I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 58
The capital of Daming, which had been sleeping all night, gradually woke up as the eastern sky became white.

Accompanied by the crowing of the rooster, the women of Chongbeifang went to Xiaohuaihe to do laundry in twos and threes, holding wooden basins full of dirty clothes.

The Miyagi Cabinet is the back cabinet.

The red candle as thick as a baby's arm had already burned to the base, and Jiang Bao, with red eyes, was still writing vigorously. Li Tian casually grabbed the tea cup to moisten his throat, but found that the cup was empty.

After a pause, Li Tian realized that the night outside the window had changed from night to day at some point. He put down the teacup and rubbed his face vigorously twice. Li Tian couldn't help laughing and said:

"Shiqi, Zirong, we actually talked all night."

Yang Shiqi's ravine old face was full of exhaustion at this time, but his old eyes were still shining. He turned to look out the window, yawned and sighed:
"It seems that the old minister's body and bones can still be used by His Majesty for a few more years."

After arranging dozens of sheets of white paper full of handwriting on the table, Yang Rong was also provoked by Yang Shiqi to yawn, and chattered:
"That Weichen is stronger than Yuanfu, it's not a problem that Weichen can still serve His Majesty for another ten years."

"Hahaha." Hearing Yang Rong's funny words, Li Tian couldn't help laughing, got up and moved his hands and feet to look at Jiang Baodao:
"Jiang Bao, I think you are very handy in making this record, why don't you stay in the cabinet and be a knife and pen official for Shiqi in the future?"

"Forget it, Your Majesty, as long as the old slaves are two brushes, it will be good if you don't get scolded by Yang Shoufu." Jiang Bao knew that the emperor was teasing him, and responded with a grin.

Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong looked at Li Tian in unison upon hearing the words, and the three of them looked at each other, and burst out laughing.

Handing Yang Rong a thick stack of minutes, Jiang Bao turned around and bowed:
"Your Majesty, do you want the Imperial Cuisine Supervising Cuisine?"

"Let's pass it on. Shiqi and Zirong have been busy with me all night, so if I don't care about food, I will become a fool."

Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong had already seen the emperor's humor last night, so there was nothing to be restrained at the moment, and they laughed loudly.

After eating the breakfast carefully prepared by the Imperial Food Supervisor, Li Tian suddenly felt drowsy, wiped his mouth, raised his eyes and saw that Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong were also drowsy, waved his hands and said:

"Jiang Bao, ask someone to clean up the duty room of the cabinet, the four of us will sleep here."

With a promise, Jiang Bao walked out of the room with a wave.

Li Tian actually didn't feel very tired because he had practiced the Nine Forms of Guyang, but last night was all mental exercise, so he still wanted to find a place to lie down and rest his mind.

The emperor and the two elders were going to rest, and the clerk in charge of the duty room was naturally very quick, and tidied up the four largest bedrooms in a short while.
Lying on the big bed that was neither soft nor hard, Li Tian only felt relaxed, and after a while, he was lured into dreamland by drowsiness.

As soon as the morning court of the Ming Dynasty opened on the third day, the civil and military officials did not know that the emperor had stayed up all night with the court elders, but after the editors and editors of the cabinet went to work, the news of the emperor's night talk with the first assistant and second assistant came quickly. spread the word.

The main hall of the Yamen of the Criminal Department of Qianbulang.

Jin Youde, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was wearing two white linen clothes, knelt on the ground, threw yellow paper into the brazier in front of him with tears on his face, and cried as he threw it:
"Zhijie, you came to Beijing in a hurry and died tragically in the palace. Brother Wei didn't get to see you for the last time. Brother Wei feels very sad, do you know that?"

Behind Jin Youde, there were also two rows of kneeling officials wearing two layers of mourning uniforms, and they were also weeping.

Passing by the officials outside the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, seeing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment personally led the officials to mourn, they all showed strange expressions, and they all went back to their yamen to find out what happened.

At this time, a small sedan chair with blue tents was parked outside the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. An official wearing a crimson official robe got out of the sedan chair, walked quickly to Jin Youde, and kicked over the burning yellow lamp. The brazier of paper said angrily:
"Tu'an, are you tired of working, how dare you cry in the main hall of the Ministry of Punishment?"

As soon as the brazier was turned over, the ashes in the basin immediately scattered in all directions, Jin Youde's expression froze, he grabbed the man by the collar and shouted angrily:
"Yang Hongping, what are you doing! Do you know that this is the paper money I burned for Zhijie?"

"Jin Tuian, let me go, or don't blame me, Yang Fu, for not remembering the kindness of the past."

Two senior officials of the second rank actually started fighting in the Thousand Steps Corridor, and the passing officials stopped and stopped, and after a while, they surrounded the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

"The Bachelor of Hongwenge actually fought with the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Such a scene is rare in my life."

"Aren't Xueshi Yang and Mr. Jin friends of the same year? Why did they fight?"

"The Ministry of Jin and Punishment dared to cry in the main hall of the Ministry of Punishment. Aren't you afraid that the imperial censor will be impeached and the emperor will be angry?"

"Didn't you see that you came late, Xueshi Yang just kicked over the brazier where Mr. Jin was crying."

"Did the other adults come? Why didn't anyone come forward to persuade the fight?"

"Whoever dares to persuade a fight, Xueshi Yang and the Jinxing Department are both second-rank officials, so we have no place to speak."

The officials in various official uniforms had different expressions and chattered.

"What happened ahead? Why are there so many officials gathered?"

A soft sedan chair with a green tent came to a stop slowly, and Deng Shiyan, who had just taken over as Minister of Rites for just three days, raised his head and asked.

Hearing the words, the bearer who carried the sedan chair stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck for a look, then turned around and shook his head and said:
"My lord, there are too many people around, and the villain can't see clearly."

Frowning, Deng Shiyan got off the sedan chair and walked quickly towards the crowd.

In the official system of the Ming Dynasty, only officials of the fourth rank and above can wear red official uniforms. When the surrounding officials saw Deng Shiyan in red official uniforms approaching, they hurriedly made way for a passage.

Looking around at the officials watching the bustle, Deng Shiyan saw a few familiar faces, and immediately said with a slightly cold face:
"Do the officials of the Ministry of Rites have nothing to do?"

Hearing the words, the vice-principals of the Ministry of Rituals lowered their heads and hurried out of the crowd in desperation.

Deng Shiyan, who walked to the front, also saw the blue sedan chair parked outside the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.

Isn't this the sedan chair of Hongwen Pavilion Yang Xueshi?Deng Shiyan's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly bypassed the sedan chair and continued to walk forward quickly.

"Yang Fu, did you forget that Zhijie is your friend who has been with you for more than ten years?"

Jin Youde clenched his fists with white knuckles and said angrily.

Looking at the many officials watching outside the yamen, Yang Fu's face changed slightly, and he regretted his rashness, so he took a breath and said:
"Tuan, the emperor will not execute Zhi Jie to death for no reason. If you do this, aren't you slapping the emperor in the face?"

Deng Shiyan came forward quickly, seeing Jin Youde and Yang Fu arguing, she hurried forward to persuade:

"Everyone is watching, my lords."

When Jin Youde heard that it was Deng Shiyan, he spoke again:

"Master Yan, you came at a good time. You are lucky to see Yang Fuyang's face today."

Deng Shiyan didn't respond, and looked at the officials of the punishment department behind Jin Youde who stayed in place one by one, and loudly reprimanded:
"They're all staring at the show! Hurry up and close the gate of the yamen."

(End of this chapter)