Chapter 556 The dispute between the two palaces (seeking a monthly ticket)
After Sun Jiao resigned three times and was rejected three times to retain him, Sun Jiao was summoned to the court by the emperor that day.
It can be regarded as a step forward for Sun Jiao.
"...Sun Qing's family, you are an old minister. I need capable ministers like you to lead the household department. Now is the time when the court is getting rid of bad governance, increasing revenue and reducing expenditures. With you here, you can intimidate Xiaoxiao and bring order to the world.
Return to the heart. Please ask the Sun Qing family not to refuse anymore and give me a chance to restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty..."
Zhu Si personally persuaded Sun Jiao to accept the position of Minister of Household Affairs in the court hall in front of many ministers.
This is considered the highest courtesy for a civil servant.
Sun Jiao has continuously refused official positions. On Yang Tinghe's side, he has completed his "explanation". There is no need to worry about Yang Tinghe thinking that he is "wanting to refuse but welcome". At this moment, he is already riding a tiger and cannot get off. If he continues to refuse the emperor, then
His Sun family is really going to be in bad luck.
"The old minister is old and frail. It's really..."
Despite his words, Sun Jiao was still stubborn.
Zhang Zuo, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, took a step forward and said: "Mr. Sun, there are many veterans in the court now. You are all the cornerstones of the Ming Dynasty. You don't think you are old. In fact, you are an old man with great ambitions."
"This...that old minister...will give it a try, hoping to live up to His Majesty's expectations..."
At this point, Sun Jiao officially accepted the official position.
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The meeting ended.
On the way out of the palace, Sun Jiao was surrounded by many officials to congratulate him.
Sun Jiabao did not leave, but his reputation was still there. When he became an official, it was more because he was upright and remonstrated, which offended Emperor Zhengde and the group of sycophants. His return can be said to be "return to the public", and those who don't like to get involved in court battles
Ministers with a bit of neutrality naturally welcomed it. Even Yang Ting and his best friends in the faction felt that it was not a bad thing for Sun to return to the court.
This is what Yang Tinghe is worried about.
Until now, there has been no formal communication between Yang Tinghe and Sun Jiao. Yang Tinghe does not even know what Sun Jiao's political attitude is.
Arrive at the cabinet for check-in.
Xiao Jing, eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremonies, appeared. Yang Tinghe was going to discuss things with Jiang Mian, but when he saw Xiao Jing, he could only put aside the matters at hand.
"...The Queen Mother has decreed that Your Majesty is now quite old and the country has just settled down. It is time to complete the wedding for Your Majesty as early as possible. The Ministry of Ceremonies will determine the time and candidates as appropriate, and arrange the auspicious time and wedding ceremony."
Xiao Jing explained the situation as soon as he came up.
In order to distinguish between Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Jiang, Xiao Jing used a set of rhetoric that had never appeared in the official before, which can be regarded as redefining the identities of the two empress dowagers in the palace.
Everyone can understand that the person who is anxious for the new emperor to marry is not the Queen Mother Zhang, but the Queen Mother Jiang, the emperor's biological mother, because she is the only "Mother" and the emperor's mother is anxious about her son's marriage.
"Please report back, I have recorded it!"
Yang Tinghe accepted the order in a very formal manner.
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Send Xiao Jing away.
Fei Hong came over and asked: "The Queen Mother is so concerned about Your Majesty's marriage. Does she have any intention of marrying a minister of the DPRK?"
The key points are highlighted in one sentence.
It is impossible for the Queen Mother to ask the new emperor to get married early without any reason at this time.
There are two reasons for mentioning it now.
One reason is that after Empress Dowager Chiang entered the palace, her presence in the court was relatively low. She wanted to use this to clear her name and let everyone in the world know that she was the real Empress Dowager and had the right to make decisions about her son's marriage.
The second reason is that Sun returned to the DPRK.
When Empress Dowager Jiang came to Beijing, she almost kidnapped Sun Jiao to the capital. She also brought Sun Jiao's daughter with her. At today's court meeting, Sun Jiao finally agreed to perform his duties as Minister of Household Affairs after several resignations. It is estimated that Empress Dowager Jiang
He believes that the most appropriate time to marry Sun Jiao has come.
Mao Jidao said: "For your Majesty's wedding, as usual, you cannot use ladies who are civil servants of the fourth or higher rank in the court as candidates. This matter should be carried out by the Ministry of Rites in accordance with past practices. First, you must not rush it, and second, you must not break the rules."
The Ming Dynasty had a way of selecting relatives. Ladies from the families of famous officials could not be used as candidates for the queen, especially those from the families of civil servants.
The head of the state would be granted the title of earl before, and he would be granted the title of marquis during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong. As a civil servant, if you have prestige in the court and want to obtain the hereditary title of military position, your influence on the court will be too great, and it is easy to create a situation where you are too big to lose.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the queen families selected were from the general literati family class, and most of them were the daughters of middle- and lower-level officials and supervisors.
First of all, one must have a clean family background, then one must have good appearance and good etiquette, and the best thing is to have a reputation for filial piety.
To put it more plainly...it depends on who is smart enough to know the official in charge of this matter in the Ministry of Rites, or who can stuff the money into it.
Isn’t this how Empress Dowager Zhang came up in the first place?
In front of Fei Hong, Yang Tinghe would not say too much, but when they sat down in their respective places, Fei Hong and Mao Ji took turns to go back to rest first, and then come back for night duty in the afternoon. Yang Tinghe said to Jiang Mian: "We must not let your majesty and Sun Zhitong have an affair.
Possibility of marriage."
Jiang Mian understood immediately upon hearing this.
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In the Hanlin Academy.
Zhu Hao continued to study and lived a very leisurely life.
It is much more relaxed and comfortable here than when I was studying in Xingwangfu. It seems that there is something to do every day, and it seems that there is nothing to do every day. Except that I am too embarrassed to skip work when I am new here, everything else is fine.
It is estimated that after half a year of entering the Hanlin Academy, I will be able to spend three days fishing and two days drying nets. I will ask for leave from time to time, but now I still have to pretend to be dedicated to my job to impress my colleagues.
"Zhu Hao, come out for a moment."
Zhu Hao was still reading a book leisurely when Yang Shen suddenly arrived and called Zhu Hao out.
Compared with Zhu Hao's "diligence", Yang Shen, a veteran of the Hanlin Academy, was a bit too unreserved. In ten days, Yang Shen spent less than half a day in the editing room, and he only came here occasionally.
They all came and went in a hurry, and it seemed that they didn't take the affairs of the Hanlin Academy too seriously.
After Zhu Hao came out, he saw no one else.
Yang Shen said: "Lao Sun returned to the court today."
"oh."
Zhu Hao nodded, "When Mr. Sun arrived in the capital, he submitted several petitions to resign. His Majesty tried every means to persuade him to stay. I don't think he can shirk his duties for too long."
Yang Shen nodded and agreed with Zhu Hao's statement.
Any minister who is treated with such courtesy by the emperor would have no reason to refuse. If he continues to persist in this way, he will be shameless.
Yang Shen said: "Today, the Queen Mother issued an order to complete your wedding as soon as possible for Your Majesty."
Zhu Hao asked in confusion: "Shouldn't this matter be decided by the Queen Mother's decree?"
"That's the problem."
Yang Shen was very satisfied with Zhu Hao's sharp words and continued, "Now His Majesty deliberately alienates the Queen Mother out of filial piety, and regards the Queen Mother's words as golden rules. The direct consequence of this is that the decrees of the two palaces are indistinguishable.
It’s hard to understand His Majesty’s ancestral lineage.”
Zhu Hao thought to himself, after talking so much, isn't he still finding fault with the emperor in terms of gifts?
Zhu Haodao: "When I was in Anlu, when His Majesty was still the Crown Prince, I heard that Prince Xing's Palace wanted to marry the Sun Laobutang family, but Sun Lao refused. Now, the Queen Mother proposed the marriage to Your Majesty.
, is it related to Mr. Sun’s return to the court?”
Yang Shen smiled and said: "You can see it too? That's what I expected... The rules of the Ming Dynasty are that the daughter of an important minister cannot be married to His Majesty, let alone appoint a candidate before the wedding, and the daughter of a commoner can be the queen. This has long been customary
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No need for Yang Shen to explain, Zhu Hao also knew the rules after the Ming Dynasty election.
Although the post-election rules for the kings of the Ming Dynasty were slightly different, they were generally divided into "general election", "primary election", "fine selection", "selected", "palace election", "concubine selection" and "recommendation".
, the process of "imperial appointment" generally involves selecting a woman to become the queen from thousands of candidates for the queen.
In the selection process, even if the three people who "select three" do not choose the queen, they will definitely become a concubine or even a noble concubine. In the future, after the queen's death, there is even a possibility of being canonized as a queen.
Of course, there was also a precedent when Xiaozong sent two people who failed in the third round of selections to go back.
Because of the huge publicity after this kind of election, those who are not selected may become maids in the court. Except for those who have no status and want to gain high positions, who would be willing to ruin their daughter's lifelong happiness?
You must know that after this post-election process, only one person will win in the end. The remaining ones who have the chance to be favored by the emperor and become concubines are only a dozen or twenty people at most. Even if they want to be a dragon and a phoenix, it is almost like winning the lottery.
It is only for speculators to take a chance.
"What if the Queen Mother and Her Majesty insist?" Zhu Hao asked.
Yang Shen said: "Such things cannot set a precedent. If the rules are broken, future kings will follow suit, which will lead to the deep-rooted entanglement of cliques in the DPRK and China, and the signs of chaos for the powerful and powerful in the country."
It sounds nice, but the problem is that the little emperor insisted on so many things before, didn't they become reality one by one?
"Zhu Hao, I asked you before, are you not married yet?"
Yang Shen suddenly changed the topic.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, you really didn't have good intentions when you asked me this.
Are you asking me to compete with the new emperor?
I have become the "love rival" of the new emperor, which not only ties me to your boat, but also destroys the dream of a marriage between Empress Dowager Chiang and Sun Yat-sen. It is a good plan to kill two birds with one stone, but the problem is that you have to sacrifice my interests.
Do you know?
Zhu Hao said: "My mother will arrive in the capital in the next few days. Regarding marriage matters, my mother has to make the decision."
Yang Shen smiled and said: "You probably know what I'm talking about. I also predict that Sun Laobutang will definitely not agree to the Queen Mother's marriage proposal. There are so many twists and turns in Sun Laobutang's return to the court. How could this happen?
Why did he break his principles in matters related to his posthumous reputation? In fact, you and the Sun family's daughter are of the same age, so..."
"Brother Yang, it's better not to mention this matter..."
Zhu Hao refused.
Zhu Hao is a modern man. No matter what Sun Jiao's family background is, his thoughts are against the form of arranged marriage. Why can't he make the decision by himself when it comes to his spouse?