Cabinet.

Zou Yuanbiao admonished the emperor's recital not long after he was sent to the palace at the gate of the Jinghui Jimen, and he was sent to the cabinet by the celebrant and the clerk's office as usual.

After seeing Zou Yuanbiao's recital, the cabinet ministers did not speak, but only sat on their chairs, looking at the gray sky outside and the snow falling on the eaves under the sky.

"Yuansuke, let's say something."

Pan Cheng finally broke the silence and looked at Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing was looking in the direction of the Qianqing Palace outside the window at this time, and after hearing Pan Cheng say this, he turned his head and said, "Kill!" ”

"Kill?"

Xu Guo, a cabinet scholar, asked in surprise at this time, and walked to Shen Shixing's side from the outside.

Shen Shixing took a sip of hot tea unhurriedly, and asked Yu Menglin, a scholar who did things for himself, to study ink for himself, and then said: "Not only do you want to kill, but you also want to crack the car!" ”

Pan Cheng and Liu Yingjie both hurriedly stood up and looked at Shen Shixing, both of whom had a sense of strangeness in their eyes.

Pan Chengxian said: "The problem is that the gain or loss of the monarch is within the scope of his duties, and there is no reason to kill him because of this!" Yuanfu took him to the sixth department at that time, didn't he value his daring to speak? He said now, if he really kills him, won't he really confirm the meaning that we, the ministers, want to block His Majesty's speech? ”

There are three ways to elect officials in the Ming Dynasty, one is to push the court, the second is to take the line, and the third is the year.

Among them, it goes without saying that the court pushes, and it is natural that the important ministers need to be nominated by the ministers of the DPRK and the central government.

The line of the command refers to the selection of magistrates and magistrates from the local government to serve as officials in the court and the imperial history.

Every year, one of the officials of the department and the province is transferred to the local government or deputy envoy and other officials, or to the six ministries.

Nowadays, because the six subjects are mainly taken by the cabinet, the officials who are selected from the six subjects are basically taken by the cabinet.

"That's right, no matter how you say it, he is also a speech official, and he is a speech official who has not forced the palace or accepted bribes, so he cannot be killed legally."

"Moreover, even if we want to kill him, it can only be His Majesty who kills him, and we condemn him to death, so we really have to confirm that we are traitors, but where are we traitors from beginning to end?!"

Liu Yingjie followed the words and said a few words, and after speaking, he spread out his hand and looked at Shen Shixing with a puzzled expression.

Shen Shixing faced the cold wind outside and said: "This Zou Yuanbiao, in order to invite a straight name, actually slandered the monarch's father, and not killing is not enough to appease the anger of the courtiers!" ”

"Motosuke!"

Xu Guo was also busy with Shen Shixing at this time, and said: "Even if you want to deal with him, it can only be said that he is overly ambitious, and he has committed excesses, this kind of crime is only dismissal and exile at best!" Yuanfu insists on this, so how do the people of the world think of Yuanfu? ”

Shen Shixing sneered: "Laugh and scold them, loyal servants will do it!" ”

After Shen Shixing said, he said: "You don't have to say it anymore, the servant has made up his mind!" ”

At this time, Yu Menglin also hesitated to dip the pen in ink and handed it to Shen Shixing.

Syllable!

But Shen Shixing was just about to pick it up, when suddenly there was a snap, Pan Cheng actually knocked the pen to the ground, and looked at Shen Shixing: "Although the public is the leader, he can't ignore the public opinion so much!" ”

Shen Shixing sank his face, raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Pan Cheng.

Pan Cheng's chest also rose and fell violently, and finally he couldn't help but take a step back and bow his hand to Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing ignored it, only picked it up in person, and suddenly picked up Zou Yuanbiao's song, and said: "Selling fame and reputation, there is no king, and it is appropriate to be punished with a car split!" ”

After Shen Shixing's ticket was drafted, he handed the song to Yu Menglin and said, "Send this ink book to the clerical room quickly!" ”

Yu Menglin did not take the ink book at this time, but regressed and arched his hand: "Yuanfu, please think twice!" ”

Shen Shixing left his seat by himself, faced the goose feathers and heavy snow, and walked towards the clerk's room.

It didn't take long.

Li Wen, the eunuch in the clerical room, hurriedly took this piece of music to the celebrant eunuch, and then said to Zhang Hong, Chen Zheng, Sun Bin and others: "Ladies and gentlemen, the big thing is not good, there are officials who scold the emperor for his great achievements, and scold the ministers of foreign dynasties for flattering the king!" ”

"What?!"

Zhang Hong, Chen Zheng, Sun Bin and other celebrant eunuchs were shocked and all stood up from their seats.

Then, Zhang Hong left his seat first, took over the note that still contained snow, and asked as he opened it: "How did the cabinet vote?" ”

"The car cracks!"

"It has been archived, and it has also been prepared by the Criminal Division and Jinyiwei!"

Li Wen replied.

Syllable!

Zhang Hong directly slapped Li Wen: "Why are you in such a hurry!" ”

Li Wen hurriedly covered his face and explained aggrievedly: "Yuan Fu personally came to deliver the book, and asked us to act according to the convention, and our clerical office did not dare to follow it!" ”

After all, Shen Shixing is the head of the civil officials, and the person who forced the emperor to change the clerical room may be changed for the sake of the overall situation, after all, a clerical eunuch is nothing, and he cannot be equal to the first assistant, and only the palm print of the celebrant can be equal to the first assistant in the inner court.

Therefore, Li Wencai said that he did not dare not obey.

Zhang Hong fell silent after hearing this, and didn't open the music again, just looked at the getting heavier and heavier snow outside and the increasingly misty sky, and suddenly said: "Approve it immediately!" ”

Chen Zheng, the eunuch of Bingbi, was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Hong: "Ancestor, you have to be cautious in this matter!" After all, it's a blunt offense, not something else, if we directly criticize the red, won't it really make the outside world think that we listen to the cabinet for everything? ”

Zhang Hong looked at Chen Zheng and asked, "If the outer court wants to kill, can the inner court not kill?" ”

Chen Zhengdao: "Then you have to let Your Majesty know first!" ”

"After the red is approved, it will be played again in Your Majesty."

Zhang Hong replied.

After hearing this, Chen Zheng hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Ancestor, I don't know why, I still think that our ceremonial supervisors all listen to the cabinet and have no own ideas!" ”

Zhang Hong glanced at Chen Zheng, and then asked, "Which of you is red?" ”

At this time, Sun Bin came over and took over the song: "My son will come and approve the red." ”

Chen Zheng was stunned when he saw this.

Zhang Hong handed the song to Sun Bin.

At the same time, Zhang Hong asked the little eunuch to put on a big hat for him, and said: "Our family will go to the cabinet in person, approve the red music, and when our family comes back, our family will personally hand it over to the emperor." ”

"Yes!"

Sun Bin replied.

Seeing that this was becoming more and more absolutely bad, Chen Zheng hurriedly chased after him, knelt on the snow, and shouted at Zhang Hong: "My son is wrong! ”

Zhang Hong stopped: "What are you doing wrong?" ”

Chen Zhengdao: "The mistake is not to listen to the godfather." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Hong shook his head and left.

"No, you should be wrong because the celebrant is not our celebrant eunuch, but the emperor's celebrant eunuch!"

Zhang Whale walked back from the direction of Qianqing Palace at this time and replied for Zhang Hong.

When Zhang Hong saw Zhang Whale appear, he smiled and asked, "Is the emperor asleep?" ”

"I'm taking a petal bath with Concubine Yang, and my godfather will come over later."

Zhang Whale replied.

Zhang Hong nodded: "That's right, let's go to the cabinet first." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Whale answered "yes", then returned to the celebrant and got off the sedan chair.

And Zhang Hong got into the sedan chair here, squinted and said, "Go to the cabinet!" ”

Not half an hour after Zhang Hong went to the cabinet, the sky became darker and darker, and the Forbidden City was also lit up, and rows of candles began to bloom in an orderly manner among the snow bars of the Jade Palace.

Zhu Yijun also lazily inserted the golden hairpin obliquely, walked from the inner warm pavilion to the outer warm pavilion with his waist and shoes, lying on the collapse, and looked sparse.

Squeak.

It was only at this moment that Zhang Hong walked in.

Zhu Yijun only raised his eyes slightly and yawned: "Coming?" ”

Zhang Hong said "um", and said: "There is a matter of Hu Tu played by the Hu Tu people, and I ask the emperor not to be angry when I see it." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Just play!"

"You know me, I've always had a gentle temper."

Zhu Yijun asked and then said.

Zhang Hong replied: "It is said that the emperor is so happy that the minister is like a slave!" ”

"Fuck it!"