Chapter Ninety-One: Raid on the Duke of England
Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Deliberations.
The cabinet soon sent the matter of Zhang Hui's attack on the British Duke to the Ministry of Rites, and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites also had different opinions about this hot potato.
Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan, the younger brothers of the British Duke Zhang Fu, are the sons of Zhang Yu, the king of Hejian, a famous general.
Because of the merits of the Battle of Jingyan, before the Tumubao Change, the Zhang family was the most powerful nobleman in the court, and was greatly reused by Zhu Di in the previous life, and was the well-known head of the nobles.
But since Zhang Fu was martyred, a large number of nobles have been martyred, and the status of the Xungui group has plummeted.
As the head of the former nobles, the situation of the Zhang family is as different as the nobles.
The Duke of England has not yet been decided, and the court has not mentioned that Zhang Hui has been "leading the forbidden soldiers and guards" since the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, claiming to command the forbidden army in the imperial city.
But in fact, he is a real false title.
At that time, the forbidden army was directly twelve guards, and the soldiers were scarce due to the change of the civil fort, and most of the rest were also gathered in the four guards of the government army formed after Zhu Di, which was in charge of Wang's relatives.
Therefore, Zhang Hui, the younger brother, not only did not get the opportunity to be a "brother to brother" after Zhang Fu's martyrdom, but he was also excluded from the court.
Even if he was reborn, Zhu Di always remembered the loyalty of the Zhang family, so after seizing power, he began to help Xungui rise to power, so as to achieve the goal of balancing the civil power in the court.
As for the emperor's thoughts, the officials of the Ministry of Rites knew very well.
So some people soon objected, and it was Lang Zhong who stood up, and he said: "Zhang Hui was awarded the Jinwu avant-garde commander by Jing Nangong in his early years, and within a year, he was promoted to the right governor of the Chinese military capital. ”
"Isn't it too much to talk about appeasement now?"
Hu Hui, the secretary of the ministry, said: "This is wrong, Zhang Hui was awarded the Jinwu avant-garde commander in the Yongle Dynasty was given by Emperor Taizong, and that was because of other merits. ”
"Promoted to the third level in a year, it is also the trust of Emperor Renzong, not to mention the difficult merit of Zhang Yujing, the king of the river, at present, there is no heir to the Duke of England, according to the rules of the dynasty's brother and brother, Zhang Hui should be the lord."
Hu Hu is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, after all, he is the leader here, and Na Lang Zhong is the person who was inserted by the cabinet, and when he saw Hu Hu revealing his attitude prematurely, he didn't say more.
Due to Hu Hui's vigorous promotion, Zhang Hui's attack on the lord was successfully passed by the ministry of rites, and finally submitted to the cabinet.
The cabinet elders were also surprised by this result.
Hu Hui has been in the six dynasties, it can be said that he has both ability and political integrity, and his prestige among the courtiers is very high, I thought that the Ministry of Rites would block this discussion, but I didn't expect it to pass the next day.
The result of such a quick ministerial discussion can only show one thing, Hu Hu suppressed the opposition in the Ministry of Rites, and he was determined to follow the emperor.
There is nothing the cabinet can do, the matter is led by the emperor, and the Ministry of Rites is approved.
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Since the incident of Tumubao, Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan brothers have been squeezed out by the courtiers, and the nobles have lost their power and collapsed, and Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan brothers also have their own difficulties.
Zhang Hui, who was supposed to be the knight, was disqualified because of his scarcity of merits, and his younger brother Zhang Hui was also impeached by civilian officials and bullied others, and was disqualified at the beginning of the first year of Jingtai.
Therefore, the British princess, who was originally the commander of the honor, was undecided.
This is exactly the result that the ministers are happy to see, because the British are uncertain, and the nobles have no backbone, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
And this can also help them better place people in various places after the Tumubao Change, and seize power with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.
The current Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, to be honest, has no competition with Yu Qian's Wenchen at all.
Therefore, Zhang Hui has always been an alcoholic, drinking and having fun all day long, ignoring health affairs, and there is no way to talk about checking and balancing civil officials.
In fact, he can understand this, after all, the current Zhang Hui only has a virtual title, no soldiers to bring, but he has no real power to speak of.
There's really not much to do other than indulge in pleasure.
But soon, the situation was rewritten.
A holy decree was sent to Zhang Hui's home, it was the holy decree he had been waiting for, Zhang Hui listened to it, and got up from his chair hand and foot.
"W-What?"
"Raider? I? ”
Zhang Hui thought that he would have no chance with the British dukedom in this life, but he didn't expect that this day would come so suddenly, and he looked at Wang Cheng dumbfounded.
The latter nodded slightly, withdrew the rest of the people, glanced at the messy wine bowls and leftovers around him, frowned, and said, "Why don't you get up and take the order?" ”
"Isn't this a dream?" Zhang Hui pinched his red face because of his alcoholism all day long, and felt the pain, so he hurriedly shouted:
"Minister, minister Zhang Hui takes the order!"
Wang Cheng then spread out the scroll, cleared his throat, and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and he says: "The British Duke Zhang Fu was martyred in the first war, and I deeply mourn it. Chin this. ”
The content of the decree was very short, there were no bloated polite words, and before Zhang Hui could react, the reading was over, and he was still stunned in place, at a loss.
"English duke?"
"What's wrong with you?"
After reacting for a long time, Zhang Hui realized that the British Duke was calling himself, and hurriedly took the holy decree, crying with joy: "Thank you!" ”
"Thanksgiving!
”
After Wang Cheng delivered the holy decree, he did not rush to leave, but lowered his posture, helped the embarrassed Zhang Hui back to the chair, and then squinted and said:
"British duke, you must not be like this again in the future."
"Your Majesty has taken a lot of effort to let you attack the lord smoothly, and some people are still staring at it, they don't want you to attack the lord, if you are found to be honest, Your Majesty can't protect you."
Zhang Hui sobered up instantly, although his face was still red, but he seemed to be a different person in an instant, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, father-in-law, the minister must be careful." ”
"Your Majesty's protection of the minister's lordship, this kindness, the minister will always remember it."
Wang Cheng didn't say anything more, turned around and left.
As soon as he left, Zhang Hui shivered all over, shook his head, Zhang Hui unfolded the holy decree, read it again word by word, and then took it into his arms as if he had found a treasure.
"O Holy Monarch!"
"Your Majesty is truly a saint like no other in the ages!
”
Zhang Hui turned his head and saw the mess caused by his decadence these days, and immediately decided to change his past mistakes, shouting: "Come on, throw all the wine in the house to me." ”
"From today onwards, I won't drink alcohol in the UK!"
Although there is no real power yet, it is a good thing to attack the lord, which is obviously the first step for the current Jingtai Emperor to reuse himself, as long as he catches it himself, and does not give the truth to those who have a heart.
Real power is coming soon.
When the servants heard this, they were all pleasantly surprised.
What, my lord, now a British duke?
Then aren't all of us going to follow the rising tide!
For a while, all the festive atmosphere was busy, cleaning up, renovating and renovating, Zhang Hui was still shouting on the side:
"You don't have to take it, when you move to the British government, you can have it."
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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Di listened to Wang Cheng's return and was a little disappointed with Zhang Hui's decadent performance.
Seeing the emperor's appearance, Wang Cheng guessed something, so he was relieved: "Don't worry, the slave seems to have repented when she sees Zhang Hui." ”
"The most important thing is that Your Majesty is tantamount to sending charcoal to the Zhang family this time, the Zhang family is full of doors, and they will be loyal to Your Majesty and serve Your Majesty."
Zhu Di nodded, Zhang Hui in the previous life was indeed not as decadent as he is now, it seems that there may have been too many things that have happened recently.
It doesn't hurt to give him a chance to remanifest.