Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1526 Calculation
Ming Palace, eight floors.

Zhaoming Pavilion.

In the huge hall, the atmosphere is a bit cold and quiet, but the sound of footsteps coming and going in and out of the surrounding corridors is very dense.

"Mr. Cai, the enthronement ceremony is less than a few days away. Is there any mistake in the whole process?"

Hu Zhao once again sorted out the process of the enthronement ceremony. This is an enthronement ceremony facing the whole world, and it also represents the face of the Ming Dynasty. He is not nervous until he is not.

In the eyes of many scholars, no matter what they do, they are just rebellious officials and thieves. The criticism from outside must not be suppressed.

But what they can do is to use the best etiquette, follow the etiquette system, and try not to give others the opportunity to attack.

"No problem!"

Cai Yong pinched the bridge of his nose. He has been very busy these days. After all, as far as the enthronement ceremony is concerned, the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and he is in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Many things have fallen on him.

"I'll let them check again and again, and don't give them any chance to make mistakes!" Cai Yong continued: "To replace the Han Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty must give people a court like a glorious sun!"

"Ok!"

Hu Zhao nodded: "Today, the world is still the Han Dynasty. Looking at the princes of the world, they are all the princes of the Han Dynasty. Our Ming Dynasty wants to establish a new dynasty and a new world. If there is a crime, when our subjects bear it, we must not give them any chance to attack the king!"

"I'm afraid it can't be stopped!"

Xi Zhicai was also sitting next to him, he smiled, a little wryly, and said: "Our king is so flamboyant, how could he not be attacked? I think it is a blessing to keep the Ming Dynasty from being attacked!"

"This statement makes sense!"

Huang Zhong also smiled, and said: "Your Majesty is already notorious, and the world fears him like a tiger and a wolf. In the eyes of those scholars, everything is wrong. Once he ascends the throne, he will inevitably attract the attacks of the world's scholars and scholars. But you can say anything!"

"It's enough for us to control the public opinion in the Ming Kingdom. As for the outside, for the time being, we can't control it!" Qin Song said in a low voice.

"We have already said hello to the channels of the newspaper. Although we don't talk about flattering the king, any public opinion that is not good for the king will be suppressed!" Liu Jin said coldly: "The king's accession to the throne was forced by the troubled times. If you dare to go against the wind at this time, then don't blame our Ming country for not reasoning with them!"

"No need to be angry!"

Cai Yong said calmly: "Your Majesty will always have to pass this hurdle. How can the Son of Heaven be so easy to take responsibility? As long as we do our own things well, that's enough. The Ming dynasty will be established and the court will run smoothly. There can be no chaos!"

"Ok!"

The crowd nodded.

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The meeting also discussed matters about enthronement, such as the cooperation of the military, etc. Enthronement as emperor is not a trivial matter. Even trivial matters, they will be discussed in Zhaoming Pavilion for a long time, and they must do their best. There is not the slightest flaw.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, leaving Hu Zhao and Cai Yong sitting opposite each other at the conference table.

They stayed and whispered for a while.

Hu Zhao gave a look, and all the people who took the minutes of the meeting withdrew, and then closed the door quietly, before he said, "The harem system, do you have an idea?"

"Continue the old system?"

Cai Yong narrowed his eyes.

"Don't think about it!" Hu Zhao said: "Your Majesty will be the first to move, and it must be done later!"

"Dare he?"

Cai Yong stared.

"There is nothing to dare!" Hu Zhao said: "Where the king is, he clearly distinguishes the court from the shepherds, and he certainly does not want me to intervene in the harem system!"

He sighed and continued: "Since he preemptively took down Zongzheng Temple, we have lost the opportunity to dictate to the harem. He will definitely not allow the old system to continue!"

"Walking alone!" Cai Yong said helplessly, "This is the real Dragon Herding Picture. The seemingly docile appearance has fooled the world a lot!"

"I've figured this out a long time ago!"

Hu Zhao spread his hands and said: "The king has such a character. If he hadn't had such courage, how could he have achieved great things? In the past, the king was still alive, but he could still be suppressed. The king is gone. He exploded his nature and looked at the world. No one can hold him down anymore, I'm afraid you, father-in-law, don't have much restraint, and we can only do what he wants to do!"

"This can be regarded as his ability!" Cai Yong glanced at Hu Zhao. Hu Zhao has been in the position of being under one person and above ten thousand in recent years, but life is not easy. Serving a wayward king like Mu Jing is a must. It's a lot of hard work. Of course, Mujing has come to this day, and the word willful is a bit too much: "Although he is independent, he does things within the rules he made, and he will never go beyond the rules he made. He can Using the rules, we can too!"

"That is to say, fighting mind?"

Hu Zhao heard it, he smiled, and said to Cai Yong: "Old Cai, it's not that I underestimate you. If you want to talk about rivalry, you may not be your son-in-law's opponent!"

"Then you can't let him do whatever he wants!"

Cai Yong said angrily: "We old guys are working hard for his enthronement ceremony, what is he doing, do you know?"

"I'm not blind!"

Hu Zhao said indifferently: "His opportunity was well grasped. Even if we knew that he was preparing for the New Deal, we didn't have the energy to stop him. After all, he is more open than us. Whether the enthronement ceremony is successful or not depends on He doesn't care at all, but we can't do it, so even if we know that he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to win over the new party members, there is nothing we can do!"

"That can only be left to him?" Cai Yong said: "Don't underestimate him, he is fierce in his actions, and he has always been merciless in his actions. Once he has enough confidence, no one can stop the New Deal. Already!"

Cai Yong is also quite complicated about the New Deal. He doesn't know if it's good or not, but he knows very well that there must be a struggle between the new deal and the old system.

No matter if it's him, Hu Zhao, he will be involved involuntarily.

Can't dodge.

"According to the news from below, he has basically taken over the ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry. In addition, he also made an appointment with the head of the Department of Education today, who is the number one general under your command, Shi Xie!"

Hu Zhao said calmly: "Sooner or later, it will be unstoppable. If he wants to make trouble, he has to make trouble for him. He can promote it, but whether the New Deal can be implemented in the end depends on whether he has the ability to pass my test! "

His advantage is not here, he doesn't need to fight against Mujing here, if he wants to fight against Mujing, the best choice is to use the place as the battlefield in the end.

Whether the people live well or not is a criterion for the struggle between the new policy and the old system.

Regardless of whether it is Mu Jing or Hu Zhao, the starting point for doing such a thing is for the common people of the world, and Cai Yong will not have any doubts about this.

"I'm afraid that the good situation we managed to maintain will collapse in the end!" Cai Yong was a little worried: "He's leaving too fast, the place will be in chaos!"

"If it's a lesson, it's worth it!" Hu Zhao said with a firm heart: "Cai Gong, you are too strict with him. Speaking of it, he is not yet [-] years old, and his future still has a long time. Those who can be allowed to make mistakes, and only if they make mistakes, will there be a better Mingjun!"

"You are cruel!"

For the first time, Cai Yong looked at Hu Zhao with admiration. He suddenly understood why people like Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui, and Wang Yun could be listed as officials in the court, but he himself was kicked out of the court for many years. Ruthless, for the common people of the world, for the sake of the overall situation, what he lacks may be this.

Sometimes if you want to accomplish something, you have to sacrifice something, but he can't learn to sacrifice, so he can't become a powerful minister above the court.

"Don't talk about it, he wants to make trouble, let him make trouble, let's do our own, talk about the harem system!" Hu Zhao said: "Although I don't plan to argue with him on this aspect, I still want to give some advice! "

"You don't want to give some advice. You are supplementing the harem for the draft. You haven't given up. The people have no children, but they are just extinct clans. But the emperor has no children. After all, the country has no successors. There is no way to reassure people. You change your ways, you want him to be drafted, you want him to supplement the harem, and you want him to make something!"

With Cai Yong's eyes, how can he fail to see through Hu Zhao's plan, but he doesn't have too much hope for this matter: "It's just a post-system change, I can fight for it, but the draft, don't think about it." Yes, I discussed it with Zhao Ji, whether it is Zhao Ji or You Ji, we have advised him, but he has made up his mind and will not continue the draft!"

"Forget it!" Hu Zhao didn't force it. Forcing some things is like going to war with Mu Jing. Before the world is unified, he will never do such a self-destructive thing. He thought for a while and said: "Then I recommend a few officials to serve as Zongzheng Temple!"

"Control Zongzheng Temple?" Cai Yong narrowed his eyes. In a sense, Zongzheng Temple is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and he has the qualifications and ability to intervene.

"I don't think so!"

Hu Zhao shook his head: "It's just that the emperor accepts disciples, and the court cannot remain indifferent. This Zongzheng Temple is a key. Zongzheng Temple governs the affairs of the royal family. If Zhaoming Pavilion has no influence, that is not good!"

"Row!"

Cai Yong agreed with him on this point: "I believe that Mu Sibao is not a difficult person to get along with!"

"Mu Sibao is not, but Mu Shun is not necessarily!"

Hu Zhao still instructed Cai Yong, saying: "Mu Shun is also very supported by Mu Jing. He has the support of Mu Qin in the business world, and the support of Mu Ying and other generals of the Mu family in the army. He will definitely be stationed in Zongzheng Temple. He is more radical than Mu Sibao!"

"I have a sense of proportion!" Cai Yong thought for a while and said.

Their conversation came to an end, but Cai Yong suddenly thought of what Hu Zhao said just now, and today Mu Jing had interviewed Shi Xie from the Department of Education, so he suddenly had some ideas.

"A long time ago, the king was not very satisfied with the recommendation system. Does he want to use this opportunity to abolish the recommendation system through the Department of Education?"

As soon as Cai Yong's words came out, Hu Zhao suddenly woke up.

"I still underestimated the king's action power!" Hu Zhao said belatedly: "Department of Education, why didn't I expect it? Although the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the evaluation of officials all over the world, it is the Ministry of Rites who really controls the recommendation system. He Starting from the Ministry of Rites, if we take down the Department of Education, the Division of Hongyu, where most of the Ministry of Rites is in his hands, start from the Department of Education, abolish the recommendation system, and then let the Ministry of Rites take the blame, then Mr. Cai will have a hard time talking In other words, you have to take the blame for this. With your influence in the world, although you will arouse the fury of those aristocratic families, you will also be supported by poor families. When you are evenly matched, if he ends up, you will directly decide the world. Naturally, the recommendation system cannot be maintained, and if he wants to realize the imperial examination system, he can smoothly promote it..."

"This guy is planning on the old man's head!"

Cai Yong was furious.

"Old Cai calm down!" Hu Zhao smiled bitterly: "Who among us has never been tricked by him, this is not the first time!"

"This old man is his old Taishan, and he is ashamed to let this old man take the blame!" Cai Yong was still very angry, if this son-in-law was not a king, he would have beaten him up severely.

"He has small arms and legs, so naturally he can't bear the pressure of abolishing the recommendation system, and the new emperor needs to accumulate prestige and not damage his reputation. At this time, if he can bear it, it's either me or you, I may not be able to bear it. In the court, I can suppress the Quartet, but in Shilin, I don't have much right to speak, so you are the best candidate, whether it is in the imperial court or in Shilin, and ..."

Hu Zhao's eyeballs rolled quickly, and his thoughts also turned quickly.

"And what?"

"And I'm afraid he didn't just start plotting against you now, but he started early in the morning. He asked you to do education, and then established the Ministry of Rites when the country was founded, and let you serve as the Ministry of Rites. They are all planning for this matter!"

Hu Zhao couldn't help but shudder a little, Mu Jing was too smart.

"You mean, he is determined and won't keep the recommendation system?" Cai Yong doesn't want to think about Mu Jing's calculations about his affairs now, but Mu Jing's determination.

"The Ministry of Industry and Agriculture showed us all, so he made a publicity, but he interviewed Shi Xie of the Education Department, but went to Hongdumen to study. In addition, he must have been prepared, so we can't Knowing any content of his conversation, we are just guessing here!"

Hu Zhao sighed, and said: "All these things show that he should be determined. The first thing to do when he ascends the throne is probably to abolish the recommendation system!"

"But for the past 400 years, recommending talents for the imperial court has always come here like this. He doesn't know how much turmoil there is if he changes rashly?" Cai Yong gasped.

He does not comment on the quality of the recommendation system, but it has been rooted for 400 years, so deep-rooted, it is equivalent to burying the entire scholarly community.

"I'm also thinking, isn't he afraid that he will mess up, and people from outside will come in?" In Hu Zhao's heart, Mu Jing is not a short-sighted person, things can be done, but there must be a perfect plan.

"perhaps……"

Hu Zhao guessed: "He is thundering and raining little, just to make us mess up so that we can do what he wants to do. We can't mess up for the time being. When Shi Xie comes back at night, you can talk to him. Look at the situation!"

"Ok!"

Cai Yong nodded.

(End of this chapter)