It cleared up after the snow today and the weather is fine.
The general examination is approaching, and those who are waiting for the examination are gathered in Tokyo. Since this year there is a special encore program and there is also a macro-ci erudition course, so there are especially many scholars.
The Lantern Festival has not yet passed, the envoys from the imperial court have not yet left Beijing, and even many foreign envoys are still in Beijing. Many merchants from all over the country come to Beijing to sell goods, and there are also many merchants who come to Beijing to sell goods. It is extremely lively for a while.
The emperor summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
The whole of Fengtian, Tokyo, has been alarmed. Recently, the imperial court has been making big moves. First, the Imperial Academy gave a speech to purge Donglin, then thousands of people were sent to temporary posts, and then there were the court promotions.
The capital is always well-informed.
The ministers are entering the palace for discussion, and there are already a lot of discussions in the cities of Fengtian. It is even soon spread that today will be a major change of the cabinet.
When Wen Anzhi came to Beijing for the Five Provincial Economics, he was still in the capital. He had a house in Tokyo given by the emperor. It was in Xinjian East City. The house had three entrances and was relatively spacious. Although the furnishings were simple, Wen Anzhi was quite satisfied with it.
In the house there are also Kunlun slaves from Southeast Asia and Silla maids from Korea, as well as stewards and servants, so they have everything they need.
Wen Anzhi also has a bachelor's degree, but it is just an additional title, so he was not able to participate in today's test.
Today I had some rare leisure time. I met Wen Zhenheng, Wen Bing, and Wen Cheng's uncle and nephew to visit me. Together they enjoyed the snow in the pavilion in the front yard, cooked snow tea, recited poems and rhymes, and talked about current affairs.
Wen Zhenheng was Wen Zhenmeng's younger brother, and Wen Zhenmeng was the number one scholar in Wen'an. Later they both served as officials in the Hanlin Academy. Although one was from Jiangnan and the other from Hubei, they both came after Wen Tianxiang.
Zhen Meng was Wen Anzhi's uncle.
Wen Zhen and Meng Gang were upright and upright. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was specially promoted to be the left minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Dongge. He joined the cabinet to participate in the military affairs of Henan Province. However, he was upright and upright, even the emperor respected him. He offended Wei Zhongxian, Wen Tiren and other powerful eunuchs and treacherous ministers.
He was forced to retire once and was dismissed from his post. In the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, he died of illness in his hometown.
In the early days of the court, Wen Anzhi had a very good relationship with Wen Zhenmeng. Wen Zhenheng was also a talented man with great attainments in calligraphy and painting. During the Chongzhen Dynasty, he held positions such as Zhongshu Sheren, and he also had a good relationship with Wen Anzhi.
Originally, he lived in seclusion in his hometown after the fall of the Northern Capital, but later he came out to support Lu Jianguo. Now he is a doctor in the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing. Zhen Meng's two sons, Wen Bing and Wencheng, are also Jiangnan talents. They also jointly signed a letter with Huang Zongxi and others in Nanjing to "Liu the Capital".
Later he came out to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and now he and his brothers are both officials of Zhan Shifu.
While they were chatting, Wen Anzhi's eldest son, Wen Xieji, came in from outside, very excited.
He went to meet friends today, but he heard a lot of comments outside and came back quickly.
"All the six cabinet ministers and the six co-organizers are out?" Wen Zhenheng couldn't help but be very surprised. This sixty-year-old man's calligraphy and painting skills were as good as those of his great-grandfather Wen Zhengming, but he couldn't help hearing the news.
The surprised voices changed.
"There has never been a precedent like this. It has never been like this in any dynasty or generation!"
Wen Bing couldn't help but say that he was forty this year, which was just a few years younger than Wen Anzhi. When the Chongzhen Dynasty was in Beijing, the two of them were considered brothers of the same clan and had a good relationship. Wen Bing was good at poetry and history.
I have written several books over the years.
"It's really too shocking to directly replace the entire cabinet, isn't it possible?"
With that said, Wen Fengji, Wen An's second son, rushed in.
"Xuanma pays homage to the prime minister, Xuanma pays homage to the prime minister."
It was a common practice in the Tang and Song dynasties to pay homage to the Prime Minister and generals, write edicts on yellow and white linen paper and announce them to the court, which was called Xuanma.
Xuanma has always been the highest pursuit of scholars.
After Cai Jing was demoted in the Northern Song Dynasty, he once wrote a poem,
Five people in the Golden Palace paid homage to the prime minister,
Yutang Shidu Xuanma,
Chasing the prosperity of the past,
This is turned into a dream talk.
In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was Hanlin bachelors who drafted imperial edicts, and even special Hanlin bachelors were appointed to carry out the edicts. However, in the Ming Dynasty, because the prime minister was abolished and state affairs were complicated, the emperor could not handle them, so he established imperial bachelors and selected people from Hanlin officials.
After that, he was appointed as the emperor's personal secretary and was designated as the fifth rank.
The cabinet uses low-ranking officials to control high-ranking positions to prevent Hanlin from gaining power.
From Yongle onwards, the power of the cabinet gradually increased, and by the time of Xuande, it had been promoted to the rank of imperial representative.
When Yongle first established the cabinet, the emperor actually firmly held the decision-making power and only gave the cabinet deliberation power, while the six ministries held administrative power, and the three local departments were directly responsible to the six ministries.
The cabinet originally came out of the Hanlin Academy, so even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet bachelors still had their own desks in the Hanlin Academy. Even if they never went to work there, they still had a place.
The cabinet came from the Hanlin Academy, but almost took away all the power of the Hanlin Academy.
For example, drafting edicts was originally the responsibility of Hanlin scholars, but later it was assigned to the cabinet.
But if we really talk about it, Hanlin drafting imperial edicts began in the Tang Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, the right to draft imperial edicts was initially vested in Zhongshushe people. Later, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty appointed Hanlin bachelors to draft internal edicts, and Zhongshuhui people drafted external edicts.
Decentralization.
Gradually, Hanlin scholars took over the power of imperial edicts.
In the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet took over the power of issuing imperial edicts.
It is said that during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Hanlin Academy had to lock its courtyard during the great festivals, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty had to personally control the inner east gate of the small hall.
When these two things happen at the same time, all well-informed people in the imperial city will understand that something big has happened.
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Penglai palace.
Because this time involved a direct change of cabinet, the emperor did not let the cabinet scholar draft the edict. Instead, he asked Xu Shiqi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Hanlin, to draft the edict of enfeoffment.
The first is the edict for the change of cabinet, and the second is the edict for Song Zhipu to be appointed as Prime Minister.
In the Song Dynasty, Pujia was granted the title of Duke of Song Dynasty. He was still an official from the Yipin Kaifu Yitong Sansi Division. He was granted the title of Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou and Governor of Yunnan. He was granted the title of 3,000 households in the city, 1,000 households were granted the title of Shishi, 1,000 acres of Yongye land, and 3,000 acres of land in Taiwan.
Thousands of acres.
Then came the edict to worship Wen Anzhi as his chief assistant.
Xu Shiqi is seventy-one years old, but he has a thorough knowledge of classics and history. He is especially familiar with the history of the state, and is well-informed. He has served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Personnel.
However, he was also a Jinshi in the same list as Wen Anzhi and Zhang Guowei.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Holding a pen in hand to write a royal edict to Lao Tongnian, Xu Shiqi couldn't help but be extremely excited, thinking that when he returned to his hometown of Jiaxing in seclusion, he planned to commit suicide by throwing himself into a ring. Who would
It is conceivable that we can still see the day when the Ming Dynasty is revived.
There were many ministers with Hanlin bachelor's degrees, but at this time the emperor dictated the instructions and Xu Shiqi drafted them.
Going to the prime minister and paying homage to the prime minister was just a matter of words for the emperor, but for Xu Shiqi, who was responsible for drafting the imperial edict, he had to write it to a high standard. This imperial edict not only announced the world, but also included the history of the country, and it had to be clear. out of level.
He cheered up, sharpened the ink, unfolded the rice paper, and began to concentrate on the draft.
At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the state he was in when he took the examination in the Gongyuan Academy in Beijing in the second year of Tianqi. That year, he was already in his forties, and compared with Wen Anzhi, who was in his twenties, he was a year older. Cut off, but not too old.
Now, in the blink of an eye, he is over seventy years old, and his temples are stained with frost.
Soon, he drafted the manuscript, then dipped his pen in ink, splashed ink, and quickly drafted an edict to pay homage to the prime minister.
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Dongcheng.
Wen Anzhi's five sons all rushed back.
After the first edict was read out at the palace gate, Wen An and others also received the feedback from the servants immediately.
"I didn't expect that there would be a complete change in the cabinet. There are six grand masters, six co-sponsored masters, and Wenyuan Pavilion has all changed people at once. I couldn't have imagined it before." Wen Bing sighed.
When the second edict was announced to the palace gate, several people couldn't help but sigh.
"Song Gong is actually very meritorious. Now he is out as the governor and governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, but this seems to be a demotion." Wen Zhenheng said with emotion.
"It's not a derogation. This is to retain the first rank of Kaifu Yitong and the three divisions, and to add Taibao, the Duke of the Jin and Song Dynasties. This is an extraordinary reward."
Officials of the Ming Dynasty generally did not confer the title of Grand Master, Taifu or Taibao while they were still alive. Only Zhang Juzheng did so during his lifetime.
Now that Song Zhipu was released from the prime ministership, he was released as the governor-general and governor with such treatment. This was definitely not a demotion.
"Song Gong is still young. In fact, he can serve in the cabinet for another three years." Wen Anzhi quite admired Song Zhipu and felt that it was a pity that he resigned from the prime minister this time.
Although the chief minister of the Shaotian Dynasty's cabinet did not have as much power as before Jiashen, the current cabinet was basically only responsible for the general affairs of the court, and it was a split-vote system, so the chief minister did not have special weight in the cabinet. However, Song Zhipu also held the title of prime minister and participated in military affairs. Therefore, the actual power is still very large.
Not to mention that his achievements are particularly outstanding, but the current situation of ZTE's resurgence is due to his great contribution.
"Maybe it's because of Dong Lin?" Fang Zhenheng said worriedly.
The emperor's words about purging Donglin still make every Donglin person uneasy. Now that Song Zhipu, who has Donglin identity, has passed away, it undoubtedly makes people even more uneasy.
"Looking at His Majesty's previous explanation for his temporary appointment, it doesn't seem like he wants to clean up the party. Now that the ZTE has not yet been completed, it is impossible for His Majesty to clean up the party so boldly. Doing so will only cause greater divisions in the court." Although Wen Anzhi spent time with the emperor. There are not many, but he has a clear understanding of the current emperor's ruling thoughts. The emperor regards reviving the Ming Dynasty and reviving China as his own mission. Even Shunying and Xiying are willing to take the initiative to recruit troops, so how can he not tolerate Donglin?
Moreover, the Donglin Party members in the DPRK have been relatively stable in recent years. Although some young people have become active, they are only a small part after all.
"It depends on who becomes the chief assistant." Fang Bingdao.
The butler came in excitedly.
"Master, Master, someone is coming from the palace."
"Angels, angels come to announce the decree."
"Xuanma pays homage to the prime minister, and the saint pays homage to the master as his chief minister!"
The housekeeper gasped with excitement, unable to speak completely, and his whole face turned red.
"Angel, right outside the door."
The five Wen brothers were the first to get excited.
Wen Zhenheng's uncle and nephew also stood up excitedly.
Wen Anzhi, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment, and then still sat there.
"Father, please quickly open the middle door and go out together to receive the angel's decree."
The edict of Baima worship drafted by Xu Shiqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, arrived, and he was granted the title of Wen'an's Kaifu Yitong Third Division, the Grand Bachelor of Jianji Hall, the first assistant, the title of Wei Guogong, and the chief prime minister...
"Please ask the new chief assistant to enter the palace immediately, accept the title of worship, and thank you for your kindness!"
The Wen family didn't even expect that the new chief assistant would be Wen Anzhi.
After the surprise, there is surprise and excitement.
Wen Zhenheng even held Wen Anzhi's hand to congratulate him, and sighed, "You have become the chief minister, and I can finally let go of my hanging heart. It seems that the overall situation of the imperial court will not change, and the general policy will not change, which is good.
very good."
"Father, hurry up and enter the palace." Brother Wen Xieji urged while congratulating him.
Xuan Ma worships the prime minister, which is the highest pursuit of countless scholars.
Wen Anzhi, who was in his fifties, rose to the top in one fell swoop. He entered the Wenyuan Pavilion as the first assistant bachelor, and then entered the Prime Minister's Office as the chief prime minister. His status as the head of all officials was also officially confirmed.
