Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 576
After the winter solstice, it is Zhengdan.

For the elders who don't have any serious holidays throughout the year, the winter solstice has passed, and they have entered a semi-stagnant state.

At this time, the important government affairs that should be dealt with have been dealt with, and the rest is the year-end summary of each yamen. However, the bosses started to do these things in December, and now they are almost done.

Therefore, most of the yamen began to become idle.

The elders should visit friends, buy new year's goods, and when they go to the government office, they just deal with local congratulatory forms, congratulatory speeches and other things.

Except for some urgent matters, even the local government will not be short-sighted to find trouble at this time.

In short, starting from the winter solstice, most people in the entire capital are looking forward to the annual Spring Festival with joy.

Of course, at this time of year, the Ministry of Rites is always busy.

The Ministry of Rites has always been noble, and there are not many affairs to be busy with, but it is strange to say that the Ministry of Rites has never stopped since the current Emperor ascended the throne.

Enthronement Ceremony, Draft and Canonization, Imperial Clan Enters Beijing, Opens Zongxue, Supreme Emperor Returns to Imperial Court, East Palace Leaves Pavilion...

After finishing one task after another, and all of them are important matters, I dare not make the slightest mistake, it can be said that I am busy going around in circles.

Not to mention, after this year, the spring will be the test.

For the elders of the Ministry of Rites, it can be said that they are working overtime to death.

Especially after Li Xian was dismissed from Beijing, only Wang Yining was left in charge of the Ministry of Rites for a while. Da Zongbo.

No way, go later, Mr. Hu will go back home to catch up on sleep after finishing his order...

It’s okay if it’s normal, but today is the day of the ministry’s meeting. Although Hu Wei said something on behalf of the Ministry of Rites at the court meeting, the Ministry of Rites can quickly come up with detailed notes on whether the prince will prepare the mansion when he leaves the cabinet.

However, after all, there is still a big difference in the ceremonies between the two, especially His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has dual identities, he is the heir of the Supreme Emperor and the crown prince of the Son of Heaven.

How to operate the salute, how to do it, and the sequence, each detail requires a lot of consideration.

Many of these things are not something he can decide as a servant, and Hu Wei, a minister, must be in charge.

Mrs. Hu, who was forced to go to work, was very unhappy, with a dark face, sitting at the table with a teapot in his hand, listening to the quarrel (crossed out) and the discussion below.

After a short meeting, his old man's eyelids started to fight...

Wang Shilang, who had been working for half a day with a few chief langs underneath, raised his head and saw his boss dozing off, and immediately became angry.

After walking two steps forward, Wang Shilang raised his voice solemnly and said loudly.

"Uncle Da Zong, the ceremony note for the crown prince's departure has basically been finalized, but there are still a few controversial points that need your nod, and what's more, Qin Tianjian has selected a few days, do you have a look?"

Mrs. Hu was startled by Wang Shilang's rumbling voice, and immediately lost his sleepiness, blinked his confused eyes, and said.

"What? It's time for lunch? Let's go..."

After all, he frowned while holding the half-cold teapot, but still took a sip, then smashed his mouth, looked down again, but saw no one moved.

Those Langzhong principals looked at each other, looking at the Minister Minister and Shang Shu in front of them, their faces were full of bewilderment.

At this time, Wang Shilang on the side had already drawn a long face, and directly stuffed the official document in his hand in front of Hu Wei, and said in a drawn out voice.

"Big Uncle!"

Mr. Hu looked at Wang Yining, and then at the servants and principals who didn't know whether to leave or stay, his expression was a little helpless, he picked up the official documents reluctantly and flipped through them, obviously perfunctory.

"Well, it's done well, but there are still a few places that need to be improved. Let's go to dinner first, and come back in the afternoon to continue the discussion."

After all, he put down the official documents that he hadn't even looked at, and got up to slip away.

However, Wang Yining, who has been busy with this matter for several days, will let go of this hard-won opportunity.

In the long-term struggle with the great uncle, Wang Shilang has accumulated a wealth of fighting experience, and he took a step to the right calmly, just blocking the way of a certain big uncle.

Then, he cupped his hands.

"Uncle Da Zong, this note has been revised three times according to your request. If there is anything wrong with it, please tell Uncle Da Zong so that I can bring other people to continue the revision."

Hu Wei, whose way was blocked, looked a little sullen, turned around helplessly, returned to the table and sat down again.

This time, the boss finally became serious, set up his own bronze and gold-encrusted crystal cup, held up the official document just now, and looked at it carefully.

After about half a stick of incense, Hu Wei finally raised his head, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, and then opened his eyes again, without the slightest hint of confusion just now.

The old man picked up the brush next to him, circled a few places on the official document, and then read it again, finally showing a smile on his face again.

Putting down the brush and stacking the official document, Mr. Hu did not hand it back, but pressed the official document under his head with a paperweight in his backhand, and then said to the officials below with a smile.

"The old man has approved the official document. I will show it to your lord assistant for a while. There are a few things that are wrong. We will continue to discuss in the afternoon."

"Everyone has been busy all morning. You must be tired and hungry. Let's go to the office now. The old man doesn't care about food."

While talking, Master Hu patted his head, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said again.

"By the way, the old man met Shen Pixiu from the household department yesterday, knocked him a new year's gift, and put it in the warehouse. When everyone leaves, everyone will get a share."

"These are all good things that Shen Pixiu blackmailed out of the palace bit by bit. With his character of only getting in and out, it took me a lot of effort to get the old man back from him. You can take what you like!"

Shen Pixiu naturally refers to Shen Yi, the minister of household affairs.

Since this old man took charge of the Ministry of Accounts, he has always been known for being stingy, especially this year's mutual market, the treasury has obviously brought in a lot of money, but this old man still has a posture of only getting in and out, and all kinds of expenses are stuck dead.

As a result, in private, many courtiers gave him the nickname "Shen Pixiu".

However, as Shen Shangshu, the one who really dared to make fun of him so openly, was the only one in the court.

As a result, the originally serious ministry meeting suddenly became cheerful.

"Thanks for your hard work, Uncle."

"Yes, Uncle Da Zong is asking for the new year's goods in person, so you have to take a good look, don't go too late."

"Go together, go together..."

In the Ministry of Rituals, although Hu Wei usually doesn't take much care of things, he is still the undoubted leader, that is to say, he is usually lenient and doesn't care about others, so the atmosphere in the whole Ministry of Rites is very relaxed.

However, loose does not mean no rules.

For example, at this time, the boss is obviously really chasing people away.

Therefore, even if they watched helplessly, there was still a full hour before the time to go to the Yamen, even if they had just had breakfast not long ago and were not hungry at all, even if they knew that Shen Shangshu from the Ministry of Household Affairs could not be so generous Take out something good and give it to the Ministry of Rites for free...

These Lang officials still pretended to be excited, begged for mercy, and left one after another.

Not long after, the bottom was completely gone, only Hu Wei was still sitting on the main seat with the old god, and Wang Yining stood respectfully below him.

Don't look at how he treated Hu Wei so casually just now, he even dared to block people directly, but, still the same sentence, it was because he knew that Master Shangshu treated people generously and didn't care about these little details.

Wang Shilang is as clear as a mirror in his heart about when to restrain himself, and not to exceed the rules at all.

When the last principal also handed over and left the office, Hu Wei removed the paperweight and put the official document in front of him again, but he still didn't hand it over, but raised his head and asked.

"Wentong, if my memory serves me right, you were a Jinshi in Yongle for 16 years, right?"

Wang Yining nodded and smiled cautiously.

"Da Zongbo has a good memory, but he is not talented when he is an official. It was Yongle who became an official in 16 years."

Hu Yan nodded, seemed to be a little emotional, and said.

"A Jinshi at the age of 21 can be regarded as young and promising. It is four years earlier than the old man who passed the Jinshi exam back then!"

This time, Wang Yining became even more panicked, and hurriedly cupped his hands.

"Uncle Da Zong was joking, how can the next official dare to be compared with Uncle Da Zong?"

"There's nothing incomparable. We all come from Jinshi backgrounds. I just entered the officialdom a few years earlier than you, so I suffered a lot."

Hu Yan waved his hand, but there was no special reaction, but the emotion on his face became more and more intense, and he continued.

"Your talent and learning are good. Emperor Renzong once praised you when he retired to his residence. After the first emperor ascended the throne, he also praised you for your good writing and rigorous academic attitude."

"So, later on, the first emperor was Taizong, and the two generations of Renzong first emperors compiled the memorabilia, and you were invited to participate. Later, when the first emperor passed away, the Taishang emperor compiled the memoirs for the first emperor, and even let you act as the vice president, and several generations of emperors, They value you very much."

Having said that, Wang Yining was still a little confused.

He didn't want to understand why Master Shang Shu started chatting with him about this matter for no reason.

Regarding his official career experience, Wang Shilang naturally knows better than everyone else.

Actually, it is very simple.

Wang Yining is one of the rare officials with no local experience among the six ministries.

From the time he passed the Jinshi examination, he directly entered the Hanlin Academy. He first served as a scholar for three years to observe politics, and then he was awarded the title of editor, responsible for compiling and counting various scriptures. He is a noble but leisurely man. Errands.

Afterwards, it was through the years, from editing to editing, from serving as a student to serving as a lecturer, he was promoted step by step, neither fast nor slow.

As Hu Wei said, he also participated in several major projects in the middle, such as the compilation of the annals of the former emperors Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong, and thus made a small progress in his official career.

However, it would be an exaggeration to say that he was valued by the emperors of all dynasties.

You know, one class earlier than him, Chen Xun, who was admitted as a Jinshi in Yongle 13 years ago, had already become a scholar of the Hanlin Academy many years ago, and then joined the cabinet. Now, he has even entered the ranks of Qiqing .

And him?From the time he became an official, he stayed in the Hanlin Academy for 30 years!

It wasn't until last year that the Taishang Emperor took away most of the courtiers and promoted a group of people to stay in the various yamen before he left. Then he was promoted to work as a servant in the idle Ministry of Rites.

In all fairness, in 30 years, the speed from seventh-rank editor to third-rank servant is indeed a bit slow, but fortunately, Wang Shilang entered the official position early, so he still has quite confidence in himself.

After all, he is only 54 years old this year, and he is still more than ten years away from becoming an official.

What's more, there is a 76-year-old role model who is still shining for Daming right in front of him. If Wang Shilang thinks he has no confidence, it will be a problem.

You know, compared with this old man, Wang Shilang is quite a young man.

Although he didn't understand in his heart, Wang Yining didn't dare to show it on his face, and only said modestly.

"Uncle Da Zong is too well-known. I know in my heart that apart from the article at hand, there are still some things that can be used. There are still many things I am not familiar with about the government affairs of the court. I need Uncle Da Zong to raise some points."

Obviously, Mr. Hu was satisfied with Wang Yining's modest attitude. He nodded and said.

"I can't say anything. You are considerate and considerate in handling affairs, and you are diligent. This old man knows this. Otherwise, during these days, this old man would not dare to entrust you with all the affairs of the Ministry of Rites."

"Take this note as an example. You did a good job. There are a few details that are missing, but it's okay. If you continue to discuss it carefully, it won't be difficult to improve it."

"However, since we've come to this point, after all, the old man entered the official position more than ten years earlier than you, so I can still tell you something about it if I have some experience."

Although Hu Yan said these words with a smile, Wang Yining did not dare to neglect at all, and his attitude became more respectful, and he bowed.

"The lower officials are all ears."

So, Hu Wei put his hand on the official document he had just approved, still smiling, and said gently.

"Everyone in the world says that the Ministry of Rites is free, but no one knows it, but government affairs are intricate in every government office, and the Ministry of Rites is the same. You should be able to feel it when you have been in the Ministry of Rites for more than a year."

"Right now, near the end of the year, it is a big event for the prince to leave the cabinet, but after more than a month, the imperial court's examination will also be a big event. What's more, at Zongxue's side, Prince Min is sick in bed, and Prince Xiang is recuperating in the mansion. The assessment at the end of the year has to be drawn up by the Ministry of Rites."

"These few things are major events. Apart from these, the names of the two princes and princesses who were just born in the palace were put into the jade plate, and the little princess asked for a seal. In the past few days, there have been congratulatory forms from all over the world, and princes from various clans. Greetings and memorials, when it is time for the first day, the etiquette training of officials, these things are trivial, but none of them can be neglected."

Perhaps because of his age, Hu Wei's words sounded a bit rambling, but Wang Yining dared not miss a single word.

At the same time, as these words came out, a thoughtful look slowly appeared on his face.

So, Hu Wei paused for a while and continued.

"Big and small matters, as long as a word of etiquette is involved, there is no such thing as unimportant, but those are really important, those are not so important, those are important, and those can be put aside. You have to have a bottom line in your heart." Son, don't spend all your energy on one thing, you are busy every day, you are exhausted, and the result is still not good, understand?"

Wang Yining hesitated for a moment, then Fang nodded. He finally understood that Hu Yan was saying that he had spent too much time and energy on the ceremonial notes for leaving the pavilion in the East Palace.

but……

"Your official will always remember Da Zongbo's teachings, but you made it so clear to the court that day, I'm worried..."

After Hu Yan said a lot of words, he picked up the teapot to moisten his throat when he heard such a stupid question from this wooden head.

So, Master Hu couldn't help but feel helpless, after thinking about it, he had to continue.

"Wen Tong, diligence is a good thing, but you don't have to be too diligent. You also said that the crown prince's departure from the cabinet is a big deal. If you don't think it over carefully and make a hasty decision, wouldn't you be disrespectful to the East Palace?"

"What's more, the Son of Heaven doesn't have a Ministry of Rites, you just calm down and do things well, the Son of Heaven will blame you, and you will have your own husband!"

"Oh……"

Wang Shilang seemed to understand, but he still nodded.

Hu Yan sighed, looked Wang Yining up and down, shook his head, and said.

"You go too, after a while, all the New Year's goods will be snatched up by those kids."

"The New Year's Eve is approaching, although the etiquette department is busy, but the strings in your heart don't have to be so tight. Look at you, ah, you are only in your fifties, and you don't look as energetic as an old man, oh... "

While talking, Master Hu sighed deeply, and pushed the official document in his hand forward.

Then, he picked up the teapot, staggered, and walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

In the public room, Wang Yining looked at the official documents in front of him, frowned slightly, and stood alone, wondering what he was thinking...

(End of this chapter)