Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 701
The air pressure in the Wenhua Hall dropped a little bit, and the slightly better atmosphere that a certain chief assistant exchanged with the fined salary just now was completely destroyed by Zhu Jian's two words.

The ministers raised their heads quietly, and visible to the naked eye, they saw that the emperor's face became ugly again. However, facing this situation, Zhu Jian remained calm, as if nothing had happened, standing like a green pine, with firm eyes.

In theory, what Zhu Jian said is actually no problem.

As the most special yamen in the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet has the right to draft votes, but it only has the right to draft votes, and this right to draft votes can be exercised independently by the cabinet ministers.

Again, in a sense, the chief minister of the cabinet is not the official official like the chief officials of other yamen, but only the one who ranks first among the many cabinet ministers.

This kind of design was originally designed to limit the power of the cabinet, to avoid the power of the cabinet's first assistant, and to force the prime minister, but in the current scene, it has led to Zhu Jian's behavior. From the process point of view, there is nothing to criticize at all place.

Because the essence of the draft is a suggestion right to assist the emperor in handling the memorial, any cabinet minister can make a suggestion and submit it to the emperor.

Of course, the emperor can veto it as a matter of course!
This is a very common thing in the cabinet, especially the current emperor is an emperor who is extremely familiar with government affairs and is relatively diligent.

In the daily handling of government affairs, the proposals of the cabinet were rejected or simply put aside. Examples of the emperor's personal approval are common, and it is not a rare thing.

However, the situation of this memorial is obviously different from the past.

In the final analysis, just like what Zhu Jian said, leaving the pavilion in the East Palace was already decided, so strictly speaking, it is unreasonable for the emperor to delay the time for leaving the pavilion to study.

If Zhu Yi’s memorial was handed over to the cabinet, and then handed over to Wang Ao or Yu Shiyue, the ticket they gave was probably because the court was busy, or for some other reason, and suggested to postpone it, and then send it to the palace. The emperor is ready, and this matter is over.

However, when Zhu Jian made such a fuss, things became troublesome.

First of all, Zhu Yi's memorandum is not a secret memorandum, the Secretary of General Administration has archives, that is to say, if other ministers want to consult it, they can inquire about its contents.

Secondly, although a copy of the cabinet draft will not be kept, but to reject the cabinet draft, no matter whether it is an oral order or a decree, it must also be kept on file.

In this way, the pressure of this matter will be passed on to the emperor, and even if he wants to cover it up, he can't cover it up.

Of course, the Son of Heaven can reject the proposal for this memorial, or even directly reject this memorial, but in this way, he will face all kinds of pressure from the court.

Because in the scene seen by the ministers of the outer court, it was the loyal ministers in the court who urged the emperor to set up the reserve early, and the cabinet persuaded them together, but the emperor insisted on going his own way and deliberately prevented the East Palace from leaving the cabinet.

It's no wonder that the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate must be blown up after such a commotion!
You know, at a high level, the position of the Eastern Palace Chuben was one of the conditions for the emperor to be able to successfully ascend the throne. At a small level, whether the Eastern Palace will study in the pavilion was a matter that had been decided long ago in the former court meeting. Such obstruction is not only a breach of trust to the Tian family, but also a breach of trust to the courtiers.

Although this has been the status quo before, after all, it was just a matter of tacit understanding by everyone, and to be honest, there have been various major events in the court recently, and many officials in the yamen are busy running around, and they really did not take this matter into consideration.

However, once it is put on the table, there is a commotion, and everyone's eyes are focused on one point, then the ensuing public opinion and advice will be one-sided.

All the cabinet ministers present have been in the cabinet for a while, and they are very familiar with government affairs, so, including Wang Ao, when they learned the ins and outs of the matter, they immediately understood the tricky point.

In other words, they all saw Zhu Jian's intentions clearly!
The reason why this old Zhu Ge did this is actually very simple, just to make things bigger, and the bigger the trouble, the better.

From the time he sent someone to get Zhu Yi's notebook, he had planned to offend everyone.

He has a reason for this matter, so the more people he offends, the more he can let the government and the public see clearly what kind of person Zhu Jian is.

Looking at Zhu Jian's aggressive attitude in front of the imperial court, Wang Ao even wondered if the product was ready, and he was ready to be demoted from the capital because of his 'offensive words and outright remonstrance', or even dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.

This is not impossible. Above the court, a good reputation often represents many things. There are many examples of being dismissed and returning home because of offending the emperor, and then recovering after a few years.

What's more, if Zhu Jian is really dismissed because of this incident, his reputation will be truly achieved. In the next few years, even if the emperor is unwilling to reactivate him, as long as there is something or a vacancy in the court, he will inevitably be dismissed. A steady stream of censors recommended him again.

Maybe once or twice, the emperor can ignore it, but if the number of times is too many, it will inevitably lead to a reputation of being unacceptable and narrow-minded.

Of course, if the Son of Heaven hates this person very much, there is nothing he can do if he insists on not using it. However, in most cases, as the Son of Heaven, he will not let himself be chattered by a group of ministers every day just because he is just a mere person.

So in fact, this is the reason why many ministers in the court have been chasing Shilin Qingming.

In many cases, this kind of good reputation among scholars is often a talisman for official career.

Obviously, the emperor was very displeased with Zhu Jian's attitude at this time, but because there was nothing wrong with what Zhu Jian said, even if the emperor wanted to reprimand him, it was difficult to find a reason.

So, everyone saw that the emperor was so rare that he was aggrieved for a long time, then snorted, looked away from Zhu Jian, and said in a deep voice.

"What about the other gentlemen?"

This……

Everyone present looked at each other silently, Zhang Min and Jiang Yuan both silently took a small step back, the sky is falling, and there are big bosses to resist, at this time, it is best for the two of them to continue to be little transparent.

However, the two of them can take refuge for a while, and the other two are not so lucky.

Wang Ao, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, can be said that he was the one the emperor asked.

As for Yu Shiyue, although he is only the second assistant, he has another key official position, Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion, so he cannot keep silent on matters related to the East Palace.

So, feeling the intimidating gaze from the emperor, the two elders looked at each other, and at the same time saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

It can be said that Zhu Jian's behavior not only set up the emperor, but also put the two of them here...

(End of this chapter)