Chapter 288 The Economy and Party Struggle (9) Continues
Since Chen Ju, the eunuch in charge of the rites and eunuchs, went to the Nanning Marquis Mansion in person to announce the decree, the emperor's response to the impeachment of Gao Jingshi was not yet known to outsiders. Therefore, although Gao Jingshi accepted the edict, he did not change his mind.
Instead, he handed over another letter and asked Chen Ju to take it back to the palace.
This was actually against the procedural norms, but it was not a big deal. Chen Ju also knew that when faced with this situation, the play had not yet been completed, so he did not pay too much attention to it, and just gave Gao pragmatically a few words of advice as usual.
, seeing that Gao Pingshi was unmoved, he was too lazy to waste his words, accepted the words with a haha, and returned to the palace along the same route.
When he returned to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to file Gao Pragmatic's words, he found out that the emperor had already approved the previous batch of bullets. Li Shuyuan, who was the first to receive the bullets from the Inspection Seaway Guan Ningshao and other departments to prepare for military participation in politics, was dismissed by the emperor as "
For the crime of "discussing important political matters and framing Yuan Fu", he was punished by being "immediately deprived of all his posts and escorted to Nanjing pending trial."
The authors of the seven memorials published today were all defined by the emperor as "an ignorant and arrogant person who attacked his subordinates" and were punished by "resigning from their posts pending further review".
Chen Ju thought for a moment in the Supervisor of Ceremonies. After the new and pragmatic poems were filed, he immediately took back the original poems and met the saint again.
Zhu Yijun seemed to have guessed that Gao Jingshi would not accept it so easily. Seeing Chen Ju coming with a memorial, he directly asked: "Pragmatic refuses, right? Is there anything new to say?"
Chen Ju presented the words with both hands and replied: "I just read it, and the statement has not changed much."
"Then there's no need to show it to me." Zhu Yijun was also very calm, waving his hand and saying: "You, the Chief of Ceremonies, will draft the edict yourself, speak more sincerely, and ask Yuan Fu to return to the cabinet to take charge of the matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ju responded, hesitated a little, and then asked, "Is it just a decree?"
Zhu Yijun was stunned and asked: "What else do you want to do?"
Chen Ju reminded: "Your Majesty, since Yuan Fu mentioned that he is tired, it seems that the imperial physician can be sent to visit as usual."
"Oh, that's right." Zhu Yijun immediately followed the good advice and nodded: "Then I'll send the imperial doctor to visit. If you can, I'll send more than usual. Just three of them."
There are rules for the use of imperial physicians. For example, when the emperor sees a doctor, he cannot have only one imperial physician see the doctor alone. At least two imperial physicians come to see the doctor at the same time. Then the two imperial physicians must discuss a diagnosis and use medicine. This is to avoid
Misdiagnosis, on the one hand, also prevents a certain imperial doctor from deliberately murdering the emperor.
However, this is not the case when sending an imperial physician to visit ministers. Usually it is only one imperial physician. Occasionally, the ministers and ministers will send two of them together, but it is very rare to send three imperial physicians at one time. So what Zhu Yijun is talking about at this moment is indeed "exception".
Very out of the ordinary.
It stands to reason that even if it is an exception, after all, it is only to send the imperial doctor to check the situation. Gao Pragmatic is not suffering from any serious illness, so why should the emperor personally explain it? Because firstly, such extraordinary things can only be done by the emperor himself, and secondly
It was also because the emperor wanted to deliberately create momentum and elevate the pragmatic status.
In fact, to put it bluntly, as soon as an important official of the imperial court is impeached, he closes his doors and refuses to take action. This is essentially just a way to protect his reputation. On the other hand, the emperor may issue a decree of "gentle words and comfort" to punish the impeacher.
Either way, or sending the imperial doctor to visit like this, etc., are all to show that "I trust him and I need him", so I have to ask him to return to the cabinet (or the ministry) to take care of things with a high standard - how come I don't have enough love for you?
Help!
In short, both parties are acting, and both parties know that the other is acting, but both parties still have to act out the act seriously and perform it in full. Why? Because this is etiquette. You, your ministers, your ministers, you must act like it. As a king, ministers should behave like ministers. That's all.
Of course, when it comes to different individual monarchs and ministers, it depends on the specific circumstances. For example, like Zhu Yijun and Gao Pragmatic, the two parties not only have a deep friendship, but also need each other, so they have to play the show well - anyway, it is for outsiders to see. , just act.
After giving these instructions, Zhu Yijun sighed and said to Chen Ju: "Rixin will definitely not return to the cabinet in the past few days. I just hope that nothing will happen to the court, at least wait until this matter is over and Rixin returns to the cabinet to take care of the matter." .Otherwise, I’m really afraid that Zhao Zhigao and Zhou Yong won’t be able to come up with any decent measures.”
Chen Ju comforted him and said: "The recent major events in the imperial court are nothing but the Feng Chan and the Western Expedition. The Feng Chan has been taken care of by Shen Ge, and the Western Expedition army is currently stationed in Hami waiting for the supplies to be ready. There is no possibility of any changes in either matter. Your Majesty, you can rest assured."
"That's what I say, but I really don't dare to be too optimistic now." Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "Last year, at least dozens of counties reported that the thickness of the frozen ice far exceeded the thickest recorded in the county annals. Year, I don’t know if there will be another disaster this year... At least from the current point of view, compared with the various disasters last year, they are already far worse."
He exhaled a breath and said in deep thought: "I suddenly remembered that during the snowstorm at the beginning of the year, Rixin once told me worriedly, saying that he was worried that the Huaihe River might freeze this winter. At that time, I laughed at him for being overthinking, but now it seems ...It is really possible that he was right in his words. At this time, the world is full of disasters, and the court cannot do without capable ministers and generals like him."
Chen Ju nodded repeatedly and said: "What the Emperor said is absolutely true. Let's not talk about other things. Just talking about relief, disaster relief and other matters. Firstly, the court needs capable ministers to make corresponding arrangements quickly. Secondly, it requires a lot of money. For these two things, without Yuan Fu sitting in the court, the consequences would be really disastrous."
The master and servant chatted for a few more words, and suddenly a eunuch from Yikun Palace came to see him. Chen Ju immediately ended the conversation and said that he should go to the Chief of Ceremonies to urge him. Zhu Yijun also waved his hand to him in a tacit understanding, and then After looking at the hourglass, he ordered Zhuan to drive to Yikun Palace.
There seems to be a tacit understanding in the palace. At this time, when the emperor went to Yikun Palace to meet Concubine Zheng, he would have to give way to any major event. Some people even secretly gossiped about it, saying that since that time Concubine Zheng had eaten After Yuan Fu's loss, although he no longer interfered with the affairs of the government, especially the issue of the emperor's heir, he seemed to be a blessing in disguise. He learned some secret skills from nowhere - no matter how energetic the emperor was when he went to Yikun Palace, he always followed Yi. Everyone is in high spirits when Kun Gong comes out, it is really miraculous.
This rumor was not widely circulated, but some people did suspect it, and it was once heard by a certain concubine. She pretended to mention it in front of the Queen inadvertently, and said that if such a thing really happened, if the outer court knew about it, she would have to do it without knowing it. What trouble did it cause?
The Queen's face did change as she expected, but the result was not in line with her wishes. The Queen just reprimanded such nonsense and demanded that the harem rules be strictly enforced. Anyone who talks nonsense again, whether it is eunuchs or eunuchs, The ladies-in-waiting were all severely punished. The concubine felt bored and stopped mentioning it. After some renovations in the harem, no one gradually touched the topic again.
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