Chapter 1033 It's better to miss each other than to meet
Preparations for Tang Yin's funeral have officially begun.
Anyway, he had only a few days left, and the court quickly spread the news about Tang Yin's condition, and most people expressed regret.
No matter how much prejudice he had against Tang Yin in the past, his achievements in cultivating and assisting the new emperor were really there. He not only left an eternal reputation in the poetry and painting circles, but also left a good story in the Ming Dynasty's political circles, which is equivalent to saying that Tang Yin
His life has been fulfilled.
Of course, Tang Yin himself was not satisfied. Like Zhang Jingming and Yuan Zonggao, he had just enjoyed the convenience brought by the new emperor's accession to the throne and was about to die in the blink of an eye, so he was still somewhat reluctant to give up.
Many people wanted to visit Tang Yin and see him for the last time, but they were not allowed to enter the Tang Mansion.
Tang Yin needed to rest in the last few days of his life.
Only Zhu Hao would come to the house when he was fine and chat with Tang Yin who was on his deathbed. He mainly told Tang Yin who was awake about what would happen in the future without Zhu Hao in the time and space.
In fact, the original historical development from the ninth year of Zhengde to the third year of Jiajing was what Tang Yin was most concerned about. When he knew that he had borrowed money everywhere after returning to Suzhou from Nanchang, he was disgusted with it, so he painted "Plum Branches".
"Picture", "Danyang Scenery", "Still Mountains and Long Days Picture", "Picture of Pine Waves and Cloud Shadows" and other famous paintings, as well as "Preface to the Golden Flower", "Poem of Dreams", "Poetry in Fifty Characters", "Picture of Falling Flowers"
"Ode" and other poems have been circulated in the world, and after hearing Zhu Hao recite it himself, he sighed deeply.
Zhu Si was worried about Tang Yin's condition and sent Zhang Zuo to express his condolences. The accompanying imperial physician confirmed that Tang Yin was indeed dying soon.
After hearing the report, Zhu Si specifically expressed his intention to promote Tang Yin to the title of "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Revenue" at the court meeting in front of all the civil and military ministers. In fact, it was to add an official position to the original Wenyuan Pavilion Bachelor, and incidentally add the title of Shaofu.
And canonized Tang Yin's beloved wife as the first-grade imperial concubine.
Although the ministers felt that it was inappropriate to do so, they did not have anything to argue with a dying man.
Anyway, Tang Yin is really going to die this time. Even if he can enjoy the glory of his life for a few days, it will only be a few days before he can close his eyes. Why do he have to tell the emperor some rules and make himself unhappy?
A Juren actually has such a high status...
Just thinking about it makes me feel sick.
But it doesn't matter if you give him a young master as a pavilion elder.
After a set of operations, everyone saw that the emperor attached great importance to Tang Yin, but they did not know that Zhu Si did this just to reassure Zhu Hao.
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Before Tang Yin returned to the west on a crane, Yang Yiqing arrived at the capital.
The first thing Yang Yiqing did when he returned to the court was to be summoned by the emperor to the palace for a private interview. Later, news came out that Qiao Yu's resignation letter had been approved.
This time Gui E went to Jiangnan to recruit two veterans to return to the court. Yang Yiqing set off very quickly. Although Xie Qian also expressed his gratitude, he didn't seem to make any move to the capital for a while. In other words... only Yang Yiqing was interested in returning.
I am more enthusiastic about being an official in court.
Xie Qian would rather stay in his hometown for a few more days to relax, rather than rush to Beijing to become an official and affect his mood.
At the same time, Xie Qian's son Xie Pi was also recruited to serve as an official. Xie Pi was a prodigy in the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign. Soon after he entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor, he was demoted to the people for offending Liu Jin. Although Liu Jin was executed and returned to the official position together with his father, the father and son were
The two never left to return to Beijing to perform their duties, but stayed in their hometown to reward outstanding talents and manage affairs with emphasis on principles and principles.
This time Xie Pi was recalled to serve as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, but like his father, he was reluctant to start.
In the past two days, Zhu Hao has focused almost all his energy on preparing for Tang Yin's death. He also dealt with matters such as the Tianjin Shipyard and Xishan Mine, as well as mining matters in various places in the south. In short... he has nothing to do in the capital.
He doesn't even attend the daily court meetings, and usually stays at home, in his workshop, and in Tang Yin's mansion.
Zhu Si sent someone to urge Zhu Hao to help handle some government affairs and criticize on his behalf, but Zhu Hao turned a deaf ear to this.
On this day, Zhu Hao went to the workshop and specifically found Lou Suzhen to tell her that Tang Yin was about to die of illness.
In fact, Zhu Hao wanted Lou Suzhen to come and visit Tang Yin while he was still alive. After all, they were close friends. Even if Tang Yin was married now, they would not be inseparable until they died.
Lou Suzhen's answer was simple: "I won't go. It will only make me sad."
Zhu Hao could see that Lou Suzhen still cared about Tang Yin.
It's a pity that the two of them are destined to have no connection. At the beginning, even Zhu Hao thought that as long as Lou Suzhen lost her identity as Princess Ning, her love with Tang Yin would be successful, because even if Zhu Hao hadn't helped, Lou Suzhen would have helped Tang Yin escape.
Nanchang.
But now Zhu Hao knows that the mark of "Princess Ning" on Lou Suzhen will never be erased for the rest of his life. To put it bluntly, the two of them "wanted to meet each other before they were married."
"Sir, I have been talking about you a lot in the past two days. He said that what he missed most was reciting poems, painting and admiring the lakeside scenery with you when we were in Nanchang."
Zhu Hao is not making it up.
When Tang Yin knew that he was not going to die soon, he could only recall the good old days. For Tang Yin, the first half of his life was painful, and the second half seemed even more painful.
Tang Yin's so-called pain in the second half of his life was based on the tediousness of being an official, which was a bit meaningless moaning. Therefore, when Tang Yin recalled the good past, he would naturally think of the time when he was not an official and was light-hearted. At that time, he was carefree and surrounded by people.
There is also a world-famous talented girl Lou Suzhen as a student, and we can write poems and paintings together...how comfortable it is.
Lou Suzhen sat there, thoughtful.
Zhu Hao couldn't help his curiosity and asked again: "Madam, was it you who declined Mr.'s marriage invitation?"
Lou Suzhen shook her head: "He didn't mention it, and I didn't refuse it. In fact, we know each other very well, and it's best like this."
It means that there is no need to discuss the issue of who is waiting for whom, and who is rejecting whom. The two of them did not get together in the end. This is actually something they both know very well. They know that the other party will refuse if they bring it up, so why should they embarrass each other?
But in Zhu Hao's view, the person who was even more unwilling to accept this matter was Tang Yin.
"I can feel that he had no regrets before he died," Lou Suzhen said.
Zhu Hao asked curiously: "How did you know?"
Lou Suzhen said: "In my eyes, Tang Bohu had so many unresolved knots in his life that he could only die in depression. But now he seems to have put aside all his worries, which is gratifying."
"oh."
Zhu Hao pondered the meaning of these words.
It probably means that Tang Yin is stingy and obsessed with the past, always keeping it in his heart. In his own account, although Tang Yin has been recalling the past from time to time recently, he has obviously let go of everything, so he "died without regrets."
Zhu Hao couldn't help but want to say, you, Lou Suzhen, seem to be a tapeworm in someone's belly. Do you even know this?
It was precisely because Tang Yin knew about my past, that he had changed his destiny against the will of heaven, and lived a more unrestrained life than himself in history, and that Lou Suzhen in that time and space had long been buried in Poyang Lake, that he let go of all his worries.
, even a bit smiling.
Lou Suzhen asked: "So you are the one who unlocked him?"
"Um."
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Maybe when Madam is about to die of illness, I can also enlighten her... I always like to persuade people to do good. Madam, you know that."
Lou Suzhen rolled her eyes at him: "Young Master can enlighten anyone, but you don't have to enlighten me... After I was saved by Young Master, my life was unnecessary. If I can live one more day, it is a gain for me."
of."
Zhu Hao nodded.
Lou Suzhen may have regrets about Tang Yin's death, but that's all.
It seems impossible to get closer to them at the last moment, or even let them meet each other.
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Yang Yiqing officially assumed the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The first memorial he made after taking office was about Zhu Hao - on the grounds that Zhu Hao had only been in the DPRK for a short period of time, he proposed that it was against the rules for one person to serve as two ministers, and asked the emperor to reconsider the appointment of Zhu Hao.
Even if the emperor has to use Zhu Hao, please remove Zhu Hao from the position of Minister of the First Division. If what is removed is the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, then the positions of Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and Young Minister of Zhanshi should also be abolished.
Moreover, Yang Yiqing proposed to add a Hanlin bachelor, but it was not in the name of a Hanlin bachelor, but purely to ensure the daily operation of the Hanlin Academy.
Because Jia Yong's appointment to the cabinet has not been decided yet, he now has to complete his errands at the Hanlin Academy. However, everyone in the court believes that if a candidate is really to be decided on to join the cabinet, it must be Jia Yong.
After this memorial was posted, it quickly spread throughout the court...
It seems that Yang Yiqing wants to get rid of some bad policies after returning to the court, mainly to fight against the inherent factions in the court and sweep out some people promoted by the emperor.
The first target should have been Tang Yin, who was born in Juren, but because Tang Yin was about to die and he was the emperor's master, and Huang Zan and Xi Shu had a certain prestige before becoming ministers, it was not easy to attack, so Yang Yiqing set his sights.
Zhu Hao.
And Yang Yiqing's memorial is equivalent to earning him a good reputation.
Zhu Si was very angry after seeing this memorial.
"This is another naysayer, I can see it!"
Zhu Si was furious.
You clearly invited Yang Yiqing back to stabilize the overall situation, but in the end, this person first attacked Zhu Hao who invited him back to the court. This is tantamount to not giving the emperor face. How can the emperor think that you are a worthy minister?
Zhang Zuo asked tentatively: "Is it true that Yang Butang doesn't know much about Mr. Zhu's identity?"
In Zhang Zuo's opinion, you, Yang Yiqing, are not so stubborn, are you?
Are you going to impeach Zhu Hao as soon as you come up?
Or it can't be called impeachment, but it is targeted. After all, it was Zhu Hao who sent people to invite you back. Zhu Hao had praised you so much before. Although you are an old minister, you can't be merciful, right?
"Then you go and tell him what Jingdao means to me. If he still persists in understanding it, then let him pack his bedroll and get out!"
Zhu Si was annoyed.
The first thing you should do when you call someone back is to confront me as the emperor. It’s okay if I don’t just kick you away.
Zhang Zuo could only go to the official office and inform Yang Yiqing of the emperor's intention.
After Yang Yiqing returned to the court, the order in the court was stabilized. His prestige was much higher than that of Qiao Yu, the previous Minister of Civil Affairs, so that many ministers from the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs usually came to visit, and many officials who had been suppressed during Yang Tinghe's reign fled.
Come to Yang Yiqing to make friends.
Yang Yiqing represented the faction of the Ministry of War in the central court, which was different from the Hanlin faction led by Yang Tinghe. His allies included Wang Qiong, Lu Wan, Wang Shouren and other famous officials. They were very effective in running the army and had a profound influence in the army.
Now that Yang Yiqing returns to the court, he naturally wants to bring order to the chaos and use people from the same faction as much as possible. The first thing to suppress is the remnants of Yang Tinghe and Peng Ze.