Forbidden City, noon gate to the east, there is Zuoshun Gate, after the Zuoshun Gate, you can see Wenhua Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion.

Theoretically, the Son of Heaven should handle daily government affairs in the Wenhua Palace, and because the Wenyuan Pavilion was close to the Wenhua Palace, it became a place for the ministers to be on duty in the early years of the dynasty.

Later, the name of the minister was unified into a scholar, and the dispatch was called Naobun Yuan Pavilion, and he was called a cabinet minister by the outside world.

And because the cabinet ministers are on duty in the palace, the team composed of cabinet ministers is called the cabinet, and the yamen such as the ministry and the temple are the outer courts. With the continuous development of the cabinet system, the cabinet has changed from a virtual noun to a de facto central organ.

The officialdom composed of scholars has a strong prime minister complex, and the Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister after Taizu, and as a result, the cabinet ministers in the center were regarded as the ministers who failed the world's expectations.

Originally, Wenyuan Pavilion, which was not too surprising among the countless palaces and pavilions of the Imperial Palace, has become a center of power because of historical fate, and it has become a dream place for most scholars. Entering the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion is also the highest ideal of traditional readers.

The place that can compete with Wenyuan Pavilion is probably only the celebrant not far to the east. But while it's beautiful, it's not what people want to read

Having said that, although Wenyuan Pavilion has a sacred and special status, it has to be said that the hardware conditions of Wenyuan Pavilion are actually very poor, and it is not as comfortable as most county government houses.

Who would have thought that this would become a hub when this place was designed? I'm afraid that the craftsmen didn't think about comfort at all.

The cabinet ministers, known as Zaifu, spend most of their time sitting in the middle hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, collectively circulating important recitals and discussing national affairs. All the officials and people in the world are sparse. Most of the time you have to go through here, except for a few tantras.

In later generations, the word Zhongtang was more popular. As another name for the Minister of Zaifu, the source also comes from this. There are now four ministers in the Cabinet. The first assistant Wan An, the second assistant Liu Ji, the group assistant Liu Jue, and Peng Hua can all be called Zhongtang.

In the middle hall, Wan Shoufu's seat is the first in the east, Liu Ji is the first in the west, Liu Jue is the second in the east, and Peng Hua is the second in the west. As for the middle, there are no seats, only the Most Holy Prophet is enshrined.

Today, two notes circulated among several ministers. The most stubborn fell into the hands of the second assistant Liu Ji. At the same time, the others looked at Liu Ji with their own thoughts or bad intentions.

Re Liu Mian pondered for a moment, and then read the two notes again. One of them was issued by the prefect of Suzhou:

"Recently, it has been rumored in the government that the Qin Chafang should change the laws of the ancestors and pay heavy taxes to the people. When this rumor spread, Fang Yingwu refused to distinguish and understand, as if he had a tacit intention, and wanted to use trickery to make profits, causing people in the house to be uneasy. The people cannot be happy. In addition, the land of the three Wu in the southeast is the foundation of the country's money and grain, and stability should be the top. Don't mess with people."

The other is the presentation form jointly signed by the gentry of Suzhou Prefecture, which was presented by the Suzhou Government on behalf of the Suzhou Government and sent to the cabinet here:

"My house has always been heavily endowed. Last year, after a lot of water, it was just when people's hearts were in turmoil. The people all pray for the rain and dew of the court. Recently, I heard that Qin was trying to carry out harsh governance, which really made it worse. Everyone in the countryside is afraid, lest they will become bound if they don't have enough money and food."

In the hundreds of chapters every day, this matter is not a big deal, that is, the local officials and people sue the emperor, and the princes in the Wenyuan Pavilion are all veterans, and they are familiar with handling this kind of thing, and they can quickly make decisions in a few words.

But this matter is not small, because it involves Suzhou Mansion, which is a heavy place for money and grain. What's more sensitive is that the party party is the son-in-law of someone in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Therefore, no one spoke first, and they really couldn't cut through the mess quickly, so they looked at Liu Mian with the intention of making a preemptive strike or watching the excitement.

Liu Mian read it twice, then raised his head and said expressionlessly: "This letter is sparse, put it here first, and let me think about it." ”

The Son of Heaven can hold on to the music, which is called staying in the middle and not sending it, which is an expression of a political attitude. And Minister Zaifu can naturally delay it for a while, but the premise is that he can't delay the matter, otherwise he will wait to be besieged and impeached.

It turned out that he wanted to delay time The other ministers thought silently in their hearts, and temporarily put aside the matter of Fang Yingwu being impeached.

This pit, if Liu Mian is willing to jump into it, they are happy to see it. They are not afraid of Liu Mian's delay, this matter cannot be fooled, and it will have to be dealt with sooner or later.

Liu Mian has the ability to drag on until something happens, and when the time comes, he can't even eat Liu Mian and walk around. On the other hand, the delay also proved that Liu Mian had no other way, but he had to shelter his son-in-law, so he made this decision.

Liu Mian, who was taken up the position of second assistant by Liu Mian, sneered a few times, he was very much looking forward to Liu Mian acting as a protective umbrella for his son-in-law, deliberately suppressing the impeachment recital to delay the opportunity, and then cause any trouble later. At that time, he, Liu Kuo, will have to repair Liu Mian well!

Liu Mian's brows were furrowed, but he didn't care in his heart. He is very perceptive to other people's thoughts, and in this situation, others do not dissuade him, and acquiesce in suppressing his own songs, which is actually encouraging himself to jump into the pit.

However, Liu Ji understands better that Fang Yingwu's pit is not necessarily dug for anyone, anyway, it is not that he Liu Cifu confessed some opinions to himself before his son-in-law left Beijing.

Time flickered, and more than half a month passed. The impeachment of Fang Yingwu is still pressed by Liu Mian, he seems to have forgotten about it, and others are naturally happy and confused, waiting for the day when things can't be covered.

At this time, some more Zhang Shu was sent to the cabinet from the Suzhou Mansion. It's still a bullet seal, but the target of impeachment has changed, and this time it was the eunuch Wang Jing who became the target. It was probably because Wang Jing was stationed in Suzhou to disturb the people, plunder money, move tens of millions, and hear complaints

After reading it, Liu Ji, the second assistant, smiled at the rest of the ministers and said, "How about these chapters or put them in my hands first?" I want to sell my face. ”

Everyone squinted, could it be that you, Liu Mian, even had to openly protect the eunuchs? What kind of flowers can you conjure up in your hands with these things?

Liu Ji smiled and said nothing, and slowly put away the song, maybe he could really conjure flowers. At home that night, Liu Ji worked hard to write a book and personally wrote a note overnight.

When he arrived at the cabinet the next day, Liu Cifu stamped his recital and prepared to present it to the Son of Heaven as a secret recital. Then he took out the previous impeachment of Fang Yingwu and Wang Jing's recital, put it into the box together, as an attachment to his secret recital, and presented it to the Son of Heaven along with his secret recital.

handed over the secret music to the eunuch in the clerical room, Liu Mian completed the explanation of Fang Yingwu, and the following is resigned to fate.

The eunuch Qin Chang, the master of ceremonies, carried the music that needed to be seen today, and found the Son of Heaven under the stage in the palace.

Even though Chenghua Tianzi was impatient, his years of inertia still made him pick up Zhang Shu, casually symbolically glance at a few words, and criticize a few words.

Of course, the first thing to look at is Mi Shu, because Mi Shu's things often require him, the emperor, to make an arbitrary decision, and cannot rely on the assistance of cabinet ministers and celebrants.

Dismantling the second assistant Liu Ji's secret music, the Son of Heaven glanced at it a few times, and then thought about it, and then picked up a few chapters attached to the secret music and looked at it.

At the top, there is a recital of the impeachment of the eunuch Wang Jing by the officials and people of Suzhou Prefecture.

But after the Son of Heaven read it, his face was extremely displeased, Wang Jing was sent to the southeast by him to procure (collect money), and it was only a few days of hard work, and the Suzhou Mansion squeaked?

Now Wang Jing has only collected tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Suzhou Mansion is shouting to die or live, and he is also making a fuss! Don't these people know that Wang Jing is doing things for him, the emperor?

The note placed below is the impeachment of the minister of the Qin Mission.

After watching the recital of impeachment of Wang Jing, the Son of Heaven was extremely unhappy, and continued to watch the recital with a negative emotion. But he found that even Fang Yingwu failed to please in Suzhou Mansion, and was collectively impeached and accused by the officials and people of Suzhou Prefecture!

The Son of Heaven was a little surprised by this, in his impression, Fang Yingwu was extremely incorruptible, and extremely effective in handling affairs, and he could be a model follower! When such a person arrived in Suzhou Prefecture, how could he be strongly rejected by the local officials and people?

At this point, the Son of Heaven suddenly remembered a sentence in the second assistant Liu Ji's secret recital - try to see who is in the world in Suzhou Mansion today?

Fang Yingwu, who is famous for his integrity, was jointly criticized by the government and the people; The lieutenant officials, whose hands and feet may not be so clean, were also impeached by the officials and the people - what does the Suzhou government want? Do you still want to be unified and not allowed to send a Qin mission?

Suddenly, Chenghua Tianzi felt inexplicably angry, as if he felt that his face was provoked. The hateful general threw the song on the treasure case, and said to Qin Chang: "I don't know, is this Suzhou Mansion still the world of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Qin Chang was silent and let the Son of Heaven vent his temper. Later, the Son of Chenghua Tianzi picked up Liu Mian's secret music again and read it, and wrote it very bluntly in colloquial language:

"Lao Chen, the son-in-law, has talent, but because he is young, he may not be able to hold back. When he was appointed as a messenger before, he was not granted the right to "act cheaply", and recently he can't stand it, and I hope that His Majesty will be kind and give him the right to "act cheaply", so that he can better serve the court. ”

The privilege of acting cheaply is important and important. For example, with this permission, it is okay to kill military attachés by military law in battle.

However, Fang Yingwu's annual nature of supervising grain and Qincha is one of the relatively influential, and there is no need to have full authority to control the military and civilians of the government, so the imperial court did not grant Fang Qincha the right to act cheaply.

It is precisely because of this that the government and county officials in Suzhou dare to fight against Fang Yingwu, and the difference between the minister and the minister of the Qin mission is too big. (To be continued......)