now the North Korean merchant smuggler Yuma East Window incident. It is expected that this is by no means the only case, nor is it hasty, it must have been accumulated for a long time. Fortunately, the emperor was discerning, and the second son of the emperor was involved in the investigation. to find out. Otherwise. The minister still doesn't know how long he will be negligent and profane! This is the sin of the ministers. As for how to convict. I also asked the two adults of the Criminal Department to investigate according to the law, and Shi'an will never shirk the blame. After Hu Shi'an got up, he said the opening remarks seriously.

"But. The Minister thought it was inappropriate for Lord Eun to say that he would be imprisoned for all of his party in North Korea. Hu Shi'an didn't pay attention to the strange look of Enged on the other side, but continued:

"First, the etiquette system of the kingdom has been a matter since ancient times, even if the two countries are at war, they still have to be killed. What's more, North Korea is my Qing Dynasty's vassal country, and I am the superior country of the Celestial Empire, and I can't bully the small with the big, which is also what the emperor made clear just now. For the sake of the present plan, the minister thought that the Ministry of Rites could send personnel to the Korean annex of the Tongwen Pavilion, first, to comfort and appease the officials of the mission, second, to punish and punish them for their evil deeds of disrespecting the country, and third, to escort the merchants and the clerks involved in the case to the Criminal Department for interrogation. After everything is clear and the sun is over, the emperor can be asked to issue a strict decree to punish the Korean monarchs and ministers. This sincerity is also a great righteousness! Hu Shi'an only secretly glanced at Engel at this time, and in Hongyi's understanding, he told this "Man Shangshu": I pushed the follow-up responsibility to the Criminal Department, don't blame me for not helping you!

"Well, that makes sense." Fu Lin was still silent, very calm, and was about to inquire again, but was interrupted by a very abrupt sentence:

"Minister, Liu Chang of the Han Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Hu Shi'an of the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Rites of the Imperial Counselor, are guilty of dereliction of duty."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned! Didn't the emperor say that he would not be guilty of the crime first, but that he would talk about things first? Are you here to stir things up?

Hongyi hurriedly looked at it: the man who spoke was sixty miles away, his strength was not enough, he was a little trembling when he spoke, and he looked humble, his eyebrows were gray, and he looked like a "good gentleman" and "peacemaker" general character, but why did he speak so amazingly?

"Liu Chang, didn't I just say it? Ignore the culpability, but discuss the method. Fu Lin's expression was a little impatient, but his words were still gentle.

"I understand. But the minister, as the secretary of the criminal department, and the Han minister, must share the worries and relieve the labor for the emperor, and even more so, he must change the past, show the way of the minister, and be an example of a group of Han ministers who are loyal to the monarch! When he said such a thing, this person actually spoke righteously, and even gasped for breath. It simply made Hongyi above churn and distort his viscera - he wanted to vomit!

It's not just that Xiao Xuanye on the pedestal is uncomfortable, but even Ming Andali, who is standing below, suddenly "snorts" with a look of disdain. The rest of the Manchu ministers were also very disdainful. The Han people were silent one by one, and had no intention of coming forward to refute it.

In fact, as the minister of Shangshu, he has such a style, and he can't blindly blame this Lord Liu Chang who is "in a hurry". There is a debtor and a debtor, and the initiator is the emperor himself.

In February of the tenth year of Shunzhi, the "Ren Zhen Case" incident occurred [see Chapter 23 of this book for details - Calculating Lao Maozi], and the first to bear the brunt was naturally Ming An Dali, who was the secretary of the military department at the time. But in April, a group of Hanchen led by Chen Mingxia and Chen Zhixuan "denied in every possible way" their various "inaction" behaviors in this case, which finally annoyed Emperor Fulin. After some repeated sparseness and holy oracles, Fu Lin issued an edict and said: "The words of my recitation are all hazy and mixed, and I am not to blame, but even more clever to cover up!" What is in the heart, feign mistakes. The way of the minister, if so? Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhixuan, etc., there are those who have been convicted of major crimes, those who have been dismissed, and those who have been criticized. I will be lenient and make it new. Now again, my expectations are in vain! And repeatedly told the officials to repair the province, but still not change? That's it! I summoned from time to time, and I raised my face. Where did you put this kindness? It is advisable to reconsider. The three inner courts, Jiuqing, Manchu and Han officials, six departments, fourteen provinces, seven grades or more of Hanlin, and six Lang middle officials, that is, outside the noon gate, strictly discuss the crime, and make a quick performance, without delay. ”

So everyone had a "meeting" outside the noon gate. The result of the meeting was: (Chen) Mingxia and (Chen) Zhixuan were repeatedly guilty of serious crimes, and they were both retained. Now it happens to be a deception, and it should be judged to death. After that, the eyes and ears of the function are anti-dependent. The party should also be condemned to death. Shangshu Hu Shi'an, Wang Yongji, Liu Chang, Fu Jingxing, deputy capital imperial history, Kechen Wei Xiangshu, Yang Huang, Gao Gui, Yao Wenran, Yuan Maogong, Liu Xianji, imperial history Zhu Dingyan, Feng Youjing, Zhang Ying (and other thirteen people) favored the party, deceived and decorated, and should be exiled.

Fortunately, Fu Lin's subordinates showed mercy, and the punishment set by Zuihou was: Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhixuan, Jin Zhijun, etc., who were deeply grateful to me, and should have been followed, and they should have been lenient. They were each stripped of their palace titles and fined for one year, but they still served in their original positions. Chen Mingxia dismissed the ministry and changed from the new province from now on. Hu Shi'an, Liu Chang and other thirteen members were exempted from exile, each demoted by one level, fined one year, and still served in their original positions.

Since then, Liu Chang, the Hanshang book of the Criminal Department who is wise and self-protecting, has consciously distanced himself from a group of Hanchens, and will no longer go to "favor the party". The consequences of this approach are prominently reflected in Liu Chang's initiative to attack Hu Shi'an, a former "friend" to show his parting of ways, and Ming An Dali, the direct victim of Ren Zhen's case, who is extremely contemptuous of Liu Chang's "hum".

Hongyi tried to resist the thought that he was going to go out and ridicule Liu Chang, because he judged that someone would come out to refute it, and there would be Han and Manchu. This is because the limelight of the conference has shifted from "Manchu and Han courtiers" to a "game of departmental interests."

[1] Ning Wan I (1593-1665), minister in the early Qing Dynasty. The word Gongfu. A native of Liaoyang (now Liaoning). Destiny descended on Nurhachi. The Han army is covered with red flags. He successively served as a member of the University of the Inner Hongbun Academy, the Minister of Parliament, the Taifu and the Crown Prince. (To be continued......)