Jinyi champion

Chapter 560 Responding in advance (addition)
The tenth of August.

It was the new emperor's birthday, which belonged to the Jiajing Dynasty's Qianqiu Festival, and the ministers had to present gifts as usual.

And feudal lords from all over the world have prepared gifts long ago and sent them to the capital one after another. This is to quell the rebellion of King Ning and the death of Emperor Zhengde. Especially the feudal lords from all over the country regarded this as a manifestation of their allegiance to the new emperor, and treated it with all their energy.

In fact, after the new emperor ascended the throne, vassal lords from all over the world have congratulated him, but not everyone is convinced of the little emperor.

After all, Zhu Si came from a side branch of the royal family, why is he so lucky to be the emperor, and we can't?
There were a lot of gifts from various places, and some gifts that wanted to curry favor with the new emperor were naturally more expensive. These gifts did not need to be filed with the imperial court, but would be sent directly to the palace, and after the emperor's inspection, they would be sent to the Inner Palace for storage.

The new emperor's birthday.

All the ministers celebrated their birthdays, and Zhu Si was still giving a banquet in the Wenhua Hall at noon.

The banquet is divided into two shifts.

The first class was attended by high-level civil servants, several elders of the court, the nine ministers of the six ministries, the ministers of each ministries, Duge Shizhong, Hanlin bachelors, etc.

After this class finishes eating, the second class will come again.

This time it was middle-level officials in Beijing who came here.

As an editor of the Hanlin Academy, Zhu Hao's official rank is low but his future achievements will be very high. He was also invited. He finally set foot in the palace for the first time after becoming an official and had a delicious meal with his colleagues .

The Hanlin Academy is led by Yang Shen. After all, the Hanlin Bachelor, the Attendant Reader, and the Attendant Lecturer have all finished their meals.

"Yongxiu, I heard that you will be promoted to be a lecturer soon, so let me congratulate you here first."

At the same time, there were six doctors in Beijing, Yuan Wai Lang, the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the counselor of the Tongzheng envoy, and the Shaoqing of various temples. At present, there is still no promotion from the position of editor. Many colleagues have been officials in the court for ten years, and they have been promoted after nine years of examination.

Yang Shen's high prestige among middle-level officials is of course mainly due to the prestige of his father Yang Tinghe in the court.Zhu Hao was treated courteously by Yang Shen, instead of sitting at the same table, many people came to toast and greet Yang Shen, at the same time they saluted Zhu Hao and introduced each other to each other.

Half of the time for a meal, Yang Shen was dealing with people.

After the banquet is over, the unfinished food must be taken back.

It seems that the banquet is not very rich, but it is always something made by the imperial dining room of the palace, and the folks can't buy it if they want to, and this kind of food is more of an honor, and it is better to bring it home so that the family can feel the emperor's grace, by the way Taste the craftsmanship of the royal chef.

"Zhu Hao, during the banquet today, you don't talk much."

On the way back to the Imperial Academy, Yang Shen mentioned something.

Zhu Hao smiled, not knowing what to say.

I just entered the imperial court, and I was the number one scholar at the age of fourteen. Most people are not convinced by my talents, what do you want me to tell them?
When someone comes over to say hello, it's not bad for me to pay back the courtesy. Even if I want to chat with them a few more words, I have to divide the time and occasion.

Yu Chengxun hurried to catch up with the two of them, and asked, "Have you noticed that there don't seem to be many people here today?"

Yang Shen took a look at him, "You mean the palace man?"

"Yes."

Yu Chengxun said, "When the first emperor gave a banquet, there would always be palace people showing up to show His Majesty's favor, and there were also links such as toasting to His Majesty from afar, but this time the new emperor enthroned, all the red tape was removed, and even giving banquets seemed to be the most important thing. ...Not very formal, always feels a little bit shabby."

Yang Shendao: "Since the new emperor came to the throne, he has always advocated diligence and frugality. So far, the new emperor has had disputes with the ministers except for the two matters of building Xingxian Emperor's sacrificial temple and rebuilding Xingwang Palace. Going to fix it."

Empress Dowager Jiang entered the palace, officially confirming the current coexistence of empress dowagers in the two palaces.

Empress Dowager Zhang lives in Renshou Palace, and Empress Dowager Jiang lives in Qingning Palace. In terms of status, she is naturally respected by Empress Dowager Zhang. After entering the palace, Empress Dowager Jiang visited Empress Zhang and was treated coldly. For this reason, Zhu Si held a grudge mind.

Yu Chengxun seemed to know something, he didn't shy away from Zhu Hao, and said with a smile: "But I don't know how His Majesty insists on naming the Queen Mother, how should we avoid it?"

When Yang Shen mentioned Qingning Palace, Yu Chengxun took advantage of the opportunity to raise the issue of the title of Empress Dowager Chiang.

He does not mean that.

In history, after his mother entered the palace, the first thing Zhu Si insisted on was to add the word "Huang" to the titles of his father and mother to reflect that they were equal to Xiaozong and Queen Mother Zhang, so that he no longer had to worry about adopting others. Under the name, the argument of succession and not succession can be established.

Unexpectedly, in the first month of the first year of Jiajing, the small room behind Qingning Palace caught fire.

The ministers took this as a reason, thinking that Zhu Si had offended the heavens when he gave his parents titles, and it was a punishment from the heavens.

Originally, Zhu Houcong's attitude was so tough that he couldn't add it. The fire broke out and he was terrified. Empress Dowager Jiang also felt that his son's throne was too easy. Since it was a gift from heaven, it was best not to go against the sky, so she advised her son.

In this case, Zhu Houcong had to temporarily put aside the matter of adding the title of emperor to his parents, and officially took Emperor Xiaozong as the emperor.

In this round of the debate on rituals, the civil servants can be said to have won a complete victory.

As a latecomer, Zhu Hao will naturally consider the impact of an event on people. Although history has not clearly stated whether the fire was purely accidental or arson, an inexplicable fire was ignited at a critical time. A monarch-subject crisis was resolved.

If the fire is man-made, who is the arsonist or instigator?
Just think about who is in the best interest of this matter, and you will know who let it go.

With Zhu Si's personality, would he use his own way of setting fire to resolve the rift between the monarch and his ministers?He is already an emperor, but he would not do such a disadvantageous thing, so there is only one explanation, this fire must be related to Queen Mother Zhang and Yang Tinghe.

Knowing this, Zhu Hao felt that the current Zhu Si's attitude on certain matters was too firm, and someone might take the risk and advance the fire.

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That night when Zhu Si came out of the palace, Zhu Hao discussed with him about giving titles to Emperor Xingxian and Empress Xingxian.

Zhu Si's attitude was extremely firm.

"I will not compromise with those ministers on this matter. Zhu Hao, you don't know that I brought my mother into the palace. I took my mother to see that woman with good intentions, but the woman gave her mother a face. I didn't want to do this. I mentioned it to outsiders, but that woman actually asked me to kneel down for her! If it weren't for seeing the queen mother beside me...it would be so frustrating!"

Zhu Si didn't mention this before.

It's just that Empress Dowager Jiang was neglected by Empress Dowager Zhang when she entered the palace.

Now he even told Zhu Hao such secrets, paying attention to explaining how much he trusted Zhu Hao.

At this time, Zhu Hao and Zhu Si were talking alone, even Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin were not around, so Zhu Hao had nothing to worry about, so he expressed his worries.

"In the matter of accepting the Queen Mother into the palace, civil servants obviously suffered a disadvantage. I am afraid that Queen Mother Zhang will also feel unwilling." In order to take care of Zhu Si's state of mind, Zhu Hao mentioned that Queen Mother Zhang could neither be called an empress. Empress Dowager, I can't say what kind of empress dowager she is, but I can only be called by her surname.

Sure enough, when Zhu Hao said so, Zhu Si's face looked much better.

Zhu Si smiled and said, "You have another plan, don't you? Tell me quickly."

Zhu Haodao: "It's not that I have a plan, but I think that our opponents will take action... Your Majesty's stance on granting the title to the Empress Dowager is resolute, just like the method used to deal with civil servants before. What method does Your Majesty think they should use?" To stop His Majesty?"

When Zhu Si heard this, let me think about it?
If I have a good head, I don't need you to give me advice, okay?
"Zhu Hao, aren't you embarrassing me? I don't know what methods they will use... Tell me quickly, I am really anxious to death." Zhu Sidao.

Only then did Zhu Hao mention the possibility that his opponent might set fire to Qingning Palace.

Zhu Si was extremely surprised: "Isn't it? They dared to act like this after eating the bear's heart and leopard courage?"

Zhu Haodao: "I hope it's my villainous heart, but I'm afraid... the imperial palace, especially the harem, is still in charge of the Empress Dowager Zhang. There are many concubines in the harem, and most of the palace people are left by the previous two dynasties. Maybe not Someone must have instructed it, or someone might want to use it to make merit.

"Furthermore, His Majesty's accession to the throne has harmed the interests of many stubborn forces in the palace. They have relied on the power of Queen Mother Zhang. As the lord of the Six Palaces for more than [-] years, Queen Mother Zhang has a wide range of influence in the palace. She Some of his followers may do something to harm His Majesty in order to make meritorious service."

Zhu Si nodded, and he recognized the most crucial point in Zhu Hao's words.

That is, your arrival has harmed the interests of others, and others will definitely find ways to retaliate.

Zhu Hao continued: "However, according to my expectation, most of them dare not attack the main hall of Qingning Palace, and their targets are mostly side halls or back rooms, so His Majesty had better arrange people to keep an eye on them, and find people from the Xing Palace. If you are unfortunate enough to be caught by my words, immediately find Xiao Jing and ask him to testify, and bring the evildoers to the public to intimidate the courtiers."

Zhu Si grinned and said, "Zhu Hao, it's not like you figured out the secret again, did you?"

"Your Majesty, don't laugh. If I had that ability, I would have already ascended to become a god. Why do I need to worry so much here?" Zhu Hao said angrily.

Zhu Si still kept laughing.

Zhu Hao said: "It's your Majesty's birthday today, it's better to go back to the palace earlier and reunite with your family."

Zhu Si smiled and said: "No need, at noon my family has already celebrated my birthday... Oh yes, the second batch of people from Xingwang's Mansion has arrived in the capital, and Lu Bing has also come. Let him come to you in two days .”

Zhu Hao suddenly remembered that there was another Lu Bing who would shine in the next few decades, and he hadn't made it to the top yet.

After all, Lu Bing was only eleven years old, no one took him seriously, only Zhu Si thought he was a childhood playmate, or the nanny's child, so he paid more attention.

Although Lu Bing's mother, Fan Niang, lives outside the palace, she can travel to the inner courtyard of the palace. In history, Lu Bing often went to the palace with his mother to play, and his relationship with Zhu Houcong became closer.

"Ah."

Zhu Hao nodded.

Zhu Si happily took Zhu Hao out and asked someone to prepare hot pot.

Birthday celebration outside the palace.

Zhu Si ate two big meals a day, as if he was not satisfied with the delicacies in the palace, but only liked the folk delicacies outside the palace that Zhu Hao prepared for him.

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