Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 391
Politics is so cruel. Once you start to show weakness, others will attack you in groups, hoping to rush up and eat you up immediately.

The emperor compromised with Ye Sheng and other speech officials, and transferred Shang Ren and Peng Shi to return to Beijing; he also lifted the empress dowager's confinement and rebuilt Renshou Palace for her.

These are two strong political signals, which means that the emperor is on the defensive.

The middle- and lower-level officials, who had been suppressed by the emperor for a long time, entered the mode of beating the dog in the water.

Especially older middle- and lower-level officials have no scruples.

This is the negative effect of Zhu Qiyu's promotion of young people: in the promotion system of civil servants, the top positions have been occupied by Chen Xun, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Wang Ji and others.

"Young people" like Wang Wen and Jiang Yuan in their early 50s are already stuck in the position of the next generation.

Compared with the positions of the six ministers and the top-ranked cabinet ministers, 50 years old is already very young.

Just now the emperor promoted Xu Youzhen, who was in her early forties, to the cabinet.

Then there is Huang Pu, who has just turned 40 years old.

Even if these people are gone with great difficulty, the 25-year-old He Yi, Yue Zheng and the others are at the age of succession again.

Behind him is 17-year-old Wang Xian.

The emperor implemented an echelon training method of three generations: old, middle and young.

As a result, officials at the middle and lower levels were generally anxious. The emperor had only been on the throne for only two years, and good positions were almost occupied.

The older middle- and lower-level officials basically have no hope of reaching the top.

The problem is, everyone comes from a Jinshi background, and they are all talented scholars who have read sage books. How many of them have no ambitions at all.

Xu Youzhen in history, it was because the position of Jingtai Dynasty was blocked by others, especially Yu Qian occupied the position of the first civil servant, overwhelming everyone, so he chose political speculation to support Zhu Qi The town was restored.

Zhu Qiyu himself is also very helpless about this situation. There is no solution to this problem. After weighing the pros and cons, he still has to grit his teeth to recruit his confidants and promote his cronies.

The way to reduce its negative effects is to try to pull the most talented people into the camp of cronies, which will test your eyesight.

Today's Xinke Jinshi is a huge test for Zhu Qiyu's eyesight.

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However, it is said that the inner court made major adjustments immediately after receiving the imperial edict.

The eunuchs in charge of the imperial supervisor and the divisional supervisor immediately rearranged the Nangong.

Clean the palace, arrange the houses, and prepare to welcome all the concubines of the Emperor Gongrang to move in.

The Internal Officials Supervisor immediately began preparations for the reconstruction of Renshou Palace.

Three hundred young eunuchs were transferred from the Xixin Division and the Bell and Drum Division on the same day, and assigned to Nangong, Kunning Palace, and Yinghua Palace to be on duty.

In short, the inner court acted extremely quickly, and Jin Ying and Xing'an once again became the leaders of the inner court.

After Jinying and Xing'an gained power, the palace people who had treated each other coldly came together to curry favor one after another.But Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin seemed a little lonely.

The palace people would not dare to publicly show the faces of the eunuchs who are trusted by the emperor today, but sarcastic remarks behind the scenes are indispensable.

Wang Cheng, Shu Liang and others had no choice but to walk around Cheng Jing's mansion according to the emperor's instructions.After all, the four people's understanding of the court situation must not be comparable to that of Cheng Jing.

If you don't have the skills, you should respect those who have the skills and humbly ask them for advice. This is the biggest advantage of Wang Cheng and others.

Empress Zhou didn't discuss with others, let alone ask Queen Mother Sun for instructions, and directly chose to kill most of the palace people in Kunning Palace, leaving only her cronies.

Just so willful, the emperor's edict only said to replace the palace servants of Kunning Palace, but did not say that they would all be executed.

Queen Zhou just acted on her own.

By the time Empress Qian, Concubine Wan Chen and others got the news and stood up to dissuade them, all the palace servants who were being punished had already been killed.

Concubine Wan Chen's heart aches so badly now. I have been in the harem for so many years, is it easy to win over a few palace people? Empress Zhou, do you know how much gold, silver and jewelry I spent?

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen quit, turned around and went back to Nangong to summon Xing'an, asking the supervisor of ceremonies to play the emperor, impeaching Empress Zhou for abusing lynching, which is unethical.

Xing'an's head instantly tripled in size. Isn't this pure embarrassment: Although the life of a palace official is as cheap as worthless, as a queen, killing one or two is justified.Without going through the process, going up and directly killing a large group of people is definitely an abuse of lynching, there is no doubt about it.

The problem is that Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen did not appeal to the Empress Dowager, but directly asked the Supervisor of Rites to play the emperor, which is not in line with the world.

When this matter comes to Empress Dowager Sun, it will definitely be suppressed.Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen bypassed the empress dowager and directly complained to the emperor, Xing'an could understand.

But understanding is understanding, this muddy water is not easy to navigate.

In the end, Xing'an said a lot of good things, but he just refused to draft this memorial.

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen were all in trouble now, Xing'an refused to stand in line, and Jin Ying was Empress Dowager Sun's confidant, so no one dared to look for them.Chen Xiang and Cao Jixiang are the cronies of Emperor Gongrang, and now that Emperor Gongrang is seriously ill and comatose, they are unwilling to act on their own.

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen, as queens and imperial concubines, can only look for the eunuchs in charge of the Nangong Palace. It is definitely not possible to go directly to the Supervisor of Rituals to find someone, so they are suspected of interfering in politics. Moldy all over.

Just when the two were helpless, the personal maid came to report, and the eunuch Ruan Xi, the imperial supervisor, asked to see him.

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen looked at each other and smiled, they really wanted to sleep, so someone brought a pillow, Ruan Xi was also the chief eunuch of the inner court who was also the chief eunuch.

Isn't this just right? Empress Qian hurriedly ordered someone to announce it.

After Ruan Xi saluted, he asked Empress Qian for instructions on how to change the furnishings in Nangong and how to arrange the concubines.

Empress Qian was patient, and after instructing these trivial matters, she asked Ruan Xi to report to the emperor the abuse of lynching by Empress Zhou.

The two sides engaged in a series of pulling and pulling, Queen Qian and Wan Chen tried their best to win over and promised a lot of benefits, Ruan Xi finally reluctantly agreed to play for them.

But Ruan Xi took advantage of the fact that he was really doing something, not only agreed to submit the memorial, but also promised to go there in person tomorrow, and directly present the memorial to the emperor.

Empress Qian and Concubine Wan Chen smiled happily.

Speechless for a day.

On the second day, after breakfast, Zhu Qiyu came to Fengge to inspect the state affairs.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw He Yi leaning comfortably on a chair, drinking tea leisurely.Now there are six new members of Zhongshushe in the pavilion, plus the original Xu Zheng and Huang Jian, there are as many as eight people who are permanently working in Fengge.

Huang Pu, Yue Zheng, and Chen Jian have been in the Ministry of War most of the time recently.

Most of the time, He Yi is the oldest person in Fengge, so He Yi has already begun to enjoy the blessings.Of course, in his own words, this is called leaving more opportunities for performance to newcomers.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't care about these things, you can assign tasks as you like, as long as I finish my work with quality and quantity.

After everyone stood up and saluted, Zhu Qiyu asked Wang Yue, "How is it? After yesterday's toss, what happened in the city?"

Seeing the question, Wang Yue quickly replied: "Your Majesty, yesterday civil and military officials wrote hundreds of memorials to express their sympathy for Emperor Gong Rang, including more than [-] new scholars."

(End of this chapter)