Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1193 One Stone Arouses Thousand Layers of Waves (Part [-])
Ministry of Rites.

The Minister of Rites, Xu Xuemo, who has just taken up his new post, has some headaches today, and the reason is of course the highly pragmatic "Please open the feudal ban".

It stands to reason that the matter of Gao Yushi is not authentic to Xu Xuemo, because the issue of suzerainty and vassal belongs to the Ministry of Rites in the imperial court, apart from the clan mansion.Gao Yushi, as the Minister of Military Affairs of the Ministry of War, is really suspected of meddling in this way.

If you are a Taoist officer, then that's fine, you meddle in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, do you see me as a great uncle in your eyes?
Oh, sorry, this one really doesn't exist.

What Xu Xuemo was annoyed at first was this point: Gao Wushi really didn't take him seriously.Although Xu Butang's qualifications are old enough, he was a Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing, and he is at least seven or eight blocks better than Gao Yushi, but qualifications depend on how and when they are compared.

He, Xu Butang, has such old qualifications. He has worked in the imperial court for decades, and he has just been promoted from minister to minister, but he is a high-spirited man who has been on the gold list for eight years in Wanli, and now he is already a minister. How can this compare?It's really short-lived by comparison, it's better not to compare.

In addition to seniority, the courtiers can be compared with nothing more than merit and holy family, and at most they can add a scholarly prestige.But Xu Xuemo dared not compare in these three items.

In terms of merit, high pragmatism secures the south and sets the north; in terms of holy family members, high pragmatism is unparalleled in the world;This is more than a fart?

But in fact, apart from these three, Xu Xuemo knows that he has another point that he can't compare with Gao Pragmatism: power.

Who is highly pragmatic?That was the number one figure in the Real School of Xu who could not be suppressed by a dignified second assistant. He was also the legacy of three generations of first assistants, and he was able to negotiate face to face with Shen Yuanfu.

What about Xu Xuemo?Even the current great uncle was secretly managed by Shen Yuanfu, relying on the connections of the township party, and came from the hands of the former assistant minister Pan Sheng.

In this way, of course Gao Yushi would not take Xu Xuemo seriously. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Shen Yuanfu is the only one who can be called an opponent in the School of Mind, and the rest are not worth mentioning.

So Xu Xuemo could only swallow this breath, forcing himself to think about more important things.

What's more important is nothing more than what attitude the Ministry of Rites should take under Gao Yushi's actions, whether to agree or disagree, or to stand on the sidelines.

He first ruled out the item of watching from the sidelines.After all, the suzerain and vassal issue is under the direct control of the Ministry of Rites. Others can consider not saying anything until the matter is clear, but the Ministry of Rites obviously cannot do this. Otherwise, if the emperor asks at that time, can the Ministry of Rites still say "we are neutral from outside the situation" no?
The rest are either in favor or against.In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Xu Xuemo agreed to take action against Zong Fan. Although Gao Yushi's gesture today seems too big, no matter how you look at it, it is too radical, and it may cause trouble, but his Thought Xu Xuemo still agrees, those five measures can be regarded as prescribing the right medicine.

But with regards to the imperial court, how can one agree with one's heart just by agreeing with one's heart?Gao Pragmatism's move today completely took all the opportunities.It can be said that in the future, as long as the imperial court takes action on the suzerain-vassal issue, no matter how much it moves and how many achievements it has made, it will not be able to escape the high-level and pragmatic initiative in the final discussion of merit.It goes without saying that the first credit goes to high pragmatism, that is, to the school of pragmatism.

That being the case, where should my school of thought go?Could it be that he is willing to be beaten by others?
And there is still a problem right now, that is the last word from the cabinet, it only said that the five cabinet elders have joined hands to meet the emperor, but they did not say what the cabinet elders finally discussed.

This is a big trouble. The Ministry of Rites, as the yamen in charge of the vassal affairs, is now waiting for the Ministry of Rites to express its position, but Shen Yuanfu did not send any news to him.Xu Xuemo knew that he should let out some rumors to appease the mood of the officials, but he really didn't dare to do it for him, lest if he misinterpreted Shen Yuanfu's original intention, it would be a complete mess.

Relying on practicing Tai Chi, he sent away the fourth batch of Xin School officials who quietly sent people to inquire about the meaning of the Ministry of Rites. Xu Xuemo was so anxious that he walked around the room, sending people to quietly ask for the latest news in the palace, and at the same time sending people out to understand the movements of the various yamen. .

Among the yamen, the Ministry of Industry must be the quietest, after all, the suzerain and vassal have nothing to do with them.The original relationship with them is nothing more than that when the new prince or county king may need the Ministry of Industry to arrange to repair the palace, but at this time the Ministry of Industry is nothing more than a person who does things.

The response from the Ministry of Punishment was not great. Although the problem of clan crimes has gradually become more serious over the years, since clan crimes generally do not come to the Ministry of Punishment or even the Three Law Departments to intervene, they are dealt with first by the clan government, so the attitude of the Ministry of Punishment on this matter It is also inevitable.

It is just because considering that once the imperial court opens the ban according to the proposal of "Please Open the Ban Shu", a large number of low-level clans will be transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to deal with their crimes, so now some people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice have begun to wonder whether it is possible to take the opportunity Apply for more funding from the court? ——The clan case must be more difficult to handle. Isn't it natural for us to ask for more funds?

The response from the Ministry of War was mediocre. Except for the excitement of the Ministry of War's official clean-up department, the rest of the departments basically did not respond.

As for why the official cleaning department is excited, it is actually simple-this department is responsible for the map, military system, city god, town guard, conciseness, and conquest.In other words, in layman's terms, they are responsible for drawing up the battle plan.

Uh... Are you in a hurry, what kind of battle plan are you drawing up now?
In fact, this is not the case. The staff square division is really drawing up a battle plan now, and the goal is very broad, labeling all the vassal states of more than two dozen princes as possible treason, and then conducting deduction within the staff side division.

But that's not the most interesting thing. What's interesting is that in the deduction, the main force representing the imperial court's expedition is no longer the guards and frontier troops guarding various places, but the newly formed imperial guards.

In all kinds of deduction, the Secretary of Staff used the imperial guards as the main force of the imperial court's expedition, but each time they used only two to three towns, that is, about 3 to [-] people.This is understandable, after all, the imperial guards are now the only field troops in the Beijing camp, and they are used by the imperial court to frighten the world.

You must know that they are not the former Beijing camp. There is no such thing as "40", and there are only 6 people in total, so you can't make a joke easily.

Xu Xuemo only found this reaction from the Ministry of War ridiculous.From his point of view, this is simply overeating. Which vassal king can be stupid enough to rebel?Don't you know how many catties you have?At most, it would be troublesome, and it would be nothing more than arguing with the court slowly, how could it be possible to fight.

What's more, even if there is a real war, Xu Xuemo doesn't think the Imperial Guards have any chance to fight.The important vassal kings in the north are basically surrounded by frontier troops, and they are afraid that they will be transferred to the capital before they announce their troops; although there are no frontier troops around the vassal kings in the south, they are too far away, even if they want to The suppression must have been handled by the local governor who dispatched the town's soldiers. How can we wait for the imperial guards to be sent from the capital?When the Imperial Guard arrived, the day lily was cold.

The reaction of the Ministry of Officials was relatively normal, and the whole Ministry expressed their support for the lifting of the feudal ban with one voice.Well, the Ministry of Officials is the stronghold of the Practical School, so it is not surprising to have this reaction, Xu Xuemo took it for granted after hearing the report.

Among the six departments, only the household department remained.The attitude of the household department is much more intense. Not only is there a lot of discussion from top to bottom, but there are also different opinions.Some people said that Gao Gongbao deserved to be a big hand this time, so the pressure on the Ministry of Finance was reduced a lot, and finally he didn't have to put on a bitter face all day long; The Tian family saved face and didn't catch all the princes and county kings, especially Lu Wang...

The implication is that these officials are still wary of King Lu, who "will become a vassal in the coming kingdom", and they don't understand why Gao Gongbao still refuses to cut off his tail since he has already made such a big deal.

According to their thinking, of course it is best to get it done at once. The so-called "watching and watching" like King Lu should be set as an example and strictly restricted-how much will his Prince Lu's mansion cost?What about King Jing's legacy?
Of course, those who held these ideas were basically low-ranking officials, and they didn't even get wind of the fact that Gao Yushi persuaded King Lu to give up King Jing's legacy.

In fact, apart from the six ministries, there is another yamen with the most violent attitude, and that is the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The reaction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was even more exaggerated than that of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a large group of officials gathered together to shout.Some excitedly said that Gao Gongbao was indeed "the courage of the world", and dared to raise the issue of suzerains and vassals as an important court official, and even made such a big move; Gong Bao, in order to make this matter a big one, so that the emperor would not dare to delay because of "kissing".

Some people even suggested that everyone should be more decisive and simply go to "knock the palace" outside the Meridian Gate together, forcing the emperor to come forward in person, "give the world an explanation", and agreed to lift the feudal ban on the spot.

There are so many different things.

All in all, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were extremely excited, and they all clamored to participate in it, "I wish to join the party and join in the grand event!"

However, the officials of the Department of Science and Technology have always been in close contact, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was so excited that the Sixth Division was of course not immune. Some even ran out of the palace (the office of the Sixth Division is in the palace, not far from the cabinet), and The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate discussed together how to expand their momentum and support Gao Gongbao's "righteous deed".

Uh, the reason why it is a righteous act is, of course, because Gao Pragmatism theoretically doesn’t care about this, he should do it “out of righteous indignation”.Regardless of this matter, Gao Gongbao has stood up, how can we officials who oversee everything in the world lag behind others?
These excited science and Taoist officials were really unambiguous, so they asked people to find pens and ink on the spot, splashed ink, and wrote a memorial in support of Gao Gongbao, and then asked everyone who would like to sign the joint name.

At this moment, the crowd is excited, so they definitely can't pretend to be stupid, so no matter whether they are really excited or not, they all put on a dignified appearance, rushing forward one after another, and wrote in the memorial. Write down your name.

Not long after, a memorandum signed by more than 100 censors and the names of the matter was completed, which probably created two records in the Ming Dynasty: the most names signed by the scientific and Taoist officials, and the fastest completion of the memorial.

The only problem now is that it has passed the time for going to school. Theoretically speaking, at this time, the Secretary of General Affairs has already begun to prepare to receive the approval of the Holy Lord issued by the Supervisor of Rites.

But it doesn't matter, none of you here are ordinary people, especially those in the Sixth Division are patted on their chests, saying that they will be able to submit this memorial directly to the king.

This is not bragging, the six departments have their own special features, not only do they work in the palace, but they have been in the palace for a long time, and they are also familiar with the supervisor of ceremonies, so they directly send things to the supervisor of rites. Not surprising either.

As for the procedural issue...it's such a time, almost all the officials of the science and Taoism have signed and attached the memorandum, and it is also qualified to send it directly to the king due to emotion and reason!The privilege of the Daoist officials in the Ming Dynasty, is that just kidding with you?
So the staff of the Sixth Division rushed to the palace immediately with the joint memorial.

When the news reached the Ministry of Rites, Xu Xuemo was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, and he wished he could go directly to the palace to ask Shen Yuanfu for advice.At this moment, he suddenly thought of one thing: Why did Gao Wushi suddenly want to intervene in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites?

Suspicious, Xu Xuemo had a suspicion: Could it be that Gao Pragmatic is dissatisfied with getting the position of great uncle from Pan Sheng, so he started to deal with the issue of suzerain and vassal, which is a matter directly managed by the Ministry of Rites, in order to beat himself up Unprepared, let the emperor feel that he is extremely incompetent, and then think of a way to impeach him?

As soon as this thought came up, he couldn't stop it anymore. Xu Xuemo even took advantage of the trend to think that once things really developed like this, it would be a huge crisis for Shen Yuanfu.

Originally, Shen Yuanfu not only wanted to win the Ministry of Rites, but also Pan Sheng's position in the cabinet at that time.And now, although he didn't get the cabinet quota, at least he got the minister of the Ministry of Rites, but if Gao Pragmatic's "treachery" succeeds, wouldn't the Ministry of Rites lose it again?If this is the case, wouldn't Shen Yuanfu's half a year of hard work be wasted?Going around for a long time, all of a sudden back to the original point.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuemo broke into a cold sweat under three winters, and his entire back was soaked in sweat.

He couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately left the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, regardless of the attitude of the surrounding officials who came up to inquire about him, they all refused with a cold face, then hurriedly got on the green sedan chair, and went directly to the palace.

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PS: I can’t log in to the starting point on the computer side, saying that I have a network problem, and it is very inconvenient to send books on the mobile phone side, so yesterday’s reward and monthly ticket thanks will be sent together tomorrow, sorry.

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