Chapter 677(1/2)
Xiyuan is really a good place to escape the summer heat. Not to mention the lush grass and clear trees to nourish the spirit, but only the corner of the lake canal brings live water, open canals and build stones, and create a small waterfall. The breeze blows the water vapor, and the face is cool. Just listening to the clear sound of the water is refreshing.
But in the Tingquan Hall by the water, Shou Ge's voice was full of anger, "I don't even raise peanuts, but I want to raise so many officials for them. They are even bigger than my credit!"
The clan's son-in-law, Cai Zhen, and the Minister of Rites Fei Hong, were embarrassed, but they all politely said the Emperor's wiseness.
Prince Cai turned around and ordered the clan mansion who was writing there and said: "In the future, except for the chief and the professor of the prince's mansion, the rest of the trial will be held, except for the chief and professors of the prince's mansion, the rest of the trial will be held, Ji Shan, Fengshu, Gongzheng, Good Doctor, Dians, Dianbao, Dianzhao, Guidance, Accompanying Reading, Warehouse and other officials, and the rest will be demoted..."
The experience was like flying, and I quickly recorded it. Mr. Cai whispered to indicate the specific regulations such as memorials and eunuchs at the back, and prohibiting the private acceptance of those who clean themselves, etc.
Brother Shou shook his fan, humming in his nose, and said, "From the future, the prince, general, lieutenant, county lord, the house, crown, uniform and tomb price will be exempted, and it will be a regular rule."
Fei Hong praised the saint again, and Prince Cai reiterated to experience the provisions that the strict prohibition of Zong Yi’s clothing from being violated since Hongzhi, and those who violated the crime were investigated.
In this way, nearly forty contents of the vassal reform were listed in one morning.
There are many regulations such as opening bans and even opening bans for government admission, which may cause uproar once it is announced.
Of course, this is not the final draft, and it still needs to be discussed by the cabinet, but considering the emperor's firm attitude and the rebellion of King Anhua, I think this regulation will not be deleted too much.
Brother Shou said everything he wanted to say, flipped through the booklet in his hand, threw it to the side, and called the eunuch to pass on the meal, and changed his attitude and left the two to have dinner in the West Garden.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked them.
In recent years, the emperor has become more casual and often stays for food or even stays overnight in important officials. Both of them are used to it, but they are full of thoughts. No matter how beautiful the Western Garden delicacies are, they will not be unwilling to be delighted.
After the meal, Fei Hong went out of Xiyuan to return to the government office. He would continue to have a headache about the vassal regulations tomorrow and the cabinet would be brought to the cabinet. If the cabinet officials unanimously opposed it, he would have to take the blame.
The matter involved in the vassal state is the first secret. Even if he was released from him, he still had to keep his mouth shut and dare not discuss it with anyone, so he had to think about it himself. It was really bitter.
Mr. Cai, who was named by the emperor, stayed to continue discussing matters, was also full of bitterness.
In recent years, the royal family has been really not at peace. The clan of Mr. Cai is also quite tired. The incident of his eldest brother-in-law, King De and several vassal kings in Shandong has just been exposed, and the rebellion of the princes in the northwest has occurred again.
On the same day, the battle report arrived in the capital. Li Dongyang immediately asked for an order to lead the army to quell the rebellion, while Liu Jin recommended Jingyang Boshenying as the general officer.
Yang Yiqing was the general manager of the military affairs of the three towns, and it was a matter of quelling the rebellion.
Speaking of which, Shenying was originally a border general and had been a general officer. However, during the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he was greedy and violated the border trade ban and watched the enemy plunder in Weizhou without any rescue. He was impeached by the censor and left his post to live in vain.
It was not until the early years of Zhengde that Dayan Khan invaded Bian Xuanfu that Shen Ying recovered and led his troops to help, making great achievements.
Later, he made great contributions to suppressing bandits around the capital and was able to advance to the right governor. He surrendered to Liu Jin again, spent a lot of money, and was granted the title of Jingyang Bo.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Liu Jin launched Shenying at this time, not only to rob this military merit, but also to plan for Yansui and Ningxia Ma City.
So the commander to suppress the rebellion was not yet decided, and suddenly there were words such as "The King of Anhua beat the banner of clearing the monarch" and "the manifesto lists the ten major crimes of Liu Jin".
However, in many war reports that were reported to the Ministry of War and the Cabinet, there was no mention of such a manifesto.
Subsequently, the six-department officers and officials sued Liu Jin for impeachment, and even "guessed" that Liu Jin was suspected of hiding a manifesto, but was directly criticized and accused by Liu Jin in court.
The emperor seemed dissatisfied with this quarrel - in the face of rebellion, there was no extra time wasted on such a verbal battle. He quickly issued an order to generalize the military affairs of Yang Yiqing, Zhang Yong as the military supervisor, and Shen Ying as the general officer to suppress the rebellion together.
Such a result is to give some sweetness one by one to comfort all parties.
But in fact, neither party was comforted.
Shenying has left the capital here, and the court is still clamoring. The manifesto has been mentioned more and more, but there is no "empirical evidence" obtained from "official channels".
On the street, insiders from the East Factory and the Jinyiwei were dispatched to arrest those who "produce rumors and cause trouble".
In the next few days, the criminals who impeached Liu Jin's past "illegal and disorderly deeds" were discovered by the Jinyiwei and presented to the imperial guards.
Liu Jin was so arrogant that although he did not put a heavy shackle, he fined each person a hundred stones of rice. He kept saying that he would not make things difficult for them to "lose the border". He just sent it to Henan, where the drought had just been reported.
He also wrote a letter to request an order to investigate the warehouses and grains in Henan, farmland and farmland in order to prepare for disaster relief.
This time, the court exploded again.
The former cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Jiao Fang, the current cabinet minister Liu Yu, and the Minister of Works Li Jue are all from Henan!
Although most of Liu Jian's disciples were swept away by Liu Jinqing and Jiao Fang's resignation was greatly affected, there were still many Henan officials in the court!
And who did not have any "slight" hidden fields in the family?
For a time, all officials reported that the most urgent task is to quell the rebellion in the northwest, and there are rumors that the rebellion has been caused by "investigating military farms". It is better not to investigate again when it is sensitive.
Moreover, if Henan is affected by the disaster, it will be necessary to cultivate the land in the coming year. It is impossible to immediately let the victims eat enough. During the inspection, a large amount of manpower and material resources must be mobilized, which will cause trouble to the people and cause money, which will make the disaster area worse. It is more important to think about a way to provide disaster relief first.
The Qing Dynasty in Henan was still in a stalemate, and the emperor secretly summoned the Minister of Rites Fei Hong and his clan to ask his son-in-law Cai Zhen to discuss the reform of the clan.
Both of them felt that the emperor was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.
Fei Hong tactfully stated that at this time, shouldn’t the royal family be comforted?
The emperor only said that this rebellion exposed some problems, and now we will check for shortcomings and fill in the gaps and list the areas to be corrected.
As for when it will be promulgated, the emperor did not mention a word.
Fei Hong's foundation in the court was still shallow. When he was promoted to the Minister of Rites, he encountered a fraud case in the spring examination of the sixth year of Zhengde, and almost lost his official hat. Later, he kept saying and doing things carefully.
Especially when I heard the changes mentioned by the emperor, although it was surprising, it was mostly because of Zonglu reform. No important officials in the court knew that Zonglu was difficult to issue Zonglu, so Fei Hong swallowed all the words he wanted to persuade him.
As for Prince Cai, their family was originally on the side of the emperor, and the royal family is now "inflicted crimes", so what else can he, the clan, say?
At this moment, the emperor kept leaving him alone, and Prince Cai kept thinking about what was the purpose of this.
But Brother Shou changed his cold face when he said that the vassal reform had just come to a gentle and harmless smile.
"Grandfather," he greeted him kindly and said good news, "Zhang Yong urgently reported it, the rebellion has been quelled, and when he was completely eliminated, he would escort Zhu Zhili (King Anhua) back to Beijing."
Prince Cai was stunned and then was overjoyed and congratulated the emperor repeatedly.
After thinking about it, I finally decided that after going on the road, I had only been able to quell the rebellion for a few days! It was really a magic weapon.
Of course, the sooner the rebellion is, the better, the fewer people it can affect, and the easier it will be to clean up the mess!
Brother Shou also smiled happily, but said, "I will continue to report secretly that Qingfu, Jinfu, and Daifu have colluded with Anhua. King Qing also performed the rituals of the king and the ministers to Zhu Zhili."
Prince Cai's smile froze to his face.
The prince of Anhua was originally from the Qing Palace. Now King Qing is short of the generation of King Anhua. This matter is indeed very similar to what King Qing can do...
He didn't know what to express for a moment, but he would say he apologized.
This sect said that it was in charge of the royal family, but in fact it was just in charge of the family.
Because of his high generation, he can still scold the younger generation of the royal family near him. Who can control the princes and princes far away in the sky?
But Brother Shou didn't want him to do anything, so he quickly sent two secret copies.
When Prince Cai took it, he looked even worse. The secret complaint was full of the evil deeds of the Jin vassals, and the vassals did in Shanxi.
There are also statistics on the Shanxi royal family members Dingkou, houses, farmlands, incense fields, etc., which greedy land occupied and the huge amount of Zonglu almost dragged down the entire Shanxi.
Prince Cai's hands were trembling. He asked himself, but he was not completely unaware of these royal behaviors. He could tell by looking at his elder brother-in-law, but he never expected that he had reached this point.
After a while, Prince Cai whispered: "The emperor is wise, the rules of the vassal and the priests are not allowed to change."
He thought that the emperor showed him all this, and that when the cabinet was discussing tomorrow, he could stand up on behalf of the royal family to support the reform of the vassal states.
"This is a secret record of Shanxi's participation in politics. He was Shen Rui's clan brother. Later, Shen Rui and Chen Shu jointly joined the reform of the vassal state."
Shou Ge did not go to see the stunned Prince Cai, but looked at the stream that fell several times outside the window, as if he was talking to himself: "Zong Lu cannot survive for more than one day or two days. The treasury is empty and the court is in trouble, but the royal family is still constantly raising the fields to beg for land, begging for rice, salt to beg for beg for posthumous titles!"
"If I don't give it to you, they will dare to ask the people for it!" Brother Shou suddenly turned around and said in a deep voice: "Is this world my world or their world?"
"It is said that we should be cautious when dealing with the vassal states. If Zhu Zhili is like this, I will not rebel? Jin Fan, and Dai Fan returned to the grassland in recent years, have they not taken enough? They are not just hooking up with Zhu Zhili?"
His eyes were cold, staring at Prince Cai, and said almost word by word: "What other vassal states, one or two, are staring at me, temple, department, and incense."
The eldest princess Chun'an has been running for the emperor's descendants, and the emperor's heart is clear about the thorn in Prince Cai.
He leaned over and knelt down, but finally said "Your Majesty". The voice was extremely old.
Brother Shou raised his hand and helped him, and his voice softened again, "Grandpa, I can only say these words to you and grandma."
Prince Cai's eyes were filled with tears, and she lowered her head and said, "It's an old minister who is incompetent..."
Brother Shou interrupted him and said, "Grandpa, I can't say something, but you can say it."
"The old minister understands that there are old ministers who will go to talk about it," Mr. Cai immediately promised that even if the elders oppose it, he would try his best to make the matter happen.
The vassal state is already a big problem. If this matter does not change, chaos will arise in the future. He has no shame to go to see Ying Temple, Xian Temple and the late emperor.
Brother Shou smiled and said warmly: "It's a blessing that my grandmother and you are with me."
As he said that, he patted the note again and said, "Also, Shen Rui is such a loyal minister. At this time, he is far away in Shandong. It is very easy to protect himself. It is rare that he is sincere. He is considering me everywhere, the court, and the people. He is not afraid of being broken into pieces. He resolutely put this secret note on it."
Prince Cai also had a very good impression of Shen Rui, and he sighed at this time: "Shen Rui is not only a capable official, but also a loyal minister. His Majesty also has a wise eye. He valued Shen Rui's side so that he could perform it."
Brother Shou was obviously happy and nodded frequently.
He really didn't expect Shen Rui to give him such a note.
In his eyes, Shen Rui has always been a "solute" person, and this method is mostly used to govern the people in territory.
He originally thought that Shen Rui's comments would talk about how to recover after the war and promote Shandong's experience, and perhaps to open a market and trade. He was quite looking forward to seeing how Shen Rui would restore Shanxi's prosperity.
Unexpectedly, what Shen Rui handed over would be the vassal reform.
I didn’t expect that the content was such a detailed one, and I didn’t expect it to be a visionary idea!
Even though he never expected that at such a moment, Shen Rui dared to stand up and talk about the issue of vassalism!
To be continued...