Jinyi champion

Chapter 968: Combining Two Swords?

At the end of the Tianchaohui, Zhu Si held an internal court meeting, and not many people attended.

In the cabinet, only Jiang Mian and Fei Hong were allowed to enter, plus Qiao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xi Shu, and a little-known Tang Yin. A closed-door meeting was completed with these few people.

After the meeting, Jiang Mian did not go to the cabinet to be on duty, but hurried to the Imperial Academy, and found Shi Ping and Fengxi, who were Hanlin bachelors at the time.

The scholars from the Shoufu University entered the Imperial Academy after the internal meeting of the palace. Many people felt that something was wrong, but after Jiang Mian arrived at the Imperial Academy, he also had internal discussions with Shi Pang and Fengxi. , Li Tingxiang, Liu Long and Yang Shen were not allowed to enter, and they didn't know what happened.

When Jiang Mian left, he brought Shi Pang behind him, and Li Tingxiang was allowed to enter Fengxi's office.

"Old Feng, what happened?"

Li Tingequang then asked this question for the entire Imperial Academy.

Feng Xi said: "This matter cannot be made public yet, after tomorrow's court meeting, people will know about it."

Li Tingxiang was also very uncomfortable, we are ministers in the same hall, since Jiang Mian has come to see you, why am I not qualified to know about it?
Is this disrespectful?
Yang Shen was not in the Imperial Academy that day, and he only found out about it after receiving a report from Yu Chengxun at noon.

"It's not easy."

Yu Chengxun shook his head and said, "Now the Imperial Academy is spreading rumors, which may be related to the fact that His Majesty said earlier that he would increase the number of ceremonies for Hanlin bachelors. It seems that the matter should have been finalized, but it cannot be announced to the public."

Yang Shen frowned: "A lot of people know about it, but no one has spread the news?"

Yu Chengxun said: "There is no news from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Etiquette. Those who know the news are keeping the secret for the time being."

"Ugh!"

Yang Shen sighed heavily.

Yu Chengxun seemed to know why Yang Shen was so depressed, he said: "Do you want to find Jingdao earlier and ask him to ask Tang Yin for clarification? Among these ministers, Tang Yin is most likely to be unable to keep a secret."

Yang Shen said: "Then where is he now?"

"I don't know."

Yu Chengxun also answered directly.

Yang Shen shook his head and said: "I doubt that this time it is definitely not as simple as just adding a Hanlin scholar. Both Jiang Ge and Qiao Shangshu have only a handful of times in the court. If they are also abolished, the order in the court will be changed." I'm afraid there will be a big change, or it may be that the matter of discussing the etiquette needs to be further advanced."

Yu Chengxun said: "Then what should we do now? Who to go to? Or use Xiu to visit Tang Bohu yourself?"

"No need."

Yang Shen seems to have a plan in mind, "Recently, I have been interacting more with people in Hanyuan and the six departments, and mobilized all the six departments at the head level. If your majesty wants to advance the ceremony before the end of the year, then you can only take the last step."

Hearing this, Yu Chengxun was very relieved: "Yongxiu, it's rare for you to be so persistent. You know that there are some unfavorable rumors among the people, saying that you were promoted to the Bachelor of Attendance and Lecturer because you secretly reached an agreement with His Majesty, and His Majesty will protect you. You give up on the dispute over Daliyi, but now it seems that those people are talking nonsense, you are so upright, how can you break your principles for the sake of glory and wealth?"

After hearing Yu Chengxun's words, Yang Shen himself felt rather embarrassed.

I did make a deal with the emperor, but the way of the deal was relatively secret, but it seems that the emperor did the same, why didn't I further ask me to give up the dispute over Daliyi?
wrong.

In case the emperor still has a backup player, and when I go to fight for the grand ceremony, the emperor makes our secret transaction public, so I won't be discredited?
Not right either.

I have been so persistent, how can others easily believe it?At that time, I would feel that the emperor was trying to drive a wedge between me and the scholars.

Why do I think about these things?Let's think about how to deal with the big ceremony first.

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Until the next day's court meeting, the outside world knew nothing about the content of yesterday's internal court meeting.

Those who participated in this internal discussion, except for Jiang Mian who went to the Hanlin Academy to inform the two Hanlin bachelors, others did not know about it, but before the start of the next day's court meeting, there were several people waiting to be interviewed. An unusual character, people have a lot of speculation.

Attending the court meeting were Tang Yin, Zhang Cong, Huo Tao who had just arrived in the capital, and Gui E who had just arrived in the capital yesterday.

At this time, these people were basically standing together. Others saw that these people were all participating in the ceremony and were rejected by the mainstream of the court, so no one went up to say hello to them.

As a cabinet scholar, Huang Zan is not with these people even though he is also a member of the Yili School.

On the other hand, the main officials of the Imperial Academy also came. Usually, the middle and high-level officials in the Imperial Academy do not participate in the court discussions every day. Their status is relatively high, but their real power is low. People, even though many people have not been in the court for a long time and their official positions are not high, but as censor officials, they rotate almost every two or three days, and each of them spends at least ten days in the court every month.

The court officially began.

When he came up, the emperor took out a memorial to resign and announced to the people present: "Mr. Jiang Ge has worked hard for the court and made great contributions. Now he resigns again. I have discussed with several Qing families yesterday and decided It is agreed for him to return to his hometown. He will be given chariots, horses, servants, and 200 taels of silver for his travel expenses."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Mian immediately expressed his gratitude to the emperor.

Although the ministers present did not speak, their hearts were filled with waves.

The second assistant Mao Ji had already retired before, and now the first assistant Jiang Mian has also retired. This means that the cabinet team left over from the Zhengde period has all left by now, and an era is over.

Zhu Sidao: "As for other people who ask for resignation, I will not allow them at all. The court is employing people, and your family is still concentrating on your work. It will be the end of the new year. Please concentrate on your official duties and don't slack in the slightest. If you have something to do, wait until the next year." Let’s talk about it after spring.”

It means that only Jiang Mian is the only one who will take office this time, and besides Jiang Mian, including Qiao Yu, Fei Hong, Liu Chun and others, their resignations will not be approved.

Some of them might not have been allowed in the first place, and they asked to resign, but it was just a step down for the emperor and themselves, and to test the emperor's attitude.

The rules of the Ming court have always been like this. If there is nothing to do, please give a speech. If the emperor doesn't like anyone, he won't say that he will make trouble to the point where the monarch and his ministers will tear their faces, and they will directly drive people back to their hometown. That would be too ugly.

Even if the conflict intensifies to the point where the emperor and Yang Tinghe are, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers can be regarded as "a good beginning and a good end". People in the court don't think that the emperor will hold Yang Tinghe accountable in the future.

Zhu Sidao: "This is the end of the matter. Many matters in the court should be decided, especially in terms of employment. The government offices should also make up for the lack of positions. As I mentioned before, we need to add another member of the Imperial Academy. I don’t know if there is anyone in the Hanlin Academy to choose from, as a Hanlin bachelor?”

At this time, Huang Zan walked up and said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Cong to serve as an imperial servant."

"what?"

The ministers present were not happy when they heard this recommendation.

Is Zhang Cong a Hanlin bachelor?
How can that old boy be able?
A guy who has just passed the Jinshi exam is not yet a first-class person. Letting him be an imperial servant is already an exceptional promotion, and now there is no end to the exception?

Zhu Si didn't wait for someone present to jump out to object, but instead looked at Jiang Mian and asked, "Mr. Jiang Ge, do you think this person is suitable?"

Strictly speaking, Jiang Mian is no longer the chief assistant of the cabinet, he is a retired old man, but the emperor still asked him to give his opinion, in fact, it seemed to be telling the ministers present that this was our internal court discussion yesterday As a result, you are less likely to come out and get involved.

Jiang Mian said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

really.

Now, many people present felt annoyed. How could Jiang Mian compromise in such a crucial position?

You have already retired, and you still agree with Zhang Bingyong to be a Hanlin scholar?
After hearing Jiang Mian's statement, Zhu Si was very satisfied, nodded and said: "If it is really necessary to add another Hanlin Bachelor to the Imperial Academy, then the number of Hanlin Bachelors will be too many. Choose one of the bachelors to join the cabinet."

Okay.

Are you going to put Zhang Cong in the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin bachelor, and you want Tang Yin to join the cabinet?Don't think we don't know what's going on with you.

But those present with a certain political mind did not think so.

They would think that since Jiang Mian could compromise on his appointment as an official and Zhang Cong's appointment as a Hanlin scholar, it is impossible for the emperor to "take" everything, and he must "give", right?

Could it be that Jiang Mian is so spineless and suffers?

Zhu Sizai said: "Mr. Tang's status as a Juren and his qualifications in the court are not enough to enter the cabinet, but as for the remaining two Hanlin scholars who will enter the cabinet, we will discuss it in the next few days."

This can be regarded as dispelling the doubts of many people present.

It turns out that the exchange point is here.

The emperor added a scholar of Yili Hanlin in exchange for Shi Ping or Fengxi entering the cabinet alone. This deal seems unfair, but it is the best result that civil servants can get.

After all, there must be no more members of the Ceremony faction in the cabinet. One Huang Zan is enough. As for Fei Hong and Liu Chun, they are not members of the Ceremony Clan. They are said to be neutral, but they still tend to Orthodox, they have never expressed too radical opinions on issues such as rituals.

Zhu Sidao: "The position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites is still vacant, right?"

Back to the point right away.

In the past few times, there was no conclusion in the court discussion. It seems that today, taking advantage of Jiang Mian's resignation, he will settle it all at once.

Many people were looking behind Zhang Cong, because there was Gui E, who had just entered the court, and Gui E was very active in Nanjing. This time he rushed to the capital in a hurry, clearly to grab the fruits of victory. Could it be that the emperor wanted to Let Gui E from the Ritual School be the right servant of the Ministry of Rites?
If this is the case, Zhang Cong is a Hanlin scholar, and Gui E is a right servant of the Ministry of Rites, forming a situation of two swords combined.

(End of this chapter)