Jinyi champion

Chapter 556 The Controversy Between the Two Palaces

After Sun Jiao resigned three times and was rejected three times to keep him, he was summoned by the emperor to the court that day.

It can be regarded as giving Sun Jiao a bigger step down.

"...Sun Qing's family, you are an old minister. I need a capable minister like you to lead the household department. Now is the time when the court needs to do things in all aspects to get rid of the bad government, increase revenue and reduce expenditure. With you, you can deter Xiaoxiao and let the world Returning to my heart. Please Sun Qing's family don't refuse again, give me a chance so that I can restore the glory of Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Si personally persuaded Sun Jiao to accept the position of Minister of the Household Department in front of many ministers in the court hall.

This is considered the highest courtesy of civil servants.

Sun Jiao has been rejecting official positions in succession. On Yang Tinghe's side, he has completed the "confession", and there is no need to worry about Yang Tinghe thinking that he is "rejecting and welcoming". His grandson's family is really going to be in bad luck.

"The old minister is old and frail, it is really..."

If the words are not speculative, Sun Jiao is still obsessed with obsession.

Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, took a step forward and said, "Old Sun, there are many old ministers in the court, and all of you are the cornerstones of the Ming court. You don't pretend to be old, but you are really old and ambitious."

"This...the old minister...he tried his best, hoping to live up to His Majesty's expectations..."

It was at this point that Sun Jiao officially accepted the official position.

……

……

The meeting ended.

On the way out of the palace, Sun Jiao was surrounded by many officials to congratulate him.

Sun Jiao has nothing else, but his reputation is still there. At the beginning, he became an official more because of his honesty and outspokenness, offending Emperor Zhengde and those courtiers. , Ministers with a neutral nature naturally welcome it, and even Yang Tinghe's best friends in the faction feel that it is not a bad thing for Sun to return to the court.

This is what Yang Tinghe is worried about.

Up to now, there has been no formal communication between Yang Tinghe and Sun Jiao, and Yang Tinghe doesn't even know what Sun Jiao's political attitude is.

To the cabinet value room.

The eunuch Xiao Jing, the supervisor of rites, appeared. Yang Tinghe was going to discuss things with Jiang Mian, but when he saw Xiao Jinglai, he could only put the matter at hand aside.

"...The Holy Mother Empress has decreed that His Majesty is not too young now, and the country is just in peace. It is time to complete the wedding for His Majesty earlier. Let the Ministry of Rites decide the time and candidates as appropriate, and arrange the auspicious time and the number of wedding ceremony."

As soon as Xiao Jing came up, he explained the situation.

In order to distinguish between Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Jiang, Xiao Jing used a set of rhetoric that had never appeared in the government before, which can be regarded as a redefinition of the identities of the two empress dowagers in the palace.

Everyone can understand that the person who is anxious to marry the new emperor is not the Empress Dowager Zhang, but the Empress Dowager Jiang, the emperor's biological mother, because she is the only "Holy Mother", and the emperor's mother is anxious about her son's marriage.

"Please report back, I will write it down!"

Yang Tinghe handed over his command, appearing very formal.

……

……

Send Xiao Jing away.

Fei Hong leaned over and asked, "The Empress Dowager is so concerned about His Majesty's marriage, does she have any intention of marrying the ministers?"

In one sentence, the key point was picked out.

It is impossible for the queen mother to ask the new emperor to get married early for no reason at this time.

There are two reasons for mentioning it now.

One reason is that after Empress Dowager Jiang entered the palace, her sense of presence in the court was relatively low. She wanted to use this to justify her name and let everyone in the world know that she was the real empress dowager and had the right to make decisions about her son's marriage.

The second reason is that Sun Jiao returned to the court.

When Empress Dowager Jiang entered Beijing, she almost used the method of "kidnapping" to bring Sun Jiao to the capital, and at the same time brought Sun Jiao's daughter. At today's court meeting, Sun Jiao finally agreed to serve as Minister of the Household Department after several resignations. It is estimated that the Queen Mother Jiang I think the most appropriate time to marry my grandson has come.

Mao Jidao: "Your Majesty's grand wedding, as a rule, cannot be selected as a candidate for a civil servant of the fourth rank or above. This matter should be carried out by the Ministry of Rites according to past practices. One is not to act too hastily, and the other is not to break the rules."

The Ming Dynasty had a way of selecting foreign relatives. A lady from a famous eunuch's family could not be a candidate for the queen, especially a civil official's family.

The head of the state would be made an earl before, and he would start to be a marquis when he was Emperor Xiaozong. As a civil servant, he has prestige in the court and wants to get a hereditary title of military rank. The influence on the court is too great, and it is easy to become too big. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the selected empress families were from the general literati class, and most of the candidates were the daughters of middle- and lower-level officials and supervisors.

First of all, you must have a clean family background, then you must have good appearance and etiquette, and the best thing is to have a reputation of filial piety.

To put it more plainly... It depends on who is clever, who can know the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites, or who can put money in it.

Didn't Queen Mother Zhang come up like this?

In front of Fei Hong, Yang Tinghe wouldn't say too much, but when they sat down, Fei Hong and Mao Ji took turns to go back to rest first, and then came back to watch the night in the afternoon. possibility of marriage."

Jiang Mian immediately understood.

……

……

In the Imperial Academy.

Zhu Hao is still working on his books, and his life is extremely leisurely.

It is much more relaxed here than when I was studying in King Xing's Mansion. It seems that there is something to do every day, and it seems that there is nothing to do every day. Except for the newcomer who is too embarrassed to skip work, everything else is fine.

It is estimated that after entering the Imperial Academy for half a year, I will be able to fish for three days and hang out on the net for two days, and ask for leave from time to time, but now I still have to pretend to be dedicated to my job and fool my colleagues.

"Zhu Hao, come out for a moment."

Zhu Hao was still there leisurely reading a book, when Yang Shen came suddenly and called Zhu Hao out.

Compared with Zhu Hao's "diligence", Yang Shen, an old fritter in the Hanlin Academy, is a bit too unrestrained. For ten or ten days, Yang Shen spends less than half a day in the editing room, and it's okay to come here occasionally They come and go in a hurry, and it seems that they don't take the affairs of the Imperial Academy too seriously.

After Zhu Hao came out, he didn't see anyone else.

Yang Shen said: "Today, Elder Sun has returned to court."

"Oh."

Zhu Hao nodded, "When Elder Sun arrived in the capital, he asked for his resignation several times, and His Majesty tried every means to keep him. It is expected that he will not be able to push back for too long."

Yang Shen nodded in agreement with Zhu Hao's statement.

For any minister, there is no reason to refuse to be treated so courteously by the emperor. If he persists in this way, he will be shameless.

Yang Shendao: "Today the Empress Dowager made a decree to complete the wedding for His Majesty as soon as possible."

Zhu Hao asked puzzledly: "Shouldn't this matter be decided by the Queen Mother's decree?"

"That's where the problem lies."

Yang Shen was very satisfied with the sharpness of Zhu Hao's words, and continued, "Now Your Majesty is deliberately alienating the Empress Dowager with filial piety, and takes the words of the Holy Mother of God as the golden rule. People can't understand His Majesty's Zong Zhen."

Zhu Hao thought to himself, after talking so much, isn't he still picking on the emperor in terms of grand ceremony?

Zhu Haodao: "When I was in Anlu, His Majesty was still the eldest son of the royal family. I heard that the Xing Wangfu intended to marry Sun Lao's family, but was rejected by Sun Lao. Now the Queen Mother proposes His Majesty's wedding at this time. , Is it related to Sun Lao's return to court?"

Yang Shen smiled and said: "You can see it too? I guess it is so... The rules of the Ming Dynasty, the daughter of an important minister cannot be married to His Majesty, let alone appoint a candidate before the wedding, and the daughter of a commoner is the queen, which has long been established. .”

Without Yang Shen's explanation, Zhu Hao also knew the rules of Daming after the election.

Although the post-election rules of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are slightly different, they are roughly divided into "sea election", "primary election", "fine selection", "selection", "palace election", "concubine election" and "selection". Generally speaking, the process of "imperial appointment" is to select a woman who will become the queen from thousands of candidates for the queen.

In the election, that is, the three people who "choose three", even if the queen is not selected by the imperial court, they will definitely become concubines, or even noble concubines. In the future, after the death of the queen, there is even the possibility of being canonized as a queen.

Of course, there was also a precedent of Xiaozong sending back the two who were unsuccessful in the third election.

Because of the huge momentum after this kind of election, those who are not selected may become palace maids in the Ye court. Except for those who have no status who want to use this to gain high positions, who would be willing to ruin their daughter's lifelong happiness?

You know, after this post-election process, only one person will win in the end, and the rest will have the opportunity to be lucky enough to become concubines by the emperor. At most, there will be more than a dozen or twenty people. Only for speculators to gamble.

"What if the Queen Mother and Your Majesty insist?" Zhu Hao asked.

Yang Shendao: "This kind of thing can't set a precedent. If the rules are broken, the kings of later generations will follow suit. It will form the deep-rooted and intertwined forces of the court and the party, and it will be a sign of chaos for the powerful and powerful."

The words are nice, but the problem is that the little emperor insisted on so many things before, didn't each one become a reality?

"Zhu Hao, I asked you before, are you not married yet?"

Yang Shen suddenly changed the subject.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, you really didn't mean well when you asked me this.

Is this asking me to compete with the new emperor?
I became the "rival in love" of the new emperor, not only tied me to your boat, but also ruined the dream of the Empress Dowager Jiang marrying her grandson. It is a good plan to kill two birds with one stone, but the problem is that you have to sacrifice my interests Do you know?

Zhu Hao said: "My mother will arrive in the capital in the next few days. Regarding the important matters of marriage, I have to let my mother decide."

Yang Shen smiled and said: "You probably know what I'm talking about, and I also expected that Old Sun's Ministry will definitely not agree to the marriage proposal of the Queen Mother. There are so many twists and turns in Sun's Old Ministry's return to court. Have you broken your principles in matters related to his posthumous reputation? In fact, you are a good match for the youngest daughter of the Sun family, but it is also..."

"Brother Yang, let's not mention this matter."

Zhu Hao flatly refused.

Zhu Hao is a modern person. No matter what Sun Jiao's family background is, he still rejects the form of arranged marriage in his mind. Why can't he make decisions about his spouse?

　The update has been delivered, don't begrudge your monthly pass and subscription, thank you very much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)