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Two days after Empress Dowager Shao passed away, the court meeting was reopened, and all the ministers entered the court in full suit.

Even though many people are reluctant, they also understand that Queen Mother Shao passed away as empress dowager. When she competed with the little emperor for the big gift, she didn't make any effort on Queen Mother Shao. After all, Queen Mother Shao is the emperor's noble concubine. Being the empress dowager is justified from a legal point of view.

But on the issue of where to be buried, the ministers will not back down.

Zhu Si was not polite at all, and immediately asked all the ministers about where Empress Dowager Shao was buried.

Jiang Mian came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have already asked the Qin Tianjian and the Fang family who knew Yin and Yang techniques. To the north of Dingling, there is Acorn Ridge. The terrain is high and open, suitable for the empress dowager's burial."

Jiang Mian's voice fell, and the ministers present talked a lot.

Everyone seems to think this place is really good, even though many people don't even know where it is, they all agree with this point of view.

Zhu Si frowned, and said: "Your family, my grandmother, shouldn't she be buried in Maoling? Why should she be buried in a place called Acorn Ridge? Let the Empress Dowager be separated from Emperor Daxing Xianzong Don’t you think it’s too cruel to open the mountains to sleep peacefully?”

Jiang Mianyi's righteous words are strict: "The Empress Dowager Shou'an is not a concubine, so she should not be the posthumous posthumous title of the emperor and the Taimiao Temple, nor should she be buried together. Neither the posthumous posthumous title nor the Holy Mother should be the posthumous posthumous posthumous title of the emperor, so don't enshrine the hall of mercy. This is an ancient law."

Zhu Si frowned and asked: "Hmph, you are bullying me for being ignorant, aren't you? I clearly know that this rule has been changed since the emperor's grandfather. , so how is it called the ancient law?"

The mother of the Ming emperor, who was not a concubine, was buried with her husband, starting with the empress dowager Zhou, the mother of Xianzong.

The Empress Dowager Zhou died of illness in the 17th year of Hongzhi. At that time, Xiaozong was grateful for the nurturing grace of the Empress Dowager Zhou, and specially changed the rule that the emperor's mother was not allowed to be buried together if she was not a concubine. It has become a rule.

Jiang Mian didn't know what to say.

Zhu Si sneered, and continued: "As for not enshrining the Hall of Mercy, I agree, and I will ask you now, can you bury the emperor's grandmother in Maoling?"

Jiang Mian was a little overwhelmed at this time.

Based on the observation of the past two years, once the little emperor mentioned the issue of royal etiquette, his head was very stubborn, and it was not something ordinary people could stop.

At this moment, only Yang Ting and the Dinghaishen needle can suppress the little emperor's arrogance.

really.

Yang Tinghe took a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the Maoling Mausoleum has been ground-breaking twice, and now it is not appropriate to break the ground again, so as to affect the favor of God. This is against the orthodox etiquette of filial sons and benevolent grandchildren!"

Isn't your little emperor very filial?
Now I will scare you with something metaphysical.

You are respectful to your grandmother, but disrespectful to your grandfather!Don't forget who passed the throne to you... From the perspective of yin and yang, can the imperial mausoleum be moved at will?Your cheap father, Xiaozong, has already done it once, moving Empress Dowager Ji to Maoling, and now you want to do it again?
You, the emperor's grandfather, are really in bad luck. His mausoleum was opened by his descendants and people were stuffed into it. It's done once in a generation. Is it because your kid is dead and has no brothers or sons, so he turned around and found a side branch to inherit the throne? , want to play such a game again?
Are you annoying!

Zhu Sidao: "Mr. Yang Ge, I did all this to maintain filial piety and etiquette. Since the emperor's grandfather and father have already done it, then if I do it again, there should not be too many people who have opinions? This matter, you can It’s not my first.”

All of a sudden, he hardened the opinions of the ministers.

I don't ask whether this matter is legal, but whether my grandfather and my cheap dad have both done this matter?
Now that there is a precedent, I can't be classified as an outlaw on the grounds that I break the rules.

If you want to deny this matter, first deny the actions of Xianzong and Xiaozong. The same measures cannot be targeted at me alone.

"Dear gentlemen, during the great funeral, I really don't have the heart to argue with you, and I agree with you.

If you don't want to be buried in the main mausoleum, if there are problems, then you should simply remove all your filial piety, and don't come to court in the future! "

Zhu Si let out harsh words.

What is going against my will now is that I don't respect filial piety, regardless of the three principles and five constant principles. I don't need such a courtier who doesn't know the rules of etiquette.

Even Yang Tinghe didn't say anything this time.

Many people expected Yang Tinghe to argue with the little emperor this time, but they were obviously disappointed, because Yang Tinghe heard that the little emperor was just using the matter of Xianzong and Xiaozong as an example, even if the two emperors were relatives Mother fights for it, and today's son is grandmother, and the relationship may be different, but the little emperor is right, what both grandfather and father have done, it is feasible, and cannot be disputed in the slightest.

At the end of the court meeting, Yang Tinghe made another compromise.

The compromise was not complete this time.

At least the little emperor promised that if the Empress Dowager Shao was not buried in the main mausoleum of Maoling, it would be tantamount to fighting for some benefits from the courtiers...

At least it looks a little better, but for Yang Ting and the civilian team behind him, this is not easy to explain.

Always let the little emperor "succeed".

Do you, Yang Tinghe, have any skills?
What else can you do every day besides compromise?Today I compromised on the affairs of Empress Dowager Shao, will I continue to compromise on the affairs of Emperor Xingxian and Empress Xingxian tomorrow?

Yang Tinghe deeply felt that the team was becoming more and more difficult to lead.

Inside the Imperial Academy.

After Yang Shen heard the news, he immediately took out the memorial that had been signed by many people, and prepared to play it to persuade the emperor.

This time, someone came out to stop him.

It is grouper, a bachelor of the Academy.

Shi Ban called Yang Shen to the bachelor's room alone, explaining that this time is not suitable for extravagance.

"Your Majesty ordered the ministers to submit with great righteousness. There should be a reason. The emperor and ministers also know that you will only break the taboo if you do so, and I am afraid that it will be detrimental to your future official career..."

Shi Ban understood that Yang Shen was filled with righteous indignation from young people, and it probably meant a remonstrance.

But Shi Zhu also understood that the result of doing so would only make the emperor hate Yang Shen and the group behind him.

Even the veteran ministers in the court failed to persuade him to come back, including Yang Shen's father who chose to acquiesce to this, so why is it necessary for you, Yang Shen, to show such limelight?
At the critical time when you are going to be promoted to the lecturer, are you not afraid of doing this, and the position of the lecturer you got will be left behind?

Yang Shendao: "Gentleman lectures, there are small righteousness and great righteousness. Small righteousness can be subdued but great righteousness cannot be subdued. If the great righteousness is lost today, the small righteousness will be lost in the future... Bachelor Shi, I appreciate your kindness, but today's matter, I must do it!"

"and you……"

Groupan didn't know how to persuade him, so he shook his head repeatedly.

The memorial went up that day.

Shi Ban was in a dilemma, always afraid that this matter would bring some bad results, and he thought about it for Yang Shen, thinking that it would be too embarrassing for Yang Shen to do this at the critical moment of his promotion.

The funeral has not yet passed, and if you go to this memorial at this time, you are violating the emperor's taboo, and it may not really fulfill the filial piety and etiquette that the civil servants talked about.

In the afternoon Liu Chun came to the Hanlin Academy to convey the edict. Shi Zhu mentioned to Liu Chun that Shi Ban also wanted to know what the cabinet thought about the joint petition by the Hanlin, the Imperial College Supervisors, and Ke Dao officials.

Liu Chun smiled wryly and said, "Bangyan, are you still worried about Yongxiu? I've read that memorial, but it doesn't have his name on it..."

"Ah? Then he..."

Grouper was suddenly confused.

Isn't this matter led by Yang Shen?

Liu Chundao: "He asked Jing Dao to sign first, and among the Hanlin, supervisors, and Ke Dao officials, all those who were close to him, such as Mao Gong, did not sign."

Grouper heard it.

What kind of righteousness is Yang Shen talking about in front of him in the morning?

Xiao Yi, in the end, he didn't even dare to sign a name when he signed the joint name, and let Zhu Haolai take the risk of being dismissed and questioned...

Is this still called being responsible?

Fortunately, I regard him as a model for young scholars, is that how he sets an example?
Shi Ban shook his head and said: "That's not right, from the beginning to the end, he was the one who mobilized everyone behind the scenes. If he didn't sign his name... I'm afraid His Majesty would know who did it?"

Shiban can only think of Yang Shen's good.

Yang Shen didn't sign it, but it doesn't mean he didn't contribute. Could it be that so many people know that Yang Shen led the matter, and the palace doesn't know?
In the end, the emperor would still vent his anger on Yang Shen.

Liu Chun made a disdainful sound from the corner of his mouth, and shook his head: "You may not know that earlier, he found Jing Dao and the eldest son of Sun Zhi's family to launch a joint name together, and then he withdrew first. After all, he wanted to achieve, but also I don't want to be responsible, but I want to make His Majesty distrust the Sun family... If you want to talk about scheming, he really has enough thoughts."

Groupan now only had a wry smile on his face.

No wonder it is said that Yang Fear went to attack Sun Yuan. The feeling is that Sun Yuan betrayed him on behalf of his father?The old one can't deal with it, so let the young one be cannon fodder?

This is tricky...

No less than his father.

"Okay, I'll take my leave first."

Liu Chundao, "If you have any questions about Hanyuan's affairs, you can ask me."

Although Shi Zhu and Liu Chun are not in the same camp in a strict sense, but at any rate, both of them are Hanlin bachelors, and now one has been promoted to the elder of the pavilion, and the other is a bachelor in charge of the academy. Partisan stereotypes can be broken.

Shiban arched his hands and said, "Thank you very much."

Yang Shen didn't have to escape, his purpose was not to affect his promotion to be a minister.

Just don't leave evidence on paper, don't allow the new emperor to make use of the issue, and don't implicate his father.

But he also understood that it was impossible for the emperor not to know that he was the one who initiated this incident.

It's just that Yang Shen didn't expect that the impact of this matter would be that those who knew it would feel that Yang Shen was not responsible enough...You were the one who initiated it, but when you signed it, you watched it from the other side. No matter how you look at it, you want to be a smart person and let others be fools.

After the signatories heard about this, who would think that Yang Shen acted aboveboard?

There are many Hanlin Academy, and there are many people with older qualifications, but Zhu Hao, who has been in the Hanlin Academy for less than two years, is at the forefront.

After the memorial was submitted, no news came that day.

In the court hall in the coming day, the emperor was furious about this, and sternly said that he must investigate it to the end.

"I just want to know, are the people from the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and the Sixth Division deliberately against me? Call me all the people above, and I want to ask them carefully, who should I listen to when it comes to governing the country? of?"