Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 235 The Rule-abiding Xu Ben
"Why didn't the Ministry of Rites give a public lecture for Xiwen today?"

Qi De had been busy all morning, and was about to go back home to take a nap, when he walked to the Chengtian Gate, he suddenly remembered something.

Today's palace is very peaceful, no different from everyday life.

That's not right.

Kong Xiwen arrived in Beijing yesterday, and today there should be a lecture in the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Imperial Palace.

Puzzled, Qi De went straight to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and found Huang Ting to inquire.

The latter is submissive and dare not speak.

Qi De frowned: "Mr. Xu Ge said this?"

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of Xu Ben, so Qi De suspected that it was Xu Ben's head, wondering if it was Xu Ben's intention.

But when he saw Huang Ting's lips moved but he remained silent in fear, Qi De was suddenly stunned.

It must be Chen Yunfu again!

Knowing the behind-the-scenes instigation, Qi De didn't want to get angry again, so he just said: "It's just that there is no rule at all." He planned to leave, and almost bumped into a small clerk head-on.

"Presumptuous! Don't you have eyes when you walk!"

Qi De was full of anger towards Chen Yunfu and had no place to vent his anger. Anyone who vented his anger at this time would open his mouth and curse: "Blind thing, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, does the current Ministry of Rites know a little about etiquette and respect!"

Huang Ting knew that Qi De was referring to Sang and scolding Huai, but the first rank of the official rank crushed people, not to mention that Qi De was the second assistant of the cabinet, although Pin Yi didn't know whether he was a first rank, but when Lao Qi opened his mouth to curse, Huang Ting could only hold back Nose recognition, just pretend not to hear.

The clerk was also trembling with fright, bowed his head and bowed down.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan Yang Yu accidentally bumped into the old man. It is a serious crime. Please calm down the old man."

Qi De shook his sleeves and wanted to leave, but when he saw Yang Yu holding a piece of paper in his hand, he stopped and asked.

"What's this for?"

"Change the imperial edict."

"Show it to the officer."

Qi De spoke, Yang Yu didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly offered it with both hands.

Qi De could still understand the first half of the content of the edict, but when Qi De saw the last line of red letters written with a cinnabar pen, he became confused.

"What does this mean?" Qi De asked Huang Ting with the imperial edict, "Why is the article of amnesty for the world finally written in cinnabar?"

The latter groaned for a long time, but because of Qi De's pressing questions, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The last one, the young master thinks there is something wrong with the amnesty, so, so I plan to remove it."

Take away the amnesty?

Qi De looked at Huang Ting in disbelief, then looked down at the imperial edict in his hand, and finally, a dangerous smile rose from the corner of his mouth.

Well, you Chen Yunfu, this is planning to use the power of prime minister to interfere with the imperial power.

"So, your Ministry of Rites changed this imperial edict? Your Ministry of Rites is so bold!"

Zid yelled furiously: "The amnesty of the world is because His Majesty ascended the throne and bestowed grace on the world. You make your own decisions. What are you thinking? It's lawless!"

These words seemed to be just scolding the Ministry of Rites, but Huang Ting knew very well that Qi De was planning to attack Chen Yunfu.

Huang Ting was nervous, and his palms were full of sweat. He didn't know what to say, but Yang Yu interrupted at this moment.

"Calm down, old man, the reform of the Yuan imperial edict is the top priority of the new dynasty. How dare our Ministry of Rites make a claim? It was supposed to be sent to the Wenhua Palace to be reviewed by the young master. If the cabinet does not pass it, how can our Ministry of Rites count on it?" .”

Qi De raised his right hand, pointed at Huang Ting, and gave Yang Yu a few false nods, sneering.

"Okay, okay, your etiquette department is very ruthless, hum!"

With an angry snort, Qi De directly slapped the imperial edict of changing Yuan on Yang Yu's chest, turned around and walked away.

He had to use the fastest time to find Xu Ben and communicate with the latter.

This matter must not be passed at the cabinet meeting, otherwise, wouldn't it really be the right of the prime minister to interfere with the imperial power?

Qi De did not believe that Xu Ben would be so unwise.

This is indeed the case. When the latter heard the news from Zid, he was also taken aback, quite unbelievable.

"Changing the yuan and changing the dynasty and amnesty to the world have been the rules for thousands of years. How come Chen Yunfu has to change it?" Qi De didn't miss any opportunity to target Chen Yunfu, and directly accused Xu Ben: "Xu Ben Elder Ge, Chen Yunfu is going to be a minister of power and a jester, we are all beneficiaries of the great favor of the Supreme Emperor, and we must not be confused about this matter."

"Old Qi Ge is right."

Xu Ben nodded frequently, and was very angry: "Young master wants to cancel the amnesty, what is he planning to do? It is a treasonous act to prevent Huang Enze from being exposed to the world. Please rest assured, Mr. Qi Ge, when it comes to the cabinet office meeting, I will definitely strongly oppose."

Another cabinet meeting.

Qi De was helpless, and could only say: "Mr. Xu Ge, if this matter goes to the cabinet office meeting, Chen Yunfu will hold Shao Zhi's vote in his hand. Even if we object, it's just a second pair." The two are tied, so I can’t go to the meeting.”

"Then what do you mean?"

"Let's go directly to His Majesty to report this matter."

Xu Ben frowned suddenly.

Take this kind of thing to the front of Yu, why does it always feel like a villain who stabbed a knife in the back?

"Isn't it a gentleman's demeanor to do so?"

"Oh my old Xu Ge, what time is this? You still talk about gentlemanly demeanor, even if you talk about gentlemanly demeanor, you and I are loyal ministers. He Chen Yunfu has already made it clear that he will be a powerful minister and jester. We are not afraid of him Chen Yunfu Isn’t it called a gentleman instead of fighting with reason?”

"But before joining the cabinet, we made an agreement in three chapters together. The right to play Chen belongs to the chief minister of the cabinet alone. Now we break the rules and play everything directly in front of the emperor. Does the existence of the cabinet still have meaning?"

Xu Ben considered it again and again, but still refused: "Even if we cannot gain an absolute advantage in this matter at the cabinet office meeting, we must not bypass the cabinet and go directly to His Majesty to make a statement, otherwise, everything in the world can be bypassed in the future." The cabinet will go to His Majesty, once the cabinet is ineffective, will the cabinet's decrees still have authority?"

Zid nodded helplessly.

"Okay, then we will follow Mr. Xu Ge. We will argue with Chen Yunfu at the cabinet meeting on this matter."

"If we can win Wei Guogong's vote, this matter will be very promising."

Xu Ben paced back and forth, and finally made up his mind and said: "You and I will go pay homage to Wei Guogong together after we leave court today, and see if we can persuade Wei Guogong instead of knowing the pros and cons."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Qi De said with some lack of confidence: "Wei Guogong is a military officer after all. I don't think he wants to talk about the cabinet affairs. It is very likely that he will abstain."

Xu Ben sighed: "Knowing that it is impossible to do it, even if Wei Guogong still abstained at the cabinet meeting, at least we have done our best, two-on-two, the agenda item is shelved, we can wait for him to report to Chen Yunfu , and then go to meet His Majesty Chen."

"That's the way it is." Qi De shook his head helplessly, got up and said goodbye.

In my heart, I have 1 dissatisfaction with Xu Ben's stick to the rules.

What a chance this is.

(End of this chapter)