Chapter 90 The ancestral system cannot be lightly touched?
Zhu Youxiao actually didn’t expect the Wu Xuns to be so cooperative.
He probably saw that his fishing skills had completely defeated even the Donglin Party and other civil servants, so he was not loyal and supportive in this matter, fearing that he would be specifically targeted.
Since they are so cooperative in handing over the power of the Beijing camp, they should also give them some other benefits to give them a little sweetness.
He said in a tone that left no room for doubt: "This time there are many vacancies, and a number of important government offices need to be replaced. The six departments will not make major changes for the time being, but the Li Supervisor, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Jingying and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must make changes.
Changed.
Because this matter is so big, and there are people involved in the rebellion in both the cabinet and the officials, I want to set up a new agency that belongs only to my father and me. It has a status close to that of the cabinet, but it is only responsible for the reform and reorganization of military divisions and troops.
This agency only has the authority to assist in the reform of the army and has nothing to do with political affairs that do not involve the military. It specializes in reforming the Jingying, Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Wucheng Army Divisions, and reforming Shuntian Prefecture."
The ministers thought that this was for sure. After such a big event, how could there not be a major change of blood?
After the Jingnan War, not only did many people in the court change, but the capital was also moved from Nanjing to Beijing.
During the Zhengtong Jingtai period, there was a great change of power. After the coup, it was bloody, with Yu Qian, Shi Heng and others executed one after another, and Cao Jixiang's rebellion.
Later, when Zhengde died and Jiajing ascended the throne, although there was no mutiny, a group of favorites of Zhengde Zhu Houzhao were captured and executed, and Yang Tinghe, the chief minister who refused to delegate power even after Jiajing came to power, was removed.
The officials are already mentally prepared.
Knowing that there will be a change of officials, and coupled with a major event such as the rebellion, it will definitely be necessary to significantly reorganize and regain power.
This rebellion is so big and involves so many soldiers and horses. It is indeed very reasonable to set up a new yamen that is close to the cabinet but is only responsible for the reform of the soldiers and horses.
Agree.
Even if some officials are unwilling, but the prince has the ability to kill the rebellion, and has the strength and means to get Wu Xun to cooperate, then who would foolishly go head-on?
"I think the ancestral system cannot be lightly touched!"
It really does!
Who are the officials thinking? Who is this? Is it stupid to openly oppose it?
I followed the voice and looked... Well, it turned out to be him. That's not surprising. If this person doesn't object, he's a clown. If he objects, he's seeking death. It's normal to object.
The blatant opponent is none other than Zuo Guangdou.
Just now I was pretending to be dumbfounded, as if I was frightened, and now I stand up to oppose it.
He shouted loudly: "What kind of newly established agency should be equivalent to the status of the cabinet! Isn't this a violation of the ancestral system? Your Highness, you have only been in charge of the country for two days, and you have done so many things. I am afraid it is not conducive to the stability of the world."
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Listening to what Zuo Guangdou said, some among the civil servants also thought so, but now no one has come forward to support him.
How can this support... The example of Yang Lian turning himself into a clown is right in front of him. If you go against the prince, you will suffer big losses.
What's more, this involves mutiny, which is not the kind of everyday matter where civil servants usually advise and gain reputation.
Normal officials don't want to get into trouble over a mutiny.
No one supports Zuo Guangdou at all.
Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that Yang Lian had already been carried out. In fact, it was smart to pretend to be dead. After all, my father and I wanted to have a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and we didn't want to end up in front of the public.
But if Zuo Guangdou chooses the latter between being a clown and standing to death, then the only thing he can do is fulfill his wish.
"Censor Zuo, Jinyiwei Liu Tongzhi has something to ask you."
Liu Qiao walked forward and walked down the Huangji Gate and stood in front of Zuo Guangdou's censor queue.
At this time, the censors were missing the top censor Zuodu, the powerful censor patrolling the city, and a group of guys who stormed the East Palace and killed them the night before. The queue seemed a bit empty. The censors next to Zuo Guangdou all lowered their heads.
, it seemed that only Zuo Guangdou was alone.
"Hahahaha! What am I afraid of?"
He seems not to be afraid of anything. Although there are not many civil servants who are not afraid of death, Zuo Guangdou is indeed one.
Liu Qiao said: "There are two facts. First, the censor of Zuodu and the censors of patrolling the city participated in the rebellion. How much did the censor Zuo know?"
"Why would you hesitate to accuse them? I, Zuo Guangdou, didn't know they were rebelling, and I didn't rebel."
"Okay, the second fact. Wang An left the palace seventeen times in August and had private conversations with you six times. What he said must be explained honestly."
"Just normal communication."
"Okay~"
Liu Qiao reported to Zhu Youxiao that the prisoner had explained the basic situation.
What does it mean? Zuo Guangdou still held his neck high, and wanted his reputation rather than his life. Now he holds his head high and commits crimes. What everyone will remember in the end is that he dared to defy the imperial power, rather than the super embarrassing appearance before.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said to Wen Tiren, who was at the desk writing down the notes: "Wen Tiren, have you written down Zuo Guangdou's words and deeds today?"
"Write it down and never forget anything."
"Read."
Wen Tiren very calmly turned out the dossier with the description and accurately found the previous dossier, with clear black and white writing on the paper.
"At half an hour in the morning, Yushi Zuo Guangdou questioned the Wei Dynasty, calling it a one-sided statement. He believed that Wang An and Liu Yijing had been working hard to impeach the Zheng family."
After reading the first paragraph of the account, he turned a few more pages and found the second paragraph accurately: "He spat at Yang Lian angrily, and fiercely refuted the British Duke, and then raised four questions including Wang An's resistance to Zheng Yangxing's rebels at the Meridian Gate.
, question His Highness directly."
Although what happened just now has just passed, Taichang appeared one after another to pay homage to the late Concubine Zheng. Yang Lian fainted on the spot. Everyone had forgotten a little that Zuo Guangdou had been standing in line with Wang An.
Yang Lian was very quiet in front of him and did not support Wang An. He was the only one who always spoke up for rebellion.
"After three incense sticks in the same place, I came back to my senses and objected to the plan set up by His Highness the Crown Prince to investigate and reorganize the troops involved in the rebellion on the grounds that it violated the ancestral system.
Just now, Zuo Guangdou replied to the first sentence of Jin Yiwei colleague Liu Qiao, saying that he did not know that the censor of Zuodu and the censor of the city had rebelled, and he did not participate in it. In reply to the second sentence, he tacitly agreed to have six private meetings with Wang An, but firmly said
It’s normal communication.”
This...
After listening to this, normal officials would think that Zuo Guangdou was unclean.
He defended Wang An at the beginning, refuted the British public in the middle, and then became stupid. In the end, he jumped out again when it came time to investigate, deal with, and reform the troops involved in the rebellion.
He also said that he didn’t know that the censor of Zuodu and the censor of the city had rebelled. He admitted that he had met with Wang An 6 times, but he said everything he said was normal...
Funny~
Zuo Guangdou's face was ashen.
This Wen Tiren recorded his words and deeds in too much detail, right? From beginning to end, not a single thing was left out, and he even linked them up according to the prince's wishes.
He glared at Wen Tiren.
How can people care about him? Just ignore him completely~
No, you can’t ignore it.
Wen Tiren quickly picked up the pen and wrote it down for him.
"Zuo Guangdou proposed that the ancestral system should not be lightly touched, and opposed the establishment of an agency to investigate the traitorous soldiers and horses involved in the prince's supervision... He said that six private meetings with the traitor Wang An within a month were normal exchanges... again
Incapable of being furious, he instead glared at the recorder of the file."
The description flows smoothly without any psychological burden.