For several days in a row, the political arena in the capital was busy, with various officials talking about the Hannaji incident. There were some who were in favor of the admission, and there were also those who were against it. What's more, some actually suggested that Han Naji should be killed directly to sacrifice the flag.
However, for three days in a row, the emperor did not issue an order or give an approval, and the cabinet did not inform the six ministries and yamen of the final decision on this issue. It gave people the feeling that neither the emperor nor the cabinet had made up their minds.
It was Wang Chonggu, Fang Fengshi and Wu Dui who actually submitted letters one after another and insisted on taking Han Naji into custody.
Of these three, Wang Chonggu was the governor of Xuanda, Fang Fengshi was the governor of Datong, and Wu Dui, a disciple of Gao Gong, was the newly appointed governor of Xuanfu.
In other words, the three main border ministers in charge of the second town of Xuanda have fully moved towards accepting Hannaji's surrender. The "main war faction" forces in Beijing are heartbroken because of this. However, due to the special nature of the border ministers, it is generally not easy. He was impeached, so everyone had to go to court one after another, asking the emperor to make up his mind quickly and issue an edict to calm people's hearts.
On the fourth day, the emperor chose to obey the advice and formally issued an edict through the cabinet: accepting Han Naji's surrender.
However, the cabinet gave a certain explanation for this seemingly too simple edict, saying through various channels: Accepting the surrender of Hannaji does not mean that the court is afraid of Anda. On the contrary, it means that the court has no fear of Anda. After all, accepting Han Naji’s surrender is likely to directly anger Anda. At present, Anda’s army has not only returned to Fengzhou River, but also issued a Great Khan Golden Order from Fengzhou River Khan Court and is further gathering. With the strength of the troops, it seems that a big fight is about to take place. Under such circumstances, I, the Ming Dynasty, still insist on accepting the surrender of Han Naji. What is this if it is not fearless?
The main war factions could barely agree with this statement, but at the same time they all went to court, saying that they should order the local border ministers to prepare their troops and defend them to the death, so as to give me some color.
Normally, the emperor's response to such an invitation would usually be only three words: Got it.
But this time it was different. The emperor solemnly told the ministers through Zhu Pi, the Supervisor of Rites, that he had asked the border troops from all over the country to strengthen their defenses. At the same time, he was discussing with the cabinet to send people to inspect Xuanda Er Town in person.
When all the officials in the capital heard about it, they all celebrated with their crowns. Looking at their elated looks, it seemed as if they had already won a great victory and had captured Anda and offered it to the Ancestral Temple as a prisoner.
However, by the early morning of the fifth day, this festive atmosphere suddenly turned into collective astonishment.
Because on this day, the emperor issued another decree: Cheng Wen of the Engineering Department inspected the defense and armament matters of Xuanda University and other departments on behalf of Tian Tian; the crown prince accompanied Gao Pragmatism to watch the affairs of the prince and declare the affairs of defense and armaments.
In the engineering department, Cheng Wen was Gao Gong's disciple, and Gao Gong supported the acceptance of Han Naji. It was understandable for him to patrol the university on his behalf. After all, he was an official in the field of science and education. Although Generally speaking, inspections should be carried out by the Supervisory Censor of the Thirteenth Road, but it is not impossible for the section chief to take action. After all, the section chief is a member of the Kedao family.
However, shouldn’t the matter of patrolling defense be left to the Military Department? Why are all the engineering majors sent out to be admitted? Is it enough to just inspect the fortifications and fortresses in various places?
Doubts are doubts, but this problem is not a big one at all, and everyone accepted it after hesitating.
What I really don’t understand is the second item: the prince accompanies the reading and is pragmatic and pragmatic on behalf of the prince to observe politics and publicize major defense and armament matters.
There is nothing wrong with the first half of the sentence, but... let him watch the government and publicize defense and armaments?
Your Majesty, are you kidding me? How old is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Do you need to observe government affairs and declare great defense and armaments? How old is he, a pragmatic man, that he has the ability to watch the affairs of government on behalf of the prince? Don't forget that when you first arrived at Xuanda University, the army attacked and scared the little "bachelor" who was watching the government on behalf of the prince to wet his pants, right? Although everyone didn't take him as a "fake bachelor" seriously, no matter what, he was a specially appointed "bachelor". If Beilu was scared to death, all the officials in the world would follow. My face is lost!
Fortunately, this imperial edict also has a following: The prince accompanies the prince to observe the government on his behalf, and must insist on three things: only seeing but not speaking, only listening but not speaking, and only investigating but not investigating. All the feelings of observing the government should be reflected, and no words should be leaked. After returning to Beijing, give a detailed report to me and the prince.
Seeing this supplementary explanation, everyone was finally not as "uneasy" as before. They thought that this was probably another impromptu decision made by His Majesty the Emperor on a whim. It was Cheng Wen's responsibility to actually patrol on behalf of the sky. In fact, this pragmatic "Xiaoge Lao" just went on a trip at public expense, and when he came back, he handed in a travel note to His Highness the Crown Prince as a business.
Come on, come on, anyway, our Ming emperors have all kinds of weird things, especially the recent generations of emperors. Some of them like to be generals, some like to be Taoist priests, and they are no worse than today's favorite son-in-law - after all, today It's hard to breathe, so just be patient and considerate. After all, this man is easier to serve than the two before him, right?
In this way, another prince's decree, which was obscured by the imperial edict, was basically ignored by everyone.
Of course, as we all know, the relationship between the crown prince and the emperor is very delicate. As a prince, he will generally not issue another edict or edict on matters that the emperor has already issued, so as to avoid misunderstandings between the monarch and his ministers, and between father and son. The prince is not even an adult yet, and he is not under the special premise of "supervising the country by decree." Generally speaking, the orders he issues cannot even be called edicts.
But this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really issued an edict, and it was even directly attached to the emperor's edict. This is very interesting, but only a very small number of officials who are really politically astute noticed this edict. , such as Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and others.
The language of this prince's edict is straightforward - this is not surprising. Emperors of the Ming Dynasty always used very straightforward language when issuing orders. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di issued countless imperial edicts in vernacular. However, later due to the special human emperors drafting This situation will gradually disappear.
However, although the subordinate officials of the East Palace are now permanent, they are not actually responsible for the affairs of the East Palace. Therefore, there is no one to help write the edict of His Royal Highness. It is probably the prince's original words and the chief of etiquette just copied them:
"Instruct Gao Shidu Dai Gu to carefully investigate the defense and military preparations of Xuanda Er Town. He should visit various places. No one is allowed to block or prevaricate the questions raised by Gao Shidu. Gao Shidu observes the government. After returning to the capital, no one is allowed to inquire about the affairs of the government, and they must come here immediately to report on their duties. This is the order."
