Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Five The Second Ceremony
Zhu Hao has sent a letter to bring his family to the capital.
Seeing that I will never return to Anlu in the future, it is easier to take care of me if my family stays with me. Besides, it is more trustworthy to let my family handle some business matters than others.
In the past few days, Zhu Hao went to the Hanlin Academy as usual. When he came back in the afternoon, he would sometimes deal with memorials, but sometimes he would not see anyone.
Tang Yin knew that Zhu Hao's work, business and life were almost intact now, and he was curious when Zhu Hao's move against Yang Tinghe would start.
"Zhu Hao, don't you mean that you want the Yang family to completely distrust Yang Weicong? Have you considered what he said to Yang Weicong?"
Tang Yin wanted to know how Zhu Hao anticipated his enemy.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Why should I calculate that? Yang Yongxiu must have used something that no outsider can think of. Let me guess. I have no clue. Who can get it right?"
Tang Yin frowned: "Then you didn't say it in vain?"
Zhu Hao casually threw the memorandum aside and said with a smile: "It's not my style to wait for others to take action and let others lead them... Why not take the initiative?
"Right now, I have discussed with Zhang Cong the specific plan for the memorial ceremony. Tomorrow he will submit the memorial, and then wait for the other party to reveal his tactics. Isn't this the reaction a wise man should have?"
Tang Yin suddenly realized.
When you think about it, you will understand it instantly.
"What you said makes some sense. First make a big proposal, and then use this matter to let Yang Yongxiu discuss countermeasures with the people around him. Then you can predict their possible response strategies in advance. It is much better than just guessing on your own... Oops.
, you have never done anything else in your life, you have been thinking about this all day long."
Tang Yin sighed.
Zhu Hao frowned and said, "Sir, don't always belittle me for nothing. It's meaningless. I don't like to hear what you say."
"cut!"
Tang Yin made a disdainful sound from the corner of his mouth.
It doesn’t matter whether you like it or not, I’ve said it anyway, and every time I find your kid acting unusually, I’ll say, I’ll piss you off!
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The grand ceremony finally began.
Mid June.
Zhang Cong, from the Ministry of Guanzheng and Etiquette, submitted a memorial in his own name to discuss the great ceremony. Originally, this memorial would not have been taken seriously, or even mentioned in vain.
But because the memorial puts forward the view of "succession without heirs" and the most basic principle of Chinese ethics and etiquette that the eldest son cannot succeed, it is reasonable and well-founded... After discussing with Zhu Hao, this memorial can be said to be
The culmination of the Dali Conference is more complete than the views put forward by Zhang Cong in history.
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As soon as this proposal came out, Zhu Si felt like he had found a treasure. During the court meeting, Zhang Cong's memorial was read to the public to let the ministers know about it.
Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, was dumbfounded and didn't know how to refute.
Zhu Sidao: "Dear gentlemen, as a son of a human being, I have always believed that filial piety and righteousness should come first, and governing a country starts with managing a family. If we ignore the basic etiquette of filial piety and righteousness, how can we manage the country of the Ming Dynasty? I understand this point.
I don’t quite understand and would like to hear your opinions.”
The ministers present had long seen the importance that the new emperor attached to the issue of legal origin.
Now that an inconspicuous Jinshi of Guanzheng has written such a memorial, it is simply a slap in the face to all the courtiers.
Even though many people actually know the truth very well, they dare not bring it up. Now that someone has come out to commit suicide, everyone knows that Zhang Cong's political career is over.
No one spoke.
Yu Lin, the general affairs envoy who had always kept a low profile before, came out and said: "Your Majesty, as I see it, these new scholars are talking nonsense about state affairs, comparing small filial piety with great filial piety, and confusing the truth. They are the actions of evildoers. They should be regarded as
As mentioned before, those who mess up the order will be killed!"
The side supporting the emperor has taken the lead in the Great Ceremony, and now the conservatives have also taken the lead.
Because the "rules" had already been stated in a memorial from the Ministry of Rites during the first ceremonial meeting, and what we had decided was the final plan. Anyone who raised objections was a traitor and would be beheaded to set the record straight. Now Yu Lin just came out and emphasized it again.
Zhu Si asked: "I don't understand, what is small filial piety and what is great filial piety?"
Yu Lin replied: "Your Majesty respects Emperor Daxing Xiaozong, which is a great filial piety, and the filial piety towards his biological father and mother is a small filial piety... Your Majesty's succession matters are recorded by the clan, and great filial piety should be given priority.
You should not mess with etiquette and law by showing small filial piety."
Zhu Sidao: "I'm talking about Yu Qing's family, you didn't understand what Zhang Jinshi said, did you? Our Chinese civilization has been passed down for thousands of years, and the eldest son cannot be the heir. This is the etiquette of benevolence and filial piety, and it is for great filial piety... If I am because of the inheritance
It would be unkind to forget the filial piety towards one's biological father and mother.
"Furthermore, you always quote the allusions of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty to persuade me, but they were raised in the palace before the succession, and the fact of succession is already there. As Zhang Jinshi said, 'The meaning of being a descendant is very clear.'
, and when I succeed to the throne, I have not been raised in a deep palace since I was a child. I only succeed as the heir of the vassal country. How can I have an heir?"
Zhu Si argued hard and said everything Zhu Hao taught him.
Because Zhang Cong was deeply familiar with Zhu Hao's true biography, when he proposed the great ceremony, he had already thought of the etiquette issues that could be mentioned in court battles. Zhu Si's succession to the throne was indeed inconsistent with etiquette. No one said that he was the emperor when he succeeded.
The one who came to inherit the throne was just to let him inherit the throne, and naturally there would be disputes.
When there is controversy, there is room for debate.
Yu Lin was choked back and didn't know how to refute.
Zhu Si refused to give up: "I am not asking you to give a strategy now, but I just want to ask whether it is possible to discuss such a memorial? If you say no, you should raise objections and replace Zhang Jinshi's proposal.
Let’s refute the arguments one by one, instead of insisting here that I am here to succeed... If you really think that there should be a successor emperor to inherit the legal system, then you might as well find one from other palaces. I would rather be the head of the palace.
"My abilities are limited and I am not able to govern one country, so how can I govern the world?"
He showed his previous attitude again.
If you don't want to listen to my opinion, then I'll give up.
At the beginning of his succession, perhaps the ministers were so angry that they would have replaced him. They would have found any reason to say that he was addicted to pleasure and was not suitable to be an emperor. At most, the Empress Dowager Zhang would issue a decree and replace him with the son of the vassal king.
Just come.
However, after Zhu Si ascended the throne, it took less than two months to get the garrison power of the capital in his hands. The biggest problem for the civilian officials now is that they do not have control over the military power.
If they really dare to depose the new emperor, they will give Zhu Si the truth that they are going to rebel, and they will directly take the blame...
Yang Tinghe, who was known for his power and scheming, naturally did not dare to do this, otherwise it would be a shame for a civil servant and would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
The best way to deal with it is to use moral etiquette to criticize the little emperor and let him retreat when he sees difficulties.
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The meeting ended.
Yang Tinghe returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Several members of the cabinet were there, even Yuan Zonggao.
Yang Tinghe slapped the table in public without any hesitation: "Where did you come from to be a Jinshi? Why is there such a memorial that disregards human ethics? Didn't he hear the previous decision of the Ministry of Rites?"
Everyone present could see that Yang Tinghe was so angry that he could not even avoid Yuan Zonggao, a direct descendant of the new emperor.
It was like he was telling the new emperor on purpose.
Yuan Zonggao just shook his head and smiled bitterly without answering.
When he was in the palace, Yuan Zonggao was almost in control of everything, but since he followed the new emperor to the capital, he has become silent. Recently, his sense of presence has been extremely weak. He did not need to say a word in the court for several days. At first, the new emperor occasionally summoned him to talk to him.
They discussed something, but after entering June, the new emperor simply ignored him and let him go his own way.
Even Yuan Zonggao didn't know why he came to the capital with the new emperor?
To get a reputation as a cabinet bachelor?
Jiang Miandao: "Jiefu calms down his anger. Such an argument is actually widely circulated among civil servants. The Ming Dynasty was open and open. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was lenient to scholars. Although scholars are not allowed to discuss state affairs arbitrarily, but now..."
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary scholars are not allowed to discuss national affairs. This was decreed by Taizu Taizu of the Ming Dynasty at the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This is to prevent scholars from rebelling.
This method of controlling public opinion was implemented very strictly in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.
However, with the improvement of the status of civil servants, the power of the cabinet has increased day by day since Xuande. After Emperor Xiaozong, civil servants received great preferential treatment, and the chief minister became the de facto prime minister. This made the tendency of civil servants to govern the country more obvious, so that now the people do not care
Whether they have read books or not, they will discuss court affairs.
Because the public opinion environment is open, people will discuss the issue of the new emperor's legal system, and naturally there will be voices of doubt.
The whole point is that the so-called "succession to succession" argument is too narrow. Even an ordinary person feels that the only son to be the king is to be adopted as the emperor. Why should he be adopted as the emperor? The new emperor is filial to his parents. This is an example for others.
, why should the benevolent and filial actions that demonstrate Confucian etiquette be classified as evil deeds?
Mao Jidao: "How about... meeting this new scholar later and giving him some advice?"
Yang Tinghe looked at Mao Ji.
He heard what Mao Ji meant. Now that a thorn has emerged and the matter has been discussed so clearly, it is better to bribe him with inducements and then issue a compromise memorial to support the new emperor.
go back.
Jiang Mian shook his head: "If I go to see you now, I'm afraid it will cause criticism, so why not get rid of it..."
Another half sentence.
Yuan Zonggao finally understood. These people were all old foxes. They kept half of what they said. Everyone understood what was going on, and he still had to think about it carefully.
What Mao Ji proposed should be inducements to draw people over.
And Jiang Mian's measure is to punish him and set a warning for others!
It is equivalent to one being a conservative and the other a radical.
As the first assistant bachelor, Yang Tinghe had to be relatively neutral, but Yuan Zonggao knew that Yang Tinghe would not let go of Zhang Cong who proposed the second ceremony.
Yuan Zonggao said: "As far as I know, Zhang Cong is over forty years old. He has failed the examination many times before and has not made any achievements, or to win the respect of His Majesty in this way... If he can be informed about the ministers in the court, he will
Tang’s advice, in a step-by-step manner, may be able to change his mind.”
Yuan Zonggao was very considerate to several cabinet ministers. He did not consider the issue from the perspective of the new emperor, but spoke for the civil servants.
This is exactly why Zhu Si doesn't like him.
Zhu Hao penetrates into the enemy's interior and digs into the enemy's corners at every turn.
But Yuan Zonggao really integrated himself into the civil servant group and always took the interests of civil servants as the starting point, which is equivalent to a betrayal of his origin.