Minister

191 [The second year of Zhenglong]

There are still more than twenty days before the wedding, and all the female family members of the Wang family have arrived in the capital. Chen Entropy has no idea about the name Wang Xiuyun, but he still has to cooperate with the eunuchs in the palace and let them fiddle with and try on various clothes. Determine various matters.

It's too late for the palace to overhaul, and it's just a simple rebuilding of the place where the water leaked before, as long as it's enough to deal with face.In order to show the importance he attaches to the Wang family, Chen Entropy personally came over to select various silk brocades of "Na Cai" for the future queen.Lu Jing led Chen Entropy to watch, while introducing various suits.This year, the number of tribute silks and satins in the south of the Yangtze River has decreased a lot, and the patterns are very old-fashioned. The more Chen Entropy looked at it, the more dissatisfied he became.Seeing his complexion getting worse and worse, Lu Jing couldn't help becoming more nervous.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good!"

The more I am afraid, the more I will come!A eunuch hurried in and knelt on the ground in a panic.Lu Jing couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You you you! What are you doing!?"

This person used to be in Dongchang, and he was considered a high-ranking person. Seeing his distraught appearance, Lu Jing was angry, anxious and frightened.

"All the six subjects were given to Wang Hezhong. Mr. Wang led a group of officers to kneel in the outer court, saying that he must see the emperor. The slaves told them to inform them, but they didn't listen. They are kneeling in the outer court right now. .”

"What's the trouble?" Lu Jing couldn't help feeling angry when he saw him shaking into a ball.

"They said that they said that there was something wrong with the emperor's memorial to the six subjects, and they wanted to ask the emperor themselves. Other servants asked, but they didn't say anything."

"How can there be such a reason! You don't even understand the rules of passing on messages, Your Majesty, I'm going to have a look." Lu Jing hurriedly knelt aside.

"No need, I'll go and see for myself." Chen Entropy had never met anyone from the Sixth Division, and he really didn't know what state affairs were more important than his marriage in the eyes of these officials.

Chen Entropy was not angry about this, he still knew that the speaker had a bad temper, and if there was really something wrong with his memoir, then the rejection of the six subjects was in line with the rules, and if what Mr.When he arrived at the vestibule, Wang Hezhong had already knelt in the hall, and Chen Entropy asked someone to give him a seat.

But Wang Hezhong declined: "Your Majesty, this minister is here to resign."

Chen Entropy didn't know why he was so angry: "Master Wang, please say something, don't just resign after seeing me."

"Please read, Your Majesty." Wang Hezhong handed over a memorial.

Chen Entropy thought that there wasn't much going on recently, and he had read every memorial personally. Could it be that there was something wrong with his approval?Chen Entropy thought this way, but when he opened the cover, Chen Entropy couldn't help opening his mouth!

He saw that Wei Chi's manuscript was inserted on the first page!

It's Lu Jing!Lu Jing must have forgotten to take out Wei Chi's manuscript!Wei Chi is just an official of Dali Temple, he is absolutely not qualified to read these memorials to the emperor!The officials of the sixth department must have been furious when they saw this manuscript!Chen Entropy's mind went blank for an instant.

"This is the minister's resignation." Wang Hezhong handed in his own resignation letter.

"Well, Mr. Wang, don't be angry." Chen Entropy thought about the wording: "This matter is like this. I will be busy with my marriage recently, so I asked Mr. Wei some questions, because he is my teacher."

Wang Hezhong sneered: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. Looking at Master Wei's small manuscript is more than answering questions. I am afraid that I have read this memorial thoroughly. It is clearly recorded in Qilu that only the cabinet, your majesty, and the supervisor of ceremonies , six subjects can be seen, this law is not only to prevent the treacherous people from telling the truth, but also to prevent the country's laws and regulations from being leaked. The emperor not only showed the memorial to the officials of Dali Temple, but even allowed him to read it in such detail It is not only unacceptable for the minister to write the suggestion in the memorial, but also for all the officials in the six departments, and I ask the emperor to approve the resignation of the minister."

Chen Entropy lowered his tone more slowly: "Master Wei didn't write it on the memorial, his paper was sandwiched in it."

Wang Hezhong was so angry that he raised his voice: "Your Majesty! The reply written by His Majesty is the same as that written by Lord Wei! How is it different from what Lord Wei wrote directly on it!"

Chen Entropy was even more embarrassed: "Lord Wang, this, this is not what Lord Wei wants to see, it's all my fault."

"Your Majesty! I am angry not because the emperor has made mistakes. What I am angry about is that a person who has been an official in the court for ten years does not know how to advise the emperor. What I am angry about is that a courtier has ulterior motives and intends to confuse the court! If the emperor wants to order If there is no law, then it should be done according to the law, if there is no accountability, then the minister can't do this and give it to the matter!"

According to Qi's law, even if a typo is copied on a document, it will involve the deduction of salary by the imperial staff. As an official of Dali Temple, Wei Chi's crime is not small if he reads the article that should have been inspected by the ceremonial supervisor.Looking at Wang Hezhong's posture, many people probably know about this matter. Chen Entropy knew that it would be humiliating for him to give in to him, so he threw out a sentence coldly: "If Mr. Wang really wants to retire from his old age and return to his hometown, I won't force it anymore."

Although he was ready to retire, Wang Hezhong was a little surprised by the sudden change of face of the little emperor.After all, Mr. Wang has been an official for many years, he just handed in his resignation after being slightly stunned, saluted, and left gracefully.

Chen Entropy sat paralyzed on his throne. Although he hadn't had many hands with these ministers, he knew that this matter would not end like this this time, and Master Wei's position was in jeopardy.

As soon as Lu Jing waited for Wang Hezhong to leave, he knelt down and knelt on the ground: "Slaves deserve ten thousand deaths for their sins, slaves deserve ten thousand deaths for their sins!"

Chen Entropy raised his face buried in his hands, Lu Jing was so frightened that his lips trembled, he had been with Chen Entropy for many years, but he had never seen such an angry expression on his face, no, it was not just anger, This didn't look like the expression a child should have, Lu Jing was shocked and almost cried.

"roll!"

Chen Entropy gritted his teeth and squeezed out a word.

Wang Hezhong left, just as Chen Entropy expected, before he knew about it, the Sixth Division did not deliberately conceal it, and now everyone knows it.Wang Hezhong's departure showed the emperor's attitude. Although the courtiers had long expected that Chen Entropy would defend Wei Chi, they did not expect the little emperor to drive Wang Hezhong away so simply and rudely.You must know that although Wang Hezhong is a seventh-rank, he is a member of all six subjects. This position is special. He is responsible for inspecting the emperor's red cloak and has the right to seal it back.Wang Hezhong's behavior is very reasonable, but Chen Entropy agreed to his resignation, which is the act of a faint king.Some old ministers joked, saying that the little emperor might not know what the six subjects do?He probably agreed when he saw Mr. Wang was an official, and it would be too late when he knew he had caused trouble.

Another group of people naturally came to see Wei Chi's jokes. After Wei Chi found out about this, he stabilized his emotions and decided that he should work and work.But Dali Temple didn't have that intention, and directly let Wei Chi take leave.Wei Chi was about to lose his temper, Master Dong pulled him aside: "You'd better avoid this matter." After finishing speaking, he wrote Zhou on Wei Chi's hand.

Wei Chi may have been frightened out of his wits recently, but only now did he realize that when Chen Entropy's red cloak was not sent to the sixth subject after Zhou Ge saw it?Did he miss it this time?impossible!

Wei Chi trembled, packed his things and went home.

In fact, Mr. Dong gave Wei Chi enough face and gave him sick leave directly. This is not a punishment, but just let him avoid it quickly.Sure enough, this matter quickly became the focus, and the limelight was once overshadowed by Chen Entropy's marriage.

Wei Chiwo sighed at home, but Qi Yuan was not affected by her emotions, and carefully fed the horse.

"Hey, I'm miserable this time, maybe I will be sent to Nanzhili."

Qi Yuan teased her horse with a handful of grass: "Isn't the emperor helping you with your speech? You are afraid of this."

"But it's Mr. Zhou Ge! The emperor has nothing to do, what can the emperor do? Oh, it's not good for me to fall into anyone's hands, but he! I am miserable, I am miserable, I think Taifu, Mr. Yang are all people The elites are all treated like that, I am miserable, I am miserable." Wei Chi looked up to the sky and sighed: "And why did he want to punish me!? I have never messed with him!! I can't figure it out! I can't figure it out!"

Qi Yuan was not as nervous as Wei Chi: "Have you never provoked him? Are you really stupid? Or are you confused?"

"I would like to hear the details." Wei Chi saw that there was something in Qi Yuan's words.

"As you said," Qi Yuan paused: "You have never provoked Mr. Zhou Ge, and Mr. Zhou Ge didn't even bother to provoke you. Think about it, can you compare with Tai Tuo and Master Yang? If he had Return your manuscript to the emperor, the emperor will remember him well, if you don't hand it over, what do you think will happen to the emperor?"

For the first time, Wei Chi felt that Qi Yuan was very dark: "You mean I'm just his way to test the emperor?"

Qi Yuan nodded: "I'm afraid you, Mr. Dong, have already guessed it. Now don't worry about it here, it's useless. It all depends on the emperor. If the emperor wins, then you can continue to stay in your Dali Temple." , the emperor loses, you are ready to pack a package and return to Nanjing with me."

"The emperor can't win, let's go to Nanjing." Wei Chi figured it out, and his face became ugly: "It's impossible for the emperor to win him, you just wait and see. And if the emperor is sensible, he shouldn't fight for me. Go and fight with Mr. Zhou Ge, hey, it should have been suggested to the emperor to set up a ceremonial supervisor."

"Show me the ride." Qi Yuan handed the reins to Wei Chi.

Wei Chi rode on the horse dejectedly: "Sure enough, it wouldn't work without a supervisor of ceremonies. I shouldn't have taken any chances at that time."

"Can you make the horse turn around?" Qi Yuan asked.

Wei Chi directed the horse to circle around: "Actually, it's only a matter of time before something goes wrong. Oh, it would be great if Lord Liu was still around. Who am I going to ask now?"

"Wei Chi."

"Ok?"

"Do you remember when you were riding a horse?"

Wei Chi didn't know why Qi Yuan asked such a question.

Qi Yuan squinted her eyes and looked at her: "I don't think you have such an expression, Wei Chi, think about it, why are you here, why did you choose to be here? Do you want to be here to be afraid, or come up with a roll call?" You look like a minister, not afraid in the face of danger, not chaotic in the face of danger? You know that there is no way to build a supervisor of ceremonies, so you went to help the emperor read the memorials. Is this right? Is this really wrong? Do you have any conscience? Why do you If you want to regret it, why should you be at a loss? Wang Hezhong has the courage to resign, don't you have the courage?"

Wei Chi was riding on the horse, thinking that he must be majestic, but when he thought about his words and deeds in recent days, he suddenly felt a little ridiculous.That year on the grassland was the hardest, but it was far away from me forever.

"Oh, my Lord Wei, you are still very young." Qi Yuan yawned lazily.

Wei Chi was amused by her tone of pretending to be an elder: "Ju Ren, what do you think?"

"Me?" Qi Yuan smiled mischievously, motioning her to listen: "..."

Wei Chi smiled: "You said that, don't regret it!"

After the heavy snowfall, the little Wei's house seemed to be all thanks to those interesting things in the boudoir that were no longer depressing, but the winter in the capital was still very cold, extremely cold.

Wang Yunyi didn't come to Beijing, the female relatives in Beijing were busy with their marriage, originally the marriage was kept simple, but recently the palace seems to be even less concerned.After inquiring for a while, I found out that the emperor and all the officials had shouldered the responsibility for the memorial.The female relatives couldn't understand what kind of mistake Wei Chi made. They just counted the time and calculated that the wedding date was approaching, worrying that such a delay would make it impossible to catch up.

The courtiers were worried that Wei Chi wanted to be Cao Cao, but they forgot that Wei Chi had no ability to be Cao Cao. If he neglected the marriage of the Wang family, it would be difficult for "Cao Cao" to really lose his temper.Zhou Ge always knew that Wang Yunyi was powerful, but he had the confidence to control the situation. Chen Entropy was just a child, and this time he was going to learn to be obedient.

In two or three days, not only the censors and doctors kept going, but even the officials were mobilized. Mr. Zhou Ge even surpassed Mr. Xun and transferred the most troublesome Wei Qingfeng and the like back to their original places to serve as county magistrates. up.Although Yang Fanji made a big fuss, he was the Minister of Gu Ming after all. Zhou Ge always found an excuse and sent him outside the capital to provide disaster relief.

After taking care of all this, Zhou Ge looked at the game of chess with a smile: Wei Chi still has a brain this time, and he has already hidden. How many people will speak for him?But those few students of his are all dispatched to other places now, Minister Gu Ming has been dismissed, Zhou Wenyuan wants to see what tricks the little emperor can play?

According to Qi Law, Wei Chi's behavior should be slapped with [-] boards, and he should be directly demoted to Nanzhili. If the emperor does not set up a supervisor of ceremonies by then, it will be unreasonable.And the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty should also come to see what it would be like to support the little emperor.

Wei Chi was ready to be demoted to Nanzhili, but he thought about it, and simply stayed at home and waited for the New Year.But he underestimated his students, including Zhou Wenyuan, the old fox who had experienced ups and downs in the court, he was really wrong this time.

In the face of mountains and seas of memorials, facing the ministers kneeling in front of the hall, Chen Entropy was neither tepid nor angry, but he never let go.No matter how noisy these ministers were, he didn't answer, and his attitude of supporting Wei Chi to the end was quite tough.

The wedding date was getting closer and closer, and it was Zhou Wenyuan's turn to be a little anxious this time, and after much deliberation, he had to resort to some extreme measures.

On December [-]th of the second year of Zhenglong's reign, which was supposed to be the day of the court meeting, Chen Entropy was getting dressed and preparing to attend the previous court, when Lu Jing rushed in in a panic.

"Your Majesty, it's not good."

Recently, Chen Entropy got tired of hearing this sentence and didn't look back at him.

"The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not go to the court, and they all knelt outside the Meridian Gate, saying that if the emperor did not give them justice, they would not go to the court."

Chen Entropy didn't show any expression: "Accompany me to the Meridian Gate to have a look."

The snow was falling all over the sky, Lu Jing caught up with the cloak, Chen Entropy snatched it coldly, and fell to the ground.The distance from Jiangxi to the Meridian Gate was very long, and Chen Entropy got into the sedan chair wearing only cotton clothes.

When we got to the Meridian Gate, it was already dawn, but the snowflakes all over the sky could not cover the dark crowd outside the Meridian Gate.It's not just the officials who need to go to court, maybe all the officials in the capital are here!

These people knelt in front of the Meridian Gate, making the large square look crowded, but they were so neat and full of oppression.These people couldn't see the little emperor on the city wall, because he was too small, too small, too insignificant.

"Lu Jing."

"The servant is here."

"How long will it take for the people from Dongchang to come?"

"It only takes half an hour to return to the master."

"Okay, bring the people from Dongchang here. If these ministers leave within half an hour, I won't hold them accountable. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!" Chen Entropy's words were like a cold fist. knife.

"Master, please think twice, master, this is impossible!" Lu Jing was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly: "This is impossible."

Chen Entropy smiled coldly: "Who was the slave who came in to report that day?"

Immediately a person came out on his knees behind him: "It's the servant girl, the servant girl came to report it."

"I heard you used to be from Dongchang?"

"The servant is from Dongchang." The man lay on the ground in fear.

Chen Entropy looked at the two people in front of him. One grew up with him, and the other had only met once. That day he told himself that Wang Hezhong asked to see him.

"your name."

"Slave Hong Fang."

"Hong Fang, bring all the people from the East Factory over here. When you see a person beating another person, until you break them up, if anyone refuses to leave, beat him to death."

"Yes." Hong Fang kowtowed, ready to go.

"No, no, please calm down, Your Majesty, this is going against the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Lu Jing was terrified, hugged Chen Entropy's leg, and burst into tears.

There was no hesitation in Chen Entropy's eyes: "Tie up this slave first!"

Hong Fang stepped forward in response and tied Lu Jing: "Your servant obeys orders.!"

When Chen Entropy walked to the city wall, he knew that these people couldn't see him, he couldn't see the little him, but from today on, all these people must know who is standing here and who is their master!