Most of the emperors were satisfied with the system left by Taizu, but there were always some aspects that he was not so satisfied with. Especially for the court system, he had always had deep resentment. Emperor Taizu actually changed the time of going to court in all dynasties.
, the number of people who went to court, so as an emperor, at least he did not have to get up in the dark and yawn in the sky to go to court, but he was not able to make the final decision on the issues of the court meeting.
The night before, the cabinet would screen the topics for the next day's court meeting, and the Chief of Ceremonies would submit them to the emperor for selection. Then officials would be selected among the speakers on the pre-determined topics, informed in advance and set a time limit. At each day's court meeting, the emperor would
You can raise a matter that is not on the agenda and then listen to the court meeting. However, the time of the court meeting is strictly limited.
It is not allowed to exceed one hour! Because Emperor Taizu believed that it would take at least half an hour for officials to go to court from entering the palace to returning to the Yamen. If more than an hour is wasted in attending court at one time, how can there be enough time to deal with other matters?
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So, this morning, I was so interested in watching the play at the court meeting that I didn't notice that the issue I raised at the end caused too much controversy. Therefore, the time limit for the court meeting was exceeded, and the emperor could only consider himself unlucky and let the people in the living room do it.
There is something written down in the daily note - on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month, the emperor's court meeting at Fengtian Palace was overdue because of the crime of the emperor's second son's wild words and indulgence.
As a result, when the sullen emperor ordered the eldest prince and the second prince to be taken to Qianqing Gate after the court meeting, where he personally imprisoned the two princes and taught them a severe lesson, no one in the palace dared to say a word.
In the evening, when the emperor was about to leave the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace and go to sleep with the Queen Mother in the Qingning Palace, when he heard the chamberlain reporting that the Queen had been staying at the Qingning Palace, he sneered angrily: "This is another plan.
Please ask the Queen Mother to seek justice?"
In front of the palace attendants, he didn't say anything more, but he was extremely impatient in his heart. He had two older sons, one was taught to be honest and hypocritical by her, and the other was taught to be irritable and impulsive.
, she didn’t know how to reflect, only complained? Because he was too lazy to bump into the Queen at Qingning Palace, he simply sent a letter to the Queen Mother, changed his direction, and killed the cabinet directly.
The emperor arrived suddenly without any warning and without even saying hello, which naturally caused a lot of uproar. After all, in addition to those high-ranking bachelors, there were many people in the cabinet who drafted edicts and dealt with various matters.
He was a member of Zhongshushe who was doing some miscellaneous work. But after the emperor walked around here as if he was just strolling around, he ordered the Confucian scholar to follow him out.
When he reached the wide corridor outside, he asked casually: "Have you found out the results of the incident at Linhai Camp?"
The only different secret letter that Wang Jie decrypted through Zhang Shou was because the court meeting was just a false shot to announce the false news. Therefore, the emperor only informed a few people of the real content, and one of them was clearly stated in the secret letter.
The mentioned Confucian bachelor.
The second assistant, who had served as Minister of the Ministry of War, pondered for a moment, and then said carefully: "Du Heng, the commander of Linhai Camp, is an old subordinate of Zhao Guogong. He has just been transferred to Linhai Camp less than three months ago, so it is extremely difficult to control the entire army.
.So during the previous rebellion, he only relied on his own soldiers to bravely break through, and then ordered two troops who did not participate in the rebellion to put down the rebellion. Although he was demoted and dismissed after the incident, it can be said that he has made meritorious service for his crime. The words in the letter
, it must be a frame-up."
Seeing that the emperor was noncommittal, Scholar Confucius said sincerely: "Although I say that impeaching Duke Zhao will delay the war, I will never abolish the official position for personal reasons. Du Heng is also a talented person..."
Before Master Kong could finish his words, the emperor laughed and said, "Mr. Kong Ge is really selfless! Zhu Jing agreed to go to war only after I persuaded him. However, he was cautious and had to wait for a few days. Unfortunately for me,
After being ill for a few days, the result you came up with was to force him to fight quickly, trap my nephew in it, and then bury Zhu Jing with overwhelming impeachment."
Faced with the emperor's blunt revelation, Academician Kong remained expressionless. He took a step back, raised his hands and bowed his hands, and then said in a deep voice: "The Northern Captives are attacking, and there are no generals to send to the court. Why does the emperor want to send them?"
The Duke of Zhao who has not been on the battlefield for many years?"
Seeing that the emperor did not speak, the deputy minister of the cabinet added in a more serious tone: "When Emperor Ruizong conquered the Northern and Southern Wars and was granted the title of Duke, Zhao Guogong was less than twenty-five years old. Now he is only in his early fifties and is indeed in his prime.
But could it be that the emperor has forgotten that Duke Zhao is a relative? If a daughter is a concubine, her father, brothers, sons and nephews will all release their military power. This is the ancestral system!"
"How come there are so many ancestral systems!" The emperor finally became impatient and raised his eyebrows, "Among the ancestral systems left by Emperor Taizu, is this one included?"
Academician Confucius was suddenly choked and his face tightened, and then he saw the emperor looking at him with a deep look: "I don't have to use Zhu Jing, it's because some people who guarded Datong in Xuanfu in the past were really ugly.
What's more, I not only used Zhu Jing, but also Zhang Rui and his three brothers. The late Emperor's hero Ma Fang has been in Nanshan for so many years, it's time to take it out and see if it is still useful!"
"But before a war, it's a time to test people's abilities!" Academician Confucius still argued with reason.
The emperor casually put his hands into his sleeves, but looked indifferent to the question raised by Grand Scholar Kong: "I know your concerns, Qing Kong, and I also know your persistence. However, I am no longer the young child I was back then.
He's not the young boy who just came to power. Since you say Du Heng is good, then transfer him to the capital. Give him the left camp of the Ruiqi camp."
As soon as these words came out, Academician Kong took a breath of cold air. He thought that Du Heng should not be rebellious, so he could be used. However, he transferred the general who had been involved in rebellion under his command back to the capital as one of the leaders of the Ruiqi Battalion.
, is the emperor too courageous?
However, before he could speak, the emperor turned around, leaving him with a back view: "As for Xiongwei, he had some minor achievements in countering the rebellion before, so he was transferred to Linhai Camp."
Damn it, there is little meritorious service... Those traitors were caught by Zhang Shou and his disciples. Xiongwei just escorted the people back according to the order. Where is the meritorious service? Although the great scholar Kong was full of objections, the emperor was proud of it.
But when he left, there was no chance for him to remonstrate. He could only secretly decide to go back to court or write a letter to stop it.
But when he returned to the cabinet with this idea in mind, he found that something was wrong. The third-ranked Wu Ge Lao, who had always looked like Maitreya Buddha, smiled and winked at him, like an old friend.
The next moment, Mr. Jiangge, the always strong chief minister, said coldly: "The emperor gave you instructions alone, Brother Kong, and sent people to guard the entrance and exit. Many cabinet documents could not be sent out, and official documents from outside could not be sent in.
, this is really trustworthy!”
Because of his radical political views, Academician Confucius had always been at odds with the conservative Mr. Jiang Ge. Faced with this cynicism, he immediately chose to push back: "I say everything to others, but walls have ears. The emperor is so wary, so naturally
He has a reason!"
"It's a joke, as the chief minister, I can't listen to anything!"
"Then you have to ask the Chief Assistant himself!"
Mr. Wu Ge has always been like Amitabha, and he only listens to the will of the Holy Spirit in everything. When he saw the two strong men fighting at this time, he tried to persuade Xini. But he was immediately overturned by Mr. Jiang Ge. Before, the emperor had followed orders as soon as he was ordered.
Old accounts. Zhang Yu, a bachelor who had only been in the cabinet for less than three months, had always been taciturn, but he was also involved in the dispute unknowingly.
At the end of the quarrel, Mr. Jiang Ge and Academician Confucius almost came to blows.
He went to the cabinet and had a quarrel with Academician Confucius. The emperor did not expect that the first and second ministers of the cabinet would almost fight each other, so he returned to Qingning Palace refreshed. At this time,
He couldn't help but admire Emperor Taizu's proposed decentralization of power system in the cabinet.
Even the chief assistant cannot monopolize the power of voting. The memorials from all parties are distributed to all the cabinet elders one by one according to the six categories. Once there are no six cabinet elders, the chief assistant will take over two cases, and the rest will be distributed in sequence. And every
Once in a season, all the elders of the cabinet rotate once in an effort to prevent them from seizing power. Of course, once the state has a young master, there is nothing that can be done, but subsequent emperors will further emphasize this section.
This is the case now. In the recent season, the affairs of the Ministry of War have been transferred to the great scholar Zhang Yu. He has cultivated this humble academician with his own hands. He is more like a confidant than Mr. Wu Ge of Amitabha.
In this way, the exchange of command and envoys between Linhai Camp and Ruiqi Camp should be completed.
As for the opposition from the DPRK and China...well, he is indeed a bit softer in recent years compared to when he first took office, but he is by no means unable to be tough.
On the way to Qingning Palace, the emperor received the news that Bingbi Chukuan, the eunuch of rituals, had personally come to report the news. Zhang Shou had already written a letter requesting the return of Taizu's manuscripts, and stated that he had ordered his students to copy several copies, keep one for himself, and keep the rest.
Send Ge Yong and others off. Regarding this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "I just came back from the cabinet, and I didn't hear about it."
"In the eyes of the cabinet ministers, this should be just a trivial matter." Chu Kuan followed the emperor all the way to Qingning Palace. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to mention the ancient and modern Tongjiku, but no matter what he said, the emperor just hummed without interest.
The sound left him speechless. It was not until he was at Qingning Gate that he saw Yu Quan, the female official next to the Empress Dowager, coming out, and his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that the Queen stayed in Qingning Palace so late? So the Queen Mother sent people to guard outside?
"Your Majesty." Yuquan hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and saluted, and then whispered, "The Queen has just left. She said before that since the Emperor wants to change the system for princes to select concubines, shouldn't the system for princesses to decline should also be changed?
Change it? Since the prince can only choose concubines below the seventh rank, then the princess will be demoted to the first level of the prince, and only common people will be selected!"
Hearing this, even though the emperor had predicted it and knew that his wife was not a weeper, he was still furious. He took a deep breath, suppressed his raging anger, and then asked in a deep voice: "What did the Queen Mother say?
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Yuquan calmed down his emotions and said without missing a word: "The Queen Mother said: 'Marry a daughter from a high family, marry a wife from a low family.' The princesses and wives married by the princes and clans in the future are all carefully selected by the Ministry of Etiquette, and then carefully selected by dedicated personnel.
Teach me, a woman with a relatively low background will naturally not be arrogant and domineering because of her family background, but will always be respectful. But the princess is different, how can she marry lightly?"