Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

When the personal eunuch went to invite the emperor, Empress Dowager Zhang sat back on her seat, her eyes fell on the memorial.

That's right, this note is exactly Yang Tinghe's impeachment official Wu Shiqi of Yangzhou government, who hijacked public opinion and invited fame to sell favors.

However, no matter what kind of person Yang Tinghe was, even if he wanted to impeach Wu Shiqi, the article was written very forbearingly.This complaint must also pay attention to strategy and demeanor. The dignified two-ranked Jinshi, the number one scholar, and the future cabinet ministers will certainly not be able to scold the streets like a folk shrew and lose their dignity.

Except for the fact that he was besieged by the people at the Cangzhou Wharf, the booklet did not mention that Wu Shiqi was only from a family background, and it was already a violation of the system to be appointed as a seventh-rank official by the imperial court.This time, there is an envoy in charge of the Chang Lu Salt Transport, which is already risking the world's displeasure.Besides, Mr. Wu doesn't have a day's experience in government, and if he manages such a large yamen, he is afraid that there will be troubles in the future.

The imperial court is requested to send another important person to take charge of the Changlu Salt Department.

In addition, Wu Shiqi led the soldiers from Yangzhou to capture the armory of the Yan Division. Although it was a matter of urgency, it was already a bad example to lead troops to cross the border to attack a local government agency.This case cannot be opened, and this trend cannot last long. Please ask the court to remove him from the post of Tuiguan in Yangzhou.

Who is Lao Yang? This will not only arouse the public indignation of all the civil servants with serious imperial examination backgrounds, but also vaguely accuse Wu Tuiguan of leading troops to cause chaos.

If it was changed to Hongwu and Chengzu years, it would not be too much to punish the three clans. Of course, the current political atmosphere is not as cruel as it was then, and the old Juren would not be beheaded, but officials can't do it.

Therefore, upon receiving the note from the Secretary of General Administration, Queen Mother Zhang was furious when she saw it.

What she was angry with was not the two charges, but Wu Shiqi's appointment as the Changlu Salt Division Transit Envoy, which she knew nothing about.

The case of the Changlu Salt Department embezzling 200 million taels of treasury silver had spread to the capital as early as ten days ago, and the case shocked the government and the public.Empress Dowager Zhang also knew that this was a major political incident. If she didn't handle it well, the peaceful and peaceful situation she had worked so hard to maintain in the past two months would be ruined.

So, she immediately sent someone to escort those criminals back to Beijing to await trial.

After the facts of the case come to light, they will send capable officials to the Changlu Salt Division as transshipment envoys.

After all, the Salt Division is only second to the Lianghuai Salt Division at the provincial level. It is worth deliberating whether to let someone do the transfer or not.

Power makes people contend, and important personnel appointments must be cautious, otherwise it will cause a fire and make the royal family unable to step down.

Unexpectedly, the emperor secretly slipped in an imperial decree, appointing Wu Shiqi to be the envoy of Luyanyun, the acting chief.

"Where did this shit Wu Shiqi come from? Why has the Ai family never heard of it?" Seeing this booklet, Empress Dowager Zhang was both shocked and angry.

It's not that the emperor passed the imperial edict directly. In fact, in half a year at most, when Emperor Zhengde gets married, Empress Dowager Zhang will return to the emperor.

Queen Mother Zhang is not a person who is greedy for power. From the bottom of her heart, she is actually a little woman, a good wife and mother.This world belongs to the son, she is just a woman, a mother, how can there be any reason for a mother and son to compete for the world?

What made her angry was that her son was so messed up. Such a position like a feudal official was so easily given to a seventh-rank sesame official. Moreover, this person was not a Jinshi.

If it is spread out, the courtiers will not accept it, and there will be an uproar in the world.

In this way, where is the majesty of the emperor?

For a long time, in the minds of the ministers, Emperor Zhengde was an absurd and nonsense person.As soon as this incident happened, the radical minister was afraid that he would point to his nose and scold him "faint king!"

Thinking of this consequence, Empress Dowager Zhang was really annoyed.

She also knew that with her current mood, if she saw her son, she might immediately explode out of friendship, so she told the eunuch not to rush to invite the emperor over.

Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the seat for half an hour, and when the tone in her heart became smoother, Emperor Zhengde walked over swaggeringly under the leadership of an eunuch.

"I've seen the Queen Mother." Zhengde smiled and sat next to the Queen Mother Zhang: "The Queen Mother called me here in such a hurry, but there is something important. Hehe, I am still young and not in charge of the government. Didn't I discuss it with the Queen Mother? You can decide on your own. I can take this opportunity to play for the first half of the year. When Su Mu was in the East Palace, he told me that being the emperor is the hardest and most tiring job in the world. But once you do it Liberation is not until death. Seeing that I will suffer for the rest of my life, I naturally have to hurry up and live this last easy day."

Hearing the emperor mentioning Su Mu's name, Empress Dowager Zhang thought of her daughter who had run away from home, and remembered that Su Mu had never brought Princess Taikang back to the capital. She was worried, sad and angry.

Especially the emperor's smiling and carefree appearance made her unable to hold back her anger: "Your Majesty, when the late emperor was alive, he kept self-denial and devoted himself to government affairs, and he should be a model for the world. I left it to you, but you didn't care about it at all, which disappointed the Ai family."

Speaking of Emperor Hongzhi, who had passed away for several months, Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes turned red.

Seeing the empress dowager was sad, Emperor Zhengde hurriedly put away his indecent smile, and said in a panic: "Empress dowager, what are you doing to bring up these matters? Now that I am not in charge of the government, I am just studying politics in the palace. There is a cabinet and the empress dowager you manage In this country, everything should be done according to the rules of the Hongzhi Dynasty, so why should I intervene. As the saying goes, if too many oars destroy the boat, I also want to learn the old man's art, clean and inaction, and give the people a rest."

"It's best for Your Majesty to know this truth. But..." Empress Dowager Zhang raised her voice, pointing to the brochure Yang Tinghe handed over: "Your Majesty, you can take a look, how can you explain this matter?"

"The queen mother and the cabinet are the ones to decide the important affairs of the country. What's the matter if I don't see it?" Having said that, Emperor Zhengde picked up the booklet and glanced at it casually, and then said "oh": "That's it, This Yang Tinghe is making too much of a fuss."

Then just throw it aside.

The Empress Dowager Zhang saw that the emperor was still so out of shape, and slapped the armrest of the chair angrily: "Your Majesty, be careful, Yang Tinghe is a gentleman. The position of the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy is so important, and it is natural to choose an upright and experienced person." It must be recommended by the elders of the pavilion, and the decision can only be made after discussion among hundreds of officials. Otherwise, what should be done if such a large source of wealth is in chaos? Now it is so good, but promoting a seventh-rank official from an unprofessional background to such a high position is not the same as The great officials of the feudal borders are in the same row, and they are Tianshe Weng in the court, and they go to the Tianzitang in the evening, breaking the rules of the imperial court in selecting scholars and employing people, and it will cause chaos in the future. Your Majesty, let me ask you, what is the appointment of the Wu Tui official? the central purpose?"

Having said this, Queen Mother Zhang's chest heaved in anger.

Zhengde smiled, sat casually beside the queen mother, stretched out his hand and patted his mother's vest lightly, and said with a smile: "Mother, you are angry, you are so angry, how can I bear it in my heart?"

It was a violation of the rules that the dignified Son of Heaven actually called the Empress Dowager by "Mother", but this "Mother" was called "Mother" with sincerity, Empress Dowager Zhang's heart warmed when she heard it, and she couldn't do it.

The eunuchs and maids in the hall knew that His Majesty and the Empress Dowager had something to say, so they quietly retreated.