420 Treason (2-in-1)
Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, recommended Shen Yichen, the minister of the cabinet, to serve as the president of the examination?
This scene made the officials present look at each other, a few days ago, Shen Yichen didn't openly stand up against Qian, how could he reconcile so quickly.
Could it be that the scene at that time was a play sung by the two together?
The hundred officials were surprised, but Shen Yichen's expression did not change in the slightest, whether it was the previous disagreement or the current initiative to recommend, in fact, Yu Qian has never changed.
Upright, acting with public righteousness is his true nature!
Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor sitting on the dragon chair, had a very complicated expression on his face in the face of Qian's recommendation.
In fact, in his heart, the initial candidate for the president of the examination was Shen Yichen, after all, there were very few henchmen in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, except for the eunuchs, only Yu Qian and Shen Yichen had the merit of being a dragon, and they could barely be regarded as their own people.
However, Yu Qian was awarded the title of secretary of the Taibao and military departments, and he also specially ordered the governor of the world to be soldiers and horses, and he was already in power. If he is the president of the examination again, the protégés of the DPRK and the Central Committee will be everywhere, and a situation will inevitably be formed.
No matter how loyal and fair Yu Qian is, as the emperor, he has to consider the balance of power in the court, and the only suitable candidate left is Shen Yichen.
But the problem is that a few days ago, at the court meeting, the eunuch Xining finally said that the death of Song Zhang, the political envoy of Fujian's right cloth, secretly coincided with the death of King Lu mentioned by the Empress Dowager at the beginning, and all the spearheads were pointed at something related to Shen Yichen.
The act of killing the official will undoubtedly touch the rebellious scales of any emperor, and afterwards, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu had a deep fear in his heart, and he didn't know what Shen Yichen's goal or ambition was.
If he is allowed to serve as the president of the examination again, will he end up raising a tiger?
At the moment when Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu hesitated, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Shen Zhongtang's achievements are the only ones in the world, and he is regarded as a model of literati by the world's scholars.
Chen Xun stood in Shen Yichen's position?
Yu Qian's recommendation of Shen Yichen was at least in the expectation of the hundred officials, Chen Xun had nothing to do with him, and was even more inclined to the civil official group, why would he backstab Yang Hongze and He Pingyan at such a critical juncture.
Not to mention that the civil officials couldn't figure it out, even Shen Yichen himself didn't expect such a scene to appear. However, a mysterious smile appeared on the face of Gao Gu, who was also a cabinet minister, and it seemed that Motosuke had listened to his advice.
Among the newly promoted ministers of the cabinet, Yang Hongze was supported by Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and He Pingyan was directly supported by Wang Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but Shen Yichen and Shang Chen, there was no shadow of the elder standing behind them.
If you must count it, Shen Yichen stood behind Cheng Guogong and other relatives.
Chen Xun has no junior objects that he supports, no matter how he helps Yang Hongze, He Pingyan and others, he is undoubtedly helping others to make wedding dresses. On the contrary, Shen Yichen has clear grievances, even if he was young and frivolous, at least he is not a despicable and shameless person.
Showing favor to Shen Yichen may not be used for himself, but if he forms a good fate, he may be able to play a big role at the critical moment.
What's more, Yang Pu has known both Gao Gu and Chen Xun. Before he died, he chose to inherit the mantle of Shen Yichen, Chen Xun didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha, how could he repay the original kindness.
"The minister seconded what Yuanfu said, and asked His Majesty to appoint Shen Zhongtang as the test Yuanfu!"
Gao Gu immediately stood up and agreed, adding fuel to Shen Yichen's appointment.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
With Gao Gu's statement, Miao Zhen, the last veteran minister of the Orthodox Dynasty in the cabinet, can only show an attitude of advancing and retreating together at this moment.
Now that the cabinet is weak, several cabinet ministers will no longer unite to launch the next generation, and they will be pressed by the six ministries in the future!
Several cabinet elders have made recommendations one after another, which has added a special smell of gunpowder to the selection of the president of this meeting. From the beginning of the Yongle Dynasty, there was a scene of cabinet fighting, and now it happens that the two sides are recommending candidates to the left, once again showing the differences between the cabinets.
It seems that after the death of the "Three Yangs", the cabinet
is unwilling to succumb to the six departments.
The cabinet is in contention, and the only person who can make a ruling is today. So the hundreds of officials inside and outside the Fengtian Hall all looked at Zhu Qiyu above, wanting to see if he would choose Yang Hongze and He Pingyan, or Shen Yichen.
Just when the atmosphere of the scene gradually solidified and Zhu Qiyu felt in a dilemma, a rapid sound of bells came from under the Danxi, making the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu subconsciously look back.
The Song Dynasty used the golden plate issued by the emperor as a token, thus deriving the famous twelve gold medal arrows in history, ordering the story of Yue Fei's retreat from the front-line operation.
The special token of the emergency military situation of the Ming Dynasty was the bell on the messenger's body. When he heard the sound of bells at every post station, he immediately prepared the horses to be transferred, and continued to the next post station day and night, reaching an astonishing speed of 800 miles a day.
The sound of the bell of the emergency military situation can appear at the Zhengdan court meeting, which means that there is a major war at the border pass. You must know that in addition to the two main cities, the Xuanda defense line has only had time to repair a few acropolis fortresses, and it is quite simple for the Tartars to invade across the border.
Winter is theoretically not a good time for the Tartars to invade the border, but there are no absolutes, and no one dares to guarantee that the border will be safe.
Soon, an official of the General Administration Department carried a tray with an emergency military situation at the border and delivered it to the royal eucalyptus. The danger of the Jingshi Guard Battle can be said to be vivid, Zhu Qiyu did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately opened the chapter and flipped through it.
The civil and military officials in the hall all looked at the changes in Zhu Qiyu's face with the corner of their eyes, hoping to roughly deduce the blessings and misfortunes of the emergency military situation at the border pass.
I saw that the expression of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu changed from seriousness at the beginning to a kind of joy, and then anger appeared. All kinds of changes made the ministers in the palace a little unpredictable, what happened at the border pass that made the emperor's face uncertain?
After reading it, Zhu Qiyu put down the music in his hand, and in the face of the curious mentality of the ministers inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, he slowly spoke: "Datong urgently reported that the Tartars had taken the border from Yizhou, and the good news was that the chief soldier Guo Deng laid an ambush in advance, and the Tile Spur Department lost more than 6,000 soldiers in the first battle, and my Ming Tiger Ben suffered only a few hundred casualties!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, and you have a great victory!"
The record of tens to one, in the era of cold weapons, is almost equivalent to a one-sided massacre, except for the meat grinding ground of the Beijing division guard war, the Ming army has not caused such large casualties unilaterally to the Tartars for a long time.
Even if Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo in the ninth year of orthodoxy, went out to crusade against the three guards of Wuliangha, the actual result was only one or two thousand heads. If the military report of Datong General Guo Deng is not fake, then this is definitely a great victory!
"The Great Ming Tiger has raised the prestige of our country, congratulations to Your Majesty!"
"The rebellious ministers and thieves have come and gone, this is the new atmosphere of Jingtai!"
"The good start of the year is a great omen!"
All kinds of flattery and flattery followed, but the expressions on Shen Yichen and Zhu Yi's faces did not have much joy, on the contrary, they were full of solemnity.
Yizhou Wei is the city where Zhu Ji is stationed, and it is definitely not an accident that the Tartars chose to attack from here. However, the problem is that Shen Yichen only wrote a letter in the early days to remind Guo Deng, the general soldier of Datong, to beware of Zhu Ji, and did not say much else.
With this letter alone, can Guo Deng anticipate things like a god, prepare in advance in Yiju, and wait for the Tartars to throw themselves into the net?
Shen Yichen didn't believe that Guo Deng had such a prediction, and at the same time, he couldn't explain the reason, it seemed that only when Canghuo and others who carried out the order to kill the monarch returned to the capital could they know the truth behind it.
After all, the emergency military situation, the speed of changing horses at the post station, Canghuo and others are incomparable.
Zhu Yi's face was even more solemn, he was worried that under the premise of being unprepared, if it was exposed that Zhu Ji had collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, would his father be able to accept it?
Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, who has been fighting horses all his life and regards family pride and inheritance as his life, finally cultivated a traitor to his family and country, which is undoubtedly more shameful than the battle of Harrier Ridge.
If it is said that defeat is a lifetime of fame
Once ruined, Zhu Ji's treason will lead to the loss of the festival!
"In addition to congratulations, aren't you curious about Guo Deng, why can he not serve the prophet?"
Facing the congratulations of His Royal Highness's ministers, Zhu Qiyu did not have the joy he imagined on his face, but asked everyone.
In an instant, the Fengtian Temple, which was originally "jubilant", immediately became silent and abnormal, no matter how rich the imagination of the ministers was, it was impossible for them to imagine that Zhu Ji was collaborating with the enemy and treason, and they naturally did not dare to speak up for fear of saying the wrong thing.
"Since you don't know, I'll come and tell you."
"Zhu Yong's son, the Datong Mansion is in command of Zhu Ji, and it is a shame for the Ming Dynasty to communicate with foreign enemies and invade the border!"
After that, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu slapped the royal eucalyptus heavily, once the son of the Duke of the Ming Dynasty collaborated with the enemy and treason, and it would be a big scandal to spread it.
Knowing this news, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can be described as an uproar, indeed this news is too exciting, who would have thought that Cheng Guogong, who was once a very popular minister, would cultivate a godson.
Or if his thinking extends a little more, will his other two sons, and even Zhu Yong himself, also have problems?
At this time, many people in the court began to look at Shen Yichen and Zhu Yi with suspicious eyes.
Feeling everyone's attention, Zhu Yi, who is currently the actual family member of the Chengguo Mansion, resolutely stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the country has national laws, and the family has family rules. If it can be ascertained that Zhu Ji has indeed collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, please punish him severely according to the law."
"As the eldest brother, I wish to receive it together!"
Zhu Yi's words echoed in the Fengtian Palace, and compared to others, Shen Yichen's heart was more impacted at this moment.
For a long time, Shen Yichen hated the eight words "one glory and one loss", thinking that it was the shackles imposed by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, on his juniors, and he was nothing more than wanting to contribute to the glorious Chengguo Mansion.
At this moment, he saw in Zhu Yi the responsibility of sharing honor and disgrace, even if Zhu Ji was a traitor and a scumbag, he could never erase the blood of Chengguo Gong on him.
Zhu Yong asked if he was a concubine at home, and now Zhu Yi must carry the signboard of the Chengguo Mansion, no matter what is good, all of them must be accepted, this is his fate as the eldest son.
In the face of Zhu Yi's plea, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu couldn't see any emotional fluctuations, but just replied: "Zhu Ji is waiting outside now, I look at the face of Zhu Yong, the former Duke of Chengguo, and give him a chance to defend himself."
"The Great Ming Emperor is resting with the country, don't let me chill."
Zhu Qiyu's words were undoubtedly a warning and hint, but in Shen Yichen's ears, he thought of more things.
During the seven years of Jingtai's reign, Zhu Qiyu was diligent in managing the government, appointing virtuous ministers, and conscientious, and he was definitely a king above the qualified line. If you can go one step further and reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty after Tumubao, it is not unworthy for the King of Time to become the Lord of Zhongxing.
But the problem is that during his reign, he could maintain respect and restraint for the sole control of Qian Daquan, and he could tolerate Wu Qingbo Shiheng's monstrous desire for power. But I don't know why, in history, the old lords have always been undisguised and suppressed, such as Zhu Yi has never been allowed to attack the knighthood, and he can't even go to Harrier Ridge to worship.
In addition, although the British Duke Zhang Fu was gracious, he let his youngest son succeed him, which caused the British Duke to be actually dissatisfied.
There is also Xiangcheng Uncle Li Zhen has no heirs to inherit the title, but he crossed his second brother Li Lian, who is still alive, and let the third brother Li Jin inherit as the fourth generation of Xiangcheng Uncle, and there was a lot of uproar.
As for Xiuwu Bo Shen Rong not letting his son-in-law attack the lord, Taining Marquis Chen Ying let the side branch attack the lord and so on, let's not talk about it. Anyway, as long as it is a veteran and a relative, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu will be weakened and suppressed as if he has a grudge, and even led to an imbalance in the power of the lords and relatives in the DPRK and China, and the civilian officials gradually became dominant.
At that time, Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, was attacked by the kings of the Ming Dynasty, because he was too ruthless to cut the domain and not give him a way to live.
Now although Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu has not reached the point of death, on the premise that he has not yet been convicted, he does not leave any affection for the Chengguo Gong lineage, and it is difficult not to chill the old relatives present.
Who can guarantee that there will be no one for children and grandchildren
Two disobedient people, if they are caught today, it will be their own tomorrow!
"Minister, follow the teachings!"
Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun En, even if he knows that this is a threat, Zhu Yi only has the share of gratitude.
"Bring Zhu Ji up."
With Zhu Qiyu's order, several brocade guards appeared in the distance of the royal road, and the one who was surrounded in the middle was Zhu Ji, who was still wearing a military uniform.
After the battle of Yizhou, for this commander of the three products, plus the identity of the son of Chengguo Gong, the general soldier of Datong Guo Deng could not deal with it, so he could only escort him and the messenger who transmitted the military information to the Beijing Division to hand over to the emperor for questioning.
However, Shen Yichen accidentally saw Zhao Hongjie's figure in the brocade guards guarded, and when he passed by him after entering the hall, he also handed him an envelope.