Jinyi champion

Chapter 953 Old Man Sun's Era Is Over
The court meeting the next day.

Jiang Mian asked to resign for the second time, but Zhu Si still refused.

At the same time, Mao Ji was also rejected.

Except for Jiang Mian and Mao Ji, several ministers, ministers, and six departments and nine ministers in the court did not submit their resignations. Probably, the resignation matter should be kept at a rhythm, one by one. The emperor did not take too much into the ceremony Radical, ministers should also leave a little room for resignation, so as to ensure that the monarch and his ministers will not completely tear each other up.

Regarding the selection of one of the three Hanlin bachelors to join the cabinet, there is no information for the time being.

After discussing for a long time at the court meeting, the topic was finally brought back to the question of who should be the secretary of the household department. There was a stalemate, and no accurate answer was given, and finally the topic was shelved.

After all, the autumn harvest was over that year, and Sun Jiao had finished all the basic errands. At this moment, there was no such worry as to whether there was a Minister of the Household Department. Can't make any mistakes.

At the same time, Sun Jiao returned to Huguang with his family without waiting for the new household minister to be selected.

As a son-in-law, Zhu Hao naturally wants to see him off.

When Sun Jiao came to the capital, he didn’t bring any belongings with him, so it can be said that he was alone. When he left, he carried a lot of things in a large cart and a small cart. Because he was going to Huguang, Sun Jiao didn’t plan to go on the canal by boat, but planned to travel by horse-drawn carriage. , the family rode in seven carriages, and there were more than [-] retinues on horseback, including ten Jinyiwei sent by the emperor.

It can be said that the scenery is infinite.

Before leaving, Zhu Hao took Sun Lan to the mansion early in the morning. Sun Jiao seemed to have nothing to say to this son-in-law, but simply told him to tell his two sons if there was any situation.

Sun Yuan continued to stay in the Hanlin Academy as an editor, while Sun Jing studied in the Imperial College. Now the benefits of the Sun family are tied to the new emperor. Sun Jiao, as a veteran, had to keep a certain distance from the emperor when he was the minister of the household department. , but after he leaves, the two sons don't have to abide by the father's neutral position. According to Sun Jiao, the father doesn't care what they want.

The main reason is that Sun Yuan and Sun Jing don't have much influence in the court, and they can't control the situation.

"Serve the imperial court well. You don't have to send him out of the city. Let's say goodbye here." After finishing speaking, Sun Jiao went to the carriage he was riding with the support of his two sons.

Sun Lan stood there wiping tears.

According to Zhu Hao's words, he didn't go to see them off. When Sun handed over the carriage and left, the husband and wife just stood at the door and watched.

Not only the daughter and son-in-law, but also the two brothers Sun Yuan and Sun Jing were not allowed to go out of the city to see them off, and they were all driven back by the stubborn old man Sun Ge.

"Respectfully, if we have time, let's have a glass of wine and chat." Sun Yuan brought his younger brother over, saw his younger sister sobbing there, instead of comforting him, he talked to Zhu Hao first.

Zhu Hao said, "Where will you live in the future?"

Sun Yuandao: "Someone from the Inner Palace previously informed us that this mansion is temporarily reserved, and we brothers can still live here in the future... But from now on, the second younger brother will mostly live in Guozixue and rarely come back. I will also rent it near the Imperial Academy. I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of this side after building a house."

Once Sun Jiao left, the two brothers of the Sun family lost their backing, and their careers would be greatly affected in the future. Sun Jing's influence as the son of the Imperial College was not that great, and Sun Yuan himself was transferred from the local area to the capital in order to appease Sun Jiao. When he was editor of Hanlin, now that Sun Jiao has left, it is estimated that Sun Yuan has started to think about the place where he will be released in the future.

"We can meet again some other day, or we can pay a visit to my residence, but today is not necessary!"

Sun Jiao left, his wife was in a low mood, Zhu Hao was not in the mood to drink and talk with the two brothers of the Sun family now.

Sun Yuan was not reluctant, and decided to return to the Imperial Academy for work. At this time, Sun Jing came over and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, I have rarely heard outsiders mention you recently. I wonder what you are doing recently?"

Compared with his elder brother, Sun Jing has a more cheerful personality and is a bit playful.

Although Zhu Hao is his brother-in-law, he still speaks politely. Zhu Hao also knows that Sun Jing has gotten closer to Sun Ru and others recently. It was very intense. Regarding the issue of whether the new emperor should succeed or not, the trend of Guozixue has gradually reversed, and there are more scholars who tend to the new emperor not succeed.

This also reflects the power of public opinion.

In history, Zhu Houcong was able to succeed in the ceremony, not only because of his almost self-willed persistence, but also because of the support of public opinion.

Because Zhu Houcong had never been someone else's son for a day, and because he was the only child in the Xingwangfu, Daming gradually won public opinion about the emperor's move to win the title for his biological parents.

Zhu Hao said: "It's nothing. I seldom go to the Imperial Academy recently. I just wait for the vacancies of expatriate officials."

"Are you going to be an official elsewhere?"

Sun Jing was puzzled.

Based on the information Sun Jing got, Zhu Hao is very powerful. Although Sun Jiao, Sun Ru and others couldn't tell the exact reason why, he still felt that Zhu Hao seemed to be hiding among ordinary people. "Superior", but in Zhu Hao's tone, he was more like a depressed young official.

Sun Yuan said from the side: "Okay, I will talk about it later when I have time... Remember what your father said, you must study hard after you return to the Imperial Academy."

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Sun Jiao retreated so resolutely that many people still found it unbelievable until he went south and returned home.

Originally, Sun Jiao was about to become the best candidate for Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he would soon be the most core civil official in the court, but he patted his ass and left like this. Even the ministers who had always been friends with Sun Jiao were hard to understand, especially those who Those officials who complimented Sun Jiao very much and wanted to follow Sun Jiao to get ahead.

The list of these people was handed over to Zhu Hao by Sun Jiao.

Originally, Sun Jiao said that he would introduce Zhu Hao to Zhu Hao one by one, but now Zhu Hao is not showing off, and Sun Jiao actually didn't know how to introduce Zhu Hao to others.

In addition, Sun Jiao left very suddenly. Sun Jiao just left letters for those people so that they could discuss with Zhu Hao in the future. In the local area, in terms of official position and authority, they are all above Zhu Hao. They only think that this is Sun Jiao paving the way for his son-in-law's career. How do they know that this is actually helping them in the opposite direction?
When Zhu Hao went to meet Zhang Zuo, handed back a batch of memorials that had just been reviewed, and took away a new batch of memorials by the way, Zhang Zuo mentioned Sun Jiao's departure from Beijing.

"...A lot of people went to see them off outside the city. It is said that the see-off team is several miles long. It is estimated that there are quite a few people on the way back to Anlu."

Zhang Zuo sighed.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, no wonder Sun Jiao didn't let me send him out of the city, because he knew his past and many of his subordinates went to see him off. He was afraid that he wouldn't know what to do after I went, so he simply asked me to separate from them first.

Zhang Zuo said: "Unfortunately, these officials rarely stand on the side of Yili, otherwise..."

What Zhang Zuo meant was that Sun Jiao did not leave any considerable political legacy to the emperor, that is to say, he did not leave some useful ministers to the emperor.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Eunuch Zhang, we don't judge whether a person can work for Daming Zhongxing in the future. It doesn't seem to be based on whether he supports Daliyi or not? In the current situation of the court, even if some people have the idea of ​​​​supporting Yili in their hearts, It’s also difficult to express, this is the torrent of the times, the key is not what they say now but how they will do in the future?”

Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Zhu means...is there anyone available?"

"do not know."

Zhu Hao didn't come to a conclusion either. He knew what factions meant. From Zhang Zuo's point of view, if he recommended Sun Jiao's old department, it would be seen as cultivating his own power. It is easy to be maliciously slandered by Zhang Zuo by the emperor's side.

Even if this kind of slander may not be directly said, but as long as Zhang Zuo adds, "Your Majesty, you see that the old department of Sun Butang doesn't even support the ceremony", Zhu Si's paranoia about the ceremony will produce a kind of boredom. Si's trust in Zhu Hao will be gradually eroded.

The biggest problem Zhu Hao is facing now is that he can't stay by the emperor's side all the time, which is completely different from a close minister like Zhang Zuo.

Zhu Hao said: "Eunuch Zhang, the predicament we are facing now is that no one in the court can use it... When the atmosphere of the ceremony is like this, the most important thing for us is to make changes so that more people can choose to be neutral or not paranoid in the ceremony. At that time, we will select the available people from among the ministers, what do you think?"

"En." Zhang Zuo nodded.

Zhu Hao was actually reminding Zhang Zuo, don't look at those civil servants with hostility. Sometimes it's not that I have to use someone recommended by Sun Jiao, but who else can I use besides Sun Jiao's old department?
At any rate, Sun Jiao was a neutral faction when he was Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the court, which is already rare in the court. If even the people recommended by the neutral faction Sun Jiao cannot be used, will it make the emperor feel lonely?

When Zhang Zuo was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Recently, the Korean government captured the Japanese rogue bandits who were causing trouble in Zhejiang, and escorted them to the capital. It is said that Nanjing Jinyiwei has sent people to receive them. Look..."

Zhu Hao asked: "Eunuch Zhang is talking about my uncle?"

"Ah."

Zhang Zuo nodded, "How should the North Korean envoy be received?"

Zhu Si has no experience in Ming Dynasty diplomacy, and Zhang Zuo has no knowledge in this area, and Zhu Si likes to show the majesty of the emperor of the kingdom in front of the envoys of the vassal states. Zhang Zuo saw Zhu Si's thoughts, so he followed Zhu Hao made this discussion.

Zhu Hao said: "It's better to let Mr. Tang go to receive him. He has nothing else to do recently. Find some work for him. He won't be tired, and he can show off a bit."

"That's fine, that's fine." Zhang Zuo smiled.

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North Korea escorted the 33 Japanese captured in the tribute battle and eight people from the Ming Dynasty captured to the capital.

Apart from escorting the thieves to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Chang also had another purpose, which was to establish a reserve for the king Li Yi, hoping to get the support of the Ming court.After Chengchang arrived in the capital, he wantonly bribed the dignified ministers in the court, most of whom were the princes of the state, and there were traditions and channels for gift-giving between foreign countries and the princes of the Ming Dynasty.

And they also prepared a generous gift for Tang Yin, probably because they knew that Tang Yin was the emperor's husband with high morals, coupled with his idle personality, they felt that through Tang Yin they could talk to the emperor.

Tang Yin accepted a big gift for no reason.

Besides money, Chengchang also sent a beautiful woman from Korea to congratulate Tang Yin on his wedding.

(End of this chapter)