Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1563
The gentlemen really kept their etiquette, because they could not stay in the palace, after the emperor refused to see him on this excuse, they left the palace together.There was no grand court on the next day, but the gentlemen still came to the palace early in the morning and continued to ask for resignation at the Qianqing Palace.

However, Zhang Cheng went over to tell them with an apologetic smile on his face, saying that the emperor had gone to the Ciqing Palace and the Compassion Palace to pay his respects as usual, and it might take some time before he could return to the Qianqing Palace. Gentlemen, please rest for a while.After all, the emperor's oral order was passed on, and five stools were sent to the gentlemen, and they were invited to sit down. They also sent snacks and soup very thoughtfully, and even prepared hot tea.

This action made the five assistant ministers realize that the emperor at this time is really no longer the young emperor who obeyed all the orders of Mr. Gao more than ten years ago, but the lord of Zhongxing who defeated foreign enemies several times. A "Changjun" who has reached a certain level of wisdom and means.

But this has caused the cabinet ministers to worry even more, because according to the current situation, once Daming can really defeat Chahar in one fell swoop two years later, this emperor will definitely be called the current Holy Lord. .

But because of this, the emperor's ignorance of the cabinet is even more worrying in this case.Especially for Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, their worries could almost be said to be unreasonable.

It is true that today's Ming Dynasty is quite prosperous, with successive victories in wars, and the central financial power is becoming stronger and stronger, but all of these are inseparable from that person.

Gao Yushi, the only officially recognized champion of the six poems by the Ming court, praised by scholars as "the courage of the world", the youngest important minister, and the "number one literary commander" who has played all over the north, south, west and east, is in the hearts of His Majesty the Emperor The most talented minister in the world... Taking this decentralization incident as an opportunity, he once again strengthened his holy family.

His influence on Jin Yiwei may have declined, and his control over the inner court may have weakened, but since then, the emperor's trust in him has become more firm.

Isn't this worth worrying about?
The emperor is the emperor of all the people in the world, the emperor of all the officials in the court, not just the emperor of a certain person.If the emperor puts all his trust in a certain person, once this person makes a mistake, or if he has another heart, who will correct it and who will stop it?Who will save it?

However, the trouble is that Gao Yushi is a civil servant, he is not a general, let alone an eunuch.

In the court of the Ming Dynasty, officials could bluntly suspect that the generals were powerful, and unscrupulously criticized the eunuch's monopoly. Even if they made some unreasonable or even outrageous actions because of these two reasons, they could still be forgiven. Was downplayed, and even touted in turn.

But for a civil servant, these methods are not applicable, and it should even be said that they cannot be used.The loyalty of civil servants can be questioned on the issue of personal morality, but must not be questioned on the issue of righteousness, otherwise it will be regarded as a threat to the entire civil official group, because once civil servants may betray the court and have wrong intentions, the civil official group will rely on it to suppress The justice and legitimacy of generals and suppressing eunuchs were greatly shaken.

Such doubts would be a betrayal of the entire civil society.

So this time, the attitude of the cabinet ministers is very consistent, no one intends to question Gao Pragmatic's loyalty, even Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue just want to use the emperor's distrust of the cabinet as a means of resigning reason.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.Similar principles were actually shown in the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty.In order to continue to maintain the status of civil servants over military generals and eunuchs, and to achieve the emperor's ideal of "sharing the world with scholar-bureaucrats", this unquestionable loyalty of civil servants is the weight that "must bear the weight".

Regarding whether to accept His Majesty's kindness of caring for the ministers, the attitudes of all the cabinet ministers are very consistent.They didn't even look at it, and stood like wooden posts one by one, despite the cold wind and snow blowing against their faces, they remained motionless.

Zhang Cheng took the trouble to persuade all the ministers, and even put away the arrogance of the new admiral of the East Factory, and persuaded this and that, and he was really dedicated.

The cabinet ministers were unmoved, at first they exchanged casual polite words with Zhang Cheng, but later they didn't even bother to open their mouths, maintaining a heart-wrenching silence very consistently.

At this time, Zhu Yijun has actually moved from the Ciqing Palace to the Cining Palace—although the two palaces are said to be respected together, the Empress Dowager Cisheng was originally the empress of the former emperor, so the order in which Zhu Yijun pays respects to the two palaces over the years is to go to the Empress Dowager Cisheng first The Ciqing Palace, and then the Cining Palace of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, today is no exception.

There is nothing to say about the greetings, but after the greetings, the Empress Dowager Cisheng stopped the emperor today.First he ordered someone to give the emperor a seat, and then asked: "Did something happen to the court these few days? The Ai family heard that a few gentlemen went to the Qing Palace to seize the palace last night?"

"Oh, it wasn't last night, it was in the evening." Zhu Yijun explained to his mother, "It's not a big deal, and my mother doesn't have to worry about it."

The Empress Dowager Cisheng frowned and asked: "Is the emperor sure? If the Ai family remembers correctly, it seems that this is the first time that the entire cabinet has been withheld since you inherited the Great Reign?"

Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "It doesn't matter if it's the first time, everything in the world will have a 'first time'."

"The emperor has this confidence, so the Ai family can feel relieved." The Empress Dowager Cisheng nodded, but then said: "The first time you mentioned, does it also include the establishment of the Dingnan Protectorate?"

Zhu Yijun glanced at his mother, and suddenly smiled and said, "My son is deeply ashamed that my mother cares so much about state affairs."

The Empress Dowager Cisheng frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Yijun and said, "It's not that Ai's family disregarded the law of the ancestors and asked about state affairs, but the second ancestors did not do such a major event as the establishment of the Protectorate..."

"My queen, I naturally follow my ancestors' wishes, but things in the world are constantly changing, and the old system of our ancestors may not be able to respond to all changes without changing. The court has reached a consensus on this matter. The establishment of the Dingnan Capital Protectorate is also the same. , is to take advantage of the changing situation.”

When the Empress Dowager Cisheng heard that he changed his name from "son" to "Zhen", she knew that he was answering in order to show that he was answering as the emperor, so she had to be more cautious - after all, the harem of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to interfere in politics The traditional inertia is extremely huge.

Even though she had been "regent" for ten years, she knew very well in her heart: first, she did not "regent" alone, and the Empress Dowager Rensheng was with her; The person in charge of politics was first Gao Gong, and after Gao Gong died, it was Guo Pu.

Therefore, rather than saying that the two "Holy Mothers" have been regents for ten years, it is better to say that they have only been guardians for ten years.There is a big difference between regency and guardianship. The biggest difference is that the former has the absolute "proxy power" of the imperial power, while the latter only enjoys a symbolic part of the imperial power, and the other part has never had real power. Mastered by their two virgins.

This means that they themselves still haven't gained much training in their political abilities, especially her herself, who has slightly deepened her interference in politics several times, but it has actually led to accidents.Especially in terms of employing and trusting people, her several mistakes have seriously affected her authority and sanctity, making it difficult to have the prestige of the past when facing the emperor's son, and she can teach the emperor a lesson, even more Don't mention ordering the emperor to issue an imperial edict to sin against himself.

Over the years of being in power, the emperor has achieved great success, and the only mistake was probably the Northwest Rebellion.However, after the Northwest Rebellion broke out, it was still up to the emperor to send high-level and pragmatic troops to suppress it.However, Gao Wushi has proved with practical actions that he is capable of quelling the war as quickly as possible, and he has fulfilled his mission at all.

This, in turn, is also the merit of the emperor, the merit of employing people appropriately.

From this point of view, even if the emperor's performance since he took office is not perfect, at least perfect, no one can question it.Under such circumstances, it is obvious that the Empress Dowager Cisheng needs to be more cautious if she wants to question the emperor about the cabinet seizure incident yesterday evening and its predecessor "Dingnan Dufu" incident.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng was silent for a moment, then slowly asked: "Ai Jia remembers that the emperor and Xiao Gaoqing's family often discussed history back then. I don't know if the two of you ever discussed "Huo Guang Biography"?"

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "Da Situ is the same age as me, so why is it that one day he will become Huo Guang? Besides, even if there is a day in the future, does the mother know that Huo Guang is still loyal to the Han Dynasty even though he has seized power.

Huo Guang has been in a high position for dozens of years. He served Emperor Wu, Emperor Zhao, Emperor Xuan, and even deposed an emperor. His family power spread all over the court. How many can there be?At that time, the Han Dynasty had a long period of peace and stability. Could it be that Huo Guangzhi's great achievements were not included in it?

Deposing the emperor is not a child's play, but Huo Guang's deposing the emperor was because of the emperor's arrogance and lust, not for his own selfish desires, and obviously not for the sake of being wise and wise. It is concluded by the "power minister".

I remember that Da Situ did not admire Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but I think Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really had a unique vision in appointing Huo Guang.Thanks to Gu Huo Guang, the state of the Han Dynasty was not buried because of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's arrogance. Credit?
In addition, Huo Guang's ignorance and incompetence have long been concluded in the Han Dynasty, but Huo Guang's achievements cannot be covered up because of his personal mistakes. I think his achievements are comparable to Zhou Gong and A Heng.

As for Da Situ... Hehe, I thought, if the world dares to say that he is ignorant, I am afraid that there will be no one to be found, right?And how loyal he is, I have also seen it clearly over the years.

In the past, the first emperor taught me many times, saying, "It takes three days to burn the jade, and it takes seven years to distinguish the material." Now, it takes more than seven years for me to argue about the talent of Da Situ?And to test his loyalty and character, how many times have I done it?
Every time he proves his loyalty, his character, his talent...all the best.I have heard that 'the virtues are the best for the officials, and the merits are the best for the rewards'. Since there are loyal and capable ministers like this, why should I be so stingy with the protection of the district?Man said Dingnan Duhu, if in the future he conquers Mobei because of me, and seals the wolf to live as a Xu, why would I be ashamed to be a marquis and give the country a reward! "

The Empress Dowager Cisheng pondered: "Since the emperor has a judgment, it is inconvenient for the Ai family to say more, but the reward of the feudal marquis is easy to talk about, but where does the bestow on the country come from?"

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "This is just a saying, and we will discuss the situation at that time. However, the so-called granting the country, the Duke also bestows the country, what does the mother think I mean by this?"

Who knew that the Empress Dowager Cisheng shook her head this time, and said: "Although Ai's family doesn't know about the government affairs, I have heard about the situation in the south. The reason why the emperor made such a large area under the jurisdiction of the Dingnan Protectorate is because Jinghua is in the south. Xinjiang's power has reached that point.

That being the case, if one day he receives the reward of the emperor bestowing a country, it will definitely not be a country bestowed by the dukes, who only have a name but no land, so why should the emperor fight this Tai Chi push hand with the Ai family. "

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly, but he didn't explain carefully, let alone refute.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng sighed again, and said: "I still remember that Liu Shouyou said that Jinghua had 10,000+, or even 20 soldiers in southern Xinjiang. Is this true or not?"

The emperor was silent for a while, and did not answer this question directly, but said: "In the past, the Annan and Mozheng families were divided into north and south, each with more than 30 troops; when Burma invaded Yunnan from the north, there were about [-] troops."

"That's different." The Empress Dowager Cisheng shook her head and said: "Of course the Ai family doesn't understand wars, but Xiao Gaoqing's family has the reputation of being invincible, even if the Ai family is in the Palace of Compassion I have heard it countless times in Li, and it is like thunder.

As famous as he is, if there are 20 troops in hand, just in case... Aijia means just in case, in case he has a different heart in the future, can the land of clouds and laurel stop him?Or, can the south of the river stop him? "

Zhu Yijun sighed, shook his head and said, "I don't think the mother's assumption will become a reality. It is true that the mother's worry is very reasonable. If I really look at it from this assumption, I think the land of clouds and laurel will be difficult to stop." I can live with him. But for the meritorious officials, I don't think it is necessary to imprison them with the crime of wanting to impose them.

In fact, it's not that I haven't thought about my mother's worries. Not only have I thought about it, I've even thought about it countless times.I thought that as long as the friendship between me and Da Situ was maintained, these things would not happen, at least while I was with him. "

"What happened after that?" Cisheng Empress Dowager asked: "Emperor, you are classmates with him, and you have a great friendship with him. You think you know him well enough. But now my Ming Dynasty has not even set the foundation of the country, and he still only has one." Eldest son in swaddling clothes, can your future generations understand each other as well as you do?"

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and suddenly smiled after a while: "The queen mother reminded me very well, I know."

The Empress Dowager Cisheng took a look at the confident emperor, and sighed softly: "The Ai family can think of and remind you, that's all... In short, you are the emperor, you might as well think about everything more thoroughly. "

"Yes, thank you for your mother's teaching." Zhu Yijun stood up and saluted, formally thanking her.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng was finally quite satisfied with his attitude, she nodded and asked, "Then what are you going to do about the cabinet's withdrawal?"
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