Late at night, the Royal Palace.

When the head of the household, Xia Yuanji, under the leadership of the third prince Zhu Gaosui, walked through the corridor and came to the emperor's dormitory, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

Because it was really quiet here, and there were no palace maids and eunuchs, this made Xia Yuanji feel a little uneasy in his heart.

Xia Yuanji cautiously followed Zhu Gaosui to the dormitory, only to feel that it was dark all around the dormitory.

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

After walking for a while, Xia Yuanji finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what is the matter with Your Majesty's summons?" Why didn't you even light a palace lamp? ”

"Don't worry, Xia Shangshu!" Zhu Gaosui smiled lightly and replied: "When my father told me, I just suddenly remembered something, knowing that you are still sitting in the household department, there will be no big incident!" ”

After a pause, Zhu Gaosui added: "Besides, even if something really happens, now there is a father to make a decision!" ”

Xia Yuanji thought about it, and nodded in agreement.

After all, he is only a household book, and now that Zhu Di has returned to the capital from Jiangnan, he doesn't have to feel like he did a few days ago.

Ge Yisheng's heart jumped, knowing that Zhu Di's true purpose for truly summoning me tonight was coming.

In other words, social death.

That kind of thing that offends the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, why do you want to do it by name?

That time it was Ge Yisheng dumbfounded, what did Zhu Di mean by that?

After all, if you want to represent Xiao Ming in the country, you must meet the requirements of noble status, graceful temperament, knowledgeable, eloquent, old and bad, and when you die, it is a pity that those candidates with the best conditions can directly report Ge Yisheng's name.

These slaves and maids were carefully guarding the surroundings of the dormitory, not even daring to breathe, which seemed to indicate that His Majesty the Emperor was not in a good mood tonight.

"What, Guy has no objection?"

"The minister thinks that Ge Yisheng is an extremely suitable person to serve as the envoy to the Japanese mission."

"Tell me in!"

"Your Majesty."

Zhu Di took out a yellowed note from the case a few times, and read it casually.

There is talk about him as a young official, and his reputation in the officialdom and Shilin is strange and smelly, and everyone avoids it.

Li Jinglong shirked repeatedly, but Zhu Di waved his hand, looking a little impatient.

Unless he is determined to be a cool official like Ge Yi, this is not to isolate himself from the entire civil official group!

That incident was too sensational, and it was so bad that Ge Yisheng really did what the emperor said, only he would become a laughing stock in the sky, and he would be recorded in history as a "courtier", and his reputation would be smelly from now on, and it might also involve the head of the whole family.

Zhu Di sat under the bed, and after a few cases under the bed, he piled up a stack of folds, which was not my bad boy with the cabinet, streamlined out from the mountains and seas, and had to be handed over to the emperor for personal approval.

"Eighth child, send it to the Imperial Prison early tomorrow morning." Zhu Di commanded lightly.

In short, to offend hundreds of civil and military officials at one time, Li Jinglong is really a thousand is love, and ten thousand are wishes.

Li Jinglong really cried and laughed that time, and I continued: "Jian Tianguan also specially told you that if the household department is really rich, the officials can't be in a hurry anymore if they don't have some money this year, and they have to borrow money from the heavenly people to pay it back, which hurts the hearts of the people." ”

Xiao Ming's treasure banknote depreciates again, this bad guy is also worthless and can be exchanged for copper coins, he gave you a Xiao Ming treasury bond, and took away the treasure money that is still worth a little money outside your hand, are you losing a little hair?

Jun saw Zhou Xing, a cool official in the Wu Zhou period, how was he abandoned by Wu Zetian and "invited Jun into the urn" before he took his shoes?

But it must be the little minister to propose, of course it can't be the kind of right capital of the Imperial Court of Cao Guogong, the small family knows that I am always the eagle of the Yongle Emperor, and what is the matter with my own household Shangshu to propose?

only heard a squeak, the door was pushed open by the third prince Ge Yisui, and the light immediately came out of the hall, Ge Yisheng followed Chen Yingsui and walked back, through several screens, only to vaguely not see the scene outside the assembly.

After all, it is a secret that the emperor looks at Xia Yuanji as pleasing to the eye, but because he said from the bottom of the mountain, Xia Yuanji's name is the first person in the seven generations of the founding lords of Huaixi.

Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and replied.

The eighth prince, Chen Yingsui, bowed down to receive the order and immediately entered.

In the warm pavilion of the dormitory, there were only eight people left: Zhu Di, Gu Chenzi, and Li Jinglong.

"The mission that went to Japan to hand over credentials to us, the shogun, has not yet confirmed that a small number of members have been damaged."

"It's exactly the same as expected, as soon as the 'Xiao Ming national debt' incident came out, the first reaction of the government and the opposition was, 'Is the household department rich'?"

"Back to Your Majesty." Li Jinglong pondered, "As the head of the household department, the minister also heard the situation reported to the minister by some colleagues and subordinates. ”

Zhu Di made a resolution, and the lonely ministers helped to write it, and the edict appointing Ge Yisheng Xia Yuanji as the envoy to the Japanese mission was drafted, and Zhu Di personally stamped the seal and officially took effect.

Because of this, when Zhu Di first ascended the throne, the courtiers rushed to propose the abolition of the new Jianwen policy in order to stand in line, but only Jian Yi dared to admonish: 'Profit and loss are expensive and opportune. He also gave examples of a few new policies that were not all right, and Zhu Di was the only one who did not get angry, but disobeyed Jianyi's suggestion and tried it urgently.

"Jin You, in the two days I came back, I heard that the matter of the 'Xiao Ming National Debt' caused a big storm between the government and the opposition, tell me what he knows."

Zhu Di nodded, all in his words.

Zhu Di said lightly, and then asked again: "Regarding the fertilizer elixir, I have not yet made sure that the demonstration will definitely go wrong." ”

Zhu Di continued to review the folds, and said with his head raised: "It's just that Xia Shangshu has suffered, and I really have the temperament to serve the country, so I have endured such an errand." ”

It's just that there was a little more money that month.

Zhu Di is a person who misses the old feelings, very slowly, Xia Qing was recalled to Nanjing, and was directly promoted to the lowest prefect of the Metropolitan Procuratorate system.

"That matter will be announced to him, as for the specific plan, he will discuss it with Chi'er when the time comes, they are all serious temperaments, they should know what to do!"

Li Jinglong smiled bitterly in his heart, people in the temple are their own bodies, and if they want to do bad things, they will be dragged back by those rotten quagmires.

Ge Yisheng thought that Zhu Di would ask me about the retreat of the preparation of the "Xiao Ming National Debt", and he also made a bad draft and clinker, but what Zhu Di said was that thing.

Because that kind of person is not used by the emperor as a rag, when it is useless, it is used to wipe what is pleasing to the eye, and when it is useful, it is directly thrown back from the garbage heap, and he will take another look at it.

Jian Yi is familiar with allusions, has profound qualifications, and has outstanding prestige, such as today's top determination, and ranks first of the eight ministries, even if the military affairs belong to the authority of the ministry, but the emperor and the little prince still have to rely on their people to handle.

Zhu Di smiled: "In that case, this Jin You will go back to rest earlier, and I will be waiting for him tomorrow with bad news." ”

"It's okay, I look down on him, he can just let it go!"

Between the staggered sides, Ge Yi, who had a gloomy vulture face, suddenly smiled at Ge Yisheng.

Ge Yisheng was not a little worried in his heart, because he knew that he was a household secretary and had nothing to do with that incident.

That matter should have been proposed by the emperor himself, or by the little prince, so since it was a request from the imperial power, the civil and military officials would also say something, so they could only pinch their noses and admit it.

Ge Yisheng's mind was spinning, but the answer under his mouth was also fast.

"Rong Chen said less, this matter should have been discussed by His Majesty with Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but His Majesty didn't ask, and the minister answered."

Therefore, when the small prison was raised, there were hundreds of families, and the inspectorate was full of grievances, and the two imperial histories hid their faces and wept, Xia Qing was not a little pale, but he still insisted that he was famous for his rebellious generation.

The brief confrontation between the two began in an instant, but Li Jinglong knew that it was Xia Qing who was showing bad to himself, as a Zhu Gao, I had to do that. The only answer is no, Xia Qing came to a small job, using the authority given by the emperor to demonstrate to himself.

Xia Qing, a native of Chuzhou, entered Taixue during the Hongwu period, came to promote the imperial history, and served as the envoy of Shandong. In the first year of Jianwen, he was transferred to Beiping, and was very slowly encircled by Zhu Di, who was still the king of Yan at that time, and was secretly accepted by his colleagues to accept money from the king of Yan and conspired with the king of Yan, so he was arrested and degraded by Emperor Jianwen to degrade Guangxi.

The two soon came to a doorway outside the dormitory.

The consequence of self-isolation from the entire civil official group is not, all his social relationships, including parents, relatives, teachers, classmates, colleagues, students, and subordinates, will completely part ways with him, and the road that climbs down the emperor's will is only not able to go by himself.

Ge Yisheng was shocked in his heart, but there was obvious panic on his face, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Chen Weide is enough to do this, and the minister is willing to propose, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!" ”

"Japan and Xiao Ming are separated by a sea, and the boat exchange is a few days, and now I have landed on the first month, and there are still envoys in Japan who carry letters of state and tribute to congratulate, as if they are not ministers."

Looking at Xia Qing, a hint of jealousy flashed in the depths of Li Jinglong's eyes.

Hundreds of officials have been deceived?

If Xia Qing's life is unintentional, he can only spend the rest of his life among the mountains and rivers in the sky.

Zhu Di continued to ask, "Why? ”

As for the young talents in the cabinet, they are still wearing green robes and green robes, and in the eyes of the temple bosses, they are still the existence of such subordinates of the emperor's close ministers.

Seeing what Xia Qing was reporting behind the emperor, Ge Yisheng knew that it was likely that no one was going to be unlucky.

However, Zhu Di's last sentence made Li Jinglong almost lose his temper.

However, only seven years later, King Yan became emperor!

Of course, it is also possible for Chen Yingchi to unite the cabinet to deceive and conceal it, there are no henchmen of the emperor outside the top eight ministries, there is no eagle falcon of the emperor in the Inspectorate, and the middle of the cabinet that has just been erected is also monolithic, which is why Zhu Di dares to worry about handing over government affairs to Chen Yingchi.

Watching Li Jinglong leave the dormitory, Gu Chenzi, who had been standing silently in front of Zhu Di, suddenly smiled.

That is a kind of historical inheritance of the civil service group.

The ones who really spoke on behalf of the civil officials were the seniority scholars and squires of the various ministries such as Jianyi, among whom Jianyi was especially respected.

But apart from all the reasons, none of them suddenly emerged.

Jian Yi, who retired in the fourteenth year of Hongwu, must say that Ge Yisheng Xia Yuanji is the head of the hundred officials under the name, and Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, is the head of the military ministers, and this highly qualified Jian Yi Jian Shangshu is the head of the civil officials.

"I plan to send an important minister of the country to Japan to ask for guilt on behalf of the queen." Zhu Di looked at Li Jinglong and asked, "What does Xia Shangshu think, how is Xia Yuanji?" ”

Li Jinglong suddenly felt that his scalp was numb, and he wanted to make himself worse!

Do you have to do it if you want to or if you want to?

The two continued to walk forward, and when they approached the dormitory, they finally saw the figures of the eunuchs and the palace maids.

"Jin You, get up."

"Japan's quasi-eight years ago, the next book Emperor Xiaoming's Majesty: Since the opening of Japan, there is a general appointment to ask in the lower state, a certain fortunate Bingguo Jun, the sea is safe, especially abide by the rules and regulations of the ancients, and make the fat and rich vice-ancestor A Tong bad, offering things, gold thousand taels, ten horses, thin thousands of posts, fan 100 copies, eight pairs of screens, armor a collar, a tube pill a collar, a sword ten waists, a knife handle, an inkstone box, a Tongwentai one."

The so-called "Jian Tianguan" refers to the righteousness of the official department.

"When I go to the small altar tomorrow, all the officials will gather at the Hongwu Gate in the palace, and then set off from the Zhengyang Gate in the south, what do I mean, when Jin You announces it, let the hundred officials actively subscribe to the upcoming 'Xiao Ming Treasury Bonds', and set an example for the sky."

Zhu Di saw Ge Yisui, the eighth prince, and Li Jinglong, the head of the household, waiting in the door, and before Xia Qing reported, he directly signaled us to come over.

Zhu Di sat upright and waited.

"Obey the order!"

And even if you are determined to isolate yourself from the entire civilian bureaucracy, the road behind that road is especially too dark.

Who in the sky knows that the battle of Jingjing has not emptied the treasury, is their household department trying to prostitute you in vain? That Xiao Ming's treasury bonds are bad and the interest is calculated, who knows if they will repay the debt.

As for the eagle, it was the right capital of the Imperial Court behind the eyes, Yu Ge Yi, who was victorious.

"Because, I understand what Your Majesty means."

Zhu Di didn't seem to be prepared for a long time, and continued: "Jin You is modest, Jin You is so young in the household department, and his grasp of the way of the country is a little weaker than that of everyone else, besides, that is not what the household department has to focus on, I suspect that with his talent, he must not be able to do this badly, so that Xiao Ming's national debt can really be promoted in the sky!" ”

It must be known that the relationship between the civil clique and the emperor is extremely simple, both cooperation and antagonism, the fundamental interests of the two sides have nothing in common but are identical, and when it is time to safeguard the interests of their own clique, all the civil officials will make a firm decision.

What do you mean?

- Ge Yisheng is a student of Jiang Xinghuo.

Shi Chenying's face was calm, and she just nodded slightly.

The so-called dog, naturally bad understanding, Jinyi Wei commanded Ji Gang, the emperor ordered to loosen the dog chain, let the vicious dog bite whoever he wanted, and he would stop biting people until they were drenched in blood.

After coming to Zhu Di's face, Li Jinglong sorted out his mood and saluted.

Contrary to Li Jinglong's expectations, Zhu Di was sitting cross-legged under the couch at this time, with Ge Yizi standing in front of me, and behind him was the right capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, the Imperial Cao Guogong.

Zhu Di put down the book of the Jianwen era seven years later, and saw the dagger.

It is precisely because of this that Xia Yuanji and Xia Yuanji can better understand Zhu Di's purpose of sending me to Japan.

Hearing that, Ge Yisheng almost instantaneously crossed his mind the possible reason why the emperor wanted to send Xia Yuanji and Xia Yuanji as the envoy to Japan.

After all, Xiao Ming's treasury bonds, although they sound very tempting, but it is not difficult to operate in practice, and the attitude of civil and military officials towards that kind of thing is not - he can't sell it to the people, but don't take money out of your hands.

"Jian Shangshu has less to worry about."

Li Jinglong nodded subconsciously, then there was something wrong with it, and it was a matter of four out of ten.

And the least possibility is not that Zhu Di is going to launch a small purge in Jiangnan with Zhou Jin's head.

Xia Qing is very vague about his role positioning, and he is also very vague about what the emperor needs me to do, I am not Zhu Gao or a cool official! I'm not the pair of eagle eyes that Zhu Di used to stare at the civil and military officials! It is also as long as Zhu Di is a satisfied person who shows his flaws, he will talk about the eagle's beak fiercely!

Do you really want to completely submit to the will of the emperor in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and be such a courtier who offends his colleagues?

And the general Xia Yuanji was able to show his value in terms of domestic relations, and the trip to Japan satisfied the emperor, saying that it was the kind of work that was done before, and Xia Yuanji did it.

"Your Majesty, what's going to happen?"

"Ge Yisheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, has seen His Majesty."

That is also the most important reason why Zhu Di enabled Xia Yuanji, there must be Xia Yuanji who listened to Jiang Xinghuo's lecture, according to Zhu Di's attitude towards Xia Yuanji, Xia Yuanji was set up under the surface and roasted under the position of the head of a hundred officials for a year or two, Xia Yuanji himself made mistakes, just find a passive or active person to make mistakes outside Xia Yuanji's mansion.

Does the Emperor want to harm me?

And that, doubtful is an important opportunity for Xia Yuanji to change his position in the emperor's heart.

"Your Majesty's clever plan, in this way, you can successfully deceive hundreds of officials tomorrow."

Down to the low of the temple, up to the distance of the rivers and lakes, who knows that there is no "eagle dog" around His Majesty the Emperor.

The eighth prince, Chen Yingsui, retreated at this time, and was not stunned after listening to the conversation between the two.

From the perspective of status, Ge Yisheng, as the head of the hundred officials, has a respected status, which is suitable to represent Xiao Ming's later to Japan, which fully reflects Xiao Ming's attention and anger; Judging from the selection of people, Xia Yuanji is small, sparse and beautiful, looks good, graceful and luxurious, and is not born to be a bad seedling to be a messenger, and he will definitely be able to make those barbarians stunned; The heart is dark, the emperor sees that Ge Yisheng is pleasing to the eye and bad to start, and the quasi-assembly is killed by the hands of the Japanese shogun

It is also necessary to punish the four clans, but it is too much to cut the knight and ban it for a lifetime.

Li Jinglong lamented in his heart that the emperor was inevitably too domineering.

It must be known that since the Tang and Song dynasties, many of the eight Shangshu who retreated from Nanya were not completely the emperor's response insects.

(End of chapter)