Chapter 548: The enemy retreats and we advance (seeking a monthly ticket)
Yang Tinghe was naturally very unwilling.
The new emperor was chosen by him, so everything should be done according to his logic. Although he did not mean to be a powerful minister, the current situation pushed him to his current position. Everyone in the court respected him, so why should he?
Let a clan member with no background make trouble in the court?
"Mr. Yang Ge, we have already discussed it. Do you want to take a look?"
Li Tingxiang, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, came to Yang Tinghe with a drafted memorial, which was regarded as the result of the discussion.
Yang Tinghe just glanced briefly and nodded.
The discussion has come to a conclusion. Yang Tinghe waved his hand and asked the people from the Ministry of Rites to take away the memorandum. He meant that don't expect me to agree to the joint signature of everyone present. I will not be responsible for this kind of "infamy". You can handle it by yourself.
The meeting is over.
Yang Tinghe walked to the cabinet duty room, and Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, followed him.
"Your Majesty's attitude is firm this time. I'm afraid there are experts behind the scenes who have given advice. The methods he uses are beyond imagination. You should be careful and vigilant."
Mao Cheng came up with an idea.
It is impossible for the emperor to suddenly become so determined. Someone must be instigating him behind the scenes.
Yang Tinghe said: "What do you think?"
Mao Cheng said: "From the time the princess and brother of Prince Xing returned to Beijing to the time when they brought matters to the court for discussion, it may have all been planned by someone... Someone probably taught Jiang Jiazi what he said, and His Majesty used his words to exert pressure with great filial piety.
Gentlemen, Jiefu, don’t you think your Majesty’s actions are too deliberate?”
Of course Yang Tinghe saw it.
But he was embarrassed to say it.
After all, it was Yang Tinghe's approval that allowed Jiang Lun to come to the court to convey Princess Jiang's wishes. Now that I know that this matter was carefully planned, don't I, the majestic chief assistant scholar, have no face?
What does it mean for you, Mao Cheng, to be an afterthought?
"Who else is with His Majesty?" Yang Tinghe means, you can't just say someone is planning it, you have to say who is giving the emperor advice.
Mao Cheng sighed: "This is puzzling... Which minister dares to use the king's act of offering the Zen throne to coerce ministers into agreeing to welcome His Majesty's biological mother into the palace? I am afraid that such things are not done by ordinary civil servants, or..."
Mao Cheng didn't finish his words, he just wanted to remind Yang Tinghe - look around the emperor, who might use such unconventional methods?
Does that person’s name come to mind right away?
Yang Tinghe said: "You mean Tang Yin?"
Mao Cheng shook his head: "I'm not sure at the moment, but I heard that recently he took care of the Huangzhuang fields as an old member of the royal family, and all the things that need to be done before autumn were solved in one go. This person's ability should not be underestimated... He has never been in the past.
I have never had any official career experience, but to act so resolutely when I first became an official is because I am very capable."
Yang Tinghe's face was dark. He had long hated Tang Yin and even wanted to get rid of him.
But now Tang Yin has made no mistakes and appointed Juren as the head of the household department. Although this kind of thing is rare, there are many people who have had this experience since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It cannot be said that the emperor's appointment of Tang Yin is nepotism. It was not the same before.
Have you ever used Yang Weicong? And what Yang Weicong did was something that Yang Tinghe himself denied.
It was also with his tacit approval that Tang Yin successfully took office.
"Then find people to have more contact with, either to persuade, or to encourage and teach. Since he does not know the common sense in doing things, then teach him until he follows the common sense... If you want to be an official in the court for a long time, you cannot just rely on some cleverness and cunning.
If he understands this and wants to make a difference in the government in the future, he will definitely follow the advice!"
Yang Tinghe gave Mao Cheng a task.
Find someone to "beat" Tang Yin.
Tang Yin now seems to have won the favor of the new emperor, has the opportunity to join the court, and is also making trouble behind the scenes.
But after all, you have to hang out in the circle of civil servants in the future. If you want to become famous, leave your name in history, or make a difference in the officialdom, you must do it according to the ideas of Confucian officials, otherwise I will try every means to suppress you.
I will drive you out of the capital and let you rise and fall in secret so that you will never come back.
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In any case, Zhu Si made great progress in the dispute over the Great Rites.
The next day.
Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, proposed that King Xingxian be the "Xingxian Emperor", but the emperor wanted to call him "Huangshu Kao", Princess Jiang was the "Xingxian Empress", and his grandmother Xianzong's imperial concubine Shao was the "Taiwan Emperor".
The Queen Mother".
Zhu Si could not win the throne from his parents, but there was a way to win the title of empress dowager for his grandmother.
After all, since ancient times, after becoming an emperor, they would posthumously make their mother-in-law the empress dowager, and if the former emperor had a queen, they would seek to be buried with the former emperor. Now they are just using their grandson to win the title of empress dowager for their grandmother, and Princess Shao herself is also a constitutional
As the concubine of Emperor Zong, treating the imperial concubine as the queen mother did not violate the etiquette and law.
Because Princess Chiang has never been a queen, even if her son is an emperor, her husband is not an emperor. Even if she is named "Xingxian Emperor", the word "emperor" is not added, which means that Princess Chiang is still not the empress dowager, but just the emperor.
Entering the palace as the emperor's biological mother, the Queen Mother.
The debate over the great ceremony has come to an end for the time being.
Wen Chen has experienced dramatic ups and downs in just three months, and everyone is devastated.
At this time, many people were thinking that since the emperor had won the opportunity to support his mother in the palace, he should not make any more troubles, right?
Then this matter should end here!
In the court room, Zhu Si's face was full of gratitude, and he choked with sobs: "Dear gentlemen, I never thought that you would make changes for me and be considerate of my desire to support my biological mother. I would like to thank you here."
The ministers thought that as long as you stop bothering us, it would be the greatest thank you to us.
Then Zhu Si changed the topic: "Now that the late king is the late emperor, shouldn't we build a temple for him near the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the capital for my daily sacrifices?"
Minister present: "..."
Didn't we agree that we would give your father the posthumous title of "Emperor" and give your mother the title of "Queen Mother", and the matter would be over?
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Why are you still building a temple for your father?
Mao Cheng stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this."
Zhu Siqi said: "What's wrong? I didn't ask for the deceased emperor's soul to be sent to the Ancestral Temple, nor did I ask for it to be placed alongside other Daxing emperors. Could it be that you can't satisfy this request? If I want to offer sacrifices to the late emperor in the future, should I still do it?"
Want to go back to Anlu to offer sacrifices?"
Mao Cheng's head was pounding after hearing this.
You really can’t back down!
The enemy is advancing and we are retreating. If we continue to give way, we are afraid that there will be a cliff behind us.
Mao Cheng could only look at Yang Tinghe with pleading eyes, as if to say, you were the one who insisted on the great ceremony, and you were the one who took the lead in the compromise. Now that the emperor has another problem, will you solve it too?
Don't let us people be used as cannon fodder!
Even if we have ten thousand reluctances about this kind of thing, it won't be convincing if we say it out loud. And you, Yang Tinghe, are the one who has the right to speak in the court.
Yang Tinghe came out with a dark face and said: "Your Majesty, we can discuss this later."
Even Yang Tinghe was annoyed.
I let you take a step, originally I wanted to take a step back and live in peace with each other, but who knew you were not over yet?
Zhu Si showed his filial son's demeanor again: "I just want to have a place to talk to the late emperor during the Spring and Autumn Festival. Why can't you make it happen for me? I..."
When the ministers present heard this, they thought to themselves, don't you want to say that if you don't build a temple for my father, I will give up the job again, right?
But Zhu Si just sighed with emotion, but did not say any more extreme words: "You are all sons of man, so you should understand my thoughts. Who doesn't have a hall to support? Can't people build ancestral halls to honor their biological parents?
?Okay, let’s leave it like this for now. Let’s discuss it after you all go back and talk about it later.”
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It seems that the emperor has temporarily stopped his activities, but the ministers present deeply understand that the emperor has no intention of giving up. It is estimated that there will be a lot of troubles later, and the ministers present will still be worried.
After coming out of Fengtian Hall, Mao Cheng hurriedly caught up with Yang Tinghe and said: "Your Majesty wants to build a temple, so you should sternly refuse it."
Yang Tinghe was very angry, why didn't you say anything just now?
What's the use of telling me this now?
Jiang Mian said from the sidelines: "Since your Majesty agreed to let your Majesty establish King Xingxian as Emperor Xingxian, there is legal support for building a temple for the late emperor. Is this more serious than the late king's posthumous gift to the late emperor?"
It means that we were the first to compromise. Since we all agreed to posthumously title King Xingxian Emperor Xingxian, even if the title "emperor" was not added, legally the new emperor won.
Why don't you agree to build a temple in the capital for a vassal king who posthumously became emperor?
The emperor also said that Emperor Xingxian does not have the blessing of the throne, so he will not force himself to enter the Ancestral Temple, so he will just enshrine it separately. Doesn't this count as a concession by the emperor?
If you let the little emperor continue to argue, insisting on giving his father the title of "emperor" posthumously and listing it in the Ancestral Temple, where should you place Zhu Youji's spiritual tablet?
He has never been an emperor, after Zhu Houzhao?
But Zhu Youji was always Wu Zong's uncle, and he died earlier than Wu Zong.
What Jiang Mian wants to explain is that now that he has taken a step back, he should not be entangled in such trivial matters anymore. It is better to help the little emperor and let him build a temple for his father. As long as he does not
Just keep arguing about other things.
Mao Cheng said: "But until now, His Majesty has not officially issued an edict to appoint His Majesty Daxing Xiaozong as the emperor."
He originally thought that Yang Tinghe would come up with a plan, such as talking to the emperor and asking him to stop being persistent, or asking everyone to take a step back, make their demands clear, and not to have any more disputes in the future, etc.
Unexpectedly, Yang Tinghe seemed to have noticed that the emperor just wanted to use the ceremony to suppress the civil servants, constantly quarreled with the civil servants, and took the opportunity to form cliques in the court. He also wanted to see who was on Yang Tinghe's side and who was on the emperor's side.
This will win over people's hearts and prepare for future suppression of dissidents.
Since it is obvious that the little emperor will not give up, any compromise now is in vain.
"Take a step and see what happens!"
Yang Tinghe did not answer the question directly and went straight to the cabinet to check in.
Mao Cheng stood there, looking at Yang Tinghe who was gradually walking away, feeling very conflicted in his heart.
Mao Cheng was thinking: "Could it be that this Yang Zhongtang regretted yesterday's decision, and now he wants to blame us for the compromise? It's getting harder and harder to be an official in this court!"