Chapter 387: Already had a backup plan

The emperor directly ordered the imperial censor of Zuodu to be imprisoned, but the decision was made without external factors, just because of internal fighting among the courtiers.

No one of the ministers at the scene came out to intercede when the emperor was angry. Not that they thought it was appropriate, but it only meant that the situation at hand was very dangerous.

No one really thinks that a hailstorm can kill Zhang Zhou, but it can at least bring Zhang Zhou into disrepute and make the emperor alienate Zhang Zhou. But just because this hailstorm was Zhang Zhou’s advance It was calculated and a "different process" was followed, which made the minister completely passive.

After Min Gui was taken down, Zhu Youtang still stood there, with a sullen expression on his face. It always seems very sad that a Wutai poetry case, just a few specious poems, almost cost a generation of famous scholars their lives, but also ruined their career. ”

"But I am also glad that this will not happen in the Ming Dynasty, but under my rule. But I never thought that in the party struggles recorded in the history books, they would fight each other to the point of life and death, not for reasons of right and wrong, but only for party positions. , unexpectedly appeared in front of me. They are all loyal ministers, so I am very sad that they are incompatible with each other."

After hearing this, the ministers were thinking in their hearts.

This can be compared with the Zhang Bingkuan in front of him in the Song Dynasty, and he also wanted to compare himself to Su Dongpo. If he was not an alchemist, he would be an alchemist

Everyone had an idea in their mind, but because the emperor was still angry, if he wanted to defend himself, I can't say it out loud.

But those who are interested can also hear some "clues".

The emperor said, "They are all loyal ministers to the court," as if to say that in my eyes, both Min Gui and Zhang Zhou are loyal ministers. This at least shows that in the eyes of the emperor, there is still room for change in this matter. of.

Zhu Youtang suddenly looked at Liu Jian and said, "Mr. Liu Ge, how do you think I should handle this matter so that you can stop being aggressive?"

Liu Jian saw This scene actually made me want to give up a long time ago.

The feud with the emperor was incompatible, but it was really like licking blood from the edge of a knife. Now a Min Gui has been folded into it. Min Gui is recognized as the person who will succeed Bai Ang as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Now he is going through this incident. , even if Min Gui can be released from prison, his official career is estimated to be basically over. For traditional factions, even their spheres of influence may need to be re-divided.

Liu Jiandao, "The old minister has no good ideas."

Zhu Youtang said, "Bingkuan has submitted a memorial requesting to return to his hometown to visit relatives. I have approved it. He will return to his hometown for three months. During this period, except for his title, he did not hold any position in the court, and he was not in the capital. Whether another disaster occurs near the capital in the future has nothing to do with him."

I put the question before To everyone present, there is always someone as stubborn as Min Gui who wants to step out and trample Zhang Zhou to death.

This time Zhu Youtang also changed his strategy and only asked Liu Jian.

As the chief assistant, Liu Jian understands that no matter how resolute his attitude is,Bai needs the principle of retreat in the face of major events. Only by making concessions can he maintain the harmony on face.

And what the emperor gave Liu Jian himself was not a problem.

Liu Jiandao, "If Lai Guogong leaves the capital and returns to his hometown, he should not be involved in the disasters in the capital."

"That's good. I will grant his leave. So that he can return to his hometown in glory, I will return the land and house prepared for him in Nanjing City. By the way, I also want him to go to the south of the Yangtze River for me to understand the people's sentiments."

At this point, Zhu Youtang's expression changed. Very sternly, "Dear gentlemen, I have something to say first. If there are still disasters in the capital in the future, no matter whether it is in the past or in the future, any disasters must not be implicated in Bingkuan, because it has nothing to do with whether I use him or not." On the contrary, because of his presence, he can predict future disasters in advance, so I and the people can take precautions."

"Even if some of the skills he uses are beyond the reach of human beings, they are all yours. The alchemy in his mouth can do good things for the country and the people."

Liu Jian bowed his hands and returned to the ministers' class.

The emperor's words also mean that today's matter is finalized.

It seems that the emperor has won by losing a Min Gui, but in return, the emperor will also send Zhang Zhou back to Nanjing for three months and make an agreement similar to a bet. If the next three Within a month, when Zhang Zhou was not in the capital, a big disaster still occurred in the capital. From then on, no one was allowed to use the disaster to attack Zhang Zhou.

Of course, if Zhang Zhou makes mistakes in the military or as an official in the future, you will attack if you should. I am afraid that you will not even take the unusual path to impeach Zhang Zhou.

The emperor seems to know very well that it is actually very difficult for ministers to find Zhang Zhou’s fault in serving as an official or leading troops, because Zhang Zhou has been almost impeccable as an official until now, but only Those inexplicable metaphysical matters are the most troublesome and troublesome things for the emperor.

The court meeting was dissolved in strange circumstances.

Zhu Youtang left Fengtian Hall angrily, and all the ministers present breathed a sigh of relief

Many people were also thankful that the fire did not burn them.

"Mr. Liu Ge, how can this be so good? Mr. Min has spoken up for us no matter what. Now that he has been sent to prison, I am afraid he will suffer a lot of physical and mental suffering." From Fengtian Palace After coming out, a bunch of people went to Liu Jian to intercede.

It seemed that Liu Jin was also blaming him. Previously, Liu Jin was almost obeying the emperor's will and couldn't even intercede for Min Gui.

Liu Jian doesn’t want to answer this kind of question.

Li Dongyang said, "It is His Majesty's will to issue a prison sentence. You have also seen His Majesty's previous attitude. What does this have to do with us? We should blame Zhang Bingkuan for his deceitful behavior. He clearly calculated that there would be a hailstorm. But he did not report it himself, but informed Wu Hao, and used it to let others know what he thinks about His Majesty."

"Yes." Zhou Jing felt the same, "Calculate the hail disaster by yourself, let him know. If others say it, it should be better to say that he does not want to fight with the officials in the court and wants to return home as soon as possible., Such weird remarks are deceiving the Holy One. His heart is so cruel.

Xie Qian squinted his eyes and said with a weird smile, "Zhou Butang, be careful what you say." "

The emperor also said before that don't fight in the party without talking about right and wrong and only talk about positions. Now you Zhou Jing are breaking the ban.

Bai Ang said angrily, "You are young, He is still the number one scholar, so he cannot work hard. Even if he has gunpowder and new cannons, and has the ability to run an army, he can still make progress step by step. He is so eager for quick success and quick profit, but he is just a person who is just trying to gain fame and reputation. ”

Liu Jian didn’t take it seriously when he saw everyone’s criticism of Zhang Zhou.

It’s obvious.

The ones who attacked Zhang Zhou more fiercely were those who were about to attack him. Another veteran who retired was Min Gui, who had always disliked Zhang Zhou since he entered the court. And because Min Gui was about to be promoted to Minister of Punishment, he wanted to take down Zhang Zhou as his political enemy.

It seems that the emperor's understanding is not wrong.

The party is still fighting for the sake of party fighting.

"Then what should we do?" Zhang Bingkuan replied. I have been living in the countryside for three months. If anything happens during this period, wouldn’t it mean that today’s achievements have fallen short?” Min Gui will no longer be able to attack Zhang Zhou with disasters, and in the future Zhang Zhou will stand firm in the court, and more and more people will rely on Zhang Zhou.

Yuan Shouzhi became angry. , shouted, "The hail disaster he calculated is not considered a hail disaster. Don't you have any idea why the hail disaster is caused by God?"

Xu Qiong said, "You can't say that. If this hail disaster is really caused by God, A warning was issued, so why can’t it be said that it’s because everyone in the court wanted to impeach Zhang Bingkuan, and God couldn’t see it, so this disaster happened?”

Shen Lu also followed up and said, “That’s right, for As far as the common people were concerned, although there were some losses due to this hailstorm, it was still because the court made a notice in advance that the disaster was greatly reduced. This was something that had never happened before. I dare to ask you, if you are ordinary people who also rely on heaven for your livelihood, should you thank Duke Lai Guo or hate him?"

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shouzhi and others glared at Shen Lu.

Both of them are general envoys, and Yuan Shou is the senior official, so he is also questioning why his subordinates are facing him.

But Shen Lu is not afraid. Regarding these, he said, "Those who win the hearts of the people can also win the hearts of His Majesty. Don't you understand this?"

Bai Ang said, "How can a person like Zhang Bingkuan, who relies on evil words to confuse the people, win the hearts of His Majesty?" "People's hearts"

At this time Xie Qian couldn't listen anymore. He sighed, "You should stop talking nonsense here. Go for a walk among the people and listen to what the people say. Don't be self-righteous." "

"Mr. The court was grateful for its kindness, especially when the hailstorm occurred and the market was in order, he couldn't help but sigh.He said, "People's hearts are not something we can support. The people only care about what they get, not what their stance is. There are superstitious people everywhere in the market. Otherwise, who would tell us about this disaster?" ”

The ministers present were silent.

It is precisely because ordinary people are superstitious that there is a market for so-called rumors about disasters. If they don’t believe it, or if there are many people who don’t believe it, who will talk about the number of days and providence

Yuan Shouzhi said angrily, "Is it possible that Zhang Bingkuan did it to govern the country and bring peace to the people?"

Xie Qian couldn't bear to listen.

He felt that these officials felt that the people's livelihood and contentment were brought about by them, not by the people's own efforts.

Civilian officials govern the country, but they always regard themselves as "parent officials" and even think that they are a kindness to the people, without considering what the people really need or who supports whom.

Xie Qian is a relatively open-minded Confucian official after all. He said, "Zhang Bingkuan went to the frontier to drive away the barbarians. Isn't that considered peace of mind?" Being bothered by those side affairs is still the same as today."

"Stop talking about it."

Li Dongyang gave Xie Qian a hand.

Li Dongyang could see that what Xie Qian said had no market among the indignant civil servants.

To put it bluntly.

Now is the time to talk about positions rather than right and wrong. They are all angry and think that Zhang Zhou is a rebellious minister and a traitor. They can listen to these civil servants if they reason with them

This matter of party and government There is no right or wrong in things.

"British Sir, please say a few words." Xie Qian suddenly aimed at Zhang Mao, who was watching the excitement.

"I" Zhang Mao said haha, "I am old and frail. It seems that I have been a little forgetful recently, but I don't know what you are talking about."

Yuan Shou said straight away. "It's not you who pretended to be a fool to join in the concert. You were the one who used the hailstorm to impeach Zhang Bingkuan. You dare to say that you didn't know anything in advance."

Zhang Mao said, "I am the conscience of heaven and earth. After hearing the news from Qin Tianjian, I thought of helping you before taking the risk to report it. If you want to blame, you should blame Qin Tianjian."

"Where is Qin Tianjian? ”

Everyone then remembered that there was another “culprit” Wu Hao.

But after searching around, I found that Wu Hao was nowhere to be seen.

Wu Hao is not a fool. It was directly revealed in the court that it was Zhang Zhou who told him about the hail disaster. He became a spy and was used by the emperor and Zhang Zhou, and because of this, the entire court was trapped. It also shows that he was very incompetent and wanted to find a way to dig into the ground at that time. Now that the court meeting is over, he still doesn’t want to run away

“Okay”

Liu Jian saw that Tu Fu wanted to come out and take charge of the overall situation, and he realized that he could not let the situation in front of him develop.

Liu Jian shouted loudly, which was still very powerful. He said sternly, "Everyone, your Majesty also passed a disaster and asked Zhang Bingkuan to return to his hometown to visit his relatives. He also stated that there will be no disaster in the capital within three months." , let’s not use Zhang Bingkuan for the time being, what kind of result do you want to achieve?”

The scene also became quiet.

"Now let's think about how to prevent human disasters from happening in the capital in the next three months." Liu Jian added.

"Where's the natural disaster?" Shen Lu asked.

Tu Yan finally said, "This thing about natural disasters, rain and snow or wind and hail, are they considered natural disasters?"

This is very true. level.

Even you, Tu Yu, don’t think that the drastic change in the weather is a disaster, so why did you use so much force to impeach Zhang Zhou?

Xu Qiong couldn’t bear to listen. Throwing up his sleeves to leave, he said with a bit of mockery in his tone, "When it comes to dealing with political opponents, a hailstorm is a disaster. I'm afraid that when it's my turn, even if the rain and hail wipe out the capital, I won't take it seriously." I’ve learned a lesson.”

They are all about to retire, and their words are so annoying.

The ministers present seemed to feel that in the past few years, and even in the entire Hongzhi Dynasty, no time when ministers discussed matters in private was more intense than today.

Today is a first of its kind.

Everyone talks as if they have taken gunpowder, and they want to talk each other to death with their mouths. < /p>

Others also understood.

Xu Qiong was right before he left. In fact, it is a principled natural disaster. If we don’t think it is a natural disaster, he is not.

Shen Lu smiled and said, "I'm afraid that just like the fire in Qingning Palace two years ago, God will rain down a thunder on you. No matter how well you prevent it, it will be in vain."

"You"

Everyone stared at Shen Lu.

Shen Lu also laughed and left with a few people.

"Mr. Liu Ge, you see these people don't understand the rules anymore." A spokesman came out and said, "I want to participate in the impeachment."

Liu Jiandao, "Take care of yourself If you want to do something else, don’t engage in the wrangling of emotions. Your Majesty despises this the most right now. Even if a disaster does happen, who will know the cause of the disaster?"

Everyone was surprised.

This is not what Liu Jian said in the court before.

Liu Jian told Zhu Youtang that as long as Zhang Zhou left, even if there was a disaster in the capital, Zhang Zhou could not be blamed.

It was also recognized by the emperor at that time.

So Tu Fu would analyze after the fact that as long as man-made disasters in the capital were not recognized as natural disasters in the next three months, Zhang Zhou's problems could be suppressed.

But now Liu Jian said that even if there is a disaster, we can still push Zhang Zhou through some weird angles. In short, we are in an invincible position.

The quarrel in the palace made Zhu Youtang feel exhausted both mentally and physically.

Obviously he wanted to make some achievements, and the Ming Dynasty's national power was obviously growing. Zhang Zhou alone led the production of nearly half of the Ming Dynasty's coal and pig iron.

Zhu Youtang suddenly thought of this. When Zhang Zhou reported his coal and steel output, he was excited for a while. He also planned to mention it to the minister to highlight Zhang Zhou's contribution. How? When the incident came to an end, I forgot about this matter

But then I thought about Zhang Zhou’s great contribution in the northwest and Liaodong battlefields, why would he still be ignored

If Mention to the ministers that Zhang Zhou led to the production of large amounts of coal and pig iron. It is estimated that those ministers will also impeach Zhang Zhou for "competing with the people" and saying that Zhang Zhou used official weapons for personal use. They may also want to impeach Zhang Zhou for destroying farmland< /p>

There are too many reasons to attack someone.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Jing appeared in front of Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang asked, "Have those people left?"

Xiao Jing said, "All the ministers have gone back to their offices."

Zhu Youtangqing said He hummed, "Don't think about doing more for the court and the people, and only think about how to fight with political opponents. Instead, Bingkuan has been lazy since he entered the court, and he has not been in court for a few days in total. In this way, he has become the eyes of others." A thorn in my side, I really don’t know who I should rely on."

After hearing this, Xiao Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

This also shows that the emperor realized that Zhang Zhou alone could not govern the country, so he reserved a certain amount of leeway for his ministers.

Then another person came in behind Xiao Jing, Yang Peng, the admiral of Dongchang.

Just when Xiao Jing thought that the emperor was going to ask Yang Peng about Min Gui, Yang Peng took the initiative to report, "Your Majesty, Duke Lai Guo has packed everything and is preparing to leave for Nanjing this afternoon."

Zhu Youtang said, "Yes, he has to leave early, otherwise a disaster will come soon. If he leaves later, people will say it has something to do with him."

"Your Majesty "I don't know what kind of disaster it is." Xiao Jing panicked in his heart.

I just thought I was going to breathe a sigh of relief, sacrificing Min Gui to help everyone.

Only now do I know that the emperor had already planned a stratagem.

Zhu Youtang said, "When it happens, I will tell you that I don't know who to trust now." Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading