In the duty room of the Six Departments Corridor.
In addition to the more than 20 people who were on business trips outside and stationed in the six ministries, the remaining 30 or so officials were all gathered here.
At this time, the officials were all filled with righteous indignation, and they all started to criticize the memorial and the imperial edict that were laid out on the table.
"The four Tengxiang guards were taken back to the Imperial Horse Administration; the eunuchs were ordered to stay in the camp; and the eunuchs were sent to guard the four directions. This is going to make the efforts of several generations of our officials go to waste!"
"Yes, they had already selected the best soldiers from the Four Guards of Tengxiang and formed the Four Guards Battalion, which was then under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Administration! They were still not satisfied and wanted to take the pot away as well! The eunuchs' greed was clearly revealed!"
"The Imperial Stables are now under the control of the East Depot. Don't you all understand? Feng Bao wants to use the Tengxiang Four Guards to revive the East Depot!"
"It was so hard to drive the eunuchs out of the army. Now that the three camps have been restored, the army is in good condition. If we let the eunuchs take charge of the regiment camp, everything will definitely be messed up again!"
"Yes, the regiment camp has the Imperial Censor as the military supervisor. This is the teaching of the late emperor. How can we allow eunuchs to interfere?!"
"According to the decree of Emperor Xianzong, eunuchs can only supervise the border defense and no longer be assigned to guard the local areas. Your Majesty is going to destroy the system of our ancestors one by one!"
"We are so sorry to our ancestors for not fulfilling the duties entrusted to us by Emperor Taizu..."
The officials all looked distressed and mourned their parents, and many of them beat their chests and cried.
"It's all the fault of the science of that kid named Zhao!" Zhu Hui, the head of the Criminal Division, picked up the imperial edict and said loudly to the evil officials, "What's the saying 'The way of heaven is constant, what does heaven have to say? The fate of man is in heaven, the fate of the country is in man. In the future, all officials should deal with things according to the facts, and not always make assumptions about heaven'..."
As he spoke, he shouted to his colleagues, "What is this? Isn't this just Wang Anshi's stuff? Nothing new!!"
"Natural disasters are not to be feared, ancestors' teachings are not to be followed, people's words are not to be pitied..." many people blurted out.
Actually, the first two sentences are fine, but the third sentence, "People's words are not worth caring about", doesn't this deny the significance of the existence of censors? !
The Imperial Censors cried out like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "He is courting death! The Song Dynasty was destroyed because of Wang Anshi! The Emperor has actually issued such a statement that the country will be destroyed. If we, the Imperial Censors, do not speak out against this chaotic order, how can we still live in this world with dignity?"
Ouyang Yijing looked gloomy as he watched the performance of the officials. When they gradually quieted down, he said in a deep voice:
"We, the Imperial Censors, have the power to refute and criticize, granted by the Emperor Taizu. When we encounter the Emperor's arbitrary orders, we must have the courage to stand up and make direct appeals."
"Carrying the moral responsibility with iron shoulders, and protecting the moral principles at the cost of one's life! This is our glorious Jieshizhong!" His resolute eyes slowly swept over each Jieshizhong, and he spoke word by word: "Confucius said to die for benevolence, Mencius said to pursue justice, even if you die, your chivalrous spirit will still be remembered!"
"Yes! Section Chief Ouyang is right!" Zhu Hui and five other section chiefs also expressed their support with excited expressions, almost turning the Sixth Department Corridor into a poetry conference.
"Well, I now propose to use the sacred power granted by Emperor Taizu to refute these two edicts of Your Majesty!" Ouyang Yijing once again swept his sharp eyes over the officials and said in a cold voice: "I have said my words. Who is in favor and who is against?"
"I agree!"
“I agree!”
"Who dares to object? Let's attack together!"
Everyone raised their hands in agreement. In a moment, all the thirty-six officials present raised their right hands!
Even the young cabinet minister who was attending the meeting raised his sacred hand!
"In that case, please sign the petition!" Ouyang Yijing asked all the officials present to sign their names on the petition.
In fact, according to regulations, only two secretaries need to sign jointly to reject an imperial edict that they consider inappropriate.
There was no need for all the officials to sign, because all the officials were independent individuals who were only responsible to the emperor.
But how could Section Chief Ouyang shoulder such an exciting task alone? It would be safer if more people came together to shoulder the responsibility.
When all the officials signed their names on the memorial, Xu Fan could not help but applaud and said:
"Well, you all are truly the iron backbone of our Ming Dynasty!"
After a pause, he reminded quietly: "But don't forget the root cause of the whole thing. It's better to treat the root cause than the symptoms!"
"Young Minister, are you referring to... that Zhao Hao?" Many officials attended the imperial lecture that day, and they were deeply impressed by the boy from the solar system who had gone to heaven.
“Who else could it be?!” The young cabinet minister gnashed his teeth and said, “If he hadn’t deceived the emperor, His Majesty would have repented and returned to the right path after the Venus-Moon conjunction and the Earth Dragon’s reversal! But after that evil creature spoke nonsense at the imperial lecture, His Majesty was like possessed by a demon, and he completely refused to listen to the advice and remonstrances. He completely lost his respect for the Way of Heaven, his ancestors, and the way of speaking!”
"If you don't get rid of this beast, Your Majesty will be stubborn and keep making mistakes!" Section Chief Zhu is different from Section Chief Ouyang. He was promoted by the young cabinet minister, so he naturally has to follow Xu Fan's steps. He immediately said generously, "Let's write letters to impeach this evildoer of the country!
"Yes, follow the example of Emperor Wu of Han who executed Luan Da and cut this beast in half and throw him into the streets!"
"Okay!" Several section chiefs echoed, "Let's write a letter together!"
This is the "wolf pack tactic" often used by censors. In short, the more people there are, the greater the momentum, as if the more they represent justice and truth.
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Contrary to popular belief, the 24 inner court offices are not located in the Forbidden City, but in the northeast corner of the Outer Imperial City, south of Bei'anmen and east of Wansui Mountain.
The Silijian, which is considered the core of the inner court, is also located here.
As long as it was not his turn to be on duty in the Qianqing Palace, Teng Xiang, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, would sit here to approve documents and oversee the operation of the various government offices in the inner court.
At this time, Eunuch Teng was in the main hall of the Imperial Household Department, giving instructions to the four eunuchs, Lu Yong, Gao Xiang, Tao Jin and Xu Yi, who were to be sent to the three major camps.
"I have told you everything I need to say." Eunuch Teng sat back on his own tiger-skin chair, glanced at the four people and said, "You are carefully selected by our family, and you are responsible for the important task of guarding the imperial guards for the emperor. After you sit in the camp, you must keep your eyes bright. If anyone is blind and causes trouble, let him be chased back and sent to the Xiaoling Guard!"
"Don't worry, old ancestor. Your sons will definitely make you proud and won't let those censors catch us doing anything wrong." Lu Yong nodded four times like pecking at rice. His well-behaved look was truly docile and lovely.
"We can't be too cowardly." Teng Xiang paused, and then said, "We must show the power of our inner court. We must not give in even a little bit on matters that are our responsibility."
"Oh, I understand." The four eunuchs in the camp were overjoyed. They were waiting for this sentence from their ancestor.
Only when you seize power will you have the opportunity to make money.
Suddenly, Chen Hong, the scribe of the Imperial Household Department, came in quickly with a bunch of memorials, and shouted angrily, "This is rebellion! This is rebellion!"
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