Daming Yuanfu
Chapter 2037
Chapter 2037 Zheng Guoben ([-])
"What Yuan Fu saw was in line with my intentions, and I wrote the cabinet's review tool."
The high-practical draft "Designation of the King" was written in this way, and less than an hour later, it was also written in the same way when the imperial pen Zhu Zhu was issued.
This means that the "national struggle" that has lasted for nearly 20 years during the Wanli Dynasty has finally entered the final stage of decisive battle at this moment.
There are three contestants participating in the finals, namely Zhu Changhao, the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, and Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor.
The above ranking is naturally not simply arranged according to age, but based on the tradition of Confucian ethics and according to the "orthodoxy" of the three contestants.
Because of this, Zhu Changhao, the eldest son of the emperor who was still in his infancy and had just completed the full moon ceremony, was able to rank first; Zhu Changluo, the oldest, followed closely behind by virtue of his age; The third son, Zhu Changxun, mainly relied on the family of his mother concubine Zheng Huanggui and stayed at the bottom.
In this final, Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, should not have been in the position originally, but because of the consort of his mother concubine Zheng Huanggui, he can also become one of the finalists.
There is an implicit factor here, which is not the same as the traditional mother is expensive according to the child. Zhu Changxun is the child is expensive according to the mother. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the official "imperial concubine" of the Ming Dynasty is different from the ordinary concubine. Those who "have books and treasures" can be said to have been clearly defined as "vice queens".
That being the case, in theory her son should naturally be more noble than the sons of any other concubines except the queen's son.If you look at it from this point of view, in fact, the emperor's son is also "the son is more expensive than the mother".
In fact, in the imperial palace and in the heavenly family, the two situations of "the mother is more valuable according to the son" and "the son is more valuable according to the mother" often go hand in hand.
A queen who has no children is still a queen, but at some point she may be deposed because of this; but once she has a son, both her own and her son's status will be greatly consolidated, at least there have been no exceptions in the Ming Dynasty.
When a prince is born, even if his mother is just an ordinary court lady, she will almost certainly be able to rank among the "concubine" and her status will be greatly improved; but if her original status is too low, it will implicate her son's status and it will be difficult to improve, unless... Like Zhu Changluo, he has caught up with the status of the eldest son of the concubine.
A very important reason why Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun each supported each other before the birth of the emperor's son was that Zheng Huanggui's "books and treasures".Leaving aside the fact that the holy family cannot be recognized by the courtiers on the issue of establishing a heir, Imperial Concubine Zheng herself overwhelmed Zhu Changluo's mother, Concubine Wang Gong, in terms of status.
Yes, at this time Zhu Changluo's biological mother is still only "Wang Gongfei", not the "noble concubine" and "imperial concubine" who were conferred by Jin after 34 years of Wanli in the original history.
This sentence may not be easy to understand, but the whole process is like this: In the 34th year of Wanli in the original history, Concubine Wang Gong was first promoted to the imperial concubine, and then was promoted again in the same year, becoming the imperial concubine.
In that time and space, the fact that Concubine Wang Gong was promoted to the imperial concubine actually meant that Zhu Changluo's position was finally stabilized - even before that, he had already been canonized as the prince in the 29th year of Wanli.
In other words, five years after Zhu Changluo became the crown prince, his mother, Concubine Wang Gong, was promoted to imperial concubine and imperial concubine, and the status of the mother and son was now full.
These five years are obviously not so easy to spend, and there are still many open and secret battles, but this has nothing to do with this book, so I will leave it alone.
Let’s talk about the current situation: Queen Wang and Zhu Changhao’s mother and son are full of orthodoxy, and they are backed by high-level pragmatic support. Whether it is in terms of ethics or the strength of the DPRK and China, it can be said to be the final of the national struggle The side with the greatest chance of winning.
Concubine Wang Gong and Concubine Zhu Changluo's mother and son are typical mothers who are expensive based on their sons. Concubine Wang Gong's status in Zhu Yijun's mind is almost nothing. Zhu Changluo does not get any meaningful support from his mother and concubine, but bears a lot of "negative assets" .
Fortunately, Zhu Changluo has the status of the eldest son after all, and Zhu Changhao was born too late, so the School of Mind has already gone on and placed heavy bets on Zhu Changluo. Gritting his teeth and continuing to support, this gave Zhu Changluo a chance to come back.
Of course, in addition to this, Zhu Changluo has a little advantage, that is, in very unexpected circumstances—such as the sudden death of the emperor.Then, according to the traditional view of "Guo Lai Changjun", Zhu Changluo's inheritance orthodoxy will be temporarily improved to a certain extent.However, it is hard to say how much earlier it is, because there are some rumors.
There is a reason for the emergence of the phrase "Guo Lai Changjun", and it is also of practical significance.
China's feudal society is "family world", the succession of the throne is only divided by blood relationship, but for the sake of the country's survival, generally the emperors who ascend the throne are relatively older princes, it is not impossible for the young master to succeed, but it is best Don't happen in turbulent times, or when powerful officials are in power.
However, is "Guo Lai Changjun" really just for the survival of the dynasty?
The marriage system in ancient times is very similar to the modern one. There are certain rules for men and women at what age to marry, but modern society does not stipulate the upper limit of marriage time, but in ancient times, it stipulated the upper limit of women's marriage age, that is, most of the time women must get married.
This point was even written into the law. Many dynasties stipulated that if men and women could not marry within the age limit, they would be punished, and the punishment was heavy, and Daming was no exception.
At the same time, in ancient China, there was often a magical official position or institution called official media, in other words, official matchmaker.If a man and a woman do not get married when they reach the age, the government may send an official matchmaker to protect the man and woman.
At such times, getting married is mandatory, and if not, the family or family will face substantial fines or other punishments.Of course, this kind of system that usually uses money as a punishment can be afforded by a wealthy family, but an ordinary commoner cannot afford it.
What's more, even if the family would rather lose the money, it was not easy for an older woman to get married in the society at that time. If she never married, she might be discriminated against by society.
Well, Liu Xin has the right to speak on this point.It's just that she has been staying in the high-level government for a long time, and it is difficult for social discrimination to appear in front of her, and she is rich enough-even from a personal point of view, even if she does not count as the salary of the Secretary-General of Jinghua, she also has Jinghua Medicine For the original stock, the mere fine is not worth mentioning.
Back to the topic, women in ancient times were married earlier, so the age of children between men and women was born relatively earlier.Since the parents who give birth to the child are still young, the child's body is not destined to be particularly good, so most of the children will have congenital deficiencies.
Specific to the Tian family, in order to stabilize the political power in ancient times, most of the royal families would marry. Most of the emperors or princes would marry the children of their uncle's family (note: not in Ming Dynasty).
This way generation after generation, the blood relationship between the two families is naturally close, but it is also prone to extremely serious consequences, that is, giving birth to deformed children or children with poor congenital physiological conditions. This is also a huge challenge to the medical skills of the imperial physicians.
In the capital city, there are naturally famous doctors gathered, whether it is pediatric diseases or gynecological knife wounds, there are experts, but they still can't resist some inexplicable injuries of the royal family and princes.
Once young children contract some strange diseases, the imperial doctors are often helpless.For example, if the same child is infected with diseases such as tuberculosis or chickenpox, it is not a big problem in modern society, and it can be settled with money, or even settled in advance (vaccine).
However, it was different in ancient times. Even if they were born in a heavenly family, they could only rely on the children's own physique to survive. If they couldn't survive, then they could only watch them die of illness.
The reason why Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty is Kang Mazi is because he had smallpox when he was young, and the treatment provided by the Tai Hospital is only to go out to avoid pox, avoid infecting other people, and at the same time try to make some nourishing decoctions Just guarantee Xuan Ye's physical strength.
Therefore, under the condition of the ancient medical level, the mortality rate of young children is extremely high, not only among the people, but also when the royal family is facing some serious diseases, it is actually not much better.
Because the royal family wants to prosper their offspring, the emperor usually gets married relatively early, not to mention arranging some trial marriage court ladies to serve them before the big wedding, so the age of childbearing is relatively early.
Most of the children born during this time period are very difficult to survive. Only after the emperor becomes an adult, the children born have a greater hope of surviving - just count how many children Zhu Yijun died young, here I can't bear to give examples.
If the emperor and empress are old enough, then the prince will be relatively older. Therefore, excluding those children who died in infancy, the remaining children are only older among them, and their minds will be relatively more mature. .
Conversely, if the succeeding emperor is too young to handle military and state affairs independently, power will often fall into the hands of the queen mother, powerful ministers, or eunuchs around him.
For example, in the early days of the Han Dynasty, just after the unification of the country was completed, Empress Lu interfered in politics because of Liu Bang's death.In the last years of the Han Dynasty and the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the power of eunuchs soared, and even reached the point where they could dominate the emperor's abolition.
As for the Ming Dynasty, due to the unique cabinet system, it was not common for powerful ministers to monopolize power, but the story that the imperial court was in the hands of the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period cannot be ignored.
Just imagine, if the emperor succeeded to the throne at a relatively old age, for example, at least in his twenties, then the emperor would not only be ambitious, but also basically capable of governing the country. There are so many incidents of political interference.
But if the emperor is younger, then the above three situations of political intervention may appear at any time, either one or both.
At the same time, the enthronement of the young lord means that the father has died, which is also a big psychological impact on the young emperor, and may even affect the development of his xinxing.That means that no one knows what the prince will look like after becoming the emperor, whether he will be taught badly by the people around him when he grows up, and so on.
Conversely, if the emperor is an adult, then the ruling ideology and personal character are basically fixed. In the words of later generations, it is "highly certain", which is a good start for the country, ministers, and common people.
In the "modern country" that emerged a few years later, there is often a lower age limit when electing the head of state, and the reason is derived from this.
Of course, as I said just now, due to the unique system of the Ming Dynasty, it has certain particularities on this issue.
First, after Yongle, the Ming Dynasty basically did not have certain prerequisites for princes to seize the throne, that is, the power of the prince (prince named prince) to control the army and the power to make friends with ministers at will.
These two changes made it impossible for the princes to effectively cultivate their personal power before they took the throne, and could only rely on their own legitimacy to decide whether they could succeed to the throne according to the system.If not, then you can only wait for the kingdom of the king and become a rich and idle person.
Second, the unique cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty made even the chief assistant only have "limited prime minister power", and at the same time did not even have the real title of prime minister.This made it difficult to form powerful ministers in the true sense in the Ming Dynasty. The fault was not a special period caused by special circumstances-such as Zhang Juzheng in history, so the threat of powerful ministers was basically negligible.
Having said that, Zhang Juzheng's "power minister" is actually very watery. In fact, if he cannot obtain the acquiescence of Queen Mother Li and form an offensive and defensive alliance with Feng Bao that integrates internal and external, his power will still have great limitations in essence.
To put it bluntly, as long as Empress Dowager Li asks the emperor to make a decree, Zhang Juzheng, like his predecessor Gao Gong, has to pack up and leave on the spot. The timeliness can be described as "political death penalty, executed immediately".
Not to mention Queen Mother Li, even if it's just Feng Bao's reversal, Zhang Juzheng can't do anything.Because of this, Zhang Juzheng had to shield Feng Bao many times.
It's not that Zhang Juzheng doesn't know the harm, but he knows that without Feng Bao, his so-called "I am not a phase, but a photo" is just a joke.
Third, now that the threats from the royal brothers and power officials have been removed, according to the traditions of the past dynasties in China, there is only one left: foreign relatives intervening in politics.
However... anyone who has read Ming history for 5 minutes knows that it is purely funny to say that foreign relatives interfered in politics in the Ming Dynasty.
Regarding this point, we must first know how foreign relatives intervened in politics in history.
Take the Han and Tang dynasties, which are generally recognized as the most powerful, as an example: what kind of relatives are the relatives in the Han Dynasty?In the early stage, they were all from the families of famous ministers, or from aristocratic families, such as the Huo family and the Dou family;
Although they began to choose ordinary people in the later period, once they became foreign relatives, they would immediately gain huge real power.For example, He Jin at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he jumped from the boss of the meat factory to the general who controlled the military power in the world.
The situation in the Tang Dynasty was similar.For example, which family contributed the most queens to the Tang royal family?It was the famous Taiyuan Wang family.
What are the characteristics of such a relative family?The characteristic is that it is very strong. Once in a high position, a large number of talents in the family can be placed in the imperial team, and they can take over the power of the imperial court at once, directly ignoring the emperor.
The exception here may be He Jin. The He family was originally promoted by the eunuch group. What the eunuchs valued was that the He family had a shallow foundation and could only form an alliance with them.
However, what the eunuchs never expected was that He Jin, who was ambitious but incapable, was easily fooled by Yuan Shao, a representative of the gentry, and wanted to backstab the eunuch group.As a result, the eunuch group and the He family obviously had a good hand, but in the end they played GG together hand in hand.
In short, if the relatives want to take the emperor off, the premise is that the family tree has deep roots, and there are a lot of talents available in their own family or related forces, otherwise it will not be possible.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty, having learned its lesson, directly changed the tradition of royal marriage. Since Yongle, it did not find the daughters of big families as queens and concubines, but only selected people from small official families near Gyeonggi.
Such a small official family has two advantages: First, they have no background and influence, so they cannot pull out a large group of family members to control the government after they become queens and concubines; Those who have basic etiquette and upbringing don't have to worry too much about picking out some stupid, wicked, and poisonous women, which will cause great harm to the government.
Of course, the above are also implemented together with the harem system designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which makes it impossible for the concubines in the harem to have the opportunity to comment on the government of the foreign court other than becoming the queen mother.
In addition to the replacement of the marriage tradition, another way for foreign relatives to intervene in politics has also been blocked, and that is the habit of "reusing foreign relatives".The Ming Dynasty also "reuse foreign relatives"-the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!There are five governor's mansions in the front, back, left, and right. You can choose the left and right governors of each mansion. If you can pick one with real power, I will lose.
After such a combination of fists, all the ways for foreign relatives to intervene in politics were blocked. Therefore, for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, not even one foreign relative could pose any threat to the imperial power.
In this way, the alternation of imperial power has completely become a situation in which the Tian family determines who inherits the rule according to the rules, and if it is necessary to say that this system still has a little power of external interference, then only the civil servants are left—not a certain powerful minister , but a constraint on the system by the entire group.
The so-called restriction can be viewed as two aspects of one body.
On the one hand, the civil service group can be regarded as the natural support force of this system.One of the characteristics of the civil official group is to seek stability and resolutely oppose national turmoil-because national turmoil will strengthen the power of the generals group and damage the interests of the civil official group.
In this way, the civil official group will continue to strengthen and elevate the importance of "orthodoxy", insisting that the appointment of the crown prince must be done in accordance with the rules, and will even be tough with the emperor himself.
In the final analysis, the civil official group's actions have never been motivated by a sense of justice, but by the interests of the group.It's still the same reason, the consequences of touching the soul are not as serious as touching the interests.
This forms the other side of the restriction, that is, the civilian group is not only a supporter, but also a supervisor.Whoever dares to destroy this system will be hostile to the civil service group—whether it is active or passive.At the same time, this kind of hostility does not distinguish between targets, even if the saboteur is the current emperor himself.
Originally, during the national struggle, although Concubine Zheng Huanggui had always been targeted by the civil society, but because Concubine Zheng Huanggui was not a person who did not understand the rules, she did not directly jump out to do anything to undermine the system on the surface , but hid behind the emperor and encouraged the emperor to fight with the civil official group, so the civil official group has not been able to directly attack her herself-although this attempt has never stopped.
But what happened yesterday has created favorable conditions for this - now that your concubine Zheng Huanggui is involved in the case, and it is involved in a major regicide case, then our civil official group must thoroughly investigate to the end.
It is enough to explain everything that traditional officials like Wang Jiaping can make the decision to resign before they are about to leave office.
However, Wang Jiaping's position is relatively simple and direct, and what is interesting is his high pragmatism and Shen's consistent attitude.
Shen has always supported a thorough investigation, because he knows that the situation is sensitive, and he has the possibility of being exposed, so he hopes to use Concubine Zheng as a shield, or a tree as a target, so that all the firepower will be directed at her, so that his own Dangerous pass.
Gao Wushi supported the thorough investigation because he knew that the emperor was unwilling to do anything big—especially concubine Zheng Huanggui, and under the pretext of thoroughly investigating the Yikun Palace, he followed the clues to find out Shen Yiguan, the mastermind behind the scenes.
In his view, if things can develop in this direction, Shen Yiguan, Zhu Changluo's biggest supporter, will basically declare political death; Unreasonable thought.
Of course, there is a third point: Although Concubine Zheng Huanggui does not have to bear the main responsibility for this incident, major crimes can be avoided, and minor crimes cannot be escaped. The word "Emperor" was taken back, and he was no longer regarded as a "deputy queen". At the same time, Zhu Changxun no longer had any legitimacy in front of the emperor's son Zhu Changhao.
After receiving the official approval from the emperor, Gao Wushi thought about it carefully, and finally got up and went to Wang Jiaping's office to ask Wang Jiaping to call a meeting of all cabinet members as the chief assistant.
Since Gao Yushi was writing on duty today, and the original document he drafted was Wang Jiaping's own memorabilia, so it was only at this point that Wang Jiaping learned that the emperor had approved it word by word according to Gao Yushi's "on behalf of the king's words". Overjoyed, he repeatedly said "My emperor is wise", and then exaggerated the fact that he did a good job of pragmatism.
In fact, he wanted to exaggerate the great influence of pragmatism in the emperor's mind.But... these words are actually quite sensitive to the courtiers, especially the assistant ministers. This situation can be "well known", but it is generally not easy to publicize it. Therefore, Wang Jiaping only exaggerated that he was pragmatic and did a good job.
The convening of the cabinet members was very smooth. After all, everyone knew that today was a critical window of time, and everyone was waiting in their own duty rooms. No one went to inspect the department office they were in charge of, so they all arrived soon.
Wang Jiaping couldn't wait to announce "victory" - yes, for him, the emperor's promise to thoroughly investigate Yikun Palace already meant victory.
However, he found that after he declared victory, everyone was not very excited, at least not as excited as he was.
This caused Wang Jiaping, who had a simple purpose, to be a little astonished. After looking left and right, he still couldn't understand it, so he frowned and asked, "Why are you so unhappy?"
As soon as this question came out, Liang Menglong fell silent, Zhao Zhigao wandered into the sky, Zhou Yong...ah, anyway, he has always been regarded as "the old man who raises his hand", so it is normal to look at his nose and nose at this time.
Well, Wang Jiaping can see that these people are either already packing up their things and preparing to return to their hometown for retirement, or they have been pretending to be stupid for a long time because of their poor health, or they are just doing the old things and doing it comfortably. In short, I count on them To be honest, it was completely useless.
Now in the cabinet, apart from Wang Yuanfu who thinks he still has the world at heart, Gao Yushi and Shen Yiguan are the only ones who are really useful. Let's see what Gao and Shen have to say.
"Rixin, Jiaomen, I don't know what the second lord has to say about the emperor's criticism?" Since you all refused to take the initiative, as the chief assistant, I had no choice but to ask questions by name.
In fact, Gao Yushi didn't really want to speak before Shen Yiguan, but he had no choice. Who told him that he was a scholar of Wenhua Palace and Shen Yiguan was only a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion?Since the ranking is ahead of Shen Yiguan, Wang Jiaping's question will naturally put him in front.
Gao Wushi cleared his throat lightly, and said: "The emperor promised to thoroughly investigate the Yikun Palace. This is naturally a great happy event, which means that yesterday's incident finally has a chance to come to light, and will not let those with wrong intentions go unpunished, but ..."
The so-called fear of "but" in everything, this time is no exception.Gao Wushi sighed, and asked a question that made Wang Jiaping's eyes widen and he didn't know how to answer.
Gao Wushi spread his right hand, and asked, "Yikun Palace is the harem, the outer court department... such as the Sanju, how do we send people to investigate?"
Just such an extremely simple question made Wang Jiaping, a master of Neo Confucianism, dumbfounded on the spot.
That's right, the three judges of the outer court are all big men, how can they go to the deep palace of Yikun Palace to investigate?
At this time, Shen Yiguan first glanced at Wang Jiaping, who was stupefied, and then glanced at Gao Yushi with an innocent face. He was overjoyed, but couldn't help muttering: I originally planned to say Gao Rixin's words, but why did he not? Take the initiative?
The reason why Shen Yiguan couldn't figure it out naturally had its reasons.Of course he knew that Wang An looked like a "Chen party", but actually had his own interests. Therefore, at least on the matter of the country, Wang An formed an alliance with the Mind School because he tied Zhu Changluo.
Therefore, Shen Yiguan had already made up his mind last night. If Gao Wushi can convince the emperor today that he really has the power to thoroughly investigate the Yikun Palace, then he should use the excuse that the Sanfa Division cannot go deep into the harem to investigate and recommend the Dongchang faction. people investigate.As for the San Judicial Department, it is obvious that it can only be used as an assistance, and the responsibility is to analyze, infer and convict based on the evidence or clues obtained from the East Factory of the Outer Court Department.
In a word, Shen Yiguan will stick to one principle, that is, Wang An can only send people from Dongchang to obtain evidence, and the three court officials must not enter the harem.An excuse... oh no, the truth is very fair and aboveboard: the harem ban is the last order of the Taizu, and we, the courtiers, will definitely not change it.
According to Shen's consistent thinking, the thorough investigation Gao Yushi insisted on must be a "true thorough investigation", and after Wang An's rebuttal to Chen Ju yesterday, with Gao Yushi's prudence, he would definitely doubt Wang An's position.Therefore, high pragmatism should be very repulsed to mention the rule that "outer courts cannot enter the harem", which makes the discussion tilted towards "East Factory Obtaining Evidence".
However, now that an accident happened, Gao Wushi not only did not reject the mention of "the Sanfa Division cannot enter the harem", but on the contrary, there was a feeling that he deliberately handed over this matter to Dongchang.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Shen Yiguan suddenly felt a little creepy, and he thought with a chill down his spine: Oops, could there be something wrong with Wang An?
Thinking that something might go wrong with Wang An, even if he was as insidious as ever, he couldn't help but tremble with fear.
For no other reason, he had previously expected that Wang An would never reach an agreement with Gao Yushi on the matter of the country, so even the assassination of Gao Cai and his wife was such a terrible event, he also pulled Wang An to do it together.
So here comes the question, if Wang An actually reversed at such a critical moment, what would Shen Yiguan do?
This is the assassination of the parents of the court's assistant ministers, and it is a terrible move that seriously violates the unspoken rules of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty!If this matter is exposed, let alone how furious the emperor will be, I dare not imagine, even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree!
The officialdom has its own rules. Although many of these rules are unwritten, since a consensus can be formed, there must be reasons and a realistic basis.
What is reality?The reality is that if an official’s parents die, the official must resign immediately even if he is in an important position, and return to his hometown to be a filial piety to his parents. The delay is 27 months—of course, it is generally said to be three years, but that is not the actual meaning. , actually 27 months.
Of course, if you insist on saying that the time spent on the road is basically three years, this is a bit exaggerated, and it does not conform to the facts.
Therefore, deliberately killing the parents of political opponents is completely intolerable for the Ming Dynasty, a court that pays attention to ruling the world with filial piety, not to mention that it also involves destroying the opponent's career.You can do this to certain A today, tomorrow you can do this to certain B, and the day after tomorrow you can do this to certain C... Is it still worth it?
However, when Shen Yiguan was in horror, Wang Jiaping, who couldn't think of a way, had already cast his gaze over.Wang Jiaping saw that Shen Yiguan, who was always happy and angry, looked dull, and couldn't help being surprised: "Jiaomen Gong? Jiaomen Gong?"
"Ah? Oh... Yuanfu, you have always lost your composure. Dare to ask Yuanfu what did you say?"
Seeing that Shen Yiguan lost his composure like this, Wang Jiaping was even more surprised.He really couldn't think of the need for Shen Yiguan to lose his composure... Could it be because Shen Yiguan was in charge of the criminal department, and he was worried that the criminal department would not be able to lead the investigation and lose the opportunity to show his face?
But it shouldn't be!If this matter can really end with Concubine Zheng being convicted, the person in charge of the investigation will of course show his face, but considering the emperor's feelings for Concubine Zheng, there is a high probability that the official who leads the investigation will be hated by the emperor... Shen Yiguan No matter how you look at it, this person doesn't look like an adversary who is willing to lose his family for the sake of justice, so why is he so nervous?
Wang Jiaping really couldn't figure it out, so without realizing it, he subconsciously took a look at Gao Yushi.
Gao Wushi smiled, and seemed to take everything in front of him for granted.
Wang Jiaping suddenly felt a splitting headache—what the hell are you two fighting for? Why did I, Wang, be so confused that I couldn't see anything!
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"What Yuan Fu saw was in line with my intentions, and I wrote the cabinet's review tool."
The high-practical draft "Designation of the King" was written in this way, and less than an hour later, it was also written in the same way when the imperial pen Zhu Zhu was issued.
This means that the "national struggle" that has lasted for nearly 20 years during the Wanli Dynasty has finally entered the final stage of decisive battle at this moment.
There are three contestants participating in the finals, namely Zhu Changhao, the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, and Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor.
The above ranking is naturally not simply arranged according to age, but based on the tradition of Confucian ethics and according to the "orthodoxy" of the three contestants.
Because of this, Zhu Changhao, the eldest son of the emperor who was still in his infancy and had just completed the full moon ceremony, was able to rank first; Zhu Changluo, the oldest, followed closely behind by virtue of his age; The third son, Zhu Changxun, mainly relied on the family of his mother concubine Zheng Huanggui and stayed at the bottom.
In this final, Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, should not have been in the position originally, but because of the consort of his mother concubine Zheng Huanggui, he can also become one of the finalists.
There is an implicit factor here, which is not the same as the traditional mother is expensive according to the child. Zhu Changxun is the child is expensive according to the mother. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the official "imperial concubine" of the Ming Dynasty is different from the ordinary concubine. Those who "have books and treasures" can be said to have been clearly defined as "vice queens".
That being the case, in theory her son should naturally be more noble than the sons of any other concubines except the queen's son.If you look at it from this point of view, in fact, the emperor's son is also "the son is more expensive than the mother".
In fact, in the imperial palace and in the heavenly family, the two situations of "the mother is more valuable according to the son" and "the son is more valuable according to the mother" often go hand in hand.
A queen who has no children is still a queen, but at some point she may be deposed because of this; but once she has a son, both her own and her son's status will be greatly consolidated, at least there have been no exceptions in the Ming Dynasty.
When a prince is born, even if his mother is just an ordinary court lady, she will almost certainly be able to rank among the "concubine" and her status will be greatly improved; but if her original status is too low, it will implicate her son's status and it will be difficult to improve, unless... Like Zhu Changluo, he has caught up with the status of the eldest son of the concubine.
A very important reason why Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun each supported each other before the birth of the emperor's son was that Zheng Huanggui's "books and treasures".Leaving aside the fact that the holy family cannot be recognized by the courtiers on the issue of establishing a heir, Imperial Concubine Zheng herself overwhelmed Zhu Changluo's mother, Concubine Wang Gong, in terms of status.
Yes, at this time Zhu Changluo's biological mother is still only "Wang Gongfei", not the "noble concubine" and "imperial concubine" who were conferred by Jin after 34 years of Wanli in the original history.
This sentence may not be easy to understand, but the whole process is like this: In the 34th year of Wanli in the original history, Concubine Wang Gong was first promoted to the imperial concubine, and then was promoted again in the same year, becoming the imperial concubine.
In that time and space, the fact that Concubine Wang Gong was promoted to the imperial concubine actually meant that Zhu Changluo's position was finally stabilized - even before that, he had already been canonized as the prince in the 29th year of Wanli.
In other words, five years after Zhu Changluo became the crown prince, his mother, Concubine Wang Gong, was promoted to imperial concubine and imperial concubine, and the status of the mother and son was now full.
These five years are obviously not so easy to spend, and there are still many open and secret battles, but this has nothing to do with this book, so I will leave it alone.
Let’s talk about the current situation: Queen Wang and Zhu Changhao’s mother and son are full of orthodoxy, and they are backed by high-level pragmatic support. Whether it is in terms of ethics or the strength of the DPRK and China, it can be said to be the final of the national struggle The side with the greatest chance of winning.
Concubine Wang Gong and Concubine Zhu Changluo's mother and son are typical mothers who are expensive based on their sons. Concubine Wang Gong's status in Zhu Yijun's mind is almost nothing. Zhu Changluo does not get any meaningful support from his mother and concubine, but bears a lot of "negative assets" .
Fortunately, Zhu Changluo has the status of the eldest son after all, and Zhu Changhao was born too late, so the School of Mind has already gone on and placed heavy bets on Zhu Changluo. Gritting his teeth and continuing to support, this gave Zhu Changluo a chance to come back.
Of course, in addition to this, Zhu Changluo has a little advantage, that is, in very unexpected circumstances—such as the sudden death of the emperor.Then, according to the traditional view of "Guo Lai Changjun", Zhu Changluo's inheritance orthodoxy will be temporarily improved to a certain extent.However, it is hard to say how much earlier it is, because there are some rumors.
There is a reason for the emergence of the phrase "Guo Lai Changjun", and it is also of practical significance.
China's feudal society is "family world", the succession of the throne is only divided by blood relationship, but for the sake of the country's survival, generally the emperors who ascend the throne are relatively older princes, it is not impossible for the young master to succeed, but it is best Don't happen in turbulent times, or when powerful officials are in power.
However, is "Guo Lai Changjun" really just for the survival of the dynasty?
The marriage system in ancient times is very similar to the modern one. There are certain rules for men and women at what age to marry, but modern society does not stipulate the upper limit of marriage time, but in ancient times, it stipulated the upper limit of women's marriage age, that is, most of the time women must get married.
This point was even written into the law. Many dynasties stipulated that if men and women could not marry within the age limit, they would be punished, and the punishment was heavy, and Daming was no exception.
At the same time, in ancient China, there was often a magical official position or institution called official media, in other words, official matchmaker.If a man and a woman do not get married when they reach the age, the government may send an official matchmaker to protect the man and woman.
At such times, getting married is mandatory, and if not, the family or family will face substantial fines or other punishments.Of course, this kind of system that usually uses money as a punishment can be afforded by a wealthy family, but an ordinary commoner cannot afford it.
What's more, even if the family would rather lose the money, it was not easy for an older woman to get married in the society at that time. If she never married, she might be discriminated against by society.
Well, Liu Xin has the right to speak on this point.It's just that she has been staying in the high-level government for a long time, and it is difficult for social discrimination to appear in front of her, and she is rich enough-even from a personal point of view, even if she does not count as the salary of the Secretary-General of Jinghua, she also has Jinghua Medicine For the original stock, the mere fine is not worth mentioning.
Back to the topic, women in ancient times were married earlier, so the age of children between men and women was born relatively earlier.Since the parents who give birth to the child are still young, the child's body is not destined to be particularly good, so most of the children will have congenital deficiencies.
Specific to the Tian family, in order to stabilize the political power in ancient times, most of the royal families would marry. Most of the emperors or princes would marry the children of their uncle's family (note: not in Ming Dynasty).
This way generation after generation, the blood relationship between the two families is naturally close, but it is also prone to extremely serious consequences, that is, giving birth to deformed children or children with poor congenital physiological conditions. This is also a huge challenge to the medical skills of the imperial physicians.
In the capital city, there are naturally famous doctors gathered, whether it is pediatric diseases or gynecological knife wounds, there are experts, but they still can't resist some inexplicable injuries of the royal family and princes.
Once young children contract some strange diseases, the imperial doctors are often helpless.For example, if the same child is infected with diseases such as tuberculosis or chickenpox, it is not a big problem in modern society, and it can be settled with money, or even settled in advance (vaccine).
However, it was different in ancient times. Even if they were born in a heavenly family, they could only rely on the children's own physique to survive. If they couldn't survive, then they could only watch them die of illness.
The reason why Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty is Kang Mazi is because he had smallpox when he was young, and the treatment provided by the Tai Hospital is only to go out to avoid pox, avoid infecting other people, and at the same time try to make some nourishing decoctions Just guarantee Xuan Ye's physical strength.
Therefore, under the condition of the ancient medical level, the mortality rate of young children is extremely high, not only among the people, but also when the royal family is facing some serious diseases, it is actually not much better.
Because the royal family wants to prosper their offspring, the emperor usually gets married relatively early, not to mention arranging some trial marriage court ladies to serve them before the big wedding, so the age of childbearing is relatively early.
Most of the children born during this time period are very difficult to survive. Only after the emperor becomes an adult, the children born have a greater hope of surviving - just count how many children Zhu Yijun died young, here I can't bear to give examples.
If the emperor and empress are old enough, then the prince will be relatively older. Therefore, excluding those children who died in infancy, the remaining children are only older among them, and their minds will be relatively more mature. .
Conversely, if the succeeding emperor is too young to handle military and state affairs independently, power will often fall into the hands of the queen mother, powerful ministers, or eunuchs around him.
For example, in the early days of the Han Dynasty, just after the unification of the country was completed, Empress Lu interfered in politics because of Liu Bang's death.In the last years of the Han Dynasty and the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the power of eunuchs soared, and even reached the point where they could dominate the emperor's abolition.
As for the Ming Dynasty, due to the unique cabinet system, it was not common for powerful ministers to monopolize power, but the story that the imperial court was in the hands of the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period cannot be ignored.
Just imagine, if the emperor succeeded to the throne at a relatively old age, for example, at least in his twenties, then the emperor would not only be ambitious, but also basically capable of governing the country. There are so many incidents of political interference.
But if the emperor is younger, then the above three situations of political intervention may appear at any time, either one or both.
At the same time, the enthronement of the young lord means that the father has died, which is also a big psychological impact on the young emperor, and may even affect the development of his xinxing.That means that no one knows what the prince will look like after becoming the emperor, whether he will be taught badly by the people around him when he grows up, and so on.
Conversely, if the emperor is an adult, then the ruling ideology and personal character are basically fixed. In the words of later generations, it is "highly certain", which is a good start for the country, ministers, and common people.
In the "modern country" that emerged a few years later, there is often a lower age limit when electing the head of state, and the reason is derived from this.
Of course, as I said just now, due to the unique system of the Ming Dynasty, it has certain particularities on this issue.
First, after Yongle, the Ming Dynasty basically did not have certain prerequisites for princes to seize the throne, that is, the power of the prince (prince named prince) to control the army and the power to make friends with ministers at will.
These two changes made it impossible for the princes to effectively cultivate their personal power before they took the throne, and could only rely on their own legitimacy to decide whether they could succeed to the throne according to the system.If not, then you can only wait for the kingdom of the king and become a rich and idle person.
Second, the unique cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty made even the chief assistant only have "limited prime minister power", and at the same time did not even have the real title of prime minister.This made it difficult to form powerful ministers in the true sense in the Ming Dynasty. The fault was not a special period caused by special circumstances-such as Zhang Juzheng in history, so the threat of powerful ministers was basically negligible.
Having said that, Zhang Juzheng's "power minister" is actually very watery. In fact, if he cannot obtain the acquiescence of Queen Mother Li and form an offensive and defensive alliance with Feng Bao that integrates internal and external, his power will still have great limitations in essence.
To put it bluntly, as long as Empress Dowager Li asks the emperor to make a decree, Zhang Juzheng, like his predecessor Gao Gong, has to pack up and leave on the spot. The timeliness can be described as "political death penalty, executed immediately".
Not to mention Queen Mother Li, even if it's just Feng Bao's reversal, Zhang Juzheng can't do anything.Because of this, Zhang Juzheng had to shield Feng Bao many times.
It's not that Zhang Juzheng doesn't know the harm, but he knows that without Feng Bao, his so-called "I am not a phase, but a photo" is just a joke.
Third, now that the threats from the royal brothers and power officials have been removed, according to the traditions of the past dynasties in China, there is only one left: foreign relatives intervening in politics.
However... anyone who has read Ming history for 5 minutes knows that it is purely funny to say that foreign relatives interfered in politics in the Ming Dynasty.
Regarding this point, we must first know how foreign relatives intervened in politics in history.
Take the Han and Tang dynasties, which are generally recognized as the most powerful, as an example: what kind of relatives are the relatives in the Han Dynasty?In the early stage, they were all from the families of famous ministers, or from aristocratic families, such as the Huo family and the Dou family;
Although they began to choose ordinary people in the later period, once they became foreign relatives, they would immediately gain huge real power.For example, He Jin at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he jumped from the boss of the meat factory to the general who controlled the military power in the world.
The situation in the Tang Dynasty was similar.For example, which family contributed the most queens to the Tang royal family?It was the famous Taiyuan Wang family.
What are the characteristics of such a relative family?The characteristic is that it is very strong. Once in a high position, a large number of talents in the family can be placed in the imperial team, and they can take over the power of the imperial court at once, directly ignoring the emperor.
The exception here may be He Jin. The He family was originally promoted by the eunuch group. What the eunuchs valued was that the He family had a shallow foundation and could only form an alliance with them.
However, what the eunuchs never expected was that He Jin, who was ambitious but incapable, was easily fooled by Yuan Shao, a representative of the gentry, and wanted to backstab the eunuch group.As a result, the eunuch group and the He family obviously had a good hand, but in the end they played GG together hand in hand.
In short, if the relatives want to take the emperor off, the premise is that the family tree has deep roots, and there are a lot of talents available in their own family or related forces, otherwise it will not be possible.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty, having learned its lesson, directly changed the tradition of royal marriage. Since Yongle, it did not find the daughters of big families as queens and concubines, but only selected people from small official families near Gyeonggi.
Such a small official family has two advantages: First, they have no background and influence, so they cannot pull out a large group of family members to control the government after they become queens and concubines; Those who have basic etiquette and upbringing don't have to worry too much about picking out some stupid, wicked, and poisonous women, which will cause great harm to the government.
Of course, the above are also implemented together with the harem system designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which makes it impossible for the concubines in the harem to have the opportunity to comment on the government of the foreign court other than becoming the queen mother.
In addition to the replacement of the marriage tradition, another way for foreign relatives to intervene in politics has also been blocked, and that is the habit of "reusing foreign relatives".The Ming Dynasty also "reuse foreign relatives"-the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!There are five governor's mansions in the front, back, left, and right. You can choose the left and right governors of each mansion. If you can pick one with real power, I will lose.
After such a combination of fists, all the ways for foreign relatives to intervene in politics were blocked. Therefore, for more than two hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, not even one foreign relative could pose any threat to the imperial power.
In this way, the alternation of imperial power has completely become a situation in which the Tian family determines who inherits the rule according to the rules, and if it is necessary to say that this system still has a little power of external interference, then only the civil servants are left—not a certain powerful minister , but a constraint on the system by the entire group.
The so-called restriction can be viewed as two aspects of one body.
On the one hand, the civil service group can be regarded as the natural support force of this system.One of the characteristics of the civil official group is to seek stability and resolutely oppose national turmoil-because national turmoil will strengthen the power of the generals group and damage the interests of the civil official group.
In this way, the civil official group will continue to strengthen and elevate the importance of "orthodoxy", insisting that the appointment of the crown prince must be done in accordance with the rules, and will even be tough with the emperor himself.
In the final analysis, the civil official group's actions have never been motivated by a sense of justice, but by the interests of the group.It's still the same reason, the consequences of touching the soul are not as serious as touching the interests.
This forms the other side of the restriction, that is, the civilian group is not only a supporter, but also a supervisor.Whoever dares to destroy this system will be hostile to the civil service group—whether it is active or passive.At the same time, this kind of hostility does not distinguish between targets, even if the saboteur is the current emperor himself.
Originally, during the national struggle, although Concubine Zheng Huanggui had always been targeted by the civil society, but because Concubine Zheng Huanggui was not a person who did not understand the rules, she did not directly jump out to do anything to undermine the system on the surface , but hid behind the emperor and encouraged the emperor to fight with the civil official group, so the civil official group has not been able to directly attack her herself-although this attempt has never stopped.
But what happened yesterday has created favorable conditions for this - now that your concubine Zheng Huanggui is involved in the case, and it is involved in a major regicide case, then our civil official group must thoroughly investigate to the end.
It is enough to explain everything that traditional officials like Wang Jiaping can make the decision to resign before they are about to leave office.
However, Wang Jiaping's position is relatively simple and direct, and what is interesting is his high pragmatism and Shen's consistent attitude.
Shen has always supported a thorough investigation, because he knows that the situation is sensitive, and he has the possibility of being exposed, so he hopes to use Concubine Zheng as a shield, or a tree as a target, so that all the firepower will be directed at her, so that his own Dangerous pass.
Gao Wushi supported the thorough investigation because he knew that the emperor was unwilling to do anything big—especially concubine Zheng Huanggui, and under the pretext of thoroughly investigating the Yikun Palace, he followed the clues to find out Shen Yiguan, the mastermind behind the scenes.
In his view, if things can develop in this direction, Shen Yiguan, Zhu Changluo's biggest supporter, will basically declare political death; Unreasonable thought.
Of course, there is a third point: Although Concubine Zheng Huanggui does not have to bear the main responsibility for this incident, major crimes can be avoided, and minor crimes cannot be escaped. The word "Emperor" was taken back, and he was no longer regarded as a "deputy queen". At the same time, Zhu Changxun no longer had any legitimacy in front of the emperor's son Zhu Changhao.
After receiving the official approval from the emperor, Gao Wushi thought about it carefully, and finally got up and went to Wang Jiaping's office to ask Wang Jiaping to call a meeting of all cabinet members as the chief assistant.
Since Gao Yushi was writing on duty today, and the original document he drafted was Wang Jiaping's own memorabilia, so it was only at this point that Wang Jiaping learned that the emperor had approved it word by word according to Gao Yushi's "on behalf of the king's words". Overjoyed, he repeatedly said "My emperor is wise", and then exaggerated the fact that he did a good job of pragmatism.
In fact, he wanted to exaggerate the great influence of pragmatism in the emperor's mind.But... these words are actually quite sensitive to the courtiers, especially the assistant ministers. This situation can be "well known", but it is generally not easy to publicize it. Therefore, Wang Jiaping only exaggerated that he was pragmatic and did a good job.
The convening of the cabinet members was very smooth. After all, everyone knew that today was a critical window of time, and everyone was waiting in their own duty rooms. No one went to inspect the department office they were in charge of, so they all arrived soon.
Wang Jiaping couldn't wait to announce "victory" - yes, for him, the emperor's promise to thoroughly investigate Yikun Palace already meant victory.
However, he found that after he declared victory, everyone was not very excited, at least not as excited as he was.
This caused Wang Jiaping, who had a simple purpose, to be a little astonished. After looking left and right, he still couldn't understand it, so he frowned and asked, "Why are you so unhappy?"
As soon as this question came out, Liang Menglong fell silent, Zhao Zhigao wandered into the sky, Zhou Yong...ah, anyway, he has always been regarded as "the old man who raises his hand", so it is normal to look at his nose and nose at this time.
Well, Wang Jiaping can see that these people are either already packing up their things and preparing to return to their hometown for retirement, or they have been pretending to be stupid for a long time because of their poor health, or they are just doing the old things and doing it comfortably. In short, I count on them To be honest, it was completely useless.
Now in the cabinet, apart from Wang Yuanfu who thinks he still has the world at heart, Gao Yushi and Shen Yiguan are the only ones who are really useful. Let's see what Gao and Shen have to say.
"Rixin, Jiaomen, I don't know what the second lord has to say about the emperor's criticism?" Since you all refused to take the initiative, as the chief assistant, I had no choice but to ask questions by name.
In fact, Gao Yushi didn't really want to speak before Shen Yiguan, but he had no choice. Who told him that he was a scholar of Wenhua Palace and Shen Yiguan was only a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion?Since the ranking is ahead of Shen Yiguan, Wang Jiaping's question will naturally put him in front.
Gao Wushi cleared his throat lightly, and said: "The emperor promised to thoroughly investigate the Yikun Palace. This is naturally a great happy event, which means that yesterday's incident finally has a chance to come to light, and will not let those with wrong intentions go unpunished, but ..."
The so-called fear of "but" in everything, this time is no exception.Gao Wushi sighed, and asked a question that made Wang Jiaping's eyes widen and he didn't know how to answer.
Gao Wushi spread his right hand, and asked, "Yikun Palace is the harem, the outer court department... such as the Sanju, how do we send people to investigate?"
Just such an extremely simple question made Wang Jiaping, a master of Neo Confucianism, dumbfounded on the spot.
That's right, the three judges of the outer court are all big men, how can they go to the deep palace of Yikun Palace to investigate?
At this time, Shen Yiguan first glanced at Wang Jiaping, who was stupefied, and then glanced at Gao Yushi with an innocent face. He was overjoyed, but couldn't help muttering: I originally planned to say Gao Rixin's words, but why did he not? Take the initiative?
The reason why Shen Yiguan couldn't figure it out naturally had its reasons.Of course he knew that Wang An looked like a "Chen party", but actually had his own interests. Therefore, at least on the matter of the country, Wang An formed an alliance with the Mind School because he tied Zhu Changluo.
Therefore, Shen Yiguan had already made up his mind last night. If Gao Wushi can convince the emperor today that he really has the power to thoroughly investigate the Yikun Palace, then he should use the excuse that the Sanfa Division cannot go deep into the harem to investigate and recommend the Dongchang faction. people investigate.As for the San Judicial Department, it is obvious that it can only be used as an assistance, and the responsibility is to analyze, infer and convict based on the evidence or clues obtained from the East Factory of the Outer Court Department.
In a word, Shen Yiguan will stick to one principle, that is, Wang An can only send people from Dongchang to obtain evidence, and the three court officials must not enter the harem.An excuse... oh no, the truth is very fair and aboveboard: the harem ban is the last order of the Taizu, and we, the courtiers, will definitely not change it.
According to Shen's consistent thinking, the thorough investigation Gao Yushi insisted on must be a "true thorough investigation", and after Wang An's rebuttal to Chen Ju yesterday, with Gao Yushi's prudence, he would definitely doubt Wang An's position.Therefore, high pragmatism should be very repulsed to mention the rule that "outer courts cannot enter the harem", which makes the discussion tilted towards "East Factory Obtaining Evidence".
However, now that an accident happened, Gao Wushi not only did not reject the mention of "the Sanfa Division cannot enter the harem", but on the contrary, there was a feeling that he deliberately handed over this matter to Dongchang.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Shen Yiguan suddenly felt a little creepy, and he thought with a chill down his spine: Oops, could there be something wrong with Wang An?
Thinking that something might go wrong with Wang An, even if he was as insidious as ever, he couldn't help but tremble with fear.
For no other reason, he had previously expected that Wang An would never reach an agreement with Gao Yushi on the matter of the country, so even the assassination of Gao Cai and his wife was such a terrible event, he also pulled Wang An to do it together.
So here comes the question, if Wang An actually reversed at such a critical moment, what would Shen Yiguan do?
This is the assassination of the parents of the court's assistant ministers, and it is a terrible move that seriously violates the unspoken rules of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty!If this matter is exposed, let alone how furious the emperor will be, I dare not imagine, even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree!
The officialdom has its own rules. Although many of these rules are unwritten, since a consensus can be formed, there must be reasons and a realistic basis.
What is reality?The reality is that if an official’s parents die, the official must resign immediately even if he is in an important position, and return to his hometown to be a filial piety to his parents. The delay is 27 months—of course, it is generally said to be three years, but that is not the actual meaning. , actually 27 months.
Of course, if you insist on saying that the time spent on the road is basically three years, this is a bit exaggerated, and it does not conform to the facts.
Therefore, deliberately killing the parents of political opponents is completely intolerable for the Ming Dynasty, a court that pays attention to ruling the world with filial piety, not to mention that it also involves destroying the opponent's career.You can do this to certain A today, tomorrow you can do this to certain B, and the day after tomorrow you can do this to certain C... Is it still worth it?
However, when Shen Yiguan was in horror, Wang Jiaping, who couldn't think of a way, had already cast his gaze over.Wang Jiaping saw that Shen Yiguan, who was always happy and angry, looked dull, and couldn't help being surprised: "Jiaomen Gong? Jiaomen Gong?"
"Ah? Oh... Yuanfu, you have always lost your composure. Dare to ask Yuanfu what did you say?"
Seeing that Shen Yiguan lost his composure like this, Wang Jiaping was even more surprised.He really couldn't think of the need for Shen Yiguan to lose his composure... Could it be because Shen Yiguan was in charge of the criminal department, and he was worried that the criminal department would not be able to lead the investigation and lose the opportunity to show his face?
But it shouldn't be!If this matter can really end with Concubine Zheng being convicted, the person in charge of the investigation will of course show his face, but considering the emperor's feelings for Concubine Zheng, there is a high probability that the official who leads the investigation will be hated by the emperor... Shen Yiguan No matter how you look at it, this person doesn't look like an adversary who is willing to lose his family for the sake of justice, so why is he so nervous?
Wang Jiaping really couldn't figure it out, so without realizing it, he subconsciously took a look at Gao Yushi.
Gao Wushi smiled, and seemed to take everything in front of him for granted.
Wang Jiaping suddenly felt a splitting headache—what the hell are you two fighting for? Why did I, Wang, be so confused that I couldn't see anything!
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