Jinyi champion

Chapter 950
All the ministers present were silent.

The emperor was already in a state of rage, but he seemed to maintain a certain degree of rationality under the rage, that is, he only agreed to Sun Jiao and Wang Jun's resignation, and did not spread the momentum of forcing the ministers to retreat to others, otherwise Jiang Mian Retirement will not solve the problem. Perhaps more than half of the top civil servants such as Chaozhongge Lao and Shangshu will retire.

Zhu Sidao: "I take Xi Shu, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, as the official book of the Ministry of Rites. What's your opinion?"

The problem was thrown back to the ministers present.

If the ministers disagree with the emperor's proposal, the emperor and his ministers will soon fall into a stalemate on the issue of the ceremony, and the emperor may forcefully implement the idea of ​​"succession and not succession". After resigning one after another, the court was completely in chaos.

However, if you agree to the Xi Shu of the Yili School to be the Minister of Rites, you will be given a few months to make adjustments.

Although Xi Shu is destined to stand on the side of the emperor and supports "succession and not succession", but when Xi Shu comes to the capital from Nanjing to take office, and then negotiates with the Ministry of Rites, it will have to be delayed until the next year, that is, Jiajing three years.

Whether to tear up the face on the spot, or to give the monarch and ministers a buffer period of two or three months, this question is placed in front of the ministers.

Seeing that no one came out to express his opinion, Zhu Si asked, "Do you have any other candidates?"

Since it was Ting Tui, Huang Zan proposed Xi Shu as the candidate for the new Ministry of Rites. Next, if others have opinions, they should propose new candidates for selection. But the problem is that the emperor has already stated his attitude to Jiang Mian before. If you recommend a minister who is traditionally opposed to discussing etiquette to be a minister of the Ministry of Rites, the monarch and his ministers will still fall into a stalemate of you coming and going.

If the emperor insisted on using a minister of the Ritual Sect as the Minister of Rites, then it doesn't make that much difference who will be the minister.

On the contrary, foreign officials like Xi Shu, who are far away from the officialdom in the capital, are sometimes easier to control, because they have no foundation in the capital, and it is relatively easy to restrict them. If Xi Shu is weak and alone and has never worked as an official in the Ministry of Rites, he might be suppressed.

Sun handed over the list and said: "The old minister seconded the proposal."

The ministers looked over with strange eyes.

Isn't your old man Sun already retired?

Even if you add a Minister of the Ministry of Officials and retire, you are still alone now. Do you have any direct connection with whether Xi Shu is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites whether you second or not?

Zhu Sidao: "If there is no objection, then the matter will be settled like this. As for the candidate for the Minister of the Household Department, it will be decided at the court meeting in the next two days, so that's it!"

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A court meeting that had been deadlocked all morning ended like this.

Although the ministers had lingering fears, judging from the results, it seemed that everyone could relax a bit.

Although the swords and swords continued between the monarch and his ministers, but once again they did not reach the point where they needed dead remonstrance. Wang Jun's withdrawal from the court seemed to be a serious problem, but Wang Jun's own influence in the capital was quite limited, and he was in Luo Qinshun's absence. In the case of the Minister of Rites, he was temporarily pulled up to make up for the number. In addition, when Wang Jun was the Minister of Rites, the emperor made progress in the great ceremony one after another.

In this way, not many people felt sorry for Wang Jun's retreat.

And in exchange, this time, Sun Yi, who was very close to the emperor, was handed over. In this way, it seemed that the traditional civil servant faction took advantage.

It’s just that Xi Shu succeeds the Minister of Rites... It makes the core civil servants of the traditional school feel a headache, but for ordinary civil servants, it doesn’t matter whoever becomes the Minister of Rites. Anyway, the ceremony will continue. After all, not everyone is a staunch defender.

After the court meeting ended, Sun Jiaoshi officially withdrew from the court.

Many people used to say some words of respect to Sun Jiao, and Sun Jiao seemed to be in a good mood, he was not at all depressed because of his withdrawal from the court, and he had a natural and cheerful smile on his face when he was talking to everyone.

None of the core officials such as Jiang Mian went to talk to him. It can be seen that during the ceremony, civil servants had formed relatively obvious factional entanglements, and because Sun Jiao himself did not firmly stand on the side of traditional civil officials, he made him early. Alienated by the civilian mainstream.

After the court meeting, Huang Zan was called by the emperor alone to the Qianqing Palace to speak.

This kind of treatment appeared on Huang Zan one after another, making many people jealous.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Si only left Zhang Zuo to accompany him to meet Huang Zan. At the beginning, Zhu Si was in a good mood and said, "Scholar Huang, it's a bit unexpected, right? I only changed the two ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites, and did not move anyone else. "

Huang Zan lowered his head, not knowing how to respond.

He really didn't expect it, because from the news he had learned in advance, the emperor wanted to clean up the court at one time, and because of this, he would be admitted to the cabinet and become the "third person" in the cabinet, second only to Fei Hong and Liu Chun.

But now the emperor did not drive Jiang Mian and Mao Ji out of the court, which meant that Huang Zan still had no chance of being promoted, because both Jiang Mian and Mao Ji firmly opposed him joining the cabinet.

"I'm going to take it step by step."

Zhu Si called Huang Zan here, more to appease him, "On the key issue of discussing etiquette, I let the two ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites take office at the same time. It cannot be rushed."

Huang Zan thought to himself, isn't this too hasty?
You are going to the sky in a hurry.

Zhu Sidao: "As for Mr. Jiang Ge, Mr. Mao Ge, and Qiao Shangshu, I am going to take it step by step. Next, they will definitely resign. However, if they resign, I will agree and will do so within the next one or two months. , Complete the change of the main ministers in the DPRK."

When Huang Zan heard this, he couldn't help taking a deep breath.

He felt the brilliance of this move.

Using very radical means, all the ministers thought that the emperor was going to mess around. At first, when the emperor let Sun Jiao and Wang Jun become officials, he followed the path most worried about by civil servants. But when Jiang Mian proposed to beg the old man to return to the field, the emperor suddenly changed his tone , to maintain the stability of the court...

It is equivalent to saying that the purpose the emperor is pursuing this time is not to change the court, but just to change the Minister of Rites of the Ritual School.

The emperor had a clear goal at first, and the result was satisfactory, and the ministers felt the pressure...

It seems that Huang Zan is the only one who is secretly deflated, because Huang Zan is still waiting for Jiang Mian and Mao Ji to take office, so that he can enter the cabinet to fill the vacancy.

Zhu Sidao: "Because Xi Shu is about to come to the capital to be the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he will arrive in about ten days, and then you all need to work together, and when there is progress in discussing the ceremonies, I will propose to let Xueshi Huang enter the office." Court."

Still have to wait!
Huang Zan had a bit of a headache. Although he had chosen to be a Hanlin bachelor, he just wanted to use the Hanlin bachelor as a springboard. His real purpose was to become a cabinet elder.

But after staying in Beijing for so long, he contributed a lot to discussing ceremonies, but he did not get back his real power, and the matter of joining the cabinet was suppressed. Huang Zan felt very aggrieved, saying that Jiang Mian and Mao Ji would resign again. Granted, but who knows when they will resign next time?At that time, will the emperor use other excuses to delay the matter?
"Send Xueshi Huang out of the palace. I'm tired, and lunch is useless. I'm really... so tired."

After Zhu Si finished speaking, he asked Zhang Zuo to send Huang Zan out of the palace. If there was something inconvenient to say in person, he asked Zhang Zuo to talk to Huang Zan alone, while Zhu Si went to eat.

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Huang Zan was depressed, and walked with Zhang Zuo on the way out of the palace.

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Scholar Huang, don't take it to heart. Your Majesty has always wanted to help you join the cabinet. It's just a one-time turmoil in the court. I'm afraid it will cause some disasters. The road still needs to be taken step by step to be safe."

"Yes."

Huang Zan responded, but he was thinking in his heart, isn't this playing tricks on me?
Zhang Zuo said, "Does Xueshi Huang have any concerns?"

Huang Zan finally couldn't help asking: "Is this His Majesty's idea, or..."

He wanted to ask if this matter was planned by Zhu Hao.

If so, then Zhu Hao was saying that he hadn't told him the truth from the beginning, but seemed to be using him, and he was not sure what role Zhu Hao played in the new emperor's forces.

Zhang Zuo took away his smile and said seriously: "This is Mr. Zhu's intention."

Huang Zan said: "Since Mr. Zhu advises His Majesty, why is he a scholar of the Imperial Academy and a member of the cabinet?"

Zhang Zuo shook his head: "Actually, His Majesty wanted him to join the cabinet as an elder, but Mr. Zhu's ambition is not here, and he would rather hide in the dark. As for his specific thoughts, we don't know.

"Mr. Zhu has repeatedly proposed to let Xueshi Huang enter the cabinet, but you also know that among the civil servants, Jiang Ge is still the leader. When Liu Ge entered the cabinet, he encountered great resistance... Many things, even His Majesty Can't decide."

Zhang Zuo was trying to excuse Zhu Hao and Zhu Si.

Now the emperor said that whoever joins the cabinet can join the cabinet?
If the emperor's words are so good, why did a matter of discussing etiquette become so unmanageable?

"After three years of discussing the ceremonies, and there is still a disagreement, all the civil servants will threaten to resign. If they resign one by one, His Majesty is not worried, but if they all leave at once, the court will fall into great chaos. Will the remaining ministers assist His Majesty in governing the court?
"Your Majesty is also in trouble. Mr. Zhu is able to help His Majesty step by step to where he is today. It is very precious. It depends on people's efforts. I hope Xueshi Huang can understand more."

Zhang Zuo continued to complain.

Huang Zan felt better. It wasn't that the emperor and Zhu Hao were cheating him, but that sometimes they also had to worry about being swallowed by the torrent formed by court officials.

It is already very good for this pair of young monarchs and ministers to fight for the current field.

Huang Zan said: "I understand that if Mr. Jiang Ge and the others resign all at once, I'm afraid it will be difficult for outsiders to maintain stability in the government. I can wait, or even..."

"There are some things that Xueshi Huang doesn't need to say."

Zhang Zuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty remembers your merits, and Mr. Zhu remembers even more... You and Xing Wangfu have known each other for a very short time, how could Your Majesty not remember your kindness? We are all on our own, and we understand each other. Let's control the court together." Take it here, so that His Majesty can make a promise in the court and fight for this goal!"

(End of this chapter)