Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 313
In fact, spanking is also a technical job, and it has something to do with it. Those who spend money seem to be beaten hard, but it is actually nothing.

Those who have no connections, or have no money, or have offended the eunuch in power, they will be beaten to death. After the beating, no injuries can be seen, and they will die within a few days after returning home. As for those who are directly beaten to death There is no shortage of them.

In the Ming Dynasty, more than [-] ministers were killed here at the Meridian Gate, and at least several hundred were beaten.

Because people were often killed here in those years, the common people said that they would be beheaded at the Meridian Gate.

At Wumen Gate, Wang Chengen ordered the eunuch to stop the sedan chair. Seeing that Li Jing stopped immediately and did not continue towards the main entrance, Wang Chengen nodded slightly.

However, Wang Chengen immediately found that most of the people following Li Jing had disappeared. Looking back, he found that all the guards standing on duty from Chengtianmen to Jinshuiqiao had been replaced by Li Jing's people. Wang Chengen hadn't noticed Li Jing at all. When does the person move his hand.

Only the emperor can go through the main entrance of the Meridian Gate, and the twilight gates on both sides of the main entrance are only opened during the ceremony, so in fact, only the two side entrances can really walk together.

Even the two side doors are not just for people to walk through. Civil and military officials use the left door when they go to court, and princes and relatives use the right door.

Zhu Youjian betrothed Princess Kunxing to Li Jing's son. Although he was not yet married and did not give Li Jing a title, but Li Jing is a real royal relative, and it is actually possible to go through the right door.

However, Li Jing finally chose to walk through the left door with Wang Chengen.

Seeing Li Jing walking through the left door with him, Wang Chengen sighed in his heart. Although Li Jing raised the princess as his own daughter, judging from Li Jing's actions just now, it is obvious that Li Jing did not regard the emperor as his in-laws.

This means that Li Jing will never talk about favors with Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian's dismissal is a foregone conclusion.

Through the door on the left, there is a large square in front of you. Hundreds of officials are standing in the square waiting for the emperor to summon.

In fact, except for the officials who can enter the palace, Beijing officials must be at least the fourth rank or above to enter the palace. Beijing officials below the fourth rank are not eligible to enter the palace. As for local officials, no matter how high the rank is, they must be allowed to enter the palace.

Level [-] and above, it seems that it is very wide, but in fact, there are not many people.

Most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty heard that they were well-known, but in fact they were not of high rank. The six ministers and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were both censors, and the minister of Dali Temple was only the second rank. There were nine people in total, and these nine people were collectively called Jiuqing.Those in the cabinet also have Jiuqing concurrently. That is to say, in Daming, there are only a dozen or so officials with real positions and second ranks.

It's not that there are no ones who are genuine first-rank and second-rank first-rank, but they are all false titles. The three masters, three orphans, and three masters are all false. (Scholar of a certain pavilion is just an honorary title, not a rank.)
There are only a dozen or so of the second rank, and not many from the second rank. Jiuqing generally has two assistants, and there are eighteen people in double.

As for the third and fourth ranks, there are not many people. After counting, there are only a hundred or so people who can enter the palace and low-level officials.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were more interesting. They were terribly annoying about officials, but many officials had the title of censor in addition to their duties.

For example, Yuan Keli served as the governor of Denglai with the title of censor, and he was later promoted to the title of censor of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

Adding the title of censor to the ministers is actually giving them the right to speak, because the officials are not guilty if they are wrong.If you don't have the title of censor, you have to be careful when you speak, maybe you will be impeached if you say something wrong.Therefore, in the court, ministers without the title of censor would not speak easily.

From this point of view, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not confused, at least they knew that they should let the ministers speak.

It's just that the speakers talked too much, especially the full-time speakers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and most of them said useless things.

Just like today's court meeting, although Zhu Youjian greeted the ministers in advance and said that they would discuss the disposal of the Tang king's privately leading troops to serve the king, but anyone who is interested should understand that when is now, the Qing army is about to attack Beijing Well, is there any use in studying the matter of King Qin of Tang Dynasty?Zhu Youjian took this as a reminder to everyone, and quickly tried to drive the Qing army out.

However, a group of officials seized this opportunity and kept impeaching the king of Tang. One said that the Tang king had violated the legacy of the ancestors, and the other said that the Tang king had violated the laws of the ancestors. In short, it is necessary to get rid of the Tang king.

A group of speech officers took turns to go to battle, and Zhu Youjian was really annoying to listen.

Zhu Youjian is not a fool, he knows that the king of Tang is really thinking about Daming this time, and he really wants to join King Jingqin.Just imagine that Tang Wang only recruited 3000 people in total. If this manpower wants to rebel, isn't that too long?

However, it is a taboo for the royal family to raise troops without authorization, and it must be punished.

According to the rules established by Chengzu Zhu Di, the vassal kings should at least be demoted to ordinary people. Zhu Youjian didn't want to do this. He discussed with the ministers because he wanted the ministers to help him to beg for mercy and just punish him, but he didn't want the ministers not only Instead of begging for mercy, everyone shouted and killed!

While Zhu Youjian was having a headache, he suddenly saw the door of the palace open, and then saw Wang Chengen walking in.

Zhu Youjian was stunned, wondering why Wang Chengen came in from the main hall. At this time, a person in the hall suddenly pointed at Wang Chengen and shouted: "Wang Chengen, you are so brave. The emperor is meeting with the ministers. As an internal official, you actually broke into the hall, but Take Daming Law seriously?"

Wang Chengen looked at the speaker coldly, and seeing that it was a supervisory censor, Wang Chengen ignored him, kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times to Zhu Youjian respectfully, then walked around the side of the hall, walked to Zhu Youjian stood a few steps beside him.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help frowning at Wang Chengen's behavior, but after thinking about it, he didn't speak.

Zhu Youjian did not attack in court. In the final analysis, it was because Wang Chengen was a minister, and dealing with Wang Chengen was a family matter, and Zhu Youjian did not want to deal with Wang Chengen in front of the minister.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian did not express his opinion, how could the ministers let Wang Chengen go?Wen Tiren was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Chengen is so rebellious and rude, please take him down and question him!"

Zhu Youjian was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a cold voice from outside the hall: "Is the early Ming Dynasty used to study these useless things? At this time, the Donglu has entered the capital, and you don't think about how to drive the Donglu out. , but is studying how to deal with Tang Wang, how to deal with Wang Chengen, what is the use of officials like you?"

While talking, one person walked slowly into the Emperor Palace.

"Who are you? How dare you break into the place where the court is discussed? Come! Take down this rebellious person!" Wen Tirenji pointed at the visitor and angrily reprimanded.

"Hehe, what a powerful official! I don't know what to call this lord?" The visitor smiled.

"My official is Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Who are you?" Wen Tiren said proudly.

The person who came nodded slightly: "Wen Tiren? I remember that you entered the cabinet in the second year of Chongzhen by borrowing money and taking bribes, right? Later, in the third year of Chongzhen, you framed Yuan Chonghuan to make friends with courtiers, and killed Yuan Chonghuan to remove the then chief minister. Assistant Qian Longxi and Zhou Yanru were squeezed out of the cabinet in the sixth year of Chongzhen. Since then, he has been the chief assistant of the cabinet for three years.

In the past three years, you have formed a clique for personal gain, played tricks, and suppressed dissidents, but you have never proposed any strategy to save the country, nor have you established any achievements that are beneficial to the country. ?What are the qualifications to serve as the first assistant to the cabinet? "Wen Tiren never expected that his old background would be exposed suddenly, he panicked for a moment, pointed at the person who came and asked in surprise: "Who are you? "

The visitor smiled coldly: "I'm Li Jing!"

"Li Jing? How did you get into the palace?" Wen Tiren said in shock.

Then Wen Tiren turned around abruptly, pointed at Wang Chengen and shouted: "Wang Chengen, you are so brave, how dare you bring foreign officials into the palace!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian turned his gaze to Wang Chengen: "Wang Chengen, did you bring Li Jing into the palace?"

Wang Chengen didn't dare to answer, but just bowed his head in silence.

Li Jing smiled when he saw this, and saluted Zhu Youjian deeply: "Li Jing sees Your Majesty, I forced you to bring me into the palace, so don't make things difficult for him!"

"How dare you talk to the emperor like that, are you planning to rebel? Someone, take this person down quickly!" Wen Tiren shouted loudly.

As soon as Wen Tiren finished speaking, he saw a person flashing up behind Li Jing, rushing in front of Wen Tiren, and slapped him twice: "What are you, how dare you talk to my handsome man like that!"

The person who shot was Li Jing's bodyguard, Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, don't be rude in front of the palace, and don't apologize to the emperor!" Li Jing said lightly.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu clasped his fists at Zhu Youjian and said, "The grassroots are rude, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian waved his hands, and looked at Li Jing coldly: "Li Jing, have you already led troops to occupy the palace?"

Seeing Zhu Youjian's quick response and calm mind, Li Jing secretly admired him, clasped his fists at Zhu Youjian and said, "What the emperor said is right, now Li Jing's subordinates have taken over everything inside and outside the palace."

"Wang Chengen brought you and your subordinates into the palace, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have entered the palace quietly." Zhu Youjian asked.

Li Jingjing nodded: "Nothing was damaged in the palace this time, and the emperor was not frightened. Wang Chengen has contributed a lot!"

"That's right! Everything in the palace is intact. It is much more convenient for you to ascend the throne after killing the king. Wang Cheng'en has indeed made meritorious service." Zhu Youjian sneered.

Li Jing shook his head: "Li Jing didn't come here to kill the king and usurp the throne, but for the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty. You are still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, now and in the future. One day the emperor dies, and the throne will belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Youjian looked at Li Jing coldly: "You want to be Cao Cao!"

Li Jing shook his head lightly, walked through the courtiers, went up the steps, and came to Zhu Youjian.

After carefully looking at Zhu Youjian, Li Jing sighed softly: "Your Majesty, when I was in Pingyang Mansion, I heard that you only slept for less than two hours a day, ate rough tea and light food, and wore old clothes. , reviewing memorials and official documents almost all the time. The emperor seems to be only 26 years old this year, right? But these two temples are already graying. I wonder if the emperor has been busy for these years, and the situation of Daming has changed?"

Zhu Youjian didn't expect Li Jing to talk about this, he was stunned, and suddenly felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

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