Chapter 253 Paying homage to the Cabinet Minister

Author: Silent

Chapter 253 Paying homage to the Cabinet Minister

The court meeting ended with great emotion in the hearts of all the ministers.

Liu Jian stood there, stunned for a long time without paying attention. He didn't even notice when Dai Yi came over.

"Mr. Liu Ge, what's wrong with you?"

Dai Yi asked in an understatement.

In the end, Liu Jian didn't put his hand into his pocket, and he didn't mention the letter asking for a delay in reviewing the "Da Ming Huidian".

Liu Jiandao: "What your Majesty asked me to do yesterday has basically been revealed. Can I report it to Your Majesty?"

"Yes." Dai Yi said with a smile, "Any time is fine, as long as there is no misunderstanding. Then our family will send a message to you to see if it is convenient for your majesty to meet."

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youtang received Zhang Zhou, Liu Jian, Wang Hao, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, but did not summon Liang Chu to see him.

Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan told me before that this "Huidian" was completed by referring to Hanyuan's current compilation progress and adding in additions and revisions that he almost forgot about food and sleep. There must be many unknown places. We need the Hanlin Academy to complete the final editing and publication, but I don’t know how long it will take for the Hanlin Academy to revise and proofread it.”

The difficult problem was thrown to the three cabinet members.

Wang Hao would not answer this kind of question.

We agreed that the cabinet will take the blame if it happens. I'm just an errand boy. You won't let me take the blame at this time, right?

Liu Jian didn't answer.

Xie Qian said: "I have to ask Bachelor Wang."

Only then did Wang Hao realize that he was naive.

Politics is not about what has been agreed upon. There are always many "expedients", or things you can't help but do.

Wang Hao didn't know whether to say ten days or eight days, two or three months, or simply publish it without finessing it.

Zhang Zhou took the words and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this book will take about half a year to hand over to the Hanlin Academy for final editing. I just did my part, and the rest... …It all depends on Bachelor Wang and the others.”

Half a year?

Liu Jian and others felt very comfortable hearing this deadline.

But considering that the original purpose of extending the proofreading time was to limit Zhang Zhou's contribution, but now it was Zhang Zhou who took the initiative to extend the time limit, the meaning was different.

This still shows that Zhang Zhou is "high-minded and upright", but on the contrary, they and other cabinet ministers are petty.

"Half a year, isn't that too long?" Zhu Youtang seemed not satisfied with this time limit.

Zhu Youtang was very concerned about his writings and biographies during the Hongzhi period and his achievements in civil affairs. Compiling such large-scale classics in any era was enough to brag. The emperor also wanted to become a wise emperor who would be passed down through the ages. If he had less If you fail to repair books, Mingjun's reputation will be greatly reduced.

Liu Jian took the initiative to take responsibility this time and said: "Your Majesty, it should be about the same in one or two months."

"Okay." Zhu Youtang said, "Then we will set a deadline of one and a half months to complete the compilation of this book. If there are major mistakes, the time limit can be extended. Otherwise... it must be submitted on time. This matter can be Make it public in the court."

"yes."

Liu Jian accepted the order, but at the same time he knew that things were definitely not that simple.

The deadline has been extended, and the rest is probably about negotiating terms, which is the so-called negotiation.

Liu Jian had a headache when he thought about the previous negotiation when Zhang Zhou was awarded the credit for Liaodong. The last meritorious service was a bit "irrelevant" to their cabinet. Whether Zhang Zhou was granted the title of Marquis or continued to stay in the Hanlin Academy, they still threatened him. They didn't know it, but the book revision this time really moved the cheese of their cabinet.

"The three pavilion elders will go back and continue reading those books. I have something I want to talk to Bingkuan about. I will send someone over when I get back."

Liu Jian and the others immediately understood that the emperor still had to follow the previous rules and talk to the eunuch in charge of rituals.

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Liu Jian and the others returned to the cabinet in silence. Wang Hao had already gone back to the Hanlin Academy. There was a lecture in the East Palace that morning, so Wang Hao could not delay his errand.

After they sat down, they looked up at each other and didn't need to say anything extra.

Overall.

The emperor gave them a choice, either accept it, and everyone sat down to discuss the signature issue. Your interests were somewhat sacrificed, but you were still in harmony.

Or if you don't accept it and I force someone to proofread and print it, then I'll break up with you.

For Liu Jian and others, there is still no good choice.

Not long after, the emperor indeed sent someone, but what was different this time from last time was that only the eunuch Dai Yi came, but Zhang Zhou, the instigator of the incident, also came in person.

"I have met three pavilion elders." Zhang Zhou looked very polite, as if he didn't notice that Xie Qian was rolling his eyes at him.

"Please." Liu Jian said.

These words seemed to be spoken to Dai Yi.

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When the cabinet was on duty, Dai Yi asked all his followers to leave. As a result, Zhang Zhou was the only "outsider" in the palace.

Dai Yidao said: "Your Majesty's intention is to revise the "Huidian". Your Majesty wants to use Zhang Shishang as an assistant to guide the revision of the "Huidian" with full authority. The relevant textual research part involves the classics.

, and it is up to him to give guidance and divide responsibilities. After all, he is already a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty's "Huidian" has high expectations, so the three cabinet ministers should be fine, right?"

From Liu Jian's perspective, this was something they could expect.

Since your people cannot find fault with this "Huidian", then Zhang Zhou should be appointed as the executive editor to complete the fine revision of "Huidian" and publish it accordingly.

Even if he finds faults, it will be Zhang Zhou himself who will find faults in the future, or in other words, make corrections. In this way, the credit will definitely fall on Zhang Zhou.

Liu Jiandao: "Yes!"

"Yes." Dai Yi was very satisfied with Liu Jian's answer and said with a smile, "I don't know who the people in the Hanlin Academy are who can handle things. It would be best to let Mr. Zhang handle the manpower. But we will never deal with the imperial court.

From a minister's point of view, with you three cabinet ministers as the chief editors, there should be no problem with the three of you, right?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "I am so ashamed."

Just say, since the emperor trusts Zhang Zhou so much, he might as well just let him be the editor-in-chief. Why do we still need our names?

Dai Yi smiled and said: "How can you be so meticulous when you are a minister in the same palace? After the book is completed, your Majesty will give many rewards to the ministers and ministers in the Hanlin Academy. But even with Mr. Zhang,

Maybe we need to go one step further. Your Majesty wants to tell the court tomorrow that on the day the book is completed, he will be promoted to a bachelor. I wonder what you three think?"

This is the point.

The three of them were all thinking that the emperor was going around in circles, didn't he just want to be promoted to Zhang Zhou's official position?

Xie Qian said: "Yang Jiefu became a Jinshi in the 14th year of Chenghua. He has been in the court for more than 20 years, and now he is still just a lecturer. So Zhang Bingkuan has been in the court for less than a year and has been a scholar for less than three years. He will be promoted to a bachelor.

Will it disrupt the Hanlin Academy’s examination and evaluation regulations?”

"hehe."

Zhang Zhou sat next to him and smiled brightly.

Xie Qian looked at Zhang Zhou a little displeased, but he still asked patiently: "Bingkuan, do you also think you should be promoted to a bachelor's degree?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you will reward based on merit, right? I have no intention of striving for merit, but if you do not reward merit, it will probably damage the regulations even more."

Xie Qian said angrily: "You should enter the Governor's Mansion!"

The implication was that he was bickering with Zhang Zhou and also having an argument.

Zhang Zhou shrugged: "If I enter the Governor's Mansion and the "Huidian" cannot be completed, both parties will be happy, but His Majesty may be disappointed."

"Hey!"

Xie Qian rolled his eyes at Zhang Zhou.

Even though he usually has such strong opinions on Zhang Zhou in his public attitude, if he has any "hatred" for Zhang Zhou, it's not that big of a deal.

Did Zhang Zhou do anything that made him feel very angry?

Ever since Zhang Zhou entered the court, he had not deliberately targeted him in anything to thank Yu Qiao. He thanked Yu Qiao for being unforgiving, but one good thing was that he was reasonable and would not hold grudges even if he quarreled.

Dai Yi saw that there was basically no smell of gunpowder at the scene, or that the focus of the dispute was not at this table at all. The three cabinet members also knew that there was no point in targeting Zhang Zhou here. All decisions were made by the emperor.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhang said is true. Your Majesty has high hopes for the "Huidian". Therefore, your Majesty must strictly revise this book. Your Majesty wants Cheng Minzheng, a former Hanlin bachelor, to return to the Hanlin Academy as a private

Thanks to my status, I wonder if the elders have any opinions?"

Regarding Zhang Zhousheng's study as a bachelor, Xie Qian only raised some objections. Then the three cabinet members naturally followed Dai Yi's words and focused their attention on Cheng Minzheng.

This is not so much a negotiation.

It would be better to say that this was a condition unilaterally made by the emperor to the cabinet. In fact, Liu Jian and the others also knew that they only needed to listen and see how many "benefits" the emperor needed in order to take the credit for compiling the "Da Ming Huidian" from Zhang Zhou.

The merits of this matter became the merits of the entire Hanlin Academy headed by Zhang Zhou.
To be continued...