Chapter 128: The Twelfth Year of Hongzhi
Even in the past half a year, most of the ministers inside and outside are still frightened when they mention the change in Zuo Shunmen.
On that day, a total of 112 officials, including Ma Wensheng, Wu Kuan, Zhou Jing, etc., were beaten down by 50 court rods and a board for forcibly breaking into the palace ban and ramming the prince, and 18 officials including Liu Chao were killed on the spot! Twelve officers then died of serious injuries.
Then, the imperial court thoroughly investigated the people who fanned that day, but if they were suspected, all of them were removed from their official positions, deprived of their meritorious names, and those who had meritorious names in the same clan were removed together, and the rest of them were not allowed to take the test again.
Many officials in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid, but they are afraid of this one.
But the charges convicted by the court were very big, and others did not dare to say anything. After all, in order to get rid of their crimes, those people dared to fan the minister's emotions and collide with the prince, what else did they dare not do?
The rest of the people, although they are coerced, but after all, they have practical actions, and they should be removed from their posts, and they should be deposed.
Like Wu Kuan, he is now the magistrate of Longquan County, Guizhou.
Ma Wensheng and Zhou Jing were too old, and they were directly asked to pay tribute, and all kinds of honors given by the imperial court, such as the prince and the prince, were all deprived.
A big change down,
Fortunately, there were not a few Beijing officials who did not go to Zuoshunmen that day.
And the prestige of the crown prince established by this no one dared to question it easily for a while.
People thought that the crown prince would bring this great victory to completely replace the ministers of the court and the central government with a strong attitude, so that no one dared to disobey the will of the East Palace.
But to everyone's surprise,
At this pass, the prince suddenly fell silent.
In addition to studying in the Wenhua Hall every day, he practiced riding and archery in the East Palace, of course, because of the requirements of Emperor Hongzhi, the prince also spent a lot of time helping the emperor deal with court affairs.
His quietness gave the originally noisy court situation a respite, many people initially thought that the prince was too strict, but later found out that it was not, the prince did things reasonably, like Wu Kuan, those people took the initiative to provoke, and the officials next to him would not be on duty as usual.
In particular, the three cabinet ministers got the opportunity to ease the relationship between the princes, and if the trouble continued, the cabinet would not be able to keep it. Now, no matter what, the pattern of Liu, Li, and Xie has finally been maintained, and the country has lost so many ministers, but everything is stable and orderly and depends on them.
The three of them are relatively well-coordinated cabinets, and most of them handle things reasonably and properly. And before the change of Zuo Shunmen, Liu Jian had already considered doing things according to the prince's train of thought.
This is also the reason why we were suddenly able to get along with each other during this time.
Zhu Houzhao himself is also a smart person, after a long time, he can understand at a glance a few things, although Liu Jian is not like Wang Wei who came to show him loyalty, but the general idea is to move closer to him.
In this way, he is also happy to see Liu Jian continue to serve as the head of the cabinet.
At the same time, this quietness is also intentional on his part, because the change of Zuo Shunmen is justified, but it is always tossed one thing after another, Prince Yu's reputation is always bad, and the center of the country is engaged in this kind of struggle every day, and how many ministers are really thinking about government affairs?
After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao also decided to settle down a little.
In addition, he is still young, and many things are in the layout stage, which itself takes time. ….
As a result, from the change of Zuo Shunmen to the spring of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the political style of the imperial court changed, and many ministers no longer dared to make trouble. Because everyone has already seen that with such a person as the prince, you can make things happen if you want, but if you want to end things like this according to your wishes, it is not easy.
In addition, coupled with the seriousness and pragmatism of the cabinet Liu Jian, for a period of time, the DPRK and China have been discussing serious and important matters of governing the country.
For example, if a place is affected by a disaster, it is exempt from taxes. An official is corrupt and takes down. If there is any festival, then according to the rituals, everything is in order.
Oh, there's one more thing,
In October of the 11th year of Hongzhi, the emperor's young daughter Xiurong, who was less than five years old, died of illness.
Xiurong's untimely death made Emperor Hongzhi grief-stricken, so he dropped out of the dynasty for a day, and then posthumously named her Princess Taikang.
With this adverse event, the situation in the DPRK and China has become quieter.
Whoever dares to bark at this time just wants to be beaten by the board.
Because everyone can also see that the prince of the East Palace is secretly sad about this.
To be honest, the emperor is a real loner, it was good to have a little sister, with the soul of his descendants, as long as he is pampered, this little princess will be his intimate person in the future, but now it is gone.
Emperor Hongji's health was not good,
lost his beloved daughter before the winter, and before he could recover, he entered the winter days that became colder and colder year by year. At the same time, the emperor was already diligent in political affairs, even if he lost his daughter and dropped out of the dynasty for only one day, and the rest of the time he would hardly be absent from the early dynasty, in addition to reviewing the recitals.
This persisted for several months, and after the Spring Festival, the emperor could no longer support it, and suddenly fell ill.
In fact, he is only thirty years old, and there is no such a big problem as organ lesions, in the final analysis, there are two words, one is tired, and the other is empty.
And his body is already weak, Hongzhi has been sick for ten years, he has been lucky for eleven years, and he is still healthy, and he should be sick again this year.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao now has one more item on his schedule, which is to go to the emperor's bedroom to feed the emperor medicine.
Hongji looked at the more stable prince, and his heart was still happy.
Zhu Houzhao is indeed a little taller than when Hongzhi first came ten years, after all, he eats a lot and pays attention to exercise. He will definitely go out to show his face in the future, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will feel powerful at first sight.
"Prince...... In the past six months, I have been calming down and studying with peace of mind, which is really what I expected."
"Father, don't think about it anymore." Zhu Hou took care of the emperor who was tortured by illness every day, his face was pale, like an anemic patient, and he felt uncomfortable, "The imperial doctor said that my father was sick from hard work and needed to recuperate, so my father only had to think about what he liked to eat, what he liked to see, and what he liked to hear, as long as his father said it, his son would definitely find a way to find it for you."
The emperor smiled, "Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, but between me and Tai, it is the knowing father Mo Ruozi, what can I love to eat and see? I have to worry about the political affairs of the court, you, I also have to worry about it, I don't want to let go of it? I can't do it in a day."
Zhu Houzhao was helpless, what Hongzhi said was indeed true, this is a son slave.
"Your Majesty," the old husband Xiao Jing knelt down at this time, and said carefully in his words, "Elder Liu Ge, Elder Li Ge, and Elder Xie Ge are asking to see each other outside." ….
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said it all his life, but because the time of the crossing was unfortunate, he didn't really come into contact with it until now.
"Give it to the prince first." The emperor is used to saying this now,
The ministers are also used to hearing this.
Zhu Houzhao did this, and he got used to it.
In fact, he was also thinking, the twelfth year of Hongzhi...... Wasn't that the year Tang Bohu did?
Originally, the chief examiner of the examination was a good position, which not only showed the status of your emperor's heart, but also a large group of future court officials worshipped you as a teacher.
But the examiner of the 12th year of Hongzhi is not a good job.
Because Tang Bohu, the old man, made a fraud in the imperial examination, the examiner Cheng Minzheng had no good fruit to eat. But he doesn't remember why Cheng Minzheng provoked this commotion,
I just subconsciously feel that you are the chief examiner, and there must be something wrong with you when this happens.
Zhu Houzhao opened the cabinet and took a look: Li Dongyang, a scholar of the Prince Shaobao Wenyuan Pavilion University, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and Zhan Shi Wang Wei of the Zhan Mansion were the chief examiners of the examination.
The chief examiners are two people, this is discussed by the cabinet, and in the final analysis, Liu Jian nodded, which can be regarded as giving the prince face.
There are eighteen examiners in the same examiner, which is a lot, mainly thousands of students' papers to read.
"Father." After reading it, the prince handed it over to the emperor, "The ministers don't have anything to say, but I just don't think it's better to let Wang Wei be the main examiner."
Liu, Li, and Xie all had doubts in their hearts.
The Emperor was puzzled, "Why? Wang Wei talks about talent and morality, what's wrong with being an examiner?" ….
"Wang Wei lectured in the academy, and there were many controversies about the reasoning he stated, but those were academic disputes, and the perspective of reading the sage's books was different. But the imperial examination is related to the method of employing people in the imperial court, how can it be so casual? Therefore, the retainers thought that if Wang Wei was appointed as the main examiner, he was afraid that there would be unnecessary rights and wrongs."
The emperor and the three ministers all nodded approvingly,
Liu Jian even praised: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worried about Zhou Xiang, taking into account the overall situation, it is better for the ministers to wait."
"Not bad. The prince's words show that the study efforts of the past six months have not been in vain." Emperor Hongzhi was determined and pointed to the old eunuch, "Xiao Jing, pass on the decree to reward the crown prince with 20,000 horses of high-grade silk from Jiangnan."
"The son thanked his father!"
"Get up, get up. You and I, father and son, don't have to be like this. Elder Liu Ge, since Wang Wei is not suitable, you can take a look again, who will the remaining examiner choose?"
Zhu Houzhao is free to them, as long as he doesn't choose my people.
"Weichen thinks that Zuodu Yu Shi Daishan, who has been tired of the dynasty and has good morality, can be the main examiner." Liu Jian said that he had nothing to do with the prince, after all, he couldn't be too flattering, just let the prince know that meaning, and the prince didn't need to force it if he didn't want it.
All along, they have been like this.
Hongji glanced at the prince and saw that he didn't have much to say, "Quasi-play."
"By the way, you all happened to be here today." Emperor Hongji said in a consultative tone, "Since I had occasional discomforts last winter, I have often felt exhausted and my body has become increasingly exhausted. But the state affairs are heavy, that is, I want to delay for a few days, and I will have more people to be fed. Fortunately, the prince is shrewd and increasingly stable, and today's examiner can also be seen. Therefore, I have a plan to talk about it and listen to it with the Trinity."
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian are all extremely smart people, and when they heard the meaning of the emperor's words, they almost all had the same thought.
"Your Majesty...... But you want the crown prince to be in charge of the country?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his face was full of black lines. I think about you working, and you even think about *** living?!.
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