Chapter 547 I have decided on the Zen position (seeking a monthly ticket)
The next day, in the court hall.
Everything went as planned by Zhu Hao. Jiang Lun came out and took the lead, indicating that Princess Jiang would abide by the etiquette and prepare to return to Anlu to continue to be her Princess Xingfu. She would no longer be involved in the affairs of the court and would neither enter the palace nor plan to. Live permanently in the capital.
These are what Yang Tinghe hopes to see, and they are also the fundamental reasons why the civil servants agreed to let Jiang Lun enter the court to express Princess Jiang's attitude.
But then...
Things took an unexpected turn that the civil servants could not predict.
"...I have been taught by my father since I was a child that I must abide by filial piety and etiquette. Now that my father has passed away, only I and my mother and concubine are left to depend on each other. In order for my mother and concubine to make the Ming Dynasty, and for me to inherit the great rule, my mother and son have lost their love. Everything can be sacrificed. I have failed my mother and concubine in raising me.
"My lords, there is no need to persuade you any more. I have decided to take the Zen position and return to Anlu to continue to be King Xing. I am the only son of my mother and concubine. I should be responsible for birth, death and burial alone. I don't want to bear the burden of unfilial piety. Infamy. You should quickly draw up the edict for the Zen position and fulfill my wishes.
"Retreat!"
Zhu Si cried bitterly, and finally left Fengtian Hall and returned to Qianqing Palace when all the ministers were confused.
He didn't give the ministers a chance to discuss, and he didn't let Yang Tinghe and others stand up and teach people a lesson. They immediately stated that they wanted to take the Zen position. But the problem is... you can't be the emperor if you want to be?
If the emperor had an heir, it would be easy to talk about brothers, but the problem is that the emperor was adopted from the small clan, and if he adopted another child... it would be difficult to convince the public.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has just stabilized, and the bad policies of the Zhengde period have been swept away step by step, can this emperor be replaced just by saying he can?
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"Mr. Yang Ge, can you tell me what happened?"
"Yes, this matter is not trivial. If something unexpected happens, my Ming Dynasty may fall into an irreversible situation!"
As soon as the court meeting ended and they left the Fengtian Hall, the minister could not care about anything else. He came up and surrounded Yang Tinghe, as if he wanted to ask the chief minister for an explanation.
Jiang Mian said hurriedly: "Everyone, calm down, this is not the place to talk."
"Why isn't it a place to talk? Isn't this court hall where we and other ministers discuss state affairs? This kind of trouble cannot be caused."
Although most of the ministers present had previously expressed their support for Yang Tinghe on the issue of the Great Ceremony, they either signed directly or publicly stated their support.
But at this juncture, no one dared to agree with the emperor's opinion and give the throne to someone else, just to fulfill the discussion results of the civil officials in the grand ceremony.
If anyone dares to say "How about we change the emperor"? That is basically the same as handing over your head to have someone chop it off.
The emperor can say this, but ministers must not be so disloyal.
As a result, everyone has set their sights on Yang Tinghe. Even Yang Tinghe's die-hard fans now want Yang Tinghe to give an explanation.
Yang Tinghe never expected that he would become a loser at this time.
"Everyone, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites will consider the matter of welcoming the princess of the palace as appropriate. Please go back first."
The speaker this time was Fei Hong.
He had just joined the cabinet, and his qualifications and prestige were not inferior to those of Yang Tinghe, and higher than those of Mao Ji and Jiang Mian.
But now he is ranked last in the cabinet, which means he has high prestige but low status. Speaking out at this moment can calm people's hearts. After all, Fei Hong represents the old-school forces in the court. If Yuan Zonggao comes out to say this, he will be at the bottom. It was very inappropriate because most civil servants did not take Yuan Zonggao seriously.
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The ministers were restless, whispering to each other in twos and threes, and left the palace.
Yang Tinghe and several other cabinet ministers went to the cabinet to check in. Everyone in the cabinet was silent on the way. It was obvious that what happened today far exceeded their expectations.
After arriving at the cabinet, Yu Mao Ji stood up and spoke: "How did things develop to such a situation? Is it true that His Majesty can even ignore the throne for a matter of legality and etiquette?"
Not to mention that Mao Ji couldn't figure it out, even Yang Ting and everyone were in a state of chaos.
The little emperor is full, right?
The emperor is the master of the world. How many people are struggling to move forward even at the risk of confiscating their families and annihilating their clans? How can there be a new emperor who doesn't even want the throne in order to welcome a mother? Is it because the tutors in Prince Xing's Mansion are too "good"? Or is it?
Are you saying that the young emperor intends to use the Dali discussion to antagonize the civil servants? Deliberately causing problems for the civil servants in order to consolidate the imperial power?
Fei Hong walked up to Yang Tinghe and said: "Jiefu, we should discuss the matter of welcoming the princess as soon as possible. Even if there are some differences in etiquette, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, we cannot let your Majesty do whatever he wants."
Fei Hong's words seemed to be persuading Yang Tinghe to take a step back, but in fact they were also criticizing the new emperor's "mischief", which was a relatively neutral statement.
Yang Tinghe looked at Fei Hong.
He immediately felt the impact of the little emperor's transfer of Fei Hong to the cabinet.
Fei Hong was nominally a member of his faction, and all previous conversations were normal. He could not even find any problems with Fei Hong's words and deeds. Fei Hong was also a staunch "successor" on matters such as the ceremony, but when something happened
Finally, Fei Hong came out to persuade him to retreat despite the difficulties.
This shows that the little emperor's recruitment itself was a coup, which gradually pushed the situation to the current situation.
Several people looked at each other, unable to come up with a suitable response strategy for a while.
Just at this time, Xiao Jing's voice came from outside: "...are all the pavilion elders here?"
Yang Tinghe got up and led people to the door and welcomed Xiao Jing into the duty room. Mao Ji asked: "Eunuch Xiao, where is your majesty..."
"Oh, gentlemen, Your Majesty has been crying since he returned to Qianqing Palace. He still can't listen to anything he says. He has already asked people to pack things in Qianqing Palace."
Xiao Jing said with a sad face.
Several cabinet ministers couldn't help but look at each other.
If you say you want to leave, do you really want to leave?
Not just to scare us?
After you performed in front of us, can you still cry when you return to Qianqing Palace? This feeling... is quite sincere, it doesn't seem like a show.
"What is this?"
Fei Hong looked at the things in Xiao Jing's hands.
Xiao Jing tightly grasped the thing in his hand: "This is the royal treasure that His Majesty carries with him. He said that he wanted to return it to all the pavilion elders."
He said so, but he would not hand over the jade seal.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has not received the Imperial Seal. The twenty-four imperial treasures created were mostly used on different occasions to reflect the legitimacy of the throne, but their combined weight is still not as good as the Imperial Seal. The truly useful ones are those of the emperor.
Carry your seal with you.
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he knew that things were starting to get worse.
Then he waved his hand: "Please, Eunuch Xiao, please go back and tell your Majesty that the Ministry of Rites will discuss the matter of welcoming the Queen Mother again. Please put your Majesty's priority on state affairs."
He said and bowed his hands.
Yang Tinghe has changed the title on his own and calls Princess Jiang "Queen Mother", which fully shows that he, the chief assistant, has relented on this matter. Although it is a move of rights, it also means that there is finally a gap in the ironclad of the ceremony.
Xiao Jing wiped away his tears and said: "Mr. Yang Ge, and other elders, it's really hard for you, but His Majesty is really a benevolent and filial king, with the demeanor of Emperor Xiaozong. Our family still remembers the late Emperor's words
Yes, in order to track down the news about my birth mother, I stayed up all day and night, having trouble sleeping and eating..."
It means that this little emperor has the style of his "adoptive father" Emperor Hongzhi, who puts filial piety first.
Yang Tinghe didn't think anything of it at first, but when he saw that a good old man like Xiao Jing was so moved by the new emperor's actions, he discovered that whether the new emperor's original purpose was to compete with the ministers, or it was really filial piety.
First, at least now the new emperor's goal has been achieved.
The ministers in the court have all seen the new emperor's "filial piety" and such a great moral aura. If the civil servants insist on changing the throne to the emperor, then even if the emperor sends troops to kill the ministers, I am afraid that the ministers will not be able to stand on moral grounds.
On the high ground.
This goes against the original intention of Yang Ting's peace treaty.
The commanding heights of public opinion were easily taken over by the little emperor, and Yang Tinghe felt powerless.
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Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, was urgently summoned to the Wenhua Hall for a meeting.
Also coming at the same time were several people from the Hanlin Academy, including Liu Chun, Feng Xi, Shi Yun, etc., as well as five cabinet ministers. The biggest thing they had to sit down to discuss was what etiquette should be used to welcome Princess Chiang.
While several people were discussing inside, Yang Tinghe walked to the door with an annoyed look on his face and wanted to take a breath.
In fact, he had already made up his mind to give Princess Jiang the title of "Queen Mother Xingxian" instead of the word "Emperor" to reflect the difference between her birth mother and the orthodox Queen Mother. This could be regarded as giving an explanation to her own people, at least.
We did not compromise on the issue of the royal heir's gift.
"Jiefu, why are you so upset? It's better to go in and settle things earlier." Seeing that Yang Tinghe hadn't returned, Jiang Mian came out and stood beside Yang Tinghe to persuade him.
Yang Tinghe said: "I thought that the Princess of Prince Xing's Mansion would use benevolence and justice to persuade His Majesty to turn back, but I never thought... Alas!"
Yang Tinghe really couldn't understand. The little emperor was ignorant. Could it be that the mother-in-law, Princess Jiang, was also ignorant?
What he said was clearly an attempt to instigate the relationship between the king and his ministers and deliberately push the conflict to an irreconcilable point. Is this for the sake of your son?
Obviously Yang Tinghe could not understand Princess Jiang's desire for the position of Queen Mother. It was the supreme honor that a woman could only dream of. Coupled with the generous gifts from civil servants, Princess Jiang was forced to adopt her only son into someone else's name. She was a mother-in-law.
None of them were happy.
Jiang Mian said: "Maybe the princess...she did nothing wrong, but your majesty put benevolence and filial piety first and misinterpreted the princess's intention."
What Jiang Mian means is that you can't make conspiracy theories about everything and talk about Princess Jiang in such a bad light.
Princess Jiang asked her younger brother to explain to the emperor that she had no intention of entering the palace and becoming the queen mother. She just wanted to return to Anlu and continue to be the princess of the Xingwang Palace. From then on, she broke off all ties with the new emperor and asked the emperor not to think about her... This is a sign of a great mother.
Have you sacrificed your spirit?
Yang Tinghe glared at Jiang Mian: "Do you really think so?"
It seems to be saying, we are all discerning people, can't you see that Princess Jiang is just fanning the wind to ignite the fire?
Jiang Mian sighed: "Now that the situation has developed to this point, there is no room for any mistakes, so we should let go of our prejudices. After all, your Majesty's support of your mother is beneficial to education, so there is no need to be harsh."