Why did the emperor rebel?

Looking at the sincere memorial in front of him, Yu Shiyue couldn't help but have a headache.

The intention of Xu Youzhen's move is very obvious. Both parties are responsible for the matter of the Wenhua Palace. Now that he asks to be deposed, he is nothing more than saying in disguise that the emperor's punishment for He Wenyuan is too light.

Moreover, he did not mention He Wenyuan's name throughout the article, and no one could say that he was dissatisfied with the emperor.

But because of this, it is even more headache!

What a smart person the Son of Heaven is, how can the old man fail to see this little trick, and when he really gets angry, he doesn't know how big things will happen.

Ugh……

Yu Shiyue sighed heavily.

Among the officials of the East Palace, Xu Youzhen belonged to the most restless, how could Yu Shiyue have such good eyesight, how could he fail to see that Xu Youzhen's actions against He Wenyuan in the Wenhua Palace at that time were definitely not a temporary intention.

Moreover, more importantly, although Zhu Yi stood aside after Xu Youzhen appeared on the stage, this was only on the surface. The matter of He Wenyuan, from the news being spread, to Zhu Yi's request for a thorough investigation, eventually caused a lot of trouble. All the officials in the Wenhua Palace know that behind this, perhaps not one person can do it.

To put it bluntly, the farce of the Wenhua Palace is actually centered on the position of His Royal Highness Prince Bao. From this point of view, the stakeholders are nothing more than two parties, one is the Supreme Emperor, and the other is the East Palace.

It just so happened that Zhu Yi and Xu Youzhen were the representatives of these two parties. Yu Shiyue would not believe it if he said that they had never hooked up in private.

Thinking of this, the second assistant sighed secretly in his heart. In a sense, it was because he, the prince's mansion, did not do well in his affairs, and failed to restrain the officials of the East Palace in time. .

But having said that, Yu Shiyue cannot be entirely blamed for this. The East Palace has a special system. Although there are differences between top and bottom, but strictly speaking, Yu Shiyue, the Prince's Mansion Zhan Shi, can only govern the Zhan Shi Mansion. As for Zuo Chunfang and Sijing Although the bureau is now under his management, it is actually not within his purview.

To put it bluntly, the East Palace is actually a small imperial court. Since it is a small imperial court, it cannot be Yu Shiyue, a courtier who can govern all institutions, but His Highness the Crown Prince, the crown prince.

It's just because the crown prince is still young, so Yu Shiyue takes care of all the affairs of various institutions, but this is not justified after all.

In addition, the officials of the East Palace have complicated backgrounds. There are old people from the emperor's hidden residence, and there are also heroes who greeted the Supreme Emperor. There are Hanlin Qingliu, and there are also promoted local officials. It's all very complicated.

Therefore, it is doomed that even if Yu Shiyue is a second-rank minister with the title of Shangshu, he will not be able to fully control the entire Eastern Palace. Of course, even if he can do it, Yu Shiyue will not do it, because once he becomes the controller of the entire Eastern Palace , then his official career may come to an end...

Because of this, Yu Shiyue's consistent principle in the East Palace is that no one wins over anyone, and no one favors anyone. Everything is based on whether things can be done well, and he is completely right about things and not against people. The advantage of doing this is that it can improve efficiency. Use the simplest method to integrate the power of the Eastern Palace to ensure the normal operation of the Eastern Palace.

However, the disadvantage is...he doesn't have enough cronies, so that Yu Shiyue didn't get any news in advance when there was such a thing that was obviously connected in advance in private.

Moreover, what worries Yu Shiyue even more is that behind this incident, there is obviously the influence of the Supreme Emperor. If this is the case, then, to what extent are Xu Youzhen and others involved with Zhu Yi and others?
In the matter of the Wenhua Palace this time, is the two advancing and retreating together only on the matter of He Wenyuan with the same interests, or...

His eyes stayed on the memorial for a while, Yu Shiyue frowned, and shook his head. In the end, he didn't draw up a pen, but thought for a while, picked up the memorial, got up and faced the Zhongshushe outside. The man ordered.

"Pass the sign to the palace, I want to enter the palace!"

Whether it was Xu Youzhen's memorial or the recent secret memorials he had handled, Yu Shiyue felt that it was necessary for him to meet the emperor.

Today's court situation, if you want to appease, only his old man can do it.

However, what Yu Shiyue didn't expect was that the Zhongshusheren had just left the door, and within a short while, he turned back in, and behind him, Wynn and a few servants looked at him with smiles.

"Meet Master Jisuke!"

"Eunuch Huai?"

Yu Shiyue was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Wynn to come so fast, she went up to meet her, Yu Shiyue said.

"Where are you here?"

In such a short period of time, I'm afraid that his Zhongshu Sheren didn't even go out the door of the cabinet. Obviously, Wynn came here first.

"Your Majesty summoned, Master Cifu, let's go to the palace with our family!"

Wynn still smiled.

Yu Shiyue was a little surprised, but without too much delay, she pinched the memorial in her sleeve and followed Wynn to the palace.

On the way, looking at the gate of the palace not far away, Yu Shiyue asked Wynn while tightening his steps.

"Eunuch Huai, I don't know if your Majesty summoned him, what happened, and asked Eunuch Huai to pass on the oral order?"

Since Cheng Jing left, Wynn has been in charge of all the affairs of the supervisor of ceremonies. It is said that recently, the emperor transferred Zhang Cheng, who was originally in charge of Huangzhuang, to help. For small things, Wynn basically doesn't show up.

This time, Wynn came over in person, which made Yu Shiyue a little uneasy. Seeing this situation, Wynn shook his head and said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Cifu, nothing major happened. Mr. Shoufu just reported a matter that involved the officials of the Eastern Palace. Therefore, His Majesty summoned Mr. Cifu to discuss it together. As for our family..."

Wynn stopped slightly, and waved to the servants behind him. Seeing this situation, Yu Shiyue also stopped, watching the two servants who were following behind come forward, and cupped his hands.

"Meet Master Jisuke!"

Yu Shiyue looked him up and down. The two servants looked quite young, about thirty. The tall one on the left had a fair complexion and long and narrow eyes. He seemed to be smiling. He was dark and looked honest and honest.

Judging from their clothes, the two did not look like ordinary eunuchs. However, Yu Shiyue frowned and thought about it, but found that these two people were not in his memory.

Seeing this situation, Wynn pointed at the two of them.

"Master Cifu, this is Chen Jing, and the one next to him is Ruan Jian. These two have just been transferred from the Empress Dowager's Palace to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and now they are also serving in front of the imperial court. Afterwards, they seem to be giving oral orders to the cabinet. , I will leave it to them, and today our family will bring them here to identify the door, and I will ask Mr. Cifu to take care of them in the future."

Chen Jing?Ruan Jian?

Yu Shiyue frowned and thought for a while, but found that she had no impression of these two people. It seemed that they were indeed newly promoted.

However, as a cabinet minister, Yu Shiyue has always been aware of the importance of dealing with eunuchs in the palace. What's more, Wynn's words are polite, but the cabinet is there, so why should he bring someone over in person to identify the door? '?
This was clearly telling the ministers of the cabinet that these two people were under his command, and they cupped their hands, Yu Shiyue said.

"Eunuch Wynn is being polite. If that's the case, you two will have to work hard in the future."

Originally, Yu Shiyue felt that this matter was over, but as he walked forward, he found that there were more and more unfamiliar faces, not only the inner prisoner, but even the imperial guards, had changed a lot, if not for many familiar faces Speaking of face, Yu Shiyue probably couldn't help but wonder if something happened in the palace.

Fortunately, he didn't. He followed Huai En into the Wenhua Hall. As usual, the emperor sat on the throne, and Zhang Min, the chief assistant, was at the bottom.

"Chen Yu Shiyue, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

Stepping up to the hall, Yu Shiyue bowed down and bowed without mentioning it.

The emperor's face was calm, but he couldn't see anything, he raised his hand and said.

"Pingshen, sir, sit down too."

So, Yu Shiyue stood up and sat down on the small pier brought by the servant next to him. Then, just as the emperor was about to speak, Huai En on the side stepped forward and whispered a few words. Hearing this, the emperor was a little surprised, and then , eyes fell on Yu Shiyue, said.

"It's a coincidence. Wynn just told me that Mr. Yu just asked to see me. Is there something important?"

This……

Thinking of what Huai En said to him just now, Yu Shiyue was planning to see what Zhang Min said in front of the emperor before bringing up Xu Youzhen's matter.

Unexpectedly, the emperor actually asked him first...

Sighing inwardly, Yu Shiyue didn't dare to neglect, took out Xu Youzhen's memorial from her sleeve, and said.

"Your Majesty, I'm here for a memorandum just presented by Xu Youzhen, a scholar of Youchunfang University. Please read it by Your Majesty."

A servant came down, took the memorial from him, and presented it to the imperial court. During this gap, Yu Shiyue glanced at Zhang Min, but seeing the other's expression, he suddenly became very strange.

Seeing this situation, Yu Cifu felt even more uneasy, and then looked up at the emperor, only to see that the emperor opened the memorial, glanced at it, and his face also changed.

However, the next moment, Yu Shiyue saw that the emperor laughed, put down the memorial in his hand, picked up another memorial, and said.

"This is still really... no coincidence, no book!"

"Speaking of Xu Youzhen, I also have a memorial about him here, which is why I called Mr. here today, Mr. May wish to take a look first."

Hearing this, Yu Shiyue was also taken aback for a moment, and a trace of curiosity arose in her heart.

After receiving the memorial from the servant, Yu Shiyue took a look, and the first thing she saw was the person who gave the memorial.

"He Wenyuan, Minister of Disaster Relief of Jiangxi Department, Governor of Youqian Capital Censor..."

He Wenyuan's memorials?

Thinking of what the emperor said just now, Yu Shiyue suddenly became a little confused.

What does He Wenyuan's memorial have to do with Xu Youzhen?
So, looking down carefully, Yu Shiyue soon understood why the faces of the emperor and Zhang Min became so strange after he handed over Xu Youzhen's memorial.

Because this is a... Please give me credit!

"...The government's finances are primarily based on water transportation. Over the years, floods in Shawan and other places have occurred frequently, dikes and dams have been broken, and the people are suffering. According to the cause of the harm, the reason is that the big canal was built in the previous year to guide the water of the Yellow River into the Qinshui, so that everyone was spared from this harm."

"The construction of the canal was due to the wise decision of His Majesty, the court and the concerted efforts of the local officials. Now that the canal is showing its strength, it can protect the tranquility of the water transportation and make the lives of the people on both sides of the river. This is a great achievement, so I think I should recount his achievements. I heard that Xu Youzhen, a scholar of Youchunfang University, has made many contributions in the construction of the canal. If I reward you again now, it will be more important. Your Majesty Fu Wei..."

After Yu Shiyue finished reading the memorial, she was also a little dumbfounded.

I'm afraid no one thought that He Wenyuan would submit such a memorial at this time, and it was for such a reason.

Putting other things aside, what He Wenyuan said is not unreasonable. The white horse head in Shawan has been the key to water transportation over the years, but whenever there is abundant rain, the embankment will burst.

Once the embankment bursts, first of all, the houses of the people on both sides of the strait will be submerged, causing no casualties. The imperial court will not only have to spend manpower and material resources to relieve the disaster, but more importantly, it will affect the transfer of taxes and food that year.

The weather this year is also very strange. In Shandong and other places, there is heavy rain almost every few days, but in Jiangxi and other places, there has been no rain for several months. It has to be said that it is a wonderful sight.

During these days, all the energy of the imperial court has been focused on disaster relief in Jiangxi, but neglected the rainy situation in Shandong.

However, after all, he is a person who works in the cabinet. When he mentioned this, Yu Shiyue remembered that in fact, as early as more than a month ago, local officials reported this matter, claiming that the dredging effect of Daqu was very good. As long as the sluice can be released in time, even in rainy seasons, the levee can be kept safe.

Yu Shiyue had read this memorial at the time, but it was obviously a memorandum of meritorious service, and the cabinet did not know how much it would receive every year, so the ticket given at that time was supposed to be for the local inspector censor to verify the situation, Let me report again.

However, the priority of this kind of matter is not high. Now, those censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are busy cooperating with the bureaucrat's plan, so this matter must be put on the back burner, and it will be postponed for the time being. below.

But I never thought that it would appear from He Wenyuan again...

How did He Wenyuan notice this matter? Yu Shiyue didn't have the time to delve into it. What he was concerned about was, what was the purpose of He Wenyuan's memorial book at this time?
In fact, it is not difficult to guess, it is nothing more than to silence the officials of the East Palace. Although it is a fact that He Wenyuan's secret melody has been spread, it has become a fact that he offended the East Palace, but if Xu Youzhen, the leader, can be appeased Those who make trouble, then this matter will naturally be settled faster.

However, by coincidence, He Wenyuan's memorial and Xu Youzhen's were handed over to the imperial court at the same time.

These two people are making a fuss about Xu Youzhen's official position, one asks to be demoted, but the other wants to reward and promote, no wonder, the emperor had that look just now...