The sky was slightly dark, and all the civil and military officials were waiting in the courtroom.
The senior officials of the first and second grades sat in the courtroom, and the officials of the lower rank gathered in groups outside the courtroom, chatting and talking.
At the top of the hill facing the house wall, there stood an official alone, about fifty years old, with a clear face, a wat in his hand, and a dignified demeanor.
Not far away, several officials who had a good relationship were talking and laughing, and one of them suddenly saw the official standing in the corner, and immediately gave a look to the others, and snorted to the official standing in the corner, and said, "Hey, isn't that the envoy of Jing?"
An official next to him turned his head and said: "Ah, yes, I heard yesterday that he was released by the emperor's grace, and at the same time, there were Feng Wanshun, Shi Yunchang and a few other people, but those people were all reinstated, only this Jing imperial envoy, but he was promoted because of misfortune, and now he was promoted by the emperor to the deputy imperial envoy of the capital, and he was counted in the imperial court except for Chen Ying." ” Another official said enviously: "No way, speaking of which, Jing Qing is also an old minister of the emperor when he was in the Beiping Hidden Mansion, when Jing Qing was a senator in Beiping, he had worked under the emperor, of course the emperor valued him."
You see that Wu Youdao, who led the imperial envoys of the capital inspectors to rush to meet and persuade him, but now he is not as important as Jing Qing.
The clothes are not as good as the new, and the people are not as good as the old, this is the emperor's affection and righteousness, and he misses the old people. ” Someone next to him sneered, and said in a weird manner: "Hasn't Jingqing always boasted of his loyalty and righteousness, I heard that the day before the city was broken, it was also in the morning, in this courtroom, Jingqing had made an agreement with Fang Xiaoru, once the city was broken, he would keep the festival of righteousness and death, not for his life."
As a result, Fang Xiaoru refused to die, Jing Qing refused to die, and I don't know what they were waiting for, it turned out to be waiting for the emperor's forgiveness.
Someone laughed and said: "Jingqing begged for forgiveness, the emperor valued him, so he naturally forgave him, but Fang Xizhi was the first to advocate the cutting of the domain, and he had him; He was the one who designed Beiping; A letter of discord almost turned the emperor's father and son against him, the emperor hated him to the bone, he was kowtowing 10,000 heads, and it was impossible for the emperor to pardon him. ” An older official sighed and said, "Don't speak so harshly, although we didn't approve of cutting the feudal domain at the beginning, after all, it is, whether it is an uncle or a nephew, it is all the country of the Ming Dynasty after all."
As courtiers, as long as we do our part well, we can serve the court at the top, and benefit the people at the bottom, and we are worthy of what we have learned in our chests and worthy of this salary. ” When the others heard this, they were silent.
Jing Qing stood in the corner of the wall, hearing the words of these people clearly, he only smiled faintly, not surprised, not angry, not ashamed or annoyed, looking like an ancient well without waves.
He didn't pay attention to the javelin guards with knives and the few little eunuchs who were waiting for the adults in and out of the javelin, all of them were secretly staring at him, Feng Wanshun, and Shi Yunchang.
Ji Gang's ability to do things is very strong, Xia Xun reminded him, although he didn't think so, but after arranging, it was still leaky, and an invisible net had been quietly covered, monitoring Jingqing's every move at all times.
All their words and deeds, these people will report to Ji Gang at any time.
Jingyang bell rang, hundreds of officials went to court, the officials left the court room, and walked towards Jinshui Bridge to Jinshan Bridge, Ji Gang stood on the side of the royal road, squinting his eyes slightly, and looked at every courtier who passed in front of him.
He has an ability that no one can match, he can quickly remember the names and looks of many people he is not familiar with, since he has done the Jinyi guard, he has put a lot of effort into remembering almost every official who is in the court, and he has kept in mind the officials who Xia Xun reminded him that he had just released.
Originally, it was not necessary for him to be present every time he was present and send a representative of a thousand households, but he came early this morning, and he was more serious than anyone else in observing the discipline of hundreds of officials.
Chen Ying, as the chief of the metropolitan procuratorate, does not need to work so hard to personally picket discipline, he can arrange shifts for his imperial envoys and let everyone take turns to picket, but he, like Ji Gang, is a very utilitarian person.
Just took charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Ying really wanted to do a little political performance in front of the emperor, the new ministers and old ministers in the court were uneven, especially many officials of the Beiping Department, who were originally very small officials, were suddenly promoted to the court, and they did not understand the rules on these ceremonial crowns, and it was inevitable that there would be all kinds of mistakes, and he was not at ease if he did not stay here.
Besides, those heroes, only he who was also born in the Beiping system can take care of it, and the imperial envoys who originally belonged to the former ministers of Jianwen now feel psychologically inferior to the officials of the Beiping department, and may not dare to picket them, so Chen Ying worked tirelessly and stood on duty in person.
As soon as Ji Gang came back for the first time, Chen Ying saw it, walked over, arched his hand to him, and said with a smile: "Commander Ji is in charge of Jinyi Guard, how busy the affairs are, and he has to personally enter the palace to picket discipline, it is really hard." ” Although Ji Gang and him are not familiar with each other, they know that he is the same as himself, he is an official from the Beiping department, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly returned the salute, and said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from Imperial Envoy Chen, Ji Mou does have a lot of things over there, busy, busy and around, this style and discipline, the big deal is that some hats are crooked, and the robe belt is not tightly tied sesame trivial matter, to be honest, although Ji Mou has a reputation for showing talent, he is a martial artist, I don't care about such things, but I can't help but come." ” "Oh" Chen Ying was a little moved, and hurriedly inquired: "Could it be that the emperor attaches great importance to the discipline of hundreds of officials, and specially asked Lord Ji to picket discipline" Ji Gang waved his hand and said: "Hey, the emperor has just ascended the throne, how many national affairs have to be managed, how can there be leisure to know such a thing" He looked left and right, approached Chen Ying, and whispered: "Don't hide it from Imperial Envoy Chen, Ji Mou was instructed by the Duke of Fuguo to come to the palace on duty." ” Chen Ying's face tightened, and her ears immediately stood up.
Chen Yinggan is the envoy of the imperial envoy, and he is really making the best use of it, this person is not only shrewd, but also likes to inquire about gossip and gossip, and his curiosity is particularly heavy, as soon as he heard Ji Gang's words, it seemed that there was something hidden, his shrewd little eyes blinked, and he was on the spot.
Ji Gang said: "The Duke of Fuguo specially went to Jinyiwei yesterday to inform me that among these courtiers who surrendered to the emperor, I am afraid that some people have ill intentions and use fraud as a plan to deceive the emperor.
It's about the emperor's safety, how dare Ji be careless, the guards around the emperor have all been replaced by the most powerful warriors, I am staying here, just in case, if someone really has bad intentions, he can be detected by us in advance, so as not to make trouble in the Golden Palace and embarrass the emperor. ” Chen Ying was stunned, and said with a dumb smile: "The Golden Palace's assassin is too suspicious and suspicious, and Lord Ji actually believes it, hehe, such plants and trees are soldiers, if it is spread out, wouldn't it be a joke?"
Ji Gang's face was hot, a little unbearable, and he said: "Imperial Envoy Chen didn't know, when the emperor was in trouble, he once transferred the elite of the three guards of Yanshan to form a flying dragon secret spy, Peixian Tun collected ten thousand ships of grain and grass, they heard about it, the capital division was empty, and they also heard it, they just broke into the Zhongshan Palace's mansion to rescue Dingguo Gong, and they could get out safely in the heavy siege of Jinyi Guard, these secret spies are powerful, and they are very good.
Now that the Duke of Fuguo is in a high position, he is no longer in office, and the secret spy of the Flying Dragon has also been dispersed, part of it belongs to the Jinyi Guard, and part of it has returned to the three guards, but the Duke of Fuguo has worked hard for many years, how can he not leave a few ears and eyes I estimate, the Duke of Guogong must have heard some rumors, otherwise, with his identity, how could he go to the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard and confess some untruths to me" Ji Gangken said bluntly to Chen Ying unreservedly, on the one hand, because both of them were born in the Beiping family, and on the other hand, because the two of them did similar work, one was dedicated to finding faults with others, and the other was specialized in repairing faults, but there were really no other ideas.
Although Ji Gang is an official who has been promoted by rockets, he has no intention of making friends with hundreds of officials, he knows very well who his power comes from and who he has to rely on.
He doesn't need to form a party, as long as the emperor trusts him, he doesn't have to fear any official, even if it's a dynasty.
His duty is to be the enemy of hundreds of officials, if he gets too close to the officials, I am afraid it will backfire and lose the favor of the emperor, Chen Ying listened to Ji Gang's words, and did not dare to ignore the news anymore, he stood by the Jinshui Bridge, twisted his beard, and silently watched the officials who walked towards the Golden Palace, full of doubts: "Among them, is there really a person who intends to kill the king?"
The morning light reflected Chen Ying's deep gaze, and there was a blood-like brilliance in his eyes for three days, three consecutive days, every day, Jing Qing carefully observed everything on the Golden Palace.
He had never paid so much attention to everything around him before, and he hadn't even noticed how many dragon pillars there were in Fengtian Palace.
But in the past three days, he has memorized all the furnishings in the Fengtian Hall and the position where everyone is standing.
He's ready to do it today A sharp short blade was tied to his thigh, and when he entered the palace gate and arrived at the courtroom, he pretended to go to the toilet, and took out the sharp blade and inserted it in his waist, and now as long as he reached into his arms, he could quickly pull it out.
He stood silently at the base of the wall of the court, the first time he had done such a thing, and the person who was going to be killed was the emperor, he was very nervous, his heart was beating fast, and his legs were a little weak, but he had been standing in the corner, not moving, but no one noticed his strangeness.
"Did you hear, Qi Tai heard that the emperor had ascended the throne, and immediately left the place where the troops were recruited, but he was so stupid that he sneaked back to his hometown, and as a result, he threw himself into the net, and now he has been caught, and he is escorting him to Beijing, and his uncle Qi Yangyan, his younger brother Qi Jing and other seven close relatives have also been arrested together."
"Where can you go if you don't go back to your hometown Huang Zicheng didn't go home, as soon as he heard that the emperor was on the throne, he disguised himself as a study tour and fled, but when he went to live in the hotel, he was not recognized and heard that the Huang family was also copied, and more than 60 people were arrested, and the family was reunited in the Beijing Prison."
"I heard that Huang Zicheng's son Huang Yan Xiuzhiji escaped" "Yes, isn't Fang Xiaoru's family too, the eldest son and the second son didn't have time to escape, and committed suicide, but the third son and the fourth son were taken away by their families, but one or two escaped, how did those people who took the family escape The Fang family's own relatives, there are hundreds of people in prison."
Listening to everyone's discussions, Jing Qing's murderous intent became even hotter.
At this time, the Jingyang bell rang, and he quietly pinched the dagger in his arms, mustered up his courage, and walked towards Jinshui Bridge To be continued: