People are already coming and going on the streets of the capital. The cries of vendors and the greetings of people passing by each other all reflect the prosperity of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
After exiting the gate of the palace, it was not far from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
Wang Changlian, the Minister of Rites, and Chen E, the Minister of Rites and Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, gave up riding the carriage and walked slowly on the street to the Ministry of Rites.
In this morning's court, every decision made by the emperor was almost beyond the expectations of all the officials. Both Wang Changlian and Chen E, the Minister of Rites, were thinking about the confusion in their hearts. For a moment, both of them were speechless.
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"Sir," Chen E on the side said suddenly as if he suddenly remembered something, "the person in charge, Ma Yuanshan, has now been transferred to Jinyiwei. Should we keep his position or re-select people to fill the vacancy?"
Wang Changlian stopped and thought for a moment: "Didn't the Emperor say that Ma Yuanshan is just a trainee commander when he comes to Jinyiwei? If he does well, he will stay in Jinyiwei. If he does not do well, he will come back in the end."
"Do you think he will come back?"
"If I'm not wrong, whether he did well or not, he will never come back. His words touched the emperor too much." Wang Changlian said softly.
The slight frown showed that he had a lot of worries in his heart.
After rolling his eyes a few times, Chen E couldn't help but look at his Lord Shangshu: "Sir, what do you mean, the reason why the emperor promoted Ma Yunshan to the commander of the Jinyiwei is because he talked about Ji Gang, Liao Xianghe and other things?
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"Master Chen, as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, should know the inside story of these matters in the imperial court much better than I do. Is Ji Gang's death really because he wanted to rebel?" Looking at Chen E, Wang Changlian's eyes seemed to be deep.
Bottomless.
Chen E looked around and lowered his voice: "On the street, it is not appropriate for us to mention the secrets of the court. We are not afraid of Dongchang, but among these common people, it is inevitable that there will be 'hidden stakes' of Jin Yiwei.
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"Okay, return gift department."
According to the official arrangement of the imperial court, each of the six departments has one minister, one minister each, four ministers, and four chief ministers. Then there are some ambassadors and deputy envoys who have not entered the ranks.
Wang Changlian is in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Currently, he only has Chen E, the left minister, and the position of the right minister is still vacant.
The four doctors who had gone to court together in the morning, as well as the three principals except for the chief minister of the Ministry of Rites Shrine to worship the Qing officials, returned to the Ministry of Rites early to start the day's affairs.
As soon as the two of them entered the hall, Wu Hai, the doctor of the Ceremony and Cleaning Department, walked into the door carrying a kettle and two tea bowls.
"Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen. We don't have any important matters in the etiquette department today. I will make you a bowl of tea while you sit here and rest."
After saying that, he filled the tea bowl with hot water, pushed it in front of the two of them, and slowly backed away with a smile.
"At the beginning, I also checked the files of the staff of the Ministry of Rites one by one, and left behind staff who had worked with the original minister Cangcheng for a shorter period of time. But I didn't expect that Ma Yunshan, the head of the Qing Li Department in this temple, was hidden so deeply.
.This man entered the court hall with a single sword and suddenly reached the position of commander of the Jin Yiwei. I am afraid that what he is planning is not only the official position of the third grade."
Picking up the tea bowl, Wang Changlian said calmly.
Glancing at the tea bowl in front of him, Chen E put his left arm on the table and leaned forward: "What do you mean, sir, will Ma Yuanshan avenge Cang Cheng?"
"I dare not say whether to take revenge or not, but he will definitely encourage Xu Kaiying to secretly go against Dongchang and deliberately create something detrimental to Dongchang. The depth of this person's scheming is beyond my expectation.
My unintentional negligence actually created a powerful opponent for Dongchang. If I see Xiao Chen in the future, I will really feel a little ashamed."
Holding the tea bowl, Wang Changlian was a little uninterested in drinking for a while.
"It's just a sixth-grade manager. How much energy can he have? You don't have to worry about this." Seeing Wang Changlian's appearance, Chen E comforted him from the side.
"This person's official position is not high, but he has a good grasp of the emperor's heart, and his wording is just right, which is enough to prove that this person is a capable person. He serves as the commander of the Jinyi Guards. We, and Dongchang, can do things in the future.
Be careful."
"Is this person so scary?" Chen E shook his head and said disapprovingly.
Looking at Chen E, Wang Changlian laughed: "Master Chen, let's continue the topic just now. Was Ji Gang, the former commander of the Imperial Guard, really ordered to be executed by the emperor because of rebellion?"
Chen E shook his head: "The real cause of Ji Gang's death was that he helped the King of Han and participated in the fight for the crown prince's inheritance."
"No, this is just one of Ji Gang's causes of death, but it is not the most fatal cause of death."
"Sir, what do you mean, the real cause of Ji Gang's death was because of rebellion, as Ma Yunshan said?" Chen E had a trace of confusion in his eyes.
Although the Inspectorate later announced that the charges for Ji Gang's death were false transmission of imperial edicts, indiscriminate killing of innocent people, corruption and bribery, and particularly emphasized that his family supported desperadoes and secretly made tens of thousands of iron-clad bows and crossbows, implying that Ji Gang had the intention to rebel.
He has a treasonous and evil heart, but everyone knows that this is just an unfounded crime.
Everyone's unanimous judgment is that Ji Gang participated in helping the King of Han in an attempt to harm the prince, which led to his death.
"The real cause of Ji Gang's death was that he had too much power in the court and his status in the eyes of the officials rose too quickly, so much so that he had a vague intention of endangering the emperor's status." Wang Changlian said calmly.
"oh??"
"After Jigang single-handedly created the 'rebellion' incident of Zhejiang Inspector Zhou Xin, the emperor should have been alert to his power. In addition, when he shot willows on the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone did not dare to point out that he really missed the target, and they all confuse right and wrong.
The emperor had realized that Ji Gang's autocratic power had endangered his own Ming Dynasty. Two months later, the eunuchs who reported Ji Gang's various misdeeds were obviously under the emperor's orders. After less than a day of interrogation, he was accused of "conspiracy to commit treason" on the same day.
He was executed for the crime. If the emperor hadn't wanted him dead, how could he have been executed so quickly?"
Chen E leaned back and took a deep breath of air, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"What do you mean, sir, that Ma Yunshan was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Imperial Guard just to assist Xu Kaiying, contain Dongchang and prevent one of them from becoming dominant and following in Ji Gang's footsteps?"
"Assist Xu Kaiying? From now on, I'm afraid Xu Kaiying will be a puppet. The real head of Jinyiwei should be Ma Yunshan." Wang Changlian said seriously.
"Let me just say that the biggest contributors to finding the whereabouts of the prince this time are Dongchang and Xiao Chen. Although the emperor retained Dongchang's right to use firearms, he did not reward Dongchang, and even Xiao Chen's purple coat
It was not returned. It turned out that the emperor was worried about Xiao Chen and became the second Ji Gang."
Chen E shook his head in disbelief.
"Xiao Chen is just a member of the Qianhu family in Dongchang, and he is responsible for the frontline handling of cases in Dongchang. Above him, there is also the eunuch Lin Shangli, the eunuch who oversees Dongchang. Even so, the emperor began to increase the strength of Jinyiwei.
By secretly checking and balancing Dongchang, the emperor's suspicion has really become more and more serious." Wang Chang even said.
"If I were Xiao Chen, I would just slap my ass and leave. I only work for the court, and yet I am still being treated with suspicion. I don't mind being aggrieved." Chen E couldn't help but cry out for Xiao Chen.
"Xiao Chen will not leave until the prince takes the throne. He grew up eating the food of hundreds of families and is well aware of the sufferings of the people. Among the several princes, only the prince is generous and righteous and will bring a good life to the people. Since he has chosen
On the prince's side, Xiao Chen will definitely not give up halfway." At this point, Wang Changlian's eyes were full of admiration.
"Speaking of this, I remembered something. The prince is responsible for supervising the country, and it is natural for him to stand in front of all officials. But what kind of virtue is King Zhu Gaosui of Zhao, and he is worthy of standing with the prince in front of all officials?" Chen
E said indignantly.
"Promoting King Zhao's status is nothing more than giving him a glimmer of the illusion of the legitimate throne. If the prince has no rivals, what if his speed of development threatens his throne?" Wang Changlian shook his head, "Our emperor, Yue
I am becoming less and less confident. Forget about guarding against outsiders, I have to guard against my own son. Will the Ming Dynasty be passed on to future generations sooner or later? How can I still control the government and never let go? "