Idle courtiers

Chapter 501 Shang Shu
The imperial chariot walked quickly, but it was silent, and everyone felt heavy.

Jiajing reigned for 43 years. During such a long period of time, the personnel in the palace changed. Among the old people in the past, except for Huang Jin, most of them were enriched and entered the palace later.

The dim light illuminated the young faces. They had never experienced officials attacking the inner court.

However, we have heard of the Great Etiquette Rebellion in the early years of the Jiajing Dynasty.It is said that in those years, the ministers attacked each other, and even gathered a crowd to ambush the cabinet ministers on the way to the early court, trying to beat them to death.

For the issue of succession or continuation of the reunification, it was such a winter 40 years ago that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty gathered at the Xinhua Gate of the South Gate of Xiyuan.

The Emperor Lei Ting was furious, and directly ordered the factory guards to kill more than a dozen officials and injured more than forty people on the spot.

The incident was too long ago, and the officials who gathered to make trouble and were killed or injured were just a number in the jokes for everyone, and they didn't take it seriously.But once the matter falls on him, it will be different.

Today, all the people who came to submit letters were officials from science and Taoism, and the total number was more than a hundred people, which is completely different from the entire court that was sent out in those days.But standing in the tower of Xinhua Gate and seeing the black mass of human heads below, everyone's scalps were really numb.

Below, the factory guards guarding the palace were all armed and lined up under the leadership of Zhu Lun, guarding the gate of Xiyuan firmly.

Today Jiajing is still wearing only a thin Taoist robe and a purple gold crown on his head. He stands behind the window and looks down, his eyes are indifferent but indifferent.

A eunuch asked in a low voice: "Is Wanzai going to go down?"

Zhou Nan interrupted: "Don't worry, just take a look first." He looked at the eunuch as if he was looking at an idiot.

What is the identity of the emperor, how can it be possible to negotiate with officials, even if they want to talk, they have to send another representative.Otherwise, once the negotiations break down, there will be no room for change.What's more, it's dark down here, and if something happens, everyone has to be buried with him.

This eunuch's EQ is really too low. To put it simply, I'm afraid that someone in the future will say that he has plotted against the law, which will be a lifelong political stain.

Zhou Nan has always been kind and generous, and this eunuch has a good relationship with him, but he needs to help and remind him not to make mistakes.

Jiajing said lightly: "Yes, let's take a look first, don't worry. You are all young, and you don't know how many inner court stewardship cards will be released in the future. If I didn’t catch up, today I will let you see what the officials and gentlemen of my Ming Dynasty are like.”

At this time, Gong Qing, who was kneeling in front of the officials, shouted loudly: "Zhu Zhenfu, I have a memorial to present to the emperor, please make room for me to go to the emperor."

Since Gong Qing seized Yan Song's silver boat last time, which directly led to the downfall of the Yan Party, she has become a rising political star in Ke Dao.

He held up a memorial, and behind him, hundreds of officials also held up a memorial.

Zhu Lun was a little shy when he saw the arms raised up in unison below, and said in a low voice: "This, this, what are you doing? There is a memorial, can you hand it to the Secretary of General Affairs first? The country has a system, and the minister's memorial After entering the Sili, they will be inspected and sent to the cabinet, and after drafting the bills, they will be sent to the Supervisor of Rituals, won’t they be able to be submitted to the imperial court? Let’s all follow the rules!”

Jin Yiwei is responsible for night patrols, especially in a central place like Xiyuan, where there are warriors patrolling day and night in several nearby blocks.

As soon as Gong Qing and the others arrived, the news immediately reached Zhu Zhenfu's ears.

Little Zhu Xianggong knew that something was going to happen, so he hurried over on a fast horse.

At this moment, his forehead was still stained with sweat, and he was steaming hot, and he didn't know whether he ran out or was frightened.

As soon as this was said, an officer next to Gong Qing said loudly: "Joke, our memorial is sent to the Secretary of General Affairs, can we go to the Supervisor of Rituals? When sorting, the first served will be returned. Who won’t be wrong? And the cabinet, it’s fine if you don’t reprimand me.”

Gong Qing: "That's right, even if the cabinet doesn't dare to block the speech in the end, what can it do when it comes to the Supervisor of Rituals? Can the emperor still see it? The things in our Ming Dynasty are broken by the hands of eunuchs. Please Zhu The governor immediately went to report that we want to see the emperor."

Everyone shouted, "We want to see the Son of Heaven!"

A royal guard behind Zhu Lun was furious: "What are you doing? Are you going to rebel? Do you want to die?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zhu felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak to stop him.

At this moment, as if there was a thunderclap, all the officials shouted in unison: "The country has been supporting the soldiers for a hundred years, and the righteousness is now." After shouting, they stood up at the same time and rushed towards the gate, making Jin Yiwei stumbled.

To be sure, they have gone through a practice drill, but now they are shouting slogans.

Zhu Lun didn't have any mental preparations. He was yelled at and subconsciously took a step. He stumbled on the steps and fell down with a bang, rolling all over in the snow.

"Haha!" All the officials laughed loudly, and their laughter was full of contempt for the factory guard.

The face was so embarrassing, Zhu Lun got up from the ground, his face was as red as if it was about to bleed, and there were tears in his eyes.

"This little Zhu can't do anything." Upstairs, Huang Jin couldn't help shaking his head.

Xiao Zhu made such a big shame in front of so many people, especially at this critical moment, what kind of image did he have in the emperor's mind.Zhou Nan wanted to speak well for him, and said: "Zhu Zhenfu is just making jokes. When he was handling the case in Huai'an, the minister seemed to be a vigorous and decisive person. Your Majesty, look, the situation below seems to have eased up a bit. .”

Sure enough, after Zhu Lun's fall, the officials just laughed loudly, and the physical conflict with Jin Yiwei was not so violent.

Jiajing nodded slowly.

Zhou Nan: "Your Majesty, it's cold upstairs. Judging by the situation, Zhu Zhenfu should be able to control the situation. Long live, we should go back to the palace to rest first, so as not to be surprised later. As for the officials, let them make trouble here first. Wait until the trouble is enough." After that, I will collect the notes and hand them over to the cabinet for disposal. If I am not mistaken, all ministers in the cabinet are on their way here, and they can handle it well."

"Shocking, what am I afraid of?" Jiajing sneered and said, "You have never seen what happened in the second year of Jiajing, and it was also such a snowy day. More than 300 people gathered here to rush into Xiyuan, including the leader of the cabinet scholar. At that time, I was still young, a young man with a weak crown, and there was no one to help me. But I looked at the black hole in front of me, like a den of thieves, but I beat them all by myself. In the face of a major event, if you only care about escaping, you can Is it a gentleman?"

Zhou Nan: "Your Majesty is wise."

Jiajing: "I've been cleaning up in the house these days, and I'm lonely too. This bustle seems interesting, let's see."

After Zhu Lun made a fool of himself, the situation below eased a bit, and the officials knelt back to the ground again.

The snow fell in pieces, and in an instant their heads and shoulders were all white.

Zhu Lun was at a loss, and begged: "My lords, it's so cold today, if you kneel down again, you will become stiff, go back, go back..."

Seeing that there was no response, he ordered his subordinates again, "Go, burn ten stoves, bring them here, and get some umbrellas."

Zhou Nan couldn't help nodding his head while watching upstairs, he was also amused, and thought to himself: This Zhu Lun really fell on purpose just now, this girl is very smart, and she also has means to deal with such things.There is a stove and an umbrella, so it won't be cold to the officials, if you want to kneel, just kneel, as long as the matter is dragged on, someone will come to clean up the mess.As long as no one dies, he, Xiao Zhu, can clear up all the responsibilities, maybe this guy even prepared ginseng soup in advance.

Zhu Zhenfu is shrewd, he turned a good palace fight drama into a nonsensical farce.

Now that the place is so lively, it is impossible for the cabinet members to ignore it, maybe they are on their way.

As soon as the elders arrive, Zhu Lun can go on business.

Before the stove was brought, someone shouted, "The elders are here."

Jiajing: "Everyone has their own thoughts, but it's long overdue. You all see clearly that today's matter has nothing to do with me, I just watched the fun. Do you think I can choose to go out in the future history books?"

When this question was asked, everyone dared not speak.

Zhou Nan was even more startled, and thought to himself: How did the good Jiajing talk about how to write tonight's events in the history books? Could it be that...only he knows his own body best... Could it be that...

There was a cold air rising from the soles of his feet, which made him a little unbearable.

Jiajing: "Look at how the prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty handled this matter. It will open your eyes."

While talking, the cabinet elders went downstairs.

The head is the chief assistant Xu Jie, followed by Li Chunfang, Gao Gong and Yan Na.Yuan Wei didn't come. The old man was seriously ill. If he really experienced the wind, he would probably die.

Xu Jie looked at the officials softly, and sighed, "Why are you doing this?"

The officials did not speak, but knelt there, holding the memorial above their heads.

Xu Jie didn't go to pick it up, and continued to sigh: "It's all the fault of our cabinet. In the past, when your papers arrived, if there was something inappropriate, you immediately rejected them. We should have a good talk with you..." Anyway, one sentence In other words, self-examination of your work style is simple and rude.

He continued: "National affairs are already so difficult, and your father is not in good health. Many things can only be discussed after His Majesty recovers from his illness. If you disturb the palace ban like this, how can you bear it if you disturb the emperor?"

"Xu Jie, don't use these words to evade." At this time, Gong Qing suddenly shouted: "We have so many exams in science, and you dismiss them one by one, and why do you want to talk to me one by one? What, do you want to shut up my mouth? Even if you shut up my mouth, my Ming Dynasty has hundreds of millions of officials and people, how can you talk about it? This is not a difficult issue of state affairs at all, it is about my Ming Dynasty The country and society of the dynasty are related to the life and death of my Ming Dynasty, since we are here today, we have already put life and death aside, and we must see the emperor no matter what."

(End of this chapter)