Zhu Di returned to the palace happily, where Xie Jin was waiting for him.【】
In the past few days, Xie Jin, in addition to collecting some memorials related to the national economy and people's livelihood, focusing on sending to the emperor, also collected Zhu Gaoxu's illegal affairs from everywhere. Today he is here to make a small report on Zhu Gaoxu.
Xie Jin knew that Zhu Di left the palace incognito today to go to Zhu Gaoxu to practice martial arts. He also asked clearly that it was only after Ji Gang mentioned it that he aroused the emperor's interest. Xie Jin naturally thought that Ji Gang was trying to hinder Zhu Gaoxu. Originally,
Although Xie Jin and other ministers did not get along with Ji Gang, they were all of the prince's party after all. Ji Gang had stabbed the King of Han hard in the back. If the King of Han came to power, he would definitely not benefit from him.
In the officialdom, if you rebel once, you have lost the word "trust". If you are capricious, there will be no place for you in any camp. How could Ji Gang help Zhu Gaoxu? He never thought that Ji Gang would
"Nurture the bandits to respect themselves" and solve their immediate predicament first. With this misjudgment, Jie Jin wanted to strike while the iron was hot and give the King of Han some eye drops.
When Zhu Di asked him why he came, Xie Jin said: "Your Majesty, the King of Han was granted the title of vassal king, but he refused to join the vassal for a long time and stayed in the capital. This is really inconsistent with the ancestral system. That's all. Returning from the north, the King of Han relied on his military exploits.
All day long Jie led a group of guards through the city, and his etiquette standards for daily expenses were the same as those of the crown prince, or even more so."
Zhu Di had just gone to Longjiang Post and was happy about Zhu Gaoxu's bravery. When he heard this, his face suddenly darkened. Jie Jin saw that his face was a little unhappy and knew that the emperor was not very happy. But..., in front of me, he said
Of course he was not happy about his son's bad words, so Xie Jin didn't think much about it and continued: "I also heard that the King of Han was in the army and called himself General Tiance, and the army officers also used this compliment.
Your Majesty, the King of Han is the King of Han. This is a title conferred by the court. His Highness, the King of Han, has never been awarded the title of General of Heavenly Ce. If he prides himself on this, wouldn’t he mess up the rules of the court? The superior and the inferior are superior and inferior. This is the basis for maintaining the laws of the court.
"The king of Han's etiquette standards are even worse than those of the prince. So who is the king and who is the minister? The king is humble and the minister is arrogant, which is the source of trouble."
Xie Jin continued to nag, but Zhu Di became displeased and asked in a deep voice, "Is this what the prince meant?"
Jie Jin hurriedly said: "This is what I want. I have never heard anything the prince said, nor have I had any contact with the prince."
Zhu Di snorted and said with an angry look on his face: "High-spirited and high-spirited, brothers and sisters respect each other, and brotherhood is deep. The prince has no objection to this, so why should a bachelor say more? When Taizu was still alive, the one who hated alienating the emperor's relatives the most was Fang Xiaoru.
Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others seek their own selfish interests, slander and frame up, alienate the royal family, and instigate the ruin of the clan, so that peace will be difficult. Having learned from the past, do you dare not to take warning?"
Xie Jin hit a hard target and explained with a straight face: "Your Majesty, I have a pure heart, and I have my own private thoughts? It's just that the prince is the crown prince of the country. To maintain the dignity of the crown prince, it is forbidden for the subordinates to lead the superiors. This is..."
Zhu Di flicked his sleeves and said calmly: "No need to say any more, stand down."
"yes"
Xie Jin had no choice but to raise his eyes quietly. The emperor's face was filled with gloom and he was very impatient, so he had to bow and retreat.
Zhu Di looked at the direction in which he disappeared and said in a deep voice: "The great gentry presides over the cabinet and is like the prime minister of the country. Over time, he has become a little forgetful."
At this time, Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came again, and Zhu Di asked angrily: "What's the matter?"
Jian Yi was startled. Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, he did not dare to ask more questions and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the edict you want me to draft has been prepared. Please review it."
Zhu Diyu was still angry and took over the imperial edict with his prosthetic hand. As usual, he started with a lot of eloquent remarks, but the actual content was only one sentence: to raise the cabinet bachelor from the fifth rank to the second rank.
Since its establishment, the cabinet has gradually played a role and become a power organization superior to the six ministries. However, because the cabinet during Zhu Yuanzhang's period was only equivalent to a team of personal secretaries for the emperor, the initial grade set for the cabinet academicians was the fifth grade.
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Now this rank is too disproportionate to their power. Limiting their rank to the fifth rank is in vain. It cannot change the fact that they are higher than the sixth rank. It is also unfair to the cabinet elders. Therefore, Zhu Di deliberately changed the rank of the Cabinet Grand Scholar to
Bring it up and make it worthy of the name.
Zhu Di quickly passed through those falsehoods, and at the end, it was the names of seven pavilion elders. Zhu Di pondered for a moment, raised his ink pen, and angrily crossed out Xie Jin's name from the top, thinking to himself: "
At that time, the imperial examination thought that he was young and arrogant and arrogant, so he asked him to go home for ten years to work hard, but now it is not enough, so he must be taught a lesson."
Jian Yi took the imperial edict and hurriedly scanned it. He saw that the name of the cabinet chief minister Xie Jin was crossed out from the name of the cabinet scholar. He couldn't help but be confused: "What does this mean? All the bachelors are promoted to the second rank, and only one of the cabinet ministers is promoted to the second rank."
By leaving the first assistant to the fifth rank, could it be that... the position of the first assistant, Grand Scholar Xie, is unstable?"
Jian Yi was thinking wildly when Zhu Di said: "According to this, let's issue the imperial edict."
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When Zi Qi and several powerful officials and ladies came back from visiting Qixia Mountain, he immediately asked: "Where is the master?"
The maid took off her cloak and replied with a smile: "The master, the young lady and the young master are fishing for toads in the back garden."
Zi Qi couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at what he is leading the child to play with."
As soon as his feet turned, Zi Qi turned towards the back garden.
"mother"
As soon as Siqi saw his mother coming, he immediately dropped his fishing rod and rushed towards her. Yang Huaiyuan liked this aunt who could fly up and down very much. His own mother couldn't fly. When he saw Aunt Qi coming, he wanted to be hugged by her.
She was waiting for him to fly again, but Qiaoyun grabbed him and wiped his nose with a handkerchief, which made Young Master Yang very impatient.
Xia Xun turned around to see her coming, smiled and patted the smooth stone beside him, saying, "Zi Qi is back, how are you sitting and playing?"
Siqi sat down next to him with his daughter in his arms, and said: "The leaves in Qixia are red every year. If there are too many, they will be just like that. What's the point? With those ladies, the Zhang family and the Li family are short, and they can only talk about it."
Those boring gossips are boring to death.”
Xia Xun laughed after hearing this, and Si Qi lowered his voice and said: "I met Mrs. Xi Si today. She said that the leaders of the Xuanwei Division in Sizhou and Sinan killed each other due to a rift, causing Guizhou to be in chaos. Governor Xue has already
I reported this matter quickly. I just arrived at the General Administration Department today and it will be on the Emperor's desk tomorrow morning."
Xia Xun nodded lightly and sighed slightly: "When you don't pay attention, you don't know that the country needs to be consolidated. There are too many places to improve. I can't even finish the meal in my bowl. I'm still thinking about others."
In a bowl, if you want to eat a fat man in one bite, where can you do it?"
It turns out that although the Guizhou area was under the rule of the Ming Dynasty at that time, the imperial court did not have three divisions there. Instead, the leaders of the local ethnic minorities were named Xuanwei divisions, and they still controlled their original territories and people, and strengthened them through gradual penetration.
It is managed by the central government, so the degree of local autonomy there is currently quite high.
In fact, it is not just now that various problems appeared in the Ming Dynasty. Problems occurred every day. However, some problems were dealt with directly below and did not need to be reported to the emperor for decision. Some of the problems were reported to the emperor. Officials at all levels polished them off and reduced major issues to minor issues before they reached the emperor.
So it is not obvious. Now it is doing the opposite. It only picks up news in this area and reports it, and even exaggerates it. Naturally, it seems that there are a lot of problems.
Xia Xun smiled and said: "If this headache is reported, the emperor will definitely send troops to solve it. Well, with this matter involved, the emperor will have to act more cautiously when it comes to Annan. However, I think it is not a big deal to cause trouble in Guizhou.
What a bad thing, the emperor just seized the opportunity to further infiltrate the power of the imperial court and strengthen his control over Guizhou step by step. Take it, the emperor will not miss this good opportunity."
At this time, Yang Huaiyuan finally wiped his little face clean, and stumbled over to grab his precious little bamboo basket. Qiaoyun grabbed his vest from behind to prevent him from falling. Yang Huaiyuan handed the little bamboo basket to Peng Ziqi like a treasure.
, showing off with a smile: "Auntie, we caught a lot of toads, hehehe..."
Peng Ziqi learned swordsmanship and swordsmanship at a young age, and was very brave and talented, but after all, he came from a daughter's house. He was scared when he saw the colorful frogs. He quickly waved his hand and said: "Get it away quickly, you stinky boy, you are scaring my aunt, this thing has
What’s good?”
Yang Huaiyuan said unconvinced: "How fun it is, fourth sister, let's play toad without my aunt", which made Peng Ziqi get angry and laugh at the same time.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the corridor, stopped in the distance and bowed to Xia Xun.
He walked away.
After Zuo Dan returned from Liaodong, he has been in charge of Qianlong's affairs in Beijing. Xia Xun's Qianlong has two fixed forces. One is responsible for overseas trade, infiltration of foreign countries and intelligence collection, and the other stays in the capital, specializing in
Exploring the affairs of the capital, big and small, is the only way to maneuver.
Seeing Xia Xun, Zuo Dan bowed again and said: "My lord, I have just received the news that the emperor inspected the Tiance Guards of Longjiang Station and commended them greatly. He also ordered the Ministry of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army.
The government should follow suit and strengthen the training of the children of meritorious officials."
Xia Xun's expression tightened after hearing this, and he said in a deep voice: "The emperor's move...could he be using the King of Han?"
He paced heavily under the wisteria trellis. After a while, his pace gradually slowed down and finally stabilized. He raised his head, looked at the green wisteria above his head, and said slowly: "The key to who will lead the army is up to the emperor; we
To stop the King of Han, the key is to find out whether the emperor has the idea of easy storage. If he has the idea of easy storage, or loves his son, different ideas require different methods. If you understand it wrong, it will be self-defeating."
"咭咭咭" came the laughter of his son teasing the frog. Xia Xun was startled and turned around to see that his son had poured the frog out of the bamboo basket and played with it with a small stick. The frog jumped.
He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, laughing and throwing himself at Qiao Yun. His appearance was amusing.
Xia Xun looked at his son, and a hint of realization gradually came to his mind. A knowing smile appeared on his face and he said, "Zuo Dan, go find out a few things quickly. The first one..."
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