November 18th.
Zhang Juzheng, Gao Yi, Lu Tiaoyang, Wang Chonggu and other scholars of the cabinet said that the position of Liang Yi is the successor of Qian and Kun; the origin of all changes, the Yao family and the country, the king listens to external governance, and later spreads internal teaching, this is the great meaning of heaven and earth
Also, please establish Zhonggong.
Leave it on but not send it out.
Two days later.
The superior officer of the Hall of Rites, together with the officials in charge, made speeches to persuade the Queen Mother of Our Lady of Mercy, the Queen Mother of Our Lady of Mercy, to give a special order to the lady in charge of Jianqiu, to make a sacred bow, and as soon as the water fell and the stone came out, I begged the Holy King to stand up early.
Middle palace.
Leave it on but not send it out.
Three more days.
The officials of all the ministries, temples, courtyards, halls, and officials in charge, citing the ancestors and the past affairs of Han Hui and Han Wu of the previous dynasties, please give me your invitation again and again.
The next day, I went to the Imperial Palace.
Nai said, I am near, the ministers are urging me, and the two palaces have kind orders. I am young and virtuous, and I hesitate again and again. I respect the destiny of heaven, inherit the foundation of my ancestors, and work hard day and night, hoping to protect this legacy and pass it on to future generations.
The family members are only a wedding ceremony, so they are prosperous and civilized. Humanity is so important that they dare not say goodbye.
Therefore, the Liu family of Hangzhou Prefecture was registered as the empress, and the Li family of Yangzhou Prefecture was designated as the imperial concubine.
The Han family in Zhangde Prefecture was concubine Yi, and the Zhang family in Dongchang Prefecture was concubine Shun.
Take the Wu family of Xi'an Prefecture as Jieyu, serving as the Empress Dowager Shengrensheng. The Wang family of Kaifeng Prefecture is the noble person, serving the Empress Dowager Shengsheng as the concubine. The rest are all female officials, serving the Holy Mothers of the two palaces.
The Ministry of Rites was ordered to prepare the ceremony and select a day to hear the news.
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The emperor's wedding is an important act of humanity.
In addition to the importance of setting an example of human relations, there is also an even more important thing - a wedding means the emperor's personal rule.
This is why the ministers were so unwilling to be followed by others and started to report.
Just like during a court meeting, the courtiers bending down to salute may not be worthy of the emperor's glance, but if anyone still straightens his back, it will be clearly visible to the throne.
Incomplete loyalty can easily be seen as completely unfaithful.
Because of this, for the emperor's wedding, all ministries and departments are working hard. If they have money, they will contribute money and strength.
Even the Hanlin Academy, which had always been quiet, was working overtime.
It was almost dusk, and Wang Xilie, who usually should have returned home by this time, was still busy in the duty room, sometimes looking through classics, sometimes writing furiously.
Most of the affairs of the wedding ceremony were handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Inner Court, but since the Hanlin Academy was good at writing Qing Ci, he naturally had to contribute.
For example, Wang Xilie, who is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, can only do the registration of the empress and imperial concubine personally.
Wang Xilie put aside the draft of the imperial concubine's brochure and began to think hard about the queen's brochure.
He took up his pen and wrote the routine "The governance of the country is based on the integrity of the family" and then paused briefly.
As for what comes after, well, the allusions to the three generations are definitely indispensable.
Thinking of this, Wang Xilie continued to write - "... Gui Rui and Concubine Yu lighted up the destiny of Chonghua; Tushan Yiyu gave birth to the foundation of civilization and destiny."
After writing this sentence, you have to check the information.
Wang Xilie took the Queen's birth certificate sent by the Supervisor of Ceremonies closer and looked at it carefully.
After a while, he finally had an idea.
He put down the pen and wrote - "Ask you, Mr. Liu, the stars show down, the Taiyuan portends auspiciousness, I bow to Shuzhe to support the sky, and the body is peaceful and chaste and responds to the earth."
As soon as this sentence was completed, Wang Xilie paused as if feeling something.
He reread it to himself and shook his head.
After pondering for a moment, he took up his pen and crossed out the eight characters in the middle, changing it to "The Beidou is showing off, and the Ming Sheng is auspicious."
After finishing writing, he smacked for a while, and finally nodded with satisfaction - this way, while retaining the original meaning, he could also point out that Liu was born on a spring night, his native place was in Hangzhou, and his home was near the West Lake. It was more interesting than the previous sentence.
More appropriate.
Wang Xilie was thinking about how to write the next article.
Suddenly, I saw an additional figure in my peripheral vision.
His whole body trembled subconsciously, and the pen in his hand lost its grip and fell on the table.
Wang Xilie was suddenly frightened when he was concentrating. When he came back to his senses, his first reaction was to scold him. Someone in the Hanlin Academy dared to enter his room without warning!
However, after seeing the person clearly, he immediately had a second reaction.
Wang Xilie put his pen on the inkstone, smiled apologetically at the uninvited guest, and saluted with his hands raised: "When did Yuan Fu arrive? I just fell into a trance, but Yuan Fu has been waiting for a long time."
It was Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, and the old god was there, sitting aside.
Zhang Juzheng didn't hold back either. He stood up and clasped his fists in return: "After Fang Yamen, I was originally waiting for Zizhong outside the courtyard, but Zhou Xima said that Zizhong was still working on the paperwork, so I looked for him and came in."
Then he explained: "I wanted to call out just now, but I saw that Zizhong was lost in poetry, so I couldn't bear to interrupt."
While Wang Xilie listened, he bent down and rummaged for tea leaves under the table.
He said in a pleasant manner: "It's not like I'm lost in poetry or writing. I'm clearly scratching my head and scratching my head at the book. I'm a shallow scholar, so Yuan Fu shouldn't make fun of me."
After saying that, he took out the tea leaves and tea sets, walked to Zhang Juzheng, stretched out his hand to ask for a seat.
Zhang Juzheng sat down and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty's wedding date is a bit urgent, and your hard work has paid off."
After Wang Xilie brewed the tea, he sat down and said, "As a minister, being able to write a book for the emperor is a blessing that I have been waiting for. How can I say that it is hard work."
"But the wedding date... is indeed a bit urgent."
According to his opinion, just like Emperor Wuzong, getting married at the age of fifteen is in line with the golden mean.
Zhang Juzheng did not elaborate on the wedding date, but explained with a little emotion: "Time waits for no one. Since everyone is convinced, it is time to take charge of the government. It is better than going fishing whenever you have free time."
Wang Xilie personally poured tea for Zhang Juzheng and explained: "It is a good thing to be in charge of the government, but your majesty is still young after all. I am just afraid that your majesty will not know the restraint and hurt the foundation."
We still need to make our position clear.
Lest people think that he, Wang Xilie, does not support the emperor's pro-government.
Zhang Juzheng took the tea cup and shook his head: "I have already mentioned this matter to the two palaces, and I will use discretion."
If the emperor wants to favor the queen, he also has to go through the process.
Not to mention the other frivolous rituals of greeting you in front of the palace and having the ceremony officials play music.
The most important thing is that after the emperor has an idea, he needs to get the consent of the two palaces and wait until the two palaces issue an edict before he can do it.
With Mu Zong's lessons learned, the two palaces will definitely control the emperor well.
To take a step back, Zhang Juzheng heard that when the emperor selected the queen some time ago, he gave up the most beautiful Wu family with a look of struggle, only granted Jieyu the title, and placed her next to the Queen Mother Chen.
Under such a brilliant performance, there seems to be no reason to worry too much about the emperor's indulgence.
Wang Xilie nodded, accepting this statement.
He poured himself a cup of tea: "Yuan Fu is looking for me today. What's the important thing?"
Although the cabinet bachelor is technically a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, he generally does not go to the Hanlin Academy in person to negotiate official matters like this.
Most likely it's something closely related.
Zhang Juzheng did not get straight to the point, but began to strike from the side: "The first-level scholars of this class, the Shujishi, are about to finish their studies in the Hanlin Academy, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will assign them jobs and decentralize them to different places at the end of the month."
He paused and asked, "Do you have any complaints?"
The Shujishi elected at the end of April will study from May to the end of November, which is exactly half a year.
Wang Xilie was accustomed to the detours in the officialdom. Following Zhang Juzheng's topic, he smiled bitterly: "How can I not complain? Although with discretionary preferential treatment and Yijia's initiative to ask for release, these common people were able to volunteer."
"But it's hard to complain openly, so you can't help but gossip secretly. Now everyone is saying that our predecessors enjoyed the benefits, but then turned around and blocked the way for personal gain."
This kind of accusation is particularly lethal among scholars.
The former shujis enjoyed the benefits and ascended to high positions, then turned around and sent them to other places for those who came after them. The selfishness in them was enough to make people feel indignant.
It is especially easy to undermine the legitimacy of the New Deal.
And Wang Xilie, who was in charge of the Hanlin Academy and was caught in the middle, could only express his pressure to the chief minister with a wry smile.
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The cabinet also heard about it, so..."
"What Zi Xiang and I want to do is to give them a little explanation so that they can get through this wave of complaints from the scholars."
"If this subject is established, it will be easier to handle in the future."
When Wang Xilie heard this, his eyes flashed.
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip to cover it up.
After a moment, Wang Xilie cast a questioning look at Zhang Juzheng: "Yuan Fu might as well speak frankly."
Zhang Juzheng put the tea cup in his hand to warm it, and met Wang Xilie's gaze: "I want to put the inside out."
Wang Xilie did not answer the call for a while.
He thought for a moment and frowned in confusion: "Your Majesty, is he prejudiced against me?"
The dignified scholar of Zhan Shifu was in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, and any official position he was given would be demoted.
It was just a matter of criticism from scholars. It was even a matter that was originally led by the emperor and the cabinet. How could it be relegated to him, Wang Xilie, now?
What kind of number is this?
Especially since he was a direct descendant of the New Party and Zhang Juzheng's amiable attitude, he couldn't help but want to look towards the emperor.
Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "Don't think too much, Zi Zhong. It's what I, Gao Zixiang, and Lu Heqing wanted."
If Wang Xilie realized something, he slowly calmed down.
He lowered his gaze and said hesitantly: "Yuan Fu has other plans for me?"
Apart from this, there is no other reason.
As expected, when Zhang Juzheng heard this, he nodded calmly: "We have to make preparations for the land."
Wang Xilie was startled and finally realized what Zhang Juzheng meant by his relegation.
Just listen to Zhang Juzheng's eloquent talk: "You and I both know that the hidden acres of land in the world are most hidden in Zhili, Shandong, Sichuan and Huguang. When the time comes to conquer the fields, we must use the power of thunder and wind to roll over the clouds. These provinces are the highlight."
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"Last June, I took advantage of a major case to transfer Liang Menglong to Huguang. The clan there had been plowed, and there were few constraints. It was just right for him to go."
"In March of this year, His Majesty ordered Hai Rui to patrol Sichuan. He is suitable for such a thing. He has a stubborn temper and a lot of skill."
"Now that we are planning to go to Shandong, it is most suitable for you to go."
At this point, he sighed: "Your Majesty insisted on using Yin Shidan before, but from my perspective, this person is entangled with the gentry and wealthy families in Shandong. He does not have the qualifications of Zizhong. If he waits for someone else to go, he will definitely be killed.
Being restrained by him."
There is a difference between the restructuring of Du Tian and Kao Cheng.
The latter can be optimized step by step and repeatedly, but the former cannot be done. You can't cultivate the fields once a year, right?
What Taizu couldn't do yet is naturally even more impossible now.
Therefore, while there is still enough energy left, it is wise to make some preparations - what is the situation in local prefectures and counties? What is the situation of the people? Who are the big households? Which officials and socialist parties are involved? What is the most appropriate way to do it?
The local customs and customs? These all take time to understand.
In addition, the local officials were of their own faction and could not get into trouble; the officials in the central government were mainly based on their qualifications, so they mostly wanted to avoid offending both sides.
If we don't go to the local government in advance to sort out the factions and seize power, then even if we insist on transferring the land, there will be many hidden dangers, and we may even be fooled by the local government's accounting skills.
Of course, this is the truth, but we cannot suddenly change all local governors, otherwise China and foreign countries will be shocked.
In fact, even if the Central Committee's confidants are released, there must be a reasonable reason in order to do so smoothly.
Therefore, Liang Menglong took advantage of a major case at that time to be transferred to Huguang, and Hai Rui took advantage of a case exposed by Chang Chunqiao, the magistrate of Jiangyou County, Sichuan, at the end of the year to patrol Sichuan to cover up these things.
The situation in Shandong is more complicated than in these two provinces. Yin Shidan would help the emperor in the salt administration, but when his own wealth was touched like Dutian, he might not be immune to small tricks.
Since the emperor wanted to give Yin Shidan face, Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to find out and fill in the gaps. Taking advantage of Shilin's criticism of the Hanlin Academy, Wang Xilie, who had the qualifications to suppress Yin Shidan, was sent to Shandong.
Wang Xilie listened quietly to Zhang Juzheng's explanation.
After a while, he asked slowly and said, "How many years will it take to farm?"
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a moment, then said vaguely: "We will practice again in the Beijing camp, it will be soon."
He didn't say when.
Wang Xilie said yes and tacitly stopped asking further questions.
The two sat quietly for a while.
It was completely dark.
Zhang Juzheng stood up slowly and saluted Wang Xilie.
Wang Xilie sat still and accepted it calmly.
After Zhang Juzheng turned around and left, he raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup.
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Although the emperor's wedding ceremony is scheduled in March, from the moment the emperor chooses the queen, every day thereafter falls within the etiquette of the emperor's wedding.
Since December.
The needlework bureau was busy weaving tailor-made clothes for the emperor and empress for the day of the grand ceremony.
Shuntian Prefecture selected a temporary residence overnight to temporarily stay the queen's family in the capital.
The Ministry of Etiquette taught the Queen's parents the etiquette on the day of the ceremony day and night.
The Supervisor of Ceremonies came and went to arrange the palace of Qianqing and the residence of the empress family.
Supervisor Shang Shan started to select the suitable wine Jinjueguo early.
Jinwu Guards and Jinyi Guards who train honor guards.
The Hanlin Academy where the book was written.
The etiquette department in charge of the ceremony.
Being invited to be an honorary member of the elders.
In addition, it runs through the New Year's Day and Lantern Festival, and the whole city of Beijing is in full swing.
As the protagonist, the emperor naturally had to be dispatched everywhere by the two palaces, the inner court, and the outer court.
Trying on clothes, rehearsing, explaining etiquette, teaching about sexual intercourse, etc., kept the emperor busy from morning to night.
Because of this, this year's year-end meeting of the emperor, cabinet, and six ministries was also postponed to February.
"Zhang Qing, you and Dali Temple sorting out the prisons are not only your great achievements, but also your great virtues. It is obvious to me, the courtiers and the people." Perhaps because he was in a hurry, Zhu Yijun spoke a little faster, responding to the sentence of the Ministry of Punishment
"But I asked you to explore the cause and effect of the law and justice theory last year. I was not blaming the country for its incomplete laws and asking you to make laws indiscriminately. This is chaos in government!"
Zhu Yijun's tone was very serious. He wanted the Ministry of Punishment to engage in jurisprudence, but in the end, this guy actually engaged in sports-style legislation.
He was interested in explaining what the principles of the law are, the benefits of the law, and the origin of the law.
But then he thought about it, it was just that the soil was immature, and he didn’t really understand it himself.
He had no choice but to leave some words such as "combine the laws and regulations with the recently popular epistemology, practice theory and other theories to explore the root of the law", and then waved his hands and let Zhang Han and Xing Bu figure it out on their own.
Zhang Han wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sat back as if he was being pardoned.
The other five officials who had already spoken looked at Zhang Han, the only one who had been reprimanded, and couldn't help but cast sympathetic glances.
After Zhu Yijun finished training Zhang Han, he looked around at everyone: "There is one more thing. I will go to practice the court ceremony later, so I will keep the story short."
He paused and then said: "I have approved the memorial of Lu Shusheng, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, on his appointment to the official position. Now that the official position is vacant, can any of you recommend someone?"
Everyone looked towards Shen Shixing.
This is the duty of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Personnel should recommend people, but perhaps to avoid suspicion, Shen Shixing, who is expected to be in this position, is looking at him carefully at this moment, and it seems that it has nothing to do with him.
Everyone looked towards the cabinet again.
If the officials don't say anything, only the cabinet has this qualification.
However, the four assistant ministers in the cabinet also remained silent.
A while passed and no one answered.
At this time, the emperor made a move.
The emperor waved his hand and said arbitrarily: "Then Yuan Fu will be in charge of the official department! If there is a suitable candidate, we will discuss it and report it."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
I saw that the emperor looked like he was taking it for granted.
Everyone in the cabinet was expressionless.
Apparently there was a tacit understanding.
However, it is not a good thing to follow the old rules of Gaogong and be the first assistant to the official department.
Hu Kedu opened his mouth to speak to Chen Wude during the incident.
Zhu Yijun interrupted directly: "You are my loyal friends, so I will speak frankly."
"Everything went well last year. The Ministry of War commanded well in the north, the Ministry of Rites upheld Confucianism and Taoism well, the Ministry of Industry managed the water system well, the Ministry of Households collected finances well, the Ministry of Punishment cleared up prison cases well, and the Ministry of Personnel passed the examination and passed the law.
It’s better than better.”
"The only bad thing is me."
"The cabinet, as my political party, once had unclear powers and responsibilities. As a result, in the past year, there have been frequent disputes between the cabinet and the ministry."
"The Minister of Military Affairs impeached Mr. Wang Ge for overstepping the authority of the Ministry of War. The Ministry of Rites argued with Mr. Lu Ge over the selection of common people. The chief ministers and doctors of the Ministry of Personnel were even more dissatisfied with the examination and made frequent small moves.
Against the Cabinet.”
"This is all my fault."
At the end of the sentence, the six officials of the six departments quickly apologized in fear: "I am guilty..."
Zhu Yijun ignored it and said to himself: "The cabinet is one of the foundations of the great system. I didn't have a clue at the moment and didn't dare to do anything. I had to take advantage of Lu Shangshu's departure and lend the power of the Heavenly Official to the cabinet so that the cabinet could replace me.
Take care of the government affairs so that even the New Deal will not be hampered."
"This is an expedient measure. I will only start to deal with it after the resistance to my new policy is lessened."
He looked at Chen Wude and said sincerely: "Chen Du is in trouble, are my considerations reasonable?"
Chen Wude murmured for a moment, then finally sighed and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is right, but as the Chief Assistant is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there will eventually be disasters lurking. I hope Your Majesty will act with caution."
Zhu Yijun nodded gently and said: "You are loyal and sincere, and I will keep your mature words in mind. There is no need to discuss the affairs of the official department again."
Zhang Juzheng sat at the head of the class and did not answer the phone the entire time.
It wasn't until he finally came to a conclusion that he stood up and saluted: "I obey your decree."
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He stood up and looked around at the ministers again: "That's it."
With that said, Zhu Yijun turned around and left, rushing to practice the court ceremony - this annual meeting lasted an extra hour, and the queen must have been waiting for an extra hour.
But at this moment, Gao Yi suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that Rong Chen can report."
Zhu Yijun suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Grohe’s face still needs to be given.
He suppressed the anxiety in his heart that he could not be punctual, and said with a forced smile: "Sir, please tell me."
Several assistant ministers and court officials all looked at each other.
Gaoyi subconsciously slowed down his voice: "Your Majesty's wedding is celebrated by the whole world. Please congratulate it with Aoshan fireworks."
Zhu Yijun was startled.
Aoshan Fireworks is his father's favorite show.
The main feature is just one, liveliness - stacking lights into Aoshan mountains to open a market. How can such a festive event not be lively?
At the same time, a lot of money was spent, plus the rewards, ten to two hundred thousand taels were spent in the blink of an eye.
Since he ascended the throne, and since the sixth year of Longqing, he has criticized his extravagant spending and abandoned it.
Why have the temperaments of the courtiers changed so much now?
When Gao Yi saw the emperor's gaze, he couldn't help but relax his wrinkles: "When the Japanese ministers and other ministers came to ask for a halt to the fireworks in Aoshan, they said that it would be long before the rule of the day was brought to an end, and perhaps it could be done in one fell swoop to mark the grand event."
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne in the sixth year of Longqing to the third year of Wanli, although the overall situation of the world has not changed, there are signs of progress."
"Your Majesty's grand wedding is at the right time."
Zhang Juzheng, who was standing aside, also had a smile on his face, but it was fleeting.
He lowered his face solemnly, bowed and saluted: "I would like to congratulate His Majesty on his wedding, and congratulate His Majesty on his personal administration."
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Lu Tiaoyang and Wang Guoguang couldn't help but look at each other, and then they both expressed relief: "Your Majesty, the money does not have to come from internal funds. Although we spent a lot last year, we still have a balance of 370,000 taels."
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"Your Majesty, just as Mr. Lu Ge said, in the past two months, Taikoo will be replacing some of the cloth, leather, silk and satin that are about to decay, and now it will be used for the lantern festival."
Seeing everyone rushing to celebrate his wedding, Zhu Yijun felt a little complicated and didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Last year, Your Majesty spent money on gold and silver. He also gave rewards to border officers and built seas and ports. He spent money like dirt. Now that you have this foundation, you really don't need to be too harsh on yourself."
Not only Wang Chonggu and Zhu Heng, but also Zhang Han nodded in support.
Only then did Zhu Yijun realize that it was the same intention as the cabinet ministers.
His eyes swept over the faces of the ministers one by one from the chief minister, second minister, group minister, six ministers, governor, official, and household department.
Everyone responded: "Congratulations to His Majesty on his wedding, and congratulations to His Majesty on his personal administration."
Zhu Yijun walked up to everyone and helped them up one by one.
He sighed: "I am already a married man. Aren't you my wives and concubines who care about each other?"
Zhu Yijun bowed back to everyone: "After taking office, I will still work with all the ministers to raise issues and work together to help each other."
(Volume 3, end)
Chapter completed!