Chen Ju asked again: "What if the emperor's third son becomes the Eastern Palace in the future? How will you deal with yourself?"
Lin Tailai replied without hesitation: "No matter what the emperor decides, I will only obey the emperor's will!"
This is called implementation of understanding, and implementation even if you don’t understand.
Chen Ju continued to ask: "Now there are people talking about the foundation of the country and clamoring for the establishment of the East Palace. How should we deal with it?"
Lin Tailai thought for a while, and the emperor asked what the meaning of this was.
The emperor knew clearly that he could not support the third son of the emperor and should support the eldest son of the emperor, but he still asked himself how to stop the call for the appointment of the eldest son of the emperor. This was definitely intentional.
Thinking back to the fact that he is at a critical moment when "great achievements are hard to reward" and "he is humble and powerful", which emperor wouldn't murmur in his heart?
So the emperor probably wanted to test his attitude? To put it more bluntly, test his loyalty?
If he, Lin Tailai, is willing to help the emperor with advice even though he knows that the third prince will die if he comes to power, then he is truly loyal to the emperor.
So after Lin Tailai thought about it, he could only help the emperor imitate his words, and replied helplessly: "Emperor Taizu Gao has a teaching, not to establish a concubine but a direct descendant.
If the emperor's eldest son is enthroned as the Eastern Palace now, and the queen is still young and may have a career in the future, how should she be enthroned?
This is the reason why Your Majesty has been so undecided, but none of the ministers understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."
Eunuch Chen had no emotions. He was just a machine that asked questions on behalf of the emperor. He continued to ask: "If the response is not enough, how can we take the initiative to fight back."
Lin Tailai gritted his teeth and said: "Now that the emperor's eldest son and the emperor's third son have grown up, although the emperor's fifth son is still weak, he can be crowned king temporarily, until there is a direct descendant in the future, or there is no direct descendant, order the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites
Be polite!"
There was no precedent in the Ming Dynasty for the eldest son of the emperor to be crowned king. Once the eldest son and the third son were crowned king together, they would be on the same level as the third son and lose their unique status.
Even the "rebellious and unethical" Three Kings have moved out. Do you, Emperor Wanli, still doubt Lin Tailai's loyalty?
If the civil servants really caught on to this, Lin Tailai would be the target of thousands of people immediately.
Historically, when Wang Xijue was the first assistant, he failed to deal with the issue of the three kings' confederation, which led to his sudden collapse.
Damn it! Chen Ju's eyes flashed inexplicably. Lin Tailai, you are really brave. No wonder you don't want to leave written words!
After asking this, Chen Ju retreated and could no longer ask any more questions.
It was already dark by this time, the palace door was locked, and Eunuch Chen could not return to the palace to reply to the order, so he had to stay outside.
Early in the morning the next day, Eunuch Chen hurriedly entered the palace, and then waited in the courtyard of Yikun Palace until noon before he could meet the saint.
Emperor Wanli reproached with a bit of dissatisfaction: "I issued the decree yesterday afternoon, but you didn't reply until now. You are really slacking off."
Chen Ju almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He really didn't want to take the blame for this meaningless thing, so he defended himself a little rashly:
"I left the palace quickly yesterday to run errands. However, Lin Tailai had too many concurrent jobs. I spent a lot of time looking for Lin Tailai in various government offices. I was really helpless."
Emperor Wanli asked: "Is there any response to Lin Tailai?"
Chen Ju replied: "Lin Tailai answered orally, and asked his ministers to translate it."
Then he paraphrased Lin Tailai's words exactly as they were.
Emperor Wanli asked again: "Why did he only ask you to relay it and not give any details?"
Eunuch Chen replied: "He said that secret reporting is the privilege of ministers, and foreign ministers dare not use it without permission."
Emperor Wanli burst out laughing after hearing this, "This man is not fooled!"
Looking at the secret letters and writing secrets, this is the "honor" belonging to the cabinet ministers. Lin Tailai was able to restrain this vanity.
Otherwise, Lin Tailai will have one more clue in his hand.
Recently, many memorials have been delayed by the emperor and have not been issued with instructions. However, for the memorials of He Zhuo and Qian Yiben impeaching Lin Tailai, the emperor's feedback was extremely rapid.
Two days later, there was an imperial review, saying, "Ningxia rebel leader Lin Tailai behaved arrogantly. He violated many laws and regulations, disturbed various government offices, and caused the officials and the people to be furious. Now, he will use his merits to compensate for his crimes and cut off the rewards of the title."
In addition, the Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple in Shaanxi Province was promoted to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in order to reward those who came first to suppress the rebellion, and the other official positions remained unchanged."
After seeing this imperial approval, many people's tense nerves finally relaxed.
To use a common saying hundreds of years later, the boots finally hit the ground.
In fact, for some people, the landing of boots may not necessarily bring good news. But at least the situation will become clearer, and people will not run blindfolded, which feels too suffocating.
You must know that in the current court, Lin Tailai's reward issue is regarded as the most important weathervane. It is not an exaggeration to say that it affects the whole body, and has a chain effect on many other matters.
It can be seen from the imperial approval that Lin Tailai's core position, that is, "Hanlin plus three doctors" has not changed, and all real powers are still in his hands.
This shows that the emperor has no intention of hanging up Lin Tailai and wants to continue to use Lin Tailai, which disappointed many people.
As for the promotion from Shaoqing of Xingtaipu Temple to Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, it is only a symbolic upgrade in rank, which means that he has been promoted from the fourth rank to the fourth rank.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Taichang Temple Shaoqing is just a false title in name only, indicating that he enjoys the treatment of the fourth rank.
If the first meritorious official doesn't get any reward at all, it really doesn't make sense.
People with a discerning eye have already seen that Lin Tailai was "punished" by losing his title, so those who are impeached by Lin Tailai will probably be unlucky too, otherwise there will be no balance.
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Chapter completed!