Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 787 Beijing officials anonymously sarcastically admonished Dongchang Jinyi to solve the case within a time limit

In the early years of Jingtai, due to the special reasons of the Tumubao Incident and the defense of the capital, a second book of ministers with Jingtai characteristics appeared.

In the past two years, although Zhu Qiyu no longer killed civil servants, many ministers have become officials, and the number of ministers in the court has obviously decreased.

Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily and felt helpless. Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen's important ministers died and retreated, and many people still missed their old master.

Nowadays, these people who are thinking about their old master are really difficult to deal with. They don’t say it with their mouths or show it on their faces.

People are so far apart from each other that they know their faces but not their hearts, so it is difficult to find them.

The result is that Zhu Qiyu rarely promotes ministers or ministers to prevent the emergence of another group of ministers who are dissatisfied and secretly stumbling.

As for the Jinshi of the Jingtai Dynasty, their time as officials was too short. If they were promoted to the level of magistrate or doctor, they would be considered very important.

Zhu Qiyu himself would not be able to justify being directly promoted to the level of minister or chief envoy.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, walked to a screen in the northwest corner of the inner room, and looked at the map on it.

Forgetting which emperor he learned it from, Zhu Qiyu wrote the names of local dignitaries from all over the world on the screen according to the province where they took office, and read them when he had time.

Zhu Qiyu muttered something in his mouth and stared at it for half an hour before sitting back on the couch.

Ningxiang asked worriedly: "Husband, are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I feel uncomfortable. Being an emperor is too boring. The late Shangshu Jin Lian, although he was my brother's son, he still had a good sense of people.

I want to promote Zeng Hui, whom he recommended back then, from Guangxi's Right Political Envoy to Shandong's Right Chief Envoy. "

"Chen Jun, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture who was promoted only last year, seems to be a talent recommended by Jin Lian."

"Yes, my Emperor's disciples can't hold up, so I can only use these people."

Qianxue suddenly answered: "Husband, the Metropolitan Procuratorate received two anonymous memorials, which were spread throughout the court. Wang Wen did not dare to be expert, so he sent the memorials intact."

Zhu Qiyu took the memorial, opened it, and frowned immediately.

One of them is the original text of the Luntai Edict of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty; the other is a mockery of today's waste of money and people.

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who wrote this? What are you waiting for? Why don't you quickly send all the female relatives of his family to the Jiaofang Division?"

Qianxue replied: "Anonymous, the chief officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate carefully inspected it. Based on the handwriting, I can't tell who wrote it."

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Look at this sentence in the Luntai edict of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: The second division was defeated, the soldiers died and they were separated, and the sorrow is always in my heart. Now I invite Yuanda Luntai to build the pavilion and tunnel, which is disturbing the labor. The world is not so good for the people, I can't bear to hear it now.

Isn't this a blatant insinuation that I am militaristic and waste money and people?

Go and let Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigate. I want to see what level Dongchang and Jinyiwei are now.

Yan Guan wants to express his opinions on the government, and that's okay. However, venting anger anonymously is not allowed.

Once a habit is formed, civil and military gatherings to conspire will become the norm. "

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In the afternoon, Shu Liang was drinking tea leisurely in Dongchang, and the decree came.

Although as the admiral of Dongchang, Shu Liang knew about the anonymous sarcasm in the morning. But Huang Qi, the general manager of Lingyu Palace, personally came to convey the order, which still surprised Shu Liang.

With Wang Zhen's lessons learned, the power of the eunuchs in the Jingtai Dynasty was relatively dispersed, without a clear leader.

In the capital, eunuchs such as Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin were relatively balanced with Wang Jin's eunuchs. The Prince Qi's Mansion in Xishan was completely controlled by the eunuchs of Wang Jin's family.

There is no conflict between Shu Liang and Huang Qi's gang, but their relationship is only average. Huang Qi came to convey the order, and Shu Liang could feel the emperor's attention.

After Huang Qi delivered the order, he turned around and left. Shu Liang quickly stopped him: "Brother Huang, don't leave. Don't leave. Let's have a cup of tea and chat for a while. I haven't been to Prince Qi's Mansion recently. Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"The emperor has been in a bad mood recently. There are fighting everywhere, and there are many people secretly waiting to see the joke. The external enemies cannot be wiped out, and the internal enemies cannot be seen or touched.

Oh, what a sorrow. To tell you the truth, if Dongchang and Jinyiwei cannot figure out this anonymous satirical case soon, the emperor will probably launch another purge. "

"Purge?"

"I'm talking about the purge of Jin Yiwei. This is all my own guess. Don't take it seriously, just listen to it casually. I will not admit to saying this after leaving this door."

With such a clear reminder, Shu Liang sent Huang Qi away, and immediately summoned Jin Yiwei Liu Jing, Men Da, Lu Gao and others, and gave strong instructions:

"I don't care what methods you use, the case must be solved within ten days. Otherwise, everyone can go home and take care of their children."

Menda immediately raised a question: "Governor, how can we solve this case in ten days without any clues?"

Shu Liang spread his hands: "Then I don't know. I just know that if you can't find out in ten days, even I will suffer. But I must have enough backing before I get unlucky. You can decide for yourself whether you want to solve the case or not."

Menda heard this and stopped talking. These people left the East Factory dejectedly.

Several people had different thoughts, and Menda was filled with resentment. Liu Jing was extremely worried about Menda's recent words and deeds.

Liu Jing and Menda are related by marriage and have a lot of contact with them. Menda inadvertently revealed his sympathy for Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Jianshen and his son several times.

This is very dangerous, Liu Jing is really afraid of being implicated by his in-laws.

Liu Jing's position is that he is willing to be loyal to Jingtai.

As for Lu Gao, it was completely the opposite. Although he was wary, he hoped that Menda would be defeated so that he could ascend to the throne.

Today's Jinyiwei is under the control of Wuding Marquis Guo Chang, and is assisted by several other relatives of the Guo, Hu, and Wu families.

But the main responsibility of these people is supervision, and they don't care much about specific matters such as reconnaissance, spying, trial, and arrests.

Liu Jing, Menda, Lu Gao, and Lu Zhong did the actual work.

Soon, the entire Dongchang and Jinyiwei were all moving. It could be said that the Eight Immortals were crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

In the next few days, the capital was undercurrent.

On the tenth day of April, Zhu Wenfang woke up early and lay in bed without thinking.

Bai He walked in with a smile and brought breakfast directly to the bedside.

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Brother has learned nothing else, but he has learned a lot about my father's lying in bed."

Zhu Wenfang retorted: "Dad is right. Like Taizu and Taizong, are you trying to be an emperor? You get up early every day and are as tired as a dog. It's easier for a donkey to grind than for them."

Peaceful emperors like me and my father have to learn to be lazy. To live in a prosperous age and live long is victory.

Sister Bai He, are there any urgent government affairs today? "

Zhu Wenfang also learned a trick from his father, which was to ask his nanny to help organize government affairs.

(End of this chapter)