I am the king of the dead

If you cultivate yourself, you will stand upright; if you respect the virtuous, you will not be confused; if you are close to your parents, you will not complain; if you respect your ministers, you will not be dazzled; People from far away will return to them from all directions, and the princes who are pregnant will be feared by the world.

After being canonized, he must first be the king of Jingshun, that is, the Rouyuan people and Huai princes, one of the nine scriptures, and the princes of the Ming Dynasty, and then he will be the king of a country under the whole world. Wang Fu went to Wala to do things, strictly speaking It's not even counted as surrendering to the enemy, but still serving Daming.

This is also the etiquette method that Wang Fu asked to be named Kang Guogong, and the Ministry of Rites can confer.

Narratives are narratives, facts are facts, Ming and Oirats are never dead, they are enemies among enemy countries, and mortal enemies among mortal enemies. If not, why did the Oirats travel westward for long distances, because they also knew clearly with the Oirats first No matter what the situation in the country is, the militaristic emperor of Ming Dynasty will use all his national power to crusade against Wala.

If he really recited the scriptures, Wang Fu would not be considered an enemy. If Mrs. Liu sued Wang Fu for being unfaithful, filial and fraternal, the Ministry of Rites could use this kind of argument, but Mrs. Liu sued Wang Fu for having a wife.

Hu Yi actually gave Zhu Qiyu a bad idea, and this bad idea is called dragging words.

If it is not easy to deal with, then don’t deal with it, wait for the wind to pass, and then deal with it slowly, or simply let it hang out like this. This practice is often seen in tricky things, unclear, unclear, and confused.

If the emperor wants to be fooled, he can really be fooled. The Ming emperor has not been in court for decades, and the courtiers are helpless. There are three people in charge of the six ministries, and the emperor can ignore them. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, as an emperor, the power is unlimited big.

Zhu Qiyu heard Liu's sobbing petition, leaned forward, and asked, "How does Mrs. Wang want to deal with it?"

According to Hu Min's idea, Zhu Qiyu should say at this time, I know, and then leave the matter to the ministries of Minggong to grind their teeth. The state affairs in the court are complicated, and this matter is slowly thrown in Wenyuan. Under the heavy documents in the cabinet, no one asked anymore, the emperor didn't plan to deal with it, what can the courtiers and cabinet ministers do?

But Zhu Qiyu asked Liu what he wanted.

Mrs. Liu stopped crying, clenched her fists and said: "The woman knows that the heartbroken man went to Kang, thousands of miles away, and His Majesty is beyond his reach. The woman begs His Majesty to be merciful. The woman is willing to fight with Wang Lang." And leave."

"That's it." Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the chair, looked at Liu Shi, and she gave way.

In fact, Mrs. Liu has always hoped that her husband would be like a great hero, riding colorful auspicious clouds, returning to Daming, honoring his ancestors, and Mrs. Liu could confidently say to everyone: Look, this is my man, for Daming Overcoming obstacles, a man who is the pioneer of His Majesty!

In Liu's statement, Wang Fu is an upright man in her eyes. He will never do anything to betray Ming Dynasty, so Liu has been waiting. If Liu is not so looking forward to, He decided not to wait until now, today, or at this time, to say the word "heli" in Fengtian Hall.

The door of the Shuntian Mansion Hall was open, and Liu Shi could go and draw a clear line with Wang Fu at any time, so that he would not have to go through these hardships again.

Liu Shi waited for the result. Although she was almost insane, she was not confused. Liu Shi, who was born in a scholarly and scholarly family, could naturally understand the exact meaning of Yizhi.

When Mrs. Gaoming's decree arrived at Zuoshunmen's side room, the emperor and empress had already given Mrs. Liu an answer through the poems in the Book of Songs, just like what she had been expecting for so many years. Loyal and unfilial courtiers and treacherous ministers are driven by His Majesty to do things for Ming Dynasty.

But... the boat is done, and the water is hard to recover. Ashinayi returned to Daming, and Wang Yongzhen also returned to Daming.

Mrs. Liu chose to give in, and Mrs. Liu finally chose to reconcile with herself, and chose to fulfill the great cause of the Ming emperor and her husband's long-cherished wish.

Zhu Qiyu clenched his fists, and just kept looking at Mrs. Liu for a long, long time without saying a word. There was only the sound of the bright yellow curtain being blown by the wind in the Ming Dynasty hall. No one among the officials dared to make a sound, even Breathing can be light and easy. When His Majesty is angry, he will slap the table and lose his temper. When he is extremely angry, he will be so quiet.

Zhu Qiyu said very calmly: "Yes."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Mrs. Liu kowtowed again, stood up, and slowly withdrew from the Fengtian Hall where the Great Ming Artifact was located, gradually walking away.

Hu Wei's idea was not just a cold treatment. After the cold treatment, Ashinayi's wife Kang Guogong ordered that she would be deprived after Kang Guo had a result, and Wang Yongzhen's position as the son of the prince would also be deprived together.

Then the position of Mrs. Kang Guogong belonged to the Liu family, and the position of the Duke Kang Guogong's son was one of the legitimate sons of the Liu family.

This is in line with Daming's interests, because Wang Yongzhen is not suitable to be a son of the prince if he wants to have a deeper political bond with Kang. The Liu family and Liu's descendants are from Daming, which is more in line with Daming's demands for Kang's political bond.

Hu Wei is a ruthless political machine, and Zhu Qiyu is also a ruthless political machine.

"Have you ever been satisfied with this result?" Zhu Qiyu looked at the ministers with extraordinarily indifferent eyes.

Yu Qian looked at the emperor, he was very familiar with this look, it was the look His Majesty looked at the officials before the battle of the capital, scrutiny, indifference, without the slightest trust, until the battle of the capital was over, Yu Qian took the initiative to ask for orders to inspect the border defense After returning the general power to the emperor, His Majesty looked at him with no doubts.

Yu Qian could only sigh in vain, he really tried his best.

Over the years, Yu Qian, Hu Wei, Li Binyan, Li Xian, Li Sui, Ke Qian and other civil servants have been using actions to untie the knot of prejudice against civil servants in His Majesty's heart. With the case of Liu's suing her husband, all these years All my efforts were in vain.

What can Yu Qian say?He couldn't say a word.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and said disappointedly: "Zhu Cheng Neo Confucianism always said that a woman who has no talent is a virtue, and said that a woman has long hair and short knowledge. In my opinion, a woman is more sensible than you. !"

"The two sons of Mrs. Liu and Wang Fu are still living in the official residence. If you don't have that brain, why don't you know why you didn't deal with it?"

"It's been 12 years, and I'm really disappointed with you, very disappointed."

"I tried my best to get back the dragon flag and banner that King Jili lost, but how can I get back the backbone you lost?"

Zhu Qiyu looked around again, waved his hand and said, "Let's leave the court."

Zhu Qiyu didn't wait for the ministers to see him off, and walked down the platform, and several little yellow gatekeepers carried the dragon chair down.

Zhu Qiyu walked in the back hall of Fengtian Hall and said to Xing'an: "Say hello to the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion, don't do what Mrs. Liu asked for and the divorce papers, just delay, and then take the three of Mrs. Liu to Kang Guogong's mansion. According to the national system, one of Wang Fu's two adult children, Enyin, will be dispatched."

"I obey the decree." Xing'an hesitated, His Majesty is going back on his word, the emperor must not go back on what he said, but if Xing'an greets Shuntian Mansion as the eunuch, the Shuntian Mansion will not say anything other than a treacherous eunuch. Dare not to follow.

"Lu Zhong, I'm very angry. Who do you think spread the news of Wang Yue, Ashinayi, and Wang Yongzhen's return to court?" Zhu Qiyu said to Lu Zhong again, Zhu Qiyu's words were chilling, obviously , Jin Yiwei's knife has not been out of its sheath for a long time, and some people have forgotten the sharpness of this knife.

"Your Majesty leads the decree." Lu Zhong bowed his head and took the order. Lu Zhong is already investigating the matter. His Majesty's anger cannot be blocked in his heart. If it is blocked from this year to next year, it is because Jin Yiwei has no heart of obedience.

Although His Majesty did not say that he wanted to kill someone, every word and every word said that he wanted to kill someone.

Zhu Qiyu shook his sleeves, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It's really a bunch of damned guys."

Yu Qian didn't go back directly to the martial arts hall, but first went to Tai'an Palace to find Hu Wei who was in class, told Hu Wei what happened at the court meeting, and took Hu Wei to the Juxian Pavilion of the martial arts hall.

Your Majesty went down to Beitu City to parade the army horses. Yu Qian and Hu Wei wanted to wait outside the door. How could Cheng Jing dare to let Yu Qian and Hu Wei wait outside the door? When His Majesty came back, he saw two important ministers standing in the snow waiting , one has a phlegm disease and coughs so hard that he can't sleep at night in winter, and the other is almost 90 years old. Cheng Jing, the second ancestor, should stop being the second ancestor, find a well and jump into it, saving Xing'an.

"It's a good thing, why should Yu Shaobao worry?" Hu Wei said not very much, "A few days ago, Nicholas asked me that these Jinshi are working for the benefit of the clan, not for the people but for the private interests of the family. What is the difference between the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty and their Roman Senate. It is a good thing that something like this happened, so that His Majesty can clearly see their ugly faces and be vigilant at all times."

who are they?A silverfish who steals the country for personal gain.

The selection mechanism of bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty will definitely and inevitably select silverfish, so it is not a bad thing to always be vigilant against national thieves.

"Hey, I don't know what to say at this moment and this situation. Your Majesty has a knot in his heart. It has been more than ten years, and it's finally relieved. That's good. Not only has the knot not been solved, but it has been solved. Untie it." Yu Qian leaned on the back of the chair and said helplessly to Hu Yan.

Hu Yan laughed a few times before continuing: "If you can't solve it, it's better. It's best to go to the study one day and explain this matter clearly, explain it clearly, and then specifically how the Pope's heirs deal with the courtiers. Tell the prince that there are eunuchs inside and outside the Southern Han Dynasty, the prince's expression, this game of imperial power and ministers has existed since ancient times, if the emperor's heir is fooled into a daze, wouldn't it be worse?"

"It's easy for you to say, isn't it because you resigned from the office and don't do anything, and the wind is calm?" Yu Qian sighed. Hu Wei is now a teacher. It is not a big deal to watch the excitement. He is not in the middle of the game, so of course he stands and talks No back pain.

"His Majesty is here!"

While talking, Xiao Huangmen shouted at the top of his voice.

"Refer to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's congratulations." Yu Qian and Hu Wei saluted.

Zhu Qiyu signaled Xiao Huangmen to help Hu Mi, at such an advanced age, it would be hard for Hu Mi to worry about a group of idiots.

Xing'an also hurried back to reply, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Liu was going to become a monk in Baiyi Nunnery, but in the end, I persuaded her to go to Kang Guogong's mansion because of some bad words. The two sons of Kang Guogong didn't want to go at all, so they went to see their mother. , and we went together, and the matter will be considered settled."

"The minister told the mother and son about Kang Guogong being the Marquis of Duntai Yuan."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said, "If you don't tell me, the whole Ming Dynasty would have guessed it after going through this."

"Will Mrs. Liu criticize Ashinayi and Wang Yongzhen?" Xing'an reminded the possible risks in a low voice.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Do you think it will? If I were Mrs. Liu, I would have gone to Shuntian Mansion to reconcile with Wang Fu, and wait until today? If Mrs. Liu didn't understand the truth, would she still say the word "reconciliation" in Fengtian Palace? Even the Empress She doesn't want any orders from Yizhi."

Yu Qian didn't see Lu Zhong, he knew exactly what Lu Zhong was doing.

Zhu Qiyu took out a memorial and wanted to pass it to Yu Qian, saying: "Nianfu, the governor of Huguang, returned to Beijing to report on his duties. The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs all wanted to rob people. Yu Shaobao and Nianfu had a good personal relationship, and they were on the same list. , even working together in Henan, where does Yu Shaobao think the rich should go?"

Yu Qian didn't answer the memorial at all. How many times has His Majesty laid this bait, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the officials in the capital are in charge, and His Majesty's holy judgment is arbitrary."

Zhu Qiyu collected the memorials and said with emotion: "It would be great if there were all courtiers like Yu Shaobao inside and outside the court."

"Your Majesty is really greedy." Hu Wei was also happy to hear that, and said with a smile, a person like Yu Qian, even one in Daming is enough to burn incense and worship Buddha. In terms of culture, Yu Shaobao is the first in the test. Hengdu can only say that among brothers, Yu Qian is a minister of the six righteousness.

Such courtiers couldn't find any of them even with lanterns. His Majesty wanted more, not because of greed.

In fact, Yu Qian has always been more worried that the emperor will be angry because of today's events, but judging by His Majesty's appearance, he does not seem to be furious.

"Isn't that right, I'm greedy." Zhu Qiyu was disappointed, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty never let people down in the matter of letting people down.

Because of the performance of literati such as Yu Qian, Hu Wei, Li Binyan, Li Xian, Wang Fu, and Wang Yue, Zhu Qiyu still raised some expectations for the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty. It hasn't changed.

Since ancient times, there have been people who worked hard, those who worked hard, those who pleaded for the people, and those who sacrificed their lives to seek the law. The courtiers of Jinshi on the same list are also one of the backbones.

Zhu Qiyu said to Yu Qian: "Wang Xie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, has served No. 17 times, and his body is indeed a little bit unbearable. Let Wang Xie take a rest. Since Nianfu is back, he will go to the Ministry of Industry to be the left servant. , take over the Ministry of Works."

9 Chapter Forty

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu had always had a doubt in his heart. Since Yu Qian and Hu Wei were both here today, after Zhu Qiyu sat down, he said rather puzzled: "I can't figure it out, what do these silverfish want?"

"I'm very strange. They ask for money. My navy is only responsible for fighting and order, not for business. Official ships and official trade are just a way to beat the world. They ask for power, and I seldom Arbitrary, since I ascended the throne, there has never been a policy that has not been approved by the court, and there is only one thing today, that is, I pardoned Liu's crime of suing her husband."

Hu Yan said with a smile: "The Ministry of Punishment agrees with His Majesty's pardon. Yu Shangshu knows what Wang Fu is doing, and he will not pretend to be confused. As for them, they just want His Majesty to surrender. What else are they thinking?"

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands, and said to Hu Wei and Yu Qian: "What's the specifics? If you want me to surrender, don't you even give me a surrender condition? How come in the eyes of this group of silverfish, I'm not even as good as the Ara Zhiyuan?" Well, the Ara Zhiyuan surrendered, and Daming returned the conditions. He was decent, and I also gave him dignity. Didn’t even mention a surrender condition? I am willing to negotiate. To this day, before I do anything, I have to post Huang Bang, and at least, I am willing to talk about it twice."

Yu Qian said with a smile: "What they are looking for is hereditary replacement, and they want to be immortal in all aspects."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hands again and again and said: "I never did this in my dreams. If you ask for this, you shouldn't be so noisy with me. I want to use a knife to kill people. They lost their lives and I lost face. If I surrender, they will be hereditary." No replacement? They should go to the temple and make a wish."

"That's not right. The Buddha's country has perished. Now it's the Mughals of the Timur Khanate who are acting fiercely there. The Buddha's country can't be hereditary and will never change. Their dream is so unreal."

Yu Qian nodded. The Buddha Kingdom was indeed dead. He wanted to break up the matter with His Majesty and make it clear. , redundant, just talk about this redundant official."

"In the sixth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court Quan Cao was selected four times. These four selections were the East Court of Zhongshumen's lower judges, which is today's Beijing officials, also called Shangshu Zuoxuan; Zhongshumen's official department Liu Neiquan, that is, local officials. It is also called Shilang Zuoxuan; Zhongshumen's lower court is the West Courtyard, and the door is closed to wait for the above-mentioned envoys. , also known as the assistant minister right selection."

"There are a total of 2392 Beijing officials, of which only 975 are from Jinshi background, less than half; there are 17006 local officials, and only 4325 are from Juren, which is about a quarter; there are 15600 military officers, and only 415 are from Wujuren. There are 3866 military officers in the Banzhi garrison, and 77 of them are of military origin, accounting for only one-fiftieth.” (Song Dynasty official selection and management system)

"Officials without background accounted for the majority, that is, grace, official position, recommendation, miscellaneous entry, and transfer, among which grace also accounted for the majority."

The more Zhu Qiyu heard this number, the more shocked he became. The civil and military personnel selected from the bottom up accounted for only a few tenths of the imperial court. It can only be said that it is worthy of the Great Song Dynasty.According to Yu Qian's words, he said: "If they ask for favor, I will also be kind, and I didn't say no. The two sons of Wang Fu, I just gave them kindness."

"Is Your Majesty the Enyin official?" Yu Qian asked rhetorically.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Of course not. The officials from Enyin don't do anything, even if they do, they can't do it, can they? If they screw up, I have to punish them. It's better to let them be rice bugs."

Yu Qian immediately replied: "That's it. The influx of the Song Dynasty was too much, and the early Northern Song Dynasty was better. Most of them were Jinshi Juren, but later they were full of grace, and not only Jilu officials, but also can go to work. This is The source of the corruption of officials in the Song Dynasty."

"These benevolent officials hold most of the power, and most of them are rich and poor. The corruption of the government is conceivable. The two Song Dynasties achieved hereditary replacement through Enyin."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is the rule of the world with the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty. It turns out that it is such a rule."

Yu Qian said that in the Song Dynasty, the old Zhao family and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the world, not just making accusations out of thin air, but breaking things apart based on facts and evidence.Crushed, spoken clearly and clearly.

Hu Wei took over the conversation and added: "When we arrived in Ming Dynasty, because Enyin didn't do anything, he lost his authority. We had to discount [-]% of the salary of our Daming Dynasty before, and most of them couldn't pay it back. Whether this kindness or not It is not the key to hereditary succession."

"Then how to achieve hereditary replacement? There is fraud in the examination hall."

In the Jingtai period, the Jilu officials who did not do anything were also paid with full salary. Sufficient salary was the prerequisite for the Ming Dynasty to fight against corruption and arrest corruption. After the captain's power over the Wucheng soldiers and horses, the princes' son-in-law captains were crazy, and the reason for their awkwardness with the emperor.

Yu Qian is still an official in the court, and it is inconvenient for Yu Qian to say some things, but now that Hu Yi has no official status, he directly speaks the words clearly and puts the matter on the table. It's from Enke.

For example, Nianfu, the governor of Huguang, who is about to return to Beijing, was born in the deputy list of the examination, and he is not in the first, second and third best. In my eyes, a special Jinshi is not a Jinshi.

There are tens of millions of scholars in Ming Dynasty, how many people can leap into the dragon's gate in Enke once every three years?Even if it is in the sub list, it is enough to honor the lintel.

Since the absolute number of bureaucrats cannot be guaranteed systematically, power is indirectly controlled by controlling the ascending channel.

During Zhengtong years, Pei Lun, the current governor of Shandong, refused to make it easy for his son-in-law because the chief examiner of the examination was upright and strict, and finally went back to the county to compile the county annals.

Zhu Qiyu immediately understood what Yu Qian and Hu Wei wanted to say. Yu Qian simply cited the redundant officials of the Southern Song Dynasty as an excuse, and then Hu Wei added that the two of them were telling the emperor where these silverfish who steal the country for personal gain want His Majesty to be. Surrender on one side, how to surrender.

Although Yu Qian simply brought up the selection of officials to talk about the matter, it was not just the imperial examination selection, but all aspects. The silverfish hoped that the emperor would surrender.

Will His Majesty the Emperor surrender?

will not.

Silverfish who steal the country for personal gain, how many regiments do they have?

Why press the head of the great emperor and force the emperor to surrender!

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty really liked to use the examples of the Song Dynasty to give advice, both civil and military.

Zhu Qiyu leaned forward and said to Yu Qian: "If Yu Shaobao came to persuade me not to kill people, it would be in vain."

"Wang Fu and Wang Yue belonged to the Marquis of Yuantai in the Ming Dynasty. The two of them are the core figures in our investigation of information in the northwest direction of the Ming Dynasty. After Beijing, it was only a layer of window paper that was punctured, but it is this layer of window paper, if I don’t say it can be poked, it can’t be poked.”

"But the news of their return to Beijing spread so quickly, I must arrest the people on this line, send those who should be sent to Jieyuan, beheaded for public display, and all the family members are exiled in Java. "

"My bottom line has always been very clear. No matter how hard we fight, the soldiers who are running around for the safety of the Ming Dynasty cannot touch the bottom line. This involves whether I can sit firmly on this chair."

Yu Qian frowned and said, "Shouldn't the Yi tribes be?"

"Huh? Yu Shaobao is making progress by retreating, is he persuading me to forgive you?" Zhu Qiyu was taken aback when he heard what Yu Qian said. He thought that Yu Qian was here to persuade him not to kill people, but it turned out to be a very new kind of persuasion Forgive me, I have taken your way, leaving you nowhere to go.

Yu Qian said quite seriously: "The ten serious crimes, with treason as the first evil, means attempting to overthrow the government, state affairs, military affairs, and sacrificial sacrificial affairs, undermining the military government, with the theory of treason, the law of the Ming Dynasty: those who commit ten serious crimes, not eight. The limit of redemption. I think it is reasonable to talk about the three tribes of Yi."

Yu Qian is a minister of the Six Righteousness under the feudal code of ethics who has obeyed the emperor and his ministers for thousands of years, so in some matters, Yu Qian has reason to be more violent than Zhu Qiyu.

Yu Qian explained in detail the name of the punishment. Heinous crimes are ten felonies in the law of the Ming Dynasty. Unpardonable is not only an amnesty for the whole world, but also a felony that cannot be pardoned by eight discussions. This case involves Rongzheng. The crime of treason in an attempt to subvert and overthrow the imperial court.

"Those charged with ten heinous crimes, even though there is no connection with the intention of committing a crime, the three tribes of Yi, in order to receive the effect of intimidation and punishment." Hu Wei also added why the three tribes of Yi should be used for the effect of intimidation and punishment.

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "There is a saying in Jin Shu's criminal law records: crimes are not related, and the ancient system is the same. Those who are near are rebellious, and the sincerity is fierce. The fierceness is so powerful that it can be used for a while. It is not holy to implement it now. The decrees of the dynasty should be like the system of eliminating the three clans in the first dynasty."

"After this point, there is no written document of the Yi tribe, I think it's inappropriate."

The crime of the Yi tribe was completely abolished from the criminal names of the Central Plains Dynasty after the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although this crime was never established after it was completely abolished, it was still enforced, such as the case of Hu Weiyong in the Ming Dynasty.