Zhu Qizhen asked Chen Xun again: "Will the crime of 'colluding with the inner court and conspiring to dethrone the queen' that my brother has convicted San Yang of be confirmed? Is there any room for change?"
Chen Xun shook his head very firmly: "There is no room for it. I suggest that your Majesty should not compete with the emperor on this matter. Nowadays, most of the bachelors in the cabinet and the six ministers are devoted to the emperor.
Especially the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. These key ministries were all in the hands of the emperor's cronies.
It was too easy to get the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple to get the results the emperor wanted.
Your Majesty's advantage lies in the middle and lower-level officials. "
"Then what can I do to deal with the current situation?"
Chen Xun smiled bitterly and said: "If other major events happen to divert the attention of the government and the public, there may be hope."
Zhu Qizhen nodded thoughtfully. Big events, big events that can divert the attention of civil and military officials, are not easy to find.
There has been peace in the world recently, and the uprisings among the Oara, Miao people, and the southeast have all come to an end, so what other major events can there be?
Chen Xun was added: "The health of your Majesty's family is the most important matter of concern to both the government and the public today."
"Ah? What does Aiqing mean?"
Chen Xun turned his head and glanced northwest, then replied: "Wei Chen will die, Wei Chen will retire."
After saying that, Chen Xun knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and then exited the hall.
In fact, Chen Xun did not have a particularly obvious tendency between respecting the emperor and becoming the emperor.
But Chen Xun never wanted to see Emperor Gongrang and his family die inexplicably.
Even if we don’t mention the kindness of Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong emperors, we don’t mention Yang Shiqi’s drag on his fellow villagers in Ji’an, Jiangxi.
Chen Xun alone was still the number one bachelor in the cabinet. Once there was a problem with Emperor Gongrang and his family, Chen Xun would definitely not be able to escape in the history books.
Chen Xun did not want to bear the infamy, and was determined that his emperor would definitely take action against Emperor Gongrang.
Therefore, the conflict between Chen Xun and the emperor suddenly became irreconcilable.
Chen Xun left Nangong, leaving Zhu Qizhen in a daze in the dormitory: What did Chen Xun mean by looking northwest before leaving?
To the northwest, the Empress Dowager's Yinghua Palace is located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City.
Is Chen Xun hinting that the Queen Mother is pretending to be ill? Really sick? Or something else?
If you want to divert the attention of the ruling and opposition parties, pretending to be sick will definitely not work.
It can only be a real illness, and a serious illness at that.
Zhu Qizhen shook his head. Chen Xun's suggestion was not pure nonsense. It wouldn't work if the illness was mild, but it would be too dangerous if the illness was severe. If you lose your temper and die, you will kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
What Zhu Qizhen didn't expect was that Chen Xun's real intention was to kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses for himself.
On this point, Chen Xun and Wei Ji coincided.
That is to abandon the car to save the handsome man, and Sun's completely cut it off, and it's all over.
Otherwise, the Sun family would be the weakest link in Emperor Gongrang's camp. As long as the emperor continues to make fuss about the Sun family, the Sun family will cause big trouble sooner or later.
When the time comes, the destruction of the Sun family will be a minor matter, but the implicating of the Emperor Gong and the Crown Prince will be a serious matter.
Zhu Qizhen was hesitant, and since his illness was not yet cured, he decided to rest for one night.
Who would have known that delaying it for one night would ruin something big again.
The same was true for the previous civil forts. If Zhu Qizhen could have run away a day earlier, abandoned the army directly, and led his elite troops into Juyongguan, then these things would not happen at all.
The emperor wanted to investigate the death of Queen Hu, and the news spread like wildfire that the traitors in the inner court had destroyed three tribes. Before dinner, the news spread throughout the inner court.
It is true that most eunuchs have no children, but most of them have clansmen.
The eunuchs who had been close followers of Xuanzong and Sun during the early years of Xuande were really afraid this time.
What happens tonight is not only related to the fate of the Sun family, but also related to the lives of Jin Ying and other eunuchs.
At this point, even if the Queen Mother Sun doesn't want to take action, Jin Ying and others will have to force the Queen Mother Sun to do it.
No matter how undercurrents are surging in the Forbidden City, Zhu Qiyu is soaking in the hot springs, leisurely tasting cherry wine.
After drinking until he was dizzy, Zhu Qiyu leaned his head against the edge of the hot spring pool and allowed his beloved concubines to give him a full body massage.
I was happy today, and Zhu Qiyu suddenly laughed.
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Why is the emperor laughing? Let me tell you."
Zhu Qiyu explained: "I'm laughing. For example, there is a house with many people living in it. If you want to open a window in the wall, others will stand up and oppose it, looking like they are dying.
But if you have to lift the roof as soon as you get up, and after a fierce tug-of-war, you can then compromise and agree to just open a window.
On the contrary, others will be extremely happy and cheer because you agreed to just open a window.
Human nature is something strange. Do you think it’s strange or not? "
Lin Xiangyu shook her head: "I understand the truth, but what exactly do you want to do?"
"I have already negotiated with Wei Ji, and his memorial will be delivered to the cabinet early tomorrow morning. It contains three points: First, it requires that the capital inspection and major plans be changed from once every nine years to once every six years.
Second, it is recommended that the Beijing inspection and major plan be carried out immediately this year, and then starting from this year, the second Beijing inspection and major plan of the Jingtai Dynasty will be carried out six years later.
Third, it is proposed to abolish the recommendation and restore the official selection. "
"The capital inspection is aimed at the capital officials, and the plan is aimed at the local officials? They are all inspections of officials. Do you understand this correctly? Then the civil and military officials should not be upset when they see this memorial."
Zhu Qiyu nodded.
Lin Xiangyu turned her spiritual eyes and understood the meaning: "I understand, my husband means that among these three suggestions, only one is what you really want to implement.
You first throw out three reform measures in one breath, and then when the civil and military officials are arguing with each other, you make a "huge concession" and withdraw two of them. Then, the civil and military officials should cheer and be grateful. "
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "My beloved concubine is really very transparent. But forget it about being grateful. If all the civil and military officials don't hide under the bed and scold me, then I will be grateful to them."
"Then the four of us will guess which one the husband wants to keep. If we guess correctly, we will be rewarded heavily."
"good."
Qianxue and Su Xi took the lead in choosing the second option: carrying out the Beijing inspection and the big plan this year. But the gap between Jingcha and Daji is still nine years.
Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang chose the third option.
Zhu Qiyu was also curious: "Why didn't you choose the first option? Ningxiang, tell me."
Ningxiang smiled and said: "Actually, my husband doesn't want to engage in any capital inspections or big plans at all, let alone shorten the distance between them. Because my husband is a person who likes to make foresight, and frequent inspections and big plans will only make civil and military officials more short-sighted. , only focusing on immediate results, regardless of long-term interests.
Just like those disgusting things that Sanyang did, he only wanted to be happy in the present and didn't care about the future at all.
My husband hated Sanyang so much that he could follow their old path. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly and said: "San Yang, the powerful Prime Minister, is not as good as a little girl like you. Officials must be inspected, but we have to think of a better way.
Jingcha and Daji are too rigid. They choose a time to inspect thousands of officials. There are only so many people in the Ministry of Personnel, and even these officials may not recognize them all. What can he find out through inspection.
If I were a local official, I wouldn't like this kind of inspection either. If the officials set some evaluation standards that are eager for quick success, it will really cost them their lives.
It is not without reason that officials hate Jingcha and Daji.
Later, I have to find Xu Youzhen and the others and ask them to come up with an inspection method that is more flexible and efficient and allows officials to be uninterrupted. "
Ningxiang received the compliment and asked with a smile: "Then which one of us guessed correctly?"
"You and Ji'er guessed right. I want to abolish the recommendation and restore the official selection. Now I have to scold Yang Shiqi again, that bastard who lacked eighteen generations of great virtues.
Originally, the selection of civil servants was done well, but this bastard had to encourage Xuanzong to establish a recommendation system.
Then, Xuanzong, I don’t even bother to talk about him. Just like Yang Shiqi's marionette, he was being played around in circles.
Just tell me how many holes he dug for me and my poor eldest brother, Emperor Gongrang.
As long as I go out to deal with major military and political affairs, whether it is domestic affairs, people's livelihood, diplomacy, or military affairs, he will dig a big hole wherever I go, and I have to wipe his ass endlessly.
Xuanzong and Yang Shiqi are a perfect match. Such wonderful people are so hard to find. I am really afraid of them.
Oops, the recommendation system, my God, you might as well break the pot and just implement the nine-level Zhongzheng system. "
(End of chapter)
