Jinyi champion

Chapter 922 The Match Begins

The emperor is there boasting.

Even if Jiang Mian heard it, he turned a deaf ear to it. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he has been harassed by barbarians in the north. Just relying on the trains and railways in front of him, he wants to change the situation?

Think too beautifully, right?

Then it entered the stage of ceremony.

Before Zhu Si dismissed the three great scholars in the cabinet, he specially reminded: "I have prepared the tent for the ceremony, and arranged some people to record it. Whoever wants to join the debate can just enter."

Liu Chundao: "Your Majesty, if folk scholars participate in the discussion of the ceremony, I'm afraid...it doesn't fit the ceremony."

Zhu Si frowned: "Mr. Liu Ge, what was agreed before, why did you change your mind again? May I ask what is wrong with etiquette?"

Liu Chun looked at the two people next to him, and found that no one wanted to be the leader today except himself.

"Your Majesty, it is against etiquette and decency for scholars to discuss politics with courtiers. Your Majesty should not set this precedent." Liu Chun continued his words.

"Humph--"

Zhu Si snorted coldly: "Elder Liu Ge means that the arrangement I made before violated the ancestral regulations of Ming Dynasty, right? In this case, we should set up two camps separately, and they can discuss each other 'separated from the air'. Where there is a novel point of view, the person in charge of recording can quickly pass the news to the other side, so we can discuss it."

"His Majesty……"

Liu Chun expressed dissatisfaction with this.

Zhu Si got angry, and asked loudly: "Liu Qing's family, what else do you want? I have already made a concession, and besides, I don't understand the reason. Is my current arrangement rude? That's it!"

After saying that, he walked away, as if the good mood brought by watching the ceremony was completely destroyed because of Liu Chun's aggressiveness.

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The three members of the cabinet stepped down from the viewing platform.

Jiang Mian was full of confusion at this moment, why did Liu Renzhong change his sex today?

Obviously, this person, like Jiang Mian, is a pawn arranged by the emperor in the cabinet. Why do they have such strong opinions when facing the emperor's decision?
It shouldn't be hypocritical, right?

If Liu Renzhong really had the attitude shown in front of him and was consistent with the civil official group, even if Mao Ji was not in the capital, this grand ceremony might not develop in the direction the emperor expected.

Could it be just Huang Zan?
Add another Zhang Cong?
Is there no one else in the imperial party?

"Zhongtang, the ceremony has started over there, are you going to watch it?"

A minister came over and saluted Jiang Mian.

This person is Wu Yipeng, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

After Jia Yongdiao became the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Wu Yipeng had just been promoted from the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhu Xizhou, the new right servant of the Ministry of Rites, was still on his way to the capital in Nanjing.

At this juncture, the emperor changed the positions of several ministers in the Six Departments. It seemed that he wanted to weaken the limelight of the orthodox civil servants in the ceremony, but the situation was that no matter how the emperor moved, he could not change the mainstream civil servants in the court The reality that supports the theory of "succession to inheritance" will stick to it no matter who changes it.

Seeing Wu Yipeng directly ignoring Fei Hong and Liu Chun, Jiang Mian couldn't bear it. He turned to Fei Hong and said, "Let's go and have a look together."

"Why... why don't we wait?"

Fei Hong made a suggestion.

It's not that I won't go, but I will go again after a while, at least after I figure out the specific trend of the Great Ceremony before attending.

Jiang Mian immediately understood Fei Hong's intentions, and said to Wu Yipeng, "Mr. Nan, it's inappropriate for people in the cabinet to participate in the ceremony too early. This is tantamount to admitting that this matter is negotiable... Let the Ministry of Rites and Hanyuan make arrangements first. If necessary, I will participate again later.”

Wu Yipeng nodded, feeling that Jiang Mian's words made sense.

The cabinet represents the entire body of civil servants. If they go to participate in the ceremony at this moment, it will give the imperial party an excuse.

"Then go ahead first."

It wasn't until this time that Wu Yipeng saluted Fei Hong and Liu Chun, retired respectfully, and went to the large tent behind the viewing platform.

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A debate about the Great Ritual Conference officially began.

Many literati came that day, most of them had no official status, or were of low status in the court, and some of them didn't even have the fame of a scholar, but I heard that the speaker today is innocent and everyone can participate, so I thought Those with insights all ran over, wanting to show something.

There are thousands of literati in the Gyeonggi area who came to participate in the ceremony without being invited by the imperial court, and this is only the first batch of people who got the number.

Because coming to participate in the big ceremony requires a "number lottery" and an assessment in advance. You can't say that you don't even know the words, and you can't speak well, so you are asked to participate in such a sacred debate. At least you have to come up with a suitable point of view. People feel a little knowledgeable before they are allowed to sign up.

After registration, because there are too many people, there is still a need to "lottery", which means that the debate can be held for several times, and it can even be held for several days in a row.

Originally, these people thought that they could participate in the debate with important officials such as the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, and they were full of ambitions, but when they came, they discovered that the place prepared for them was not the same as the place specially prepared for officials of Jinshi background.

This disappointed a lot of people.

But because there are people around who specialize in records, they know that if their insights can be appreciated by high-level officials, they may not necessarily be appreciated by the emperor. He passed the imperial examination and became a great success.

Those who have this kind of thinking are mostly from prison students. They have the qualifications to be officials, but because of their low status, opportunities and prospects are not great, so they want to show their faces.

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Before noon, the debate on the Dali Conference was in full swing.

Zhu Si didn't go to discuss the ceremony in person, but there is a fan from Dongchang sent by Huang Jin here, who will keep telling Zhu Si the truth about the debate on the spot, so he can grasp the information in time.

"...how? Those ordinary scholars support my point of view a lot, right?" Zhu Si asked excitedly when he saw Huang Jin coming in to report.

In Zhu Si’s thinking, in order to gain attention, those scholars who are not officials will choose a direction of discussion that is different from the orthodox point of view. shortcut.

Zhang Zuo reminded: "Your Majesty, this is not your opinion, but a spontaneous opinion among ministers."

Zhu Si smiled and patted himself on the head: "Yes, yes, I am confused. Jingdao has reminded me many times to make people feel that I just provided a platform for the government and the public to express their opinions, and did not participate in it." ...what happened?"

Huang Jin poured cold water on the emperor's head: "Your Majesty, it seems... that there are still... only a handful of people who support the argument of succession and non-succession."

"Ok?"

Zhu Si's face instantly became embarrassing, and he asked with a blushing face, "Why is this happening? Didn't it mean that many people would stand by my side?"

Huang Jindao: "The servants sent people to question some of the people who participated in the ceremony, and they visited them secretly. According to them, they can't change the definition of the ceremony by the court and Chinese ministers anyway. It is not easy to gain His Majesty's appreciation through the public ceremony. , If you don’t integrate with scholars because of your peculiar views, you may ruin the road to the imperial examination, and the gain outweighs the loss.”

"Bastard!"

Zhu Si was so angry that he slapped the table on the spot.

Zhang Zuo felt a little regretful at the side: "These scholars have not yet achieved fame and wealth, but they are not low in adapting to the wind. What are they thinking about all day long? Don't they know...no matter what route they take to become an official in the future, they will eventually be given to them. Is His Majesty an official?"

Zhu Si was so angry that he paced back and forth, calmed down after a long time, pointed at Huang Jin and said, "No hurry, as long as whoever has a good point of view and good intentions, I will reward him on the spot and give him an official position...I believe it will not be long before everyone follows suit. "

Huang Jin reminded: "Your Majesty, if you rashly confer an official, will you... change the established strategy of today's ceremony?"

At this moment, Huang Jin spoke up under great pressure.

The emperor was in a fit of anger, and he acted willfully, but in fact Zhu Hao had a clear plan. Today, he only spread the content of the discussion among the inner circle, regardless of right or wrong, and only expressed his personal opinions. Even if he wanted to reward him, he had to wait until the debate was over. , it seemed that the emperor was listening to the opinions of his subordinates from a fair, impartial and neutral standpoint.

The fact that the emperor bestowed officials as soon as he came up, doesn't it mean that the emperor has taken a biased position?

Zhu Si frowned and said: "Then... what if I reward both sides?"

Huang Jin was quite helpless: "If this is the case, I'm afraid there will be more people supporting the other side..."

Zhu Si was speechless for a moment.

Think about it too.

If you want to guide public opinion, the best way is to reward those who support the view of "succession and not succession", but this will make the emperor fall into the whirlpool of public opinion.

But if both sides are rewarded, and others can also get rewards for supporting the orthodox public opinion, why should they go against the mainstream public opinion?
"Go to investigate again, if it doesn't work... invite me to respect Dao!"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu is not here."

"Didn't he hide behind the scenes to ensure that the train opening ceremony went smoothly? How could he not be there?"

"After the train entered the station smoothly and started unloading, Mr. Zhu went back to the city, and he is indeed not here now."

"Okay, then call Mr. Tang... It's so depressing. If there is Jingdao by my side at this moment, why am I so anxious? I don't know what to do at all."

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The task of inviting Tang Yin fell on Zhang Zuo.

Zhang Zuo took the emperor's orders and found Tang Yin in the crowd. At this time, Tang Yin was being embarrassed by a group of scholars from the Imperial Academy. Contrary to the principle that scholars abide by etiquette, Tang Yinhao was criticized.

Some even accused him of not setting correct norms for the emperor since he was a child.

Tang Yin looked innocent.

I'm just here to join in the fun today, what kind of plane are you guys doing here?
Originally, Tang Yin expected Zhang Cong to come out and say a few words for him, but when Zhang Cong heard that the ceremony was about to start, everyone ran away, probably to express his opinion.

Anyway, Zhu Hao only said to let Zhang Cong cooperate with Huang Zan, but he didn't say not to let him come out to express his views. He thought that no matter where he was an official in the past few years, he had devoted himself to researching the theory of "succession and not succession", and was awarded Gui With the full support of Ye and others, he summed up a complete set of theories. If we don't show it at this time, when will we wait?

Nominally, Huang Zan is in charge of the overall situation, but whether Huang Zan's eloquence and debate skills are superior to mine is another matter.

I rely on strength to rise to the top.

"Eunuch Zhang, the chief inspector of ceremonies, is here!" someone reminded.

A group of people from the Hanlin Academy immediately panicked.

They were full of confidence against Tang Yin, but they had to face Zhang Zuo, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies... They thought they didn't have that ability, so the crowd dispersed quickly, and Zhang Zuo "rescued" Tang Yin without any effort.

(End of this chapter)