Chapter 140 Mu Rong [1]
At this time, several imperial doctors from the Imperial College Hospital came to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to see the driver. They all wanted to meet the doctor who offered the prescription and wanted to pay for the recuperation prescription. When they learned that it was the prescription issued by Ruibo Zhongxiang, they returned to the Imperial College Hospital dejected one by one.
Zhu Youjian couldn't stop laughing. He was more confident in Jie Chun's medical skills. For the first time, he had to ignore the memorials and pester Jie Chun to learn Taijiquan. Jie Chun was also very happy. He taught and learned until noon.
Zhu Youjie immediately passed on the meal and left Xie Chun to have dinner with him. During the meal, Xie Chun did not follow the rule of "eating without speaking". Instead, he talked to the Emperor Hongzhi about his promise to make cement for Bai Ang. He asked the Emperor Hongzhi to allocate people to allocate funds for local areas so that he could experiment with cement burning as soon as possible, and told him about the superior performance of cement in military, civil, road building, and port building.
The monarch and his subjects discussed while eating. Before they knew it, Zhu Youzhen ate a lot more than usual, almost twice as much as usual. Even Xiao Jing, who was standing beside him, smiled and went to Kunning Palace to show off to Empress Zhang, which made Empress Zhang's bad image of Xie Chun beating his brother Zhang Yanling greatly changed.
After dinner, Xie Chun left the palace. Emperor Hongzhi told him to write a memorial for him to discuss cement with the ministers. But Xie Chun took the opportunity to say, 'My lord, if I write about cement, my ministers want to write it in vernacular, so that the ministers can know what water and mud are and what their specific use is. Do they think it can be written that way?' '
'' Now ministers are presenting memorials, and there are too many empty words. This has been going on, which has greatly increased the time for the emperor to read memorials, and secondly, ministers have devoted their minds to empty words, but the specific things have been covered, making the problems that were easy to solve become complicated and difficult to solve. The wind cannot rise. The Holy Spirit should try to restrain it and lighten his burden. If he is tired day and night, the Holy Spirit's body can't bear it. ''
Xie Chun looks at Zhu Youjian's uncertain face and hurries to apologize: '' Wei Chen is young and ignorant. He is ungrateful at the moment. He dares to discuss the imperial government wantonly. Please forgive him for his unintentional offence. I will not disturb the Holy Master, and I will leave. ''
Xie Chun did not wait for the Emperor Hongzhi's consent after saying that. He ran quickly and hurried out of the palace. The Emperor Hongzhi could not laugh or cry. It was a big boy's temperament.
But when he thought of Xie Chun's repeated reminders not to stay up late, he must have seen that he was not feeling well, but he did not dare to say publicly that he was really a loyal man.
Zhu Youjian was just thinking about how to solve the problem of staying up late to correct the memorial? I found a way to kill two birds with one stone. Unexpectedly, Xie Chun's words reminded me that they were simple honorifics for memorizing the chapter and telling the truth of the matter. I wanted to praise him for a few words, but unexpectedly Xie Chun ran away. It really made the Emperor Hongzhi want to laugh when he remembered it.
When the Emperor Hongwu was in power, something similar happened, but the first ancestor Hongwu was the language of review, which made officials embarrassed. For example, 'full of nonsense', or 'wrote more than half of the memorials, but didn't say anything, what are you saying?' Such comments do not show any mercy to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.
Xie Chun is really good. He not only writes good articles, but also has opinions on people's livelihood, governance, and the Ministry of Work. It seems that with a little adjustment in the future, the Ming Dynasty will add another pillar to its society.
The Emperor Hongzhi made up his mind and opened the memorial on the table. As Xie Chun said, most of them were boasting of their own empty words. At the end of the memorial, he slightly raised a question, but did not say that the man was ugly. When he opened another memorial, it was the same as the previous one. He continued to read more than ten copies, almost the same as the previous one.
Zhu Youjian could not help sighing: 'It turns out that he has spent a lot of time in the past few years trying to stay up late to read memorials. It seems that this matter should be transferred to the cabinet scholars for discussion. Otherwise, what should we do? ''
He made up his mind to read the first half of the memorial and then read it again. He watched the second half carefully and then read it carefully. Sure enough, today's memorial was finished before dinner. After dinner, he slowly practiced Tai Chi Boxing according to Xie Chun's words, and then went to the Kunning Palace to see Empress Zhang's mother and son, playing with their son, After returning to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, he soon fell asleep.
Zhu Youjian sleeps until Xiao Jing wakes him up to go to the morning court. Before going to the morning court, he practices Taijiquan again, and then goes to the morning court in high spirits.
By the time he came back next morning, Mou Bin had presented Xie Chun's written memorials. Since Xie Chun was not qualified for memorials, he asked Mou Bin to present them on his behalf.
The Emperor Hongzhi read Xie Chun's memorial to cement carefully, but he didn't feel any rudeness in the vernacular? On the contrary, it makes him understand the production process and use of cement in detail, which can make people clear at a glance.
When Zhu Youjian and several cabinet ministers discussed the government affairs, he circulated Xie Chun's memorial to all the ministers after the important government affairs were resolved. After all the scholars had circulated it, Zhu Youjian asked them, 'All Aiqing, what do you think of cement now? Can the imperial court start to test and burn such things that benefit the country and the people? ''
Liu Ji, as the first aide of the cabinet's senior scholar, was merciful enough not to let him reply first: 'Although the old minister has not seen this concrete object, after watching this memorial, he was also very impressed. Since this object has such a great use, it should be tested and fired as soon as possible, and I would like to ask the emperor to stop it.' '
Other scholars also agreed one by one, and the Emperor Hongzhi also agreed, so he issued an imperial edict to approve the implementation of this matter.
Zhu Youjian suddenly said, 'Dear ministers, recently I found that most of the memorials of ministers were empty words boasting of my holiness, and the problems mentioned only accounted for a small part, and no specific solutions were proposed. Now, all Aiqing have a careful look. These are the memorials just delivered today. Are they all roughly the same tone? Am I wrong with them? ''
Here, the Emperor Hongzhi took a short breath, and after a while of meditation, he continued to say: 'This kind of thing happened in the time of Emperor Hongwu, which was suppressed by Lord Hongwu. Now it is resurgent and becoming more and more intense. I read the memorial every day until midnight. After a little rest, I will go to the early court. If it goes on like this, I am afraid it will not be a good thing. Could you please make a constitution, and don't write so many flattering words in the future? They are racking their brains to think about writing. I see it is more tiring, and you Aiqing will see if you can correct it. ''
Several ministers have deliberated for a long time and finally decided on the constitution. Liu Ji told the emperor, 'What the sage said is true. We will make a decision after discussion. Please let the sage make a ruling. The opening honorific speech of the memorial is a courtesy for ministers to pay homage to their majesty, which must not be completely changed. Later, it will be explicitly stipulated that three or four honorific sentences should be taken as the standard, and most of them should not exceed five sentences, so it is necessary to turn to the main topic. Can have the right to decide things, write their own handling process; If you are unable to deal with the matter between Shangzuo and your majesty by yourself, your majesty and the cabinet members will discuss and decide. Those who violate the rules will call back and rewrite them again. Those who refuse to correct after repeated teaching will be demoted to the position of teaching, and will go to teach the students in the government and county in the name of all their extensive use of broad-spectrum. ''
The Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head and said in great agreement, 'But all Aiqing will arrange it. I don't want to worry about it any more in the future. Since we all agree with Xiang Ruibo's announcement, I will issue a decree to recruit Xie Chun as an official for the time being. ''
He thought for a while and then dictated the imperial edict: 'Xiang Ruibo, Xie Chun and Xie Zihou have done great contributions to the society of the Ming Dynasty. He has temporarily appointed Chengwu Lang as the head of the Department of Works. He is in charge of the trial production of cement. The Department of Works and other officials have no right to ask and dispatch. Xie Chun reports directly to me. The cement issue is about the country. If there is a snooper, cut him down and give him a sword to use as a deterrent. ''
Zhu Youjian continued to issue another imperial edict: '' Hu Jie, the bodyguard of the imperial palace, has made contributions to the country, and has specially granted the post of hundred household officer of the Royal Guards. Yin Yizi is the small flag officer of the Royal Guards. Guard Xie Chun's safety with him, without any damage, or he will be severely punished. ''
The cabinet ministers looked at each other. The emperor was very jealous of Xie Chun, and he was extremely favored. Xie Chun had not yet participated in the exam, and he was already a top six contractor, the head of the Ministry of Works. Thinking about his own situation, it was really a world apart.
They can't help feeling envious and envious. But considering that Xie Chun's gifts are mostly for the benefit of the country and the people without any selfish desires, his contributions are worthy of his official position, and the reward is more than enough. They are all full of feelings, and each has a shy smile.
Now Xie Chun is in a dilemma. He is involved in the selection of maidservants. Since he released the idea of selecting maidservants who can cook, Xie Chun, who had just stayed in Jiefu for a day, was immediately surrounded by people. Who knows where so many girls come from? Xie Chun can't help laughing and crying because a little girl of five or six years old came to apply for the position of cook.
He learned from Li Da, a borrowed strongman of the Royal Guards, that it was because he cured Xiao Xue. Li Da was called a "know it all". He was very familiar with the place of Kyoto, and he was proficient in human relations and etiquette. So Xie Chun stayed at home to help. With Mu Bin, the Buddha, there was no problem in retaining Li Da.
Li Da has been in the Royal Guards for more than ten years. He is still a strong man in the Royal Guards, so he is nicknamed as "the strong man of ten thousand years". Seeing that most of the people who join the Royal Guards with him are promoted and become rich, Li Da is naturally very worried and angry.
He is very interested in Xie Chun's recruitment of him as a gatekeeper. After all, the person who can be his brother with Mou Bin is a great figure in his eyes. He also hopes to use Xie Chun's power to get rid of the unpleasant nickname of "Ten Thousand year Powerful Man".