In the early dynasty, as soon as Wanli went to the Golden Palace, he sat on the imperial chair tiredly, looking a little sluggish. He is the Son of Heaven, and the dignified Son of Heaven wants a woman, but he was defeated so easily and was beaten to the ground, this fact is really a bit of a blow to Zhu Yijun.

Suddenly, he was a little excited. What about the Emperor of the Ninety-Five Supreme? Sitting on this high dragon chair, looking at Qi Qi's ministers who bowed their heads and shouted long live to him, Wanli only felt that this was a great irony.

"Let's be flat......"

Wanli raised his hand lazily, his voice was weak, and the ministers were a little surprised by the emperor's appearance, because Emperor Wanli had always given everyone the impression that he was conscientious and conscientious. As an emperor, you must pay special attention to appearance, how can you be so casual at the court?

I remember that when there was a great drought in Beijing two years ago, Emperor Wanli personally prayed for rain. On the day of praying for rain, the emperor personally led hundreds of officials to walk more than ten miles to the Temple of Heaven, and after a long and complicated prayer for rain, he resolutely refused to take the ride despite the fatigue, and walked back to the palace again under the scorching sun.

In order to show his devotion to praying for rain, he also deliberately issued a decree to exempt the Qing Dao that day, making an exception for the people along the way to see the face of the sky. That action not only moved the ministers and the people infinitely, but also brought many people to tears.

If it was left on in normal times, there would be a fierce criticism of the Son of Heaven in the imperial history, but today the imperial historians had more important things to do, so they were only slightly surprised and put this matter behind.

Hundreds of officials perform affairs, and the imperial regulations are to deal with the affairs of foreign ministers and envoys first, and then deal with the affairs of local officials in Beijing, and finally it is the turn of officials in Beijing to do things. Today, there are no foreign envoys or dignitaries entering Beijing, and they go directly to the steps of the courtiers' deliberations.

Sandezi just said "there is a morning play", which is a clear and more than a phoenix, and a subdued chant like a famous man: "Minister~~~ There is a play!" ”

This voice has been specially practiced, but it is not easy to say that it is so full of energy. Emperor Wanli glanced at the place where the voice had come from. I saw a six-grade blue-robed official who was entangled and walked out of the queue with high spirits.

The Golden Palace is too big, the queue between the civil and military classes is too long, and the official rank of the sixth grade is too low, so the person is standing at the end of the class. At this time, he was holding a wat and walked up quickly, rushing to the front of the emperor.

Wanli was a little frightened when he saw his posture, the officials who are qualified to participate in the court meeting are at least five grades, and the five grades are to wear red robes, so the full hall of Zhu Zi not only describes that the people present are all powerful officials, but also the more appropriate use is in the court meeting of the Ming Dynasty.

On such occasions, there was only one kind of low-ranking official who did not wear a red robe, except for those designated by the emperor to attend the court meeting. That's the science officer. These are special people with very low official positions, but no one is impeachable.

Today, Wanli didn't specifically summon any petty officials. Then the person in this cyan official uniform must be the imperial history.

Sure enough, it's really the imperial history!

The blue-robed man's chest is very tall, and the Wanli Emperor has seen the complement on his chest, and a unicorn on the complement is just like the imperial history, which is majestic and high-spirited, with angry eyes and majestic eyes, which is exactly the pattern of the complement that the imperial history has: the divine beast and the pig.

"Your Majesty. Chen Shaanxi Provincial Inspector Yu Shi Li Boxian. The minister wanted to invite the Son of Heaven and the princes of the palace to discuss the case of Ye Xiaotian, the governor of Woniuling, Guizhou, who killed the local officials of the Quartet. ”

Zhu Yijun was displeased when he heard it. Shen lowered his face and said: "This is a trivial matter, why make a big fuss." Above the court, the major affairs of the world should be discussed. Such trivial matters can be written and reported to me, and I can send them to the department for processing! ”

me with my face? The lord of the imperial history who is specifically responsible for finding the ballast is poor and poor. I'm not afraid that someone will show him a look.

Li Boxian immediately said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, Ye Xiaotian is a local official in the southwest border, and what he does is related to the safety of the southwest border, how can it be regarded as a trivial matter?" As the saying goes: a thousand miles of embankment. Collapsed in an anthill. The battle between Wu and Chu for mulberry is just because of a mulberry tree, isn't a local official more important than a mulberry tree? Good to know ......"

The terrible history of the imperial history, in addition to their unforgiving ability, as well as their noisy skills, the nagging kung fu is really beyond the reach of the dust. Emperor Wanli just said impatiently, and Li Yushi gushed endlessly.

Emperor Wanli listened with a frown for a while, and when he saw that he was endless, he interrupted him and said, "That's it, then let's discuss Ye Xiaotian's crimes, I don't know how the ministers think they should deal with Ye Xiaotian's case?" ”

Regarding Ye Xiaotian's actions in Guizhou, at the insistence of the cabinet, it has been conveyed to the yamen of all ministries and departments in the form of a newspaper, and the civil and military officials are very clear about this matter.

For a long time, the generals have almost always played soy sauce in the court, and they are only responsible for standing on duty. They interject, usually when it comes to major military operations, but even if they are military operations, the main decision-makers are also civilian ministers, and it is up to them to decide whether to fight or not, how large the scale of the war will be, and what kind of strategic objectives to achieve.

But Ye Xiaotian's case has nothing to do with them strictly speaking, but today many generals took the initiative to speak, thinking that Ye Xiaotian was just fighting back in self-defense, and the reason was that those dead local officials ignored the imperial court, and what Ye Xiaotian did was to defend the prestige of the imperial court, so he was not only innocent but also meritorious, and should be rewarded and not punished.

As for the other courtiers, they also have their own opinions, beheading, derogating, slandering, flowing, punishing, and punishing, each with its own rhetoric. Emperor Wanli was in a bad mood today, and as soon as he saw that the topic opened, one duck became five hundred ducks, and he was so noisy that he didn't know what to do, and his heart was really like 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping by.

Zhu Yijun impatiently turned to Shoufu Shen Shixing and asked, "What does Shen Ge think of it?" ”

Shen Shi's behavior is tactful, he is more inclined to obey the emperor's will, of course he knows that the emperor hates Ye Xiaotian very much, and only by agreeing to sentence Ye Xiaotian to death can he please the Son of Heaven. However, as a representative of civil officials, he keenly found that many civil servants were inclined to pardon Ye Xiaotian.

He can't ignore the attitude of these civil officials, otherwise, as the first assistant and the highest representative of the civil official group, he will be in opposition to the people of his camp everywhere, then he will soon be isolated by everyone and become an empty shelf first assistant.

Therefore, Shen Shixing only thought about it, and put forward a compromise strategy: "The old minister thinks that Ye Xiaotian did it. The sin is unforgivable, extenuating, and discretionary...... or the punishment of refuge. ”

Shen Shoufu was sloppy again, and the exile was to be removed from his official position and exiled to the border, while Shen Shoufu was to be demoted and resettled in a different place. The first was to cater to the emperor, and the latter was to compromise with the hundred officials, and neither side would be very satisfied, but it would not cause hostility towards him.

Wanli no longer expects to execute Ye Xiaotian, although Shen Shoufu's answer is a little tactful, but it can barely satisfy him, so he pushes the boat down the river and says: "What the elder said is reasonable, Ye Xiaotian is good at killing local officials, although there are reasons. It cannot be excusable, and it can be removed from official positions and confiscated into Yaxian County, Qiongzhou. ”

With a word, Wanli sent Ye Xiaotian to the ends of the earth where the plague was rampant. But as soon as Wanli's voice fell, he heard another clear chant at the end of the civil official, and the tone of the subdued tone was obviously the same as Li Boxian, which came out in the same place.

"Minister. Oppose! Minister~~~ There is this music! I saw an indigo figure flash out from the end of the literary class, and rushed forward with high spirits. Suddenly, hundreds of officials looked sideways.

This old master is Liu Hengyi, the old master Liu has been a royal history for half his life, and his reputation is not obvious, and many court ministers don't necessarily recognize him, but now there are a lot of people who know him. Because he has been beaten by the court staff, and the court staff means that he is the clear stream of the clear stream. Among the virtuous ministers, the name of Liu Yushi has been widely spread in Shilin, and once he became famous all over the world.

"Minister, Shandong Provincial Inspector Liu Hengyi, impeachment of the cabinet minister Shen Shixing. Arbitrarily self-decided, Emperor Weiling! ”

Obviously, Wanli pushed the boat down the river and quoted Shen Shixing's ambiguous opinion, but Liu Yushi pointed directly at the first assistant of the cabinet, obviously to provoke a big war between the Taoist officials and the administrators.

Some of the administrators and supervisors who had planned to sit on the sidelines were in high spirits, Ye Xiaotian was a fart, the matter was related to the rise and fall of his camp, which was directly related to his own interests, how could he not care about it.

Liu Yushi loudly impeached him as he walked: "All ministries and courts have set up a "Examination Book" to record the merits and demerits of officials, and send them to the cabinet for inspection and promotion, then the power of the officials is tied to their hands; If the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War are selected by the cabinet, then the officials and the Ministry of War will be in vain, and the authority of civil and military forces will be concentrated in one place; The governor inspects and consults with the cabinet ministers; The head of the cabinet acted on his own in accordance with the edict. Then put my Holy Son of Heaven as if it were a hypocrisy! ”

Liu Yushi's pace was not fast, but his voice was sonorous and powerful, and when he arrived in front of the imperial case, he stood firmly and said loudly: "My Emperor Taizu once made a rule: 'Future generations are not allowed to pre-establish prime ministers, and those who dare to speak out will be beheaded!'" 'Although the first assistant of the cabinet is an elder, he is tantamount to the prime minister! The minister, please punish the elder of the Shen Pavilion and correct the court! Please reduce the power of the cabinet to correct the world! ”

Liu Hengyi is about to retire, his career has a second spring, Shilin's reputation is a position of power, and he now has the confidence to speak like this.

Shen Shixing was also very simple, when Liu Hengyi called out his name, he took off his official hat, and when Liu Hengyi said the second crime, Shen Shixing was already kneeling on the ground.

This is also a rule, as long as there is an impeachment of a Taiwan official, no matter whether you think you are guilty or not, or whether the emperor will punish you, you must first kneel without a crown to learn a lesson, and you can only appeal when the emperor asks you.

The black-bellied otaku Tianzi glanced at Shen Shixing and asked faintly, "Shen Ge Lao, what do you say?" ”

Shen Shixing immediately shook his head and spoke generously.

The contradiction between him and Yanguan has been going on for a long time. In fact, there was also a honeymoon period between the two parties. Shen Shixing was originally Zhang Juzheng's confidant, but after Zhang Siwei came to power, he liquidated Zhang Juzheng, and Shen Shixing had to go against his will.

However, when the speech officials accused Zhang Juzheng of the crime of blocking the speech road, they inevitably mentioned Zhang Juzheng's right-hand man Shen Shixing, who could not bear it anymore and openly confronted the speech officials from then on. Today, Shen Shixing didn't expect that the Taiwan counselor would take advantage of this opportunity to challenge him, and he fell into passivity, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and immediately cheered up and tried his best to deal with it.

Shen Shixing shouted: "Liu Yushi's responsibilities are all due to the power of the cabinet, and all the decisions are submitted to the imperial review, and he has never acted without authorization." If there is a minister in the cabinet who commits fraud for personal gain, the emperor can be deposed. However, if the power of the cabinet is weakened because of the selfish malpractice of the first and second cabinet ministers, it will inevitably be wasted because of choking! Lose the purpose of the minister's work and Junyi, if Kedao thinks that the old minister is domineering, the minister will ask for punishment, and the old man will return to his hometown, but the affairs of the cabinet are the laws of the ancestors and cannot be changed! ”

Although Shen Shixing is sleek, he may be the first assistant of the cabinet, but he is not an ordinary person. In his self-defense, he completely put the interests of the cabinet in the forefront, and as for him personally, he only mentioned it briefly, and finally put forward the words that he could go to his post and that the cabinet could not reduce its power.

In this way, he pretended to be the representative of the interests of the entire group of administrators, and won the recognition and support of all the administrators. Sure enough, as soon as Shen Shixing's voice fell, Xu Guo, the second assistant of the cabinet, Wang Xijue, the third assistant, the nine secretaries of the six ministries, and the ministers of the government departments knelt down one after another and expressed their support.

The ranks of military attachés, outside the ranks of meritorious heroes are the ranks of civil officials, the administrative officials kneel, the hall is full of Zhu Zizhong, and only the left capital of the Imperial Court Ye Qianqi and the right capital of the Imperial History Yan are not in the "Golden Rooster Independence" there.

The two glanced at each other, and they all went out of class, knelt down, removed the crown, and shouted: "Shen Ge Lao argues sharply, but how to listen to his words and watch his deeds?" Today's Ye Xiaotian case, isn't it Shen Ge's old word? The ministers are domineering, and the science and road can only be silent. The Taiwan counselor is unspeakable, so what is the use of staying? Please remove the official and return to his hometown! ”

The two of them were still speechless, and the officials who could come uninvited suddenly rushed in from outside the Jinluan Palace, the deputy capital of the imperial history and the imperial history of the capital were the first, and the six departments followed closely behind, and more than 100 people from the thirteen supervising imperial history rushed in, knelt down together, and the official hat was spread on the ground: "Please remove the official, and give the official the people!" ”

For the dog-eat-dog of the Taoist officials and the administrators, the black-bellied otaku emperor Zhu Yijun usually likes to see it, because as an emperor, the most important imperial trick is to balance among the ministers, but today Emperor Wanli did not feel a trace of joy, only a spicy sense of irony.

In his opinion, why did the prepared officials target the cabinet and then the entire civil service? Why did the magistrates also put their opponents on the procurator instead of him, the emperor? Quite simply, because in the eyes of others, the real threat was never him.

"Hehe......"

In the face of the administrators and supervisors who resigned and cleared themselves, Emperor Wanli only felt an inexplicable sadness, and he felt even more heartfelt disgust for himself who was on the throne. However, he was an emperor after all, and he was a very intelligent emperor, and after a simple thought, he made a trade-off.

You have to make sure that you can do it!

The reason is very simple, Lao Shen, as the first assistant, is still very obedient, but the Taiwan officials have been in the limelight recently, and they have to be pressed. Emperor Wanli opened his mouth and said: "What Shen Ge Lao said is reasonable, Liu Yushi's impeachment is exaggerated, and Shen Ge Lao's resignation is not allowed." Shen Ge Lao, please get up! ”

Shen Shixing didn't want to leave, but as soon as he heard this, he immediately buckled his official hat back and stood up.

Emperor Wanli looked at Ye Qianqi and Yan Yifei, who were kneeling there uprightly, and said: "The duty of the Taoist officials is to picket the mistakes of hundreds of officials. In order to allow you to speak freely, the rules of the country and the dynasty, the Taiwan officials can hear about the matter, and if you have some impeachment, you have done your duty. Isn't it necessary to blackmail the king when he resigns at every turn? ”

This hat was buttoned a little heavier, and Ye Qianqi and Yan Yifei, who had always been loyal ministers among loyal ministers, faced this sentence of heart-wrenching, and immediately paused: "The minister doesn't dare!" The minister has no such intention! ”

Emperor Wanli said lightly, "Since you don't have this intention, then get up!" ”

Ye Qianqi and Yan were not helpless, so they had to pick up their hats and stand up, and Emperor Wanli said coldly: "I Ling'er and the others are discussed, only the crime of Ye Xiaotian, the head of the Woniu Division, and the secretaries don't have to involve anything else, just discuss the crime of Ye Yuan." ”

Ye Qianqi and Yan Yifei looked at each other with Shen Shixing, Xu Guo and others, and finally gave up the idea of a decisive battle. Seeing the situation, Qiao Hanwen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, quietly gave a look to several die-hard friends who were also core members of the hawks, and Lin Siyan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, coughed lightly and went out to play: "As for how to deal with Ye Yuan, the minister has some opinions, and he is willing to play it in the judgment of the Son of Heaven!" ”

: Sincerely ask for commuter passes, recommended tickets!. (To be continued......)