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Chapter 493 The Bystander Who Witnessed It

The seventh day of May.

The first step of the Great Ritual Discussion was started in the civil official's performance, and the civil official wanted this first step to be the last step.

Headed by Mao Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, together with more than [-] civil servants in the court, they jointly played a joint performance, taking Dingtao King and Pu King who adopted their sons to Dazong and took them as the prince's succession as an example. Taking Xiaozong as "Huang Kao", King Xingxian was renamed "Huangshu Kao Xingxian Dawang", and Princess Jiang was called "Emperor's Aunt and Concubine Xingguo". When offering sacrifices to Zhu Youzhu, the emperor should call himself "Nephew Emperor".

Considering that Zhu Si was the only son of King Xing, and Zhu Si would be the "no successor" when Zhu Si adopted Dazong, the civil servants also thoughtfully proposed that Zhu Houxuan, the second son of King Yi, Chongren King, be the heir of King Xingxian, and the main sacrifice of King Xing.

In order to ensure that the first step is the last step, Wen Chen even proposed that "anyone who disagrees is a traitor and should be executed."

It is simply to block all the paths for Zhu Si to pursue his parents.

Zhu Si argued with Mao Cheng in the court, but Mao Cheng was obviously used as a gunman, and Yang Tinghe was naturally leading the matter behind it.

Although Zhu Si is the emperor now, he has no leading power at all on the issue of the ceremony, and a group of ministers knelt down to show that this is the "law system" that China has propagated since ancient times. Zhu Si knew that he was unable to refute it. I can only swallow my anger first.

But Zhu Si was very angry.

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Zhu Si suffered great grievances here.

Yang Tinghe was also in a bad mood.

Firstly, it was because of the new emperor's obsession with the issue of great gifts, which made him feel that the little emperor was like a stone in a latrine, which was smelly and hard.

Secondly, because the past two days involved the matter of memorials and criticisms, Zhu Siyi changed everything based on the cabinet votes for the first ten days after his succession, which actually added a lot of personal opinions, and each The replies seemed to be aimed at the cabinet and the six ministries, which annoyed Yang Tinghe very much.

"...Jie Fu, Ti Yuan came to ask earlier, saying that His Majesty had objections to the storage expenses, and Ti Yuan was very anxious to check the expenses of the elephant room and leopard room at the beginning of the year."

Yang Tinghe went out to discuss matters with the Ministry of Industry, but before returning to the cabinet, Jiang Mian, who is also a cabinet bachelor, came to him in a hurry.

The "tiyuan" in Jiang Mian's mouth is Zheng Zongren, who is in charge of the governor's storehouse with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Accounting.

In the Ming Dynasty, Governor Cangchang was a very special official title, which belonged to the Ministry of Households but was relatively independent. In the fifth year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty ordered Li Chang to supervise his affairs with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, which later became a custom.From then on, either with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Households or the title of Minister of the Ministry of Households, he will not be in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Households, but will be responsible for managing the warehouse.

Zheng Zongren only had the title of "Shangshu of the Ministry of Households", but he was not a real minister of the Ministry of Households, just like the bachelors who entered the cabinet would also bear the titles of Minister of the Ministry of Rites or Minister of the Ministry of War.

Yang Tinghe frowned: "Didn't you say that the money and food allocated earlier would be allocated from the inner government? Didn't the expenses for the elephant house and leopard house be wiped out at the beginning of the year?"

In the large accounts of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, smoothing is a very common method of handling, that is, there is a deficit or balance, but an excuse is found to balance it out, and the final result is that the money can be used as an additional account. Scheduling, even if some of them are corrupted, it is not impossible.

It is a means of deception!

Only a very small number of high-level officials know the tricks, and they can be allocated when they are urgently needed.

Jiang Mian sighed: "But there is a backlog of memorials from the Chief Envoy of Henan Province, which mentioned that the wood and stone materials all went north along the canal at the beginning of the year, and did not intersect with the accounts of the Henan Yellow River River Works. This conflicts with the Henan Governor's River Works. , Your Majesty ordered to inquire whether all the warehouses have been returned to the warehouse, this matter is strange...these are some old accounts, but I don't know who has been exposed!"

Speaking of this, not only Jiang Mian was devastated, but Yang Tinghe also looked solemn.

Didn't the emperor say that he attached great importance to sacrifices, and he said that he would build the Taimiao and the Temple of Heaven when he came up?The imperial court excused that the Ministry of Households had no money and could not afford to repair it, and then asked Zhu Si to take money from the inner government to repair it, which was tantamount to controlling the emperor's small private treasury.

This matter was originally flawless. After all, from the perspective of the cabinet, the accounts of the tens of thousands of taels of stone and wood at the beginning of the year have been smoothed out, and there will be no mistakes. Helping the emperor to transport stone and wood, in fact, wanted to claim credit, but did not expect that Emperor Zhengde was dead, and the memorial to invite credit became evidence, indicating that the stone and wood were not used for river construction in Henan, but were transported to the capital.

So much so that even Yang Tinghe didn't know that someone below actually stabbed Lou Zi.

Yang Tinghe said: "This matter can be big or small, who is Zhu criticizing?"

The implication is that whose handwriting is written in the official memorandum, the emperor's handwriting is completely different from that of Wei Bin and others, and the handwriting of a newcomer Zhang Zuo is also easy to recognize.

"It's His Majesty's imperial approval."

Jiang Mian replied.

This gave Yang Tinghe a headache.

Originally, even if the matter was exposed by someone, and many things were not connected with each other, I was not afraid that an emperor who had just ascended the throne and knew nothing would understand the trick. Who would have thought that it was the emperor who personally exposed this matter. That matter is really like Yang Tinghe. The so-called "can be big or small".

Jiang Mian was a little worried: "If it is investigated, the accounts of He Gong in the past few years have been inconsistent, I am afraid..."

Yang Tinghe frowned: "Just follow His Majesty's order to investigate. If you find out what it looks like, just report it to the court. We will discuss this matter at the court meeting."

Since things can be "big or small", Yang Tinghe felt that he had a lot of room to maneuver. When he went to the court to discuss, he said that because the money spent was not compatible with many transportation matters, or because there was a difference in information... ...In short, it can be prevaricated.

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Zhu Si sent Zhang Zuo to inform Zhu Hao of the outcome of the Dali Conference in the court.

Zhang Zuo's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very tired: "Mr. Zhu, you should find a way earlier so that His Majesty can enter and leave the palace safely, so that... it will also prevent the people below from rushing back and forth, right?"

Tang Yin asked with a smile: "Eunuch Zhang, can you bear this little hardship?"

"No, Mr. Tang, you don't know how diligent your Majesty has been lately. You have to read the memorials very late every day, and you have to read the notes given by Mr. Zhu before going to court. If your Majesty can see you two in person, can you Save a lot of things."

Zhang Zuo was obviously looking for an excuse, because he felt that he was too tired and couldn't bear it if he persisted for a long time.

Zhu Haodao: "Your Majesty wants to go out of the palace. Going through the Donghua Gate is too big of a goal. When officials enter the palace, they often go through the Donghua Gate. Why not go in and out through the Xihua Gate? In addition, set up an official office outside the Xi'an Gate. It doesn’t need to be too far away. When His Majesty goes out of the palace next time, let Commander Zhu lead the troops and horses to escort him personally, so there will be no big problem."

"Your Majesty is going out of the palace, and you still want Jin Yiwei to accompany you? Is it... the goal is too big?" Zhang Zuo was a little suspicious.

It was agreed to leave the palace in secret, how come there is still a big battle to come out in the end?

Zhu Hao shook his head and said: "If there are fewer escorts, your majesty cannot guarantee absolute safety when leaving the palace, and you have to abide by the basic etiquette, but you can't put your majesty in a dangerous place, and let Yuan Shilang's residence lean over there Damn, if a minister really finds out, His Majesty will say that he came out to discuss state affairs with Yuan Shilang."

Zhang Zuo stared wide-eyed, it seemed that Yuan Zonggao was going to be pushed out as a spearman again!
Although he is now in the same position as Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo feels relieved when he thinks about being able to cheat Yuan Zonggao secretly.

Let you, old Yuan, crush me to death for the past two years. Now that His Majesty is going out of the palace, if the minister finds out, he must find a reason. Who will be the scapegoat?
Could it be that the purpose of telling the world that His Majesty left the palace was to ask Zhu Hao, a former classmate and friend, for advice?
"Okay, okay, then we will tell His Majesty when we go back."

Zhang Zuo said, "The matter of discussing the great ceremony..."

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty's enthronement date is short, and this matter can be settled in a matter of time. Why don't you consider bribing Mr. Yang Ge and Mao Shangshu with a lot of money first."

"Huh? Does this... work?"

Zhang Zuo didn't expect Zhu Hao to come up with such a "sexy" trick.

The emperor bribed the minister?

Or directly bribe the perpetrators Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng?
This must not work!
Zhu Haodao: "It's not about success, but about sincerity, so as to let Mr. Yang Ge and Mao Shangshu know how determined His Majesty's intentions are. If you don't tell them in such a gentle way, do you have to confront each other every time? Under the steps, you won’t tear your face.”

Zhang Zuo suddenly said: "Yes, yes, yes, giving a lot of money to bribes can be regarded as your majesty's sincerity. If you really want to succeed, you have to let go of Yang Ge and Mao Shangshu. If you really let go, what's the point of giving more gold and silver? Mr. Zhu Understand people's hearts, admire and admire."

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Zhang Zuo immediately went back to report.

Tang Yin looked at the back of Zhang Zuo leaving, shook his head and sighed: "He will say that you are right in whatever you say now, and I don't know whether the current court is in charge of His Majesty or you."

Zhu Hao's face became serious: "You can't talk nonsense."

Tang Yin said with a smile: "However, bribing the minister... You can think of such an idea, it has no effect, it just makes people laugh. Aren't you afraid of making His Majesty look down upon?"

Zhu Haodao: "It's not a good thing for Your Majesty to be too strong. I'm trying to create a flexible and friendly image for Your Majesty. There must be a purpose in doing things. Sometimes it's not necessarily for the sake of success, but it's fine to achieve other effects."

Zhu Hao didn't have the nerve to say that I was just teaching Zhu Si to do things according to history.

After the first ceremony in history was dismissed, Emperor Jiajing tried to persuade them by bribing Mao Cheng and others. Although things failed in the end, Mao Cheng and others still made some changes, or felt that the emperor used When it comes to the extreme method of bribery, embarrassing the emperor is not good for the ministers.

The emperor's face is shameless, and the person who should be worried is not Zhu Hao, but the person who made the emperor lose face, that is, Mao Cheng and others who were bribed.

The emperor will go so far as to give you money to accommodate you, are you still ashamed to stick to it?Who is the ruler and who is the minister?Do you still want to be an official in the future?

"In the past few days, I have been helping His Majesty review the memorials. The strategy and words are a little radical. I think His Majesty will be tested in the court. I hope His Majesty really read the list I made. Yan can't stand it anymore."

Zhu Hao smiled.

Like a bystander, watching the fire from the other side.

(End of this chapter)