Red House Shoufu

Chapter 90
After the birthday banquet in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, Lin Shu returned to the three points and one line life of the imperial city, Miyagi, and Lin's mansion.

The emperor of the country Shi Jian Yinshan has confirmed from the secret investigation of Xiuyiwei, and the general situation is similar to the travel notes excerpted by Lin Shu.

At the court meeting on the fifth day of April, the emperor suddenly replaced the chief envoy of Shandong, the magistrate of Dengzhou, and the admiral of the Dengzhou navy with his cronies.

This move caused a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, and various rumors began to spread.Some people said that there was banditry in Shandong that caused the White Lotus Sect, and that the leaders of these bandits were related to Prince Yizhong.

Some people also said that His Majesty the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor once again had a conflict. The emperor took down the old man who had been in charge of Shandong for many years just to show the Supreme Emperor.

……

Until the ninth day of April, the cabinet received a handwritten letter from the emperor, ordering the cabinet to draw up a decree, and the chief envoy of Shandong and the magistrate of Dengzhou took the opportunity to send people to find a suitable location along the coast to open a saltworks.

At the same time, an order was sent to the Dengzhou navy to build sea-going ships, train soldiers, and go out to patrol the sea from time to time to stop the invading pirates and not let the pirates disrupt the plan of the saltworks.

Only then did everyone understand that after a long time, the emperor's idea of ​​opening a saltworks has not yet come to fruition!Frustrated in Jiangnan, this is a move to Shandong.

After all, Shandong is now the emperor's confidant. Except for Yanshenggong Mansion, there are not many aristocratic families, so it is indeed suitable to open a saltworks.

Neither the Zhongxin Wang Gao Yongyi nor the Yizhong Prince Gao Wanjin took this matter seriously.After all, they didn't want to push the emperor too hard. As long as they didn't attack Jiangnan and Shanxi, they still had the time and means to fight the emperor.

It's a pity that no one would have thought that the opening of saltworks in Shandong was just a blindfolded trick thrown by the emperor.He used this blindfold to confuse everyone, and his real purpose was far away from Japan.

Lin Shu looked at the information that Fuquan had collected recently, and he really admired the emperor's move.Showing the enemy's weakness, embedding flowers and grafting wood, playing really slippery!
"Boom boom boom! Bachelor Lin, Mr. Wei Ge invites you to go to the lobby..."

There was a knock on the door, and Lin Shu put away the paper full of gossip about the capital, and then walked over to open the door, and the person who delivered the message was the scribe Feng Yuan.

"Shuji Feng, did elder Ge say what's going on?" Lin Shu asked casually.

Feng Yuan replied: "Old Wei Ge didn't say anything, but today the cabinet received an imperial edict from His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor at the same time, and Elder Ge's expression is not very good."

Are these two at odds again?

Lin Shu endured his doubts and hurried to the cabinet lobby, only to see that the room was already full of people, including four cabinet scholars, six ministers, the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and more than 20 people from the six divisions.

After Lin Shu sat down, Wei Qinghe said: "Since everyone is here, let's start! Brother Zhiyao (Ren Guocheng's character), please tell everyone about the situation."

Ren Guocheng sighed and said: "Today, His Majesty sent an oral order. The country governs the world with filial piety. Your Majesty is considerate of the hearts of all people. Therefore, the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager are allowed to enter the concubine's house on the [-]th of each month. Palace, please wait and see."

Everyone in the lobby began to talk about it. Once entering the palace, the gate was as deep as the sea. When the concubines entered the palace, except for the famous concubines who had the opportunity to meet their families during major festivals, they would not be able to see their relatives during the rest of the time.The emperor's decree really surprised everyone.

Lin Shu sighed slightly in his heart, the matter of visiting relatives finally came.

Sure enough, Ren Guocheng continued: "The Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager heard about it, and praised your Majesty for his filial piety, pure benevolence, and integrity. Therefore, the two old saints ordered that the family members of Jiaofang enter the palace. Comfortable. Unexpectedly, with great convenience, I specially ordered all the noble relatives of Jiaofang, except for the kindness of entering the palace on the [-]th, to invite the palace to welcome concubines and concubines to go home to visit relatives. Order the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households to Zongzheng Temple, and built a separate courtyard for relatives in the homes of noble relatives."

Wow!Now the cabinet lobby is completely blown up.If it is said that the relatives of concubines enter the palace to meet, it is okay to see their relatives, after all, this is a manifestation of the royal family's emphasis on filial piety.

But building a family visitation house and letting concubines go home to visit relatives, isn't this nonsense?How to set the rules for visiting relatives?How much money would it cost so many concubines to build a provincial house?What should we do with the Provincial Court that cost so much money to build?What if the concubine has an accident while visiting relatives?
……

There are too many issues to consider, can the etiquette department be exhausted just by formulating the rules and procedures?

In the past dynasties, except for special circumstances, there is really no dynasty that has concubines visiting relatives.

"My elders, the Ministry of Rites does not agree with this matter, and I ask the elders to refuse to draft this imperial decree!"

"The Ministry of Officials also disagrees, please the cabinet not to draw up this imperial decree!"

"The Ministry of Industry also disagrees..."

"Xiaguan and other six departments disagreed with the matter, and decided to return the imperial decree!"

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Qian Qianli made a start, and everyone in the six departments of the six Metropolitan Procuratorates opposed the drafting of the imperial edict by the cabinet scholars.Even the six divisions were extremely united in the matter this time, and after a brief discussion, they decided to return the imperial decree.

According to the rules of the Great Chu, every imperial decree is decreed by the emperor, and the cabinet "draws up" it, and then Shang Baojian affixes the seal of the jade seal before it can be issued.

And the six divisions have the power to return the imperial decree. Although the emperor can forcibly bypass the cabinet and the six divisions, in that case, there will be irreparable rifts between the emperor and the cabinet, and even between the emperor and the Chinese military.

The only person in the cabinet lobby who did not speak was Lin Shu. He was just a small scholar of the Imperial Academy. Strictly speaking, he did not belong to the cabinet, but a member of the Imperial Academy.In such an occasion, he has no right to speak.

But when everyone stood up to oppose the imperial decree, Lin Shu, who was the only one sitting, looked very abrupt.

At this time, Lin Shu was recalling the description of the concubine's concubine's relatives in the original book of the Red Chamber. It seems that in the original book, the relatives' court was built by each family. Why is the court spending money now?
"Scholar Lin, tell me, what should we do with this decree?" Wei Qinghe said suddenly, and everyone turned their attention to Lin Shu.

Lin Shu's contemplation was interrupted, and he got up quickly: "Elder Pavilion, the lower officials also have objections. It is a good thing for concubines and relatives to enter the palace to meet nobles, which is a good thing to promote filial piety. , where does the silver come from?"

Hearing Lin Shu's answer, everyone nodded in agreement.Party disputes aside, in this matter, everyone's interests are the same.The court's money must not be spent on this matter, let alone the court has no money at all.

Wei Qinghe said in embarrassment: "This cabinet also knows that this matter is very inappropriate, but the Supreme Emperor insists on this, as a subject, he must not disobey the Emperor. In case the Supreme Emperor is angry..."

That's it!

No wonder Wei Qinghe and the other four academicians were so troubled. It stands to reason that this kind of order can be sealed directly, and there is no need to go through such a lot of trouble.

It is easy to return the imperial decree, but the Supreme Emperor was in Longsheng for 44 years, because of the former prince's incident, he had a stroke, and now his health fluctuates from good to bad.

If because of this incident, the emperor was angry, and if there was a chance...then these courtiers would bear the eternal infamy of being an angry king.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and sighs could be heard from time to time in the lobby.This matter is really difficult to handle, whether it is to comply with the order or to seal it back, there are difficult problems to solve.

Lin Shu was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "My elders, my lords, I have an idea!"

The hall returned to silence, and Wei Qinghe and the others' eyes lit up: "Jinyu, tell me quickly!"

"Since the Second Sage allowed the concubine to visit relatives, then the concubine and the family of Jiaofang's relatives have received great grace. Why should the court spend money? It should be reported to the palace by the relatives' own family to build a relative's house by themselves, so as to inherit the family. God!"

As soon as Lin Shu finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement: "Ge Lao, Lin Xueshi is right!"

　Thanks to the book friend 8818 for the reward of 1000 starting coins.

　　Thanks to the book friend 4528 for the reward of 100 starting coins.

　　ps: Chapter 1 has been modified to explain Lin Shu's life experience, which was indeed negligent before.

　　Lin Shu is the son of Lin Ruze, Lin Ruhai's concubine brother. Before Lin Ruhai died, he recognized him as his father, and had two spouses.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)