Chapter 216
After receiving the news, the Ministry of Rites was shocked. He went to the Grand Court. Jiajing had not been to court for eight years. Now he was going to court. And he was notified this afternoon and would go to court tomorrow. The officials of the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to inform him immediately.
After receiving the news, Xu Jie and the others were stunned. It was not a good signal to go to court and the emperor wanted to go to court.
Xu Jie sat in the study and thought about this. Since defeating the Tatars last year, Jiajing has begun to change. He used to hide in the Danfang and listened to the report of the cabinet. In addition, the report of the Jinyiwei, but now he is going to stand up again. This is not a good thing for everyone.
They still hope that Jiajing would not attend court. In this way, the three of them could report, and the rights of the three of them were truly great. But now that Jiajing wants to stand up and go to court, then in the future, the ministers will impeach each other in the court, and some things will be put on the surface.
"Master, Master Yan invites you to go to his mansion for tea! Just now, Master Yan's mansion sent someone to inform him!" Xu Jie sat in the study and thought about the matter, and the butler shouted outside!
"Okay!" Xu Jie nodded and said.
Soon, Xu Jie sat in a sedan chair and arrived at Yan Song's mansion, and Yan Shifan came to greet him.
"Congratulations to Mr. Xu, there is a happy event at home soon!" Yan Shifan said to Xu Jie very politely.
"Well, thank you!" Xu Jie also nodded with a smile. Soon, they arrived at Yan Song's study and found that Lu Ben was also sitting here.
"Come on. Master Xu, congratulations in advance!" Yan Song also stood up and bowed his hand and said.
"Thank you, I can remember tomorrow. Tomorrow night, my mansion will hold a banquet. Everyone must come here!" Xu Jie said, because the ninth day of the 19th day is the day when Zhang Hao married Xu Shiyun, so the Xu Jie's mansion needs to hold a banquet one day in advance, and the noon of the 19th day of the 19th day is also a big banquet.
"It must be there, it must be there. However, if you have so many things tomorrow, the emperor will go to the dynasty, and you may not be able to get busy!" Yan Song said to Xu Jie with a smile.
"It can be done. After the British Duke's Mansion comes to urge him to install it tomorrow, my eldest daughter-in-law will go to the British Duke's Mansion to make a bed. They can do these things without me. I just said, "Hey, why did the emperor suddenly go to court?" Xu Jie sat there, looking at the two of them and asked.
"Hey, I don't know, there was no sign before, but I can't say that there was no curfew before. The previous New Year curfew was the 50,000 soldiers in the capital. The actual participants were only 10,000 or 20,000. This time, Zhang Rong mobilized 30,000 people from outside, and with the 50,000 people in the capital, it was a real 80,000 people.
I used to think that the emperor did not want chaos in the capital, but unexpectedly, it might be for this matter. In addition, those dukes who were abroad have not come back this year. I think the emperor deliberately asked them to guard there. In previous years, how could one or two dukes come back!" Yan Song sat there, touching his beard and said.
"Well, I guess there won't be any big deal when I go to court tomorrow, but it's very meaningful!" Xu Jie nodded and said, touching his beard.
"It mainly conveys a meaning. In the future, the emperor may go to court at will. At that time, all the officials, well, will attack each other!" Lu Ben said worriedly while sitting there.
Jiajing also went to court before. At that time, those officials did not dare to be corrupt like this, because once they were corrupt, their opponents would impeach on the spot when they went to court and would be investigated immediately.
Now that I don’t go to court, there are many such things. Although there are impeachment memorials, those memorials will eventually be handled by the cabinet. The cabinet will let the Ministry of Justice handle it, and the results of the handling will also be reported by the cabinet. There is a lot of room for operation here!
"There is nothing wrong, that is, in the future, we will really investigate those corrupt officials!" Lu Ben nodded and said.
"I guess, tonight, I don't know how many ministers are writing impeachment memorials and preparing to hand them over tomorrow!" Yan Song sat there and sighed.
After hearing this, they nodded in sighs. At the homes of many officials, some upright officials are now preparing to write impeachment memorials. Some people who have a grudge against a minister are also writing impeachment memorials. Tomorrow, there are not many opportunities for such a thing.
Before, they could not see the emperor. Now they finally saw the emperor and had to send those memorials to Jiajing.
Some corrupt officials were also very worried and even cursed, "Okay, what kind of court is going to be? Isn't this asking for trouble for those of themselves?"
On Zhang Hao's side, Zhang Hao didn't care about those things, but sat there practicing writing. There was no way. Today, Jiajing said that his words were ugly. Until very late, Jiajing was about to go to bed. Zhang Hao also put down his brush and went to the recliner next to him. After a while, the sound of a light cry rang out.
Jiajing couldn't sleep. Tomorrow he went to court was a test, to test the reaction of the court. If it means that he went to court in heaven and there was no memorial coming up, then he could not continue to go to court. The outside was still a solid piece of iron, and he could not fight them.
If a lot of people give memorials tomorrow, then there is a chance. At least we can know how many people are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The three cabinet masters outside couldn't sleep. Although they passed the news obscurely, they told them not to give memorials tomorrow.
But there are still many people who will not listen to them, especially last year, Jiajing took advantage of the anti-corruption campaign and replaced some officials. The Minister of War would not listen to them, and those generals would not listen to him.
Although Jiajing was dissatisfied with him, he would not listen to the suggestions of the three of them. There were also people from the Ministry of Rites and the Censorate, who had just arrived, and they might not listen to the words of the three cabinet masters.
The next morning, Jiajing got up very early and asked Lu Fang to call Zhang Hao to get up.
"Your Majesty, why are you getting up so early?" Zhang Hao said after waking up.
"Go and change your marquis uniform, bring it?" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao.
"Take it, haven't you sent someone to notify me?" Zhang Hao nodded.
"Then go and change it, come here for breakfast, and then we go to court!" Jiajing said to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao nodded when he heard it, so he went to change his clothes.
Zhang Rong had already gotten up and arranged an imperial guard at home to make them be vigilant. After all the above was explained, Zhang Rong started to go to Fengtian Palace.
Xu Jie and the others also got up early and were preparing to go to the morning court. A quarter of an hour later, almost all the officials went out. Everyone was thinking about it. When they saw other officials, they smiled and nodded.
When Zhang Rong arrived outside the palace, the palace gate had not opened yet. Zhang Rong stood in front. The prince could not come now. Prince Yu was not yet adult, and there were no princes in the capital. They all went there and were vassals. Only when Jiajing informed them could they come back.
"I've seen Duke of England!" Lu Ben and the others were also standing behind Zhang Rong.
"I have met Mr. Lu!" Zhang Rong also bowed his hand and said.
"Congratulations to Duke of England, I'm going to drink your wedding wine tomorrow!" Yan Song also said to Zhang Rong.
"Thank you, that's something you must come!" Zhang Rong replied with a smile.
"Duke of England, do you know why the emperor suddenly wanted to go to court?" Xu Jie looked at Zhang Hao and asked.
"This matter is not clear. I also received the news yesterday afternoon and felt very sudden. But this is a good thing, which means that the emperor is more concerned about the government!" Zhang Rong looked at Xu Jie with a smile and said,
After hearing this, Xu Jie nodded as well. Zhang Rong didn't tell the truth to them, but they couldn't judge. At this moment,
The time came, the palace gate opened, Zhang Rong was in front, followed by the marquis, the count, and then the court's first rank, going from the first rank, but no one dared to overcome the rules at this time, and he would be impeached.
Soon, Zhang Rong and the others arrived outside Fengtian Hall. As soon as they arrived, the gate of Fengtian Hall opened, and they continued to walk in and lined up. At this moment, they were also waiting for Jiajing.
Jiajing was already sitting in a sedan chair and, under the escort of Zhang Hao and Jinyiwei, had already arrived outside Fengtian Hall.
"The emperor is here!" Chen Hong was standing at the gate of Fengtian Hall, shouting loudly,
Jiajing was also getting off the sedan chair at this moment, Zhang Hao and Lu Fang stood on the left and right, Jiajing began to walk forward, Zhang Hao was following behind with a hammer,
When they got inside, all the ministers knelt down and shouted long live. Jiajing walked straight to the dragon chaise, feeling deeply moved. It has been eight years since I had not come here to sit here. In the first twenty years, I have been here for court, and I have to attend court once every three days.
Soon, Jiajing began to go up the steps, Lu Fang helped him up, while Zhang Hao stood below, turned around, facing the ministers, who were kneeling on the ground at this moment.
"Flat!" Jiajing sat on the top of Yi and shouted "Flat".
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers immediately stood up, then turned around and bowed to Jiajing.
"It has been more than eight years. I have never met the ministers in this court. Today is the first day of the New Year. I have nothing to do. I just want to review the past few years, especially last year's affairs, and this year's affairs. How should I arrange and do it? I'm just chatting with you!" Jiajing sat there and said.
The ministers below all lowered their heads.
Chapter completed!