The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson
Chapter 612: Not fooled
When He Zhuo and Qian Yiyi came to Huiji Gate to deliver the jointly signed bullets, they also shocked the Young Eunuch Sun in the clerk's room of the Clerk of Ceremonies.
In the eyes of technocrats, offensive bullets are not fired casually with eyes closed, but also require timing.
For example, Hai Rui's "Public Security Shu", which was directed at the emperor, unintentionally chose a very good time. Jiajing died after Hai Rui was imprisoned, so he was able to escape unscathed in the end.
A few months earlier, or before Yan Song fell, Hai Rui might have lost his head or died of illness in prison.
Impeaching Lin Tailai at this time can be said to be going against the wind, and it is a very poor choice from a technical point of view.
Anyway, if Eunuch Sun were asked to do the multiple-choice question, he would definitely not impeach Lin Tailai at this time.
However, Eunuch Sun is just a tool for sending and receiving memorials. How others choose has nothing to do with Eunuch Sun.
As soon as I accepted the memorial to impeach Lin Tailai, I saw Lin Tailai strolling over in the blink of an eye.
"Are you going to Shangshu again?" Eunuch Sun said in astonishment, are you, Lin Tailai, really afraid that the world will not be in chaos?
Lin Tailai replied: "I'm not the one who brought the memorial. I helped Uncle Zheng bring the memorial here! You can keep it!"
Eunuch Sun had nothing to say. No matter how magical things happened to Lin Tailai, they seemed normal.
On the same day, Emperor Wanli met with Zheng Guotai at Yikun Palace, accompanied by Concubine Zheng.
Zheng Guotai knelt on the ground and angrily said: "Yesterday I went to Chaotian Palace to offer incense, but I was intercepted by Lin Tailai. Dozens of my attendants were beaten and injured.
Lin Tailai was extremely violent and rude, but no one dared to take care of it! He doesn't even take the emperor's relatives seriously, which is also disrespectful to the emperor!
I have no way to appeal to you outside, so I can only go to the palace and ask your Majesty to make the decision! "
Emperor Wanli was uncertain, and he kept thinking about yesterday's memorial signed by several people to invite him to the East Palace.
As an emperor, his professional sensitivity told him that this was a very bad sign, and the ministers were going to start making trouble with the country again.
How to fool this wave is really a headache.
As for what Zheng Guotai said specifically, most of it went in one ear and out the other.
Seeing that the emperor was absent-minded, Concubine Zheng made a gesture of wiping her tears and said in a tearful tone: "Your Majesty! I only have this one brother, but I have been humiliated many times. How can I not feel sad in the palace!"
Emperor Wanli withdrew his thoughts, looked at Uncle Zheng and said, "Lin Tailai is here for your own good!"
Zheng Guotai: "."
Is this still my dearest brother-in-law? Is this the emperor who dotes on his sister the most?
Emperor Wanli said again: "Lin Tailai asked you to go to the official list and appoint the eldest brother, which can reduce the criticism of your Zheng family from foreign ministers!"
Zheng Guotai said to him: "Lin Tailai was obviously being squeezed out, so he used our Zheng family as a shield."
Emperor Wanli asked back: "Then what do you want Lin Tailai to do? After Lin Tailai was squeezed out, he, like other ministers, publicly submitted a petition to appoint the eldest brother and scolded your Zheng family?
Why doesn't Lin Tailai dare to support the third brother as the East Palace? It’s not all done by your Zheng family! "
Zheng Guotai was trembling, brother-in-law, why are you so sympathetic to Lin Tailai? It's obviously Lin Tailai who has been stepping on the Zheng family's face!
Emperor Wanli felt tired. The Zheng family really couldn't help at all!
What's wrong with Lin Tailai who keeps stepping on your Zheng family? This shows that he did not want to publicly support the eldest son of the emperor!
Hearing this, Concubine Zheng wiped away her tears again.
Emperor Wanli sighed, this woman has a lot of cleverness and is an interesting and good companion, but she doesn't have much wisdom.
First he instigated the eunuchs to beat Lin Tailai in the palace, and then instigated the third prince to openly say that Lin Tailai was the "evil number one scholar".
Lin Tailai was different from other ministers. He was supposed to be a neutral faction, and in his heart he shouldn't have cared about who would be the prince. But in the end, he was forced to "rebel" by a stupid woman like you.
The experience of these five years can’t explain the problem? Looking at the entire court, how difficult is it to find a true neutral?
The biggest problem now is that no minister dares to support the third son of the emperor, and the emperor himself can only deal with it passively.
It is necessary to consider using some small means to induce or force some ministers to support the third son of the emperor.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli ordered to his left and right again: "I have a secret letter to ask, and ask the clerk's office to send someone to pass it to Lin Tailai!
No, look at which Bingbi or eunuch is on duty in Yangxin Hall, let him go! "
What kind of minister matches what grade of eunuch.
As Lin Tailai was one of the loudest people in the court, Emperor Wanli decided to improve Lin Tailai's treatment.
The final result was that eunuch No. 4 Bingbi Chen Ju accepted the order, held the secret letter, and left the palace.
When he walked to the Meridian Gate, Chen Ju happened to meet the first assistant Shen Shixing.
Chen Ju looked at the sun and saw that it wasn't time to get off work yet. It would be too early for Shen Shoufu to get off work, and it would be too late for him to go to work.
This doesn't quite resemble your style of work, Shen Shixing, or are you prepared to follow the example and follow the emperor's example?
Shen Shoufu explained: "Today I received a memorial regarding the arrangements for the prisoner presentation ceremony. This is a grand ceremony that has not been seen in the country for decades. It should not be ignored and hasty. I went to the Meridian Gate to conduct on-site inspection."
Chen Ju suddenly understood, nodded and said: "I am determined to govern."
Shen Shoufu also asked casually: "Da Jue wants to go out of the palace to run an errand?"
Chen Ju thought for a while and said with a bit of humor: "The Emperor seems to have a problem. We are ordered to leave the palace and ask Lin Tai for questioning."
Shen Shoufu was shocked and speechless.
Sending the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department to question, isn't this the treatment of the cabinet elder? Why was Lin Tailai arranged?
Or is Lin Tailai on par with the cabinet in the emperor's heart?
In the past, the emperor would consult him for secret letters, but this time he actually consulted Lin Tailai
After chatting with Shen Shixing, Chen Ju continued to walk out.
After leaving the left gate of Chang'an, eunuch Chen swaggered to the Hanlin Academy first, but Lin Tailai was not there.
Then eunuch Chen swaggered to the Ministry of Personnel, but Lin Tailai was not there either.
Then eunuch Chen swaggered to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, but Lin Tailai was still not there.
After a walk around the Qinglong Street District where government offices were densely populated, eunuch Chen suddenly felt that he had become a swaggering and conspicuous bag.
"Where is Lin Tailai? Is he openly slacking off and neglecting his duties?" Eunuch Chen stood in the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites and asked Shen Yan, the head of the Ministry of Rites.
Eunuch Chen, who was always calm, was also angry when he found himself conspicuous.
Shen replied weakly: "He always wanders back and forth between the yamen. He just left a quarter of an hour before the arrival of the eunuch.
I heard him say that the next stop is to go to the Imperial Household Department."
Eunuch Chen: "."
The Imperial Household Department is different from other yamen. It is not in the Qinglong Street area in the southeast corner outside the imperial city, but is alone in the West City.
If I had known earlier, I might as well go out from Xi'an Gate! I have never had such a troublesome imperial edict!
But the matter had to be done, and Eunuch Chen had to bypass the imperial city and come to the West City from the East City.
Fortunately, this time at the gate of the Imperial Household Department, Lin Tailai was finally blocked, otherwise Eunuch Chen's mentality would really explode.
He found a court in the Imperial Household Department and drove out all the other people.
Then Eunuch Chen said to Lin Tailai: "This is the emperor's secret letter. There are questions in it. Please answer it in a secret letter."
Lin Tailai did not open it to read it. He said to Eunuch Chen first: "I will answer it orally. Please tell me again."
Eunuch Chen asked curiously: "Why?"
Lin Tailai replied: "I am afraid that the written document will be leaked."
Eunuch Chen thought that he was talking about himself, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "What kind of person do you think I am?"
Lin Tailai said again: "I am not worried about the eunuch!"
Historical experience shows that in the Wanli Dynasty, the confidentiality of secret letters must not be trusted, and words that are not suitable for public disclosure must not be written on paper!
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue both suffered great losses and even stepped down because of this!
Eunuch Chen looked at Lin Tailai deeply. He had never seen anyone so cautious.
Lin Tailai made another excuse, saying, "Besides, I am not a cabinet minister, I don't have a silver seal, and I have no right to write secret memorials!"
So Chen Tailai took the secret letter and asked Lin Tailai, "The emperor asks you, it seems that you are not ignorant, can you really not support the third prince?"
Lin Tailai replied, "The minister and the Zheng family have a deep hatred. If I support the third prince, I will be hostile to the ministers. If I am in a tiger and wolf situation, I will definitely die without a burial place!"
Chen Ju asked again, "What if the third prince is the Crown Prince in the future? How will you deal with it?"
Lin Tailai answered without hesitation, "No matter how the emperor decides, I will only obey the emperor's will!"
This is called execution when you understand it, and you must execute it even if you don't understand it.
Chen Ju continued to ask, "Now someone is talking about the foundation of the country and clamoring to establish the Crown Prince. How should I deal with it?"
Lin Tailai thought for a while. What is the meaning of the emperor asking these questions?
The emperor knew that he could not support the third prince and should support the eldest prince, but he had to ask himself how to stop the voices calling for the eldest prince to be enthroned. This was definitely intentional.
Thinking about the fact that he was at a critical moment of "great merit is difficult to reward" and "low position but great power", which emperor would not have doubts in his heart?
So the emperor probably wanted to test his attitude? To put it more bluntly, to test his loyalty?
If Lin Tailai was willing to help the emperor with ideas when he knew that the third prince would die if he came to power, then he was truly loyal to the emperor.
So after thinking about it, Lin Tailai could only simulate the words for the emperor, and answered helplessly: "Emperor Taizu Gao has taught that the legitimate son should be appointed instead of the illegitimate son.
If the eldest son is appointed as the Crown Prince now, and the Queen is still young, there may be children in the future, then how should he be appointed?
This is the reason why your Majesty has been hesitant, but the ministers do not understand your Majesty's painstaking efforts."
Eunuch Chen had no feelings, just a machine to ask questions on behalf of the emperor, and continued to ask: "If it is not enough to deal with it, how should we take the initiative to fight back."
Lin Tailai gritted his teeth and said: "Now the eldest son and the third son of the emperor have grown up. Although the fifth son of the emperor is weak, they can be temporarily appointed as kings, waiting for the future when there is a legitimate son to be appointed, and the eldest son of the emperor to be appointed. Order the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to prepare the ceremony!"
There is no precedent for the eldest son of the emperor to be appointed as a king in the Ming Dynasty. Once the eldest son and the third son of the emperor are appointed as kings together, they will be on the same level as the third son of the emperor and lose their unique status.
Even the "treasonous" three kings have been brought up. Do you, Emperor Wanli, still doubt his loyalty to Lin Tailai?
If the civil officials really caught this handle, Lin Tailai would be immediately criticized by thousands of people.
In history, when Wang Xijue was the prime minister, he did not handle the issue of the three kings together well, and he was directly overthrown.
Damn! Chen Ju's eyes flashed inexplicably, you Lin Tailai are really bold, no wonder you don't want to leave any paper words!
After asking this, Chen Ju retreated, and there was no way to ask further.
It was already dark at this time, the palace gates were locked, and Eunuch Chen could not return to the palace to report the order, so he could only stay in the outer house.
Eunuch Chen hurriedly entered the palace early the next morning, and then waited in the courtyard of Yikun Palace until noon before he could meet the saint.
Emperor Wanli reproached with some dissatisfaction: "I issued the decree yesterday afternoon, but you have only responded now. You are really slacking off."
Chen Ju almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He really didn't want to take the blame for this meaningless thing, so he argued a little rashly:
"I left the palace quickly yesterday to run errands, but Lin Tailai had too many concurrent jobs. I was looking for Lin Tailai in various yamen, which took a lot of time, and I was really helpless."
Emperor Wanli asked: "Is there any response to Lin Tailai?"
Chen Ju replied: "Lin Tailai answered orally and asked his ministers to transcribe."
Then he paraphrased Lin Tailai's words exactly as they were.
Emperor Wanli asked again: "Why did he only ask you to tell the story, but not the secret?"
Eunuch Chen replied: "He said that secret reporting is the privilege of ministers, and foreign ministers dare not use it without permission."
Emperor Wanli burst out laughing after hearing this, "This man is not fooled!"
Reading secret letters and writing secret notes is an "honor" for cabinet ministers. Lin Tailai was able to restrain this vanity.
Otherwise, Lin Tailai will have another handle in his hand.
Recently, many memorials have been delayed by the emperor and have not been issued with instructions. However, for the memorials of He Zhuo and Qian Yiben impeaching Lin Tailai, the emperor's feedback was extremely rapid.
Two days later, there was an imperial review, "Lin Tailai, the rebellious supervisor of Ningxia, behaved arrogantly. He often broke the law, banned things, and disturbed various government offices, which caused the officials and the people to be furious. Now, the merits are used to compensate for the crimes, and the reward of the title is cut off."
In addition, the Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi was promoted to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in order to reward the first person for his contribution in suppressing the rebellion. The other official positions remained unchanged. "
After seeing this imperial approval, many people's tense nerves finally relaxed.
To use a common saying hundreds of years later, the boots finally hit the ground.
In fact, for some people, the landing of boots may not necessarily bring good news. But at least the situation is becoming clearer, and it won't make people run blindfolded, which would feel too suffocating.
You know, in the current court, Lin Tailai's reward issue is regarded as the most important weathervane. It is not an exaggeration to say that it affects the whole body, and has a chain effect on many other matters.
It can be seen from the imperial approval that Lin Tailai's core position, that is, "Hanlin plus three doctors" has not changed, and all real powers are still in his hands.
It shows that the emperor has no intention of hanging up Lin Tailai, and wants to continue to use Lin Tailai, which disappointed many people.
As for the promotion from the Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, it is only a symbolic upgrade in rank, which means that he has been promoted from the fourth rank to the fourth rank.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Taichang Temple Shaoqing is just a false title in name only, indicating that he enjoys the treatment of the fourth rank.
If the first meritorious official doesn't receive any reward at all, it really doesn't make sense.
People with a discerning eye have already seen that Lin Tailai was "punished" by losing his title, so those who were impeached by Lin Tailai would also be unlucky, otherwise there would be no balance.
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