Chapter 712： court meeting

Chapter 712 Court Discussion

Emperor Jiajing was a majestic emperor. Although he was delayed by cultivating immortals and alchemy, although he had not been in court for more than ten years, not being in court did not mean that he was ignoring politics. Emperor Jiajing firmly controlled the government, and the court Any trouble can't escape his eyes and ears.

Ever since he ascended the throne, there has never been a day when power has been left behind. His control of power and tactics has reached the point of perfection. Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, Yan Song... seem to have infinite glory, but they are just a **** in the hands of Emperor Jiajing .

Geniuses are not to be feared, but diligent geniuses are to be feared.

It is true that Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with cultivating immortals and alchemy, but Emperor Jiajing was also known for his diligence, and he often reviewed memorials until late at night.

It is estimated that in modern times, most people can only play until late at night.

Emperor Jiajing, the king of a country, is so diligent, shouldn't we also be diligent from time to time?

Emperor Jiajing acted vigorously and resolutely.

When he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Emperor Jiajing lost his temper in the cabinet. After losing his temper, he ordered a court meeting to discuss the emptiness of the treasury.

The court meeting is also the meeting of the lower court ministers, which is a kind of discussion system started in the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the sudden incident, Zhu Pingan and other cabinet officials were sent out to notify relevant personnel urgently.

Zhu Ping'an was in charge of notifying Sun Yingkui, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

By the time Zhu Ping'an felt it, many officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs had already gone home from get off work, but Sun Yingkui was still at work.

Sun Yingkui is a white-bearded old man in his sixties. His official uniform is neat and his white hair is combed meticulously. After hearing Zhu Pingan's recent discussion with the court, Sun Yingkui looked up at Zhu Pingan, smiled formulaically and said , "Zhuangyuanlang, please wait for a while, and I will go after I have sorted out the income and expenditure of Taikuang. Liu Er will serve tea to Zhuangyuanlang."

"Thank you, Sun Shangshu, but please hurry up, Sun Shangshu."

After Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to thank Sun Yingkui, he reminded Sun Yingkui to tidy up quickly, and then sat down and waited for Sun Yingkui.

The scribe named Liu Er in the room poured Zhu Ping a cup of tea, and Zhu Ping thanked him again.

Sun Yingkui sorted out the income and expenditure in Taicang while checking the books.

Zhu Pingan silently glanced at the stack of books on Sun Yingkui's desk and the several income and expenditure records that he had sorted out, and he knew in his heart that Sun Yingkui had already sorted out most of them before he came, and now it was time to finish the work.

It seems that when Sun Yingkui wrote the letter, he had already anticipated today, so he did not leave work after get off work, but was sorting out the income and expenditure in Taicang.

Sun Yingkui is not a historical figure, and Zhu Pingan has not paid much attention to Sun Yingkui in modern times.

However, after Zhu Ping'an came to the capital, he had heard of Sun Yingkui.

In other people's mouths, Sun Yingkui was an admonisher when he was young, and he offended the powerful and powerful many times, and he was a high-spirited official. However, since Sun Yingkui got older, especially after he took charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the public opinion has not been as good as before. Everyone's evaluation of Sun Yingkui can be described by an idiom: just live in peace.

No matter what everyone thinks, from today's short contact, Zhu Pingan dare not underestimate Sun Yingkui.

This is a veteran official who can predict the thoughts of Emperor Jiajing. There are not many officials in the entire Ming Dynasty who can do this.

Whether he lives in peace or not

With his political acumen, Zhu Pingan dare not underestimate him.

Sun Yingkui said that the kung fu of cupping tea is the kung fu of cupping tea. When Zhu Ping'an's cup of tea was almost finished, Sun Yingkui had already tidied up.

The Ministry of Accounting is just outside Xiyuan, and Zhu Pingan and Sun Yingkui, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, arrived in Xiyuan soon.

This court meeting was held in Wuyi.

The three cabinet ministers, Yan Song, Lu Ben, and Xu Jie, Minister of the Household Department Sun Yingkui, Minister of the Ministry of War He Ao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Minister of the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, the Secretary of General Administration, and the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc. A senior official, divided into two rows on the left and right, entered the Wuyi Hall one after another, facing the dragon chair throne in the middle, knelt down on the ground, and waited for the emperor Jiajing.

Zhu Ping'an, Li Chunfang and other four people, as the direct officials of the cabinet, also had the honor to participate in this court meeting. They also knelt down to the ground in a farther part of the hall.

Kneeling like this for about ten minutes.

Zhu Pingan knelt in the back, sure in his heart that Emperor Jiajing was probably still angry and came late on purpose to let these ministers air.

I am implicated.

After kneeling for ten minutes, I heard three blows of the net whip, and then two teams of eunuchs came in one after another holding gold stoves, gossip mats, etc., burned the ambergris in an orderly manner, and arranged the utensils; It was a group of court ladies holding palace fans and walking in, surrounded by Emperor Jiajing of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

Emperor Jiajing was the same as before, dressed in a green cloth gossip robe, and Shi Shiran sat on the dragon chair with extraordinary majesty.

After Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, the officials kneeling on the ground, led by Yan Song, shouted at me "Long live the emperor, long live, long live", and after three shouts, they lowered their heads to the ground. Everyone respected Emperor Jiajing very much.

"Let's make peace with everyone, Huang Ban, and give Weizhong a seat." Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, glanced at everyone, and waved his hand.

"Long live thank you." All the officials shouted thanks, and then got up one after another.

Huang Jin led a young eunuch, and brought Yan Song a mat embroidered with gossip patterns, and asked Yan Song to sit down to discuss matters. Yan Song was old, but still insisted on kneeling down to thank Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, and Yan Song dared to sit down .

This is Yan Song's unique benefit, and other officials have to stand to discuss matters.

A chime sounded, representing the official start of the court meeting.

The little eunuchs in the main hall bowed their heads and walked out of Wuyi Zun with small steps, and closed the hall door.

"Today, why did I call you here, I think you know in your heart. You and others are all my ministers. Let's speak freely today. I will not be guilty of speaking, and I will listen to what you have to say today."

Emperor Jiajing glanced at each minister one by one with scorching eyes, then waved down the sleeves of his wide Taoist robe and leaned back on the dragon chair.

The hall was quiet for a second, and then Yan Song spoke. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he should speak first at this time.

"In recent years, our dynasty has experienced a lot of troubles, captives in the north and wolves in the south, natural disasters and man-made disasters... But as the saying goes, it is hard to make a country prosperous. Thanks to the wisdom of the Holy One, our dynasty has become more stable after suffering, and the country is picturesque... Your Majesty Long En is mighty, benevolent to the common people, we are bathing in the grace of the emperor, and we should think of serving the country. If we can’t share the worries of the sage, what face is there to bathe in the grace of the emperor? It’s better to resign..." Yan Song said slowly.

"What Elder Yan Ge said is true." Xu Jie was the first to nod.

"Master Xu, where do you think we should start?" Yan Song looked at Xu Jie and asked.

"Master Yan just said that in recent years, there have been many troubles and difficulties in my dynasty. I foolishly thought that the treasury is the key. If the treasury is full, the side pay will be sufficient. If there is no fear of northern captives and southern wolves, then there will be food relief, and there will be no fear of natural disasters. And the treasury is sufficient. Whether or not, it is nothing more than two matters of income and expenditure. If there is more income and less expenditure, the national treasury will be sufficient; It's clear, let's ask Sun Shangshu of the household department to tell us about the income and expenditure items in Taicang, so we can be targeted." Xu Jie cupped his hands and said slowly.

(end of this chapter)