marquis of jingan

Chapter 180 The immature emperor

The time limit given by the emperor was two days.

From the next morning, the small essays written by the ministers were sent to the Palace of Ganlu one after another and sent to the little emperor.

In the afternoon, everyone's essays were handed in. His Majesty the Emperor and Gao Ming held the pile of essays and began to count.

"Five prime ministers, three hall officials of the Ministry of Rites, one servant of the household department, and one Uncle Jin Wang."

The little emperor stretched out his hand and counted the memorial books in front of him, no more, no less, exactly ten.

All ten people paid in.

It is worth mentioning that Prince Jin did not participate in the discussion in Zhongshu yesterday.

He didn't know the decision of the group of people from Zhongshu Province to write a letter.

In other words, Prince Jin's memorandum was originally prepared to be presented alone.

Together with the eunuch Gao, the little emperor sat on the floor stall in the Ganlu Hall without any image, holding the ten memorial books in his hands, and flipping through them one by one.

After confirming several times, the master and servant finally confirmed the contents of the ten memorials.

Except for Prime Minister Zhang Jing, Minister of the Household Department Zhao Changping, and Jiankang Yin Li Rui who spoke for Shen Yi, the other seven people all advocated punishing Shen Yi in order to calm the conflict between the two countries and prevent the two countries from raising swords.

The only difference is that the contents of the memorandums of these seven people are different. Some people advocate severe punishment for Shen Yi, some advocate light punishment for Shen Yi, and some people write in the memoirs that Shen Yi can be punished and rewarded secretly. One prime minister even said: However, as long as Shen Yi suffers this grievance for the imperial court, he can be admitted to the Imperial College in two years so that Shen Yi's scientific examination can go smoothly.

Entering the Guozijian does not make a person pass the scientific examination smoothly.

And as a prime minister, not to mention golden words, he still has the ability to do what he says. That is to say, the prime minister means that as long as Shen Yi suffers a little bit of grievance, he can properly open the back door for him in the scientific examination in the future. His academic career went well.

Being able to offer this condition shows that the prime minister has "sacrificed" a lot for the benefit of the court.

Because the five prime ministers are all from Hanlin without exception, and the last one is a second-class Jinshi. These Jinshi-born people have a common characteristic, that is, they think they look down on people who go sideways and go back.

And this prime minister is willing to open the back door for Shen Yi, which shows how great the "sacrifice" is.

The little emperor gritted his teeth angrily after reading a letter of memorial.

"It's really my loyal minister and good friend!"

His face was flushed with anger, and he threw all ten memorials aside, and the memorials were scattered all over the floor.

The little emperor was furious: "Great!"

"Go and arrest all these treacherous ministers and send them to prison for questioning!"

The eunuch Gao, who has always been very obedient, stood quietly on the spot without moving.

He knew the emperor very well, and he knew that the little emperor yelled this just to vent his anger, and he was not stupid enough to cause a big case in the court because of Shen Yi.

After losing his temper, the little emperor took several deep breaths, and finally calmed down. He personally picked up the memorial books from the ground, and took them back to the imperial case one by one. Among the memorials advocating the punishment of Shen Yi, three were selected.

His Majesty the Emperor put the three letters aside, then looked at Eunuch Gao coldly, and said slowly, "Gao Ming."

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully and said, "Your servant is here."

"On weekdays, I fart in the palace. In Jiankang City, it's like thunder. I lost my temper just now. I want to let those outside the palace who spy on me every day know. Do you understand?"

As the co-lord of a country, His Majesty the Emperor, his personal will can determine too many things, and even determine the future direction of a country.

Therefore, people in the capital will of course try to find out what is going on in the palace and what the emperor is doing. It is best to know what the emperor is thinking, so that they can be like ducks in water in the officialdom and be unpredictable.

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully: "I understand."

"also…"

The little emperor lowered his eyebrows slightly: "Go and call old man Zhang into the palace."

Gao Ming bowed his head again: "Your servant will go now."

Eunuch Gao's efficiency is very high, and Zhongshu Province is not far from the imperial palace. Not long after, old Xiangguo Zhang Jing was called to the Ganlu Hall. After the old man entered the Ganlu Hall, he bowed his head respectfully to the emperor and wanted to Kowtow to salute.

The little emperor waved his hand, and said lazily, "Master Zhang doesn't need to kneel, let's talk about things directly."

Zhang Jing then stood up, stood with hands down, bowed his head and said: "The old minister listened respectfully to the oracle."

The little emperor handed the three memorials to Gao Ming, and signaled Gao Ming to hand them over to Zhang Jing. Eunuch Gao held the three memorials in both hands, came to Zhang Jing, and bowed his head respectfully: "Old Xiangguo, please take a look."

The little emperor on the throne narrowed his eyes coldly, and said: "These three people are insulting to the state. I don't like them very much. I will order them tomorrow, and Zhang Xiang will take them back to the Ministry of Education. Do some research and find out where they should be relegated to."

Speaking of this, the little emperor said slowly: "It's best to drive them out of Jiankang, I don't want to see them again."

Zhang Jing's eyes changed slightly, and he looked down at the three memorials in his hand. He only glanced at them, and saw the names on the three memorials.

The one on top is Pei Yuan, Minister of Rites.

The second is Zhou Sheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the third...

Cui Yu, Prime Minister of Zhongshu...

Seeing the last name, Prime Minister Zhang's face changed again. After a moment of silence, he bowed his head to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Cui has only been worshiped for two years, and it is the time when he is in the prime of life..."

"This kind of person is servile and servile, and the more he is young and powerful, the more he is my big Chen's scourge!"

The little emperor patted the table angrily: "Can you Zhongshu province handle this job? If you can't do it, I will dismiss all five of you and set up another Zhongshu to handle it!"

This sentence is of course angry.

In fact, this time the little emperor only moved the prime minister with the lowest foundation, not even Yang Jingzong, the leader of the "Turtle Sect", dared to move, let alone the five prime ministers in one breath.

Zhang Jing knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply to His Majesty the Emperor: "Old minister, obey..."

The little emperor waved his hand lazily: "After Cui Yu has been dismissed, your Zhongshu Province will send a few more candidates for prime ministers. I will take the time to pick and choose one, and I will make someone into the Zhongshu as soon as possible."

After saying this, the little emperor waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go down and do some business."

Zhang Jing got up from the ground with some difficulty, bowed and left the Ganlu Hall.

Looking at the back of Zhang Jing leaving, the little emperor narrowed his eyes, thinking secretly in his heart.

"If it weren't for my shallow foundation, I would have to reorganize Zhongshu..."

He looked at the direction Zhang Jing left, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Looking for Zhang Jing to handle this matter, Yang Jingzong will definitely be suspicious of him, hoping to check and balance Zhongshu and give me some time to prepare manpower..."

"Fortunately, Uncle Jin Wang is here, so Jiankang can't be messed up..."

Thinking of this, the little emperor looked at the eunuch Gao at the side, and said slowly: "Gao Ming, I asked you to print the new residence newspaper, how is your printing going?"

Eunuch Gao bowed his head respectfully, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the manuscript that Shen Yi handed over has been revised by the maidservant, and the engraving is already being made. In five or six days, the first edition of the Mansion Newspaper will be printed. gone."

The emperor nodded slightly.

"After it is printed, it will be printed and distributed to all provinces immediately, and spread to the government and the people."

After saying this, the little emperor asked Gao Ming again: "This Shen Yi has made such a big commotion, what has he been doing these days?"

Eunuch Gao hesitated for a moment, but still bowed his head honestly.

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the internal guard report, Shen Yi..."

"It seems to be... making money?"

(End of this chapter)