Jinyi champion

Chapter 526 Internal Meetings
Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was obviously messed up because of Zhang Cong's performance.

The theory proposed by Zhang Cong in the memorandum can be said to be very perfect. It is equivalent to redefining Zhu Si's identity in the matter of enthronement. younger brother.

Among them is the question of who is close to Emperor Zhengde by blood. Who else is there besides Zhu Youzhao's son Zhu Si?

blood theory.

The succession depends on the closeness of blood, not the strict sense of "brother and brother"!
Because Zhu Si has never been adopted under Xiaozong's name, and Zhu Houzhao is not qualified to adopt a son for his father... If you don't have a son to die, then you should pass the throne to the person closest to you according to the legal order , the son of your oldest uncle.

Because this theory was intended to be made public, the ruling and opposition parties soon found out about it.

For a while, the issue of the new emperor's legal system became the focus of heated discussions among scholars in the capital.

"The effect has been achieved..."

That day Zhu Hao and Tang Yin went out to watch a play, sat down at random in a tea house, and listened to the red-faced people around them arguing.

Scholars automatically divided into two factions, debating whose son the new emperor should be.

Tang Yin was very emotional.

Lu Song couldn't listen any longer, and was about to go up and teach the scholars who casually talked about state affairs, but Tang Yin stopped him: "It has nothing to do with you and me, and His Majesty needs such discussions to overturn the tone set by the Ministry of Rites. .”

Lu Song thought about it, looked at Zhu Hao, and found that Zhu Hao hadn't expressed anything, so he sat down again.

"Sir, you see it very clearly, just let Zhang Cong come out to stir up the muddy water... Without such a person, this pool of water will become stagnant."

Zhu Hao smiled and nodded.

Tang Yin said: "Do you know what the son of Yang's parents will do next?"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "I don't know the details, I'm just guessing... I've told His Majesty to summon the Minister of Rites and the cabinet to discuss it behind closed doors. When the time comes...hehe."

Tang Yin nodded.

He was afraid that Zhu Hao would forget about it, or that he would not be confident. Now that Zhu Hao was holding Zhu Hao's Zhizhu, he knew that he was supercilious.

"The princess is driving north, and she is already on the way. I heard that Sun Shangshu's family, the new head of household, also went north with me. They might really be forced to come here... Then how do you get an old minister to accept your logic and let him help His Majesty? , to fight against the DPRK-China friendship?"

Tang Yin became concerned about Sun Jiao's problem again.

Zhu Hao shrugged his shoulders: "I can't help it... Appointing an old minister is just a move in itself. Don't take this move too cleverly. Even if Mr. Sun has friendship with Prince Xing's House, he is not a close friend. On issues of right and wrong, it is unrealistic to expect Elder Sun to help with all his strength."

Historically, after Sun was handed over to the capital, he really joined Yang Tinghe's camp, and he was partial to Yang Tinghe's proposition on the issue of the ceremony.

But this does not affect the new emperor's trust in Sun Jiao, because everyone knows that this is seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. Sun Jiao returned to the court at such an age, and he could not ruin his reputation just to help a little emperor. The people of great ceremony did not end well in the field of public opinion in the end. Even if Zhang Cong and Gui E became the first assistants, they were also classified as treacherous and evil, and their reputation in the Ming Dynasty could not be restored.

This is the power of the civil society.

Zhu Hao never expected to rely on Sun Jiao to join his side and push the ceremony to a climax.

If you want to achieve great things, you can only force Yang Tinghe to leave the court step by step. That is the time when the new emperor really takes power.

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

An internal meeting is taking place.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he summoned the ministers many times, which also gave the ministers a kind of full respect. But this time, the people he saw were only five, except for the Minister of Rites Mao Cheng, they were the "big four" in the cabinet, Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and Yuan Zonggao.

Because Fei Hong has not yet arrived in the capital, the cabinet is still composed of the Big Four.

"...Your family, a few days ago, I just told the report of a Jinshi who observed politics in the court hall. You all know the content. It involves my background and succession. I am not ungrateful. I don’t want to abandon my filial piety to the empress dowager, but I just want to confer the title of my biological father as emperor and my biological mother as empress dowager, isn’t that too much to ask?”

Zhu Si deliberately distinguished the titles of Empress Dowager Zhang and Princess Jiang.

One is the "Empress Dowager" and the other is the "Empress Dowager".

The difference of one word, the effect is very different, and the rules based on it are also proposed by Zhang Cong. Birth is big, and you can't completely forget the kindness of your parents just because the son of Xing Wang became the emperor. King Xingxian was named Emperor Xingxian, and Concubine Jiang was the Empress Dowager Jiang, neither of which insisted on adding the emperor character.

This also makes it easier to obtain compromises from civil servants.

Mao Cheng argued hard: "Your Majesty, absolutely not."

Zhu Sidao: "You can't just say it, but why not? I am the emperor, and it's been a tradition for emperors since ancient times to enshrine my parents as emperors and queens. I haven't broken the etiquette!
"I heard that recently, because of the performance of the Jinshi Guanzheng, some people want to transfer him to the Nanjing Six Department as the head, and he will be promoted and surrendered secretly. In this way, you want to take revenge on him, don't you?"

As soon as this remark came out, several people present looked at each other in blank dismay.

They don't even know this kind of thing.

Only Yang Tinghe's face was gloomy, because this happened to be something Yang Tinghe secretly discussed with Shi Ping, Minister of the Ministry of officials.

As a former Hanlin scholar and minister of rites, Shi Pang has no practical experience in many things. He is mostly controlled by Yang Tinghe in court affairs. It just happened to be true.

Historically, Shi Ping was replaced by Qiao Yu in July, and he was transferred to be in charge of Zhan Shifu's imperial edict after only two months as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the appointment and removal of personnel in the court. If there is a vacancy in the Six Ministries of Nanjing, it will be filled by Scholars from the Imperial Court, which also follows the old system."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present knew that such a thing really happened.

It is said that before Zhang Cong's overthrow, the bureaucracy's deliberations were "treacherous" and "should be beheaded" for crimes, but in reality it can't be done that way, because the civil servants disagree with you, so you kill them?Wouldn't that be a talk?
And now the emperor will definitely protect Zhang Cong to death, and the conflict between the monarch and his ministers will cause a huge gap because of Zhang Cong's life and death. The best way is to secretly order him to leave. If you don't return to the capital, you can't make any more troubles, right?

The ideal is full, but the reality is...

That corner of Nanjing is full of a group of frustrated external officials. Many people want to climb back to the capital to become officials. When they meet Zhang Cong who was released because he agreed with the new emperor, it is like catching a life-saving straw. After Zhang Cong arrived in Nanjing, he met a large group of speculators such as Gui E, and they continued to stay in Nanjing.

It is against this background that the Great Ritual Discussion intensified.

Zhu Si sneered endlessly: "Mr. Yang Ge, according to what you said, Zhang Cong was guilty of arguing that he was guilty of making a grand ceremony. It would be best for the court if he had to transfer out of the capital and stay away from me, right?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "Not really."

Zhu Sidao: "Then why are there so many Jinshi who observe politics, but he is the first one to be released as the head of Nanjing Six Departments?"

Yang Tinghe had been prepared for a long time and replied: "This is a group of Jinshi who observe politics and release them to the outside world as officials. Zhang Cong's Jinshi exam is already old, and he is considered mature and prudent. He had top grades in the previous official examination, so he was released from office early."

"is it?"

Zhu Si continued to argue, "Why do I still hear that Mr. Yang Ge plans to refute Zhang Cong's memorial with a new memorial to Jinshi? Is this a way to completely seal my filial piety?"

Yang Tinghe felt that he was very passive.

It seems that everything can be predicted by Zhu Si.

He did have such thoughts.

Now that Xinke Jinshi Zhang Cong proposed the second big ceremony, it is better to "learn from barbarians to improve their skills to control barbarians", and use Xinke Jinshi to make another memorial to refute Zhang Cong's views one by one, even the leader has thought about it , it is the new champion Zhu Hao.

But just like the previous situation, before it was put into practice, the emperor knew it in advance.

Can the emperor really pinch and count?

Can everything be calculated in advance?
Or is there a traitor around?

Yang Tinghe even had a terrifying thought in his mind, the person who leaked the secret could not be my son, right?

"I just want to honor my birth mother well. My late father has gone, and my mother has gone to the capital to take care of her. I want to fulfill my responsibilities as a son. Recently, my mother and concubine will go to the capital. If you don't give me some accommodation, then I can only use some Excessive means."

Zhu Si's attitude was firm, and his tone was even more threatening, "That's all I said. This is just a private meeting, and it must not be publicized to the outside world. I also hope that you can think carefully and weigh it carefully after you go back."

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At the end of the internal meeting, Zhu Si left Yuan Zonggao alone to speak.

In fact, it is to give Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng the opportunity to discuss matters alone. On the way out of the palace, you can discuss with me carefully. If you feel that Yuan Zonggao is inconvenient, I will leave him behind, just to confuse the public and let you not know. I keep his purpose.

In fact, I just want to catch up with Yuan Zonggao and have a meal.

On the way out of the palace, all three people except Yang Tinghe were in a hurry.

Mao Cheng said: "What is your Majesty's intention? In order to serve the princess, even the minimum honors of the monarch and ministers are ignored? What is this? I did all this not to let her name sit on the golden throne, but it seems to be me. Waiting to bring disaster to the country and the people."

Mao Ji sighed: "I don't know where His Majesty's persistence comes from."

Yang Tinghe feels that one head is two big.

It seems unrealistic to want to change the emperor now. If we continue to fight the cold war with the emperor, it will only lead to the freezing point of the relationship between the emperor and his ministers.

If the troubles are not good, it will return to the state of the Zhengde period. The gap between the monarch and his ministers is too deep, and even basic communication cannot be achieved.

The only way to alleviate it seems to be to take a step back.

(End of this chapter)