Zhu Houzhao was very good at playing. After he settled in Xuan Mansion, he suddenly remembered that he had a prince.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing with an edict and ordered the prince to supervise the country, the imperial concubine to listen to the government on his behalf, and the chief ceremonial supervisor and the cabinet to jointly assist the government.
The civil servants immediately exploded, but since the emperor was not around, they could not dissuade him.
The emperor's personal conquests, the harem's involvement in politics, the eunuchs' manipulation of power... no matter how you look at it, it's all signs of national subjugation.
Wang Qiong, the true emperor, and Lu Wan, the fake emperor, suddenly burst into smiles. When the emperor was here, as the six ministers, they could directly give the cabinet a tough blow. Once the emperor left, they were forced to take orders from the cabinet.
If you want to do something, you must send a memorial to the border town.
Now that the prince is in charge of the country, they can bypass the cabinet and go to the imperial concubine to report.
Liang Chu and other cabinet ministers were so angry that they were trembling with anger. The eunuch Zhang Yong, who was friendly to civil servants, had long been transferred from the position of Chief of Ceremonies. The current Chief of Ceremonies is Zhang Xiong. He often did not cooperate with the cabinet, which led to the handling of government affairs.
It's a complete mess. Now adding an imperial concubine to the mix will really drive the cabinet crazy.
But soon, the civil servants were surprised to find that letting the imperial concubine take charge of the government...it smelled so good!
For example, for some engineering projects that cost a lot of money but have no practical use, the emperor would not listen to the advice no matter what, and the emperor often did not even bother to read the memorials. Now if you send the memorials to the imperial concubine, there will be a reply within three days.
And most of them stopped the project according to the wishes of the remonstrating ministers.
There were also cases where the eunuchs who were guarding various places violated laws and disciplines, but the emperor never paid any attention to them. He even threw aside the impeachment memorial issued by the patrol censor. However, the imperial concubine dealt with business affairs and sent officials to investigate and punish them if found out.
Good concubine!
Leopard room.
Concubine Zhuang, who has been promoted to the imperial concubine, is receiving the ministers with a veil, and all the ministers are given seats.
The imperial concubine took the memorial and said: "What caused the great trouble in Guangdong?"
Mao Ji, the Minister of Rites, lamented: "Because local officials were corrupt, perverted the law, and colluded with sea pirates, the ancestral maritime ban system has been completely destroyed!"
Some time ago, there were hundreds of pirates in Guangdong who repeatedly entered Guanghai Guard City and plundered it. The local government and guards did not dare to take care of it. Occasionally, some pirates were caught and turned over to the government, but they were killed by the commanders of Guanghai Guards, Zhao Ying and Zhu Chun.
Let go.
When the censor Zhi Ying heard this, he was furious and impeached all the governors of Guangdong, deputy envoys, commanding envoys, patrol officers, political officers, and military personnel. In fact, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong and the chief envoys of Guangdong should also be impeached.
, but Zhiying did not dare to play such a big role, and only dared to impeach officials below the rank of inspector.
How did Zhu Houzhao handle such a serious incident in history? He transferred the inspector elsewhere and fined other officials.
Shi Jie, the Minister of Revenue, took the opportunity to say: "Not only should Guangdong officials be severely punished, but the sea ban in Guangdong should also be strengthened. It would be best to stop opening the sea and transfer Wang Shilang back to the capital!"
The imperial concubine frowned and said, "This is a matter for Guangdong, what does it have to do with the Governor of Zhejiang?"
Shi Jie said: "It's all caused by the lax sea ban!"
The imperial concubine turned around and asked Liang Chu, the first assistant: "What does Prime Minister Liang think?"
Liang Chu, who was firmly opposed to Wang Yuan's opening of the sea, actually changed his position at this time and said: "I believe that Guangdong officials should be severely punished, but there is no need to strengthen the sea ban in Guangdong. Now that His Majesty is rectifying border affairs and spending countless money and food, how can the Ministry of Revenue have the money to enforce martial law?
Guangdong waters?”
Shi Jie and Mao Ji were furious when they heard this.
Shi Jie directly refused to give face and retorted on the spot: "As a Cantonese, Liang Shoufu may have colluded with the pirates? Otherwise, why did he oppose Wang Shilang's opening of the sea half a year ago, and now he opposes the ban on the sea in Guangdong!"
Liang Chu's face did not change and he said: "I am planning for the country. Shi Shangshu is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Don't you know how much money is left in the Ministry of Household Affairs? To strengthen the sea ban in Guangdong, you will have to spend money to rectify the navy. Do you have that much money in the Ministry of Household Affairs?
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Shi Jie said angrily: "It's one thing to not have enough money, it's another thing to strengthen the maritime ban!"
Liang Chu is a typical person with vested interests. He neither supports the opening of the sea in Guangdong nor the prohibition of the sea in Guangdong. It is best to maintain the status quo of neither opening nor prohibiting the sea.
On the contrary, Shi Jie, who has always been hostile to Wang Yuan, is a truly upright minister who sincerely wants to maintain national laws and regulations.
The imperial concubine then asked Zhang Zilin, who had resumed his position as Minister of Punishment: "What do you think of Zhang Shangshu?"
Zhang Zilin stood up and bowed: "The Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple should jointly send people to Guangdong to investigate, and those who violate laws and disciplines will be severely punished in accordance with the law."
The imperial concubine nodded and said, "Just follow what Zhang Shangshu said."
This approach was impartial, and both Liang Chu and Shi Jie had nothing to say.
However, when the Third Law Division goes to the local area to investigate, it is likely that it will go through the motions, which means it is still biased towards Liang Chu.
Shi Jie said: "I recommend Wang Jing, the censor of Youdu, to take charge of the investigation!"
Liang Chu was so angry that he didn't speak. If he objected again, Shi Jie would probably point his finger at him and curse him. Shi Jie's integrity not only gave Wang Yuan a headache, but also gave Liang Chu a headache.
Wang Jing is considered a very qualified candidate to handle this matter. This gentleman is not afraid of anyone when he is reckless, and at the same time he is very measured in his actions. Liang Chu can already imagine the outcome of the handling. Most likely, the chief inspector of Guangdong, the deputy chief inspector of Guangdong, and the governor of Guangdong will be convicted and demoted.
The hereditary military attache of Guanghaiwei was imprisoned and some other officials were demoted.
Guangdong officials dare not play tricks with Wang Jing. If Wang Jing is angered, this man will probably return to Beijing immediately, seek the position of governor of Guangdong, and then return to Guangdong to train troops to encircle and suppress pirates. By the way, the officials and citizens who colluded with pirates will also be killed.
Kill a bunch of them!
They are both members of the Wang family, and Wang Jing's violent temper is similar to Wang Yuan's.
The matter of Guangdong pirates looting the guardhouse was thus dealt with. Although it was not painful and could not change the situation in Guangdong, the imperial concubine had handled it extremely well, at least she was more like a boss than Zhu Houzhao.
Peng Ze, the censor of Zuodu, suddenly knelt down and said: "Tang Fengyi, the censor of Zhejiang Province, impeached Wang Yuan, the governor of Zhejiang, for colluding with Zhejiang pirates without authorization. Not only did he force Dinghai County to issue household registrations to pirates as good citizens, but he also dared to accept donations from pirates.
It is even more unreasonable to fly the Tuanlong flag on a sea-going ship!"
Women are women, and sometimes they won’t reason with you at all.
The imperial concubine said directly: "Your Majesty trusts Shilang Wang, and I also believe that Shilang Wang is devoted to the country. The affairs of Zhejiang have been handed over to Wang Shilang with full authority. Let the impeachment memorial be kept until His Majesty returns to Beijing."
The ministers looked at each other and were too lazy to say anything.
Legend has it that this imperial concubine was dedicated to His Majesty by Wang Yuan, and it seems that this is indeed the case.
The imperial court was here to discuss Tang Fengyi's impeachment memorial against Wang Yuan. Little did they know that Tang Fengyi had already reconciled with Wang Yuan, and everyone told everyone that Governor Wang had blessed the people of Zhejiang!
The reason for the reconciliation between the two was simple. Tang Fengyi finally began to rectify the bad habit of infanticide in Zhejiang. He imposed a mandatory limit on the age of marriage for men and women, which aroused collective opposition from Zhejiang officials and people, but Wang Yuan firmly supported Tang Fengyi.