Jinyi champion

Chapter 974
Zhu Hao appeared in front of Yang Shen again, but he was at Yang Shen's mansion and visited late at night.

When Yang Shen learned from his subordinates that Zhu Hao, the new right servant of the Ministry of Rites, appeared in front of his house, he was also a little surprised, but he immediately gathered his thoughts and met Zhu Hao in the study that originally belonged to Yang Tinghe. A person who has never been able to figure out his position.

"Brother Yongxiu, it's been a long time."

Zhu Hao smiled and cupped his hands.

Yang Shen nodded and signaled Zhu Hao to sit down, but Zhu Hao shook his head with a smile: "I'll leave after saying a few words."

Yang Shen immediately asked bluntly: "Where have you been recently?"

It was supposed to be Zhu Hao who came to talk about the matter, but Yang Shen has always been a strong person, wanting to control everything, even Ge Lao, Shang Shu, Hanlin Bachelor, etc., he completely ignored, let alone Zhu Hao?

You, Zhu Hao, still want to take the initiative in front of me?

Zhu Hao replied: "I went to Xishan."

"Why do you want to go to Xishan?"

Yang Shen frowned.

If it is said that Zhu Hao is doing things for the emperor, then what is the purpose of Zhu Hao running to the west mountain?Isn't that where coal is mined and coal is dug?What's the matter with a civil servant with a champion background?

Could it be that he was secretly dispatched to do hard labor?
Zhu Hao said helplessly: "Sometimes I can't choose some things. Now I feel more like a pawn. I was coerced by Sun Shangshu of the household department before, and now I am a Hanlin Tang scholar. I can't help myself!"

"Ah."

Yang Shen nodded.

He agrees with this point. Zhu Hao should not be the leader of the whole incident, but more like running errands, and there is another culprit behind it.

Otherwise, Yang Shen really couldn't accept that he was being kept in the dark by Zhu Hao all the time, like a fool.

Yang Shendao: "So, your promotion to the right servant of the Ministry of Rites is also a choice made for you?"

Zhu Hao smiled: "Brother Yongxiu seems to care a lot about who I work for."

"Humph."

Yang Shen now has great doubts about Zhu Hao. In front of Zhu Hao, he tried his best to maintain a high majesty, as if everything was under his control.

Zhu Haodao: "Now I don't know what position I should maintain... It stands to reason that I should go forward and retreat together with my colleagues in the Imperial Academy. I did this when I first entered the Imperial Academy, but in the end... Not ideal."

It means that when I first entered the Hanlin Academy, didn’t you just say what you said?
When admonishing the emperor, he co-signed, even as the chief initiator, and finally fell into the tragic situation of being sent to the mine for two months of labor reform. These pasts are still vivid in his memory.

You can't say that I didn't take care of the feelings of your colleagues in the Imperial Academy, right?
"In any case, the original intention should not be changed."

Yang Shen said in a teaching tone.

Zhu Hao nodded: "Later you also saw that a lot of things happened to me in the court, first I was driven to Nanjing, and then Yongping Mansion. The errands were waiting for me, and I finally went back to the Imperial Academy, I was really tired! At this time, Mr. Tang told me, let me be a villain, and leave a little room between the emperor and his ministers in the court, so I did so. "

Yang Shendao: "Do you mean to say that Tang Yin told you in advance that the proposal to pursue Emperor Xingxian as the Bensheng Emperor?"

Zhu Hao spread his hands and didn't answer directly, but the meaning was obvious - who else could it be?
"Then Mr. Tang asked me to act as a lobbyist to make a deal with you. Although it was done, I was physically and mentally exhausted... Why do you think I didn't show up in the Imperial Academy? Do you think that under such circumstances, the errands of the Imperial Academy are of great importance to me? What's the point?" Zhu Hao looked sad.

Yang Shen said coldly: "Then who are you working for now?"

Zhu Haodao: "Naturally, I do things for the imperial court... Now I can be regarded as a competent pawn! Whoever asks me to do things, I will try my best to help, just to balance the relationship between the court and the court, but in the end, everyone betrays their relatives...

"But it's fine now. I was suddenly appointed by the imperial court as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites to do what I can for the imperial court to discuss rituals. Can you say that I am irresponsible?"

Yang Shen didn't say anything this time.

"I just came here to let you know that Mr. Tang had approached me earlier and told me that in two days' time, a debate about the Great Ceremony in the court will enter the final stage. I will take the risk of telling you this news. Do you think I What is your position?"

Zhu Hao appeared to be very upright.

But when it comes to his position, he just avoids answering.

In other words, he wanted to play the role of a neutral faction, and continue to make Yang Shen unclear about his motives and intentions.

"In two days?"

Yang Shen asked for confirmation.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "I'm not sure about the exact date, but I guess it will be these two days. As far as I know, His Majesty has sent Jinyiwei and people from the East Factory to set up barriers around the palace gate to prevent Civil servants gather to make trouble... that's all I can remind."

Yang Shen suddenly slapped the desk, looking very angry.

Because what Zhu Hao said just happened to correspond to the strategy he had discussed with the Censor Yanguan.

But this does not mean that it can be prevented. No matter whether there are Jinyiwei or the Imperial Forest Army blocking the gate of the palace, it will not prevent them from kneeling and crying at the door, but this will cause many officials who just go to kneel and beg and cry at the door with blood. Worry, many timid people will hesitate on the issue of going or not going, which is a disguised form of alienation for the originally monolithic civil servant camp.

Yang Shendao: "If civil servants gather together to speak to His Majesty, you won't go, will you?"

"Ah."

Zhu Hao nodded without hesitation, "At this point, if you insist on asking this question, I can only answer this way. Yes, I won't go!"

"Ha ha."

Yang Shen's eyes were full of contempt for Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao said: "Actually, I'm also very surprised. Why do you care so much about my position? I was born in Anlu. I said earlier that I have known His Majesty for a long time. But as a Jinshi from Anlu, am I not qualified to serve the imperial court?"

Zhu Hao asked Yang Shen back.

Why do you think that I must be on the opposite side of the emperor?You shouldn't be thinking, am I wearing the same pair of pants as the emperor?
Yang Shen said coldly: "Jingdao, how much do you know about your Zhu family? Do you understand that the death of Emperor Xingxian's eldest son was related to your Zhu family?"

Zhu Haodao: "I really know something about this matter. It is said that King Xing's family has been persecuted by the court many times, but I really don't know. Can one of Emperor Zong's several princes not have a child? What's the point of murdering a vassal? Could it be that someone deliberately said that in order to claim credit for the court?"

"you……"

Yang Shen was stopped by the question.

The Zhu family's involvement in the murder of Zhu Youzhao's eldest son sounded reasonable at first glance, but after what Zhu Hao said, it seemed very unusual.

Zhu Hao sighed: "At least I was treated kindly in King Xing's mansion. Not to mention I had the opportunity to study. Later, with the support of Emperor Xingxian who was King Xingxian at the time, I got a good name in the exam, but when I went to the country for the examination, Emperor Xingxian passed away. , I feel very sad. From the beginning to the end, I have a very good relationship with Mr. Tang, Yu Tianbo and others, and there has never been any suspicion."

The more Yang Shen listened, the more strange he became.

Zhu Hao is clearly saying that you all regard me as a thorn in the side of Prince Xing's Mansion, but I am actually doing very well in Prince Xing's Mansion.

That being the case, then why can Tang Yin be a scholar of the Imperial Academy, but I can't be a bachelor of servant and the right servant of the Ministry of Rites?
"Brother Yongxiu, do you blame me for not telling you this in advance? In fact, since the first day I entered the court, after I met you, I have never hidden anything from you, have I?"

Zhu Hao had a look of injustice on his face.

Yang Shen thought about it carefully.

It seems to be the case.

From the very beginning, it was Yang Tinghe who told him that Zhu Hao could be reused. He also felt that Zhu Hao, as a member of the Jinyiwei Zhu family, could not gain the trust of the current emperor. Then he wooed Zhu Hao and let Zhu Hao work for him. .

"I always talk about my conscience when I do things. When it comes to the issue of the ceremony, I did believe that His Majesty should not be too persistent. It is clear that he suppressed dissidents in this way. I don't want chaos in the court, so I took the lead in opposing it.

"But all the time, Emperor Xingxian has been kind to me. Now that your father and Mr. Jiang Ge are no longer in court, His Majesty is still very persistent in the matter of discussing the ceremony. Although I understand that brother Xiu and your colleagues are against the objection to the ceremony. Persist, but I can't be ungrateful as a human being, and I can't stand by your side when it comes to discussing etiquette!"

Zhu Hao told a tortuous story, putting himself on the opposite side of Yang Shen.

Moreover, Zhu Hao's story sounded very "reasonable", and Yang Shen even felt that Zhu Hao's actions were reasonable.

"Brother Yongxiu, I've said everything I can to remind you. Please think about what you want to do in advance. It's up to you to fight for it!"

Zhu Haodao, "As for your Majesty's appointment, I have already declined, but as you can see, Your Majesty wants to use me as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites to participate in the ceremony, and there is Mr. Tang's full support behind it. It is the so-called teacher for one day and father for life , I lost my father since I was a child, so I can't disobey Mr. Tang's orders!
"Regarding the matter of the ceremony, please forgive Zhu for being helpless. I can only say sorry here! I wish you good luck!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Hao cupped his hands and immediately wanted to leave.

"stop!"

Yang Shen called Zhu Hao to stop.

Zhu Hao turned his head and asked, "It's your turn to teach me a lesson and scold me for not being a courtier, is it?"

Yang Shen was very annoyed.

It feels like Zhu Hao can accurately calculate what he thinks in his heart at every moment. He really wanted to scold Zhu Hao just now, but since Zhu Hao said so...then he can't let Zhu Hao "accurately calculate", so he has to change the way to say.

"Jingdao, it's a very unprincipled behavior for you to do this, you know?"

Yang Shen scolded Zhu Hao in a very polite tone.

Zhu Hao smiled bitterly: "I don't have principles? You tell me first, what principles are to me? I was born in the Xing Palace, if I am as unprincipled as you said, I won't let Zhang Bing use his position Soaring rapidly, let alone being randomly manipulated and discarded as pawns!

"The experience of these few years has made me understand a truth. I just need to be a courtier with peace of mind. As for the principles...that's all illusory things. Here I have to ask you a question. What are you doing with Eunuch Zhang? When trading, have you thought about what principles you insist on?"

(End of this chapter)