Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 35

The city of Beijing under the clouds is full of the vicissitudes of the millennium, and the green brick streets in autumn are somewhat bleak, and the dead leaves blown by the wind seem to tell a story.

With the new emperor coming to power, the struggle for power has intensified, and today's Beijing city is still undercurrents.

An official sedan chair came back from the direction of Dongjiang Mixiang. In the sedan chair sat a little old man wearing a second-rank official uniform, and his whole person exuded the majesty of a superior.

It's just that the sedan chair was blocked suddenly, and the accompanying personnel were about to scold the person who blocked the way, but the person who came came calmly said: "Master Du, my master asked me to bring you a word!"

"What are you talking about?" Du Ming faintly felt that the other party was not an ordinary doorman, so he opened his eyes and asked.

The visitor looked around, then lowered his voice slightly and said: "People's words are terrible! If you are a criminal minister, how can you wash him off easily? The law of the country should be the most important thing! Only a straight minister can stand in court and not fall down!"

"Go back and tell your master, I'm not so confused that I don't know which restaurant to eat!" Du Ming immediately snorted coldly, and motioned to clear the way to leave.

He is a Jinshi who has been orthodox for ten years. Since he has no official resources, he can only climb up step by step.Climbing from an official with no background to the high position of the six ministers, in addition to having enough time and ability, is to follow the right person.

Because of his fellowship, he hugged Wan An's thick thighs, returned to the capital in the eighth year of Chenghua, and then took the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Although it is not clear who sent someone to pass the message to him, it is undoubtedly to want to insist on the crime of Wang Yue's "composing poems of resentment", so as to prevent Wang Yue from recovering.

It's just that he doesn't intend to do this. Although he can indeed use the image of a direct minister to prevent His Majesty from reviving Wang Yue, this move will undoubtedly offend His Majesty.

Since I chose to stay, I still want to continue to be angry in this Hongzhi Dynasty. If I offend His Majesty now, how can I still get along?

The person who came seemed to be just a mouthpiece, first to promise to bring Du Ming's words, and then to get out of the way.

Du's Mansion is located in the prime location of Xiaoyongfang. Although the gate here seems to be well-regulated, the inside is full of holes, and there are even two attics built in the back house.

"Father, this is something that someone put on the desk of the baby's duty room today, please take a look at it!" Du Xiao, who was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform, waited for a long time, and handed a booklet to Du Ming.

Du Ming took the booklet in doubt, but he was stunned after only opening two pages.

"Father, what's the matter? Could it be true?" Du Xiao swallowed secretly, looking shocked.

When Du Ming was halfway through the page, the last sliver of luck was gone, and he said regretfully, "I should insist on resigning, and I shouldn't miss this position!"

Just this month, like many senior officials of the imperial court, he submitted his resignation letter to His Majesty.

This can be said to be an inherent trick of their civil official group. They took the opportunity to show the people of the world that they are not greedy for power, and at the same time, they also made a fortune in the history books. All right.

It's just that he is a member of the Mei Party after all. Not only did he serve as the servant of the Ministry of Households, but he also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. How can he be clean?
At this moment, Du Ming's mood was like a real estate speculator in later generations.When I was at a high position, I was reluctant to cash out and leave the market, but now I am facing a big drop and regret it.

If he could really retreat bravely and hang up his boots and leave Beijing like Xie Yikui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, then today's matter would not come to him.

Du Xiao knew very well that his father's butt was not clean, so he immediately suggested: "Father, why don't you go to the hospital and ask for your resignation?"

"It's too late! Now we can only save this black hat, and our family's wealth!" Du Ming finally understood the deep meaning of the sedan chair man's words, and said with mixed joy and sorrow.

In the evening, an autumn rain arrived as scheduled.

The icy rain fell from the dark sky into the brightly lit Qianqing Palace. The doors and walls of this palace were closed, and there was only one figure in the East Nuan Pavilion who was processing the memorial.

Zhu Youtang has already integrated into the role of emperor. In addition to checking the content of the next day's morning court every day, the most important job is to deal with the memorials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

These memorials involve all aspects of the dynasty. Fortunately, Zhu Youtang’s previous life was an era of information explosion, and he was a patriotic young man who liked to watch news broadcasts every day, so there was not much pressure to deal with these memorials.

Due to the proposals of the cabinet, many memorials only need to be handed over to the supervisor of ceremonies for approval. In fact, there are not many memorials that really require him, the emperor, to make up his mind again.

"Your Majesty, this servant has already brought someone back from the Department of Precepts!" Liang Fang slapped off the water drops that accidentally fell on his shoulders, and replied respectfully to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang couldn't help sighing sadly, then stopped the pen in his hand and said concernedly: "Is she all right?"

"It's okay, the Department of Prudent Precepts has always been under the control of the servants, and will come to report immediately if there is anything! Although the order was given by the princess's female officer this time, the servants have already said hello, so the Department of Prudence Precepts did not dare to say hello. Erya is disfigured!" Liang Fang replied.

Zhu Youtang didn't expect that woman to do such a thing, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Eunuch Liang, was Concubine Wan the same kind of woman before?"

"Imperial Concubine Wan has a bad temper, but she was born as a maid after all, so she does things reasonably, otherwise the late Emperor would not have loved her so much!" Liang Fang thought for a while, then said seriously.

Zhu Youtang didn't have any impression of Concubine Wan Gui anymore, and he suddenly became interested in it and said: "Why did the first emperor abolish the latter?"

"Back then, on the surface, there was a dispute between the Wu family and Wan Huangfei, but in essence, the late emperor did not believe that the Wu family had too much involvement with forces outside the palace, so he was appointed Wan Huangfei to manage the harem!" Liang Fang seemed to know everything. replied.

Zhu Youtang nodded thoughtfully, and found that the harem was also full of knowledge, and Emperor Chenghua's "abolished empress" might have wanted to cut off the harem's connection with forces outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, although the current crown princess has ties to forces outside the palace, she has not given birth to a prince after all, so things should not be rushed!" Liang Fang hesitated for a moment, then seriously persuaded.

Zhu Youtang knew that it was not time to consider moving the princess, so he nodded slightly, and asked again: "What's happened to Wynn these two days?"

"Your Majesty, Wynn went out of the palace to meet some people secretly again today. The list of specific personnel is recorded on it, as well as all his words and deeds!" Liang Fang took out the secret book from his sleeve, and immediately handed it over respectfully.

Zhu Youtang took the secret book and opened it, but there was still no big fish on it, so he put it on the desk and said: "It didn't need to be so troublesome, but now it's hard work for you!"

"This is the duty of a servant! It's just that Wynn is going to encourage officials to build a shrine for him today. How should we deal with this matter?" Liang Fang said.

When Zhu Youtang heard that Wynn had made this idea, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Isn't I being too low-key recently? Does he think that I'm still the stupid prince back then, or still can't see that I'm estranged from him? "

"Wynn probably doesn't know that the sky has changed. Now he also doesn't pay attention to his servants. He even thinks that his servants have to obey him as he did in the past. He doesn't know that his servants were favored by the late emperor, and now they have to be honored by His Majesty." , how could he not be as good as him?" Liang Fang speculated.

Zhu Youtang knew that Wynn was just a clown, so he still chose to stand still and say: "If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy! Apart from the list of officials he communicated with outside the palace, there is actually one more thing I don't know. Will you insist on recommending him?"

"Your Majesty, this servant thinks that it is not appropriate to delve into this matter now, and it is not appropriate to make extravagant incidents. Moreover, the matter involves the Empress Dowager Zhou. If it is really necessary to find out, it will not be a trivial matter!" Liang Fang seriously dissuaded.

Zhu Youtang knew that Liang Fang knew the court better, so he nodded lightly and said: "I didn't think carefully about this matter, and the matter of Huai En will be hard on you!"

"Your Majesty's order, I will take my leave first!" Liang Fang said.

Liu Jin just went to bring over the test papers from the Thirteenth Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and nodded to Liang Fang who met him, but when he came to Zhu Youtang, he made a small report and said, "Master, why does Eunuch Liang still call you His Majesty?" , so much birth?"

"You don't understand!" Zhu Youtang took the test paper from the [-]th Division of the Ministry of Households today, but glanced at Liu Jin lightly and said.

Liu Jin seemed very concerned about the matter of addressing her, so she said seriously: "Master, this servant calls you master every day, and also calls you master in his heart, so that the servant will be loyal to the master! It's not like Liang Gonggong still calls you now. For Your Majesty, it always feels weird!"

"Stop worrying about these details, as long as you are loyal to me, I will not treat you badly! Eunuch Liang will leave the Forbidden City after the affairs in the palace are settled. Now you should seize the opportunity to learn more from him and be a loyal slave for me. !" Zhu Youtang didn't take it seriously, but warned seriously.

(End of this chapter)