Now that everyone knows that Academician Zhang wants to cause trouble, the question arises, what is Academician Zhang’s position?
It seems that I can't explain it clearly, and there are different opinions.
It is said that Zhang Xueshi himself expressed his intention to speak out and remonstrate with all his strength to dissuade the emperor.
But everyone can only believe it with half-doubt. They are all old bureaucrats who have been cultivating in the temple for decades. Anyone who believes it easily will be stupid.
I also heard that Academician Zhang had been arguing with his strongest disciple Qin Dewei for two hours, and another group of disciples came to block Academician Zhang.
Such strange things have cast a layer of smoke over Xueshi Zhang's position, leaving other ministers unsure and becoming a very uncertain factor in the court situation.
Anyway, no matter where Xuashi Zhang went these past two days, he always felt like someone was pointing fingers at him.
Many people deliberately alienated themselves, and some asked themselves whether they planned to imitate Fengfang Meishang.
This feeling is really annoying, but Zhang Xueshi also knows that the mastermind behind all this is Qin Dewei!
But it doesn’t matter, those who are clean will be clean by themselves! After the next special court meeting, everyone will know their loyalty!
Qin Dewei wants to force himself to give in by muddying the waters or isolating himself, but there is no way!
When Academician Zhang was sulking in the public room, suddenly a member of the middle school room came over and sent a message. Xia Yan, the first assistant, asked Academician Zhang to meet him in the east room outside the Meridian Gate!
This surprised Academician Zhang. After thinking about what happened in the past two days, he could easily guess that Xia Shoufu was looking for him because of the rumors that he was "making trouble".
Unexpectedly, this rumor about him could actually alarm the first assistant.
On the one hand, it shows that the chief minister is extremely concerned about the special court meeting three days later and does not dare to be careless about any trouble.
On the other hand, it also shows that he, Bachelor Zhang Chao, has a certain status, so the chief minister cannot ignore him and must summon him to communicate with him in advance.
When he thought of this, Academician Zhang was still a little secretly happy. Who among the people in the court could not have a little bit of vanity?
Immediately, under the guidance of Zhongshu Sheren, Academician Zhang left the Hanlin Academy, entered the northern palace city, and came to the east room outside the Meridian Gate to wait...
Not long after, Xia Yan, the chief assistant, and Yan Song, the minister of rites, came in together.
Although the two of them are old, they both have elegant and elegant styles. In fact, the emperor likes this.
Emperor Jiajing's standard for appreciating ministers was often based on three elements: literary talent, appearance, and obedience. But later on, he added one more, longevity.
After seeing the ceremony, they all sat down separately. Zhang Chao made up his mind not to talk about business first, but to see what the chief assistant's attitude was first.
After a few polite greetings, Xia Yan coughed lightly and spoke again:
"I invited Academician Zhang to come here today because Academician Qin sent me a message last night, asking me to talk to Academician Zhang."
Zhang Chao: ""
So today I was specially summoned by the chief assistant, or was it because Qin Dewei said something to the chief assistant? Otherwise, the chief assistant might not have thought of him?
Chief Assistant, you speak so bluntly, are you polite?
After Xia Yan explained the reason, he asked: "I heard that, Master Zhang, you intend to make a speech at the meeting in three days?"
Now that things have been spread like this, there is nothing that Academician Zhang dares not to admit. "When I was about to face you, I spoke frankly to advise your majesty."
When Xia Yan and Yan Song heard Xueshie Zhang's statement, they neither believed it nor said they didn't believe it.
As the saying goes, when you meet someone, you can only say a few words, but don't give up everything.
To be honest, they did not dare to rule out the possibility that Bachelor Zhang was a smoke bomb deliberately thrown by Qin Dewei, or that Bachelor Zhang and Qin Dewei played a double act.
However, Xia Yan frowned slightly and made a request: "What if I ask Academician Zhang not to comment?"
Zhang Chao asked: "Why?"
Xia Yan really wanted to say something back: "You'll understand when you become the first assistant!"
As a first assistant, I have the responsibility to control the situation in such a sensitive meeting and make plans in advance.
But no matter what kind of plan, the most annoying thing is the emergence of uncontrollable interference factors.
For example, who will be the bad guy and who will be the good guy has been arranged, and the general direction of the incident has also been preset.
As a result, someone like Xueshie Zhang suddenly appeared and wanted to cause trouble, and the direction of things would be unpredictable.
Xia Yan pointed at Yan Song and simply explained: "How to advise at that time? Naturally, the Minister of Rites, Yan Shangshu, will speak out, so Academician Zhang should not cause trouble."
Xia Shoufu planned to control the situation within the scope of the Ministry of Rites as much as possible and not spread it to other departments, so as to avoid triggering large-scale protests and completely angering Emperor Jiajing.
Academician Zhang twisted his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Ge is worrying too much. I only represent myself! No matter how I act, I will try my best not to affect Mr. Ge's arrangement!"
Xia Yan said very definitely: "How can it not have an impact? As long as you plan to speak to the king, it will definitely have an impact."
Hearing this, Zhang Xuezhi laughed in anger and said, "It seems that only if I flatter Your Majesty in a flattering manner, the elder will not stop me?"
Xia Yan said simply: "That's not necessary! You are Qin Dewei's teacher, how can you only represent yourself?
I don’t know what Qin Dewei will do for you. In order to try to contain the unexpected, I can only ask you to do nothing!
Presumably Qin Dewei had this intention when he sent the message to me."
Academician Zhang only felt that the depression was settling in his chest, and he couldn't get rid of it!
In the eyes of the chief minister, his importance is that of "Qin Dewei's teacher"? Otherwise, he would not even be qualified to be an unstable factor?
After just a few words, Xueshie Zhang really didn’t want to go on any further, so he stood up and left without making any promises.
"Wait a minute!" Yan Song, the Minister of Rites, who was sitting next to the chief minister, suddenly spoke and called out to Academician Zhang.
Then I heard Yan Song say to Xia Yan: "The candidate for the envoy to Korea has not yet been decided. I think Zhang Shi can be the envoy."
Zhang Xueshi was furious, what did this mean? Just send him far away with random orders?
Xia Yan went on to say: "In fact, the imperial court also needs to send envoys to the Prince of Shu's Mansion in Sichuan. This is the Jinzhi clan, and important ministers must be used as envoys.
Academician Zhang happens to be from Sichuan, is he willing to be sent to this mission? Maybe he can take the opportunity to return home for a few days."
Looking at Academician Zhang who was about to explode, Xia Yan quickly added: "This is all Academician Qin's opinion!"
Should I choose between going to North Korea or returning to Sichuan?
Bang! Academician Zhang snapped at the crime angrily and incompetently, but seemed unable to do anything else.
It was as if there was a big, strong net that trapped him, unable to move. However, this net was firmly in the hands of an unscrupulous disciple, and he had no ability to resist at all!
No wonder, in the eyes of others, my greatest identity is just Qin Dewei's teacher.
Even the first assistant must respect Qin Dewei's opinion! How can I resist!
Seeing that Academician Zhang was silent, Xia Yan became a little impatient, so he decided directly and said: "Acoustician Zhang should act as an envoy and go to the Prince of Shu's Mansion. The decree will be issued today and we will set off in two days!"
A person who openly claims to be rebuked face to face is sent out in advance. Even if he is reported to His Majesty, there will be no objection.