Shen Shoufu has been sad these days, although he relaxed for a day during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he continued to be bad after the holiday.

The worst thing is that the emperor is working with his ministers again!

Compared to this, the arrest of the governor and the like are small cases.

Things have to start with the imperial prince Zheng family, although Lin Tailai took away Wu Zhuangyuan before, but the emperor still rewarded the Zheng family.

Concubine Zheng was directly promoted to the imperial concubine second only to the queen, while Zheng's father was promoted to the governor of Tongzhi, far exceeding the normal treatment of the father of the imperial concubine.

This kind of reward, which does not need to be recognized by the civil system, although the ministers are generally opposed, cannot stop the emperor's decree.

And a few days ago, Jingshitian had a vision, but the situation was not serious.

Therefore, the emperor does not need to issue an edict against himself, but he still has to follow the convention and issue an edict to speak out, so that all yamen can play anything that harms the people's livelihood, so as to return to the will of heaven.

As a result, many ministers went up one after another, but they discussed the issue of Zheng's being named the imperial concubine, and the issue that the emperor's eldest son's biological mother was just an ordinary concubine, and why the emperor's eldest son was not established as the East Palace.

This situation made Emperor Wanli furious, and asked your yamen to check and correct themselves, but you made nonsense and talked about the emperor's family affairs!

Emperor Wanli was so angry that he wanted to severely punish the two ministers with the most fierce tone, and then caused other ministers to dissuade him, and at the same time scolded Zheng by the way.

So Shoufu Shen Shixing was sandwiched between the emperor and the ministers again, and it was not easy to be a man on both sides.

Fortunately, because Shen Shoufu and the Zheng family had a "feud", the emperor did not force Shen Shoufu to directly and publicly express his position on the Zheng issue, so that Shen Shoufu was a little better.

This is very grateful to Lin Tai for coming, and the "enmity" with the Zheng family is the "political legacy" left by Lin Tailai.

Even if Shen Shoufu is ambiguous and does not express his position, no one can take the opportunity to attack Shen Shoufu to protect the Zheng family.

When having dinner at home, Shen Shoufu sighed to his eldest son Shen Yongmao: "Whenever there is chaos, I think of Lin Tailai." ”

Although Lin Tailai wandered around Jingshi for two months, he left a deep impression on Shen Shoufu, so much so that he never forgot it.

Then Shen Shixing said: "You two brothers, he is afraid that he will have to rely on Lin Tai to come." ”

Shen Yongmao: "."

What is it like for someone in his twenties who has already joined the workforce to listen to his father praise "someone else's child"?

Shen Yongmao, who couldn't bear it, asked rhetorically: "Lin Tailai is so good?" ”

Shen Shixing replied: "If Lin Tai is here, he can at least help me share eighty percent of the pressure." ”

Shen Yongmao said in a somewhat mocking tone: "I heard in the military department that there is another performance in Yangzhou that there is a general administration department, and my father doesn't know about it, right?" ”

The General Administration Department is the yamen that specializes in receiving the notes from all sides, and then sends the notes received yesterday to the cabinet every morning.

Although no one has the power to dispose of the shitties before they are sent to the cabinet, some of them will inevitably be peeked at in advance.

Back then, Yan Song put his henchman Zhao Wenhua in the Department of General Administration for this purpose.

So Shen Shixing is not surprised that Shen Yongmao will know a little bit of rumors: "What did the song over there in Yangzhou say?" ”

Shen Yongmao's mocking tone became even stronger, "Yangzhou Wei and Yangzhou Mansion jointly played, and Lin Tailai captured the patrol press Ma Yongdeng again!" ”

"It's just a mess!" Shen Shixing was taken aback and couldn't help but curse softly.

The arrest of the governor before can barely be said to be "extenuating", after all, the governor took the initiative to provoke first, and there is the protective color of the mass incident law not to blame the public.

But it was a big trouble to arrest the horse patrol who went to the scene to deal with it.

First, because the horse patrol did nothing wrong in the procedure, the arrest of the horse patrol press can be regarded as against the imperial court;

The second is because Ma Yongdeng is a figure of the Qingliu forces, unlike Governor Yang, an orphan who died of his in-laws, and has a strong background in the imperial court.

So Lin Tailai grabbed Ma Yongdeng, just like stabbing a hornet's nest.

Shen Yongmao gloated a little and said, "Father, let's think about it first, how to clean up the mess for Lin Tailai."

Don't always think that Lin Tailai is good at cleaning up mess, but also remember that Lin Tailai is also good at creating mess! ”

Sure enough, Shen Shoufu was besieged by the Qingliu forces, and a dozen letters accused Shen Shoufu of harboring Lin Tailai.

This made Shen Shoufu fall into a huge passivity, racking his brains every day to figure out how to respond.

It stands to reason that Shen Shoufu has a lot of experience in being besieged, and he should be able to deal with it easily, and he should not be so passive and embarrassed.

But this time is different from before, in the past, other people's attacks were mostly chasing after the wind and shadows, and even fabricating out nothing.

And this time, others attacked Shoufu for shielding Lin Tailai, which was not a crime made up, but there was really such a thing, so it was more troublesome to deal with.

All of the above things are mixed together, which is the reason why Shen Shoufu is very bad before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At this time of continuous distress, he finally waited for Zhao Zhigao's recital to arrive at the imperial court.

This letter immediately caused a sensation, because the wording "no mutiny" was too bullying.

If it weren't for Zhao Zhigao's customs defense on the outer cover of the song, the courtiers would even suspect that this song was written by Lin Tailai under his name!

However, Zhao Zhigao's mission was appointed by Shen Shoufu, and Lin Tailai was born in Shenfu, and finally came to such a conclusion, which is really blatant.

So the Qingliu forces impeached Shen Shoufu, and they worked harder, feeling that with a little more effort, they could pull Shen Shoufu off the horse.

As for what will happen after Shen Shoufu is pulled off the horse, I can't think about it for the time being, so I'll talk about it first.

But for some reason, Zhao Zhigao's recital was left in the middle by the emperor, which caused all kinds of speculation inside and outside the court.

Even Shen Shoufu felt a little numb in his heart, originally as long as the emperor still supported him, no matter how big the storm in the court was, he didn't have to worry too much.

But what does it mean to keep the key piece in the middle?

Many people speculated that the emperor wanted to take advantage of this incident to manipulate Shen Shoufu and force Shen Shoufu to express his stance on the Zheng family and the East Palace?

Shen Shoufu felt a little out of control and asked the emperor once, and the emperor replied, "I'll meet the court tomorrow at a feast." ”

So the emperor took the opportunity to turn the boring lecture into a slightly less boring meeting.

When the ministers heard the news, they were quite excited.

Since the quarrel between the monarch and the ministers over the issue of Zheng's reward, the emperor did not go to court and did not see the ministers.

More than half a month has passed, and the emperor will finally be able to come out tomorrow to show his face.

On the second day, the ministers who were qualified to go to the palace gathered outside the Wenhua Hall and waited for the emperor's palace to ascend to the throne.

The emperor's mind is unclear, and even Shen Shoufu is a little worried, not knowing what the result will be today.

Most of the ministers conceived the draft for the emperor's inquiry, and only the head of the household department Shangshu Wang Zhiyuan was still distributing the "Lin Tailai Mid-Autumn Speech".

Shen Shixing couldn't help but ask, "You're not worried at all?" ”

Wang Situ replied reasonably: "What's the use of worrying? Can you regret the divorce? ”

In this era, repentance and divorce are a moral stain that will be caught and attacked by political opponents.

Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites next to him, interjected: "I heard that Lin Tailai founded the Renewal Society, and there has always been a lack of a serious alliance leader, so you two dukes are also suitable." ”

When the sun rose, the eunuch summoned the ministers to the temple for an audience.

After the ceremony, Emperor Wanli on the throne took the initiative to mention it: "I saw Zhao Zhigao's recital the day before yesterday, and there are many things to discuss. ”

Although everyone knows the content of the recital, it is necessary to pretend not to know at this time.

Because according to the process, after the song is sent to the emperor, the emperor has not sent it out, so the ministers of the foreign court should not theoretically know the content of the song.

After that, I heard the Wanli Emperor command: "Read! ”

There was an attendant of the Chinese book Keshe who held Zhao Zhigao's recital and read it aloud.

Although everyone knew about the content of the recital, they had not directly read the recital, and they did not know what the full text of the recital looked like.

At this time, after listening to and reading it, everyone realized that this recital seemed to be a bit off-topic.

In addition to the quibble theme of "no mutiny", Song Shu only used a short paragraph to criticize Governor Yang, who should be the protagonist, and spent most of the rest of the article scolding the Inspector Ma Yongdeng.

Therefore, this recital is sparse and detailed, so that all the ministers in the palace can't understand it.

Normal people can understand that Ma Yongdeng is not the main party, what problem can scolding Ma Yongdeng solve?

Could it be that scolding a Ma Yongdeng, who later put out the fire, can make Lin Tailai set the fire and not guilty?

Only Shen Shoufu was sure in his heart that this piece was either ghostwritten by Lin Tailai or guided by Lin Tailai.

If it weren't for Lin Tailai, who could have come up with such an inexplicable brushwork?

Just like Lin Tailai's recital about the Shou Palace written by Li Rusong, it is also inexplicable, but it has a miraculous effect.

Emperor Wanli asked, "Who sent Ma Yongdeng?" ”

Zhao Huan, the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, said: "Regarding the most important imperial history duties, they are all sent by the Metropolitan Constitution after consultation, and Ma Yongdeng, the inspector, is nominated by the Zuodu Imperial Shi Xin. ”

Now Xin Zixiu can't come forward, and he also played: "Zhao Zhigao's words are all one-sided, and there are many reversals of black and white.

What's more, the cause of the mutiny had nothing to do with Ma Yongdeng, but a large number of accusations against Ma Yongdeng in the song were inevitably suspected of avoiding the important and trivial. ”

Emperor Wanli sneered: "Maybe there was no mutiny in Yangzhou, but with Ma Yongdeng, there was a mutiny." ”

Xin Zixiu was shocked, and subconsciously said, "Why did Your Majesty say this? It is inevitable that the courtiers who do things will chill. ”

Emperor Wanli said very meanly: "What did Ma Yongdeng do? If you can't attack and get caught? ”

The ministers didn't understand why a mere "reversal of black and white" note made the emperor have such distinct likes and dislikes?

If you can make the emperor hate anyone so casually, then everyone else is still playing fart!

Xin Zixiu's words were blocked, and Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked: "What is Ma Yongdeng's fault, dare to ask Your Majesty to show it." ”

Emperor Wanli said: "If there is really chaos in the place, whose duty is it to respond to the situation?" ”

Shen Li thought for a moment and replied, "The minister who supervises military affairs, or the garrison officer." ”

Emperor Wanli asked again: "What is the duty of Ma Yongdeng's patrol?" ”

Shen Li replied again: "Inspect the locality, supervise government affairs, and evaluate officials." ”

Emperor Wanli said: "When the accident occurred that day, Yangzhou Wei had already arrived at the scene and began to contact and negotiate.

Why did Ma Yongdeng, who did not have the authority to supervise military affairs, dare to take over the scene, directly dispatch and command Yangzhou Wei, and order a strong attack?

If it weren't for Ma Yongdeng's indiscriminate command that stimulated the rebellious soldiers, maybe the situation would have subsided long ago! ”

Everyone: "."

The patrol has a special status according to the imperial history, and the official is at the third level, which has long been a customary officialdom rule, so what is it to command the officers and troops in battle?

Of course, this rule is not clearly written into the system, just like the power of the cabinet is also not written into the system, in the "Ming Huidian", the cabinet is only a branch of the Hanlin Academy.

In the Ming officialdom system, many of these actual practices are different from the Ming system or even misplaced.

Therefore, if the emperor does not admit the power of patrolling the imperial history at this time, then others will not be able to refute it theoretically.

No one knows how this Ma Yongdeng provoked the emperor and was repeatedly whipped by the emperor.

I heard the emperor reprimand Xin Zixiu unrelentingly, saying:

"Ma Yongdeng was sent out by your Metropolitan Procuratorate, and you are to blame for it!"

Accused by the emperor like this, Xin Zixiu could only kowtow and ask for guilt.

Emperor Wanli said unceremoniously: "Peerless Dynasty Ginseng, so do it yourself!" ”

The implication of this is that you take the initiative to resign yourself and give you the last decency!

It was not a trivial matter that Zuo Du Yushi, one of the Seven Qings, was forced to resign, this change was very sudden, and most of the courtiers were stunned.

Shen Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly played: "Your Majesty think twice! The major affairs of the country should not be done rashly. ”

Shen Li was the lecturer teacher of the Wanli Emperor at the beginning, so he was able to say this kind of words with a somewhat teaching tone.

At this time, a minister jumped out to mend the knife and said: "A few months ago, the Imperial Procuratorate sent the imperial history to cheat in the martial arts test, and Xin Zixiu has been demoted and retained!"

I don't want to nominate and send Ma Yongdeng to commit another big mistake this time, so don't you have to be responsible? ”

Shen Li still wanted to distinguish a few words for Xin Zixiu, but Emperor Wanli said: "I have made up my mind, don't say more!" ”

Looking at Xin Zixiu, who was departing gloomily, some ministers thought in their hearts, could it be that the official has angered the emperor recently, so the emperor took advantage of the topic to play, and his anger was directed towards Xin Zixiu?

Emperor Wanli said: "Zhao Zhigao said well, Ma Yongdeng's crime is twofold, first, indiscriminately overstepping his authority; Second, without reporting to the authorities, arbitrarily and arbitrarily!

So the chaos is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no mutiny and it is forced out of the mutiny!

This kind of lesson is not only for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to reflect on, but also for all officials! ”

In the face of the emperor's melancholy teachings, the ministers could only listen with gratitude.

In the end, Emperor Wanli took the opportunity to announce: "In order to prevent Ma Yongdeng's reckless behavior, I have set the regulations for all officials to ignore things in the future."

First, it can only be limited to the duties of the yamen or himself, and must not arbitrarily exceed his authority;

Second, it should be submitted after the approval of the governors of each yamen, and it is not allowed to be performed directly! ”

Ministers: ."

The emperor played with the gun for a long time, and the original topic was here, using Ma Yongdeng to fight back against the officials who had jumped up and down recently!

Before the ministers could react, Emperor Wanli waved his sleeves and retreated directly to the deep palace.

Shen Li, the leader of the Qingliu forces and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, forcibly suppressed his anger and said to Shen Shixing: "Shoufu is calculating! Bloodless to get rid of a general constitution! ”

Shen Shixing: "??? ”

He didn't do anything, and he didn't say a word at today's court. Na Xin self-cultivation of his own bad luck, what does it have to do with him?

To be honest, even he was a little sympathetic to Xin Zixiu's political enemy.

Who would have thought that Lin Tailai punched and kicked in Yangzhou, but the most unlucky thing was the imperial history of Zuodu, which was two thousand miles away?

Thinking that Xin Zixiu's dismissal had nothing to do with him, Shen Shoufu was suddenly a little lost.

If Lin Tailai can directly synchronize the brain waves with the emperor, how useful is he, the first assistant?

The state of the codeword feels average

(End of chapter)