Jinyi champion

Chapter 635

Zhu Hao's stay in the Hanlin Academy for editing and writing has come to an end for the time being.

No one mentioned transferring Zhu Hao out anymore, and Yang Ting and his father and son would not entrust him with important roles for the time being. For Zhu Hao, it seemed very easy on the contrary, and he didn't have to pay attention to so many dirty things.

Tang Yin is not in the capital for the past few days, and the mining and other things are progressing smoothly. Zhu Hao does not need to review the memorials every day, but there will still be some relatively important memorials sent to him every two or three days, and he must approve them. Especially things that Zhu Si can't handle by himself.

"...Mr. Zhu, His Majesty has been diligent these past few days. He has been reviewing the notes every day until late at night. Most of them can be handled freely, but there are still some... need your help."

Zhang Zuo seemed a little embarrassed when he came out of the palace today.

He described Zhu Si as a wise emperor, but Zhu Hao knew that Zhu Si was usually so busy until late at night, that it was impossible for him to read all the memorials and inscriptions, and sometimes he would play.

However, it is rare for an emperor like Zhu Si who has just ascended the throne to show such dedication to governing the country.

After all, apart from Taizu, Chengzu and Chongzhen, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were known for their laziness. In addition, there was no prime minister in Ming Dynasty, so many affairs had to be decided by the emperor himself. As far as the role of secretary and advisor is concerned, only Yang Tinghe, the current chief assistant of the cabinet, has achieved the position of de facto prime minister, forming a great restraint on the new emperor.

"A total of twelve copies."

Zhang Zuo sent a thick stack of files to Zhu Hao.

The title book and the memorial book are listed on both sides.

Some things seem very simple to outsiders, but they involve political power struggles between the court and China, especially the relocation and scheduling of personnel reported by the Ministry of Officials. In Zhu Si's opinion, they should have a good game with Yang Tinghe, although there are only twelve copies. , but it may take one or two hours for normal review.

Zhang Zuo put the things down respectfully, got up and went to the next door without disturbing Zhu Hao to read.

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The first involved disputes over court etiquette.

The ministers jointly signed the petition, one is to determine the title of Empress Dowager Zhang as "Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou", and request that the title of "Zhuang Su" should be given to the name of Wuzong's wife, Empress Xia.

"Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou" is the title of Empress Dowager Zhang. The dispute over ceremonies has always been the main battlefield of the game between monarchs and ministers in the early years of Jiajing. It's because Empress Dowager Zhang has been at odds with Empress Dowager Zhang since she entered the palace.

To put it bluntly, Empress Dowager Zhang looked down on the "Empress Dowager Xingguo".

You are just a princess of Xiaozong, how can you compare with the orthodox empress dowager?

Just because your son was adopted by me?If you don't like it, it's a big deal that I will adopt someone else's family...Anyway, whoever becomes my son can become the emperor.

Just so proud!

With this superior attitude, Empress Dowager Zhang suppressed Empress Dowager Jiang in all etiquette and treatment in the palace, forcing Empress Dowager Jiang to lose her temper.

It's okay, Empress Dowager Jiang still has to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Zhang, the "sister-in-law".

As far as court etiquette is concerned, this is nothing. When Empress Dowager Jiang entered the palace, she was treated like the empress dowager of the main palace and experienced the emperor's filial piety. All of this was bestowed by me!
If you don't like it, you can go back to your Xingguo territory, why stay in the palace to find anger?

Now the ministers are also helping Empress Dowager Zhang to clarify the ceremony, and on the issue of the title of Empress Dowager Zhang, a conclusion has been reached at the beginning of the year, and now it is just a formal sacrifice to tell the world.

In fact, Zhu Si could criticize this memorial by himself, but he was so angry that he threw it to Zhu Hao, and asked Zhu Hao to reply in his own handwriting, which was tantamount to being out of sight and calm in mind.

Zhu Hao's reply was simple: "...send Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding, Guo Xun, Marquis of Wu Ding, and Zhang Wei, Bo Hui'an, to pay homage to heaven, earth, ancestral temple, and Sheji."

There is nothing to argue about, so let's sue!

It is nothing more than a question of who to send.

There are a lot of honors in Beijing, and it’s almost the same for everyone, just give one thing to do.

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The next second and third memorials are similar to the first one.

The above is to give honorary titles to Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Xia, and it is the turn to give honorary titles to Concubine Shao, that is, "Empress Dowager Shou'an". People are not dead, and there is no question of posthumous titles.

Then there is the issue of the title of Empress Dowager Chiang.

Concubine Shao and Empress Dowager Jiang, one official title is "Empress Dowager Shouan", and the other is "Empress Dowager Xingguo". Empress Dowager Jiang cannot even add the word "Emperor".

As for sending officials to offer sacrifices, you can't go too far, just let a few nobles sacrifice together.

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The first three are all related to the ceremony, involving four noble women in the palace.

Because of the great ceremony, the tone was actually set after the Qingning Palace fire, and there were no accidents.

Originally, Zhu Si knew that someone set fire to the palace and wanted to investigate it to the end, but both Zhu Hao and the Queen Mother persuaded Zhu Si not to pursue it to the end. This fire was tantamount to a warning to Zhu Si. A kind of threat from his mother and son, now it is just burning the side hall of Qingning Palace, and the next step may be to burn the main hall.

You can't push your political opponents too hard, and now that Yang Tinghe is in power, the Empress Dowager Zhang's prestige is also there. After all, the relationship between the emperor and the Empress Dowager Zhang has eased due to the mining, so let's just pass it by and wait until your throne is more secure in the future. It's not too late to talk about the ceremony.

Under such circumstances, the follow-up titles, titles and other issues are basically logical. Zhu Si is not unable to approve it, but he does not want to approve it.

And from the fourth memorial, it was all about government affairs.

The fourth memorial does not involve the affairs of the capital, but Yingtianfu, that is, the matter of Jinyiwei in Nanjing.

Since Zhu Di moved the capital, the maintenance of Jinyiwei in Nanjing has become a historical issue. As early as the Jingtai period, there was a local report: "Nanjing Jinyiwei and other Wei Tuntian banner troops are mostly in Yingtian and Zhili Luzhou, Chuzhou and other places. Tunneling seeds, seizing people's fields every year, not accepting grain."

After Zhu Si ascended the throne, Dai Yi, the Nanjing guard eunuch, also belonged to the excluded faction.

"...Nanjing Jinyi, Jianghuai and other guards originally set up navy horses and fast warships. During the Yongle period, the capital was moved to Beijing, and then it was dedicated to transporting new offerings from suburban temples, offerings, and military supplies. For profit."

The content of the request at that time was to abolish the ships.

And Zhu Si's reply in the first month was "it is not appropriate to make changes, such as Hongzhi's annual regulations, and no more discussions on increases or decreases are allowed in the future."

After this edict continues, Nanjing Jinyiwei still has a way to make money, that is, in the name of patrolling the river, extorting ships passing by, which once again arouses public resentment.

Zhu Hao replied on behalf of the emperor: "Ge Jinyi Guard patrols the river official school."

Here comes a hundred.

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Fifth copy.

It involves Yang Ting and his younger brother Yang Tingyi.

There are several famous speech officials in the court, who impeached them because of their corruption and perversion of the law.

In the history of this person, in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, when Emperor Jiajing came to the throne, he was impeached by Zhong Fangfeng for corrupting ink and perverting the law. Yang Tinghe's power struggle was so fierce that Fang Feng's impeachment of Yang Tingyi did not happen.

This is the effect of the butterfly effect.

Up to now, Yang Tingyi is still on "sick leave", just retired from the position of the left servant of the Ministry of War, but has been staying in the capital to recuperate.

At the beginning of the year, he almost recovered from his illness. Yang Tinghe felt that the fight with the little emperor was a bit powerless, so he wanted to transfer his younger brother back to the court to help him.

After Zhu Si proposed to open the mine, Yang Tinghe intended to restart the Yizhou Mountain Factory, and Yang Tingyi took the job as the left servant of the household department. Firstly, Yang Tingyi entered the household department system and interfered with the reforms that the little emperor might carry out in the household department. Then, the supply and demand relationship of Yizhou Mountain Factory will affect the supply of coal mined by Tang Yin.

But Yang Tingyi...

It's a bit like Yang Tinghe's second son, Yang Dun, who can't afford to support him at all. He is not as far-sighted as Yang Tinghe, and he is not suitable for great things.

To put it bluntly, he just wants to make money, fill his own pockets, and lose his reputation.

Yang Tinghe didn't want to use this younger brother if it wasn't for Yang Tingyi's ability and being a Jinshi.

Zhu Hao's reply was very simple.

Didn't someone impeach Yang Tingyi?

Then appease it.

Rebuke the impeachers, praise Yang Tingyi, and fully affirm her ability. The whole article does not mention any issues about Yang Tingyi's character, nor does it mention her relationship with Yang Tinghe. In general... it is I know that you are guilty, but I will not punish you, so that you will not be able to step down.

As in history, they will try their best to force Yang Tingyi to leave, unless Yang Ting and his brothers can have the cheek to continue to let Yang Tingyi stay in the court against the pressure of public opinion.

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sixth copy.

It is almost the first anniversary of Emperor Wuzong's death. He called it "Xiaoxiang" and sent people to Kangling to pay homage.

It was another problem that Zhu Si could criticize but didn't want to face.

On Zhu Hao's behalf, Zhu criticized: "Send Cai Zhen, the captain-in-law, to Kangling to take charge of sacrifices and other matters..."

Cai Zhen is a relative of the Ming Dynasty, who married Princess Chun'an, the third daughter of Yingzong. During the Zhengde Dynasty, he became famous for torturing Liu Jin who was imprisoned. The government is responsible for managing the affairs of the royal relatives and relatives.

When Zhu Si came to the throne, he always wanted to squeeze out the conservative faction in the court. According to Zhu Hao's plan, he was to constantly cultivate new forces that were dependent on the emperor.

The so-called new forces refer to those nobles who were depressed and unsuccessful in the previous dynasties, especially the unpopular relatives of the emperor, mainly the heirs of Emperor Xianzong, and the descendants of Emperor Yingzong. It is the relatives of the emperor, who have prestige and influence, and are easy to control.

Cai Zhen was very knowledgeable. After Zhu Si ascended the throne, he continued to give gifts to the Queen Mother Jiang, and even contacted Jiang Lun in private to show his friendship.

Zhu Hao was reciprocating, allowing Cai Zhen to gradually grasp the real power, and using the influence of the royal family to gain connections and support for the little emperor.

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The seventh to the twelfth.

All involve the appointment and removal of personnel in the DPRK and China.

It is not necessarily the key yamen in the court, but most of the local chief ministers.

Although the Ministry of Officials had already reported personnel, Zhu Siduo didn't want to follow the Ministry of Officials' selection, so he asked Zhu Hao to make a fuss about it.

Zhu Hao could only deal with trivial matters.

(End of this chapter)