cabinet.
Not long after Zou Yuanbiao's memorial admonishing the emperor was sent to the palace at the Jinghuiji Gate, it was hurriedly sent to the cabinet by the Clerk's Office of the Supervisor of Rites as usual.
After seeing Zou Yuanbiao's memorial, all the cabinet ministers said nothing. They just sat on their chairs and looked at the gray sky outside and the snow falling on the red eaves under the sky.
"Yuansuke, you better say something."
Pan Cheng finally broke the silence and looked at Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing was looking out the window in the direction of Qianqing Palace. After hearing what Pan Cheng said, he turned back and said, "Kill!"
"kill?"
Xu Guo, the bachelor of the cabinet, asked in surprise and walked to Shen Shixing from outside.
Shen Shixing took a leisurely sip of hot tea and asked Yu Menglin, a member of Zhongshushe who was working for him, to grind the ink for him, and then said: "Not only do we want to kill, but we also want to tear apart the car!"
Pan Cheng and Liu Yingjie both stood up quickly and looked at Shen Shixing, with a sense of strangeness in their eyes.
Pan Chengxian said: "The problem is that it is within the scope of his responsibilities to advise the king's father about his gains and losses. There is no reason to kill him for it! Yuan Fu took him to the sixth branch at that time, didn't he just value his courage to speak out? He has spoken now, if If we really kill him, wouldn’t it really confirm that we ministers want to block His Majesty’s way of speech?”
There were three ways to select officials in the Ming Dynasty, one was by court recommendation, the second was by appointment, and the third was by annual regulations.
Among them, needless to say, court recommendation, naturally important ministers need candidates recommended by the ministers of the DPRK.
Xingqi refers to the selection of officials and county magistrates from the local government to serve as officials in the court, such as Shizhong and Yushi.
The annual rule is that every year some of the Kedao officials are transferred to local governments to serve as political advisors or deputy envoys, or to serve in the six ministries.
Nowadays, because the six subjects are mainly passed by the cabinet, the selection of officials to the six subjects is basically done by the cabinet.
"That's right, no matter what, he is also a yanguan, and he is a yanguan who has neither forced the palace nor accepted bribes. There is no way to kill him legally."
"Moreover, even if we want to kill him, it can only be done by His Majesty. If we convict him of death, we will really have to prove that we are traitors. But where did we commit the traitor from beginning to end?!"
Liu Yingjie said a few words, then spread his hands and looked at Shen Shixing with a puzzled look on his face.
Shen Shixing faced the biting cold wind outside and said: "This Zou Yuanbiao, just to name him, he actually falsely accused the king and his father. Not killing him is not enough to satisfy the anger of the officials!"
"Motosuke!"
At this time, Xu Guo also hurriedly handed over to Shen Shixing, and said: "Even if we have to deal with him, we can only say that he is too far-fetched and committed an extreme crime. At best, this kind of crime can only be dismissed from office and exiled! Yuan Fu insists on doing this, let the world How do you look at Yuansuke?"
Shen Shixing sneered: "Let them laugh and scold, loyal ministers will do it!"
After Shen Shixing said that, he said, "You don't need to say any more, my mind has been made!"
At this time, Yu Menglin also dipped his pen in ink and handed it to Shen Shixing with some hesitation.
Snapped!
But just as Shen Shixing was about to pick it up, there was a sudden bang, and Pan Cheng knocked the pen to the ground and looked at Shen Shixing: "Although the Duke is the leader, you can't be so indifferent to everyone's opinions!"
Shen Shixing's face darkened, his eyes slightly raised, and he looked at Pan Cheng.
Pan Cheng's chest also rose and fell fiercely, and finally he couldn't help but take a step back and bowed to Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing ignored it and just picked it up himself. He picked up the memorial written by Zou Yuanbiao indifferently and said: "For fame and reputation, there is no king, so it is appropriate to be torn apart and executed!"
After Shen Shixing drafted the note, he handed the memorial to Yu Menglin and said, "Send this ink book to the clerk's office quickly!"
Yu Menglin did not take the ink book at this time, but stepped back and cupped his hands and said: "Yuan Fu, please think twice!"
Shen Shixing left his seat and walked towards the library facing the heavy snow.
It didn't take long.
Li Wen, the eunuch in the clerk's office, hurriedly took the ink copy of the memorandum to the ceremonial supervisor, and then said to Zhang Hong, Chen Zheng, Sun Bin and others: "Dear gentlemen, if things go badly, some officials are scolding the emperor for being so happy with his achievements and scolding foreigners. The minister flatters and serves the king!"
"What?!"
Zhang Hong, Chen Zheng, Sun Bin and other eunuchs were shocked and stood up from their seats.
Then, Zhang Hong left his seat first, took the memorial still containing snow, opened it and asked: "How did the cabinet vote?"
"The car cracked!"
"It has been archived and has been notified to the Criminal Division and Jin Yiwei for preparation!"
Li Wen replied.
Snapped!
Zhang Hong slapped Li Wen directly: "Why are you in such a hurry!"
Li Wen hurriedly covered his face and explained with extreme grievance: "Yuan Fu personally delivered the book and asked us to act according to the usual rules. We in the library dare not disobey!"
After all, Shen Shixing was the head of the civil service. If a secret was revealed to force the emperor to change the person in the clerk's office, the emperor might really change it for the sake of the overall situation. After all, a clerk's eunuch was nothing and could not be equal to the chief assistant. In the inner court In this place, only the pawprint of the Chief Ceremony Supervisor can be equal to that of the Chief Assistant.
Therefore, Li Wencai said that he dared not disobey.
Zhang Hong fell silent after hearing this, and did not open the memorial again. He just looked at the increasingly heavy snow and the increasingly misty sky outside, and suddenly said: "Praise the red immediately!"
After hearing this, Chen Zheng, the eunuch of Bingbi, was shocked and looked at Zhang Hong: "Ancestor, you have to be careful about this matter! After all, it is a memorial against Yan Zhijian, and nothing else. If we criticize it directly, wouldn't it really make the outside world think Do we listen to the cabinet on everything?”
Zhang Hong looked at Chen Zheng and asked: "If the outer court wants to kill him, can the inner court not kill him?"
Chen Zhengdao: "Then we must let His Majesty know first!"
"I will report it to His Majesty after I approve it."
Zhang Hong replied.
After hearing this, Chen Zheng hurriedly raised his hands and said, "I don't know why our ancestors did this. They thought that we, the ceremonial supervisors, all obey the cabinet and have no opinions of our own!"
Zhang Hong glanced at Chen Zheng, and then asked: "Which of you criticizes the red?"
At this time, Sun Bin came over and took the memorial: "Son, please come and criticize me."
Chen Zheng was startled when he saw this.
Zhang Hong handed the memorial to Sun Bin.
At the same time, Zhang Hong asked the eunuch to put on a big cloak for him, and said: "We will go to the cabinet in person to approve the red memorial. When we come back, we will hand it over to the emperor in person."
"yes!"
Sun Bin replied.
Chen Zheng saw that this was getting more and more serious, so he hurriedly chased after him, knelt on the snow, and shouted to Zhang Hong: "My son is wrong!"
Zhang Hong stopped: "Where did you go wrong?"
Chen Zhengdao: "The mistake was that I shouldn't have listened to my godfather."
After hearing this, Zhang Hong shook his head and left.
"No, you should be wrong because the Chief Ceremony Officer is not our Chief Ceremony Officer, but the Emperor's Chief Ceremony Officer!"
Zhang Jing walked back from the direction of Qianqing Palace at this time and replied for Zhang Hong.
When Zhang Hong saw Zhang Jing appear, he smiled and asked, "Is the emperor sleeping?"
"I'm taking a flower petal bath with Concubine Yang. My godfather will come over later."
Zhang Jing replied.
Zhang Hong nodded: "That's right, let's go to the cabinet first."
After hearing this, Zhang Jing said "yes", returned to the ceremonial office, and got off the sedan chair.
Zhang Hong got on the sedan, narrowed his eyes and said, "Go to the cabinet!"
Not half an hour after Zhang Hong went to the cabinet, the sky became darker and darker, and the entire Forbidden City was lit up. Rows of candle lanterns began to bloom in an orderly manner among the snow fences of the Jade Palace.
Zhu Yijun also lazily inserted his gold hairpin diagonally, walked from the Inner Nuan Pavilion to the Outer Nuan Pavilion with his hands on his waist and shoes, and lay on the couch, reading the memorial.
There was a squeak.
Just at this moment, Zhang Hong walked in.
Zhu Yijun only raised his eyes slightly and yawned: "Coming?"
Zhang Hong said "hmm" and said, "There is something about Hutu reported by people from Hutu. Please don't be angry if you read it."
"What's the matter with Hutu?"
"Just play it!"
"You know me, I have always been mild-tempered."
Zhu Yijun started talking after asking.
Zhang Hong then replied: "The emperor is so happy with his achievements that he treats his ministers as domestic slaves!"
"Fucking fart!"
