Jinyi champion

Chapter 627 Mother is "kind" and son is "filial"

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Empress Dowager Zhang hosted a banquet for Zhu Si and Yang Tinghe, the pair of monarchs and ministers. At the same time, all the members of the cabinet and the two ministers of the court were invited to accompany them.

Empress Dowager Zhang sat in the main seat, with the emperor's seat on one side.

There are three desks on each side below, and on the left are Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian and Mao Ji.

And the seat on the right is very particular.

The leader is Sun Jiao, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, followed by Fei Hong, a cabinet scholar, and Tang Yin is the last.

This is Tang Yin's first time to participate in such a high-level palace banquet, and the empress dowager and the emperor entertained the ministers together, and Tang Yin was able to enter the palace, and it was also the empress dowager Zhang who learned that Tang Yin was highly valued by the new emperor, and that the matter of opening a mine was a matter of course. Hosted by Tang Yin.

The feast begins.

In terms of wine and dishes, they are very particular. There are five types of fruits, five types of roasted fried foods, phoenix chicken, double stick bones, four colors of vegetables, three types of soups, etc., all of which are first-class delicacies.

Empress Dowager Zhang made an opening remark: "Mr. Yang Ge, Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and you don't understand many things. I rely on you and your family for your help. If there is any dispute, you can just explain it clearly in private to avoid misunderstanding... There is a lot of noise in the court. , isn’t it a joke for the world to see?”

Yang Tinghe's face was stiff, and he cupped his hands as if he was being taught.

Zhu Sidao: "Mother, I also feel that Mr. Yang Ge and all the ministers have made great contributions, especially in strengthening my foundation of the Ming Dynasty. I should reward them based on their merits."

Empress Dowager Zhang said: "Your Majesty, haven't you added Yang Ge as the Zuozhu Kingdom?"

Yang Tinghe has made great contributions. After Zhu Si arrived in the capital, he added Yang Tinghe the "Zuozhu Kingdom" Wenjue, which is already the most favored by all the ministers in the court, but now Zhu Si seems to want to reward him again.

"It's not enough, it's not enough!" Zhu Sidao said, "I think that by virtue of merit, elders Yang Ge, Jiang Ge, and Mao Ge should be counted as earls, with a salary of a thousand stones."

"what?"

Queen Mother Zhang didn't expect her son to be so open-minded.

Thinking of adding officials and ranks to his political opponents?

Or is it a civil servant to be promoted to a lord?
Yang Tinghe looked a little weird, it was obvious that the little emperor's actions exceeded his expectations, so he hastily declined: "Your Majesty, no."

Zhu Si said with a smile: "Wang Shouren, Shangshu of the Ministry of War in the South, made the rebellion of King Ning of Pingjiang, and he was named Xinjian Bo. In terms of merit, several courts are far above him, so why can't they be named Boss? Hereditary, no replacement, to show my respect Long pet of future generations."

Yang Ting and Jiang Mian and Mao Ji next to him didn't say anything, but it was obvious that anyone would want to accept the canonization of titles.

But it is unacceptable!

Who knows what the little emperor is planning?
There was a conflict before, and you want to get some benefits out of it to calm down the turmoil?Let the cabinet ministers continue to support the little emperor's future policy strategy?
Empress Dowager Zhang said with a smile: "Your Majesty is interested, so you don't have to refuse Mr. Yang Ge, Mr. Jiang Ge and Mr. Mao Ge."

With that said, it was obvious that Fei Hong, who had just joined the cabinet, was boycotted, as if Fei Hong was not worthy of the canonization.

But Fei Hong didn't care. He also knew that conferring the title was just a superficial glamor and caused a lot of criticism from the parliament. In addition, he had endured a lot of pressure from the court when he returned to the court, so he didn't want to be involved in the whirlpool of public opinion.

Yang Tinghe got up and bowed to salute: "The old minister did what he did for Daming, and he never dared to take credit for it. Your Majesty, please take it back."

"Queen, what do you think?"

Zhu Si pretended to ask Empress Dowager Zhang for her opinion.

Empress Dowager Zhang sighed: "Actually, His Majesty also has good intentions... Forget it, even if a few of you are not entitled to titles, they should still be in command of Jinyiwei. What do you think?"

The mother and son seriously discussed the issue of rewards for the three veteran cabinet ministers.

If you don't want to be earls, you will be given the position of commander of the hereditary Jinyiwei, which is also hereditary. Of course, it is difficult to give it if there is a shortage, but with this false title, the three of you will also belong to the noble system of the capital in the future, which is comparable to yours. It is much better for the descendants of the family to take the imperial examination and become an official. After all, not everyone is a seed of reading, and some of their descendants are not successful. It is a way out for them.

Yang Tinghe said: "The Empress Dowager, the old ministers, etc., absolutely dare not accept it."

Jiang Mian and Mao Ji also stood up and declined: "I dare not accept it."

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled wryly: "What is this for? Your family has made great contributions to the imperial court. Don't you accept this little reward? Sit down and talk, there is no need to be so formal."

Under the guidance of Yang Tinghe, the three people on the left sat down again.

The atmosphere of this banquet was oppressive, neither the emperor nor the ministers knew what to say.

On the contrary, Empress Dowager Zhang rarely had the opportunity to contact foreign ministers, and this time fully demonstrated her prestige as empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Zhang said: "The cabinet ministers were originally set up to help the country. The two generations of former emperors all trusted the cabinet ministers. The cabinet ministers can persuade the emperor's mistakes and let the Ming Dynasty get on the right track. Your Majesty, as a king, should understand you. The good intentions of the father and the emperor's brother should not be resentful because the court and the cabinet ministers have different opinions."

"I won't." Zhu Si said.

"That's good."

Empress Dowager Zhang then looked at Yang Tinghe, "As the chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Yang Ge shouldn't be so fussy with the juniors, right? I've been an old minister for several dynasties, what else can't I think about? There was a little misunderstanding earlier, how about this, listen to Aijia Yes...the Xishan Coal Kiln, should it be opened or not.”

"The Queen Mother..."

Yang Tinghe Dang even wanted to dissuade them.

Empress Dowager Zhang interrupted Yang Tinghe's words by raising her hand, and said: "The Ai family knows what Elder Yang Ge meant. After all, this Xishan involves the defense of the capital. You have to be careful when breaking ground, let alone mining and stirring up dragon veins?"

Yang Tinghe thought to himself, you know you still want to keep the Xishan Coal Mine?

Empress Dowager Zhang continued: "But the problem is that in previous generations, coal mines have been opened in Xishan, if the folks opened them but the government couldn't, it is inevitable that there will be criticisms among the people.

"Although the Ai family knows that the meaning of the Qing family is to maintain the stability of my Ming Dynasty, it is not for selfish desires, but it is still necessary to avoid the spread of folk gossip."

Zhu Si squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Tinghe. Seeing that the other party was tense and unmoved, he seemed to think about it at the moment, and said to Empress Dowager Zhang: "Mother, my son just wanted to use mines to solve the money and food shortage for the court. , Recently, the Ministry of Household Affairs has been dispatching money and food to make up for the shortfall in the southeast coast defense. In fact, there is no need to insist on it. I had a misunderstanding with some ministers in the court earlier. It should not be. I will admit my mistake first."

Mrs. Zhang had a look of relief behind her: "Your Majesty, now you have faintly the demeanor of your father. Your father is sometimes a little stubborn in court affairs, but later he thought about it. You can't treat Yixin badly." Humerus minister who thinks about you and Daming Jiangshan Sheji."

Pretty words.

Even Sun Jiao felt respectful when he heard it.

Speaking of which, Sun Jiao looked down on the little emperor in the past, thinking that Zhu Si would act recklessly. Even if Yang Tinghe was aggressive in the court yesterday and did not seem like a minister, the emperor did not behave like a wise king, but looking at the little emperor today...how do you think They are all wise kings and holy masters with modesty.

Can change so much in one day?

Sun Jiao couldn't help taking a look at Tang Yin next to him, thinking that you are very good at teaching the little emperor, and I really want to ask you, how did you make the little emperor so "obedient"?

Yang Tinghe and the other cabinet ministers were very upset when they heard this.

If you insist on it now, it is obvious that you will not give face to the queen mother and the emperor, especially if the emperor speaks soft words first, this is to give you Yang Tinghe a step down.

You old man Yang will not fail to seize the opportunity and insist on making trouble to the end, right?Previously, you could have told the emperor that if you refused to accept it, you would go to the queen mother to reason, and the threat was all over the place.

But now that the empress dowager has come forward to persuade him to make peace, what will you say, Yang Tinghe?
Empress Dowager Zhang said: "The meaning of mourning the family is not to move the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty. The mining of Xishan should be done in a low-key manner, and the people should not let the people discuss this matter. In addition, Your Majesty, you have previously planned to mine in Xishan. The coal mines are sold to those merchants, Ai Jia seems to have no need for it!"

Zhu Si said with a bitter face: "Empress, in fact, I don't want to be like this. It's not that the imperial court can't even make up the money to make up for the defense of the southeast coast, and I want to open mines... because there is no start-up funds, the money and food that the inner government can mobilize are all used by my son. There is really no way to use it as military supplies, that’s why.”

It's embarrassing to say.

The money in the inner palace should belong to the royal family, but I didn't use it for pleasure, but I used it to fill the shortfall of the court.

I didn't have any money to open mines, so I thought about raising money from the people.

In this way, he is still regarded by the ministers as a king who behaves mischievously. I feel very aggrieved. The queen mother has to make decisions for her son.

"Then you should also discuss it with a few old cabinet ministers in advance. Why don't you say it in advance and discuss it after the incident? What do you make those princes and ministers think? Rules are still very important."

Empress Dowager Zhang taught her son a lesson.

But a discerning person like Yang Tinghe has already seen it. Now that the interests of the two younger brothers have been damaged by the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the emperor has spoken soft words in front of her "stepmother", the Empress Dowager Zhang wants to use this to win over the little emperor's heart. Only then came forward to help speak.

Is this mother teaching her son a lesson?

It's like mother and son singing oboe and slapping the minister in the face!
But what they said was all right, in terms of face, the queen mother taught the emperor's bad behavior in front of several ministers, which was enough face.

Still the same sentence, if you, Yang Tinghe, refuse to accept it, do you still expect Empress Dowager Zhang to join hands with you to abolish the little emperor's throne?

Yang Tinghe was extremely anxious.

Jiang Mian at the side secretly pulled Yang Tinghe's sleeve, the meaning was obvious.

After the incident happened, the little emperor did not mess around, and showed extremely high political literacy. He used accurate strategies and established a good relationship with the queen mother. He created such a scene of affection between mother and child. The queen mother is on the side of the new emperor. We It is necessary to give in and give in on this matter.

Otherwise we will lose even our moral justice!
Zhu Sidao: "My son is actually just eager to do meritorious service. He wants others to know that he is worthy of the throne. Sometimes he is a little too hasty...My son promises that in the future, he will definitely follow the rules and discuss everything clearly with all the gentlemen. Do it in private."

"well."

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhu Si with expectant eyes.

No way, who let her own son die?
If you don't rely on Zhu Si now, who else can you count on?

It's rare that Zhu Si looks filial now, there's no reason not to side with his son in this matter.

Would it be better for someone else to be the emperor?
Not necessarily!
Empress Dowager Zhang then looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Mr. Yang Ge, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)