Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 174
"Eunuch Feng, Old Jia, the guardian of Nanjing, wrote a letter a few days ago saying that he couldn't stand the heat in Nanjing, and that he was getting old and suffering from sore waist and legs all day long, so he wrote a letter and asked to be transferred to the palace supervisor."

Zhang Cheng smiled and handed over a booklet in Feng Baoshi's room. The Jingongjian and the Huanyi Bureau are two special existences in the inner court. The Jingongjian is responsible for the placement and storage of incense and candle offerings everywhere. The yamen in the palace is generally the place where good internal officials retire, and the Huanyi bureau is the hardest, and it is not in the palace. Eunuchs and maids who make mistakes in the inner palace are sent here.

Feng Bao sighed, took the booklet and looked at it casually, and said:
"Old Jia is also unlucky. He has served as a military supervisor in Yunnan and Guizhou for so many years, and he finally made some contributions in suppressing the chieftain's rebellion. He went to Nanjing for a few years, but he couldn't stand it. Let's go, I will ask the Lord Long Live to make an order tomorrow. "

The booklet was handed back, Zhang Cheng took it, the red pen wrote a few words here, and said with a smile:

"Eunuch Feng can give you advice on who to replace Lao Jia."

"Lao Mei, the admiral of the Yuma Supervisor, whose family is in Yingtian Mansion, Nanzhili, often comes to talk about things to go back and have a look. When Long Live God agrees, let him relinquish his errand, and transfer to the Supervisor of Rites on a foreign mission. Nanjing is the guard."

Zhang Cheng wrote a few more sentences in a booklet, and said with a smile:

"If this is the case, there is another vacancy for the admiral of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Zou Yi, the supervisor of Longxiang Zuowei, is quite a hardworking man. What do you think, Eunuch Feng?"

Feng Bao showed a half-smile expression on his face, and said leisurely:
"This is Eunuch Zhang's adoptive son. He is so young, so don't rush to compete with us for a position. It is difficult for Lao Jia to get a soldier. He is only 53 years old. What are you doing in a hurry to provide for the elderly? When he comes back, he will take Lao Mei's position."

Zhang Cheng's expression remained unchanged, he smiled and wrote down Feng Bao's words, "Twelve Supervisors, Eight Bureaus, Four Divisions, 24 Yamen, Zhang Cheng can't arrange for anyone who can be called a eunuch."

But the smile on Zhang Cheng's face seemed to be a little bit thicker, and there was no sign of displeasure, but the atmosphere in the valet room was embarrassing after all, and fell into silence.

Not long after being quiet, Zhang Cheng sighed and said with emotion:

"We are internal officials. From the day we become disabled, we will hand over our life to the Tian family. When we die, there will be no rest. Look at this official from the outer dynasty. He can still serve. Say something that should be struck by lightning." , this Ding You can go back and rest for three years, where shall we rest."

Feng Bao leaned back and squinted his eyes to stare at Zhang Cheng in front of him. With Feng Bao's knowledge and experience, he didn't think that Zhang Cheng, who was as resourceful as himself, would suddenly say such inappropriate words. The words should be an introduction, Feng Bao is waiting.

"Eunuch Feng must be aware of the outside news in the past few days. There has been a lot of noise about Mr. Zhang Ge's funeral. Father-in-law catches the boss, it can't be wrong, but Zhang Taiyue is going to go home for a funeral, isn't this Daming's challenger, isn't it all for Feng-eungong alone, not to mention a thousand times more things, and people are suspicious for no reason .”

Feng Bao straightened up, opened his eyes and stared at Zhang Cheng on the opposite side, Zhang Cheng still had a smile on his face, and continued to talk eloquently:

"The family of Xiaomin and small family, after the death of their parents, they wear hemp and filial piety, but they have to wait for the crops for a few days and are busy making a living. This piece of Taiyue is filial and wears filial piety in the capital. When he returns home, he will wear a few more pillars That's all for the incense, why go all the way back to Jiangling, I will share the burden with us in the capital."

Feng Bao understood Zhang Cheng's oblique words, and with a smile on his face, he nodded and said:
"If the courtiers hear these words, I don't know how much right and wrong they are. What kind of sage's reasoning, the eternal principles, will be pulled out for you."

"Don't care what those officials who have lost their minds are doing, Mr. Feng, our family thinks that you should talk to Lord Long Live and issue an edict to win the favor, so as not to take over so much right and wrong."

Feng Bao waved his hands with a smile, and said:
"Don't worry about this matter, you go back first!"

Zhang Cheng stood up to say goodbye, and when he arrived at the gate of the duty room, Feng Bao said aloud behind him:
"Let your son feel at ease when there are vacancies in the yamen next year, and it will be his turn. Why are young people so anxious? When our family is so big, we are still serving tea and serving people every day!"

Zhang Cheng respectfully agreed, knowing in his heart that what he said today was right.

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"I haven't seen Mr. Zhang in the past few days. I just feel anxious and very uncomfortable. I also heard that since Mr. Zhang returned home to wait for the decree, the clearing of the farmland in several places in the south of the Yangtze River has also been delayed. It can be seen that this is public rather than private. You can't do without Mr. Zhang!"

At the court meeting on the eighth day of November, the little emperor Wanli came to Wenyuan Pavilion early. The cabinet scholars, the ministers of the six metropolitan courts, and the imperial envoys were all present. The little emperor said the above words with emotion.

As soon as he finished speaking, the room immediately fell silent. Shen Shixing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who ranked last among the cabinet scholars, immediately stood up, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, praising with a crying voice:
"The holy tomorrow is nothing more than the emperor, your majesty is holy, your majesty is holy, this is the blessing of the world and the common people!"

Such a drastic move by Shen Shixing did not arouse any sympathy. The bigwigs in the room looked at each other, and then they unanimously cast their eyes on Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

But the one who stood up first was Wan Shihe, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. The old man knelt on the ground tremblingly, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Your Majesty, it is a great festival for Ding You to keep the rules. Mr. Zhang Gel himself had sternly stated that he wanted to go home to mourn his filial piety, but His Majesty did so. Wherever the eternal rules are set, His Majesty will be punished by the world if the decree of seizing love comes out. People reprimanded, adding insult to injury for nothing, besides what His Majesty just said, he was panic-stricken, the Emperor is the Son of Heaven under the Great Tomorrow, not a certain person's Son of Heaven, isn't this sentence worthy of the Taimiao, the ministers of the cabinet are still there, six departments and nine ministers It still exists, the country’s major political affairs are still going on these days, and it doesn’t mean that it will stagnate without one person...”

Speaking of this, Wan Shihe kowtowed hard, and when he raised his forehead, blood was already visible on his forehead. Wan Shihe said sincerely:

"Your Majesty, don't spoil the integrity and chaos because of selfish likes and dislikes!"

If Emperor Jiajing was present, Wan Shihe would be stripped of his official position on the spot and ordered to go to prison for his crimes. If Emperor Longqing was present, he would simply ignore him and deal with his crimes afterwards. However, Emperor Wanli was a young emperor after all, and he always had Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng. Assistant, where have you seen such a scene.

Seeing the blood on the forehead of the white-haired minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his hoarse remonstrance, he was also a little stage frightened. He subconsciously looked at the seat of the chief assistant. Encountering such a situation in the court hall, Emperor Wanli's first The reaction was to find his teacher Zhang Juzheng, but the position of the first assistant was empty.

The little emperor Wanli turned his head, and then he was taken aback. He also discovered his behavior, and his feelings were quite complicated for a while. Seeing that Wan Shihe kowtowed his head again, the bloody scene of Emperor Wanli He became more and more flustered, Mr. Zhang was not here, the person the little emperor could rely on was Feng Daban.

He turned his head and looked at Feng Bao who was beside him with pleading eyes. Feng Bao lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly:

"Your Majesty, according to the rules of past dynasties, the proposal of seizing love should be initiated by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then His Majesty will issue an edict."

The little emperor simply ignored Wan Shihe, turned to Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said:
"Zhang Aiqing..."

Before Emperor Wanli finished speaking, Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up with a calm expression, bowed down, knelt there and said:
"Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Zhang Ge's intention to stay in mourning has been decided. If such earth-shattering filial piety is forcibly taken away, he will be stigmatized by the world. For Your Majesty's sake, I dare not make such a proposal. "

Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was not as fierce as Wan Shihe, but his attitude was calm but extremely firm.

Emperor Wanli's anger gradually rose in his heart. When Zhang Juzheng was in the cabinet, no one dared to disobey him, but now no one agrees with his few words.

He looked around at all the people. Lu Tiaoyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, was always timid and fearful. He was looking down at his heart with his head down. Zhang Siwei, the Minister of the University's soldiers department, was at a loss, sitting there restlessly, unable to move. said:

"Why so, why so."

Emperor Wanli felt a little strange, this way of thinking usually seemed to be quite decisive and independent, why was he so at a loss at this time, Emperor Wanli didn't bother to care about it, stood up with a gloomy face, and said something:

"Go away!"

Turning his head and leaving, Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng immediately followed, Feng Bao never looked back, but Zhang Cheng looked back with a smile on his face.

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"It's really irritating. When Mr. Zhang was here, he implemented national policies and said something. I never heard these ministers say irony. I just said something that was so embarrassing. Wan Shi and the old man were bleeding from the touch. The rest The people in the room are even more silent, treating the widow as a child?"

This kind of performance is not just a child, Wang Tong thought in his heart, naturally he dared not say so, the two discussed for a long time, Wang Tong also figured it out, Wanli felt offended during the court meeting, and came to complain, but Wang Tong noticed one thing:
"Your Majesty, is Eunuch Feng reminding His Majesty that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials should initiate the matter of seizing love?"

Wanli nodded, and Wang Tong approached and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Feng already understood what he meant. If he hadn't agreed to Duoqing, he would never have made such a statement. Your Majesty, Duoqing's will must be persisted!"

Emperor Wanli threw the sand out of his hand depressedly, sighed and said:

"I really can't do without Mr. Zhang, but these ministers are so tired today, wouldn't they be ashamed tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I feel that there should be some important memorials."

No matter when, there are always talents who can accurately figure out what they want, not to mention the direction of the wind is gradually becoming clear.

(End of this chapter)