"Some people are not in the court, but their shadows are always there?"
Gao Shiming, the chief of the Imperial Household Department, looked at the departing figure of Li Ruolian, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and kept repeating this sentence.
"What does shadow mean?" Gao Shiming was puzzled.
After a while.
Gao Shiming picked up the paper that fell on the ground and stared at the name on it in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, he slapped himself hard on the right side of his face, "What a fucking loser, it's fine that he made a simple matter complicated, but he actually needed a rough guy like Li Ruo Lian to remind him!"
After he finished slapping her, he yelled to the eunuch outside, "Someone come!"
"Here!" Two eunuchs ran in quickly.
Gao Shiming threw the paper to the ground and said, "Go, I'll give you one day to find out the teachers and students of these people. If you can't find out, find a place to dig a hole and lie in it, so that we don't have to do it ourselves!"
"Yes, sir!" The two eunuchs picked up the paper and ran out crawling.
Before noon the next day, Gao Shiming got the information he wanted.
He let out a long sigh and began to prepare for the next court meeting.
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, morning.
"Long live the emperor!" Civil and military officials kowtowed to the almighty Chongzhen.
"No need to be polite!"
Wang Chengen stood beside Chongzhen and spoke in a sharp voice.
After the ceremony, the Minister of Honglu Temple Xie Sanbin stepped forward.
According to the rules of the morning court, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites was the first to come out and report whether there were any officials coming to the capital to express gratitude or leaving the capital to ask for favors.
"Your Majesty," Xie Sanbin stepped out and bowed, "In our dynasty, the 22nd Jinshi have been observing government affairs in the six ministries and nine ministries, Shuntian Prefecture, and the lower prefectures and counties for nearly a year. A few years ago, the Ministry of Personnel, together with the Cabinet, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works, evaluated these new Jinshi and appointed them to new positions based on their performance."
"Among the 297 Jinshi candidates, 76 were appointed to positions in Beijing, and 221 were sent to other places."
"The officials who were sent out to the court request to come to the court to express their gratitude. Your Majesty, please make the decision!"
These people had reported their plans to leave Beijing to the Honglu Temple the day before.
Chongzhen could choose to summon him or choose not to meet him.
"Summon them to the emperor!" Chongzhen ordered.
Before changing.
Chongzhen would choose not to meet them because it was too troublesome and directly let them go to local positions.
Now his mind has changed.
If we want to deal with the gentry and merchants, we cannot rely on the common people alone.
It is also necessary to win over officials to fight together, especially these newly-minted scholars.
They are like a blank sheet of paper and will conscientiously implement the court's orders.
Unlike those old foxes in officialdom who say one thing and do another.
Not long.
The newly-appointed Jinshi who left Beijing lined up and walked into the Huangji Hall, and saluted Chongzhen under the command of the eunuchs.
"Stand up!" Chongzhen also stood up while speaking. He instructed the newcomers, "When you arrive at your place, you must do your best to serve the people and share the worries of the court. The Ming Dynasty needs you, and you also need to hand in a satisfactory answer to the court."
"We obey your order!" The newly-appointed scholars kowtowed in unison again.
"Okay, I won't say anything irrelevant! When you go back, pack up and get ready to set off. I wish you all the best!" Chongzhen glanced at one of them a few more times while speaking.
This middle-aged man finally passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. I hope he will not disappoint my expectations.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. We will take our leave now!" The new scholars bowed again.
As they turned around, Chongzhen suddenly remembered another thing.
He looked at Li Ruolian in the corner.
Li Ruolian nodded slightly to Chongzhen, indicating that everything was ready.
Chongzhen winked at Li Ruolian, indicating that he could proceed according to the plan.
After receiving the instructions, Li Ruolian quietly retreated.
The civil and military officials present were unaware of this, and under the organization of Honglu Temple Minister Xie Sanbin, they discussed the next topic: "Your Majesty, the Mongolian Ordos and Western Tumed tribes will come to Beijing to pay tribute in early March! The tribute will be of very high standard, and the leaders of each tribe will personally lead the delegation to pay tribute! In addition, they will also bring their descendants to the capital as hostages!"
"Your Majesty, please decide on the route they will take to pay tribute to the capital!"
The Ming Dynasty had fixed routes for foreign nations to come to Beijing to pay tribute.
First, it is convenient for the government offices along the way to provide reception, and second, there are troops monitoring along the way to prevent them from disturbing the people or taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
Chongzhen had no interest in this and ordered: "This matter will be handled by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War."
The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the ritual system, the Ministry of Revenue is responsible for providing money, and the Ministry of War is responsible for providing personnel for supervision.
"We obey your order!" The three ministers gathered together and discussed in a low voice.
While they were discussing, Li Ruolian had already arrived at the Meridian Gate.
The Meridian Gate is in the shape of a concave Chinese character "U", which sounds like it only has one gate.
There are actually three doors when viewed from the outside and five doors when viewed from the inside.
Commonly known as three visible and five hidden.
Only the emperor can walk through the middle gate of the Meridian Gate, which is also called the Imperial Road.
Civil and military officials could only use the gates on both sides of the Imperial Road.
The other two secret doors are the East Armpit Door and the West Armpit Door. They are usually closed and are only opened when grand court meetings are held.
Li Ruolian led dozens of Jinyiwei to guard the gates on both sides of the Imperial Road, waiting for the arrival of the new Jinshi.
Soon, the newcomers came closer.
Li Ruolian shouted, "Please stay, my lords. I am Li Ruolian, a member of the Imperial Guards, and I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
Swoosh——
The newcomers immediately stopped and stood still.
They had long heard that the Jinyiwei killed people without blinking an eye, so they didn't even have time to hide. However, they didn't expect to be found by the Jinyiwei commander!
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