Zhu Hao and his wife are in love, and they have no plans to go back to Beijing for the time being. No matter what Zhu Si does in Beijing.
In the capital, headed by Fei Hong, they are preparing to make a small effort, which is to transfer Zhu Hao, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, to the admiral of Yizhou Shanchang. To put it bluntly, it is to turn Zhu Hao from a serious official into a full-time official.
of temporary official.
The left minister of the Ministry of Industry has too much real power. Since Zhu Hao is young and he has recently been busy with mining and railway construction in Xishan, Fei Hong's move seems reasonable.
But when Zhu Si heard the minister's suggestion during the court meeting, he was extremely angry.
"...I want to use Zhu Qing's family as the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, but not as the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Why should I transfer him to an idle position? Is it because he has no ability to support the errand of the minister of the Ministry of Industry?"
Zhu Si felt that as long as the civil servants were targeting the people he used, they were targeting him.
Moreover, Zhu Hao was of extraordinary significance to him. This was the capable minister he most wanted to promote to assist him in governing the Ming Dynasty. Now Fei Hong and others must have roughly known Zhu Hao's identity, so they would deliberately "target" him.
Zhao Huang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Admiral Yizhou Shanchang involve the industry and mining of the Ming Dynasty and other matters, which is consistent with what Zhu Shilang is doing now."
"disagree!"
Zhu Si immediately objected, "Whether you think it is appropriate or not, I think it is very inappropriate. Now he is still the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Why don't you mention it? Can I let him put down his errand at the Hanlin Academy?"
The ministers had already been very aggrieved over the issue of ceremonial discussions before. This time it was not the emperor himself who was involved, but Zhu Hao.
Many people don't know what Zhu Hao does specifically. They just think that Zhu Hao was promoted quickly because of Tang Yin's relationship. This is equivalent to saying that someone is treating Zhu Hao as a soft persimmon, and then Huang Chen walked out of the engineering department.
He said: "Your Majesty, if you serve as a minister on the left and do not sit in the ministry hall, you should leave it to the public. This is the rule of the court. Please think twice."
These words immediately annoyed Zhu Si.
In the previous Zuoshunmen incident, Huang Chen also participated in kneeling and crying. Huang Chen was later taken to Beizhen Fusi and beaten for a round before being released. He was among the people who were pardoned.
After all, not all officials should be transferred to outsiders at once, and a few should be left to support the appearance... As a result, Huang Chen came out to oppose the emperor's proposition, which made Zhu Si feel that the punishment should be light, and it was best to bring him back and fight again.
, best to kill him.
"It seems that you don't want to hear what I say. Let's put it this way. I just want Zhu Jingdao to continue to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. Anyone who has an opinion can come forward and raise it. I will satisfy those who claim to be loyal and upright, and order them to do so.
Let him earn a good reputation as a remonstrator when he returns to his hometown after becoming an official!"
When Zhu Si said this, his voice rose, "Whoever disagrees with me using Zhu Jingdao, please stand up now!"
The ministers present suddenly fell silent.
Huang Chen felt a chill on his back, and even his buttocks felt a burning sensation for no reason. The painful experience of being beaten with a stick for thirty times was still vivid in his mind. Today, it seemed that the emperor had to have an operation on him regardless of whether he beat him or not.
After waiting for a long time, no one said anything.
Zhu Si then said: "Since no one objects, then don't mention this matter again! The next topic... Who else has something to say?"
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The emperor did not go to fight Huang Chen in the end.
Even Huang Chen himself didn't understand. It wasn't about mentioning the Great Ceremony. Could it be that now he couldn't even mention how the emperor used his ministers? Then why should he be an official?
The other ministers were also talking on the way out of the palace, because they all felt the changes in the emperor...
In the past, the emperor was quite polite to his ministers. In the first two years after the new emperor ascended the throne, although he occasionally acted out of his own way on matters of ceremonial affairs and even argued with ministers, the emperor's attitude was usually quite mild.
Even when the Zuo Shunmen incident ended, the emperor was not as irritable as he is now.
Ever since the Chinese New Year, for some unknown reason, the emperor suddenly "lost control" and felt like a powder keg that was about to burst into flames.
"Mr. Fei Ge, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
As Minister of Industry, Zhao Huang had previously offended the emperor by transferring Zhu Hao to the admiral Yizhou Shanchang because of his force. At this time, he couldn't help but go to Fei Hong for help.
Since the new emperor ascended the throne, Zhao Huang has been the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his position is considered very stable.
As a neutral faction, he has a pretty good personal relationship with Fei Hong and is now considered the backbone of the neutral faction.
Fei Hong didn't say anything. Liu Chun next to him smiled and said: "Your Majesty wants to use young talents, so let him use them. Whether he is the admiral of Yizhou Shanchang or Jingdao serves as an errand in the court, the difference is not that big. Recently, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry
If there is really no one to handle the errand, you can send the official document to Xishan, which is not far away."
"ah?"
Zhao Huang looked at Liu Chun with strange eyes.
What do you, Mr. Liu Ge, mean by this?
I came here to ask for advice on how to get Zhu Hao to free up the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works. You actually told me to let him specifically manage the affairs within the yamen of the Ministry of Works?
Fei Hong said coldly: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would rely so much on Jingdao and would be so resistant to even changing his job. It seems that he will not mention Jingdao again in the future."
Zhao Huang said: "Your Majesty relies heavily on Zhu Jingdao?"
"hehe."
Liu Chun smiled and looked at Zhao Huang.
That look seemed to say, is this the first day you know about Zhu Si’s status in the court? You still don’t know that your position as Minister of the Ministry of Industry was originally recommended by Zhu Jingdao, right? Even your position as Minister is attributed to him.
What kind of official position do you think he wants to have is something that you can interfere with in one sentence?
Fei Hong didn't want to mention Zhu Hao, especially because today's incident had hurt his prestige. He shook his head and said: "In fact, it is better for Jingdao to return to Hanyuan, even if he is a Hanlin bachelor, than to stay in the Sixth Department. But since His Majesty intends to do so.
, there is no way to change it, let everything continue as usual.”
There was a "muddling along" tone in his tone that Zhao Huang couldn't understand.
Zhao Huang originally wanted to say that it was you, Mr. Fei Ge, who proposed to transfer Zhu Hao to the Yizhou Shanchang as admiral, but now you seem to be muddying the waters and say it doesn't matter?
Seeing that Fei Hong was about to go to the cabinet to check in, Zhao Huang wanted to catch up and ask what happened, but Shi Yue came over and whispered: "There are some things that you should not ask more about. There are many inside stories that I cannot explain in detail at the moment. Although I
I don’t know the reason, but I also know that there are several people currently relying on His Majesty who cannot be easily moved. Your Majesty has already made a decision on how to appoint these people. If you want to change it, you need to consider it in the long term."
When these words came out of Shi Yun's mouth, Zhao Huang became more and more confused.
Have you, Shi Yun, always been a traditionalist?
Now that the talents of the traditionalists are withering, you, Shi Yun, have become the only fruitful person left in the cabinet. How can you be so tolerant of the emperor's bigotry?
No wonder the emperor is getting more and more irritable in the court now. His feelings are caused by your concession!
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Zhao Huang was dissatisfied and planned to object to Zhu Hao's appointment as the left minister of the Ministry of Industry after returning to the Ministry of Industry.
Regardless of whether Zhu Hao should continue to be the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, even if he couldn't change it, he still felt that Zhu Hao should be allowed to return to the capital to at least complete what Zuo Shilang should do, instead of being completely invisible like now.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Huang had just returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and before he could put down his anger on the pen, someone reported that Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, had arrived.
Zhao Huang could only go out to meet him.
"Zhao Shangshu, you don't have to be polite. Let's find a quieter place and speak clearly."
Zhang Zuo actually came out to appease Zhao Huang on behalf of Zhu Si.
Although the emperor had said harsh words in the court before, Zhu Si's performance was entirely for the civil and military officials of the court to see. He really had no intention of targeting Zhao Huang. After all, from the various plans Zhu Hao had given him before, Zhao Huang was
his people.
And Zhu Si is a good person, he likes to form cliques.
It's a person on his side. Even if he occasionally offends someone, he usually won't give up completely.
Zhao Huang had done anything to help the emperor when Yang Tinghe was the chief assistant. Sometimes, even if Zhao Huang stood in a neutral position, it was a kind of partial support for Zhu Si at that time. At least it made Zhu Si feel that this person was not hopeless.
medicine.
"Eunuch Zhang, I wonder if you have any advice?"
After arriving at the flower hall where guests were entertained in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Huang asked after the people were screened back.
Zhang Zuodao: "We are here to deliver a message for Your Majesty... You don't have to get up, it's not a dictation, it's just a casual chat."
Zhao Huang was a little confused, but the anger in his heart did not subside after all.
Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "Actually, His Majesty has always wanted to make Mr. Zhu the pillar of the court."
"Mr. Zhu?"
Zhao Huang didn't quite understand this title.
Zhang Zuodao: "That's Shilang Zhu."
"hiss……"
Zhao Huang took a deep breath.
As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Zhang Zuo calls Zhu Hao "Mr. Zhu"? How come people can't figure it out?
"Mr. Zhu has been doing things for His Majesty since he ascended the throne, whether it was the battle against the Tatars in the northwest, mining, road construction, assisting His Majesty in negotiating ceremonies, as well as major and minor matters in the DPRK, and even the employment of personnel in the DPRK.
wait……"
Having said this, Zhang Zuo gave Zhao Huang a meaningful look.
Probably what I mean is that when I mentioned hiring people, you should think of the factors that led to your re-appointment, but don’t forget that you were promoted to the position of minister by the emperor.
"so what?"
Zhao Huang has not yet come to his senses.
Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "So your Majesty hopes that he, who is serving as the Minister of Industry, can cooperate fully with you, Minister Zhao, and not do anything to undermine each other."
Only then did Zhao Huang realize that Zhang Zuo was acting as a lobbyist for Zhu Hao on behalf of the emperor.
a little complicated……
It was not Zhang Zuo who was invited by Zhu Hao, but Zhang Zuo who was sent by the emperor to intercede.
This can be regarded as a favor given by the emperor. If it were other ministers, the emperor would probably not bother to explain, and the words in the court would be enough to deal with it.
"Zhao Shangshu, please relax. Mr. Zhu has a complicated mind. He has many things to deal with. He will basically not interfere in the internal affairs of the Ministry of Works. Even the projects involved in the Ministry of Works, he will never be involved. The cost of road construction and other expenses will be too much."
It comes from its own financing and basically does not use the money allocated by the Ministry of Industry."
Zhang Zuodao: "Your Majesty wants to use Mr. Zhu, and this matter cannot be changed. I hope that Zhao Shangshu will understand and don't engage in unnecessary disputes!"