Daming primary school students

Chapter 435 The real court struggle
In the first half of March, Emperor Jiajing, who was suspected of having chronic bronchitis, was restless and rested in the palace.

There was no court visitation, the sutra banquet was suspended, and the palace examination was postponed until the second day of April.

It was not until the end of March that Emperor Jiajing issued an order to re-open the Sutra feast, and the ministers saw the emperor again.

Speaking of the participants of this sutra banquet, in addition to the Hanlin lecturers, important ministers such as the cabinet, ministries, and heads of departments can all attend as non-voting delegates.

In theory, it seems that there is nothing wrong with people who are not lecturers and do not attend the Sutra Banquet.

But the Jingyan is a rare opportunity to have close contact with the emperor, and after the Jingyan is over, the emperor often discusses matters by the way, thus turning into a small court meeting.

Therefore, if you don't go to the sutra feast, it is often the minister's own loss.

In addition, if there are too many absences, there may be slack reviews, or the emperor who loves to reason may regard him as a slack king.

At the sutra banquet in late March of the 14th year of Jiajing, the ministers were still very neat.

Emperor Jiajing glanced at the positions of the officials who were watching, and felt that almost all the important officials had arrived.

The eunuch who was waiting by his side reminded in a low voice, "Shangshu Wang Tingxiang has not arrived yet."

But Emperor Jiajing didn't care too much, Wang Tingxiang has always been very diligent, and if he is absent occasionally, something must be delayed, so there is no need to blame him.

An hour later, it was time for intermission again, and the Chief Assistant Zhang Fujing and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Xia Yan, quarreled directly in front of the imperial court.

Zhang Fujing accused Xia Yan of instigating Xue Kan to go to the school, and Xia Yan pointed out that Xue Kan's memorial was Zhang Fujing's plan.

The eunuch Qin of Dongchang who was summoned had no choice but to say that Xue Kan, who was sent to jail, was only willing to confess after being tortured.

At this time, Wang Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, stepped into the hall and kowtowed to plead guilty.

Emperor Jiajing then asked: "Is there something important for the Ministry of Punishment to make you late?"

Wang Tingxiang played solemnly: "Something really happened! Qin Dewei, a Chinese-style candidate, will go to the Ministry of Punishment to surrender himself!

He said that the list of five people in the rumors before the exam was actually drafted by him! "

A room full of monarchs and ministers are all speechless, is this new academician a fool?Not to mention right or wrong, what's the point of surrendering yourself?
Just listen to Wang Tingxiang's solemn introduction: "Then Qin Dewei also said that after hearing that the factory guards pursued this rumor, I feel that as a subject of your majesty, you should have a pure heart and be honest, and you should not hide anything from your majesty. , so surrender yourself!"

These few sentences are a bit nasty, but they are also for the purpose of stabilizing the emperor, just like writing official documents must add a risk.

Why did Qin Dewei turn himself in to Wang Tingxiang of the Ministry of Punishment instead of going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the factory guard? It was because he was afraid that others would not pay attention when relaying the story, details determine success or failure!

The monarch and his subjects were still speechless. Although the words were really sweet and Emperor Jiajing liked such words, but... this act of surrendering himself is still a foolish act!

Also, what does it mean that your Wang Tingxiang is so solemn?Is the Criminal Department too busy to have other jobs?
Some people secretly speculated that maybe Wang Tingxiang just wanted to find something to interrupt, to prevent the chief assistant and the heavenly official from continuing to fight?
Emperor Jiajing has always been strict under his control, and when he was about to reprimand Wang Tingxiang a few words, he heard Wang Tingxiang say:

"After Qin Dewei surrendered himself, he also reported that the root of the rumors on the list lies in the chief assistant Zhang Fujing, as the so-called Qingfu is not dead, it is difficult for Lu!"

Fog Grass!The whole palace was shocked again, what kind of logic is this?Even if you want to criticize Shoufu, you have to explain some basic rules.

Standing at the front of the class, Zhang Shoufu smiled instead of anger, and couldn't help but said: "Such crazy words are not worth talking about, Wang Tingxiang, you have to bring it to the imperial court? Are you trying to amuse the emperor!"

Wang Tingxiang ignored Zhang Fujing, and only said to Emperor Jiajing: "I guarantee with my life, Qin Dewei's last words are worthy of His Majesty's hearing, right or wrong can only be judged by His Majesty.

So I had to play it, and it was definitely not intended to amuse Your Majesty! "

Emperor Jiajing's curiosity was hooked, and he shouted: "What else did he say!"

Wang Tingxiang played: "When Qin Dewei surrendered, he said that from the time Zhang Fujing entered the cabinet in the sixth year of Jiajing to the 12th year of Jiajing, Zhang Fujing deliberately provoked conflicts with the Hanlin, and took the opportunity to dismiss 22 members of the Hanlin!

Although in the 12 years of Jiajing, the imperial court added ten people to the Imperial Academy, but they were all newcomers, so it is difficult to use them today.

As a result, the number of Hanlin is relatively small, and the number of senior Hanlin is even smaller.

As a result, if there is a test, there are not many qualified candidates for Hanlin officials!

Therefore, all the candidates felt that the candidate for the examiner was very easy to guess, it was nothing more than one of five or six people, and it was actually the same!
In contrast, in Hongzhi and Zhengde, there were often as many as 20 people as candidates for the examiner, which made it difficult to guess!

All of the above are Qin Dewei's original intention, and then this person said that the first assistant Zhang Fujing is the root cause of the rumors before the exam and ruining the exam ceremony!
Not only in this exam, but also in the next exam and the next exam, there will be situations where it is easy to guess the examiner! "

All the dignitaries in the hall were shocked again, how can someone still be on a horse to launch a political attack like this?Where did all this evidence come from?How can you think of these?
This Juzi surnamed Qin seemed to have conjured up a big black pot out of thin air, and he held Zhang Shoufu in the face.

He is definitely not a fool!This logic is simply too strong, there is nothing to say from the tricky angle!

Zhang Shoufu wanted to justify a few words, and then he discovered that the things listed by Qin Dewei's surrender were actually all facts
But this fact, why has no one thought of it in the past?This son's insight is so terrifying?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shoufu glared at Guan Xia.If I remember correctly, this Qin Dewei should be your Xia Yan's horse boy!
And Xia Yan was already dumbfounded, feeling extremely annoyed, maybe he really shouldn't ignore Qin Dewei?
Allowing Qin Dewei to mess around like this without restraint will ruin the big thing!

Everyone thought that when the "surrender statement" ended here, Wang Tingxiang still had no end, and continued to say:
"When Qin Dewei surrendered himself, he also said that even if the theory doesn't care about the deeds and does not criticize the heart, two conclusions can be drawn from the analysis of the existing facts.

First of all, since Chenghua, there has been a rule that non-Hanlin officials cannot join the cabinet.

And Zhang Fujing's move to dismiss Hanlin wantonly is an absolute path forward, minus the threat of latecomers!This will allow Zhang Fujing to be powerful and exclusive, without any worries!
Secondly, the remaining people in Hanyuan did not dare to easily fight against Zhang Fujing. It was easy for Zhang Fujing to manipulate the exams, and he could also manipulate the election recommendation in a small way, further consolidating his power!
So Qin Dewei said again, there are huge hidden dangers, please Your Majesty please think twice! "

This time, Wang Tingxiang finally finished relaying, but everyone in the hall was numb.

You call this "surrender statement"?It was an all-round bombardment of Zhang Shoufu!
The neutral person recalled the way Xia Guan and Zhang Shoufu fought each other just now.

Compared with this "surrender statement", the fight between those two is simply two children arguing!

The tricky methods and logical construction of the quasi-jinshi surnamed Qin are more like a real high-level court struggle.

　The third shift is over, ask for a monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)