Chapter 37: The Choice
Ye Tianhuai stopped Lu Yanchen's class in the afternoon. But except for the morning and sleeping time, she soaked in the Wenyuan Pavilion behind the Wenxuan Hall all day long.
Wenyuan Pavilion stores ancient and modern books, tens of thousands of books in the cabinet, from literary and historical classics to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucian medicine.
Ye Tianhuai spent ten days reading the books and miscellaneous sayings on the Ming monarchs and sages of the past dynasties in the library of the History Department of Wenyuan Pavilion.
She wanted to know what kind of person would make a good king.
Lu Yanchen was right. She only ruled the country with indignation, she was far from seeing the difficulties and obstacles on this road, and she was not ready. Her determination was not enough to sustain her through this long and endless road full of fog.
She doesn't want to be comparable to Yao Shun, but even if she is the Holy Ancestor Emperor of the Great Jing Kai Dynasty, she has no rule or martial arts, she also thinks that she is far from it.
Her knowledge and ambition can't support her big words.
Ye Tianhuai fell into self-doubt.
With these questions, Ye Tianhuai came out of Wenyuan Pavilion.
Also on the same day, Chen Yuansi returned to court.
On the first day of Chen Yuansi's reign, he finalized the official positions of the first three people in the first class this year. The arrangement of the Ministry of Officials is very ingenious, the three of them are either bachelors or cultivators, although their status grades are not low, but none of them have entered the six departments and have real power.
"Elder Chen Ge, what do you mean by this?" Gu Shihai listened to Chen Yuansi's report and immediately questioned.
"The old minister can't understand Gu Ge's words." Chen Yuansi was sick this time, and he seemed to speak more slowly.
"There are so many vacancies in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, waiting for the employment of people, but the Ministry of Officials has sent all the people to repair the book, what is the reason?"
Chen Yuansi still replied unhurriedly: "What kind of knowledge is the first class this time, all the ministers have seen it in this Taihe Palace." Now there is a lot of trouble in the Shengjing Academy, but Gu Ge Lao still insists on going his own way and entrusting him with important tasks, so he is not afraid of everyone's money, and it will be difficult to end it when the time comes? ”
"The imperial court is employing people. Who to use, whether it can be used or not, naturally should be judged by the ministries, is this the elbow of the ministry? ”
"Gu Ge Lao's words are wrong, and the officials are meritocracy. This time, the three of them are all young talents, and the officials arranged it this way to train them. If it is really a usable talent, it will naturally not be buried. ”
As soon as he said this, Gu Shihai pondered for a while, seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "But manpower is tight at the moment, especially the military department. Jinchuan in the west has repeatedly violated the border after the New Year, and Beidi in the north has also taken action recently, but the money reported by the Ministry of War last month has not been approved for a long time. Chen Ge Lao did not allocate money to the Ministry of War, nor did he allocate people to the Ministry of War, so what did the ministers use to fight these battles? ”
"Elder Gu Ge is a little restless. The old ministers of the Ministry of War know the situation, and the cabinet also knows that there will be no shortage of money, food, and personnel, but everything must be done in accordance with regulations. Gu Ge Lao, wait for the next court, let's go to the East Pavilion to talk about it in detail. ”
The East Pavilion is located in the east of the Taihe Palace, which is the place where the Taiqing Pavilion is located, and it is also the place where the cabinet meets and discusses. When Chen Yuansi said this, he meant that it involved military and political secrets, and it was inconvenient to discuss them in public in the court.
Gu Shihai understood it and didn't say more. This matter is over in the court.
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After the early court, the five cabinet dignitaries went straight to the East Cabinet.
Ye Tianhuai didn't attend their meeting, she had another thing to do.
She had to stop the Chengtianmen Change.
Now that she knew something like this was going to happen, it was impossible for her to sit idly by.
According to the books of the students she had read in her previous life, the students' request should be to publish the candidates' examination papers and reopen the pre-palace to study.
When Emperor Shengzu created the Spring Festival, in addition to the palace test, there was also a tradition, that is, the study in front of the palace.
Within ten days after the release of the lists, the imperial court will hold a discussion in the literary school, and the top three scholars in the first class will sit on the academic altar and answer the homework questions raised by people from all walks of life. Although this study was set up in the literary school and was called "The Treatise in Front of the Palace", it was open to all the people. On the one hand, it aims to promote the style of study and set an example for students all over the world, and on the other hand, it aims to sharpen the first class of the new subject and let them understand the aspirations of the people.
However, more than 20 years ago, there was a riot in the temple and dozens of people were injured, and the temple was abolished. Although there have been calls for the reopening of the palace in recent years, after all, it is difficult for people to speak lightly.
Now this matter is handled by Gu Shihai, with his wrist style, not to mention agreeing to the students' requests, it can be regarded as mercy if he does not arrest all the people who write the book.
Ye Tianhuai remembered that on the day of the Chengtianmen Incident in his previous life, it was Luo Zichang, the commander of the forbidden army, who came to Wenxuan Hall with a warrant from He Qingchang, the secretary of the military department, to ask for the mobilization of the forbidden army and the Gyeonggi Guard. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that these two people are both under Gu Shihai's orders. It's just that in her previous life, she trusted most of the courtiers, and she didn't ask about court affairs, so that she didn't know that there was such a big thing, and she didn't know that someone was dead until Gu Shihai and Chen Yuansi quarreled about it the next morning.
The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, and Gu Shihai's iron-fisted policy is only afraid that something will happen this time.
It's just that with Ye Qianhuai's current passive situation, it is a fool's dream to stop Gu Shihai. Even if Gu Shihai couldn't get her warrant this time and couldn't mobilize the forbidden army and the Gyeonggi Guard, Ye Tianhuai didn't know if he would make any other moves.
The best way to resolve this issue once and for all is to stop the students from gathering to petition and prevent the problem from happening in the first place.
After thinking about it for a few days, she felt that she could only stand up as the emperor to calm the anger of the people, whether it was a promise or a cake, in short, to stabilize the people's feelings first. In the future, you can mediate with Gu Shihai.
Ye Tianhuai even thought about including the Gu family's daughters in the harem. In this way, you can not only contain the queen in the harem, but also calm Gu Shihai's heart.
But that's all for later. What I need to do now is to leave the palace again.
First, it was to investigate the real public opinion caused by the Chunfu list among the people, and now under the double pressure of the Criminal Department and Gyeonggi Wei, what she heard in the court was that the people were peaceful, and no one questioned the report.
In addition, Ye had to solve a worry about this trip.
If she had to appear in front of the people and students as the emperor, then there was one person who had to be disposed of in advance.
Qin Baozhu.
A person who knows she is a woman.
Although she has made an oath with heaven and earth as evidence, the stakes are high, and Ye Qianhuai must ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Wenxintang has a deep relationship with Wang Lisong, and there are many candidates in the academy who participated in the Spring Festival, and it is very likely that they participated in the Chengtianmen Change. Although Qin Baozhu did not have a reference, with her status as a housekeeper in Wenxin Hall and her familiar relationship with the students, it was extremely likely that she would go to Chengtianmen to petition.
As long as she is there, Ye Tianhuai can't show up.
The best way is to find a way to persuade her to leave Shengjing. But since she said that she grew up in a brothel since she was a child, she has no family in the future, and if she leaves Wenxintang, I am afraid she will have nowhere to run. What's more, if such a major event as a petition is imminent, if it is not for a big reason, I am afraid that she will not be able to persuade her.
Ye Tianhuai was a little worried.
Both the Criminal Department and the Gyeonggi Wei are under the control of Gu Shihai, and if they use their power to control her, they will definitely not be able to avoid Gu Shihai's eyes and ears. The emperor who never left the palace suddenly targeted a folk woman like this, isn't it "there are no three hundred taels of silver here"?
Ye Qianhuai could only persuade her to give it a try. It would be best if she could persuade her to leave Shengjing, but if not......
She couldn't take any chances.
Ye Tianhuai then called Zhou Shouyi.
"Grandpa Zhou, I want to ask you for a medicine."
"What medicine?"
"Pills that can make you lose your memory if you take them."
Zhou Shouyi frowned and looked at Ye Tianhuai, speechless.
But seeing Ye Tianhuai staring at him seriously, there was no joke in his eyes. Zhou Shouyi then searched left and right in the room. After a while, he found a fork rod for supporting the window by the window, which was more than half an arm long, he waved it lightly twice in his hand, and said to Ye: "Use this, it's quite handy." ”
Just when Ye was puzzled, Zhou Shouyi turned around and showed her the back of his head, he pointed to a place on his head and said: "Follow here, master the strength, ensure that you are in place at one time, and immediately lose your memory." ”
Ye Tianhuai saw that Zhou Shouyi was making fun of her, and couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, she restrained her smile again and asked, "Grandpa Zhou, is there really no such medicine?" ”
"In ancient and modern medical books, it is unheard of. Only in the witchcraft of southern Xinjiang, there were rumors that there was a Gu poison that could make people lose their memory before, but after I banned witches, there were no such rumors. ”
Ye Tianhuai sighed silently, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then Grandpa Zhou gave me a bottle of poison." ”
Zhou Shouyi's expression suddenly became nervous: "What kind of poison does Your Majesty want?" ”
"The poison given to death in the palace. It takes half an hour after taking it to have a seizure. After a pause, she looked at Zhou Shouyi again, her eyes were a little unbearable, and said, "Is there that kind of thing, it won't be painful to drink without color and taste?" ”
Zhou Shouyi looked at her vigilantly, and asked for a while, "Your Majesty won't be going to poison Gu Ge Lao, right?" ”
Ye Tianhuai looked at his expression and couldn't help but smile: "I won't use such a vicious method to deal with the courtiers. ”
She lowered her eyes and said, "It's a common person outside the palace, and she found out that I am a woman." ”
Zhou Shou's expression on his side changed like a storm, and in the end, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, there are some roads that can't be turned back......"
Ye Tianhuai interrupted him: "I have already made a decision. Grandpa Zhou, don't worry. ”
He glanced at Ye Tianhuai deeply, sighed, and said, "The minister will go and get the medicine." ”
After saying that, he retired.
Ye Tianhuai walked out of the door with his hands in his hands and stopped in the courtyard.
She has lived for two lifetimes, and she has only one human life on her hands, which is her own under the sword of Long Yuan.
Power is the sharpest sword in the world. She didn't know that no one could sit on this cold throne with their hands dripping blood. She just didn't expect that for the first time in her life, the other party was a weak female streamer from a common people's family.
Ye Tianhuai raised his eyes and looked at the vermilion palace wall.
She suddenly felt that this solemn and solemn wall seemed to have been stained with human blood in the long river of history.