First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Following the impassioned words of Yang Jia, the censor, citing scriptures and classics, the officials who were struggling to excuse Gao Qi just now were already sweating, and regretted their impulsiveness more and more.

But the words have already been out, it is unrealistic to want to be a fart and let everyone ignore it. There is no room for you to quarrel in the court, and you can only bite to death. There is no shortage of Gao Qi.

It's just that they still haven't figured out the true meaning behind this matter. Now is not the time when the political situation in the first year of Hongwu was unstable and the people of the world were not attached. They came to gain fame for the way of keeping filial piety in the Yuan Dynasty, not just to be exiled to Mobei.

The atmosphere in Fengtian Hall gradually became stalemate, but the emperor still did not express his position, and the same was true of several senior officials in the court, as if they were listening respectfully to the holy order.

An hour later, the early court ended, and all the civil and military officials walked towards Fengtianmen in groups, without the usual chatting and laughing, and all of them frowned and remained silent.

They were arguing endlessly, but the Holy One just said that he had dispatched the supervisory censor to conduct a thorough investigation, and he would discuss the matter after a conclusion was reached. It felt like a lot of thunder and a little rain, but it was also the case that they became more and more uneasy.

After the Fengtianmen officials felt their tense heartstrings loosen a little, they bid farewell to each other and walked towards their respective government offices. Anyway, they had to continue to do what they should do, and the serious errands were delayed. Then I won't go around with you, and I don't have to worry about it for the rest of my life.

The Wu Xuns were laughing and playing around watching the excitement, that is, Xu Da was back, otherwise they would have been unable to help making fun of them. The happiest thing in life is watching the Holy Spirit train these noble and proud literati.

Xu Da frowned, looked back and reprimanded a few words, Wu Xun was able to take charge of all of them outside the guard, and most of those who stayed in the capital were either idiots or reckless men. temperament.

They didn't understand the situation, and they thought it was the time to conquer the world, and they thought that the Holy One was the commander in chief with loyalty back then, and they didn't think about the current situation caused by some literati complaining.

In the future, if they really want to liquidate what Wu Xun has done overtly and secretly in the past few years, then it will be a huge commotion. Laughing at others now, at that time, they will push you to the grave with their own hands.

Hearing Xu Da's scolding, a group of big and three rough men slumped their heads, and inexplicably missed the free days when the generals were all ordered to go out. It's so good.

Not to mention the military heroes, some officials from the East Palace have their eyes on Chen Youzong, the envoy. If you ask the most well-informed person in this world, the pro-army Duwei's Mansion will be the first, and then the envoy.

Apart from the Holy Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is qualified to intervene in the news of the Pro-Army Captain's Mansion. If they dare to inquire, they may not see the sun of tomorrow.

This group of people is not considered to be a high-ranking person in the court. They are basically officials of the Prince Zhan Shifu in the past. Cancel.

Many people were sent to other places to become officials, but they were lucky enough to stay in the capital and scattered among the Zhongshu Province and the six yamen. Although the Zhan Shifu is no longer there, the imprint of the prince on them will last forever , so he still regards himself as a disciple of the Eastern Palace on weekdays.

"Chen Tongzheng stay for a while, I'll ask for advice later."

Chen Youzong actually didn't want to pay attention to them, because he was in a bad mood right now. He pleaded for Wei Guan in front of the prince yesterday. He thought it was just a conflict between the local government and the guard, but he didn't expect it to develop. to today's situation.

It was a waste of his usual care and prudence, but he didn't realize that there was such a big involvement behind this matter. What Chen Youzong was worried about now was whether His Highness the Crown Prince said something to Wei Guan, Gao Qi and others in front of the Holy Majesty yesterday because of his request, which offended the Holy Majesty.

Although the love between father and son is deep nowadays, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has reached the age of youth after all. After all, the father and son of the Tian family are unusual. There are no shortage of examples in history that the emperor doted on the Crown Prince, but those were all when he was young.

But as the emperor got older, the prince changed. To the emperor, the only person in the world who could justifiably threaten him was the prince and heir.

Chen Youzong sighed, turned around and said with a smile: "I don't dare to ask for advice, just speak up if you have any questions."

Those few people saluted before them. Although they all belonged to the Eastern Palace sect, Chen Youzong was not comparable to them in terms of his rank in the court or his influence in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

After a few polite words, they continued to walk towards the Tongzhengshi Yamen tacitly. The Tongzhengshi belonged to the rear, so it was a little far away from the Sixth Department of Zhongshu Province and other Yamen, so it was naturally very quiet.

When there were no one around, one of them whispered: "Chen Tongzheng is well informed, and he went to the palace to meet His Highness yesterday, so what advice do you have for today's matter?"

A person beside Zhou also hurriedly said: "Don't dare to lie to Chen Tongzheng, my younger brother has made friends with Gao Jidi, Wang Changzong and others through poetry and articles in the early years, knowing that these two people can't have the intention of treason, so they just excused them in the court meeting."

"The same is true for lower officials. Brother Gao had frequent contacts when he was working in Beijing. Although this person is aloof and upright, he should never be a conspiracy..."

The few people around him probably agreed with the same statement. Since its establishment, Zhan Shifu has been the emperor's official office to reserve talents for the prince. Most of the members are young scholars.

Young scholars are naturally willing to pursue Gao Qi, who is famous all over the world, and they were the ones who were most angry just now, and they were also the ones who felt bad and relied on their scholarly spirit to excuse Gao Qi and others.

At this time, the cold wind blew my head sober, and I came back to ask Chen Youzong to point out the way. This is also the courage brought by the backer. Are they so afraid to make a mistake?

Chen Youzong suddenly felt that it was a good decision for His Royal Highness to disband Zhan Shifu. Although it showed that there were a lot of party members on the surface, it also saved a lot of trouble. affected.

Seeing that there were no other people around, Chen Youzong suddenly stopped and looked at them solemnly, and said word by word: "This matter ends here, no matter whether someone asks you to sign a joint letter or other things, you can no longer participate in it. The correspondence with Gao Qi and others should be privately burned as soon as possible!"

The faces of the few people who were still chattering turned pale, and the leader immediately responded after recovering: "I will definitely follow Chen Tongzheng's wishes, but I dare to ask the truth about this matter? Gao Jidi is as famous as Bo Song Longmen with sincerity Everyone."

Chen Youzong said indifferently: "Yang Mengzai, together with Gao Jidi and others, were hailed as the Four Masters of Wuzhong in the past, and they were also famous all over the world. But last year, he was punished for dereliction of duty and died in a labor camp. Did the heavens and earth collapse at that time? "

Chen Youzong watched the few people leave in panic. It is better to wait and see if the situation is not clear, if it is something else, it is fine, but there is obviously a sage behind this matter.

Chen Youzong looked towards the south with his hands behind his back. His Majesty could have directly ordered Wei Guan, Gao Qi and others to be arrested in Beijing for review, but he deliberately shelved it to let the matter spread to the world. up.

At this time, there were officials from various yamen in central Beijing whispering to each other, some were scared and some were still aggrieved. In the afternoon, I don’t know how many letters were scattered from central Beijing to relatives and friends, the contents of which were different.

The father and son in the Jinshen Hall had just finished their lunch, and it was a little late today, Zhu Biao stood for a long time and was a little hungry, so he passed the meal in advance. Seeing this, Lao Zhu simply ate with his son.

"Biao'er, what did you see this morning?"

Zhu Biao sighed and said: "Yesterday, my minister felt that something was wrong. Wei Guan's case is clear at a glance. Whether it is the father or the minister who wrote a letter to Cai Ben, it will be resolved. Why send a supervisory censor?" Toss and turn, it turns out that Emperor Father is Xiang Zhuang who danced the sword with the intention of Peigong."

"Hahaha, our Hongmen banquet will not be merciful and let the tiger go back to the mountain. Those people think that if they just come to Beijing to fool us for two years, they can resign and return to their hometown to continue to live a leisurely life. They will write poems to ridicule us when they have nothing to do. How can there be such a thing in this world? Waiting for something good?"

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