The first thousand and thirty-five chapters I decided not to discuss
Zhang Zuo was confused after hearing this.
Why am I getting more and more confused? Gui E is obviously a party to Zhang Cong. Even if you say you want to promote Huo Tao and Fang Xianfu, you should not promote Gui E...
You clearly showed a tendency to kill Zhang Cong, why are you showing mercy now?
Zhang Zuodao: "I'm afraid that if I mention it to His Majesty, Your Majesty may not agree. It's hard to say that Gui E didn't know about what Bachelor Zhang did before."
What this means is that even if you ignore the past grudges, even try to win people's hearts, and show that you are open-minded enough to be the prime minister, the emperor will not allow you to do anything.
There are most rules in doing things in the officialdom. One of them is to advance and retreat together with the same party. If one suffers a loss, one will be prosperous. It cannot be said that Zhang Cong was sent to another place. In the blink of an eye, you promoted Gui E. Such a crazy approach even the emperor
Won't agree.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Except for him, I don't think anyone else is qualified to be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy of Litigation. Eunuch Zhang, may I ask, is the ceremony over?"
"I think should not be."
Zhang Zuo thought for a while.
There are still many things that can be fought for. Once the ceremony is started, it can be said to be endless. The emperor still wants to use this matter to suppress his political opponents. Didn't you, Zhu Hao, suggest that the emperor write a book about this matter before?
Zhu Hao nodded and said: "That's it, you can't expect me to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy of Etiquette, right?"
"You are a capable person, and you are responsible for everything."
Zhang Zuo said this, but he knew in his heart that Zhu Hao had too many things to do and was too complicated to take care of all aspects.
Now that Zhu Hao has recommended Gui E, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, Zhang Zuo only needs to go back and explain it to the emperor.
"By the way, Mr. Zhu, His Majesty also asked you to promote a few more people. There are not many people available in the Hanlin Academy now."
Zhang Zuo reminded, "When you go to Hanlin Academy to be a bachelor, you should have some talents of your own. For example, for Xu Jie, your majesty said, give him an attendant or lecturer, and there are others who you like."
Just move up."
Zhu Haoxin said that the emperor was afraid that he would not be willing to use "one of his own people", so he reminded him to cultivate more power.
This is to cultivate him in the direction of a powerful minister.
But this is not Zhu Hao's purpose.
Zhu Hao said: "Xu Zisheng is not good enough to take on a big responsibility, but he is just a student or a lecturer... Let's talk about it later."
Zhu Hao was planning to keep Xu Jie in the Sixth Department to continue his training. This guy had no intention of doing anything important with him. If he really transferred Xu Jie back to the Hanlin Academy, wouldn't he be taking advantage of his wishes?
If Xu Jie is given a job as an attendant or a lecturer, perhaps Xu Jie will not want to be promoted in the next ten years, and he will just hang out anyway!
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At court the next day.
Zhu Si directly announced that Zhu Hao would be promoted to Hanlin bachelor without consulting the cabinet bachelors and the six ministers.
All the ministers present were frightened and confused.
The emperor was obviously self-willed and made decisions on his own without consulting the ministers. He did not care about the ministers' face at all... He even discussed with others before promoting Huang Zan, Tang Yin and Zhang Cong.
However, there is no discussion about Zhu Hao this time.
Doesn't this mean that the emperor's style of doing things is more radical?
Yang Yiqing was the first to object: "Your Majesty, no! Absolutely no!"
Zhu Sidao: "I know that you of the Yang Qing family will definitely disagree. You will say that Zhu Jingdao is still young, and his time in the court and his qualifications are not enough for him to take on such an important task. But I think he has outstanding abilities. In the court,
Unique...I am not going to listen to you whether you have a better candidate, let’s just settle on it!”
If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't do it, you have to try harder.
I don't play the trick of courting with you. I know that you are biased against Zhu Hao, and I still let you discuss it openly. Doesn't that mean that I don't even have the power to employ people? Then who is the emperor?
This time Yang Yiqing just came out to fight and expressed his attitude, and then retreated.
Fei Hong walked in the queue and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask what this Hanlin bachelor's degree is about?"
Others thought that as the chief assistant, he stood up to oppose, but in the end he just asked, what is the importance of this Hanlin bachelor? It means, let Zhu Hao be the master of the academy? Or be the Zhan Shifu? Or the new one?
The newly added Yili Hanlin bachelor? As for the errands he undertakes, is he responsible for drafting imperial edicts, or is he responsible for advising and managing the daily operations of the Hanlin Academy?
There has to be an explanation after all.
Zhu Sidao: "I plan to let him be the Hanlin Bachelor of the Academy, and Zhan Shifu will be handed over to him. As for the matter of discussing etiquette... I plan to hand it over to another person."
If Zhu Si had proposed that Zhu Hao should be appointed as a scholar of the Li Hanlin Academy, he might not have encountered much opposition. After all, there were three previous examples: Huang Zan, Tang Yin and Zhang Cong.
These three people did not make any waves in their positions as academicians of the Imperial Academy. Others would think that it was okay to elevate Zhu Hao to this position.
But now the emperor directly asked Zhu Hao to manage Zhan Shifu and the Hanlin Academy, which meant that his authority was infinitely enlarged. Moreover, the emperor previously meant that the official right minister of the Ministry of Rites would still belong to Zhu Hao, and it was not a temporary position.
This also means that Zhu Hao is also responsible for the errands of the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu and the Ministry of Rites.
Although there were officials who held multiple positions in the past, some of the positions were empty titles. This time, Zhu Hao took on the actual duties.
Yang Yiqing closed his eyes, too lazy to say anything.
It was obvious that the emperor wanted to support his cronies against civil servants.
Don't you think it's against the rules for me to ask Zhu Hao to serve as the right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette and the left minister of the Ministry of Industry at the same time? Then I will find someone who conforms to the rules.
Moreover, for Zhu Hao to be a Hanlin bachelor, his errands are more important than before. I would like to ask what other reasons can you use to oppose me this time?
Fei Hong just came out to ask a question, and after getting the answer, he actually returned to work.
Meaning...he doesn't object either?
Now many officials could not stand.
The Minister of Personnel previously opposed the imperial court's re-appointment of Zhu Hao, but this time he only made a false move and stopped talking?
The chief minister of the cabinet went even further. He only came out to ask one question and then never mentioned it again.
Is the imperial court going to be in chaos?
Zhu Si asked Zhang Zuo beside him: "Where is Academician Zhu now?"
The implication is that I no longer need to discuss with you, he is already a Hanlin bachelor.
But it also has another meaning. Zhu Hao is originally a bachelor, so isn't a bachelor the same as a bachelor?
Zhang Zuodao said: "Xueshi Zhu usually studies at home and often asks about etiquette and law. He does not do errands in the Yamen."
This was to tell the civil servants and generals present that even though Zhu Hao had previously served as a minister of two ministries and was in the capital, he did not interfere too much in the affairs of the court. Like Tang Yin, he was basically indifferent to worldly affairs.
But Zhu Hao is different from Tang Yin.
Tang Yin was lazy, but Zhu Hao simply had too many chores on his shoulders and had many things to ask about, so he had no time to ask about court affairs.
In the eyes of officials, court affairs are the most important, but in Zhu Hao's eyes, improving productivity and changing the times are the top priority. As for being an official and handling government affairs... whoever cares about it will do it.
Zhu Si shook his head: "This is not good. From now on, as a Hanlin scholar, he should participate more in court affairs. He must attend every court meeting."
Zhang Zuo was a little embarrassed and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this...this is probably...difficult to do. Didn't you send someone to persuade Zhu Xueshi before to let him participate in court affairs every day? But he...
He doesn’t seem to be interested in it.”
Zhu Si and Zhang Zuo's questions and answers were conducted in front of the ministers.
In fact, it is to remind the civil servants and generals present that Zhu Hao is not as simple as you think.
Although I am now obsessed with promoting him, people may not appreciate it.
Zhu Si looked at Huang Zan again and asked: "Huang Qing's family, I remember that you and Zhu Jingdao have always been on good terms. Do you know how talented he is?"
Huang Zan said: "Xueshi Zhu is a great talent. There are few people in the world who can compare with him. Even his poems were praised by others for a while. No one else can change a single word of the books he compiled while he was in the Hanlin Academy."
This is equivalent to finding someone to brag on Zhu Hao's behalf.
But one thing is true, that is, Zhu Hao's talent and learning are indeed recognized by people today.
But it's just his talent in poetry.
It is a pity that in any era, someone who can write poetry does not mean that he will be an official. How many famous poets did not even become an official in the end? Why is it said that Zhu Hao is qualified to be a Hanlin bachelor if he writes good poetry?
Zhu Si then looked at Xi Shu, the Minister of Rites, and asked: "Xi Qing's family, do you think Jingdao has been able to fulfill his duties in court affairs during these days in the Ministry of Rites?"
This question asks...
Xi Shu is not easy to answer.
As the Minister of Rites, everything should be based on facts. However, Zhu Hao did not do much work in the Ministry of Rites. He was responsible for discussing etiquette... This guy only made a suggestion on the "Imperial Examination" in the court at the beginning.
There has been no contribution since then, and recently Zhu Hao has not even been seen.
To say that Zhu Hao is conscientious of his duties?
What a ghost!
Xi Shu lowered his head and answered energetically: "Back to Your Majesty, Zhu Hao has not been seen in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites for a long time. He has not paid too much attention to the affairs of the Ministry of Rites."
The ministers present were a little confused when they heard this.
Aren’t you, Xi Shu, with the emperor?
Why are you still trying to break things up?
Zhu Si smiled and said: "See? My ministers can tell the truth and will not make nonsense just because I think highly of Zhu Hao. Moreover, it is obvious that Zhu Hao is not greedy for power. All I want is
You can find him at any time when you need him, that's all, instead of using him all the time, or even letting him monopolize power, as you think."
That's right to say...
The ambiguity is huge.
Many ministers are thinking that the emperor actually favors only one person. Zhu Hao is Jiang Bin or Qian Ning in the previous dynasty. It's just that unlike those sycophants, Zhu Hao is a civil servant and has the aura of number one scholar.
Now we have to carefully consider how Zhu Hao came to be the number one scholar.
That was only passed after the new emperor ascended the throne...could there be some private giving and receiving in it?
Zhu Sidao: "This matter has been settled as it is. Does anyone else have any opinions?"
After the ministers present experienced the Zuo Shunmen incident, there are very few people who can stand up and speak out.
I originally expected Yang Yiqing to bring a breeze to cleanse the demonic atmosphere in the court.
But unfortunately... this wind obviously has no momentum.
Zhu Si said again: "Since we don't have any opinions, let's discuss the candidate for the Yili Hanlin Bachelor. I recommend Gui E. If you have other candidates, please submit them as well!"