Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 163 Emperor Zhifeng Plays, Song Cheng solves the mystery

The spring in April was exceptionally brilliant, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation woke up in the rising sun.

Zhu Youtang chose to stay here for the night last night, but the person next to the pillow has disappeared, and the fragrant sweat on the bed sheet has disappeared, leaving only a faint smell belonging to men and women.

As usual, I only need to get up and cooperate for a while, and a group of maids who take care of my daily life will help me wash and dress, and I will finish everything while closing my eyes and resting my mind.

Just when he put on the dragon robe, he heard a soft bell coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, this is the old chicken soup that my concubine asked the dining room to cook. It was still hot just now, please taste it!" Fan Jinling brought the chicken soup and put it on the table, his eyes full of love.

Different from the dress of the court ladies earlier, the clothes have become much more exquisite, and the biggest change is the exquisite and complicated headgear, which symbolizes the married silver silk bun, gathered together in a nest.

Although she couldn't hide her youthful age, she was born charming, and this kind of woman's attire looked glamorous and outstanding among many court ladies, and this image alone was enough to fascinate thousands of people.

After this period of nourishment, the body is also working hard towards fullness. Although she is not worthy of the queen, she is definitely the best candidate to become a concubine in the future.

The eunuch in charge of the Yufang came in and also reported with Xiaohui: "Your Majesty, Lian Meiren heard you say chicken meat last time, and ordered Yufang this morning!"

After a good performance in the recent period, although Fan Jinling's stomach has not moved yet, she has also been canonized by Zhu Youtang and has become the beauty of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

Beauty is only the sixth class, but it is the fantasy of many palace ladies to become a beauty in their lifetime, not to mention that the current palace concubines are full of gold.

Although it is a bit difficult to describe the means of superiority, this smart and brave woman has already stood out.

Zhu Youtang looked at the virtuous woman in front of him but couldn't match up with the little fairy last night at all, but after all, it was his own woman's kindness, so he sat down at the table and found that there were indeed two egg-like dishes in the soup. white object.

Fan Jinling looked at the man who was eating deliciously, and was actually a little puzzled.Obviously already very powerful, why are chickens, oysters, and ten-thousand-year-old turtles still nourishing the body? Could it be that they really want to play with Shuangfeng?

Liu Jin knew that when Zhu Youtang was alone with Lian Meiren, he liked to have fewer people present, so he sent the irrelevant people away.

Zhu Youtang saw that Fan Jinling's attire was getting more and more charming, but he suddenly asked: "Why haven't you heard anything from Chaoge Pavilion? Could it be you who stopped it?"

"Your Majesty, how dare a concubine be such a master? How can you think of a concubine like this?" Fan Jinling immediately pretended to be aggrieved when she heard Zhu Youtang's speculation about herself.

Liu Jin is now the eunuch in charge of Xiyuan, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, they have already started work, but they dare not do rough work, so you are silent!"

"Go and tell them not to pay so much attention and finish the project as soon as possible. I still want to catch fish well in my spare time!" Zhu Youtang put the chicken in his mouth to replenish energy, and he said earnestly.

Xiyuan can be said to be a very ideal leisure place, and it is also a natural fishing resort.It's just a pity that the emperors of all dynasties didn't like fishing, and there were still fewer buildings, so he also planned to plan a quiet place.

Knowing that Zhu Youtang attached great importance to the planning of Guanchao Pavilion, Liu Jin immediately said respectfully, "Obey!"

"Wouldn't it be great if you can go fishing or enjoy the cool air on weekdays when the Guanchao Pavilion is built?" Zhu Youtang said while looking at Fan's golden bell and pretending to be wronged, then gently touched the small golden bell on the headdress.

Naturally, Fan Jinling couldn't really be angry, but just wanted to emphasize that he was law-abiding, so he rolled his eyes and said: "The beauty of my concubine is that the golden bell rings at night, and I always serve His Majesty by my side!"

"I've made a note of it!" Zhu Youtang found out that this was indeed a little elf, but it was hard to get bored because of so much work, so he messed up the little golden bell in the headdress and left.

After all, he is the emperor of a country, and there are new things happening in the two capitals and thirteen provinces every day, so it is difficult to have real free time.

Fortunately, Wan An and Liu Ji in the cabinet are both good drafters, and the eunuchs in the clerical office have gradually learned to classify according to priority, even if the processing is slow, there will be no delay.

It's just that it's easy to distinguish the government affairs of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, but it's always difficult to distinguish the truth from the false and the seriousness of the memorials of those officials.

"Cui Liang, the censor of Nanjing, would like to play: Wang Yue, the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, killed officials almost to the point of radical change..."

"The officials in Nanjing gave Yan Guozhong a report on the matter: Nanjing's garrison eunuch Wang Zhi tortured and killed civilians..."

"Chen Xiangcheng, the minister of the Nanjing Rites, would like to play: Wang Yue, the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wang Zhi, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, spent thousands of dollars on banquets every day, and the officials demanded huge tens of thousands of bribes..."

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With the passage of time, the impeachment of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi has obviously increased. Earlier, Wang Yue was impeached for killing officials to the point of upheaval and Wang Zhi was just playing some word games. The image of greed, cunning and extravagance is portrayed.

Because the officials of the science and Taoism have the right to gossip and tell stories, they dare to buckle any shit on people's heads.

It would be better if Xu Pu or Wan An were ministers. After all, the disciples and former officials were all over the government and the public, and the officials of the Kodao could fight internally, so many officials of the Kodao did not dare to impeach them easily.

It's just that a local official like Wang Yue is a living target for the Kodao spokesman, as if he has killed a dog and has no power to fight back.

Without any evidence, they can attack on imaginary charges, but this group of people are very good at playing word games.

The sudden change of Jizhi lies in the word "jizhi".Although there is no real drastic change, it is almost the same, so worry about the court?

As for the torture and killing of civilians, the word "torture" is also a coincidence. Everyone is dead, so it's rare to be able to get an injury test?Even if it is an injury test, to what extent is it called abuse?

Civilians are even more ingenious, but no matter what you say about the other party's crimes, you just impeach him for his weak status. This is simply blatant hooliganism.

Finally, they met Zhu Youtang, a soul from later generations.

"Shangshu Li Yujing asks Shengan!" Li Yu's status is getting higher and higher now, and the most proud person who lightens the cabinet is him, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, who immediately came to kowtow in a respectful manner.

Snapped!
Just without warning, a bunch of memorials were thrown in front of him.

"Your Majesty, please punish me!" Li Yu didn't know where he made a mistake, so he said in horror.

Zhu Youtang knew that he should be loose and tight with his courtiers, so he said with a cold face: "How do you become the Minister of the Ministry of officials? I gave the imperial censor the right to hear the rumors, not to let them show me these nonsense Shuzhang, dozens of people have impeached Wang Zhi and Wang Yue, but no one has any solid evidence. The most abominable thing is that I am afraid that I will make a mistake and I will turn over every time, so how much time is wasted?"

"The minister is guilty, and the minister hates it! It's just that it is the right of the court officials to hear the rumors. The minister...even if the minister hates it, but...but he dare not stop it!" Li Yu knew the whole story. Explain well.

Zhu Youtang naturally knew that the problem was not with Li Yu, and when he saw that the beating was finished, he said, "Why did you omit it when you presided over the Jingcha this year?"

"Ah? I didn't miss anything, did you?" Li Yu was taken aback for a moment, looking very puzzled.

Zhu Youtang saw that there was still a memorial on the table, so he threw the memorial down again and said, "Why don't those who misunderstand my light so much not to investigate? Don't make excuses again, and investigate the two Jingke Taoisms for me within ten days." Officials, those who are incompetent may be dismissed or demoted!"

"The minister leads the decree!" Li Yu said secretly delightedly when he learned that His Majesty wanted to investigate the gang of arrogant officials.

According to the usual practice, Hanlin officials and Ke Dao Yan officials are not included in the Jingcha, so he, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is also helpless, and even has to see the face of the officials and departments.

It's just that now with His Majesty's order, the privileges of those people are gone, and they can wave their sticks at those science officials who only know rumors and do not do practical things.

It has to be said that although these emperors in front of them are still young, their thoughts and actions are already the most resourceful emperors, and they can be regarded as the real Wenzong.

"Take the memorabilia on the ground to the South Pavilion outside and take a good look. I can allow rumors to play a role, but I can't allow those who waste my time, step back!" And Wang Zhi's Kodao spokesperson, even if it is indifferent, said.

Although the rumors of the Kandao Spokesperson are very hateful, this power cannot be deprived.There are disadvantages as well as advantages. After all, the supervisory agency deters high-ranking officials to a large extent. For example, the defeat of the Datong army was exposed by the Datong patrol.

That's the case, the best way is to clean up a bunch of mediocre officials through the Jingcha, which not only cleans up the shoddy science officials, but also ensures that they can keep abreast of the local situation.

Near noon, the three-day deadline had arrived.

Song Cheng, who was wearing a fourth-rank official uniform, came, but at this time Zhu Youtang was on the attic of the imperial study, and when he saw the ceremony, he directly explained the purpose of coming: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to deliver an order!"

"Didn't you already find out that it was the work of the Annan Mission?" Zhu Youtang thought of the bloodshed that occurred on the border of Henan, and continued flipping through the book without making a sound.

Song Cheng looked up at Zhu Youtang above, and said solemnly: "I was just suspicious of the Annan Mission that day, so I need to find them to verify the situation, but it is not the work of the Annan Mission!"

"It wasn't someone from the Annan Mission who did it. Could it be that our Great Ming's martial arts failed?" Zhu Youtang was suddenly happy in his heart, and asked with some hope.

Song Cheng shook his head lightly, and then said shockingly: "Your Majesty, it's not what they did, the envoy of Zhancheng committed suicide!"

"Suicide?" Hearing such an outrageous answer, Zhu Youtang couldn't help looking suspiciously at Song Cheng below.

"Your Majesty, to be more precise, he ordered someone from his envoy to stab him to death, and I have found this person!" Song Cheng met Zhu Zuyoutang's gaze, looking very serious.

Zhu Youtang had thought that the Annan Mission was responsible, and also thought that Wu Xun might have sent people to sneak into the Huitong Hall to assassinate him, but he never thought that the cause of death of Champa envoy Wen Jin was to let his own people stab him to death.

It's just that since the incident has already happened and the assassin has been found, there is a reason for it.

Zhu Youtang didn't want to waste energy thinking about this kind of thing, so he asked lightly: "Why is the envoy of Zhancheng doing this?"

(End of this chapter)