Chapter 820 Public Offerings (1)
.The people in the court are all women." No matter what the officials think, Longqing is so fond of this sentence. It was the first time that he became interested in "a hateful official document, and he held Hai Rui's memorial all day and did not withdraw his hand. He also asked Chen Hong, who was serving on the side, and said, "According to Hai Rui's words, isn't Xu Ge Lao an old lady?"
Chen Hong said laughing and crying: "Master is really good at thinking, but if the court is compared to a back house, wouldn't Mr. Xu just say the old lady in the head?"
"What about Mr. Li Jian?" Long Qing asked with interest.
"Old Mr. Li Ge, he is the eldest daughter-in-law, honest and dull, and has no temper by his mother-in-law. He likes to take advantage of some small gains. He is not good enough and is always cheated by people." Chen Hong smiled and said, "Master, do you think so?"
"Not bad." The emperor nodded and said, "Where is Master Zhang?"
"Old Mr. Zhang is the old lady's daughter. This sister-in-law is very sensible. She has not married yet when she is old, so she naturally has to give birth to some trouble. However, the old lady was raised since she was a child, so she is very partial to her."
"Well..." The emperor thought that this was really the case, but after all, he was his master, so he was inconvenient to comment, so he exposed him and said, "What about Master Chen?"
"Old Chen Ge Lao", Chen Hong thought about it and said, "He is a concubine's daughter. If she doesn't please the old lady, no one dares to bully her, so life is difficult, so she can only swallow her anger and be careful of being a human being.
"Well...,..." The emperor felt a little guilty when he heard this and nodded, "I really feel depressed when I saw Master Chen several times." He said and sighed, "Why don't you please Mr. Xu?"
"This situation is mostly because her biological mother competed for favor with the old lady back then." Chen Hong looked at Longqing carefully. Seeing that he did not show any disgusting or even alertness, he said casually: "As a result, the old lady drove the concubine away. Naturally, her life will be sad."
"Hey..." This was a bit explicit, but Longqing's trust in Chen Hong made him not think about it." He just followed his words and said, "I don't know that Master Gao's old cold legs." He didn't make any more of this winter? I haven't sent me a letter for such a long time. Isn't it annoying to me?"
"This slave often asks about it...", Chen Hong quickly replied: "Since August, I have never received any letters from Master Gao."
"Oh, I am unfilial to my disciple." Long Qing felt deeply guilty and said, "After the court had a lot of right and wrong, I forgot to greet my master. He must be so angry." He said, "As the end of the year is approaching, I will allocate a portion of the New Year goods tributed by the vassal kings in various places. I will write another letter, and you will send someone to send it to Master Gao..." He paused and said, "Look at Master Gao's condition?"
Hong quickly agreed.
Feeling the atmosphere a little solemn, Long Qingqiang smiled and said, "By the way." Everyone in the cabinet said, but they haven't talked about Master Chen yet... "...", "Gei Chen, Master Chen," Chen Hong said with slightest, "It's just a young wife who is angry..."
One sentence hit Long Qing's emotions again and sighed: "Oh, Master Chen is so aggrieved. I am incompetent. I can't even play with his little wish. I'm really removing salt from his wound."
"Oh...,..." Chen Hong also sighed with Long Qing. He knew that the emperor was talking about Hu Zongxian's posthumous title.
Longqing took this matter too simply and ordered the Ministry of Rites to give a result in one day. But the reality is that "this posthumous title is determined, and it is more difficult to give birth than a woman having a baby...
On the day the edict was issued, Zhao Zhenji, the Minister of Rites, wrote a letter saying: If the posthumous title is given, it is related to the evaluation of the deceased officials' life. We must be very cautious in history books and justice. We must first seek the opinions of all officials. "The Hanlin Academy will first discuss it, then submit it to the cabinet for peace, and finally the emperor will promulgate it."
Longqing was very helpless about this, because although Zhao Zhenji said it well, his posthumous title had basically become abusive to this dynasty. He did not say bad posthumous titles, and became a must-have item for decorating high-ranking officials' spiritual positions. "... Basically, officials above the third rank, and those who have not made major mistakes can get posthumous titles. In addition, the new dynasty of Longqing offended the ministers for the previous dynasty to rehabilitate them, so there was a phenomenon of large-scale posthumous titles. So Longqing never regarded the issue of giving posthumous titles. How amazing it is.
The emperor thought it too simply. Perhaps it is not a big deal to give someone a posthumous title. But for controversial figures like Hu Zongxian who are full of big troubles, the posthumous title "is not only related to his own conclusion, but also affects the fate of many living people, and may even influence the court.
Because the entire process of posthumous title is produced, posthumous titles are requested, posthumous titles are discussed, posthumous titles are awarded, and posthumous titles are given. At least in name, it must be discussed by the masses, ruled by the government, and finally issued by the emperor. It can be regarded as a historical evaluation of this person. It is more credible than any imperial edict or statement sent by the court.
If Hu Zongxian is given a beautiful posthumous title, he is the most undisputed positive person. The higher the level of the beautiful posthumous title, the higher his historical evaluation will be. Of course, it will make those who have insulted and persecuted him unable to sleep or eat. "... Hu became a good person, they are bad people. The higher the image of Hu, the worse their image will be, and they will even lose the height of morality and fall into a situation that thousands of people point to. Therefore, as long as there is one-thousandth possibility, they will not let Hu Zongxian get a posthumous title so easily, at least they cannot let him get a posthumous title.
Although he was very clear about the little thoughts of all officials, the Ministry of Rites could not do anything about the rules... "The political system of the Ming Dynasty has developed to the present. For all government affairs, the emperor only had the highest decision-making power. If he intervened in the specific affairs below, he would be scolded... So he could not pass the Ministry of Rites, read the "Position Title Table" by himself, and set the posthumous title for Hu Zongxian. That would not meet the procedures and would be regarded as a shame by the Hu family and would not accept his affection.
By the way, the posthumous titles were announced at the funeral. In order to wait for these two words, Hu Zongxian's coffin is still in the Pantheon, which makes Longqing unable to explain to him as his master. But no matter how anxious Longqing was, he could only let him complete the procedure step by step. Even though he sent someone to urge him every day, when the posthumous title was reported, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
It's late. Longqing suppressed his anger and opened the memorial book and saw it. He was immediately angry... It turned out that after discussion, he finally gave a name, Xiangmin. There was also a comment later that "If the armor is hard, it is called Xiang, and if the people are sad, it is called Min." There is a great explanation behind it. However, Longqing didn't want to read so much nonsense. He recently approved such a posthumous title. Naturally, he knew the true meaning of these two words... The civil servants who have military achievements are called Xiang, but if they cannot die well, they are called Min. These two words are connected, which means "This is a civil servant who has military achievements and cannot die well. If you say that this is a summary of Hu Zongxian's life, it seems that this is indeed the case.
This is the decision of the Ministry of Rites and Hanlin Academy after repeated weighing...... They are not willing to offend Mr. Chen, nor are they willing to offend Mr. Xu, so they use this to find faults, and they can't find faults on anyone. The fair evaluation "makes no one to find faults on either side. However, in this era of the rampant posthumous posthumous titles and depreciation of posthumous titles, such unemotional posthumous posthumous posthumous titles are a kind of depreciation. How can the emperor take advantage of it?
Longqing sent a memorial to the cabinet and ordered the officials to discuss it again. In order to avoid some people blocking the way of speech and obscuring the holy hearing, he also issued a special order, ordering officials in Beijing and even local officials in various provinces to put forward their own opinions. "Be sure to give Hu Zongxian an evaluation that can withstand the test of history.
The government and the public saw that the emperor was determined to fight against the cabinet this time, but most officials in the capital were still not optimistic about Longqing, thinking that just like he had confronted the cabinet several times before, all of which ended up with the emperor bowing his head and admitting defeat, the result this time would be "no different."
Although most of the Beijing officials were silent, as time went by, the memorials from Nanjing, from several southeastern provinces, 800 miles away flew to the Silijian like snowflakes! The officials and gentry in the southeast showed unexpected enthusiasm for the appointment of Hu Zongxian's posthumous title. They took this opportunity to openly sue for Hu Zongxian, and for the first time the true feelings of the Southeast officials and citizens towards Hu Zongxian were presented to the people of the world.
There are eight major yamen including the Nanjing Ministry of War, the Censorate, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial College, and more than 100 officials from Jiangxi jointly wrote a letter to prove it: I am so frightened that I begged the Lord to repay the hard work and repay the merits of "to prosper the grand ceremony and to discuss the matter with the public. I am so sure that the world is not worried about the lack of heroes and heroes, but I am so worried that I cannot encourage it: a king does not worry about the lack of titles and reputations, but I am so worried that I cannot use it well. Our country's merits are all "increasing the ranks and giving gold is not bad: among them, those who pacify a thief and rebuild a city, they will be rewarded for the prolonging of the age, and the title is to be promoted to the marquis, and the meritorious officials are not weak. However, there are also targets to repay the Lord, to protect the great stability, and to achieve success and recreation, but they are injustice and dirty and cannot be promoted. This is the depression of the human heart and the despair of the prosperous court, which is not shallow. I am so proud of the emperor, and I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of it. I am so depressed by the people and the desolate of the prosperous court. At that time, the traitors were compared with the outside, and the Japanese pirates invaded the southeast, and the southeast was in a precarious situation. The first minister, Hu Zongxian, used the censors to regulate chaos, and sent several censors to prevent the disaster. The achievements were not ordinary? At that time, the five peaks and Jiewu Islands each had tens of thousands, and they divided the roads to loot. The governors and generals all judged their crimes as incompetent, and the court lent the reward of the Count of Jin! If Zongxian had not been able to flatten all their strength, the dike would not be solid and the power would be overwhelming. No one knew where to stop. Only the Song people lost the Western Xia people, like folding their right arm, even with Han and Fan's reputation, and they could not control them. What was Yuan Hao's bowing head? The cave was formed by the fox. This was because Zongxian's use of strange sets of space, which seemed to be not under Han, and Fan. Now Huang Tong Yesou said that the country's wealth and taxes were relied on the southeast: The security of the southeast was safe and sound, and the seven provinces were constantly transferred and transferred, and the nine-level southern view of the south was not bad. Zong Xian's contributions should not be false."
Hu Zongxian used his talent to control wind and lightning, sucked the energy of Cangming, captured heroes, spies, trained martial arts, and learned water wars! All the precautions were perfect, so he could quell the Japanese that had been stolen for decades, save six or seven provinces of burning and looting. How could this be easy to make! If he scolded and threw a thousand gold, he would be a hero in his lifetime; he would be proud of his nobles, harmonious with the Chinese and foreign countries, in order to destroy the birds in the court; he would be a good man, know his suffering in his heart and could not speak, but he would be humiliated and dirty in his body. It would be sad! There is no need to say that Zongxian's quality is not hidden, but he is more flawless than the filth and dirty things, and he should use gold and silk as the best strategy. All those who are lucky enough to be separated from the court. How could the ministers who think of the insults in the face of affairs be able to afford to be like a man in the Jiuyuan and the pillar of the pillar?"
, I was in the southeast and had been in the Japanese turmoil. The most intimate thing I saw was the public opinion in the southeast, not the personal words of my ministers. My emperor tried to ask about the ministers and workers, and did he not take Zong Xian's loyalty and merits? Emperor Su once said: If I blame Zong Xian, who would be willing to serve the country in the future? This is Zong Xian's hard work, and my emperor knew it, and now the emperor also knew it. However, Zong was cruel to death by cruel officials. When the scholars and people of Wu and Yue talked about this, they always felt sorry for their worries and cried bitterly. This was the responsibility of my Ming Dynasty. How can the spirit of the people in the affairs be listed? I am not the only one who is benevolent? I hope to entrust the ministry to submit a letter to the public to discuss, to assist in public opinion, and to comply with the national constitution. This is also an opportunity to encourage people to hear it. Long Qing then commented on the red after this memorial: Hu Zongxian's achievements are in the country, and he is also a minister who is a prosperous person in the corner of the sea. Unfortunately, he was harmed by cruel officials and died. If he cannot be generous and generous, he will repay his grievances and grievances. If there is any problem in the future, who will stand up? I cannot sleep and eat, and I am ashamed of being a member of the saints."
As soon as this joint memorial was released, it washed away a slander that Hu Zongxian had been carrying for a long time. Although Hu Zongxian successfully suppressed the Japanese, it was based on his cruel record of the Southeast. Therefore, although he defeated the Japanese pirates, the officials, gentry and people in the Southeast still hated him to the core. This statement originated from Hu Zongxian's mortal enemy Wang Bengu. Because it was very useful for slandering Hu Zongxian and eliminating the adverse effects of birds and bows, it was quickly made into Hu Zongxian's face for the so-called clear stream in the court.
Now the officials in the southeast said that this is nothing at all. The people in the southeast are grateful to Hu Zongxian. The emperor did not blame him for forging imperial edicts. In a short while, two of the three mountains pressed on Hu Zongxian were gone, and the only one left was the so-called Governor Silver Mountain. However, just a few days later, the officials responsible for circumcising Hu Zongxian's family wealth reported it and found various property from his home, which was only more than 5,000 taels of silver. This can barely be considered a well-off society in Huizhou, where wealthy businessmen gathered, and absolutely cannot be called wealth.
So more and more officials began to question, is this the Governor Silver Mountain? This mountain is too small!
The official who handled the case back then could only repeatedly say how luxurious his life was at that time. However, many years have passed, there has been no evidence to prove it. Today, when the wind direction has completely changed, it will no longer be accepted by public opinion.
The climax of the petition for Hu Zongxian appeared on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, the siblings who went to Beijing to take the exam were dressed in plain clothes, playing with swords, buried injustice. The loyal soul surrounds the white clouds, and a huge elegy couplet. They set off from Qipantian Street, crossed the East-West Jiangmi Lane, and marched around the city along the main road.
If it were in the past, the Military and Ma Si and Shuntian Prefecture would have sent people to disperse these soldiers. However, at this moment of public opinion and turbulent turmoil, no one dared to act rashly, and could only let those soldiers shout. When passing by the Imperial College, the students of the supervisors moved in full swing and joined the march. The momentum became even more powerful and unscrupulous. Later, they shouted the slogan of "destroying the power and traitors and returning me justice" and the sound was shook the sky, and all the people in Beijing heard it.
Although Mr. Xu could not hear the sound outside in the deep palace, he was still frightened after receiving the report.
Chapter completed!