Although the disobedient officials in the capital account for the majority, Zhu Qiyu's own "Pseudo Zhongshu Sheng" is still very useful, and can be described as using his fingers like an arm.
After He Yi got the file, he, together with Lian Gang, Xu Zheng, Huang Jian and others, quickly dealt with it clearly.
Zhu Qiyu took a cursory look and then went home to take a nap with confidence.
In less than two hours, the files, handling opinions, and edicts were all sent to the cabinet, and a secret edict was sent to the Royal Horse Supervisor.
This abridged version of the dossier omits the section about Empress Dowager Sun instructing Jin Ying. It is tentatively determined that Jin Ying poisoned the prince and framed the emperor, with the intention of diverting the attention of the government and the public and thus protecting the murderer of Queen Hu.
The emperor's advice was to require Sanfasi, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei to thoroughly investigate the murderer of Queen Hu, and then annihilate the three clans.
As for Jin Ying, he was imprisoned in the Metropolitan Procuratorate Prison and the trial continued until he confessed who was behind it.
Although Jin Ying has been fully charged, he still has to say that the trial has not been completed. He is nominally detained in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but in fact he was secretly transferred.
As for the content of the decree, the important ministers of the cabinet were extremely surprised: the emperor was sick from anger and had to leave the court for at least one month. During this period, major and minor affairs were decided by the six ministers in consultation with the cabinet bachelors. If you still can't decide, then go and ask the emperor for approval.
Here Zou Qiancai proposed to reopen the scripture feast, but over there the emperor simply didn't even attend the court.
Although the emperor was lazy in the past, he could still see the important ministers in the cabinet; now it's better, he can't even see anyone.
All the cabinet bachelors were completely speechless. They complained to each other for a long time, and then they all looked at Wei Ji.
Wei Ji here is older, more senior and more prestigious, and he is also the Minister of Rites. Please tell me whether you want to accept this edict.
Wei Ji also felt very bitter. The imperial edict was written by the emperor himself. In theory, the cabinet could accept it or not.
However, in actual practice, rejecting the decree is a very serious and dangerous matter. As long as it does not involve absolutely unacceptable issues of principle, the cabinet will generally not refute it randomly.
There is nothing wrong with the first half of the emperor's decree. The emperor is 'sick' and has to leave the court or lie down at home.
There is no point in rebutting the matter without refuting it, and it does not require the approval of the cabinet. Anyway, the emperor is lying motionless in bed. As a minister, you still dare to pull the emperor out.
There is no problem with the middle part of this decree. If there is any matter, the cabinet and the six ministries will discuss it.
The key is the second half. The emperor belittled himself, and then praised the emperor Gongrang. Finally, he came to the conclusion that the emperor Gongrang was wise, mighty, resolute and decisive. If you have any questions, please ask the emperor Gongrang. Bar.
That's why the cabinet ministers all stared at Wei Ji, hoping that the old minister would take the blame.
Wei Ji is upright, but not stupid. If the emperor never goes to court, the civil and military officials will definitely ask where the emperor has gone. When the time comes, I will take out this edict as if it were a real thing and show it to everyone, and I will wait to be sprayed to death by the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The emperor asked everyone to ask for instructions and respect the emperor, which was obviously out of anger. Anyone who dares to take this seriously is not making fun of his own future.
Neither accepting nor rejecting the decree, the situation froze.
After a while, Wang Wen, He Wenyuan, Zhou Chen, Huang Pu and others all made excuses to leave.
Anyway, there are currently four ministers in the Ministry of Rites, so you can take your time and tell them about them.
At the same time, in the Royal Horse Prison, Hao Yi also received the emperor's secret order. First, the Royal Horse Prison secretly transferred Jin Ying and others to the western suburbs. Second, the Royal Horse Prison transferred 20,000 Tiance guards and 5,000 battalions from Beijing. The state guards went to Shanxi to put down the rebellion.
Fortunately, Hao Yi is a direct descendant of Zhu Qiyu. Others would not be able to understand what "go to Shanxi to quell the rebellion" means.
So after dark, Jin Ying and others were secretly transferred. This is an important bargaining chip to testify against Sun in the future, and he must not be silenced by murder.
The next day, Zhu Qiyu slept with his head covered until dawn. As soon as he woke up, four ministers of the Ministry of Rites came to say hello.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head and asked, "Send them away?"
Qianxue shook her head: "That's not possible, my attitude is extremely determined and I must see my husband in person."
"Didn't you say I'm too sick to get out of bed? I can't go out to see them."
Qianxue smiled and said: "As I said, those four ministers are unwilling to let me go and want to come here to visit my husband."
Zhu Qiyu laughed angrily when he heard this: "What they think is quite beautiful. I am a beautiful woman in a jade house, how can others be able to enter the house.
Look at the paintings on our walls, look at the embroideries on the screens, and look at the various appliances in the house.
I am the only man in the world who can see these things. If anyone else takes a look at them, I will kill his whole family. "
Qianxue, who had always been aloof in front of outsiders, instead spoke up for the ministers: "My husband is so embarrassed. How could those old scholars have imagined that women can play like this.
That's why my husband has such a whimsical idea that when he does that, he also draws our expressions and embarrassment.
It doesn’t matter if you draw it, you still have to put it on the wall and watch it all the time. Especially the painting of Zhang Nujia and Su Xi kneeling side by side with blurred eyes is so embarrassing that it is still hanging in such a conspicuous place. Nujia's face gets hot every time she looks at it. "
Zhu Qiyu teased: "You deserve it. I told you back then that I would give you countless gold, silver and jewels to send you off to get married.
The legitimate wife of the royal family, a first-class imperial concubine, with wealth and splendor that she can enjoy and use inexhaustibly.
In the end, no matter how hard I begged you, you refused to leave and insisted on staying as my slave. Are you okay now, are you honest, are you happy? "
"snort!"
Qianxue glared at Zhu Qiyu, stood up and walked out.
Zhu Qiyu quickly stopped her: "Where are you going, my beloved concubine?"
Qianxue smiled and said: "Let go, big slave master. I want to get rid of those nasty people for you, so that you know that all your slaves are worth their money and no one is a freeloader."
After being beaten for a while, Zhu Qiyu dropped his hand again and lay still.
Qianxue was not stupid enough to offend the ministers, but went to Mrs. Wu to show off her affection.
Zhu Qiyu managed his family with a focus on harmony.
Not only did Concubine Wu and her daughters-in-law have no eternal problems, but they were in harmony with each other.
So the four ministers of the Ministry of Rites were robbed by Mrs. Wu herself, and they all returned to the city honestly.
The next few days were uneventful.
In the blink of an eye, it was May 6th. Zhu Qiyu had just gotten up and had eaten when he saw Qianxue, Suxi, and Ningxiang coming in each holding a large stack of memorials.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "My three empresses, what are you doing?"
Qianxue smiled and said: "Husband, aren't you sick, and you can't go out to manage politics, so I can only bring the memorials in for you and let you hug them to sleep.
If you don't let men, eunuchs or even maids enter this Lingyu Palace, then we will have to run back and forth holding the memorial. "
“Hey, this Ling Jade Palace can only be shared by you fifteen pieces of Ling Jade and me, this stubborn stone, and others can forget it.
I digress, I want to ask, just let He Yi and Lian Gang handle these memorials. What's the use of bringing it in for me to see? "
Qianxue handed over the top few memorials: "Husband, please read it yourself. Your ministers really wrote good articles."
Zhu Qiyu opened the top letter, and there was Yun Lin Cong in the right center of Youchunfang. He wrote a lot, from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the sages of Confucius and Mencius, from Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism to the principles of nature and human relations.
Zhu Qiyu suppressed his anger and read to the end. The two paragraphs at the end were the real topic: asking the court to recruit girls from all over the country and enrich the harem. And choose the most virtuous among them and make her the queen.
Good guy, these ministers are endless and want to talk about things after standing up.
However, it is appropriate to bring up old matters now. After all, the emperor was already 'dyingly ill', so he had no choice but to quickly establish a queen who would suit the ministers' wishes.
Qianxue added at the side: "All the memorials here are talking about the same thing. He Yi and others dare not specialize in it, so they can only respectfully ask for the Holy Judge."
Even from a distance of dozens of miles, Zhu Qiyu could see Lin Cong's proud face at this moment. These idle ministers who took the lead finally succeeded in stirring up public opinion.
Zhu Qiyu thought of the question of a certain hero in later generations: Why didn't this man know that death was coming?
Throwing the memorial away, Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "Send the memorial back. Just say that I am seriously ill and comatose and cannot review it. Let the cabinet archive it."
"ah?"
The three beloved concubines were all anxious when they heard this. They were sweating from exhaustion after carrying so many memorials. After only a cup of tea, you still want to hug him back again?
(End of chapter)
