Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2025 Reunion between teachers and students inside and outside the palace (Wei [-])
The nature of the conversation in front of Guanglu Temple can be seen as a simple meeting between the inner court and the outer court in order to reach a consensus.However, if we delve deeper into "participants", it is far more than just "inner court" and "outer court".

Three people from the inner court participated in this meeting, namely Chen Ju, Wang An, and Liu Ping.These three are all chief inspectors of ceremonies, but they have a handprint and two pens, and one of them holds the special position of admiral of the East Factory.

There were also three people who participated in the talks from the Outer Court, namely Wang Jiaping, the first assistant, Gao Yushi and Shen Yiguan, the assistants of Qunfu. Although the latter two were only Qunfu in name, they were in fact actual officials of the two major political groups in the Outer Court. School of thought and the school of mind are the real leaders at present.

It can be seen from this that it is already very interesting to look at the six candidates at the meeting.The inner court and the outer court are three-on-three. It seems that the two sides are exchanging opinions on an equal footing, but in fact... that is not the case at all.

First of all, the most clear point is that today's imperial court is by no means a political structure in which the inner court and the outer court are divided into courts.

Ever since Gao Yushi began to intervene deeply in the power center of Ming Dynasty, three powerful eunuchs, Feng Bao, Zhang Jing, and Zhang Cheng, have been defeated by him successively. Therefore, the inner court is currently acting quite well-behaved in front of Gao Yushi, at least there is no new one. Quan Huan dared to confront Gao Yushi on the bright side.

This is like a special BUFF added to the holy family after reaching a certain level. The officials in the inner court have to express their attitude when they see him: You are the most trusted person of the emperor, how dare the slaves be presumptuous?

But having said that, after today's meeting with Zhu Yijun in the Xinuang Pavilion, Gao Yushi has already vaguely felt that it may be difficult for him to be as "indestructible" as before in terms of the holy family.It's just... Who will be the next Quan Huan who may jump out to challenge?
The current inner court, on the whole, has continued the "Huang-Chen Alliance" created by the high-level pragmatism in the past, that is, the alliance between Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju.It's just that Huang Mengyu himself was forced to live in seclusion a few years ago, and now he seldom gets involved in politics, but his nephew Liu Ping has roughly inherited his influence and connections in the palace.

Now the palace is headed by Chen Ju, and Liu Ping relies on the contacts left by his uncle Huang Mengyu as a support.As for Wang An, he should be selected by Chen Ju to succeed him in the future, but his performance today seems a bit surprising. I don't know if this too principled chief writer and admiral of the East Factory is really suitable to succeed Chen Ju.

Chen Ju must have some doubts about this point now, right?Of course, in any case, the overall situation of the inner court should not change much, and the overall situation should be fairly controllable.

In this way, the so-called inner court and outer court, at least the inner court, can basically be regarded as an extension of high-level pragmatic power, or an attachment force.

As for the Outer Court, it is more complicated. Generally speaking, today's meeting is really a tripartite coalition.Of course, this "coalition army" may be able to forcefully unite only in the matter of asking for a thorough investigation of Yikun Palace, and don't expect it at other times.

Among the three parties, Wang Jiaping's attitude is both the most resolute and possibly the simplest.He just felt that such a serious vicious incident had occurred and the finger was directed at the emperor, so it was necessary to investigate to the bottom, no matter who was involved, he had to investigate to the end.

Such things have already happened. If the emperor still tolerates and raises traitors, it will cause a catastrophe in the future, and may even endanger the world, so there must be no backing down.

Besides Wang Jiaping, whether it was Gao Pragmatism or Shen Yiguan, their reasons for requesting a thorough investigation of Yikun Palace were not so simple. Both parties had their own political considerations.

Gao's pragmatic consideration is that he is now skeptical that the school of thought has not only shared interests with Zhu Changluo, but has already formed an alliance, and may even have reached an alliance with Zheng Huangguifei, or at least formed a tacit understanding.

Therefore, by trying to hit Concubine Zheng, you can observe the reaction of the School of Mind, and then judge the degree of this alliance or tacit understanding from its reaction, and provide a reference for the next step of decision-making and action.

Of course, even if Imperial Concubine Zheng did not really have any collusion with the Heart School, she has already crossed the line in terms of her actions, so the investigation of Yikun Palace itself is a warning to her, which makes her afraid, and she may not be able to do so afterwards. Dare to be too reckless.

To a certain extent, this is also saving her - at this point, Gao Yushi is really not deceiving the emperor, he did not blacklist Concubine Zheng Huanggui, and he wanted to get rid of her quickly.

As for Shen's consistent considerations, Gao Yushi is not entirely sure.If he had already colluded with Concubine Zheng on behalf of the Mind School, then theoretically speaking, he should not agree to an action that may severely hit Concubine Zheng now.

However, Shen Yiguan is not very calculating. In the words of later generations, this person has strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities and will use various means to cover up his true intentions.

In addition, after carefully comparing his past and present experiences and behavior patterns, Gao Pragmatism believes that he is very likely to choose a strong man to cut off his wrists in a consciously dangerous situation, in order to abandon Zheng Huangguifei in exchange for his own interests not to be implicated. Have to guard against.

So now Gao Yushi has two guesses: the first guess is that Shen Yiguan and Zheng Huangguifei did not collude, and the reason why the behavior of the two parties seems to be colluding is mainly because they have the same goal, so they have done what is in line with their own interests thing.Simply put, it's a coincidence.

If this is the case, then it would be easier to explain why Shen Yiguan also agreed to thoroughly investigate the Yikun Palace—the son of the imperial concubine supported by Gao Pragmatic is certainly a threat from the Xin School and Zhu Changluo, but why is Zhu Changxun, the son of the imperial concubine Zheng, not a threat?Now that there is an opportunity to attack Concubine Zheng Huanggui, of course he must seize the opportunity to strike fiercely.

Anyway, they are all threats, so it is human nature to strike one at a time.What's more, the attack on Concubine Zheng Huanggui this time does not require Shen Yiguan to play the leading role. The protagonist is naturally Wang Jiaping, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.As long as he, Shen Yiguan, hid behind Wang Yuanfu and waved his flag, he might receive a miraculous effect on his opponent, so why not do it?
Of course, Gao Yushi thinks that this possibility is possible but not high. He still thinks that Shen Yiyi should not be so superficial.

Now there are three parties vying for the position of crown prince, and Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun are actually weak parties. If Shen Yiguan, who is the supporter behind Zhu Changluo, now takes action to attack Zheng Huanggui and Zhu Changxun's mother and son, it will inevitably make them have a snipe and a clam. In the end, it may cause the empress and the emperor's son, mother and son to benefit.

People are originally orthodox, and they are originally the strong side. If the fisherman still benefits from the competition between the snipe and the clam, then the Wanli Dynasty's national struggle can really be completely over.

For Shen Yiguan and Zheng Huangguifei, the correct approach at this time should be that the two weak sides unite to deal with the queen and the emperor's son first, and then let them compete in the Prince's Cup finals.

This leads to Gao Pragmatic's second guess, which is that Shen Yiguan and Concubine Zheng Huanggui did have collusion, and the reason why Shen Yiguan is willing to participate in the "Inverting Zheng Allied Army" is actually to act as eyes and ears to facilitate the first Time to get a thorough investigation of the progress, and then inform Concubine Zheng Huanggui of the news so that she can make a targeted response in the shortest possible time.

If this is the case, then Gao Yushi will have to make some arrangements for thorough investigation methods.Otherwise, there is a big mole inside, so why check a hammer?
Another point, Gao Yushi has been reminding himself in his heart, that is, even if Shen Yiguan and Concubine Zheng really colluded, the alliance between them is still very fragile, and there must be a serious mutual wariness. Points can be considered to use.

There are several flowers blooming, each representing a branch.After the meeting at Guanglu Temple, all the participants returned to their respective residences.Let's not talk about high pragmatism first, but talk about Shen Yitong.

Shen Yiguan's house is located in the south of Mingyufang and west of Guangji Temple. If it is placed in later generations, it will probably be in the Yaojia Hutong.

It takes a detour to get here from Donghuamen, which is farther than the highly pragmatic Nanning Marquis Mansion. Therefore, it was already dark when Shen Yiguan returned to the mansion. Because there was a curfew in Ming Dynasty, there were almost no pedestrians on the road at this time.

There were no carriages or horses in front of Shen University's Scholars' Mansion, and it looked deserted. If it weren't for the status of the master, Suan Ni, a rich family, would even give people the appearance of an ordinary family.

Shen Yiguan's big green sedan chair stopped at the door, and the Wenyuange University student stepped out of it calmly, but with his hands behind his back, he entered the mansion with a stern face.

As soon as he entered the mansion, a steward came forward and reported: "Master, Section Chief Qian has been waiting for a long time..."

"Let's wait first." Shen Yiguan said indifferently: "Wait for the rest of the pavilion to take a bath and change clothes, and let him eat together."

The steward was taken aback for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Is it a family banquet?"

"No, just my cabinet and him." Shen Yiguan replied as he walked in.The steward understood, and said: "Yes, master, that villain will go and inform first."

Shen Guanyi didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and walked straight away.After he bathed and changed his clothes, he came to the Flower Hall—since it was not a family banquet and only two people were eating, it was natural that it was inconvenient for outsiders to be present, so the dining place must be set in the Flower Hall.

As soon as he entered, Qian Menggao hurriedly stood up and said, "The student has met Enxiang."

"Well, sit down. There are no outsiders, so you don't need to be too polite." Shen Yiguan said that he took his seat first, while Qian Menggao waited for Shen Yiguan to sit down, and then respectfully sat down on the chair with half of his buttocks.

It seems very common for Chinese to eat and talk about things, but in fact, in Ming Dynasty, at least in the upper class, "eating without talking" is still the mainstream etiquette, but...it also depends on the occasion, for example, it is not such an occasion now.

Shen Yiguan took the initiative to ask: "The beginning and end of Guangjinfang, is the cooking clear now?"

Qian Menggao showed embarrassment, and sighed: "The one who can cook is cooking, but the students still feel that it is not reliable. After all, many people in Beijing know who Guangjinfang is, and Enxiang The relationship with Lord Jingshi is even more well known..."

"Relationships belong to relationships, and evidence belongs to evidence. You are the chief of the criminal department, do you need to be informed by the cabinet?" Shen Yiguan ate a mouthful of Dongpo meat that was as soft as mahjong pieces but not rotten, fat but not greasy. asked rhetorically.

Qian Menggao smiled wryly and said: "Master En is joking, students of reason naturally understand, but I'm afraid that the other party is too domineering, so it may not be necessary to reason at that time."

Shen Yiguan stopped in mid-air, glanced at Qian Menggao, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why, are you afraid?"

"Enxiang, since the student is willing to listen to Enxiang's orders, and has done so many things, it is natural that he has already put life and death aside. The word 'fear', the student really does not know where to start."

"Since you're not afraid, that's good." Shen Yiguan pondered for a while, and said, "A major event happened in the palace today, and there may be many people in the outer court who don't know about it, but since you work in the Sixth Division, you naturally know about it. Is it?"

"Enxiang means that the emperor coughed up blood and fainted? The students did know about it, and they were told not to disclose it by the supervisor at the time."

"Don't let it out? Hahahaha..." Shen Yiguan laughed loudly and said, "Chen Ju is really old, and now the supervisor of ceremonies... is getting more and more childish."

Laughing, the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty is like a sieve, and the Sixth Division is a big loudspeaker for fear of chaos. Since the news has spread to the Sixth Division, is there still a possibility that it will not leak out?The supervisor of ceremonies was literally drooling all over the floor in a dream.

But Shen always laughed like this, Qian Menggao shook his head instead and said: "En Xiang, the students think this is a bit strange. No matter what the supervisor of ceremonies says, they won't even know about this situation. Their explanation like this is obviously superfluous Therefore, the students always feel that the supervisor of ceremonies may have said this on purpose."

"Oh?" Shen Yiguan slowly withdrew his smile, and thought about it: "You mean, what the supervisor of rituals did was to remind the Sixth Division to spread the news earlier?"

"Students do have this doubt." Qian Menggao frowned and said, "But the students don't understand why the Supervisor of Ceremonies wants the news to spread quickly. Is this good for the Supervisor of Ceremonies?"

Shen Yiguan didn't answer right away, instead he pondered for a moment, then took a deep breath, and shook his head slightly: "Otherwise, this may not be the intention of the Priest of Ceremonies...or rather, it may not be the common intention of the entire Prison of Ceremonies."

"Common intention?" Qian Menggao immediately asked: "What Enxiang means is that the Supervisor of Rites is no longer monolithic?"

Shen Yiguan nodded, but did not speak, and seemed to be in some kind of memory or thinking state instead.

However, Qian Menggao couldn't bear the doubts in his heart at this time, and at the same time, he was a little surprised, and asked tentatively: "Could it be that... finally dare to stand up and challenge?"

Shen Yiguan took a deep breath, put down his chopsticks, and said slowly, "It's possible."

"What evidence did Enxiang find to prove this?" Qian Menggao immediately asked.

Shen Yiguan smiled, nodded slightly, and said: "You only know that the emperor coughed up blood and fainted, but you don't know what happened in Xinuang Pavilion after the cabinet's audience... In Xinuang Pavilion, some interesting things did happen at that time."
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