Chapter 1: Suspension (1)
Emperor Hongzhi died, saying that he had been ill for a long time and that the treatment was ineffective. I believe this, but I always suspected that it was because of the pill, but I didn't dare to say, so I was still very careful to do an errand in Beizhen Fusi. It's just that on the day of the death of Emperor Hongzhi, the wind was raging, the dark clouds were thick, the thunder and lightning were combined, it was rumored that many people saw many dragons hovering in the clouds, everyone was very sorry for the death of this good emperor, especially when he was dying, he specially instructed the prince and the elders to stop the coffin for only 27 days, and the people of the world wore filial piety, and after 27 days, everything returned to normal, and the government was not allowed to restrict civil weddings and funerals. The governors of remote areas such as Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan did not have to go to Beijing to mourn, and the same was true for the vassal kings in various places.
This will brought many to tears. And the prince and the elders resolutely carried it out, we guarded the palace for twenty-seven days, and often saw the civil and military officials crying and fainting in front of the coffin from a distance, and the prince looked sad, often at dusk, supporting the weak queen mother, walking around in a secluded place, and Ning Xi was dressed in filial piety clothes, surrounded by the queen mother. I often think that the Queen Mother won the favor of Emperor Hongzhi, but the Emperor died at the age of only thirty-six. The resplendent Forbidden City sometimes makes people feel oppressive.
And my sympathy for the Queen Mother at that time was not worth the more miserable experience of the Queen Mother twenty years later......
Although the three elders come to guard the spirit every day, from their sad but rigorous faces, we can still believe that the Ming Dynasty will still operate normally......
In June, the great Jiantian Ming Dao Cheng Chun Zhongzheng Shengwen Shenwu Zhiren Dade Jing Emperor was buried in the Tailing Tomb in Jingxi, so far, an emperor worthy of praise by future generations, came to an end!
The new emperor ascends the throne, the era name is Zhengde, and Vientiane is updated! It's something that all of us can't help but think of. And where will we, the fifteen-year-old boy Son of Heaven, take the Ming Dynasty towards?
Many people say that this emperor was extremely smart, and when he was the prince of the East Palace, he respected his teachers and treated his subordinates well. And I don't forget, the articles and classics come to my mouth, and even more powerful things, he is very enthusiastic about learning foreign languages, and he can quickly master what Usian-Tibetan, Portuguese, Japanese, Mongolian, etc., and even rap Arabic are used freely, which makes us more confident that this Zhengde Emperor will inherit the wisdom and wisdom of Emperor Xiaozong and make the country more prosperous and rich.
Hu Haisan said that there was an Emperor Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, who won the favor of his grandfather Emperor Taizong, and was proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and governed the Ming Dynasty smoothly. Despite this, in the Xuande era, there was still a rebellion of the emperor's uncle Han Wang, and this Xuande Emperor's biggest preference turned out to be fighting crickets, the so-called promotion of weaving! And this kind of atmosphere makes the world follow suit. I often wonder, why are the dignitaries so addicted to that kind of game played by children? Over the years, I have come to understand that everyone's status is different, and the environment is also different, but human nature is the same. At the height of the temple, you think of the distance of the rivers and lakes; In the wilderness of the rivers and lakes, you think about the worries of the temple.
Now that Emperor Zhengde is on the throne, what can he bring us?
The Ming court is still a three-legged tripod, the emperor, the courtiers, and the chamberlain, which may be a routine that the Ming Dynasty will never be able to unravel, restrain each other and develop each other. Emperor Hongzhi left behind the cabinets of Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang, Wang Yue, and Fan Ting's ceremonial supervisors, and Jinyiwei either obeyed the orders of the inner servants or served the courtiers, like a clown, while the courtiers and the inner servants were the Shengdan Jingmo on the stage, performing their own wonderful, and the emperor seemed to be a spectator forever, but he, a spectator, could ask to replace the protagonist of the play anytime and anywhere.
Of course, this is what I realized later, although the emperor has changed, but I am still a brocade guard, although a year later, I jumped up, but at this moment, I am still an ordinary brocade guard of the Zhengde Dynasty.
In July, Jinyiwei really changed the commander, but it was not Qian Ning, but a person surnamed Shi replaced Mu Bin and served as the commander of Jinyiwei, it is said that he is Liu Jin's person, I heard that Qian Ning was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he couldn't do anything. And Gu Dayong father-in-law is in charge of the East Factory, the East Factory is nominally in charge of the eunuch Xiao Jing, who is said to be a veteran of the Four Dynasties, calm, and has no quarrel with the world, and has been transferred out of the capital many times, but he will soon be able to come back, never provoke trouble, but can win everyone's respect, especially suitable for the emperor, some old allusions, open your mouth to come. Liu Jin's father-in-law actually controls the East Factory, but his bigger goal is to become the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, but now he is still the father-in-law of Wangyue, and the father-in-law of Wang Yue is close to Wenchen, and he is deeply respected by the emperor, although he is not too enthusiastic about the factory guards, and he has not even suggested arranging his own people with Xinjun, but his status is still there, and he can't move for a while. The rest of the fathers-in-law have their own duties. Zhang Yong's father-in-law is still in charge of the Shenji Battalion, and I heard Liao Jianzhong say that Zhang Gonggong could have been an internal official with other greater powers, but he resolutely postponed it, and only promoted his two brothers, but he was still serving as Jinyi Wei Qianhu outside the Beijing Division.
Liao Jianzhong was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, which can be regarded as a promotion of one level. And he also hung the title of Beizhen Fusi Zhen Fu Envoy, and Murong Zhao became the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
As for Ji Lifan, Qian Tong and others, they all rose to thousands of households, and Xiaoma's father-in-law also jumped up and became the eunuch of the imperial horse. Hua Shichun, Gu Dayou, Ji Maotong and Yue Ziqian naturally became a thousand households, and they were soon transferred out of the Zhenfu Division, and Ji Lifan came to us to be in charge of the edict.
I'm still the general flag, and I still carry the two small flags of Ning Boyang and Hardy, but Liao Jianzhong asked us to come back and no longer go to Yiluansi, I don't know why, probably because of my last experience. It's just Luo Zhong, he was promoted to Nanjing and served as the envoy of Nanjing Zhenfu. Before leaving, he deliberately ran to Liao Jianzhong's place, and met me, saying that I would soar sooner or later, and take care of him when the time comes. It made me foggy, I was very embarrassed, Liao Jianzhong saw my embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Lao Luo talks to everyone like this, no big or small, don't take it seriously!" When Luo Zhong said goodbye and left, he still said to me very seriously: "Work hard!" Don't forget, you're the Minister of Care, the Emperor of Daxing! "His words made me more and more dazed and panicked, I don't know what Minister Gu Ming is, I just want to live well!
Because this place is already very familiar, coupled with my level, especially the relationship with Liao Jianzhong, it has become easier for me to enter and exit here. But I rarely go out, and when I do, I take Ning Boyang and Hardy with me. After Liao Jianzhong was promoted, he went to work elsewhere, and rarely returned to Beizhen Fusi, so naturally he communicated with me a lot, and he has always been very serious and rectified the edict. Therefore, in the first two months, all the people have become diligent.
In October, the capital is already a little chilly. And rumors about Emperor Zhengde are slowly spreading around us, this emperor is so funny, and there are many tricks. The habit of getting up early to read was soon abolished by him. Every day, he messed around with several eunuchs in the palace, and set up a small bazaar, buying and buying things and listening to plays and fighting. What's even more terrifying is that the so-called oracle that comes out of the palace every day is actually the eunuchs, especially Liu Jin. Some people say that whenever Zhengde is happy, Liu Jin goes to report the matter, often making Zhengde unhappy, scolding him a few times, and letting him deal with it himself. And Liu Jin is already the eunuch of the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, but rarely participates in the government politics, the real one who can give orders is the eunuch Wang Yue, although he is also a eunuch, but it is very different, Wang Yue and the courtiers have a harmonious relationship, especially the three ministers, this harmony makes the government develop in accordance with the ideas of the courtiers, at the end of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, everything seems to be moving forward step by step, and there is no difference between the Hongzhi Dynasty.
Although we don't understand these, we still hope that Daming can be safe, peaceful and prosperous, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. As for the rumors about Emperor Zhengde, we still don't believe it, the emperor is a person with status, how can he do things for ordinary people? Even people with age know the meaning of stability. But there must be a real side to the rumors, and we have no right to intervene, just try to do a good job. And the correspondence between Jinyiwei and Dongchang became more and more frequent, and we continued to receive orders to secretly monitor the civil and military officials, and we had to make records and report to Ji Lifan at any time.
After a long time in Jinyiwei, I found that most of the people here seem to be very easy-going, and they don't pay attention to the rules stipulated by the imperial court at all. But I can feel that Ji Lifan's smile is not the same as Luo Zhong's, maybe Ji Lifan is deliberate, Luo Zhong is nature.
But there are two people here who don't smile, one is Liao Jianzhong, he has become extremely serious, occasionally I see his smile, and when I am alone, people say that he has been promoted, and naturally there is a shelf, and I understand his distress, so many brothers have been transferred, and he is almost alone here. The other is the newcomer Xue Shen, who is in his twenties, and I heard that he was transferred from Nanjing. Maybe he didn't know him well, but he was very arrogant and didn't care about people of our level at all. And another newcomer, Liu Tong, is very good at doing things, has no official frame at all, and gets along very well with us, with long brothers and short brothers, and always takes us out for a drink.
And Gu Dachun and Tan Sheng also made small flags, and gradually became familiar with us, so that they can be called brothers.
In my spare time, I would lead the four of them to the old Pingjia shop to drink, just like Liao Jianzhong's words, I slowly became infected with some bad habits of Jinyiwei, and as officials continued to enter the edict, our pockets slowly bulged. Gao Dezheng, who was raised by me from Jinyiwei, he didn't have much idea, but his wife, often sent Gao Qian to see me, and began to send some souvenirs, gradually mixed with silver tickets, I was shy at the beginning, and slowly became sophisticated, although I still don't want to do this in my heart, but occasionally, I will get some silver taels and property. Gao Qian said that Mrs. Gao was in the capital, and if she had the opportunity, she could go and sit. I said yes, but my heart tossed it aside. I am lively by nature, I like to drink, and I pull a group of brothers to drink.
I finally officially met Bao Xiaobai, and to my surprise, he turned out to be the attendant of the Tianwen Examination, that is, the secretary of the Department of Experience. I could hardly believe it, he saw me, he kept his inherent smile, we saw each other like each other, he said very little, but he liked to listen to me, I always found the person I was looking for, and I never forgot to bring him some benefits. Because I often go to him to inquire about the news, slowly, we became good friends, but I didn't dare to tell him about the murder of his brother Bao Song, and he never left Jinyiwei, and the world of activities is here.
Ning Boyang secretly told me that a few years ago, Bao Xiaobai was a person who made a mistake, almost to the point of questioning, but someone spoke and survived, but he was not allowed to leave here.
God knows what it would be like to be confined here alone, not allowed to step out of the door, I immediately felt sympathy for him, and he seemed to like this kind of life very much, familiar with official documents, familiar with the story, usually quiet like a woman, and adults looking for something, he can answer like a stream. So we often sigh, where should such a person be used?
Therefore, every time I go out, I always bring him some delicious food and fun, and he always accepts it gladly, without even saying a word of thanks.
It's snowing, and winter in the capital is coming. We have recently investigated many officials, of course, Ji Lifan arranged the investigation, and soon we found out that these people were doing something, as if it had something to do with the palace. It is rumored that Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Gao Feng and other eight cronies and eunuchs who often revolve around the emperor are known as the Eight Tigers of Zhengde, of course, Zhang Yong's father-in-law is also among them. They want to manipulate the situation, which naturally makes the ministers quit. Therefore, these officials began to deliberate and prepare to play together to impeach the Eight Tigers. In their opinion, the emperor is only a sixteen-year-old boy, and his experience is not as good as that of them who participated in court politics. Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang were the ministers of the Hongzhi Emperor, and they were the backbone of the literati of the Ming Dynasty, and they were confident that they would trip up the Eight Tigers and avoid the recurrence of Wang Zhen in the era of Emperor Yingzong.
But they don't know that what they do is under our control. Jin Yiwei has established the files of almost all the officials in the DPRK and China, and it must be said that we are indeed very powerful, and sometimes the emperor wants to check the resume of an official, and we can quickly submit it. Sometimes looking at the densely pressed scrolls, it seems to be a face, waiting for us to take it out and hand it in, maybe it is a leap into the dragon gate, or maybe it is to go to the ghost gate.
Every time I look at the official materials I have put together, I often think in my heart, I don't know this person, but I know everything about him, I can't help but say that it is a ridiculous thing, but I have heard that the reports we investigated have all been suppressed by Liao Jianzhong.