Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 699 The Cabinet's Disaster

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Jian's voice sounded as the memorial was placed in front of the emperor.

So, as expected, after the words fell, Zhu Jian saw the emperor's brows wrinkled.

However, after all, the Son of Heaven had a calm demeanor, and although there was a trace of surprise on his face, he was not in a hurry to say anything, but raised his hand to open the memorabilia and read it carefully.

Zhu Qiyu was indeed a little surprised, this memorial will be handed over, he naturally knew it a long time ago.

However, he didn't know the specific date. It wasn't that Zhu Yi deliberately concealed it, but that this matter required a lot of preliminary preparations, such as persuading and winning the support of various nobles. This time is not easy to grasp .

So Zhu Qiyu originally calculated that it would be two or three days later, but he never thought that Zhu Yi's movements were so fast, especially when he saw the last few vigorous and powerful Guange Xiaokai's , Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but a trace of surprise flashed across his face.

Calculating the time, if it was handed in today, then it also means that the old guy Hu Wei signed the joint name as soon as he saw the memorial.

This old fox, he agreed to such an adventure so easily?
Zhu Qiyu looked at the memorial, suppressed the doubts in his heart, and decided to tell Shu Liang to turn around and ask Zhu Yi carefully, and then put his mind back.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Jian saw the Son of Heaven raised his head, his face became a little ugly, and his tone became a little cold, said.

"Recently, the imperial court has been busy with affairs. The East Palace's exit from the pavilion is a major event, and no mistakes can be tolerated. The spring will be held soon, and after the examination, the imperial court will hold a spring hunt. This is all in the hands of the Ministry of Rites."

"At this time, if the Ministry of Rites is allowed to handle the ceremony of leaving the pavilion again, I may make mistakes in the rush, which will not be beautiful. It is better to wait for the Spring Festival, after the spring hunting is over, and the Ministry of Rites will be free to discuss this matter."

The tone of these words is firm, obviously there is no room for negotiation.

However, Zhu Jian was not surprised. It was clear that the emperor was obstructing the matter of the East Palace. If the memorial was published, the emperor would immediately agree, which would be a strange thing.

It should be said that even what the emperor said today was within his expectations.

Still the same sentence, the matter of the East Palace leaving the pavilion has been finalized long before the court meeting, so at this time, even the emperor can't directly prevent the East Palace from leaving the pavilion, but can only find various reasons to delay the exit from the pavilion. time.

This is also the reason why Zhu Jian and the others are confident this time. If the emperor can find a reason, they can find a way to deal with it. As long as the general direction is not denied, then it is nothing more than a trick.

Of course, Zhu Ge always had this kind of thinking, it was entirely because he had never met a certain rogue emperor named Wanli, otherwise, he would know that even if he was looking for a reason to play a rogue, as long as the emperor didn't want to do something, and he was willing to pay As for the price, I dare not say anything else. It is not a problem to delay it for more than ten or twenty years.

Exhaling lightly, Zhu Jian raised his head and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the courtiers, benevolent ministers, etc. I know that, but since the yamen of the imperial court are ordered by Your Majesty to perform their duties, they should do their best to share the worries for you."

"When the imperial court responds to the ceremony, the Ministry of Rites is in charge. If the ceremony is delayed due to the lack of strength of the Ministry of Rites, it is the fault of the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty is responsible for the mistakes of the Ministry of Rites. How can cause and effect be reversed? The Ministry of Rituals is not strong enough to delay the ceremony?"

What this means is that if the work is not done well, you can just scold the Ministry of Rites, but you have to do the work.

It has to be said that what Mr. Zhu Ge said is not afraid of offending people!

Seeing that the emperor's face became more and more ugly, Zhu Jian didn't care at all and continued.

"What's more, Hu Shaofu from the Ministry of Rites also jointly signed the performance. It can be seen that even though the Ministry of Rites is busy, it can still deal with it. Your Majesty need not worry about it."

So, this is why Zhu Yi must pull Hu Wei.

For this matter, the emperor can come up with the most powerful reason, that is, the Ministry of Rites has too many things to do, and if there is no support from the Ministry of Rites, then when the time comes, the Ministry of Rites will follow the emperor and say that they are indeed too busy, so Zhu Jian and others It is also impossible to really go to the arena with the Ministry of Rites.

In that case, I'm afraid it will be in line with the emperor's wishes.

Hu Wei, the old man, is not easy to provoke. What happened to Li Xian last time has taught them enough lessons.

Fortunately, relying on the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law, Zhu Yi still got the joint name. In this way, the most powerful reason of the emperor was also blocked.

Sure enough, Zhu Jian looked at the emperor's face darkened, but he didn't open his mouth to refute himself.

So, Zhu Jian just stood there with his head bowed, waiting for the emperor's reply. After a while, the emperor seemed to have finally thought of his words. He opened the memorabilia in front of him again, looked at the receipt on it for a while, and asked in a cold voice.

"Old Zhu Ge, you are here today to deliver this memorandum, did you do it yourself, or did it come from the cabinet?"

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The cabinet, in fact, after the emperor changed the morning court to once every three days, the pressure on the boss's government affairs has indeed increased, but it is not without benefits.

The most obvious point is that there is no need to wake up so early!

You must know that the time for the court to go to court is fixed, especially in winter, before dawn, you have to wait outside the palace gate wrapped in cotton robes, which is not a good thing for the elders.

But after changing it, it will be much better. After all, although the court meeting in the middle two days will be waived, the time for going to the Yamen will not be premised.

So in fact, although the workload has increased, the life of the elders has become easier.

As the sun was rising, Mr. Wang Ao had his breakfast in the mansion in peace, and then took a sedan chair to the outside of Donghua Gate, got off the sedan chair, and walked leisurely to the cabinet.

Although it was a little late for the time to go to the Yamen, it didn't matter. After this period of time, he had roughly figured out the emperor's habits.

Although this Majesty gets up early in the morning, he will not start to deal with government affairs immediately. The time for his old man to deal with government affairs is basically a little later than the time when the cabinet goes to office.

This period of time is also reserved for the cabinet to sort out the report from the day before yesterday for consultation, so there is no need to worry about being summoned for an inquiry for the time being.

What is that sentence called, a shoufu who ages no later than other courts is not a good shoufu!

However, Wang Ao obviously miscalculated today.

Because, when he arrived at the cabinet, he bumped into Zhongshu Sheren who hurried out.

"Master Shoufu, you are here. The officials are going to look for you. The envoy from the palace has just arrived. Your Majesty hastily summoned all the ministers in the cabinet to have an audience!"

Those two simple sentences immediately made Wang Ao feel bad, so he hurriedly asked.

"What happened?"

After he finished speaking, he looked around, but saw that the public rooms in the cabinet were all empty. Obviously, everyone had already left.

However, the Zhongshusheren were also a little dazed, and only said.

"The person who came to deliver the decree was Eunuch Huai'en. He didn't say what it was, but looking at it from the lower officials, Eunuch Huai'en didn't look very good."

While talking, the Zhongshu Sheren seemed to have thought of something again, said.

"By the way, this morning, as soon as the next official arrived at the cabinet, Elder Zhu Ge sent someone to take a few unscored memorials to draft. After a while, Elder Zhu handed over the sign and entered the palace. , and not long after, Eunuch Wynn came!"

Zhu Jian?

Wang Ao frowned, feeling more and more ominous in his heart at the moment, said.

"Quick, take this old man into the palace!"

(End of this chapter)