Jinyi champion

Chapter 971 Whose court is this?

At the court meeting the next day, Zhu Hao did not appear.

But Zhu Hao's memorial had already been passed to the cabinet one day earlier, and at the celestial court meeting, Zhu Si personally rejected Zhu Hao's memorial requesting someone else to be the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

"...I choose talents and use them, and the court has also discussed them. If you don't take up the post because of this, you will violate the rules of the court. As a courtier, you can't do it willfully. Taking care of your own reputation is more important than maintaining the stability of the court. If so, is that still a competent courtier?"

Zhu Si's tone was very tough, but anyone could tell that the emperor seemed to be defending Zhu Hao.

It seems that this position must be given to Zhu Hao.

At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Si specially asked Zhang Zuo to go to the cabinet, and made some explanations with the three members of the current cabinet.

After Jiang Mian and Mao Ji left the cabinet, there was finally no one Zhu Si particularly hated. Fei Hong was the chief assistant, which was considered to be a peace of mind, because after all, Fei Hong was an old minister who joined the cabinet during the Zhengde period. Let the transition of the court proceed in an orderly manner.

Before Zhang Zuo left, Fei Hong personally saw him off.

Fei Hong asked: "Eunuch Zhang, if Zhu Jingdao, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, continues to decline, what does His Majesty mean?"

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Of course Zhu Hanlin will continue to be the servant. This position must be him."

"Oh."

Fei Hong wasn't quite sure what the emperor was thinking at first, but after hearing Zhang Zuo's words, he probably understood that this was a certainty.

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After Zhang Zuo left the cabinet to be on duty, he didn't go back to see Zhu Si, but came outside the palace. He didn't go to see Zhu Hao first, but went directly to Tang Yin's door.

Tang Yin's house had a lot of people who came to visit that day, and the front door was crowded with people, some of them came directly to the door without even preparing a name card. They were basically scholars from Jiangnan, and they felt that Tang Yin was a representative of scholars in Jiangnan. , It should be responsive to the requests of local scholars.

Just because he has experienced a lot of such unreasonable things recently, Tang Yin has not even thought about meeting guests recently.

On the same day, he even closed the door to thank guests on the grounds that he was sick.

But when Zhang Zuo came, Tang Yin still had to be patient.

"...Mr. Zhu did not know why, but he refused. Even His Majesty didn't know what Mr. Zhu's intentions were. It was agreed that the ceremony should be completed before the end of the year, but Mr. Zhu didn't seem to be in a hurry. Mr. Tang, you should have seen him? Did he say anything?"

Zhang Zuo was in a hurry.

When the bosses fight, I, an errand runner, will suffer.

The emperor desperately wanted Zhu Hao to help settle the matter of the ceremony, but Zhu Hao just showed a calm attitude, and Zhu Si simply put Zhu Hao on the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites...

There seems to be a little suspicion between the monarch and his ministers.

Even though Zhu Si and Zhu Hao didn't recognize each other, Zhang Zuo, as a bystander, could see a clue, and didn't want to see a crack between the monarch and his subjects at this time.

After all, the big thing hasn't happened yet.

Tang Yin said: "I haven't seen it before."

Zhang Zuo was speechless.

I have come to the door personally to tell you before, so that you have more time to communicate with that Mr. Zhu and understand his intentions. Sometimes our family can’t come to ask him in person, so we rely on you to give some information. As a result... ...You are better at prevarication than our family.

Zhang Zuo asked: "Then what is Mr. Tang's opinion on the matter of discussing rites?"

Tang Yin frowned: "You mean, if Jing Dao can't help His Majesty, then I must come forward?"

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zuo smiled.

Do you really think that the emperor promised that you can stay in his position without seeking political success, so you believe it?

Don't even think about it, there are so many people staring at the position of Hanlin Bachelor, why can you be an undisclosed person?You don't want to contribute yourself, and you don't even want to ask Zhu Hao what his attitude is. Even if the emperor can let you go, our family will come to bother you, making you have to come forward.

Tang Yin suddenly felt cheated.

"Then I will find time to urge Jingdao, but since he said it was done a year ago, he will definitely not delay it. Sigh!"

Tang Yin felt overwhelmed.

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After Zhu Hao's resignation, the mainstream opinion in the court was still to let Zhu Hao return to the Imperial Academy and continue to be his editor, even if it was just a matter of offering a reading or a lecture, but Zhu Hao should not be allowed to "reach the sky in one step".

Yang Shen sent someone to look for Zhu Hao that day, but he couldn't find him.

Yang Shen made a special trip to visit Fengxi.

At this time, in the Imperial Academy, there was already a dispute about whether Shi Pang should be admitted to the cabinet or whether Fengxi should be allowed to join the cabinet.

Many people think that since Shi Pang did not join the cabinet before, don't grab other people's opportunities now, and leave the cabinet seat to Fengxi. You, Shi Pang, can be a Hanlin bachelor at the Imperial Academy with peace of mind, and just wait until you become an official.

Yang Shen wanted to take advantage of the interest dispute between Shi Pang and Fengxi, trying to get closer to Fengxi, and form a kind of confrontation with Shi Pang.

Because Yang Shen didn't like that person Shi Pang at all.

"Scholar Feng, I hope you can come forward and oppose the imperial court's arrangement of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. I am not against the promotion of Jing Dao, but it is indeed inappropriate to use him as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites."

What Yang Shen said to Fengxi was a bit like an order.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, I'm here to inform you that you must follow what I said and go up to oppose this matter.

Fengxi had a very headache.

For Fengxi, Daliyi can insist on standing on the side of "successors and heirs", but it is best not to let me take the lead. As for who is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites...does it really make any difference?

What's wrong with you, Yang Shenneng as a lecturer, and Zhu Hao as a bachelor?Didn't even you, Yang Shen, take the initiative to favor Zhu Jingdao when you recommended the list of candidates for promotion?

Fengxi said: "Yongxiu, respectfully, I will play the resignation, but His Majesty's attitude is not easy to ponder. No one knows whether His Majesty wants to use this person, or just use him to take this position temporarily, to avoid people in the court. Continue to disrupt the order of the court with ritual affairs."

Yang Shen said coldly: "Hasn't Scholar Feng ever thought that Jing Dao might secretly help His Majesty in matters concerning the ceremony?"

"Ok?"

Feng Xi froze for a moment.

Hasn't Zhu Hao always been "one of his own"?

Even if he was promoted exceptionally this time, how dare you say that the promoted position is not a hot potato?

Is that a position that everyone envies?
Up and down the court, there is probably only one person who is most persistent in the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Cong, and the rest are afraid to avoid it.

Can this also mean that Zhu Hao is secretly working for the emperor?
"Shouldn't Jingdao ask himself what his attitude towards Yili is?" Fengxi was about to issue an order to expel the guests.

Are you, Yang Shen, finished?
Don't think that if you have the father of the chief assistant who has retired, we will all listen to you. Do you think you are the prince?
Yang Shen's attitude softened a little, and he said in a calm tone: "Since Scholar Feng is not willing to play, I will not force you, but there is another personal matter, I wonder if Scholar Feng is willing to help?"

"Say."

Fengxi was surprised.

This is not like Yang Shen's usual attitude.

Yang Shendao: "I would like to write a letter to Jing Dao, Master Yi Feng, find a place to meet him, and ask his opinion. I wonder if Master Feng is willing to help?"

Fengxi was startled at first.

Originally, he wanted to say, you should go by yourself.

But on another thought, Yang Shen mentioned in front of him earlier that Zhu Hao was likely to work for the emperor in secret, so he was "appreciated" by the emperor, which meant that Zhu Hao had betrayed the traditional civil servant camp. If he doubts, he no longer regards Zhu Hao as an ally, and naturally he will not take the initiative to meet him.

In fact, Fengxi didn't know that Yang Shen simply couldn't find Zhu Hao, and Yang Shen felt that Zhu Hao was deliberately avoiding him.

Feng Xi said: "It's not a bad idea for me to meet Jing Dao, I can ask him directly if I have something to do. But the problem is that I don't know where Jing Dao is. The affairs of the court are so laborious, many things... just let nature take its course."

It's almost like saying that you, Yang Shen, are too lenient.

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After all, Fengxi can be regarded as a discerning person in the Imperial Academy.

He could see that there was a grudge between Yang Shen and Zhu Hao, and once Zhu Hao became the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, his status would be higher than Yang Shen, and Yang Shen could no longer run away in an arrogant tone Go to Zhu Hao to question, or even give orders.

Because Zhu Hao didn't have to take him seriously.

Fengxi felt that Yang Shen asked him to meet Zhu Hao largely because Fengxi at least had an official position higher than Zhu Hao, so he could ask something.

But Fengxi didn't know where Zhu Hao was, and besides, he had an appointment that day, which was to visit Liu Chun's mansion.

Fengxi also wanted to work hard for his entry into the cabinet, although he agreed to enter the cabinet with Shi Ping...but that was Jiang Mian's intention. Now that Jiang Mian is gone, the emperor also made it clear that he and Shi Pingzhi There is a direct competitive relationship between them, so why must it be Shi Ting instead of him?
Since there is such a possibility, he must do something himself, right?
Do you want to watch the opportunity slip by before your eyes?
Fengxi has a closer relationship with Liu Chun. He wants to ask, what is the current situation in the cabinet?
Liu Chun received Fengxi in the living room of his home.

"...At present, the few of us have not discussed in detail who will enter the cabinet between you and Bang Yan. I expect this matter will be mentioned again in the court in the next few days. But don't get too entangled, because someone's opinion is better than ours. A few are more important... Hehe, I really have nothing to reveal to you."

What Liu Chun wanted to say was that even my entry into the cabinet was planned by that kid Zhu Hao secretly.

What was the state at that time?
Yang Tinghe was the chief assistant, and the camp of officials in the court and the Chinese government was almost monolithic. Zhu Jingdao still found a loophole and forced me into the cabinet.

But now the civil servant camp is basically a mess, without even a real leader. Doesn't that mean that whoever Zhu Hao wants to join the cabinet will join?

Isn't Huang Gongxian's entry into the cabinet a living example?
Feng Xi said: "Brother Renzhong mentioned someone, who is it?"

Liu Chun knew it in his stomach, but Fengxi was really confused.

Liu Chun shook his head: "It's hard to say at the moment, but I will ask for you later to see how the situation is."

Fengxi was at a loss again.

Are you going to ask?
Who to ask?

Ask Your Majesty?
Or ask Fei Hong?
Why did you, Liu Renzhong, speak so strangely today?

Liu Chun almost didn't say, I'm going to ask Zhu Hao to see if he wants to let you into the cabinet. Anyway, Zhu Hao alone has the final say on who will be added to the cabinet and who will be subtracted.

(End of this chapter)