"First, does the Imperial Concubine have to withdraw from Yikun Palace? Has the Emperor agreed? Secondly, do the two section chiefs also personally inspect the clothes left by the Imperial Concubine in Yikun Palace?"
The answer to these two questions is simple, of course, "no". As long as the person answering the question also admits that he is a minister of the Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun, it is impossible to give the opposite answer. It is precisely because of this that the cabinet discussed for so long how to ensure that Jin Yiwei obtained real evidence.
Since he will definitely be asked this question, is Xiao Daheng making such a suggestion just because he is full? Of course not. As the saying goes, if you ask for a high price and pay back the money, if you don't speak loudly at the beginning, people may think you are easy to bully.
So Xiao Daheng began to bargain. He first said: "The imperial concubine should not be moved lightly, and her clothes and other daily necessities should not be handled by the two section chiefs, but there is no way to solve these two issues."
Wang An frowned, but he had no choice but to refuse immediately after listening to Mr. Xiao, so he had no choice but to say: "I would like to ask Mr. Xian for his advice."
Xiao Daheng said calmly: "Although the imperial concubine has a high status, since she is involved in the scandal..."
"Wait a minute!" Wang An immediately stretched out his hand to stop him when he heard this, and corrected him solemnly: "In our humble opinion, President Xi Jinping has a special status, so it is best not to first define the imperial concubine as 'involved in eucalyptus', otherwise nothing will happen. One…ah, that would inevitably be embarrassing, don’t you think?”
"Haha, the factory supervisor is really cautious." Xiao Daheng smiled slightly: "Well, let's not say whether it is involved in the case or not. But even so, this matter has to do with Yikun Palace, otherwise you and I will be the same. No need to work anymore...
Since it is related to Yikun Palace, and the emperor has ordered the outer court and the inner court to work together to investigate, then no matter how high the status of the imperial concubine is, she must try her best to cooperate. In this case, during the investigation and evidence collection, please ask the empress to rest for a while in the palace and not to move around at will. These things should not be difficult according to this constitution, so the first matter can be considered solved. "
This was barely fair, but Wang An didn't want to let it go so easily. He frowned and said, "With all due respect, has General Xian ever thought about whether it would be inappropriate to let a bunch of people rummage through boxes and cabinets in front of the Imperial Concubine? Also? Should we consider whether doing this might be a deliberate attempt to hit Empress Fengjia?"
Although the Yikun Palace needs to be investigated now, the word "emperor" for the imperial concubine is still there, so it is not wrong to say that Feng Jia is dead.
Xiao Daheng hesitated for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said: "Otherwise, the time of entering Yikun Palace to investigate and collect evidence can be adjusted, for example, to the time when the imperial concubine goes to pay her respects to the queen mothers of the two palaces. In this way, it will be You don’t have to worry about bumping into Feng Jia or humiliating the empress.”
Wang An had never thought of this before, but it was indeed feasible. Therefore, Factory Supervisor Wang could not help but be speechless for a moment, unable to think of a way to refuse.
After all, even the emperor himself has to go to the two palaces every day to say hello, let alone the concubines? The Ming Dynasty has always advertised that it governs the world with filial piety. Although Zhu Yuanzhang and subsequent emperors did not specify such a rule, in fact everyone followed it tacitly.
Unless the emperor himself is really ill, or is delayed due to other major changes, this unwritten rule is actually implemented well - I can't see the ministers, but I can't not pay greetings to the Queen Mother.
Of course, this situation makes sense. After all, the ministers work for the emperor, and the queen mother is his mother.
Generally speaking, the emperor went alone to greet the queen mother, while the concubines had to be more disciplined and usually went together under the leadership of the queen.
In other words, when the emperor goes to pay his respects, there is still a time difference, as long as he goes there, and the concubines basically go at a fixed time, which is very convenient for Jin Yiwei and the others to carry out the "adjustment" that Xiao Daheng said ——Can't you just go to Yikun Palace at the time when the concubines go to the two palaces to pay their respects?
Seeing that Wang An was speechless for a moment, Xiao Daheng didn't want to give him a chance to carefully search for a solution. Instead, he followed the stick and immediately continued: "As for the clothes of the Imperial Concubine, the two section chiefs naturally cannot touch them. , and cannot even pass the purpose. However, I have an idea that can allow the investigation to be conducted fairly without requiring the two of them to personally participate."
Wang An hadn't thought of a solution to the previous question, and the next question was placed in front of him. Naturally, he was very unhappy, but he couldn't express it with his mouth, so he could only nod and said: "Please give me some advice on the General Constitution."
"The twenty-four yamen of the inner court have enough manpower to prepare the rosters of the 12th Supervisor, the 4th Division, and the 8th Bureau, and wait for the two section chiefs to temporarily select some of them to enter the Yikun Palace to inspect the personal belongings of the imperial concubine.
Oh, by the way, the selection of the two section chiefs can be blindfolded, and whoever is selected will be the one. It all depends on God's will... There are so many people, so you can't choose people with ulterior motives in such a random selection, right? "
Wang An felt angry when he heard this, and secretly thought that this Xiao Daheng was really a stone in the pit, really smelly and hard. It was obviously just such a small thing, but it had to make a big fuss, and he refused to let go of any detail.
This is really strange. Could it be that Gao Rixin had given a death order and insisted on putting the imperial concubine to death? But this is impossible. How could Gao Rixin have such strong confidence to accomplish this? Is he so sure that the emperor will sit back and watch the imperial concubine die because of this?
For a moment, Wang An even suspected that there were some loopholes in his previous ideas, or that Gao Pragmatic's eloquence was so good that he could really encourage the emperor to give up the love of his life.
However, in the end, he still refused to believe that such a thing would happen. After all, he was one of the most trusted people around the emperor. No matter how he looked at it, he did not think that the emperor would abandon Concubine Zheng and let her fend for herself under the targeting of the outer court.
Wang An's final judgment was that Gao Pingshi's message to Xiao Daheng might have been vague, and Xiao Daheng might have misunderstood what he meant, which is why he was so aggressive today.
But if this is the case, then he, the factory governor, does not need to be too anxious, because Gao Shiji has a good grasp of the inner court. It will not take long for him to learn about this information. At that time, he will naturally take action to hold Xiao Daheng and prevent him from letting go. The General Constitution's actions have gone too far.
"Since General Xian insists, our family has nothing to do for ourselves, so let's follow General Xian's suggestion." Now that Wang An had made up his mind, his tone calmed down and he said slowly: "But since we have to adjust the time, It’s too late today, so we might as well schedule it tomorrow so that our family can go find the palm prints and call the rosters of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court. I wonder what the General Xian thinks?”
"That's very good. Then there will be a labor inspector."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. We are all doing things for the emperor. No matter whether it is hard work or not, it is all part of the job." Wang An said as he stood up to leave.
Although Xiao Daheng didn't have a good impression of eunuchs, since the imperial edict asked him and Wang An to work together to supervise this event, he couldn't lose the courtesy of face, so he stood up to say goodbye to Wang An.
After the two separated, Wang Anzi went to report to Chen Ju and get the inner court roster according to the discussion just now, while Xiao Daheng ordered someone to call Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou.
There are two flowers blooming, one on each side, let’s talk about Xiao Daheng’s side. Qian Menggao and Zhong Zhaodou couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that Mr. Xiao was able to persuade Wang An to let them go deep into Yikun Palace to directly participate in the investigation.
For Zhong Zhaodou, this situation was a bit of a surprise, but for Qian Menggao it was completely different. He was almost frightened, but at the same time he could not express his fright.
Zhong Zhaodou was beaming with joy and laughed: "The two of us can enter Yikun Palace, and Jinyiwei loses the possibility of being shaken after being directly supervised. This first ensures that the investigation can proceed smoothly.
In addition, Ke Dao went straight into the harem to investigate, which was even more overwhelming in terms of momentum than the inner court. Some people who were originally speculative might have to think twice after seeing this.
In this way, many things that were originally difficult to do may be solved easily, which invisibly reduces a lot of resistance... General Xian, once this matter is successful, you will always take the greatest credit! "
Xiao Daheng smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "In the end, you still need to handle the matter. That's all I can do. From now on, you two don't have to worry about anything. Just stick to the principles and investigate thoroughly."
Zhong Zhaodou naturally agreed immediately, and although Qian Menggao followed suit, he immediately raised a question, saying: "General Xian, I have been thinking about this question for the past two days: why did the emperor agree to investigate Yi Kun?" Palace, are you even willing to let the outer court get involved?”
Xiao Daheng knew that Qian Menggao must have other intentions when raising this matter, and he really didn't want to continue, so he waved his hand and said: "It is not the duty of a direct minister to speculate on the holy will, and no matter what the emperor's intention is, it is no longer important now... The most important thing right now is to find out the truth of the matter, do you understand?"
"Of course I understand the importance of the truth, but..." Of course Qian Menggao refused to let Xiao Daheng change the subject, so he pretended not to understand Xiao Daheng's impatience and continued: "If you don't understand the emperor's intention, or Pretending not to understand may cause huge trouble in the future."
Xiao Daheng frowned and said nothing, with obvious displeasure on his face. But he was a "minister". When Qian Menggao discussed the matter, it was not convenient for him to directly criticize Qian Menggao immediately, so he just remained silent.
Zhong Zhaodou was different. He and Qian Menggao were colleagues in the same department, but they were in different responsibilities. He could speak out if he had anything to say, so he immediately said: "Chief Qian's words are a bit alarmist!"
Qian Menggao, as the only representative of Shen Yiguan in this incident, naturally could not "succumb to the power", so he said with a solemn expression: "Otherwise, this official's statement is by no means alarmist - please ask the General Constitution, we and other foreign court officials insist on a thorough investigation What is the ultimate goal of this?"
Xiao Daheng and Zhong Zhaodou naturally knew the answer, but they were not willing to cooperate in answering. Qian Menggao also guessed that they would have this reaction, so he asked and answered: "Without him, in order to prevent the third son of the emperor from becoming the prince - but now, he is trying so hard to suppress the imperial concubine. In the eyes of the lower officials, it is actually Might be counterproductive!”
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