Chapter 67: Supporting Another Family Relative
Shortly after Zhu Yijun learned from Zhang Jing that the imperial edict for dealing with Wu Qingbo's family was issued, Empress Dowager Li sent someone to call him over.
Zhu Yijun came to Empress Dowager Li: "Mother!"
Empress Dowager Li said: "Do you already know about your grandfather?"
Zhu Yijun nodded his head.
Queen Mother Li said: "Although he is a royal relative, he must not be punished. But this is related to the majesty of the royal family. Tell the cabinet that he will only have a salary fine."
Zhu Yijun replied directly: "Mother, it's too late!"
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li frowned: "What's going on? The imperial edict has been issued?"
Zhu Yijun nodded his head.
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li said, "How did the cabinet deal with it?"
"My grandfather was demoted to the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Jinyiwei, and brought his salary back to his hometown to live. His uncle was exiled to Jizhou and was even more pardoned and exiled."
Zhu Yijun replied.
Empress Dowager Li immediately stood up with an angry look on her face.
After a while, Empress Dowager Li laughed again: "After the implementation of this test, the approval of the chapter is really fast."
After saying that, Empress Dowager Li asked sternly: "Who criticized the winner?!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly knelt down at this time: "Goddess, it's an old slave."
"Why don't you report this to your emperor first? First ask your emperor what he means, and then decide whether to plan according to the cabinet's ticket?"
Empress Dowager Li asked seriously.
Zhang Jing replied: "Because the Empress had already issued an edict, the Emperor must know to respect the opinions of the Cabinet and the Silijian, especially the opinions of Mr. Zhang, so as long as the Cabinet votes are proposed, the Silijian will directly approve the rewards."
"You are very obedient!"
Empress Dowager Li laughed in anger and said, "I don't know how to adapt. This is your emperor's grandfather. You let his cabinet deal with it strictly?!"
"The Queen Mother calms down! The old slave is willing to take the crime!"
Zhang Jing replied in a trembling voice.
Empress Dowager Li did not clearly state what to do with Zhang Jing, because she didn't want to be famous for being directly interfering in politics, so she just said: "You are more listening to Zhang Juzheng than Feng Bao back then!"
At this time, Zhu Yijun asked: "Mother, should you take back your order and let the cabinet re-print the order?"
"How can you do it? You don't have any jokes, and the imperial edicts are not corrected every day. Others are still treating you with children. Will it be even more despised if you do this?!"
After saying with a gun and a stick, Empress Dowager Li said again: "What's more, whether you ask your grandfather to return to your hometown, you can avoid being exploited in the capital, and whether your uncle goes to the border town to suffer some hardship, or you can avoid being led to be damaged in the capital. Just ask local officials to take more care of them."
Then, Empress Dowager Li sneered again: "The cabinet is really considerate, and Mr. Zhang is better than Huo Guang to handle state affairs."
Empress Dowager Li said and looked at Zhang Jing again: "And you guys from the Silijian! They are all quite wise and not abusing power at all, just don't forget where your roots are!"
"I remember it!"
Zhang Jing asked in a pretentious manner.
"I'm tired! You all leave."
As Empress Dowager Li said, she waved her hand, and then ordered the people around her: "Prepare some clothes and food to bring them to the army's uncle!"
Zhu Yijun and Zhang Jing returned to Qianqing Palace.
In Zhu Yijun's view, Empress Dowager Li has begun to distrust the Sili Supervisor and the cabinet, especially Zhang Juzheng, who compared Zhang Juzheng to Huo Guang.
Zhu Yijun is waiting for the gap between the two to grow bigger and bigger, so that Zhang Juzheng can rely more on himself to reform himself.
"You go back to Silijian first."
Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Jing and went back to his study room first.
Zhu Yijun's study room cannot be entered casually, and therefore, Zhu Yijun put a small box at the desk in the study room and locked it with a lock. He only had the key.
Zhu Yijun took out a small notebook while no one opened the box and wrote down Zhu Nanyong's name on a page with the names of Xu Jie, Zhang Siwei and others.
That night.
The censor Zhu Nanyong, who returned from the border town, entered a deep courtyard in the capital.
After coming in, Zhu Nanyong came to the official in a scarlet official robe and bowed, "Gei Master."
The official said, "Your Majesty is a benevolent and wise king. I believe that Zhang Jiangling really believes that in order to show his fairness, Zhang Jiangling decided how to deal with Wuqing Bo. However, Zhang Jiangling is Zhang Jiangling, and is really practicing the saints' principles of giving Yao and Shun to the Lord of the People and seeking welfare for the people of the country. He doesn't even consider the favors of the emperor. I believe that this matter should be able to plant the cause of liquidating him in the future in the emperor's heart."
Zhu Nanyong nodded at this time and said, "But Wu Qing Bo was given a title and ordered to return to his original home, so he can't make trouble with him anymore."
"And, the Queen Mother seemed to say nothing, and just accepted it calmly. His Majesty has no new will."
"Jiangling's power seems to be greater than we imagined! It seems that the Queen Mother and His Majesty still did not feel dissatisfied with him and still trusted him very much."
"There is a truth that when the moon is full, it will lose, and when the water is full, it will overflow. When climbing high, it will fall heavily. When a person has the greatest power, it is the most dangerous time."
"It was the time when Yan Fenyi fell, and he was so powerful that he dared to hide it from Shimiao. As a result, before the late emperor ascended the throne, he was suddenly replaced by the old man."
"Go and tell them! The more you are, the more you don't be afraid. It's better to make a big fuss and let the Queen Mother and His Majesty see that the outer courts are in the same mind as Zhang Juzheng."
The official said.
After hearing this, Zhu Nanyong nodded and said yes.
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"Sir, the cabinet handles his grandfather's affairs well, so it is the best arrangement to let him return to his hometown to stay. But the mother's original intention was to fine his salary, but after hearing that the cabinet had already let him demote him back to his hometown, she accepted it and said that it would be fine."
The next day, Wenhua Palace.
After Zhu Yijun met Zhang Juzheng, he talked to him about Wu Qing Bo and Empress Dowager Li's attitude towards this matter.
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said, "The Empress Dowager is clear in dealing with things, and Your Majesty does not want to abolish the public because of personal gain. This is a blessing for the people of the country."
Zhu Yijun said again: "It is my blessing to have a sir. Of course, it is my blessing to have two loving, teaching and sensible mothers."
"Birth mother, I want to be filial to the cause, and the legitimate mother should do this; therefore, I want to ask the sir, and I know that my legitimate mother, Empress Dowager Rensheng, has something to praise, and if there is any report, I will give you a reward!"
"Although there are emperors who are committing crimes now, I can't really ignore the emperors."
"The Chen family is obedient and loyal to the country, and is quite commendable. I obey the order and ask for a title for him."
Zhang Juzheng responded decisively.
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He asked Zhang Juzheng to take care of the Chen family at this time, naturally to make the Queen Mother Chen like it, and to avoid further deepening the reform in the future. The two empress dowagers joined forces to intervene in the matter of Zhang Juzheng's implementation of the reform, so that the two empress dowagers first had different feelings due to the different fates of their respective parents' families, and then they could have different perceptions of the new policy, so that they could not unite in the end.
Even Zhu Yijun can rely on his legitimate mother to suppress his biological mother. After all, his biological mother has much stronger desire to control power than his legitimate mother.
Having two empress dowagers is actually better than having only one empress dowager.
Chapter completed!