Chapter 58: Wanting to Adhere to the Chao Gang Alone
Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Liu Jin knew that now that he was the Prime Minister of the Inner Court, the three ministers in the cabinet would definitely resign. Therefore, he could also guess that there would be no draft memorial from the cabinet in the past few days, and as the Prime Minister of the Inner Court, he naturally started to Not too busy either.
But it was the first time that Liu Jin was qualified to work in the center of the Ming Dynasty's inner court and as a palm eunuch, so he was naturally very active.
Therefore, Liu Jin came to the Supervisor of Ceremonies early. In his opinion, the books of the Supervisor of Lili were fragrant, and even the air of the Supervisor of Lili was fragrant. Even the eunuchs with the Supervisor of Lili were more pleasing to the eye. , so even if he had nothing to do, he would come to the ceremonial supervisor to sit around.
Liu Jin, who was sitting in the first place, felt as if she was ten years younger. From time to time, she touched the back of the chair and looked at the furnishings in the room. She was as excited as the groom who was about to enter the bridal chamber.
Of course, Liu Jin will never experience the pleasure of a small Dengke in this life, but the pleasure he feels now is no less than that of a normal man.
Now Liu Jin feels that he is now the Prime Minister of the Inner Court, and he should have the temperament and magnanimity of the Inner Minister. Therefore, he became the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies for the first time and now he smiles when he meets everyone.
However, Chu Ke, the eunuch of the ceremonial hall, still sat upright and respectfully under Liu Jin, but Liu Jin asked with concern: "Chu Suitang, in what year did you enter the palace?"
"Back to the Prime Minister, this is the palace that I entered in the seventh year of Hongzhi's reign." Chu Ke stood up and bowed his hands in greeting.
"You can't be considered an old man in the palace. Are you from the inner study hall?"
There is an inner study hall in the Si Li Supervisor, which is where the imperial officials teach the eunuchs how to read and write. Naturally, the inner study hall was from a relatively noble family background in the inner court, so Liu Jin had some questions.
"Back to the Prime Minister, I am from the Nei Shu Tang," replied Chu Ke, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
"Sure enough, he looks quite elegant. May I ask which Hanlin master you studied under?" Liu Jin seemed to be in a good mood and chatted patiently with his subordinates.
"I don't dare to hide the truth from my inner minister, and my subordinates learn from Wang Shaozai." Chu Ke, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, said that Wang Shaozai was Wang Hao, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel. Now that Ding You is at home, he was once a Tanhualang. Therefore, Liu Jin also heard this He nodded and said approvingly: "It turns out that he is Wang Shaozai's disciple, and he will have a bright future!"
Chu Ke, the eunuch who served as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, was obviously bored and did not answer.
Liu Jin was not angry and asked again: "Is there any missing cabinet report?"
"Returning to the Prime Minister, only one memo has arrived," replied Chu Ke, the eunuch who served as the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Liu Jin nodded, and asked Chu Ke, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, to give him the memorial. When he saw that it was Wang Hua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, his son Wang Yangming, who was resigning from office, and not the three ministers of the cabinet, he couldn't help but be shaken. Shaking his head: "These three people are really ignorant!"
...Zhu Houzhao was eating lunch with Queen Mother Zhang when he saw Liu Jin already waiting outside the gate. He resigned from Queen Mother Zhang and asked Liu Jin: "But have the resignation notices of the three cabinet ministers arrived?"
"I haven't replied to the emperor yet. There is only a memorial at the moment. The cabinet vote is about the resignation of Wang Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs, for his son Wang Shouren. The cabinet vote is to approve the resignation." Liu Jin had long been taken care of by Zhu Houzhao. As a reminder, I know that now, as the Chief of Ceremonies of the Inner Court, I cannot obey the cabinet's voting plan, and I have to obey the opinions of my emperor, Zhu Houzhao, when criticizing the red.
Zhu Houzhao did not expect that the first thing that came to the Li Supervisor was not the resignation of the three cabinet ministers, but the resignation of Wang Huahua and Wang Yangming, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. However, this incident also surprised him. After all, Wang Yangming was more important to him. Familiar characters.
Zhu Houzhao took the memorial from Liu Jin and looked at it. He saw that Wang Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs, had asked his son Wang Shouren to resign. The treacherous official of the country wishes to have his son dismissed from his official position and return to his hometown to find a good teacher to teach him the orthodox way. The cabinet vote is in favor of this.
Naturally, Zhu Houzhao would not let Wang Yangming go back to study, and directly said: "Reject the cabinet vote proposal, and criticize: let Wang Yangming study in the Leopard Room! The Leopard Room is located in the Royal West Garden, and has always been solemn and elegant. It is a good place for studying, and it can correct evil intentions." ! ”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Liu Jin nodded in agreement, and hurriedly took the memorandum and prepared to go to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve it.
However, when he saw Liu Jin taking the memorandum and preparing to go to the ceremonial supervisor for approval, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of something.
Although Zhu Houzhao knew that Liu Jin did not dare to authorize the government now, the Chief of Ceremonies was outside the palace. He would not be able to control the Chief of Ceremonies at any time when he lived in Qianqing Palace in the future. And Liu Jin had the power of criticizing the red people, so he would inevitably manipulate the power when he could not see it. .
Zhu Houzhao suddenly understood that it was no wonder that Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing in history would live in Xiyuan, not just to escape the control of civil servants, after all, the cabinet was in the palace, but to better control the power of approving red papers in the inner court, because Xiyuan was separated from the ceremonial supervisor. Closer, but far away from the cabinet at the same time, as the emperor, it is natural to directly control the imperial power.
However, Zhu Houzhao did not intend to move to Xiyuan and only control the Supervisor of Ceremonies. He wanted to control both the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet. Not only the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet, but also the highest military command organization in the future. , he also has to control it in his own hands.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly had a bold idea. He wanted to bring together the central institutions of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Cabinet, and place them near his Qianqing Palace. In this way, he would directly control the empire's judicial, administrative and military power, whether it was the Secretary or the Cabinet. Neither the ceremonial supervisor nor the cabinet nor the future highest military command organization could escape the sight of the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao's idea is equivalent to setting up a military aircraft department during the Yongzheng period, which is naturally conducive to strengthening his monarchy.
So, Zhu Houzhao did what he said and hurriedly called Liu Jin back: "Liu Jin, come back! Now order people to go to the north side of Longzong Gate to clean all the rooms there. Now that the Ministry of Works has just renovated the Qianqing Palace and The palaces around Qianqing Gate are just for use. After cleaning, move the seal and seal held by the Secretary of Ceremony there, so that I can listen to the government easily and you can avoid running back and forth to ask for my instructions! At that time, the memorial after the approval can also be issued directly through the General Affairs Department. , naturally cheaper! ”
When Liu Jin heard what Zhu Houzhao said, he also guessed that his Majesty's main purpose was not to be afraid of him running back and forth but to adhere to the imperial court's guidelines alone. However, he had just become the Chief of Ceremonies and did not have much power, so naturally he did not dare to go against Zhu Houzhao's will, so he only said: " The emperor is considerate of the ministers, and the ministers are really grateful. The ministers will follow the order and move the ceremonial supervisor to Longzongmen before sunset tomorrow! "
Zhu Houzhao smiled: "In addition, immediately send another messenger to deliver the edict to Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xu Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Jiao Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so that these three people will go to the palace to pay homage immediately!"< br>
Liu Jin also immediately said: "I obey the order", and he was very satisfied with this in his heart. He thought that the emperor was preparing to let these three people into the cabinet.
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