The rise of the prince

Chapter 103
The more we try to figure out people's hearts in the era of rule by man, the more important it is to gain insight into human nature.

Therefore, it is not surprising that people's hearts are not ancient in the intrigues of the officialdom.Those who have been in the capital for a long time and have been in court, who knows how to observe words and colors, who doesn't know how to follow the trend and push the boat smoothly?
Mo Minyun from Zhongshushe is like this.

According to the Jing dynasty system, Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, Menxia Province and other executive power agencies are combined under the Zhengshitang, and their top officials are the head of the Zhengshitang, the current Taifu, who is the same as Zhongshu Menxia, ​​Wang Yue My lord, now that Wang Yue is sick, Yu Cheng'an, the second in command of the political affairs hall, will take over temporarily.

According to the Jingchao system, Zhongshu Sheren is the fifth grade, attends to enter the performance, participates in the table and chapters, and drafts and draws all imperial edicts and seal books.

Having said that, at most he is only responsible for the last item. If the Holy Majesty has a will, Zhongshu Sheren will be responsible for drafting the imperial edict.

As for taking charge of the attendant's performance, the envoy is just a nice word to say, if you take a look at it and say that the last sentence is also called an envoy, then that's fine.

Otherwise, even though they were able to open their mouths about many things, no one would stop them. In the end, they were ordered by Zhongshu, and then passed on to the king. Then he went directly to the door to give the matter, and then executed it.

It stands to reason that the imperial decree should go through five steps: the emperor's decree, Zhongshushe's drafting, the emperor's imperial painting, the prime minister's review and signature, and then hand it over to his subordinates for review in the matter; then it can be issued, if there is one less procedure, the imperial decree will be Invalid.

In the previous dynasties, there were also cases where the edicts were rejected by Zhongshu Sheren, or rejected by subordinates, but this is not the case now.

The current emperor has been in power for decades, and has used iron and blood methods to get rid of many ministers who dragged the pendants and even opposed the holy will. If they are sick, what can they do.

Everything is dictatorial by the Emperor's Sacred Heart, sometimes decrees are even bypassed by the rotating Zhongshu Scheeren and sent to Shizhong's subordinates.

What can Zhongshu Sheren like Mo Minyun do now instead of adoring others and following the crowd?

He was worried about the situation in the court, but there was nothing he could do.He is in a better situation, one of his elder sisters married the prince as a concubine, and by virtue of this relationship, he can get some talk, but if it comes to military affairs, he can only watch.

For example, in the matter of Wei Chaoren in the past few days, the crown prince asked him to speak out, so he spoke up, and the crown prince asked him to impeach Wei Chaoren, so he impeached him.

Anyway, even the deputy prime minister and many civil and military ministers want Wei Chaoren to die, so what if he talks about it, if the time comes, he can still share the credit and be valued in front of the crown prince. His highness the crown prince is the future emperor!
However, things took a turn for the worse in the past two days. At first glance, it seemed that it was only a trivial matter. When the officials of Kaiyuan Mansion He Zhao interrupted and proposed the new establishment of Guanbei Jiedushi when the officials were arguing, the direction of the wind began to change.

The heads of many generals, such as Yang Hongzhao, the commander in front of the palace, and Tong Guan, the commander of the guard army Ma Jun, all changed their previous tone to plead for Wei Chaoren. He Zhao, who had not mentioned a word before, kept mentioning the Guanbei matter. It is to favor Wei Chaoren.

The most important thing is that today even Tang Zhouwei, the envoy of the household department, suddenly offered to pardon Wei Chaoren, who is the envoy of the household department!The head of the Department of Household Affairs, a second-rank official of the imperial court, in charge of the world's taxation and heavy responsibilities, even if others want to see him, he can't see him. He also spoke for Wei Chaoren!
The Crown Prince of the Changchun Palace gave him repeated glances, and he was anxious and afraid, but he still held back and pretended not to see it, and never said anything about impeaching Wei Chaoren from the beginning to the end.

He didn't dare, he would offend half of the big shots in the imperial court by opening his mouth!What exactly happened here.
All of a sudden, he hurriedly avoided the prince and went home, and began to feel anxious and flustered. He couldn't calm down for a long time, so he could only drink to relieve his worries.

He had already spoken at the beginning, but wasn't the whole court impeaching Wei Chaoren at that time, why did it change when it was said to change?Now he continues to open his mouth to offend a bunch of big shots, and if he doesn't open his mouth, he will offend the prince. It's already a dilemma!
"God, please save me." Mo Minyun lay down on the table and poured wine into his mouth while sighing, "Why is the situation in Beijing changing so fast? It's going to put me to death!"

"That's why you want to save him." On the third floor of Tingyu Building, Degong put down his wine glass.

Yesterday, while Tang Zhou was waiting for everyone to be stunned, Qiu'er only took more than two hours to complete all the arithmetic problems that would take a day or two to figure out.

Everyone looked at the little girl as if he had seen a ghost, Li Ye thought it was funny.

After thanking him repeatedly and promising that there will be more thanks in the future, Tang Zhouwei left in a hurry. His cheerful pace felt like he was about to float up like a fat man. After all, it was a big matter to keep the black hat, so he was naturally happy.

On the contrary, Degong cared about why Li Ye wanted to help Wei Chaoren, so today Li Ye could only explain to him personally, and it took more than an hour to explain.

"Heh, I thought you had a sense of utilitarianism, which is a good thing in terms of your ingenuity and means, and people have to force it. Do you understand what I mean?" De Gong stared across the table. he said.

Hearing what Degong said, Li Ye's heart skipped a beat, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he fooled himself with a heck of a smile.

The old man was talking too much. He thought that he came from thousands of years ago, and he had a sense of superiority to see all the mountains and small mountains. Now it seems that the ancients had a bigger heart than him.

Degong stared at him for a long time and saw that he was so foolish, he could only shake his head and look away: "Forget it, let's talk about something else. In fact, you can ask me for this matter. If I say a word, Your Majesty can't kill Wei Chaoren." Needless to say, if he speaks calmly, others will either be arrogant or self-effacing, but he is the Duke of Mingde, one person is below ten thousand, and he is already calm in his position.

"No, I have my own measure." Li Ye said casually, he would not seek virtue, because in this era, he is just such a friend who can talk casually.

Some people will regard their friends as their bargaining chips and resources, but once they do, they will no longer be friends. This kind of people will fail in life no matter what their careers are, and Li Ye will not be like this.

Degong seemed to understand something, so he snorted and didn't speak, but there was still a little smile on his old face, and he changed the subject and said: "Your pork is really good." He put a piece of pickled pork in his mouth, and immediately Ask, "But aren't you afraid of getting into trouble, since ancient times, those who have set precedents have had a hard time."

"Yes, a few days ago, several people shouted and cursed at the door, saying that pork is a despicable meat, and it is not proper to listen to Yulou's rebellion." Li Ye said helplessly.

Degong laughed gloatingly: "Then how do you deal with it?"

Li Ye chuckled: "Of course it's for someone to call out."

(End of this chapter)