Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 652

Liu Rushi woke up from her spring sleep at noon, took off a green velvet dress from the warm cage and put it on.

Seeing her wake up, the maid hurried over, "Madam, is it going to go out? It's snowing outside again. If you want to go out, the maid will fetch the mink."

Liu Rushi didn't answer, just put on clothes and looked at the red sandalwood case in front of the window.

"Has the master not come back yet?"

"not yet."

Liu Rushi walked to the desk and sat down, dazed, "Bring the pot of water."

The maid hurriedly boiled water and brought it over, "Madam, do you want Lanxue tea or Songluo tea?"

"Where is the Anji white tea that Concubine Hou gave me last time?"

"Doesn't Madam like the fragrance of jasmine tea the most?"

Liu Rushi ignored her, so the maid went to get Anji white tea, and when she was about to make tea, Liu Rushi said, "Add some Lanxue tea in it, so that it can dilute the tea and add the fragrance of jasmine."

After the tea was brewed, she took it to rinse her mouth, and the maid hurriedly brought the spit pot again.

After rinsing her mouth, she took a few more sips from the glass. She hugged her knees in a daze for a while before asking the maid to bind her feet and put on a pair of embroidered shoes.

Stepping on the rosewood pedal, I came to the bronze mirror and looked at the woman in the mirror. She was still very young, even much younger than her actual age. She had black and shiny hair, and an oval-shaped delicate and fair face. The eyes are still bright and energetic.

Just over thirty.

Although there are no wrinkles on her face, she feels as if she has aged a lot after stepping the threshold of 30 years old.

Her husband is an admonishing doctor on the right, a high-ranking official, and now he is very proud of his official career. He is obsessed with political affairs all day long, but he has forgotten her, a beautiful girl, at home.

Sometimes she fell asleep and didn't see her husband come back.

When I got up, my husband had already gone out.

I often don't see my husband for several days.

On weekdays, I can only go to other familiar sisters, and occasionally go to the palace to meet the queen, Concubine Chen, Concubine Huang Shu and so on.

"lady?"

"what?"

"The servant girl asked Madam if she is going out today, and if she is dressing up now?"

Liu Rushi looked at herself in the mirror, "Forget it, I'm lazy today, I don't want to go anywhere, just tie my hair casually."

There was some noise outside, Liu Rushi frowned.

"Go and see what's going on."

"It must be Aunt Zhu again." The servant said.

Liu Rushi frowned even more when she heard Aunt Zhu's words, and there was even a bit of fierceness in her eyes, and the frightened slaves hurried out.

Come back and report after a while.

"If it is Aunt Zhu who is making trouble, it is said that the imperial court has appointed the young master to a foreign post, and he will leave Beijing to take up the post soon."

When Liu Rushi heard about it, she just sneered, "Then what's wrong with her, just follow if you're worried."

Qian Qianyi gave birth to several sons, but in the end only one son, Qian Sunai, was left. Now 19 years old, he is the prime minister of Dali Temple, and he is from the sixth rank.The Dali Siqing of the Shaotian Dynasty was also one of the Dajiuqing, the real power of the yamen, and the real power of the temple minister.

Although this young master Qian Sun'ai was young, Qian Qianyi had taken the initiative to contact Lu Jianguo when he was in Beijing. , first as a pedestrian, then as a judge, and then promoted to Si Cheng, his official career went smoothly.

However, Liu Rushi has no feelings for this son. She was originally a prostitute. Qian Qianyi married her as a regular wife back then, and was ridiculed by the entire scholar community. Even now, many people do not recognize her as the wife of the Qian family, and only regard her as a concubine .

Qian Sun'ai was born to the concubine Zhu's family, the mother valued her son, and Zhu's family was a concubine, but she had a son after all, so she looked down on Liu Rushi who came in later, especially Liu Rushi, who was a prostitute who became a wife.

Liu and Zhu often fought each other in the inner house.

"I heard that the young master was appointed as the prime minister of Haicheng County and stationed in Xiamen. Aunt Zhu scolded people there, and even scolded the master. She didn't listen to the young master's persuasion for a long time, and the young master left, and Aunt Zhu made a fuss." Even more powerful."

Liu Rushi was stunned.

"Young master release Haicheng county magistrate?"

"Ah."

Liu Rushi knew about Haicheng County. At the beginning, the imperial government opened the sea ban, opened the port and sea trade, and became the only port. It was extremely prosperous for a while. Later, the imperial court specially analyzed the Jinghai Pavilion in Longxi County and part of Zhangpu County to set up Haicheng County.

However, the Shaotian Dynasty withdrew the Tianxia Guard Office, the Zhongzuo Office on Xiamen Island, and the Jinmen Office on Lieyu Island in Wuzhou, and put them under the jurisdiction of Haicheng County. Originally, these islands belonged to Quanzhou Prefecture, while Haicheng belonged to Zhangzhou Prefecture.

Although Haicheng prospered because of Yuegang, after the Zheng family took control of Tong'an, Xiamen and other places, they shifted their trade focus to Xiamen.

But even though Xiamen is a prosperous foreign trade port, it is only the next port of Haicheng County. Even if the imperial court stationed a county magistrate in Xiamen, the county magistrate is only of the eighth rank.

It is very different from the sixth-rank Dali Sicheng.

Liu Rushi didn't understand why.

"Master hasn't come back yet?"

"No."

"Have someone go outside to inquire about the situation."

"Inquiring about what?"

"If you want to ask anything, it's best to ask about the master and the young master."

Liu Rushi was keenly aware of the strangeness.

Although Qian Qianyi was surrendered to captives, he is still an admonishing doctor, a high-ranking official, and an important position with real power. Qian Sunai is young and talented, and his ability to handle affairs in Dali Temple is also good. His official reputation is good and he is not greedy. Demote Bapin county magistrate?

The maid came back after going out for half a day.

"The servant girl found out that His Majesty had summoned the superintendents in the Imperial College earlier, and had said something to the students from the Trial Production Department and Enke Department of the Jinkehui. It seemed that there were bad people in Donglin, and they wanted to clean Donglin."

The teacup in Liu Rushi's hand fell all of a sudden, fell on the table and shattered, the tea splashed everywhere, and that delicate dress was also splashed wet.

"lady?"

Liu Rushi felt her heart beating violently, her throat tightened, and she even felt palpitations.

It seemed like the sky was falling.

The emperor cleaned Donglin?

Qian Qianyi is the leader of Donglin. Although he was scolded by scholars for surrendering captives, how could this status change?

Combined with Qian Sun'ai's demotion to Haicheng County, she felt that the sky was falling.

Qian Qianyi must bear the brunt.

How to do?
After waiting restlessly until very late, Qian Qian finally came back.

"Master, is it true that His Majesty wants to clean Donglin, is it true, is Master okay?"

Qian Qianyi's expression was serious.

It was indeed a sudden attack, without even warning.

"It's not that people like Chen Zilong and Mao Pijiang are ignorant of current affairs, and His Majesty is lenient, so they are unscrupulous. Now they have finally provoked His Majesty's anger and publicly said that they will clean up Donglin."

Hearing Chen Zilong's name, Liu Ru was startled.

Liu Rushi had a good relationship with many Donglin celebrities, and before marrying Qian Qianyi, she lived with Chen Zilong for a period of time, or was Chen Zilong's housewife for a period of time.

It's just that the Chen family didn't allow her to enter, and the two finally separated.

Later, she found Qian Qianyi, who admired her so much, and dared to disregard the world, openly married her as a regular wife.

Chen Zilong is also a famous scholar in Donglin. Although he is not as high-ranking as Qian Qianyi, he is also a famous talent.Because at the beginning of Emperor Shaotian's army, Chen Zilong and Shen Youlong raised troops in Sujiang to support him, so he was also a hero from Conglong, and now he is the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

"Is the young master really demoted to Haicheng county magistrate?"

"It's not just him, His Majesty has already demoted a thousand to go outside today. The county magistrate is already pretty good, and there are even some nobles who demoted the deputy mayor, it's unbelievable."

"Is Chen Zilong also demoted?"

"Well, Chen Zhilong went out to participate in politics for Guangxi chief envoy Si Zuo."

Liu Rushi was terrified.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites, although he is not a minister, but whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Shaotian Dynasty, the status of the six ministers is extremely high, and in the Shaotian Dynasty, there is a strict sequence of civil and military promotions.

The six ministers are from the first rank, and the servant is from the second rank.

According to the system, only cabinet bachelors, left and right deputy capital censors, left and right ministers, Zongren Fucheng, Dali Temple Minister, Fengtian Fuyin, Yingtian Fuyin, and Tongzhengshi are the candidates for the promotion of the six ministers, and there are very few other positions. Can be promoted to servant.

The governor is also a second-rank post.

The promotion standards for governors are generally awarded by bachelors, deputy capital censors, ministers, and chief envoys.

Or be appointed governor by the servant.

Generally speaking, the assistant minister is promoted to the governor, the governor is promoted to the governor, and the governor is promoted to a bachelor.

There are also governors promoted to ministers, but they are special cases.

Chen Zilong is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he would normally be promoted to governor, bachelor, or even directly to minister.

For example, for the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, the priority of being eligible for promotion is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, then the cabinet bachelor, then the left deputy capital censor, Zuo Sijian, Tongzheng envoy, Dali temple minister, Zhan Shi, etc.

Chen Zilong even has the concurrent title of cabinet bachelor, and he is already a member of the Central Committee.

But now it is suddenly downgraded to participate in politics in Guangxi?
Participating in politics is a third-rank official, but it is only an official below the chief envoy, and the chief envoy is an official below the governor.

If the assistant minister goes to be the governor, it is considered a promotion, and if he is a minister, it is a high promotion. If he goes to be a political envoy, it is barely a mediocrity.

"How about you, sir?"

"I plan to ask myself to go to Henan to be a governor, or ask myself to be a chief envoy."

Qian Qianyi used to be the leader of Donglin. He passed the examination as a scholar at the age of 17, and won the top three in the examination at the age of 29. He was awarded the editorship of the Imperial Academy. Youchunfang Zhongyun, Zhan Shi, Minister of Rites, etc., and several examiners.

In the Hongguang Dynasty, he served as the Minister of Rites.

After surrendering to captives, he served as the minister of the Ministry of Rites in charge of the secretary and the academy.

In their 60s, they are basically in the middle of the court and hold important positions.

There are even people all over the world.

For example, the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Qu Shisi, is his favorite student.Of course, at the beginning of the Lu Jianguo Uprising, Xie Sanbin in Ningbo, who was beheaded, was a servant and a disciple of him.

Now he is the right admonishment doctor of the admonishment court, and he works from the first rank.

The Admonishment Court and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are both in charge of the department and Taoist officials, and they are clear and important positions.

The emperor didn't demote Qian Qianyi, but Qian Qianyi couldn't sit still, because he was the leader of the Donglin, and he shaved his hair and surrendered to captives. His buttocks were not clean, and now his son was among the first batch of people who went to the countryside to experience, how could he sit still? live.

Looking at it now, the emperor's so-called cleansing of Donglin was a big move, but he still restrained himself. He only demoted officials and released them, but he left room for them. He was neither convicted nor imprisoned, nor ransacked his home.

It's just that these are talents, and the prime minister must pass through the prefectures and counties, so they are sent to the local areas for training.

But if the sixth-rank Dali Temple Chancellor is released as the fifth-rank magistrate, then it will make people feel that they are reusing experience, and the sixth-rank Dali Temple Chancellor is released to the eighth-rank Haicheng County Chancellor. I can’t believe it is trust and reuse. .

Qian Qianyi, who has experienced many party disputes, can't see through the emperor. He doesn't know whether the emperor is just the beginning or the end, but since his sons have been demoted to multiple levels, he feels that he should be more honest.

"My lord, didn't your Majesty say before that you should ignore past suspicions and not pursue the past, why do you want to clean Donglin now?"

"Because the general trend of the world is fixed!" Qian Qianyi sighed.

"The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden?"

"Maybe, I hope not. It depends on how His Majesty will deal with my memorial. If I am released from Beijing, even if I am relegated to the magistrate, it may be fine. I am afraid that I will continue to be the right admonishing doctor."

"What about Mao Pijiang and the others? How did they deal with the disaster you said they caused?"

"They all went to Taiwan, and all of them were awarded a fifth-rank acquaintance, or the second acquaintance."

sigh.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi sighed at the same time, full of worry.

But until now, there is nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)