Idle courtiers

Chapter 194
Let's say that Wang Shichuan and Zhu Congchi hurried out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and saw about [-] members of the clan gathered in the big square outside, and the leader was Tang Steward from his own mansion.

The group of clan children in front of them are all wearing formal court clothes, not as casual as they used to come to the Ministry of Rites.But seeing that the patches on their red official robes include pythons, unicorns, and lions, it is simply a gathering of a group of legendary beasts.

However, all the official uniforms have one characteristic, they look very worn out, and many people still have patches on their necklines and elbows. At first glance, they look like a group of beggars.

In the Ming Dynasty, Beijing Shihuang City was not big. After entering the city gate, there was a square in front of you.On both sides of the square are the six ministries and the central courtyards.At this time, the early court was over, and the officials of the major yamen had already returned to the yamen to watch the affairs.Seeing that so many Tianjia people have come here, they all stopped and watched curiously.

When people in the clan saw Wang Shichuan, the seventh-rank official, someone called out: "Master Wang is here."

They all surrounded him with a clatter.

Seeing his master, Butler Huang from Zhu Congchi's mansion jumped up and knelt down with a wail, and hugged Zhu Congchen's legs with both hands: "Master, what's wrong with you? You haven't come home for several days, but I don't know what the old servant is worried about. Your face, what happened to your face?"

As he spoke, turbid old tears fell one after another.

Zhu Congchen was also aware of the seriousness of the problem, and was also annoyed.Didn't this grand master just want to ask the Ministry of Rites to strip away the imperial order of the tigress in the family, and then divorce her back to her natal family, so that she can be free.No matter how big it is, I can handle it myself. As for bringing so many clans to help me?

This is purely excessive force!

If the court misunderstands that I want to make trouble, there will be a lot of trouble.

He was about to scold Butler Tang, but when he saw his tearful and loyal appearance, he was moved in his heart, but he couldn't utter the words of reproach when he got to his lips.

Wang Shichuan secretly ordered his subordinates to be vigilant, then gently bowed his hands to everyone, and said: "My lords, just now the general Zhu Congbai of the country sued the lady at home for abusing her husband, please forgive her order, and the Ministry of Rites will give it to Zhu The general has a saying. However, the so-called upright officials are hard to break up housework, and outsiders have no way of knowing how other people live behind closed doors, so everyone should leave!"

It was only then that the officials from various ministries who were onlookers realized that Zhu Congjin wanted to divorce his wife, and all the family lawsuits were brought to the Ministry of Rites.Seeing his bruised nose and swollen face, I thought to myself: This General Fengguo is really a weak husband, he is simply my wife of the Ming Dynasty.

There were low laughter and contemptuous glances everywhere.

Now, Zhu Congchi can be regarded as famous.

His face was flushed, and he wished there was a slit on the ground to get in.

At this time, one of the clan's children came forward aggressively and bowed his hands to Wang Shichuan: "My lord, we didn't come here today because of Zhu Cong's family affairs, but because we have other grievances. Please let the Ministry of Rites do it for me." The blood of the Tian family is the master."

This man is about sixty years old, he comes from the royal family of Shandong, he has the title of General Zhen Guo, he is a senior member of the clan and has a certain prestige.

Wang Shichuan was confused, didn't these people all come to support Zhu Cong's divorce of his wife?
"Do you have grievances?" A strong uneasiness came to mind.

"Yes." The man suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and shouted sharply: "We will sue Shen Yang, the supervisory envoy, and Zhang Dahua, the household doctor, for oppressing the royal family and trying to seize our family property. Please wait for us from the Ministry of Rites." Be the master, report to the emperor, punish the thieves, and give me justice. Last night, I received Zhu Congjin’s letter of proposal, and we will jointly sign it, and please forward it to Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he took out a petition letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Shichuan.

"Yes, the two thieves, Shen and Zhang, must be punished, and the world will be restored to me."

"Shenyang, Zhang Dazhong, thieves. The little seven-rank Zhima official dared to bully my royal blood, and even used the name of the emperor. Today, the sage has no faults, and he is extremely generous to the clan. We all know this in our hearts. Yes, I am also grateful for his old man's kindness. These two thieves acted so recklessly, who gave him the courage to alienate the flesh and blood of the Tian family?"

Someone else yelled: "Shenyang, Zhang Dazhong, you two bastards, are you a base? Jiangshan's surname is Zhu, and he belongs to our old Zhu's family. When is it your turn to speak?"

Shen Yang took the petition and went out to see that it was actually a request to the court to immediately stop clearing the imperial property of the capital, and to arrest Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong for questioning.Huo Ran, who was the first in line at the signing place, was Zhu Congchi's signature and handprint. Later, he was closely followed by [-] people.

Countless cinnabar fingerprints were as red as blood, shocking.

These are members of more than 30 clans, belonging to 24 royal families of the Ming Dynasty, representing hundreds of thousands of clan members.Although the titles of the people present are not high, that is, below the general of Zhen Guo, who knows if the instigator behind it is a prince or a vassal?
This is the challenge of the vassal clan power to the central government and the imperial power.

Surprised and angry, Wang Shichuan handed the booklet to Zhu Congjin who was beside him, and shouted, "Master Zhu, tell me what's going on? You just want to divorce your wife. Our Ministry of Rites approved it, but you made trouble again. What's the point? Don't you know the crime of mobilizing people to stir up trouble?"

As soon as he said this, Lieutenant Feng Guo was not happy: "Wang Shichuan, you are so brave, you dare to threaten people? Zhu Congchi, what are we afraid of a little doctor like him?"

Zhu Congchen is a nerd and timid, and he was already trembling with fright when he saw the big trouble.After taking the booklet and looking at it, my heart suddenly became blurred, and I asked, "This...was it me...when did I write it?"

But I saw that the letter of love was indeed my own handwriting, and the signature was correct, which was strange.

At this time, Tang Guanjia said: "Master, it is indeed you who wrote it. Yesterday, when you brought the letter to Zhou Xingren's house to get the letter and contacted the clans, I saw the letter you wrote with my own eyes."

Zhu Congchen: "Ah...drunk, drunk, must be..."

He was in Zhou Nan's wine last night, and he was so sad that he was very drunk, and his head still hurts.As for what happened at that time, he couldn't remember clearly.

No matter what the letter was about, the handwriting was his own.Even if the handwriting is suspicious, the fingerprints can never be false.

Could it be that Zhou Nan gave it to him again?

Zhu Cong had a vague idea that this had a lot to do with his super bad friend.However, what good does Zhou Nan do for him?

Anyway, I am going to be unlucky, and it is still very big.

Today Zhu Congzhuan came to the Ministry of Rites excitedly and murderously to go through the divorce procedures.

Up to now, the style of painting has suddenly changed, and it has become a collective interview.

Our General Fengguo was speechless for a while.

Wang Shichuan knew that getting angry now would not solve the problem, the most important thing now is to get rid of these troublemakers first.Immediately, he said to Zhu Congba with a smile on his face: "Master Zhu, your letter of love has been accepted by the official, and will be handed over to the official Chun for discretion. You should go back first!"

Zhu Congchi didn't want to cause political incidents because of his divorce and become a news figure on the cusp of the storm. "Hey", he said: "Everyone, I was drunk last night, and I was really confused. Let's go back first, and don't make things difficult for Mr. Wang."

Suddenly, the Zhenguo general of the German royal family quit.Angrily scolded: "Zhu Congchen, you initiated the joint letter. Now everyone's hearts are finally twisted together, but you want to be a coward. Isn't that playing tricks on me?"

Zhu Cong choked: "I..."

"This is no longer your business alone. I have been waiting for Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong for a long time. Now that I am here today, how can I let it go. We want to see the Son of Heaven, we want to see the Son of Heaven!"

"Yes, we want to see the emperor. Wang Shichuan, you stupid official, go and report."

"Don't talk nonsense, grandpa and others are the flesh and blood of the Tian family. What are you? If you push back and forth, you won't be beaten to death!"

"If things are not equal, you will cry, gentlemen, we are about to starve to death, and we can manage so much, go to the Ministry of Rites, and occupy the decoration that only takes money and does nothing!"

The clan members suddenly became ebullient, and they all rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward.

Poor Wang Shichuan and a few of his subordinates are the opponents of these people, and they are pushed all over the place.Even Zhu Congchi was pushed to the ground and fell into a mess.

In a blink of an eye, more than 30 people rushed into the Ministry of Rites, and there were exclamations from the book office and officials from various departments and the roar of smashing things.

"It's over, it's over, it's over!" Wang Shichuan's face was pale, his heart was full of pain, and he said, "Hey, Qingzhang, your clan's property is in Shenyang, and you have a debtor and a debtor. Turn left when you go out and you will be the Metropolitan Procuratorate. You attack the Ministry of Rites What to do?" Almost blurted out.

"Master Wang, are you okay?" Zhu Congbai helped him up.

Seeing Zhu Congchen's swollen face, Wang Shichuan couldn't express his anger: "Master Zhu, look at what you have done... What are you doing here, let's go in and maintain the situation, it really hurts!" You and I are finished!"

"Yes, yes, hurry up!"

Entering the Ministry of Rites, but seeing the book office running around like rats.

The clan wasted their time, beating people when they saw people, and beating things when they saw things. The visit incident has turned into a carnival.

The two Zhu and Wang dragged each other for a long time, but how could they hold on, and finally sat on the steps with dull eyes and gasped for breath.

Fortunately, the decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty has been transferred to Xiyuan with the emperor. In order to cooperate with Emperor Jiajing, all ministries have set up value rooms there.On weekdays, the officials in each yamen would go back to be on duty after finishing their work, while in the imperial city, only low-ranking officials who were doctors and principals were left to decorate the facade.

Otherwise, if they hurt Shang Shu and Left and Right Ministers, Wang Shichuan and Zhu Congchi would have to jump into the Jinshui River.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, there was a sound of rumbling footsteps, and someone shouted: "The imperial decree has arrived, everyone should stop, who is Zhu Congjin, the general who acts on behalf of the palace?"

Wang and Zhu looked up, but saw a group of people approaching, including eunuchs and Jin Yiwei.

The leader is a middle-aged eunuch with a green face and a dark face.

This person is the Chief Bingbi of the Rites Supervisor and Chen Hong, the Admiral of the East Factory.

Zhu Congchi was frightened out of his wits, and quickly jumped up: "I have met Mrs. Chen, I am Zhu Congchi."

Chen Hong nodded, and said to his opponent: "Stop the rebellious clan immediately and arrest them. If there are any rebels, they will be killed without mercy." Go back to the palace and tell you to wait in the palace to answer."

"Your Majesty... Order me..."

"Let's go, Master Zhu."

(End of this chapter)