Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1162

The fire in Jinghua's backyard has just calmed down, but the factional disputes between the court and China are once again turbulent.

On the fourth day of October, just one month after Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun's Longevity Day, the emperor suddenly sent Dukes Xu Wenbi and Zhu Yingzhen as envoys, and academicians Shen Shixing and Xu Guo as deputy envoys. Concubine, palace people and ordinary people, the Chang family is Shun concubine.

Among them, Defei's book is written like this: I watch the rooster crowing as a warning, think of a virtuous concubine, Linzhi is prosperous, and Yingyou is a lady.Gai Yuzuo Xuanhu's internal governance, and Maoyan's Zongzhi.Huiyin, the heir of the bandit, shows his life to Hofu.Ziershu concubine Zheng's family is soft and beautiful, and she is graceful and beautiful.Nine imperial sublimation, abide by the thickness of the quilt; Shuanghuan bestows favor, and follows the rules of Tushi.Yizhi Chongban is used to show different woz.The special envoy holds the festival, and enters and seals you as a concubine of virtue, and the order of tin.Yu play!The image of the four stars is a concubine, and I have ascended to the sage in Junli, and the origin of all transformations lies in Del.When thinking about the meaning of the name, only obey the glory, never forget to be respectful and prudent.Qinzai!
Concubine Zheng makes her debut!

At this moment, no one in the world realizes the importance of a concubine's canonization.Even in order to improve the standards of this canonization, the emperor even made an exception and used the two most distinguished dukes of the state, as well as the first and second assistants of the top civil servants.

In fact, according to Gao Wuzhi's news, the emperor actually planned to canonize her a long time ago, but it happened that the Burma war broke out this year, so it was delayed again and again, and finally delayed until this time.

Not only that, but Gao Wushi even knew that the emperor had privately promised Concubine Zheng that after the child in her womb was born, regardless of gender, she would be promoted again as a mother.

If you get promoted again, it's actually only two ranks.Gao Yushi estimated that the emperor probably meant that if a prince was born, he would be promoted directly to the imperial concubine; if it was a princess, then he would be promoted to the noble concubine. (Note: Imperial concubine and imperial concubine are two different levels.)
Regarding the child in Concubine Zheng's womb at this time, Gao Wushi is not very worried, because if the historical inertia is still maintained, this birth should give birth to the second daughter of the emperor, Yun and Princess Zhu Xuanshu.

In the harem of the Ming Dynasty, the meaning of giving birth to an imperial daughter was very different from that of giving birth to a prince, especially the prince who ranked higher.

Therefore, Concubine Zheng's current birth is not a big threat to Gao Yushi. The bigger threat is her subsequent birth, which is troublesome, big trouble.

But what Gao Wushi didn't expect was that Shen Shihang also noticed something unusual about this canonization. In short, on the third day after the canonization was completed, Shen Shixing was negligent.

His Shangshu this time is to invite the crown prince!
Shen Shixing gave an example of the past when Yingzong was established as a prince at the age of two, and believed that now that the queen has no legitimate son, Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, should be established as the prince to show that there is hope for successors in the world, and the officials and people can feel at ease.

Shen Shixing's resignation this time was not discussed in the cabinet in advance, so Xu Guo was caught off guard and did not make any statement during the day.

However, the emperor did not respond.

In the evening, Xu Guo invited the important ministers of the Real School in Beijing to the mansion. In name, he said that the chrysanthemums in his family were blooming very well, so he invited everyone to come and enjoy the flowers. , it is not easy to find a reason.Fortunately, such a big event happened today, no one has time to care about him, and they also know that the masters of practical studies will definitely discuss things tonight, but no one uses this as an issue.

The main issue for everyone in the Practical School is whether to go along with Shen Shixing, or to go along with the School of Mind on this matter.

If it is an ordinary matter, of course everyone would not consider joining the school of mind learning, but it is obviously not an ordinary matter to establish a reserve, it is the foundation of the country.

According to many people's views, the sooner the country is established, the better, because life is determined by the sky, and no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or the accident.Although the emperor is young now, but...what if?
This is the habitual consideration of civil servants, even beyond the faction, so that the Real School is more inclined to echo Shen Yuanfu's Shuwen on this matter, please establish a prince.

But Gao Wushi clearly expressed his opposition. There are three reasons for him: First, the queen is still very young and may become pregnant at any time. If a prince is established now, the queen will give birth to a prince in the future. According to the principle of "long", is the current prince going to be deposed again?
The second is that the current physical condition of the eldest son of the emperor is not good. This little child gets sick every now and then, and has been sick all the time. Maybe.If we also follow suit at this time, in the future, if the eldest son of the emperor unfortunately dies, it will not be a small blow to the hearts of the world.

As for the third, although Gao Wushi didn't say it clearly, he still hinted something: the emperor didn't like the eldest son of the emperor and his mother Wang Gongfei. In the emperor's mind, the empress had the highest status, followed by concubine Zheng De.Even if you think that the empress is currently childless and has not conceived for several years, Concubine Zheng De has a child in her stomach now—what if it is a prince?
However, the Real School does not agree with the third opinion of Gao Pragmatism. Everyone agrees that even if Concubine Zheng De gave birth to a prince in this pregnancy, it is still the second son of the emperor. When the queen has no sons, the crown prince still needs to establish the eldest son of the emperor. How could it be possible to skip the eldest son and establish the second son of the emperor?

Could it be that just because the eldest son of the emperor is not in good health, he should be regarded as a wrong person?This is not acceptable.

But although everyone is opposed to the third point of view of high pragmatism, everyone still cares about the first two points, especially the first point: the queen is still young, and she may not have children in the future.

It's just... If you don't follow up on things like Li Chu, what should you do if the new emperor is really the eldest son of the emperor in the future?
After all, whether the queen will give birth to a son-in-law in the future, they can't discuss this stuff even if they discuss it dead here!No one can tell right!
Xu Guo originally thought that he should go along with Shen Shihang, but now he has a headache.At this moment, he deeply felt that it was not easy to be the leader of a faction.

Previously, Gao Gong had nothing to say. The holy family, status, seniority, etc. were all obvious, and no one in the faction would oppose him; He was able to maintain his authority; and later, although Zhang Siwei was a bit short of the holy family, he had the support of high pragmatism, and he had the direct line of the Jin Party in his hands, so he was able to control the overall situation of the Practical School.

However, now that he, Xu Guo, has become the highest-ranking member of the Practical School, he realizes that he looks like a beautiful person, but in fact he is like a volcano sitting under his buttocks.

In terms of seniority, Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui, the other two practical scholars, are both older than him; in terms of holy family members, no official in the world can compete with Gao Yushi; The resources left by the three chief assistants, Park and Zhang Siwei, obviously have a much higher degree of recognition of high pragmatism within the Pragmatic School than Xu Guo.

So now that Gao Wushi objected, the direction of the wind changed immediately. Basically, no one insisted on going along with Shen Shixing, and they all said that they should wait—not for Concubine Zheng De to give birth, but for the Empress to conceive.

The friendship between Gao Yushi and the empress is hardly known in the Pragmatism School, but Xu Guo is a little suspicious now. He feels that Gao Yushi seems to have bet his treasure on the empress, and this is by no means Gao Yushi's usual style.

What is the high pragmatic style?It often seems very bold, but in fact it is very cautious every time. If you are not fully sure, you will not bet if you are highly pragmatic.

This makes Xu Guo very strange, why do you think the queen will definitely be pregnant again?Is it because you, Gao Qiuzhen, decided for the emperor to visit someone at night?
Also, if you help the queen in this way, even if the queen is grateful to you, it will only be meaningful if she really has a son, and this son must survive to ascend the throne.But this is all a possibility, why put a ready-made eldest son of the emperor not to support, but place hope on the unknown?

In short, he felt that the highly pragmatic decision was "not highly pragmatic".

But the current situation, he can't change it, not only can't change it, but he has to follow the high-practical meaning, otherwise his sub-assistant will seem to have little weight-he must ensure that most people in the Real School agree with him , regardless of whether the opinion is that most people agree with him, or he is echoing most people.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, most people agree with him, which means that he is still in control of the situation of the Real School. After all, he is the person with the highest status in the imperial court within the Real School.

In desperation, Xu Guo also expressed his support for Gao Pragmatic's opinion, but he still expressed some worries. According to the historical situation of the Ming Dynasty, even if this matter dragged on for a while, it would definitely not last too long. , because in addition to Ming Yingzong who was established as the prince at the age of two, Xiaozong also became the prince at the age of six, and even he was only eight years old when he became the prince today.

In other words, Xu Guo thought that this matter could be delayed for four years or six years at most, and if the queen wanted to give birth, it must be done before then.

This statement was unanimously approved by everyone, after all, the prince cannot be suspended for a long time, especially when the emperor has a son.The delay in establishing a reserve will make people worry that he will follow the example of his grandfather Sejong who cultivated immortality and became a demon.

Gao Pragmatism barely suppressed a split of opinions within the Pragmatic School, and the subsequent development of the situation was within his expectations——Shen Shixing received a reply from the emperor the next day.

The emperor personally commented: The empress is just young, why do I set up a concubine as the heir?It is inappropriate for both emotion and reason.Please do not allow, no further discussion.

Shen Shixing seemed to be very persuasive, and the emperor said that there was no need to discuss it again, so he really didn't continue to study.

Gao Wushi breathed a sigh of relief just now, thinking that this matter was over for the time being, but who knew that a new problem arose the next day: Pan Sheng went to Shu, please appoint a prince.

Mr. Pan's actions made Gao Wushi confused. Although Lao Pan is the elder of the cabinet who is also the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites in the cabinet, but with his usual style as an old man, it is obvious that this kind of thing will not be against the emperor. That's right, did he take the wrong medicine this time, or did he not carefully read the emperor's reply to Shen Shixing?

Sure enough, the emperor was a little angry about this.So that in the morning Zou Shu went to the Supervisor of Rites, and in the afternoon Zhu Piao came down. There were only five words: this matter has a purpose.

Well, the emperor didn't even bother to repeat the reasoning, and directly said that there was an order - if you haven't seen it, go and see it yourself, don't come and chat with me.

Judging from the past situation, after seeing such Zhu Zhu, an old fritter with a personality like Pan Sheng should calm down and never continue to pester him.

However, an accident happened, and Elder Pan Ge actually went to the eunuch again the next day, still asking for the crown prince.

Now the emperor was really angry, and he was angry undisguisedly. He returned to Zhu Zhu and directly learned the vernacular of his ancestors: I have said before that the establishment of the crown prince should wait for the queen to give birth to a son. There is no need to ask again, sir.

After this Zhu Zhu approved, the foreign court rarely expressed a lot of praise for Mr. Pan. Most of them believed that although Mr. Pan had always behaved submissively in the past, he was still relatively reliable at critical moments. Mr. Pan's position is very firm!Isn't this how the wind knows the strength of the grass, and the toughness knows the honest minister?

But something more dramatic happened again. After being encouraged by the outer court, Mr. Pan became as if he had eaten a few catties of calcium tablets.

Not only that, Mr. Pan also took out the last move of the elders: please resign.

This time, even Gao Wushi was shocked.

He who has always "calculated too much" can't figure it out, what is Mr. Pan Sheng up to?You are not an irreplaceable figure. You are a balance in the cabinet. Now that you are so rigid with the emperor, do you want to commit political suicide?
Not to mention being highly pragmatic, even Zhu Yijun was confused by Pan Sheng. After receiving the third letter from Pan Sheng to invite Jun Shu, Zhu Yijun even wondered if Pan Sheng had Alzheimer's, just like Yan Song in the late Jiajing period, his brain had already Completely confused, I couldn't even understand what the emperor wanted to express.

But regardless of whether Pan Sheng was confused or not, his actions were already challenging the emperor's bottom line, and Zhu Yijun felt that he had to give the most direct response.

So this time Zhu Yijun didn't give any explanation, and Zhu Pizhong allowed Pan Sheng to resign from the post of Minister of Rites on the premise of retaining Pan Sheng as a cabinet minister as usual.

The implication is that I think you may be old and confused now, so you should stop directly managing one and just stay in the cabinet and be a clay bodhisattva.

However, out of respect for the old minister, Zhu Yijun still asked Pan Sheng to recommend a successor to the Minister of Rites in Zhu Zhu's criticism.Of course, at the same time, he also issued a handbook to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to make preparations and promote a new Minister of Rites.

Gao Wushi really wanted to know what Pan Sheng was doing. After much deliberation, he thought that Pan Sheng had discovered something wrong with his body, so he guessed that he might not be able to work for long, so he planned to gain a good reputation before he became an official?

However, this suspicion disappeared the next day, because Pan Sheng recommended Xu Xuemo to take over as Minister of Rites.

What about Xu Xuemo?

Well, it's not that bad, but he is Shen Shixing's in-law.
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