My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 218 Run, run quickly

On the day Zhang Wenda returned home, he was at the house of former cabinet minister Fang Congzhe.

Fang Congzhe was drinking tea and chatting with Qi Shijiao and Guan Yingzhen who came to visit.

Yes, Fang Congzhe hasn't left Beijing yet.

The emperor didn't tell him to go home quickly, so Fang Congzhe took his time in the capital.

Only some daily necessities were left at home, and all the other items that could be sold were sold. Those that could not be sold were shipped to their hometown.

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Qi Shijiao said with emotion, as if the hot tea in his hand could make him feel a little warm.

"The late emperor's body is still cold, but the emperor treats his old ministers so harshly. It's heartbreaking."

First Liu Yishen was deported to his hometown, and then Zhang Wenda retired from old age.

In addition, Fang Congzhe, who is sick, Li Ruhua, who is too old to work, and Zhou Jiamo, who is transferred to compile history.

"It can be seen from the new policies planned after the emperor ascended the throne and the training of the new army that his majesty has the intention and ability to restore the Ming Dynasty."

Seeing that Qi Shijiao still didn't understand, Fang Congzhe sighed helplessly.

"The reason for the derogation is that he is not capable enough to control the Imperial Procuratorate."

He didn't know what Fang Congzhe was thinking.

Look at the mentor in front of you, who is still in the capital, but is almost closed behind closed doors.

"His Majesty asked Zhang Wenda to leave Beijing in such a hurry, which is both a derogation and a protection."

Thinking like this, Fang Congzhe raised his other eye and looked at Guan Yingzhen, who was sitting next to Qi Shijiao.

Seeing the unbearable look on the other party's face, Fang Congzhe shook his head from the bottom of his heart.

"You two, one is the Minister of Taipu Temple, and the other is the Young Minister of Taichang Temple, you must understand one thing."

"In layman's terms, let's forget bygones."

But Qi Shijiao really felt a sense of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"Zhang Wenda's resignation this time is the grace given to him by the emperor."

If your lips are dead and your teeth are cold, you are as cold as a hammer.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Fang Congzhe was silent for a long time before finally speaking.

Hearing Fang Congzhe's words, Qi Shijiao's eyes widened instantly.

"Hey."

"The accounts of the Ming Dynasty for more than 250 years cannot be cleared up in a day or two. Moreover, if all the bad accounts are unearthed and half of the civil and military officials in the court are killed, there will definitely be fish that have slipped through the net. "

"But why?"

Listening to the teacher's words, Qi Shijiao frowned slightly.

After saying this, Fang Congzhe looked at the two people.

"Snapped!"

"If you can't figure it out, just resign and go back. You can still save your life."

"But, mentor."

It doesn’t matter whether the tea will burn the potted plants to death.

But Guan Yingzhen's face was full of contemplation, while Qi Shijiao's face was full of confusion.

Now that the emperor is dealing with Donglin, you are still feeling sad that their people fell.

The Chu party that Zhang Juzheng left behind back then is now the leader of the party, and he is also lonely.

If he hadn't been protecting him as the chief minister of the cabinet, he would have been killed long ago.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all your grace."

With that said, Fang Congzhe stood up from his chair, picked up his teacup, and poured it on a potted plant in the room.

This is not official material.

"Let bygones be bygones?"

Lifting one eye and looking at the other party, Fang Congzhe shook his head helplessly.

This student of his is good in knowledge, but he is still a little behind in official studies.

Within half a year, most of the veterans in the court were sent away by the emperor.

"Just the little emperor..."

Many political parties in Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang, as well as Donglin, have almost lost their minds over the past few years.

In recent years, Donglin and the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties have almost lost their minds in the court.

"It is also the emperor who is telling the world that a new dynasty has arrived."

Seeing this, Fang Congzhe no longer wanted to give any more advice and waved his hands.

"Cold? Why is it cold?"

"Protection means telling Zhang Wenda that whatever happens in the court in the future will have nothing to do with him."

Before Qi Shijiao finished speaking, the cup in Fang Congzhe's hand was placed on the table with a snap.

"Remember the last advice I gave you as a teacher."

"The king treats his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty."

"No matter how young or old, Your Majesty, you are still Your Majesty."

With that said, Fang Congzhe tossed his sleeves and left.

It is true that rotten wood cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be built.

The emperor has been on the throne for more than half a year and has grasped the power of the court.

How dare you treat the emperor like a child.

"Teacher..."

Looking at Fang Congzhe leaving, Qi Shijiao murmured and was speechless.

"Brother Qi."

Seeing that Qi Shijiao still didn't know what the problem was, Guan Yingzhen sighed helplessly.

"Master of the Lord of Heaven and Earth."

"Brother Qi's words are suspected of slandering your father."

"But."

After hearing this, Qi Shi taught dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty is in his prime year this year. What opinions can he have? What thoughts do he have? It must be the eunuchs around him who are instigating him!"

"Who can instigate? Wang An? Wei Chao? Liu Shimin? Or that Wei Zhongxian?"

Looking at the stubborn Qi Shijiao, Guan Yingzhen shook his head helplessly.

"The eunuch in the Temple and Guang Temple, Wang An hanged himself, and the Wei Dynasty killed him with a stick."

"Then Liu Shimin was just an underappreciated scholar in the inner study hall of the temple."

"Then Wei Zhongxian was just a gangster on the street in the past."

"They don't have the ability to instigate the emperor."

"Everything the emperor does now is the emperor's own thought."

With that said, Guan Yingzhen patted Qi Shijiao's shoulder.

"Brother Qi, just as Mr. Fang Ge said, resign."

"you!"

When Guan Yingzhen said this, Qi Shijiao's eyes suddenly widened and he glared at Guan Yingzhen who was leaving.

"Mr. Fang, I plan to resign."

After walking out of the living room, he followed the servant to Fang Congzhe's bedroom. After knocking on Congzhe's door below, Guan Yingzhen stood outside the door and said.

"Oh?"

With a creak, the door was opened, and Fang Congzhe stood behind the door, looking at the young man in his fifties.

"But why?"

"Your Majesty is young and has great ambitions, but I have no talent to assist you."

Looking at the former chief minister of the cabinet who was pointed at his nose and scolded as "Mei Shang" and still smiling in front of him, Guan Yingzhen said in a low voice.

"I am a low-ranking official without talent and virtue. If I stay for a long time, I may cause trouble, and my family may be affected. It is better to go back as soon as possible."

"Well, it would be best if you could figure this out."

After hearing Guan Yingzhen's words, Fang Congzhe nodded, and then personally sent Guan Yingzhen away.

Passing by the pond, Fang Congzhe sighed as he glanced at the pond that had no fish left.

"In the past, Zhang Taiyue was the sole minister, assisting the emperor, but in the end he almost ended up having his coffin opened and his body killed."

"Since then, the court has been filled with people who are just like flies and dogs. It has been nearly forty years now."

"After the new king ascends the throne, he will sort out the inside and outside of the court. If you leave at this time, although you cannot help the king, you can still be useful." "When the sky is clear and the air is clear, maybe the roc can spread its wings again. , soared high."

Along the way, Guan Yingzhen remained silent while listening to Fang Congzhe's words.

He is a member of the Chu Party and is almost the same hometown as Zhang Juzheng.

From Zhang Juzheng's life experience, he drew a conclusion.

Plan things later, save yourself first.

If you use it, you will do your best; if you abandon it, you will retreat.

This was also the key to Guan Yingzhen being able to escape unscathed during the great chaos among the ministers in the early years of the Apocalypse.

He was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli. He served as magistrate of Nanyang County and was later promoted to Hu Ke Shizhong. He served as Yanguan for nine years, and wrote more than 200 essays about talents, national foundation, etiquette, luxury and frugality, officialdom, and cliques. Wanli praised him for his courage to speak out and give advice. He praised him and said: This person dares to speak his mind.

In the early years of Tianqi, after Donglin gained power, Guan Yingzhen quickly retreated and voluntarily gave up his position as Minister of Taichang Temple and left the court.

Since then, the turmoil in the court, although there were rumors about him, never touched him.

After walking to the door of Fang Mansion, Guan Yingzhen spoke to the other party Congzhe.

"I would like to thank Mr. Fang for your teachings."

Seeing Guan Yingzhen boarding the carriage and leaving, Fang Congzhe sighed.

If other people's disciples are so smart, why is my own disciple a fool?

In recent years, the issue of partisanship between Donglin and Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties in the imperial court is Donglin's problem alone?

Impossible, the hole may not be sealed, but a slap from him will certainly not make it sound.

The emperor promoted hard-working people with one hand and dealt with Donglin's important ministers with the other.

Then will the emperor not deal with these people who have been fighting Donglin for so many years?

Why don't you run away while the emperor is dealing with Dong Lin, the most powerful person, and then go back and clean them up when the emperor is done with his work?

His disciple didn't understand this truth and dared to look down on the emperor.

Thinking of this, Fang Congzhe couldn't help but shook his head.

Looking up at the sun in the sky, Fang Congzhe murmured to himself.

"Late Emperor, is this really what you want?"

The battle over the foundation of the country is a game between Wanli and his courtiers.

Although Wanli finally gave in and made Zhu Changluo the crown prince.

But in the last year of his life, he appointed Zhu Youxiao as his grandson, and determined the second heir to the Ming Dynasty.

Wanli's move to establish his grandson was quite subtle.

Taichang died suddenly after only one month after taking the throne.

Tianqi ascended the throne as the grandson of Wanli.

"Temple is a very intelligent man."

Shaking his head, Fang Congzhe turned around and returned to the house.

He also wanted to persuade this disciple to get out as soon as possible.

Just when Fang Congzhe was planning to tell his people to run away, did Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, really consider dealing with them?

The answer is no.

Donglin and the Qi Chu Zhe Party, or later the Eunuch Party.

He didn't have the time to deal with them yet, and he had to be very cautious when dealing with eunuchs.

If we say that Donglin is just empty talk, he will harm the country.

Then the eunuch party is actually doing nothing but abolishing the government.

The courage to rebel is not there, but the desire to make money for the government is there.

Donglin's harm to Ming Dynasty was a strategic mistake.

The eunuch party takes advantage of the opportunity to make profits when completing political affairs.

For Donglin, just throw these people out of the decision-making level.

But for eunuchs, we have to pick them out one by one in practice and not be impatient.

This was also Chongzhen's mistake in dealing with the issue of eunuchs in history - expansion.

He had the instinct to single out those who could really do things in the eunuch party and use them for his own purposes. However, because of his disgust with the word eunuch party, or rather the word eunuch, he chose to expand the treatment and lost the ability to stabilize the government. Chance.

In a short period of time, Donglin made a comeback again, and the internal strife that Donglin began to gain momentum made even Donglin's hard-working men like Sun Chengzong untenable in the court.

So, what is the emperor busy with at this time?

Busy about how to deal with his uncle.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites, please follow the usual practice and ennoble the two uncles."

Standing behind Zhu Youxiao, Liu Shimin said cautiously.

The emperor has been asking for this matter for three months without issuing five memorials.

It's already in a state where I can't stand it any longer.

It is said to be a knighthood, but in fact it is a knighthood and a knighthood.

The person who wants to succeed is Taichang's legitimate wife, Guo Mingzhen, the brother of Empress Xiaoyuanzhenguo.

His father, Guo Weicheng, was granted a title by Taichang last year, but in leap February this year, he disappeared.

Because the title was too short, in order to show the grace of the Tian family, the Ministry of Rites submitted a letter asking his son Guo Mingzhen to take the title.

The other one is Tianqi's biological mother, the younger brother of Queen Xiaohegong, Wang Sheng, and Zhu Youxiao's uncle.

"Liuzhong."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand impatiently.

He planned to scrap the idea of ​​conferring titles on his relatives.

"Your Majesty, as a rule, the Queen Mother and the Queen's mother need to be granted the title of Madam, and their fathers should be granted the title of Imperial Guard or Count. In addition, they need to be granted land and support."

"According to the "Order on the Retirement and Removal of Foreign Relatives and Shijue" issued by Shizong, foreign relatives are not allowed to ask for enfeoffment, and they are not allowed to do so. Guo Mingzhen's attempt to seize the title is not allowed."

"But Uncle Wang Guo is the emperor's biological uncle after all. He was not granted the title by the late emperor."

As he spoke, Liu Shimin cautiously raised his head and glanced at the emperor, then bowed and said.

"If you don't seal it, I might cause people to say that Your Majesty doesn't care about the friendship between relatives."

"I can even send my biological uncle and Prince Fu's biological mother to Yunwu Mountain. Since when did we have a close relationship?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes and turned to look at Liu Shimin.

"In my heart, there is only the Ming Dynasty."

"If you don't have martial arts skills, you will never be knighted."

"Your Majesty."

Seeing the emperor like this, Liu Shimin knelt on the ground with a plop.

"There is a saying among the people that the mother is the mother and the uncle is the elder."

"Your Majesty is concerned about the state. If you don't get a knighthood because you don't have martial arts skills, you might be able to silence the people of the world."

"But if there is no reward, let alone others, everyone in the palace will probably complain."

"If things continue like this, I'm afraid there won't be that many loyal people available in the palace from now on."

"..."

Looking at Zhu Youxiao kneeling on the ground, he was speechless for a while.

This was the first time Liu Shimin persuaded him like this.

Turning his head and tapping his fingers on the table, Zhu Youxiao began to think.

The relatives of the Ming Dynasty simply cannot support the wall. Don't expect to be able to help yourself at this time.

What can I give to my uncle, and what can I make my uncle do?

"In this way, give him the position of Jinyiwei with salary and knowledge, and give him three thousand silver coins."

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youxiao turned to Liu Shimin and said.

"My slave takes orders."

Hearing that the emperor finally offered the reward, Liu Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and walked outside.

Finally, it’s no longer a matter of keeping in mind.

The matter of conferring titles on relatives of deceased concubines has been left unaddressed.

This matter has already made the Ministry of Rites a little worried.

The titles given became better and better each time, and they were promoted from Bo to Hou, but they still stayed in the middle.

The Ministry of Rites has sent people to find out whether the emperor plans to make him a prince and to write a letter to advise him.

Although he knew that the emperor did not want to knight people without martial arts skills, before the emperor officially issued the order, he did not dare to disclose it to anyone without the emperor's statement.

(End of this chapter)