Jinyi champion

Chapter 512 I am not a fool
Sending Mao Cheng away, Yang Tinghe looked stern.

Before he made a move, the little emperor unexpectedly predicted it in advance, and specifically told Mao Cheng who didn't know about it, and used bribery and other methods to drive a wedge between him and Mao Cheng, but Mao Cheng's last words made Yang Ting and Mao Cheng most annoyed.

Mao Cheng was clearly suggesting to him.

There is no need to fight to the death with the new emperor for his stubbornness. It is much better now than it was during the Zhengde Dynasty. We should cherish the hard-won harmonious relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and work together to maintain the stability of Ming Dynasty, instead of fighting with the little emperor to take his mother to the capital. The incident was so troublesome that the emperor might even quit.

Yang Tinghe immediately called Yang Shen.

"Yongxiu, apart from telling you about this matter as a father, only a few people in the cabinet know about it, but they can't leak it... Could it be that you mentioned it to others?"

Yang Tinghe explained Mao Cheng's purpose first, and then questioned him.

Yang Shen was surprised that Mao Cheng knew about this, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "I only told Yang Dafu about this."

"Duff?"

A gloomy air leaked out between Yang Ting and his brows, carrying a terrifying murderous intent.

Yang Shendao: "Among the Xinke Scholars, Zhu Hao did not expressly express that he would follow his father's lead. It seems that he is a wise man who protects his life. Dafu is the second place. If he wants to mobilize the Xinke Scholars to jointly play, Dafu must come forward, and then invite Hanyuan He is also in charge of the affairs of the Shujishi."

Yang Tinghe nodded slightly, meaning that Yang Shen told Yang Weicong about the matter, and there seemed to be no problem.

Even his father didn't think his son was at fault.

"Besides Dafu, is there any mention of it by outsiders?"

Yang Tinghe asked again.

Yang Shen shook his head: "I didn't even talk about Mao Gong's side, I just asked Mao Gong to talk to Zhu Hao about knowing the current affairs and who he should rely on to make progress, but Zhu Hao clearly didn't want to get too close to us, And then... nothing unusual. Could it be that father suspected that it was Dafu who leaked the matter?"

Yang Tinghe glanced at his son, and asked back: "Being stabbed into the palace before the matter is completed, how do you let the father deal with it? Even if it is an unintentional mistake, it will affect the overall situation."

Yang Shendao: "The child is at fault. Father, the matter of mobilizing the joint name of Jinshi of the new department..."

Yang Shen asked Yang Tinghe for instructions, now that the new emperor has known the plan, should we make changes?
"No delay."

Yang Tinghe's attitude was extremely firm, "The new Jinshi is related to the future of Ming Dynasty. If you don't even dare to give the most basic direct advice, how can you entrust it with important responsibilities in the future? And it must be in advance, and the joint memorial will be reported tomorrow..."

Yang Shen asked for instructions again: "Does everyone have to jointly sign?"

The implication is that with so many Jinshi, we can't let them all join the name at once, right?

Not everyone will be blackmailed by you!
After all, these Jinshi's future official paths are different, and it doesn't mean that Yang Tinghe will be the one to guide everyone to the next step. The fight isn't interesting at all.

Furthermore, some people seem to be unqualified to participate in major events.

"The rest can ignore it, but it's best not to miss any one of the undergraduate Jinshi who entered Hanyuan. If Zhu Hao... refuses to submit, let him be. He can be transferred out of Hanyuan in the future."

What Yang Tinghe meant was that if Zhu Hao didn't know each other, and didn't lead the undergraduate Jinshi together as the number one scholar, and reiterated that the emperor and Princess Jiang are no longer mother and child, and don't need you to serve them, then Zhu Hao is not my kind, so don't force it. The days in the Hanlin Academy will not be long, and he will be transferred to a local official soon.

This is equivalent to an ultimatum to Zhu Hao.

Yang Shen nodded: "If the new division Jinshi joins the competition, the meaning will be very different whether there is a champion or not. I understand what my father means, and I will not force him anymore, or does he really not want to have a future?"

Yang Tinghe said coldly: "Yongxiu, you have to let him understand that there is no good result in looking forward and looking backward, and there is no need for fools in the court!"

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On the way back to the room, Yang Shen pondered over his father's words carefully.

Yang Tinghe would not lower his own value to recruit a new champion, he had to make the ultimatum.

"Idiots? How many people are idiots in this court? Who can be completely indifferent?" Yang Shen felt that there was something wrong with his father's words, but he still had to do what he ordered.

Early the next morning, the first thing Yang Shen did when he arrived at the Imperial Academy was to call Yu Chengxun and ask him to recount the conversation he had with Zhu Hao yesterday, and then tell him his plan.

It was only then that Yu Chengxun knew that Yang Tinghe planned to use the new subjects, especially the newcomers of the Imperial Academy, to join the performance to persuade the emperor not to take his mother to Beijing.

"Someone leaked? Who?"

Yu Chengxun was puzzled.

Yang Shen said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, or someone on His Majesty's side guessed it in advance... It's not completely impossible."

Yu Chengxun thought for a while, then shook his head: "Old Yang Ge didn't mention it to outsiders. In addition, His Majesty's acceptance of Princess Xing to Beijing happened yesterday. It was very sudden. How could anyone predict it in advance? Do you have anything to say to outsiders?"

At this time, Yu Chengxun never thought that the person who leaked the secret was himself, but the problem was that he didn't know that there was such a thing in advance, and naturally he would not suspect that the problem was on himself.

It was precisely because Yang Shen asked Yu Chengxun to recruit Zhu Hao and Yang Weicong to contact a group of good people, and the urgent matter required Zhu Hao to be the leader, so Zhu Hao calculated Yang Tinghe's movements based on this.

Yang Shen shook his head, he was embarrassed to tell Yu Chengxun, but I actually told Yang Weicong.

Not to mention that Yang Tinghe suspected Yang Weicong, even Yang Shen felt that there was something wrong with Yang Weicong. Although Yang Weicong may not have leaked it on purpose, maybe it was an accidental leak?

"One thing, I probably know."

Yang Shen analyzed, "Among the people who have just entered Hanyuan, there must be someone who tipped off His Majesty."

Yu Chengxun's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Could it be...the one from Jiangxi?"

The person said was Fei Hong's nephew Fei Maozhong.

Yang Shen shook his head: "As far as I know, only a dozen or so auspicious scholars went to the banquet yesterday, and Xinke Tanhua did not go... Forget it, Mao Gong, this matter is not important, you and I will split up and go to Hanyuan later. Different public houses, get this matter settled as soon as possible, and let everyone sign up before noon."

"it is good!"

After all, Yu Chengxun was Yang Shen's brother-in-law, and he had no room for doubts in front of his brother-in-law, so the two immediately divided the labor and cooperated.

As for Yang Weicong, who was supposed to be the "leader", he was left aside by Yang Shen.

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That day Zhu Hao entered the Hanlin Academy a little later, when he was studying writing, Yang Shen was the only one waiting for him.

"Is it early again?"

Zhu Hao was surprised.

Yesterday when I entered the Hanlin Academy, I only saw Yang Shen alone. Today, it is even more strange that there is only Yang Shen in the editorial room.

Yang Shendao: "At the end of the month, Hanyuan's affairs will be dealt with, and people in the Hanlin Academy can choose to take a rest. Today, non-new subjects do not need to come to Hanyuan."

Zhu Hao sighed: "It seems that newcomers will be suppressed wherever they are, even the Imperial Academy, which scholars all over the world yearn for, is no exception. If you want to take a break, you can't do it..."

"This is to let you new Hanlin get used to Hanyuan's rules earlier."

Yang Shen's complexion was not good, because he could tell that Zhu Hao was very negative towards work, and he didn't have the sense of mission of serving the country and the people and caring about the world at all, as if he was not in a hurry to get ahead.

As an ordinary Jinshi, if he can enter the Hanlin Academy, he must have worked hard to do something great. Usually, after a few years of hard work, he finds that the future is bleak, and then he wastes his will and muddles through life.

It's really rare for someone like Zhu Hao to dawdle at such a young age.

Zhu Hao said: "Then why is Yang Hanlin here?"

Yang Shen's face was gloomy and cold: "Zhu Hao, Your Majesty wants to take his mother and concubine to the capital and make her the empress dowager. What do you think of this matter?"

"It's messed up."

Zhu Hao blurted out without even thinking for a moment, as if taking it for granted, "Isn't the matter of discussing the ceremony already settled? Could it be because His Majesty proposed to bring Princess Xing to the capital yesterday, what should Hanyuan do? Usually this Such a thing, the Ministry of Rites rejected it with a memorandum."

Yang Shen was slightly surprised.

Zhu Hao had acted very slippery before, showing a respectful and distant attitude towards everyone and everything, such as Yang Tinghe commented that this kid is a fool.

But he didn't expect that Zhu Hao would support Yang Tinghe's proposition on the issue of discussing the ceremony.

Yang Shendao: "The Ministry of Rites has refused many times before, but His Majesty is determined to go his own way, so my idea is... I will take the lead in the performance, and directly admonish Your Majesty... You are the leader of the Xinke Jinshi, do you want to participate in it?"

"Undoubtedly."

Zhu Hao shrugged his shoulders slightly, seeming to understand the truth.

Yang Shen was dumbfounded.

Haha, how did this kid suddenly become so cute today from a fool?

Could there be some conspiracy?
Zhu Hao asked puzzledly: "Why did Yang Hanlin look at me like that? I'm... still young, and I don't know much about the political situation. Besides, I'm from Anlu Prefecture with Your Majesty. I don't want to cause trouble because of my embarrassing status. If there is an act of righteousness, I can still stand with my colleagues."

The implication is that the "grass on the wall" style I showed before does not mean that I have a problem with my values, or that I deliberately want to be a fencer.

It's just because of my special background, plus the fact that I was lucky enough to be the number one scholar in the Jinshi examination as a young man. Dayi, you don't have to exclude me for anything.

Yang Shen was very touched after hearing Zhu Hao's words.

He is also the No. [-] scholar, and Yang Shen is the son of Yang Tinghe. When he won the No. [-] Scholar, his father was already in the cabinet as a second assistant, so he understands Zhu Hao's attitude of "observing the No. [-] in the exam but keeping a low profile so as not to be criticized". mentality.

Suddenly he seemed to be back in the sixth year of Zhengde, when he won the first prize in the examination, when he first entered the Hanlin Academy, he was cautious in every way, and he did not rush forward in everything he could retreat or avoid.

I made the same choice back then, so why do I have to criticize Zhu Hao now?
Yang Shen couldn't help but laugh, looking at Zhu Hao with a little more appreciation, and even a feeling of sympathy.

(End of this chapter)