Chapter 195 194 Prince Yu's Mansion
Thanks to the commotion of this year's new scholars, the court immediately paid attention to the serious consequences of the Shanshan-Shaanxi earthquake. Although the relief money and food were not much, I bet that all the officials in the court felt it The impact is significant.
Wei Guangde had been in the Hanlin Academy for more than half a month, but he did not even get a day's rest.
There are two types of holidays for officials in the Ming Dynasty: regular leave and personal leave. Regular leave is a legal rest day, including holidays and festivals.
The system of statutory holidays has appeared as early as the Han Dynasty. At that time, officials took one day off every five days, which was called "five days off." "Hugh", this example was also used in the later Song Dynasty.
Compared with the holiday holidays in previous dynasties, the annual holidays in the Ming Dynasty were more complete. Some festivals were fixed, such as the New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals, among which the annual holidays were from December 20th of each year to the second day of the first lunar month of the following year. On the 10th, which is the Zhengdan Festival, officials will stop working and take a month's rest.
"Ming Huidian" contains: Every year, the Zhengdan Festival begins on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and all civil and military officials have a five-day holiday. The Winter Solstice Festival begins today, with a three-day holiday. In the seventh year of Yongle, the Lantern Festival was ordered to begin on the 11th day of the first lunar month, and all officials were given a ten-day holiday.
Personal leave is when an official actively requests a break, which requires approval from the superior. There are two main types: personal leave and sick leave.
As for the provisions on sick leave or special leave, officials can take leave to return to their hometown and are allowed to stay at home for two months; if the time limit is exceeded and the time limit is more than one year, officials will not enjoy their salary for five months. Treatment; if the time limit reaches more than one and a half years, officials will be sent to the government for interrogation.
In the Jiajing Dynasty, there were clear regulations on the qualifications for officials to ask for personal leave. They could only ask for leave "after passing the examination for three years". If it exceeds three years, they will be dismissed.
There is also a special kind of personal leave. Civil servants take leave to mourn their parents, which is Ding You.
"Ming Huidian" records: "Ding You, according to official regulations, does not allow leap twenty-seven months. Anyone who exceeds the limit by more than two months will be sent to prison for questioning; if it exceeds one month, he will be ill. Those with diplomas and sent to prison
The above two categories are the main official holidays, and there are two special holidays: grant leave and court leave.
The so-called "grant leave" is granted by the emperor. The granting of holidays with approval is entirely a favor given by the emperor to the officials and does not Customized.
The main reason for the Ming Dynasty's court leave was usually the funerals of royal family members and ministers, and not all officials could participate. In the Ming Dynasty, the absence of court due to funerals made it easier for officials to rest. A kind of treatment that motivates officials to adjust their status to better engage in government affairs; on the other hand, it condenses the relationship between royal members and the emperor and officials, so that officials can handle official affairs better
Speaking of the vacation system in the Ming Dynasty, it was because Wei Guangde, who should have had a vacation long ago, never got the opportunity to take a vacation, and the reason was the Shanshan-Shaanxi earthquake.
Emperor Jiajing felt that God had brought disaster, so he canceled the three-month holiday, hoping that all civil and military officials would work diligently and move God to take away the punishment.
In short, Emperor Jiajing had an idea. Wei Guangde would not be able to take the opportunity to sit down for more than two months, so he could only run to the Hanlin Academy like a horse. Naturally, the matter of moving was left behind.
Almost half a month has passed since the last time I met Yin Shizhen at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and I haven't heard from Li Shida or the others that the Prince Yu's Mansion has received any money.
Wei Guangde was helpless about this, and he didn’t know whether Yin Shizhen said anything about it when he went back, or how he said it. Anyway, he had nothing to do at this time, either drinking and chatting with people from the Hanlin Academy, or with They eat and drink together and live a happy and happy life.
"I got the news. After watching the government, I will go to Zhejiang."
At the wine table, Zeng Shengwu said a little disappointedly. His ranking in the palace examination this time was not very good, but it was passable. He ranked among the top three. No. 69, but maybe points were deducted in the morning exam, and now I heard that he might be released.
"Zhejiang?"
Wei Guangde frowned slightly and said: "Brother Sansheng, do you know where it is in Zhejiang?"
"It may be a magistrate, I don't know where it is specifically. Know.”
Zeng Shengwu shook his head and said.
"Although there are Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, they still need capable officials. Maybe Brother Sansheng's talents are favored by the adults above."
Wei Guangde could only console him. , Zeng Shengwu, like Lao Kan, was sent to the Ministry of Punishment to observe government affairs. Today he and Lao Kan came back to have a drink with Wei Guangde, and he may also know about this bad thing.
"In the same year, I heard from the Ministry of War who were observing the government that the Xuanfu sent another early warning, and the Mongolian Tatars appeared in the outer areas of the Xuanfu again, but no trace of the enemy was found in Datong. They were worried about the Tatars. Raid the capital again like we did a few years ago."
At this time, Wei Guangde heard Zhang Ke suddenly say, wanting to open up the topic so that Zeng Shengwu would not still be immersed in depression.
"I've also heard people say that the Tatars have often harassed the border wall in the past two years. With the lessons learned in the 29th year of Jiajing, every time a Tatar army appears, the border town must give an early warning to the capital. In fact, it doesn't need to be too much. "Take it to heart."
Lao Kan interjected, after all, the yamen are all concentrated. Although they are divided into six departments and other government yamen in the same year, they still meet frequently, chat casually, and pass on what they have heard. information.
While Wei Guangde and Zeng Shengwu were drinking wine, Prince Yu Zhu Zaijing also summoned his subordinate officials to drink wine in a hall in the back garden of Prince Yu's palace.
At this time, King Yu was naturally in a low mood. It had been two months since he had received the salary that the prince deserved, and the palace was about to run out of food.
Don’t ask why they still have money to drink when they have no money to eat. What they drink is royal wine, which is given as tribute to the palace from various places. Naturally, they don’t go to the household department, otherwise they may have to drink tea instead. Drinking.
It was quite aggrieved for the prince to do what he did.
At this moment, Zhu Zaijing drank glass after glass of wine. Fortunately, the alcohol content was not high. After drinking a lot of wine, he was not drunk and was still awake.
Just when he drank all the wine in the glass and couldn't wait for the eunuch who was waiting on him to come up and pour the wine, he picked up the jug to fill it up for himself, but the hand on the jug was pressed down by someone. .
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
Gao Gong, who was sitting under Prince Yu, stopped Prince Yu from getting drunk and reminded him in a low voice.
"Master Gao, tell me, what are you doing to take care of yourself? Prince Gu is so aggrieved. Today you and Master Yin went to the Ministry of Finance again. I know what those villains are like even if you don't tell me. They are all laughing at Gu. , They are all making fun of me."
Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen below lowered their heads helplessly. Now Prince Yu's Mansion is really about to become a joke in the official circles of the capital.
Although most of the officials are oriented towards Prince Yu's Mansion, it does not affect their mood of watching the excitement.
The current situation is very clear. There are big figures above who want to show Prince Yu's face, but Prince Yu has nothing to do about it.
As for who gave the words to embarrass King Yu, some said it was Yan Song, and some said King Chuan Jing. Some even suspected that it was the man from Xiyuan who gave the order.
There are many rumors, but most of them are just smoke and mirrors, and you can't see the connection between them.
Relatively speaking, most people believe that Emperor Jiajing did it deliberately. Even those who didn't believe it at the beginning have already believed it to some extent by this time.
After all, the city was already in turmoil. It was impossible for Emperor Jiajing not to know about it, but he still said nothing, which is evident from this.
As for the matter of redressing the injustice for King Yu, only low-level officials would discuss it privately. For the dignitaries in high positions, they have never seen anything, and they are nowhere to be seen now.
When we arrived at their location, we had more issues to consider.
They don't care who is behind it, they only care about the impact on the government and their own interests.
They have long been tempered in the officialdom and have lost their belief in forging ahead and eliminating violence. In their eyes, they only have interests, their own interests.
"Prince Yu, you have lost your composure." Gao Gong did not lower his head like Yin Shizhen and Chen Yiqin, but still looked at Prince Yu Zhu Zaijing with his head held high, his face still high in fighting spirit.
After saying this, he waved to the eunuchs behind King Yu to ask them to leave.
After everyone else had left, Gao Gongcai said to King Yu: "If someone is given a great responsibility from heaven, he must first work hard on his mind and body. How can King Yu lose his fighting spirit because of this? What is yours is yours." No one can take it away."
"But... Gu. "My heart is bitter."
At this time, King Yu still lamented that he and his mother had never been liked by Emperor Jiajing. In the future, when his second brother was around, he would be considerate of him, but it was a pity that his second brother was still there. It was gone just before adulthood.
I originally thought that I would be canonized as a prince, but after waiting for several years, I was still not liked by my father, who even refused to see him.
The mother-in-law of King Yu Zhu Zaijing is Concubine Du Kang. She only has seventy or eighty concubines in the harem of Emperor Jiajing. Who does she count among them?
Although she gave birth to Prince Yu early, Concubine Du Kang still did not regard mother as superior to son because of this, and he was still not favored by Emperor Jiajing.
Although Emperor Jiajing no longer expressed any desire to establish another crown prince after Prince Zhuang Jing, in Gao Gong’s view, Prince Yu was the perfect candidate for crown prince, and there were not only others who had such thoughts. It was him. According to him, he knew that most of the courtiers had the same mentality. It was an ancestral system to establish an elder without direct heir, and it could not be changed without authorization, otherwise the consequences would be serious.
Even if King Jing is really a wise candidate for the monarch, he cannot inherit the throne, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the court at best, and cause Xiao Qiang at worst.
So even today, Gao Gong still does not change his original intention. He does not believe that Emperor Jiajing will not see through this relationship and insist on going his own way.
Just looking at the tear-filled eyes of King Yu who was slightly drunk at this time, Gao Gong didn't know how to comfort him for a moment, but secretly swore in his heart that he must protect this man. Crown Prince.
Yes, even if Emperor Jiajing didn't say anything, since he was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion, it was the task given to him by Emperor Jiajing to fight for Prince Yu's things that should belong to him, and he had to work hard to complete it.
It’s just that at this moment, he can’t find a way to solve the situation, and it’s useless no matter what he says.
The flower hall fell into silence, and everyone was silent.
Some things cannot be handled with confidence, just like the dilemma they are encountering now. For the people of Prince Yu's Mansion who have no power in the court, they can only stare blankly.
"Master Gao, why don't you go talk to Master Xu?"
At this time, Chen Yiqin spoke to Gao Gong.
In this regard, Gao Gong shook his head, "It doesn't matter what he said. Even if I went to the Chief Assistant, he said that he never ordered this matter, and he didn't dare to ask."< br>
Gao Gong is not as resolute and jealous as the impression of later generations. With a character as evil as hatred, Gao Gong at this time was gentle and easy to talk to. In the court, he not only made friends with officials who were close to King Yu, but he was also willing to make friends with the Yan family who had clearly sided with King Jing, and even He was also a guest at Yan Shifan's banquet.
Well, whether he is recruiting talents for King Yu or for himself, Gao Gong is doing this now. He is like a fish in water in the court and has both sides.
However, at this time, he still had no way to decipher the malicious intent that came from unknown sources.
"If Yan Song hadn't been behind this, who would have done such a thing, King Jing? He can influence the court and the household department, does he dare?"
At this time, Yin Shizhen said loudly.
“Be careful what you say without any basis.”
Gao Gong glanced at him and glared at him fiercely.
What's the use of Yin Shizhen saying this at this time? King Yu couldn't think of it at first, but you still say that, isn't this adding more trouble?
Yin Shizhen also trembled under the high-arched eyes, and then shut up.
At this time, when everyone was helpless, Yin Shizhen couldn't help but think of the method Wei Guangde proposed at the restaurant half a month ago.
Yes, after Wei Guangde proposed to bribe Yan Shifan, Yin Shizhen returned to Prince Yu's Mansion and did not tell anyone else about it.
What kind of thing is it for a dignified prince to bribe a sycophant just to get what should belong to him?
Even if he already felt that Wei Guangde was not the person sent by Yan Shifan to ask for a bribe from him, after all, there were many people around Yan Shifan who could be used. There was no need to find such an insignificant pawn and use such a "chance encounter" method to spread the word.
He still doesn't think the problem can be solved in this way, and it will do too much harm to Prince Yu and Prince Yu's palace. How will the foreign ministers view His Highness Prince Yu in the future?
Officials of the palace like them must not make such a serious mistake. They must protect the face of His Royal Highness Prince Yu.
Yin Shizhen was in a state of thinking at this time. He still hoped to find a better way to break the situation.
But, can he still think of a good way?
It has been more than two years since the incident happened. During this long time, they have not thought of any way to solve it. Instead, the incident has continued to ferment and has almost become a big joke throughout the city.
As Prince Yu said, he has now become a laughing stock in the mouths of others. Even those who love Prince Yu's palace, before reaching that step, anything is possible. Although they support him in their hearts, they will not show it in the slightest.
Even though he, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and others worked hard for this matter, contacted fellow villagers and spoke for King Yu in the same year, and put pressure on the Ministry of Revenue, it was still to no avail.
"Is this really the case?"
Unable to find a way, Yin Shizhen was already a little discouraged and muttered inadvertently.
“What did you say?”
Yin Shizhen's words were so soft that even Chen Yiqin, who was sitting next to him, didn't hear him clearly. He only knew what he said, so he asked.
"Huh?"
A little embarrassed by Chen Yiqin's question, Yin Shizhen wanted to deny it at first, so he shook his head, but was there any other way?
The conversation between the two also attracted Gao Gong's attention. He looked over and wanted to know what they were talking about.
"Zhengfu, what can you do? You might as well just say it, good or bad."
Gao Gong opened his mouth and said to Yin Shizhen.
"This"
Yin Shizhen is a little embarrassed at this time. King Yu is still here. It seems a little inappropriate to talk about this matter in this situation.
King Yu’s attention was also attracted by their conversation at this time, and he looked up at him.
"Your Highness, Mr. Gao, someone has mentioned a method to me before, but I think it is very inappropriate, so."
(End of this chapter)