Daming primary school students

Chapter 822 Who is Qin Dewei?
After Qin Dewei withdrew from the side hall of Wanchun Palace, the others left Renshou Palace together without saying anything, and went to the East Palace to meet the crown prince.

Regardless of whether the Crown Prince's East Palace or the Ciqing Palace where Empress Dowager Zhang resides, they are both at the easternmost point of the palace city, and they will cross the palace city from Xiyuan.

Walking outside the gate of Renshou Palace, I saw Lu Bing again.But Commander Lu, who used to be unimpeded in the past, was now stopped outside the palace gate.

For no other reason, Lord Lu's status is too low. He is only a military attache at the level of a command envoy, and he is not qualified to participate in determining the overall situation.

If Yan Song and Qin Dewei are powerful officials who depend on the emperor's favor and have their own foundation and team, even if the emperor is gone, it will take a process for the power to dissipate.

There is no emperor, Yan Song and Qin Dewei are also from the top two rankings, and there are fellow villagers and party members in the same year.

But a person like Lu Bing, who is completely dependent on the emperor, is nothing if the emperor is gone. Now he can't even enter the Renshou Palace, so he can only stand outside and stomp his feet anxiously.

Seeing the four civil servants, the third eunuch, and the second Xun Qi coming out from inside, Lu Bing took a few glances, and immediately found the target, and said to the eunuch Huang Jin: "Please let me go in to protect the emperor!"

It can be said that among all the people present, only Lu Bing and Huang Jin were most afraid of Emperor Jiajing's death.

One is Emperor Jiajing's milk brother, and the other is the big companion who grew up with Emperor Jiajing. They are all afraid of Emperor Jiajing's death no matter from personal feelings or gains and losses.

And they have a common feature, their own power has not yet developed, as long as Emperor Jiajing dies, he will immediately fall from the sky to dust.

Hearing Lu Bing's words, Huang Jin sighed and said, "Forget it, I won't go to the East Palace anymore, I will guard the emperor with Mr. Lu!"

Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin, both of whom were from Xing Mansion, were stamped by the Supervisor of Rites, so he reminded him, "Have you thought about it?"

This means, don't be arrogant, if you don't go to see the prince and queen mother at this time, if the prince becomes the throne in the future, you will really stand aside.

Huang Jin said sadly: "We only know how to serve the emperor."

No one else objected. It was obvious that these two people were absolutely impossible to kill Emperor Jiajing, and they had the closest and purest personal relationship with the emperor.

It would be very abrupt to object to these two guarding the emperor. Wouldn't it mean that he had other ideas about the comatose emperor?

When the team going to the East Palace to meet the prince stood on the bank of Taiye Pond, waiting to prepare the boat, another eunuch, Bingbi Bao Zhong, the supervisor of ceremonies, hurried over. The team was still nine people.

Because Qin Zhongtang often travels between Wenyuan Pavilion and Xiyuan, and is afraid of being drowned, he has a designated boat in Taiye Pool after being invited by the memorial.

This time Qin Zhongtang was still very careful not to take the boat with others, and only let his teacher Zhang Chao on board.

A group of people passed Taiye Pond, entered the palace from Xihua Gate, and then walked all the way to Donghua Gate, and then to the north is the Prince's East Palace.

The six-year-old little prince has a very good temperament. Although he is still young, his manners are natural and pure, and he is a very delicate boy.

But Yan Gelao, Qin Zhongtang and other "knowledgeable people" paid attention to the prince, because both sides were eunuchs serving the prince.

If the crown prince succeeds in ascending the throne, the future supervisor of ceremonies, Bingbi, and the admiral of Dongchang are likely to come from these people.

However, Qin Zhongtang looked and looked, but he didn't see any father-in-law who looked like a historical celebrity.

It's normal to think about it again. After all, the prince passed away eight years later in history, and the eunuch who accompanied him naturally lost his future and silently disappeared in the long river of history.

Just when Qin Zhongtang was thinking about it, he heard the crown prince Zhu Zaishun on the throne say childishly: "Who is Qin Dewei?"

Although they knew that the emperor was in a bad condition and should maintain a sad expression, but after hearing these words, the officials almost couldn't hold back.

Qin Dewei had been Zhan Shifu's young Zhan Shi and Zuo Chunfang University scholar, nominally the second-in-command of the East Palace officials, but the crown prince didn't know who Qin Dewei was.

Of course, it is also possible that the prince is too young to remember things, that's why he asked this question.After all, Xu was only four or five years old at the time, so it's normal that I can't remember clearly now.

Qin Dewei hastily stepped out, and said to him, "I am here!"

The crown prince said sternly: "I am still young and don't understand the important affairs of the country. I heard that Mr. Qin is a genius in this world.

Hearing the attitude of a little adult, Qin Dewei felt a little ashamed when he saw that he was still naive but trying to look mature.

I had been an official of the East Palace for a while, but I didn't have the slightest thought to teach the crown prince. I was really incompetent.

While thinking about it, he hurriedly said to each other: "There are a group of ministers assisting the Prime Minister, so don't worry about it, Your Highness."

Yan Song cursed a few words in his heart, the words of the little prince must have been taught by the eunuchs around him, it seems that these eggless people are more optimistic about Qin Dewei!
When the prince talked about himself just now, he was just "senior Deshao" and "senior to seek the country", but he said that Qin Dewei was "a genius of the world" and "knowledge of heaven and earth"!
Dogs look down on people, don't bully the old and the poor!
Thinking of this, Elder Yan Ge couldn't help but let out a cold snort, and played out: "I implore Your Highness to go to Ciqing Palace, where the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng will take care of the palace affairs temporarily!"

So the civil servants, eunuchs, and relatives surrounded the crown prince again, and went to the Ciqing Palace, also in the east, to meet the Queen Mother Zhang.

To be honest, because of well-known reasons, none of these people had been to Ciqing Palace before.

Entering the Ciqing Palace for the first time, at first glance, the palace is tall and the specifications are not low, fully worthy of the empress dowager's honorable status.

But after everyone entered the main hall, they were speechless.I saw that the floor tiles were covered with dust, and the palace servants didn't even bother to clean it.Looking up at the throne again, it was actually covered with straw mats!

Not to mention the furnishings, they were rough, and there were even missing items visible to the naked eye.

If you only look at this scene, who would have thought that this is where the Empress Dowager lived?

Qin Dewei looked around and taunted Zhang Zuo, the supervisor of ceremonies: "Everyone says that eunuchs are cold-tempered, heartless and ungrateful, watching this scene in Ciqing Palace, how embarrassing it is!
With His Majesty's benevolence and filial piety, the supply of Ciqing Palace is absolutely indispensable, but you eunuchs manipulated it into such a way that even the most basic decency is not wanted!The cold palace where the abandoned concubine lives probably doesn't end there, does it? "

Zhang Zuo's face was livid, knowing that Qin Dewei was deliberately attacking the eunuch from the standpoint of a civil servant, but he was speechless.

If it is a national government affairs, maybe you can argue with the civil servants, but the scapegoat of the palace affairs really cannot be shirked.

Finally, Zhang Zuo replied harshly: "There is no need for Qin Zhongtang to raise any questions. I will give an explanation to the imperial court after I investigate clearly!"

According to etiquette, it should be after the Empress Dowager Zhang was promoted to the throne, all civil and military officials came to see her, but at this time, the Empress Dowager Zhang did not come out for a long time, obviously because of a lot of resentment.

Zhang Zuo took Qin Fu, Bao Zhong and other eunuchs to the back bedroom to persuade Queen Mother Zhang.

Not long after, Qin Dewei saw an old woman with white hair tremblingly walking into the main hall with the support of the maids on the left and right.

This is another touching legendary woman in the history of the Ming Dynasty. In the first half of her life, she was full of glory and grace, leaving behind the so-called "monogamy" legend in the Hongzhi Dynasty, and she became the supreme queen mother for more than ten years in the Zhengde Dynasty.

But the second half of his life was extremely bleak. In his middle age, he suffered the pain of losing his son, and he personally chose Emperor Jiajing, who turned his face and refused to recognize his father, to succeed him.

Up to now, not only the Empress Dowager Zhang has been directly treated in the cold palace, but her natal brothers have also been locked up to death, their official titles have been deprived, and their natal family property has also been confiscated.

The most ruthless imperial family, everything is politics.

After being seated, Empress Dowager Zhang glanced around with her old eyes, probably because her old eyes were too dim to see clearly, and asked, "Which one is Qin Dewei?"

Qin Zhongtang: "."

The old queen must have done it on purpose. There were only two young people in their twenties present, Qin Dewei and Duke Cheng Zhu Xizhong.

Then Zhu Xizhong doesn't look like a civil servant at first glance, so he can't tell who Qin Dewei is?

He can only go out first and say: "The minister is here!"

Empress Dowager Zhang said again: "I have admired your name for a long time, but I have never seen it before. I heard that you have always advocated killing my second brother and copying my Zhang family?"

Qin Zhongtang replied neither humble nor overbearing: "The old lady should put state affairs first, this is not the time to talk about family affairs."

After hearing Qin Dewei's answer, Queen Mother Zhang directly said angrily: "If you want the Ai family to cooperate with you, first promise the Ai family to pardon your elder brother Zhang Yanling!"

The officials below couldn't help complaining silently in their hearts, no wonder your Queen Mother Zhang ended up like this, it's such a time, you still think about your Zhang family and Zhang family's property first?

As a politician, the first principle is to talk about politics!
It can only be said that the old lady is actually an ordinary woman who cares too much about her mother's family, so if you are given a chance, you are useless!

It can be imagined from this that when you were in the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, how lenient you were, the old queen, to the Zhang family, and it took decades to accumulate so much wealth and crimes!

Don't think that if you are invited to "preside over the work", you can really say the same thing. Do you know what it means to not leave the Ciqing Palace?

Besides, Eunuch Qin, who directly executed Zhang Heling and copied Zhang's family, is here. Your Empress Dowager Zhang dare not question Eunuch Qin, and only focuses on Qin Dewei. Isn't it too obvious that you are "bullying the weak and fearing the hard?"
After all, the eunuch Qin theoretically has the means to kill people in the palace, making your Queen Mother Zhang afraid, but Qin Dewei, a foreign minister, is relatively "safe".

Although the ministers didn't take Queen Mother Zhang's anger too seriously, but after thinking about it, Queen Mother Zhang's request was actually a bit difficult to answer.

The trial of Zhang Yanling went through a legal process, and the evidence of the crime was solid, so he was theoretically sentenced to death.

It was only because Emperor Jiajing wanted to use Zhang Yanling as a handle to prevent the political needs of the Empress Dowager Zhang who wanted to "abolish the establishment", and some ministers blocked it. Zhang Yanling was not killed, but he was kept in prison in prison.

Pardoning Zhang Yanling is tantamount to overthrowing and violating the imperial decree of Emperor Jiajing, and currently no one wants to take this risk.

But if he refuses to agree to pardon Zhang Yanling, the old queen mother will be angry and not cooperate here, and others have nothing to do, and they can't be tough on the queen mother.

And this old queen can afford it, she has lost almost everything, she has nothing to lose, it is impossible to be worse than now.

For a while, the officials looked at each other, their eyes fluttering.

Before coming here, no one expected that such a "political crisis" would arise because of Queen Mother Zhang's unprofessional and apolitical attitude.

Originally, everyone thought that Queen Mother Zhang would happily accept the request, and then get over her regent addiction first.

Elder Yan Ge looked at Zhang Zuo's handprint from the supervisor of ceremonies, and signaled that you eunuchs are all from the palace, so go and persuade the old lady not to be so overwhelmed!

Zhang Zuo went out and said: "The old lady Wanwang puts state affairs first, and waits for the society to stabilize before distracting herself from other things."

Elder Yan Ge was worried that Queen Mother Zhang would not understand the meaning, and added: "The prince is young, and it is difficult to manage the affairs of state. I hope that the queen mother will respond to the request of the ministers and others to assist the prince in supervising the country! Only in this way can we live up to the expectations of the world, and may be able to comfort our relatives." !"

You old man wants to get angry with the surname Qin, or fish out your brother, but you have to wait until later!
Before the power is in hand, there is no capital to get angry!In the future, when your old man has the title of a vain regent, you will be considered a bit of capital to be angry!

Qin Dewei looked at Yan Song, then at Zhang Zuo, it seemed interesting!
Before Empress Dowager Zhang responded, Qin Zhongtang suddenly pointed at Yan Song and said to the old empress:
"I want to teach you to know that this is the elder Yan Ge of the cabinet. He is the most strict in his life. Now he is mainly handling the affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs."

The ministers: "???"

Why did you Qin Dewei suddenly mention Yan Song, and it was actually a compliment? Does "laws are strict" really mean Yan Song?

Qin Dewei then said: "Because of the emperor's benevolence and consideration of Zhang's family's kindness, although Zhang Yanling was sentenced to death, he has not been executed, so Zhang Yanling has been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Justice until now.

Now that there is no protection from the emperor's grace, as long as Yan Ge, who has strict laws and regulations, says to clean up the accumulated prisons, he can go through the legal process and drag Zhang Yanling to Xishi Mingzheng for punishment!

It is human nature for the old lady to miss her elder brother, and the ministers feel the same way, and will definitely help the old lady stop the strict law-abiding elder Yan Ge from cleaning up the big prison! "

Yan Song: "."

You, Qin Dewei, want to take Zhang Yanling as a hostage and threaten Queen Mother Zhang, so you can do it yourself, what are you doing with Yan Song's name!It was as if Yan Song was threatening the Queen Mother!
Is the Ministry of Punishment the original sin?Who wants to manage the Criminal Department?Can I give you Qin Dewei instead?
The officials were speechless for a while, everyone was a smart person, and they actually thought of the "method" of using Zhang Yanling to threaten Queen Mother Zhang just now.

Don't you Queen Mother Zhang miss Zhang Yanling? If you don't cooperate with the overall situation, it's hard to say whether Zhang Yanling can survive.

But there is an ethical problem in this. The status of the queen mother is "monarch", and they are all "ministers".

It is very hard to say how the courtiers should arrange their speeches to coerce the emperor in this way.After all, politics must always pay attention to a righteous name, and you can't just roll up your sleeves and threaten directly.

No one expected that Qin Dewei actually solved this problem by "selling his teammates"!
Empress Dowager Zhang inspected Qin Dewei and Yan Song, and suddenly sighed wearily, "Forget it, maybe that emperor will wake up tomorrow, so why waste this week!
If he doesn't wake up tomorrow, the country cannot be without a king for a day, so the prince will be invited to the Wenhua Palace to temporarily replace the emperor to supervise the country! "

(End of this chapter)