Jinyi champion

Chapter 543 An Inconspicuous Little Person (Addition [-])
As Zhu Hao speculated, Sun Jiao continued to apply for resignation, each time with more violent words.

But now the court doesn't care too much about whether Sun Jiao will come back. Even Yang Tinghe seems to know that even if the new emperor doesn't use Sun Jiao, he will use other old court officials who have become officials. The most troublesome thing for civil servants now is the young man. The emperor welcomed Princess Jiang into the palace with the courtesy of the empress dowager.

This day in the court, there was another quarrel.

"I am already the son of heaven, and my mother and concubine have no one to take care of me. I am just showing filial piety, but you say that I have violated the etiquette? I want to ask, it is mentioned in the "Book of Rites" that when the mother is alive, she has no brothers." But you want to adopt someone else's name and leave your mother alone?"

Zhu Si's attitude was extremely firm.

This time it was not a dispute between the ministers, but a debate between the emperor and a group of admonishing ministers.

From the beginning to the end, the cabinet, the six ministers, and the nine ministers did not come out to speak, and the ones arguing with the emperor were Shizhong, Hanlin scholars and others. Although Zhang Cong's previous performance caused waves in the court, no one dared to agree with it.

A court meeting broke up unhappy.

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After returning home, Yang Ting and the people from the faction naturally worked hard, and Shangshu argued hard.

Of course, it will not be Yang Tinghe who is pushed to the front, but Mao Cheng, Minister of Rites.

But now Mao Cheng feels that he is going to be unable to hold on anymore. Recently, he has resigned twice... Obviously he doesn't want to stay on the cusp of the storm. Originally, he should come out to lead the discussion of the grand ceremony in the court meeting that day, but No matter how many times Yang Tinghe gave him winks, he remained indifferent, and in the end he just watched those middle-level officials arguing with the emperor.

In the Imperial Academy.

Zhu Hao arrived very late in the morning. He simply sorted out the manuscript for a while before getting ready to leave work. It happened to be his turn to take a bath in the afternoon.

There is no need to come back in the future...

It happened to be the Ghost Festival.

Today, people in the Hanlin Academy are either thinking about offering sacrifices to their ancestors, or thinking about going out to the city to play and relax while they are resting.

No one is paying attention to work.

When he was about to leave at noon, Yu Chengxun came over and said he was inviting Zhu Hao to dinner.

"Brother Yu, it's better to say goodbye. I have arranged some things here, so I won't join in the fun." Zhu Hao declined with a smile.

Yu Chengxun asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Hao said: "Family matters, my mother will come to the capital from her hometown recently."

Yu Chengxun asked suspiciously: "Aren't you from the Zhu family of Jinyiwei Qianhu? The Zhu family seems to be in the capital, right?"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "My mother was always in Anlu before. It is said that my household registration is also in Anlu now, and the property left by my father is also there. It is hard to leave my homeland... But now that I have passed the Jinshi examination, I want to Take my mother to the capital to take care of her."

Yu Chengxun sighed: "What a filial son, when Lingtang arrives in Beijing, I will definitely pay a visit."

"Maybe it's inconvenient?"

Zhu Hao shook his head.

"Oh, look at me, it is indeed inconvenient... But since we are friends, it shouldn't be a problem if you want to pay a visit to Lingtang, right?"

Yu Chengxun wanted to have a good relationship with Zhu Hao, so he didn't think much about visiting the widow.

Right now Zhu Hao has been valued by Yang Shen. Although he has not been used by Yang Tinghe yet, being valued by Yang Shen is the first step for Zhu Hao to gain a firm foothold in the Imperial Academy.

Yu Chengxun and Zhu Hao left the editing room together, and when they were about to arrive at the gate of the Imperial Academy, Yu Chengxun said: "Your Majesty is quite stubborn about taking the concubine to the capital, and I heard that you have a lot of opinions on etiquette. The task is to let everyone go back and study the "Book of Rites" to see how to cite the scriptures to argue and refute, so that His Majesty will no longer be obsessed with receiving the princess into the palace with the ceremony of the empress dowager."

Zhu Hao thought about it.

This time it was quite friendly, and if it didn't come up, let all the new scholars or Hanlin make some kind of joint performance.

But asking everyone to go back and study the "Book of Rites", is this the strategy Liu Chun came up with?

Zhu Hao said: "Brother Yu, is this what Xueshi Liu meant, or... Brother Yang?"

"Ha ha."

Yu Chengxun leaned over and whispered, "Sometimes, it's good to pretend to be confused, don't be serious... I know you have a quick mind, but sometimes you can't speak too bluntly."

After finishing speaking, he gave Zhu Hao a wink, meaning, you just need to know that this is Yang Shen's idea.

Now the Hanlin Academy is nominally presided over by Liu Chun, with Fengxi as his deputy, but in fact, many affairs of the Imperial Academy, especially those involving peace talks on the feast day, are managed by Yang Shen behind the scenes. Yang Shen uses his father's majesty, Has a vague tendency to become a Hanlin bachelor.

Everyone in the Imperial Academy knew about it, but no one dared to point it out.

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"Did he really say that?"

After Yu Chengxun sent Zhu Hao out of the Imperial Academy, he took an official sedan chair to Yang Mansion to meet Yang Shen.

Yang Shen didn't go to the Hanlin Academy that day, but stayed at home to sort out the manuscripts. Now the compilation of "Wu Zong Shilu" has entered the final stage of sorting and entering manuscripts. His name ranks at the top of all the compilations.

Compiling books is the most important "political achievement" in the evaluation of appointment and dismissal in the Imperial Academy.

Generally speaking, when an important book is completed, the book editors will be promoted as appropriate.

It is very difficult for the Hanlin Academy to have any other credit.

Yu Chengxun sat down. After all, the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law is considered a family, and they are not so formal in private.

Yu Chengxun said with a smile: "I think he speaks quite straightforwardly. He is not diligent in doing things, but he is not lazy. In short, he is well versed in the Confucian doctrine of the mean... I really can't see any diligence in him. , but he was able to win the first prize in the exam, and his literary talent is outstanding... Ha ha."

Yang Shen didn't refute Yu Chengxun's opinion, and said calmly: "Perhaps it's because of too much hard work in the past ten years, and the high expectations of others, so I don't want to torment myself too much after being admitted to Jinshi."

Yu Chengxun said: "Yongxiu, you are the number one scholar, you should understand him?"

Yang Shen put down the manuscript in his hand, looked at Yu Chengxun and said: "Now the government and the public are discussing about His Majesty's welcome to the princess. I am not in Hanyuan today, what unique insights do people around have?"

"I've never heard of anyone..."

Yu Chengxun was very calm.

Among the idlers in the Imperial Academy, who would care about the Emperor welcoming his mother?Whether Concubine Jiang should be the Empress Dowager, only old-fashioned moralists will pay attention, or even careerists like Yang Tinghe.

All the Hanlin should be in the vanguard of the discussion ceremony, but none of them wanted to stand out, and they knew that such a thing would be thankless.

If you cater to the emperor, you will be in bad luck now, because you will offend the chief minister of the dynasty.

But to cater to Yang Tinghe, do you expect the first assistant to stay in court for the rest of his life?One day in the future, the new emperor will hold great power, will he take revenge on what happened today?
Therefore, as long as they are not pushed to the head by others, these noble Hanlin will not tell the reason, and they will mess around if they can. At worst, they will pretend that they don’t know about such a thing, and they will not talk about it casually in front of people.

"Ah."

Yang Shen nodded.

Yu Chengxun asked: "Yongxiu, I heard that Mr. Fei entered the cabinet yesterday as a great scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, Jiazhu Kingdom, and Shaobao. What is his attitude towards this matter?"

Yang Shendao: "Father will naturally bring up such matters. Let me think about how we can help. As a junior, there are not many things we can do. But I don't know what strategy His Majesty will come up with. Point... or Yuan Dashi, or people from the Xing Palace should know something about it. Later, you go to see Zhu Hao, and ask him to pay a visit to the old friends of the Palace and find out."

Yu Chengxun shook his head: "Even if Zhu Hao has contact with people from Xingfu, those people won't confide in him, so what's the use of going?"

"How do you know if you don't try? Just tell him a word, whether it will work or not depends on his own ability."

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Chao Zhongchen saw that the emperor was tough in welcoming his mother into the palace.

It is in line with the consistent style of the new emperor on the issue of gifts after he ascended the throne.

This caused headaches for the court.

On the one hand, we have to argue with reason, but at the same time we know that doing so may offend the emperor. Naturally, the hard-headed are not afraid, and feel that there is "morality and etiquette" to support, and the law does not blame the public. Did not violate the axiom, afraid of a ball?
Zhu Hao is just an insignificant role in Yang Tinghe's faction, he doesn't even have the right to speak on such matters, at most he is occasionally used as a gunman.

But on the side of the new emperor, Zhu Hao is a soul and brain-level figure, and almost all the countermeasures come from him.

In the afternoon, Zhu Si went out of the palace to meet Zhu Hao as usual, and complained as soon as they met, and scolded many civil officials for their remonstrance and stubbornness during the court meeting, and also scolded Yang Tinghe and others for not coming forward to dissuade them, It's still being a shit-stirring stick.

"Your Majesty calm down..."

Seeing that Zhu Hao was not saying a word but just listening, Zhang Zuo hurried out to persuade Zhu Si.

Zhu Sidao: "Can I not be angry? Now my concubine is in Tongzhou. If I go to pick up my concubine, I will be able to arrive in the capital in two days...I really want to see my concubine...but if this matter cannot be negotiated, my concubine can only Going back to Anlu to continue to be the princess of Xing, but also to honor my adoptive brother from another family, those people are really crazy!"

"Then stick to it!"

Zhu Hao said.

"Ok?"

Zhu Si looked up at Zhu Hao.

Zhang Zuo was also surprised by Zhu Hao's neither yin nor yang, as if his tone was entertaining.

Zhu Haodao: "These things are waiting for one party to compromise, or to wait for each to take a step back. There is no better strategy... As long as His Majesty shows his stubborn side, Elder Yang Ge is also afraid of troubles in the court, and in the end It is estimated that the concubine will be allowed to enter the palace, and then..."

"The Queen Mother, it's the Queen Mother."

Zhang Zuo emphasized.

Zhu Si glared at Zhang Zuo: "Don't argue, listen to Zhu Hao."

Zhu Haodao: "If the negotiation fails on the surface, His Majesty can also send someone to negotiate with Mr. Yang Ge and others. Anyway, it will be a period of time. As for the princess, knowing that Her Majesty is in trouble, she will wait in Tongzhou with peace of mind. Maybe the princess will wait at that time. You can also come forward to help His Majesty."

"What kind of help?"

Zhu Si asked eagerly.

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "The princess said she wanted to go back to Anlu, so your majesty told the ministers that she wanted to go back to take care of her. Now that the guards in the capital are basically under your majesty's control, do they dare to let him go? This is like doing It’s the same as buying and selling, if you don’t turn your head and show decisiveness, how can the store compromise on the price?”

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