Factory owner is king

Chapter 118

Chapter 118

"I'm afraid the emperor's holy will has been decided." Wang Peng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, frowned, wanting to see the direction of the wind before speaking.

"My household department is quiet and not afraid of people's investigation." Xia Yuanji, the new secretary of the household department, said indifferently.This counts as an abstention vote.

"Everyone, don't forget that the Imperial Seal has not been found yet." Yan Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, sneered and said, "If the Emperor has not made up his mind, it's okay, if he has already made up his mind to hand over the East Factory to the eunuchs. ..."

Yan Zhen didn't finish his blunt words, and he didn't need to finish his words. Everyone understood the meaning, and it was nothing more than four words, to settle accounts after autumn.The eunuch's reputation for holding grudges has been passed down for thousands of years.

Of the six ministers, only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials have not expressed their views.

Xiao Xuewen, Minister of the Ministry of War, slowly turned his gaze to Huang Heng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, with an inquiring intention in his eyes.

Before Huang Heng could speak, a voice suddenly rang out in his ears: "Since ancient times, martial arts have been fought to the death, and civil servants have been admonished." The ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs, and those who forewarn them will be cut off!" The iron plate is still standing there, can we just turn a blind eye to it? ?!"

The voice was so loud that all the officials were silent, and even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look sideways.

"It turned out to be him." Zhu Yuanzhang recognized the person who spoke. It was Zhou Guanzheng, one of the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the third rank and deputy imperial envoy of the capital.

Recognizing Zhou Guanzheng, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched involuntarily.

There are many civil and military men on the Golden Palace, and Zhu Yuanzhang can't name every little fish and shrimp, but this Zhou Guanzheng is very familiar to him. The reason is unimaginable, Zhu Yuanzhang has suffered from him.

Everything has to start with the authority of the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is also one of the legendary officials (there are two types of officials, one is the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the other is the six divisions), has only seven grades of official rank. It can be regarded as a sesame official, but no one dares to despise it.Because although their official ranks are small, they have great power. In theory, they usually have no specific affairs. They just wander around all day long and can advise the emperor if they see anything wrong. Even if the emperor makes a mistake, they dare to say it.Of course, they could be "a little bit" more polite when advising the emperor, but to other colleagues, they really just opened their mouths and scolded.

It can be said that the entire imperial court, from the emperor to the petty officials, did not have a headache for the speech officials.But they still can't be punished, just because Zhu Yuanzhang gave them a knife and a shield at the beginning of setting up the speech officer: "you can hear about things", "don't be punished for your words", which translates to "you can scold as you like, you can't die. We If there is something to listen to, change it, if there is nothing, just add encouragement.”

Let's talk about Guanzheng this week. A person who can make Zhu Yuanzhang suffer "hardship" and leave a deep impression is naturally extraordinary.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, Zhou Guanzheng was just a small patrolling censor (the lowest censor, not qualified to go to court).Once, when Zhou Guan was inspecting, he encountered an eunuch leading a group of female musicians who were about to enter the palace through Fengtianmen, so he immediately stepped forward to stop them. He replied, "I have an imperial decree!" The imperial decree also represented Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning.But this week Guanzheng refused to let him go, insisting that this was a random fate.The eunuch was helpless, and then went back to report to Zhu Yuanzhang.After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he gave him a face (in fact, a face for the Metropolitan Procuratorate he set up), passed down an oral order not to allow female singers to enter, and praised Zhou Guanzheng.

Ordinarily, the matter would end here, but this week Guanzheng was unwilling to let go, and finally forced Zhu Yuanzhang to come forward to appease and admit his mistakes before giving up.

Isn't Zhu Yuanzhang angry?

Angry, but also happy.After all, these speakers are chosen by themselves, and what Zhou Guanzheng did is in line with his original intention of setting up speakers.So instead of punishing him, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Zhou Guanzheng one after another, making him the deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Now, at this juncture, Zhou Guanzheng stood up again, and Zhu Yuanzhang also frowned, feeling that things were a little difficult.The last time Jinyiwei was restored, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the reasons for investigating the case, and the officials had nothing to say.The establishment of the East Factory this time, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the reason why Jin Yiwei was ineffective in investigating the whereabouts of Yuxi. This is no problem, but he also said that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics.The people restricted by the Great Ming Law, besides Shengdou Xiaomin, there is also him, the supreme being in the world.

Above the Golden Palace, amidst the silence of the crowd, Zhou Guanzheng stepped forward and said proudly: "Your Majesty, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. This is an iron law that you have set up personally. Whether the East Factory will be established or not, I don't know the details and dare not Nonsense, but since Dongchang and Jinyiwei have the same duties, they cannot be handed over to the middle officials, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Zhou Guanzheng's remonstrance was impassioned, and all civil and military officials all bowed to the ground: "Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked around at the officials on the ground and frowned. . .

Beside him, Zhu Yunqi didn't say a word, like an old monk in meditation.There is no way, Zhu Yuanzhang specially asked him before going to court, asking him to only listen and not speak today.

Although the general Xungui was kneeling on the ground, in fact they were just following suit. In their hearts, the world was brought down by them. Daming couldn't do without them. Jin Yiwei didn't dare to touch them. Could it be that Dongchang dared?

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, the civil officials kowtowed again and shouted: "Please think twice, Your Majesty."

The displeasure on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became more and more obvious.

No one noticed that above the jade steps, the old Zhang's lips were trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty!" Among the ministers, one of the ministers suddenly broke the deadlock: "The minister Zuoqian Du Yushi Wei Zhixin remonstrated from the bottom of his heart. Since ancient times, eunuchs have caused many disasters. If they are given the right to arrest, they will inevitably become poisonous and the world will never be restored. In order to settle down, all the officials in the court will be panic-stricken and careless. What's more, eunuchs, who are physically disabled, have gloomy thoughts, don't study, don't know etiquette, how can they act as Dongchang?"

In a few words, the eunuch Bian is useless, and it can be summed up that they are unable to manage the East Factory well, and they may cause trouble at that time.

As soon as Wei Zhixin finished speaking, another person also called out: "Feng Changyao, the left servant of the Minister's Punishment Department, there is something unclear, please give your Majesty advice."

"speak."

"Your Majesty intends to set up the East Factory. I wonder if he wants to use the eunuchs in the palace to handle the daily affairs, or just let the eunuchs communicate with the inside and outside of the palace and pass on news?"

Feng Changyao's question had a lot of meaning, among the ministers, only chatting a few people understood the meaning, but they kept silent and pretended not to know.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and then he said with a "haha" smile: "Feng Aiqing asked a good question, but I didn't make it clear before. I set up the Dongchang, really just to let the eunuchs in the palace communicate, but it is not the eunuchs who really do things, everyone loves you." Don't worry."

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to cover up the explanation of compensation, but it made all the officials recall it.Contacting inside and outside the palace, to put it bluntly, is to convey the meaning of the emperor to Dongchang?Meaning and purpose are different, and there is a big difference between the two.Although both were the emperor's orders, the emperor's decree was written on the yellow silk, which is well documented; while the other one has no evidence to be checked, unless he confronts the emperor face to face.Isn't it the same as letting eunuchs manage the East Factory by letting eunuchs convey the emperor's meaning?And what Zhu Yuanzhang just said, the emperor will be responsible for what the Dongchang eunuchs said in the future, and he will implicitly overwhelm Jin Yiwei!

After thinking about all this, Huang Zicheng glanced at Feng Changyao, the "little flatterer" with hatred, and said unwillingly, "Your Majesty, but who will act as the agent after the establishment of the East Factory?"

Now that the establishment of Dongchang is inevitable, Huang Zicheng can only pray that the admiral of Dongchang is not Xu Ruyi.

An eunuch who has a close personal relationship with His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson, the future son of the great emperor, holds the magic weapon of Dongchang in his hand, and there will be great disaster in the future!

Regarding Huang Zicheng's thoughts, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to guess, nor was he too lazy to think about it. The officials were speechless, so where did you, Huang Zicheng, come from?

Glancing at him in boredom, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands impatiently and said, "I have my own plan, and there will be a decree issued later, and Ai Qing will know later."

Dragging the words with one hand is like flowing clouds and flowing water.

"This..." Huang Zicheng wanted to stop him again, but seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's face, he finally gave up helplessly.

The early dynasty is not over yet, but the news of the official establishment of the East Factory has spread to every corner of the palace. The concubines in the harem may not care, but there are always people who care.

"It's so dangerous today, I almost let those bastards disturb the matter." Li Caiyu sighed with lingering fear: "Thanks to Lao Zhang's wit, it is finally safe and secure."

"It's a surprise, but it's not certain whether it's safe or not." Chu Mi'er disagreed: "I didn't want the old six and the eighth to come forward, so I don't know if it's good or bad."

"It should be all right." Li Caiyu said with some uncertainty: "Although Zhixin objected on the surface, he is a speech officer; and he gave the emperor a step after tasting the medicine, so there shouldn't be anything wrong."

"I hope our family is overthinking." Chu Mier shook his head and said.

. . . . . .

Speaking of the first commander of Jinyiwei in history, anyone who is interested in later generations can find it, and his name is Mao Xiang.But when it comes to the first factory owner of Dongchang, no one can name him, because there is no detailed introduction in history, only a short sentence in "Ming History Cheng Zu San": "It is In the first year, the East Factory was set up, and the officials were assassinated."

What does this short sentence indicate?It shows that when Zhu Di established Dongchang, it was an understatement, it was just a will, and the civil officials who wrote history did not take the newly established Dongchang to heart, at least they did not have much hostility.

And why did Zhu Yuanzhang put the establishment of the East Factory in the court for discussion?Because he wanted to see the reactions of civil and military officials, but also to test his own authority.

He was basically satisfied with the results of this inspection. The honorable military generals have not turned their backs, and the civil servants are still obedient. The subsequent objections were only because of the "moral kidnapping" of the group of nerdy speech officials he had chosen.

Speaking of the speaker, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction at first, but then frowned, and said to himself: "The responsibility of the censor is to speak out. Zhou Guanzheng did it, but the leader of Zuodu censor Duan Zhe..." Voice Paused: "It's too slick. And I can't even suppress my own censor, what use is he for me?"

"There are also the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials..." Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the glance that Xiao Xuewen, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Huang Heng, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and his face gradually became gloomy.

'What is he looking at?Do you want to wait for Huang Heng to express his opinion?Or just hesitant, casual glances? '

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and transfer of civil servants, while the Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in name.These two departments are the real key departments, and they are also the two yamen that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches the most importance to.

'Could it be that Huang Heng and Xiao Xuewen secretly. . .Collusion? Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes gradually became sharper. When the word collusion appeared in his mind, the lives of Huang Heng and Xiao Xuewen were no longer their own.

"Preach my will." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "Duan Zhe, the censor of Zuodu, will be transferred to Zhenjiang as the general judge from now on. As soon as the order arrives, we will leave immediately."

"Yes." Lao Zhang agreed and kept it in his heart.

"As for Xiao Xuewen and Huang Heng..." Before Zhu Yuanzhang could figure out the reason for the murder, a small yellow door walked into the Wuying Hall with a bow, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the servant has brought Xu Ruyi here, and is waiting outside the hall." Purpose."

"Let him in."

"Yes." Xiao Huangmen agreed and exited the hall.

After a while, Xu Ruyi came in and knelt in the hall: "Servant Xu Ruyi pays homage to His Majesty."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Ruyi stood up and bowed.

"I have already written the decree of the East Factory, and it will be sent out in a while. The East Factory will be considered to be established. I don't care about the arrangements for the staff of the East Factory, but the daily news must be reported to me in time. Do you understand?

Although you already have some people under your command, they are still not enough to watch, so just hurry up.I called you here today mainly because of two things.First, I have decided to hand over the inspection to your East Factory leader.You may or may not know the name of the school, it doesn’t matter, Lao Zhang will talk to you in detail later.Second, I want to ask you, what are you going to do with the East Factory next? "

Xu Ruyi's expression was a little bitter, because he already knew the answer to the question.Detect the world?Check and balance Jinyiwei?These are the responsibilities of Dongchang, but they are not the answer to Zhu Yuanzhang's question.After Ouyang's call last time, Xu Ruyi has completely understood that what Zhu Yuanzhang really wants him to do in the next few days is to find out the whereabouts of the national seal, and to put it bluntly, to pull the blue jade into the In Guoxi's case, he took the opportunity to set off a big prison and bloodbath the military general Xungui Group.

"Look for the national seal." Xu Ruyi said the answer to the question with some difficulty.

"Remember your duty as a slave." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Ruyi coldly: "In addition, I suspect that Xiao Xuewen, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Huang Heng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, are also involved in this case. Go back and check carefully, there is news Report to me again."

"Yes."

Seemingly dissatisfied with the sad look on Xu Ruyi's face, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and said meaningfully: "I know you have stayed in Lanyu Mansion, but you have to remember your identity, everything about you is mine. The heavenly family gave it to you, I hope you don't make mistakes."

"This slave understands." Xu Ruyi knelt on the ground again.

(End of this chapter)