Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48

Forbidden City, Youshun Gate.

There is a row of houses located in the southwest, which is the property of Liukelang, and the adjacent Qianbukuo is used to store a large number of imperial documents and memorials.

This is similar to the situation where the ministers in the Wenyuan Pavilion of Zuoshunmen on the opposite side have low positions and high powers. Although the highest rank is only the seventh rank, they can point to the six ministers, and even impeach the chief assistant.

For example, Li Zisheng has been convicted recently, because Li Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was recommended by Li Zisheng, they have been impeached by them one after another, and this "dirty" Minister of the Ministry of Officials is bound to be brought down.

"Mr. Du is safe, thanks to our concerted efforts!"

"The Son of Heaven ascended the Great Treasure for the first time, Ke Dao should directly admonish the emperor and go up to the virtuous!"

"The East Factory has been a disaster for me for a long time, and today it is time to abolish our words and deeds!"

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The officials of Ming Dynasty are all chameleons who know how to adapt to the wind. Now seeing that Zhu Youtang is just a paper tiger, they immediately slandered him under the banner of justice, and even wanted to take the opportunity to abolish the East Factory.

Although Jinyiwei has been infiltrated by the children of their civil official group, the personnel transferred from Jinyiwei by Dongchang to act as fans are all Jinyiwei from humble backgrounds, which is a secret agency that their civil official group cannot touch.

That's why they don't hate Jin Yiwei very much now, but they hate Dongchang, which is His Majesty's minion, and even more hate Xichang, which was once led by Wang Zhi.

Fortunately, the current new emperor is far from the boldness of Emperor Chenghua, but he dare not even win a Minister of the Ministry of Punishments easily, and he is as filial and wise as the rumors say.

Autumn is high and crisp, not stained with dust.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang split off the function of receiving memorials from the General Secretary of Zhongshu Province, and allowed officials' memorials to be sent to the secretary's office by the eunuch on duty at Zuoshunmen instead of going through the Secretary of General Affairs.

The officials of the Six Sections Gallery walked out of the Youshun Gate one after another, came to the opposite Zuoshun Gate, and handed in their memorials to the monarch's code of conduct and the abolition of the Dongchang.

During the incident, Song Cong also came to Zuoshun's gate, but instead of looking for the eunuch, he approached the cabinet official who was in charge of reporting and conveying the report, and handed in the copy of the Six Division's tomorrow morning memorial.

Now the early court stipulates that each yamen can only play one thing. Although he wanted to go straight to the abolition of the East Factory, he finally chose to point the finger at Li Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

When the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were thinking about how to teach Zhu Youtang to be a man, Zhu Youtang rarely left the Forbidden City and came to Xiyuan, which is located to the west of the Forbidden City.

Xiyuan, this is a royal garden, a place for emperors to play and hunt.

Looking at the scenery of lakes and mountains in front of him, Zhu Youtang had the illusion that he had already arrived in the suburbs as soon as he left the Forbidden City. The forests, lakes, birds and animals in front of him were full of the smell of nature.

"When the first emperor was in good health, he would often come here to ride a horse!" Qian Yi carefully helped Zhu Youtang get on the horse, and said with tears in his eyes as if recalling the good times.

Knowing that Zhu Youtang was going to ride a horse, the eunuchs here seemed to attach great importance to it. They not only found the most docile BMW, but also carefully checked whether the saddle was suitable, whether the stirrups were stable, whether the reins, reins, and other equipment were complete, etc. .

drive!
Zhu Youtang lightly waved the horsewhip, and the BMW moved forward, and the familiar feeling immediately returned.

He was canonized as a prince at the age of six. Riding and archery is a basic skill. Although his talent was mediocre earlier, he is now naturally proficient.

When galloping ups and downs on a horse, a kind of happiness that belongs to a man surges into my heart, and at this moment, I even have an impulse to walk the world with a sword.

"Master, slow down, slow down!" Liu Jin followed behind, seeming very worried and persuaded.

Seeing that this guy was about to catch up with him, Zhu Youtang swung his whip to speed up because of his face, and galloped forward on the horse.

This place is actually a place for walking horses. A series of guardrails blocked the way to gallop in the mountains and forests to the north, so we had to turn around and return to the same place.

Before returning to Longfu Palace, Zhu Youtang tightened his grip and got off his horse, ending his first driving experience in this era.

vomit……

Liu Jin was actually a beginner in horseback riding. As soon as she got off the horse, she couldn't help but vomited on the ground, throwing up all the food she ate today.

"Long live, the personnel have already been summoned!" Qian Yi stepped forward and carefully helped Zhu Youtang get off the horse, and reminded Dang Li earnestly.

"Slave Zheng Guozhong pays homage to His Majesty, long live my emperor!" Zheng Guozhong stepped forward and bowed down.

"Your servant knocks on my master, long live my lord!" Nearly twenty young eunuchs knelt on one knee behind them and said in unison to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang looked at the vigor displayed by these eunuchs. If he hadn't judged from their voices, he would have mistakenly thought they were soldiers from the military.

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chenghua was the emperor who used eunuchs the most.

In fact, it was far more than Xichang, and a large number of eunuchs were appointed locally, and Wang Zhi was even asked to lead troops to fight in person. This was something that the Ming Dynasty had never done before.

It's just that a lot of work depends on eunuchs, so it is necessary to increase the number of eunuchs, and loyal and capable eunuchs become particularly important.

Just like this, Emperor Chenghua had higher requirements for the eunuchs in Xiyuan, and Wang Zhi, who was famous in later generations, stayed here for a while.

Zheng Guozhong thanked Zhu Youtang, turned around and waved to the twenty young eunuchs behind him.

These eunuchs quickly walked into the racecourse and began to manipulate under Zhu Youtang's nose. Although they could not be said to be superb in riding and shooting, they were definitely the best among eunuchs.

"I'm afraid Long Live Lord didn't know something. On the day of the late Emperor's death, the Empress Dowager had already arranged for Zhou's family and her in-laws to serve as commanders of the [-]th Battalion!" Qian Yi knew that Zhu Youtang wanted to take back the Beijing Army. The control power, but it seems complicated and authentic.

Zhu Youtang actually knew about it, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much time trying to get Qian Yi back, but he looked at Zheng Guozhong next to him and said, "Are they loyal enough?"

"They all came from innocent backgrounds and were brought into the palace from a young age. For the past ten years, they have knelt down to the Qianqing Palace every day. They have to go through screening every year. There must be no problem with their loyalty!" Zheng Guozhong said seriously.

Zhu Youtang looked at the riding and archery performance in front of him, and found that it really took a lot of effort to get some results.

Twenty eunuchs fought hand-to-hand in the open space in front of them when their arrows hit the target, and a tall young eunuch won in the end.

Zhu Youtang called the winner to his eyes, looked at the sturdy eunuch and said, "Your name is Shifen?"

"The maidservant's name is Zhang Yong?" Zhang Yong looked a little excited in front of Zhu Youtang, and responded with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, but asked earnestly: "The name Zhang Yong is not very good, you can expect me to give you a surname!"

"Slaves can't wait for it!" Zhang Yong's eyes lit up, and he immediately expressed his opinion.

Zhu Youtang knew that some honors were the eunuch's dream, but he patted him on the shoulder to encourage him: "Then you have to perform well!"

In the afternoon of the same day, the sentencing document of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was submitted to the cabinet.

"Although Wang Yue's poems are inappropriate, but writing poems is malicious speculation, and should not be convicted of this crime! The first emperor punished Wang Yue to grind his mind. Now Wang Yue has lived in Anlu for many years, and the new dynasty should be the one who uses people. At the moment, the crime can be eradicated due to the country and the situation..."

When Wan An and Liu Ji saw the closing document, they couldn't believe their eyes, and expressions of disbelief immediately appeared on their faces.

"There is no need to guess the twists and turns. Now that the Ministry of Punishment has determined his innocence, let it be reported to His Majesty!" Wan An was absent-minded for a long time, and then he said in a big brother tone.

Although Liu Ji really wanted to know the reason, but now that the deal was done, their cabinet had no reason to come forward to stop it, so they nodded slightly.

The cabinet did not dare to stop it, and there was no reason to stop it, so the sentencing officials of the Ministry of Punishment were immediately sent to the Qianqing Palace.

"It's fake, it's absolutely fake, it can't be like this!"

When the news spread to the outside world, everyone was shocked, and most officials were unwilling to accept this cruel truth.

(End of this chapter)