Chapter 389 Emperor Jiajing’s Balancing Technique
In the Yuxi Palace of Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing was wearing a black Taoist robe, sitting cross-legged on a futon in the monastery with a solemn expression, and there were various things around him. Various Taoist instruments and paintings of the Three Qing Dynasties.
The pious Emperor Jiajing really regarded fasting and praying as a serious matter.
Huang Jin, Chen Hong and others on the side were also dressed as little Taoist priests, wearing fragrant leaf crowns rewarded by Emperor Jiajing on their heads. They carefully added sesame oil to the side and enshrined copper in one place. Among them, "Qing Ci" collected from the cabinet and the six Hanlin Academy were burned.
After Emperor Jiajing meditated and prayed for a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What time is it now in Huang Jin?"
Huang Jin glanced at the timer water leak next to him and replied: "It is already the ugly time for the emperor."
The ugly time is midnight. Emperor Jiajing moved his body and got up from the futon to the front of the monastery. At the window sill, he enjoyed the cold air outside and took a deep breath of cool air that made him feel comfortable both physically and mentally.
Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but stretched again, and then said: "Today is the seventh day, right?"
Huang Jin replied: "To the emperor, yes It's the seventh day."
Emperor Jiajing asked again: "How is Sanerjianguo?"
Huang Jin replied: "Prince Yu has been diligently handling the memorials sent by the General Affairs Department."
When Emperor Jiajing heard what Huang Jin said, he also laughed: "The memorials from the General Affairs Department There are not many serious matters, just some stinky and long poems in parallel prose. How do you think San'er read them?"
Huang Jin hesitated and said nothing.
But at this time, Chen Hong saw that Huang Jin hesitated, and he took the initiative to reply: "Reporting to the emperor, the prince has read the memorials, but he also called the general envoy over and reprimanded him. ”
Huang Jin glanced at Chen Hong slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Emperor Jiajing, who was standing in front of the window blowing the wind, also frowned slightly, but no one could see this action.
Emperor Jiajing said in the same tone as before: "Why did San'er reprimand the envoy? Did Shen Kui do something bad?"
When Chen Hong heard that Emperor Jiajing said again When he asked, he suddenly felt happy and felt that he had figured out what Emperor Jiajing was thinking.
Chen Hong immediately replied: "I heard that the prince was dissatisfied with the redundant text and insufficient content of the memorial sent by the General Affairs Department. So he called Shen Kui to reprimand him and asked Shen Kui to inform all ministries and departments. The yamen will not be allowed to publish such memorials written in parallel prose in the future. "
Emperor Jiajing was happy when he heard this. He did not expect that Zhu Zaijing still had such a little temper.
You must know that this memorial format of four-six parallel prose has been passed down for thousands of years. Some important canonization edicts and heaven-sacrifice documents of the imperial court were all written in this beautiful four-six parallel prose.
Such a style of writing not only has neat contrasts, but also reads with grace and grace.
Although this style of writing has been gradually eliminated in daily political affairs, as the official style recognized and defaulted by the court, this four-six parallel prose memorial format is still often used in some court documents that are not particularly urgent. of.
Moreover, some yamen and localities would regularly write such memorials and send them to the General Affairs Department to describe their work and the local happiness after bathing in the emperor's favor.
So although not many people read this type of memorial, the General Affairs Department still receives a lot of them.
Now Emperor Jiajing asked Zhu Zaijing to supervise the country. Although he did not give him actual power, he gave Zhu Zaijing to practice these four or six parallel prose memorials that no one usually read. It's just that Emperor Jiajing didn't expect Zhu Zaijing to be so bold. As soon as he took charge of the country, he called the general affairs envoy of the General Affairs Department to reprimand him, and asked him not to write such a memorial in parallel prose. He was really brave. !
You must know that Emperor Jiajing and the emperors before him did not do this. The best they could do was not to look at this stuff, but no one has directly denied this inheritance. A style that has lasted for thousands of years.
Emperor Jiajing smiled and said: "Then how did Shen Kui react?"
Chen Hong replied: "Shen Kui refused at first, but after the prince's repeated threats, Shen Kui gave in, and in accordance with the prince's wishes, he had already sent documents suspending the 46-parallel prose to various government offices. In the past few days, except for some more stubborn people who still wrote memorials in 46-parallel prose to the Department of Transportation. It has been replaced by vernacular.”
Emperor Jiajing laughed again when he heard this, "Oh, San'er still has some talent. He actually got someone to write a memorial in vernacular and send it to the Secretary of General Affairs."
Then Emperor Jiajing asked curiously: "Those who insist on writing How did San'er handle the memorial in parallel prose? "
Chen Hong replied: "The prince directly asked the person who wrote the memorial to rewrite it, and asked the person who wrote the memorial to copy the original text ten times and send it back. , and also asked them to recite the full text. If there is anyone who can't memorize it, the prince will ask the General Affairs Department to notify the various government offices of his name, reprimanding the person for being unlearned and incompetent and can't even memorize the memorials he wrote. "
After listening to Chen Hong's words, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help laughing.
“My son still has a bit of Taizu style, which is really interesting.”
After Emperor Jiajing finished sighing, he said to Huang Jin: "Huang Jin, since San'er is good at supervising the country, let the people from the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry send him some recent memorials about the disaster area in Huazhou and take a look. How did he deal with it? "
When Huang Jin heard that Emperor Jiajing actually wanted to give Zhu Zaijing the actual power to supervise the country, he couldn't help but look up at Emperor Jiajing in surprise. This was not an idle job in the General Affairs Department. Lao Zhang actually had the power to govern the country. Unexpectedly, only seven days had passed, and Emperor Jiajing would actually be given to Prince Yu.
Originally Huang Jin thought that after Emperor Jiajing prayed for blessings and came out of seclusion in a few days, he would directly withdraw his decree to supervise the country and let Prince Yu continue to be the idle king.
I didn’t expect to have this unexpected result now.
Emperor Jiajing waited for a long time but did not see Huang Jin's reaction. He couldn't help but let out a grunt of displeasure. Huang Jin quickly bowed: "I obey the order. I will inform the cabinet immediately."
Emperor Jiajing said: "Don't worry, what did you tell them in the middle of the night? It will be the same tomorrow."
Huang Jin replied nervously: "Yes, I know."
Then Jiajing The emperor looked at Chen Hong and Huang Jin and said: "Let Chen Hong handle the affairs of the East Factory from now on. Just be a full-time supervisor of etiquette and serve me by my side."
Chen When Hong Yi heard that Emperor Jiajing was going to hand over the Dongchang to him, he immediately knelt on the ground excitedly and worshiped loudly: "My slave, thank you for your kindness. I will definitely do your best for the Emperor and take good care of the Dongchang!"
Emperor Jiajing hummed twice and did not want to talk to Chen Hong and Huang Jing. Emperor Jiajing shook the wide sleeves of his Taoist robe and said: "Okay, everyone, go down. I am going to sleep in the middle of the night."
Huang Jin and Chen Hong hurriedly bowed again: "My slave, please retire."
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(End of this chapter)