When the prince was brought from the Imperial Ancestral Temple to the Fengtian Hall, he still didn't recover. He slumped in front of the steps. He was finally helped up by Chen Hong and sat on the couch. However, his eyes were still dull and his body was shaking from time to time as if he was nervous.
shake.
Regardless of whether he was involved in the major rebellion of King Qi, even if he was not, with his current appearance, the officials no longer felt that he was capable of shouldering the important responsibilities of the world.
Xia Yan shook his head and sighed: "This is not the behavior of a human king." All the officials agreed, and this sentence decided the fate of the prince.
First, Qianxundaotong went to the palace to respond, saying that he was assigned by the emperor to set up an ambush in Fuzhou Mountain to assassinate Abbot Zhao five days ago; and Zhang Juzheng, the chief secretary of Zhanshi Mansion, testified that after the prince entered the East Palace, he had close contacts with the King of Qi; and then there was the East Palace
The female officer saw with her own eyes that on the day of the mutiny, the prince invited Duan Chaoyong, the emissary of the Xianling Palace, to the Ancestral Temple; later, even the former cabinet scholar Yang Yiqing, a minister in the palace, broke the news that the Tongda Gambling House, which had caused a lot of commotion, was actually a gambling house.
The property under the prince's name...
At this point, there is no need to say anything more. Now everyone is looking at Zhao Ran, waiting for Zhao Ran to say those words.
But Zhao Ran didn't want to say it. He said: "Such a major military and state matter cannot be decided by a single person. I respectfully ask the kings of the court to make a decision."
Xia Yan said: "What the abbot means is a court meeting? But after the court meeting, the abbot still needs to make a decision."
There are two kinds of court meetings in the Ming Dynasty, one is the ministers' court meeting, and the other is the ministry meeting. There is no need to go into details about the ministry meeting. It is nothing more than which ministry's affairs are involved, and the ministry convenes the people who want to discuss it. The court meeting mentioned here
, for the Great Court Council, that is, the cabinet ministers, Jiuqing, and the Six Branches supervise the censor to conduct deliberations.
Court deliberation is a common practice in the Ming Dynasty. Many important matters require court deliberation, but Xia Yan is right. Even after the court deliberation, the results need to be reported to the emperor for approval. If the emperor does not approve, he can still reject it and reconsider.
Zhao Ran said: "The emperor has made a great move today. I think the result of the court meeting can replace the imperial edict."
This sentence moved all the officials. Xia Yan tried to ask: "What do you mean by the abbot, the result of the court discussion is the final result?"
"yes."
"If the result of the court meeting is not in line with the emperor... well, it is not in line with the Taoist sect's expectations, then what should we do?"
"Then you should think about it carefully. Why does the result of the court meeting have to be contrary to the Taoist sect's expectations?"
Yan Song couldn't help but said: "Abbott, what if an edict is issued based on the results of the court meeting and an accident occurs?"
Zhao Ran said: "Of course whoever convened the court meeting will be responsible. If something goes wrong, the person who convened the court meeting will be punished."
Officials continue to ponder...
Zhao Ran said: "As for the court discussion, Pindao has a few brief opinions for your reference.
First, non-cabinet academicians are not allowed to convene court meetings. The order of conveners starts from the first assistant as usual.
Secondly, a clear system needs to be formed for the range of ministers who participate in court meetings, such as cabinet bachelors, six ministers, two censors from the Imperial Palace, five ministers, ministers of general affairs, bachelors from the Hanlin Academy, and ministers from the Imperial Academy.
Ying Tianfu Yin, Wenchang Guanyuan, the director of Daolu and the director of rituals, well, the above twenty-six positions are qualified to participate in court discussions.
Third, when the court meeting is convened, major matters should be voted on according to the number of votes. Do not make general remarks. Results are needed, just like in Zhenshitang.
Fourth, whoever convenes the court meeting is directly responsible for the outcome of the court meeting. If something goes wrong, the convener will be blamed.
Fifth, the rules of court discussions are written as permanent examples.
Okay, think about it, today the court will discuss whether you agree with Pindao's suggestion or not. If you agree, then discuss the prince's issue. If you don't agree, let's talk about it separately. Pindao has gone too far, so I will deal with it for you first.
Everyone who has nothing to do with it will be sent away. Until the results of the court discussion come out, they will all wait outside the palace, including Pindao. Those who stay in the palace to discuss the matter will be the ministers who held the positions that Pindao just proposed. That's it."
All the officials looked at each other, and some of them were fast-footed. They had already left the Fengtian Palace in advance and were waiting outside the palace. Even Zhao Ran said that he wanted to wait outside, so who had the nerve to act like a fool inside.
Zhao Ran said to Gu Tengjia: "Guyuan, thank you for your hard work."
Gu Tengjia said: "You didn't participate yourself, but you pushed it on me."
Zhao Ran said: "I'm just the deputy seal of the Daolu Department. Don't we have to follow the rules in everything?"
Gu Tengjia pointed at Zhao Ran and said with a smile: "Okay, you go, I'll keep an eye on you here."
Before leaving the palace, Zhao Ran turned around and said to Xia Yan and others: "Suddenly I remembered that there has been no one in charge of the Chief Ceremony Supervisor. Mr. Xia Ge, Mr. Yan Ge, Mr. Xu Ge, and Ping Dao suggested that the internal officials should be appointed temporarily.
Is it okay for Supervisor Chen Hong to participate in court discussions and represent the inner court?"
The three cabinet bachelors all raised their hands to indicate that there was no problem. After hearing this, Chen Hong's blood surged upwards and his face turned red. He felt extremely happy for a moment. All the risks and grievances he had taken before were rewarded at this moment.
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Zhao Ran left the Fengtian Hall and left them to discuss matters on their own inside. After a general glance, most of the people retreated from the hall and did not leave. They just waited outside. Only seventeen people were left in the hall to discuss the matter.
, there are nine positions that are either vacant, occupied part-time, or simply unavailable, such as Zhang Cong, Minister of War.
Zhao Ran looked at the group of officials outside. No matter where he looked, they would nod to him and cup their hands, as if everyone's eyes were on him except for two people, Huo Tao and Gui E.
Huo Tao and Gui E were slowly approaching Zhang Cong. From the clenched fists of the two men, it was clear what they wanted to do when approaching Zhang Cong.
Zhang Cong didn't notice. He looked at Zhao Ran from time to time and lowered his head in silence.
Zhao Ran had no time to pay attention to them, so he turned around and went to the Ancestral Temple again. He just asked Zhang Lue to guard the palace gate and watch the Fengtian Palace.
The teacher and the mistress were still examining the white marble rosette, thinking about ways to break the formation, and Zhao Ran also joined in to discuss it. I don’t know how long it had passed, but the sunset was blooming in the sky, and it was already dusk.
After research, the two formation masters reached a consensus that the white marble rosette as the formation eye is not an ordinary formation eye, but an formation eye within the formation.
In other words, the center of the formation is the entire Imperial City, the center of the Imperial City is the Ancestral Temple, and the center of the Ancestral Temple is the rosette. This is an array within an array, with three levels of formations interlocking and closely related.
Therefore, all their ideas about breaking the formation are facing a problem. It is very likely that when the formation is broken, it will cause strong consequences. Zhao Ran cannot predict the specific consequences now, but he estimates
The scope is to affect the entire capital city. The scope prediction given by Zhao Liniang is to affect the entire Yingtian Mansion.
As for how to break the formation, they also discussed a preliminary method. This method is very simple, which is to forcibly destroy the white marble lotus seat in the center of the formation. As for how much power is needed to destroy the formation eye, Jiang Tenghe also made an assessment: Three