Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 409
Zhu Qizhen asked Chen Xun again: "Will my younger brother's accusation of 'colluding with the inner court and conspiring to abolish the Empress' against Sanyang be confirmed? Is there any room for reversal?"

Chen Xun shook his head affirmatively: "There is no room for it, I suggest that Your Majesty should not compete with the emperor on this matter. Nowadays, most of the cabinet bachelors and six ministers are devoted to the emperor.

Especially the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these key ministries are all in the hands of the emperor's cronies.

It was too easy for the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple to get the results the emperor wanted.

Your Majesty's advantage lies in the middle and lower level officials. "

"Then what can Ai Qing do to deal with the current situation?"

Chen Xun said with a wry smile: "If other major events happen to divert the attention of the government and the public, there may be hope."

Zhu Qizhen nodded thoughtfully.Big things, big things that can divert the attention of civil and military officials, are hard to find.

The world has been peaceful recently, and the civil uprisings in Wala, the Miao people, and the southeast are all gone. What big things can there be?

Chen Xun was filled with another sentence: "Whether your Majesty's family is healthy or not is the most important issue that the government and the public are most concerned about."

"Ah? What does Ai Qing mean?"

Chen Xun turned his head and glanced at the northwest direction, and then replied: "I will die, I will retire."

After finishing speaking, Chen Xun knelt down and kowtowed heavily, then exited the hall.

In fact, Chen Xun did not have a particularly obvious tendency between Emperor Gongrang and today's emperor.

But Chen Xun absolutely didn't want to see Gong Rang's family die for no apparent reason.

Even if we don't mention the kindness of Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and the orthodox emperors of the four dynasties, we don't mention Yang Shiqi's drag on his fellow countrymen in Ji'an, Jiangxi.

Just because Chen Xun is still the number one academician in the cabinet, once Gong let the emperor's family have problems, Chen Xun will definitely not be able to escape in the history books.

Chen Xun didn't want to bear the infamy, and decided that today's emperor would definitely do something to Emperor Gongrang.

Therefore, the contradiction between Chen Xun and the emperor suddenly became irreconcilable.

Chen Xun left Nangong, leaving only Zhu Qizhen in a daze in the bedroom: what did Chen Xun mean when he looked to the northwest before leaving?
To the northwest, the Yinghua Palace of the Empress Dowager is at the northwest corner of the Forbidden City.

Chen Xun is implying that the empress dowager is pretending to be sick?Really sick?or something else?
If you want to divert the attention of the ruling and opposition parties, you must not pretend to be sick.

It can only be really sick, and it is not lightly sick.

Zhu Qizhen shook his head, isn't Chen Xun's suggestion pure nonsense, it doesn't work if he is mildly ill, and it is too dangerous if he is seriously ill.If he got off the hook and died, he would kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

What Zhu Qizhen didn't expect was that Chen Xun's real intention was to kill one thousand enemies and injure himself eight hundred.

On this point, Chen Xun and Wei Ji coincided.

That is to abandon the car to protect the handsome, and the Sun family will cut it completely, and it will be over once and for all.

Otherwise, the Sun family would be the weakest weakness of the Emperor Gongrang's camp.As long as the emperor continues to make fuss about the Sun family, the Sun family will cause disaster sooner or later.

At that time, the destruction of the Sun family will be minor, and the important thing will be to let the emperor and the crown prince be implicated.

Zhu Qizhen hesitated, and because he was still sick, he decided to rest for a night before talking.

How could I know that if I was delayed for one night, another big event would be ruined.

The same is true of the civil fortress before. If Zhu Qizhen could run one day earlier, drop the army directly, and lead the elite soldiers to Juyongguan, then there would be no such things now.

The emperor wanted to investigate the death of Empress Hu, and spread the news that the inner court traitors and barbarians had wiped out the three clans.Before dinner, there was already an uproar in the entire inner court.

It is true that most of the eunuchs have no children, but most of the eunuchs also have clansmen.

In the early years of Xuande, he followed Xuanzong and Sun's trusted eunuchs, and this time he was really scared.

What happened tonight is not only related to the fate of the Sun family, but also the lives of Jin Ying and other eunuchs.

At this point, even if Empress Dowager Sun didn't want to do anything, Jin Ying and the others had to force Empress Dowager Sun to do so.

No matter how undercurrents are surging in the Forbidden City, Zhu Qiyu is soaking in the hot spring, enjoying the cherry wine leisurely.

After drinking until he was dizzy, Zhu Qiyu raised his head and leaned against the edge of the hot spring pool, allowing the concubines to give him a full body massage.

Having had a good drink today, Zhu Qiyu suddenly laughed.

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Why is the emperor laughing? Let me tell the servants."

Zhu Qiyu explained: "I'm laughing. For example, there is a house with many people living in it. If you want to open a window on the wall, others will stand up and oppose it, looking like they are dying.

But if you are about to tear off the roof as soon as you come up, and after a fierce see-saw, then you make a compromise and agree to just open a window.

On the contrary, others will be overjoyed and cheered because you agreed to only open a window.

Human nature is a thing, if you say it’s strange, isn’t it strange? "

Lin Xiangyu shook her head: "The servant understands the truth, but what exactly does the husband want to do?"

"I have already discussed with Wei Ji, and his memorial will be delivered to the cabinet tomorrow morning. There are three points in the content: First, it is required to change the Jingcha and Daji from every nine years to every six years.

Second, it is suggested that the Beijing inspection and major planning should be carried out immediately this year, and then counting from this year, the second Beijing inspection and major planning of the Jingtai Dynasty will be carried out six years later.

Third, it is proposed to abolish the recommendation and resume the selection of officials. "

"The Jingcha is aimed at the Beijing officials, but the big plan is aimed at the local officials? They are all inspecting the officials. Is the slave girl understanding right? Then the civil and military officials will not be blown up when they see this memorial."

Zhu Qiyu nodded.

Lin Xiangyu's spiritual eyes turned, and she understood the meaning: "Your servant understands, what my husband means is that among these three proposals, only one is what you really want to implement.

You first throw out three reform measures in one breath, and when the civil and military officials are arguing, you make a "huge concession" and withdraw two of them. In this way, the civil and military officials should cheer and be grateful. "

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Aifei really knows everything. But it's okay to be grateful. If the civil and military officials don't hide in the bed and scold me, I will be grateful to them."

"Then the four of us guess which one Husband wants to keep, and if we guess correctly, Husband will be rewarded."

"good."

Qianxue and Suxi took the lead in choosing the second option: conduct a Beijing inspection and plan this year.But the interval between Jingcha and Daji is still nine years.

Lin Xiangyu and Ning Xiang chose the third option.

Zhu Qiyu was also curious: "Why don't you choose the first one? Ningxiang, tell me."

Ningxiang smiled and said: "Actually, my husband doesn't want to engage in any kind of Beijing inspection and big plans at all, let alone shorten the distance between them. Because my husband is a person who likes foresight and foresight, and frequent Beijing inspections and big plans will only make civil and military officials more short-sighted , only care about the immediate effect, regardless of the long-term interests.

Just like the disgusting things that Sanyang did, Guangtu was happy in front of him, and he didn't care about the future at all.

My husband hates Sanyang to the point of poison, so why would he follow their old ways. "

Zhu Qiyu smiled wryly and said: "San Yang is a dignified minister, not as good as a little girl like you. Officials must investigate, but we have to think of a better way.

The Jingcha and Daji are too rigid. He chooses a time and inspects thousands of officials all at once. As far as the officials are concerned, he may not even recognize all these officials. What can he find out.

If I were a local official, I would not like this kind of inspection either.If the Ministry of Officials formulates some assessment standards that are eager for quick success and instant benefit, it will really kill my relatives.

It is not without reason that officials hate Jingcha and Daji.

Later, I have to find Xu Youzhen and the others, and ask them to come up with a more flexible and efficient investigation method that can keep officials from being disturbed. "

Ning Xiang was praised, and asked with a smile: "Then which one of us guessed right?"

"You and Yan'er guessed right, I just want to abolish nominations and resume official elections. Then I have to scold Yang Shiqi again, that bastard who lacks eighteen generations of virtues.

Originally, the selection of officials by the Ministry of Officials was done well, but this bastard had to encourage Xuanzong to implement a nomination system.

Then, Xuanzong, I don't even bother to talk about him.Just like Yang Shiqi's marionette, being played around.

Just tell me how many holes he dug for me and the poor elder brother Gongrang Emperor.

As long as I go out to deal with major military and political affairs, whether it's internal affairs, people's livelihood, diplomacy, or the military, he will dig a big hole wherever I go, and I have to wipe his old man's ass endlessly.

Xuanzong and Yang Shiqi are a match made in heaven, such a wonderful thing is really hard to find, I am really afraid of them.

Oh, the recommendation system, my God, you might as well break the jar and just use the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. "

(End of this chapter)