After the election for the emperor, proceed step by step.
The list of candidates has been preliminarily finalized, but it will take more than a month for all personnel to arrive in Beijing, and even the primary election will not start until a month later.
Because Zhu Si was the vassal king who inherited the throne, and there was no one in the court, the people were extremely enthusiastic about choosing the queen. The whole thing was that the new emperor had no connections in the court, and everyone was thinking about which girl would become the queen or concubine.
The natal family will definitely gain the trust and respect of the new emperor.
Coupled with the fact that some local officials were interested in helping the new emperor arrange his marriage and were eager to make contributions, there were more than 6,000 candidates submitted this time.
Zhu Si was happily waiting to choose his queen and concubines, but he did not know that he could not make the decision on his marriage. Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Dowager Zhang would definitely have a dispute over his choice of queen, even if it was not decided by default.
, but the person she likes will also be chosen as the new queen. At that time, there will inevitably be a battle between the two queen mothers.
Just at this moment.
Zhu Wanhong took the initiative to invite Zhu Hao to go home to visit his grandfather Zhu Mingshan, but Zhu Hao flatly refused.
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Mid October.
Several major events happened one after another in the DPRK. First, the new Minister of Civil Affairs, Qiao Yu, went to Beijing to perform his duties. Qiao Yu basically obeyed Yang Tinghe. In addition, he was skillful and capable, not as weak and bully as the previous Shi Yuan.
The appointment and dismissal of imperial officials was firmly controlled by Yang Tinghe.
Then there is the war involving the northwest border.
In the past few years, Xuanda and the trilateral governance have been extremely chaotic. The ministers of the DPRK and China have continuously recommended Yang Yiqing, who has been idle at home, to return to the DPRK to take charge of the trilateral affairs.
Zhu Si sent people to recruit him twice, but was rejected by Yang Yiqing both times.
Yang Yiqing was a member of Wang Qiong's faction, and his status was higher than Wang Qiong's. It can be said that once Yang Yiqing returned to the court, his huge reputation alone would be enough to suppress the six ministries and compete with the cabinet.
Therefore, even though everyone knew that Yang Tinghe did not want Yang Yiqing to return to the court, there was still an endless stream of recommenders.
Maybe Yang Yiqing also knew that now was not the right time to return to the DPRK, so he had been pushing the envelope.
"...Zhu Hao, look, Yang is resigning... I really want to agree directly and stop him from hanging around under my nose!"
Zhu Si came out of the palace that day and picked out a memorial from the memorials he brought with him, which was Yang Tinghe's resignation memorial.
Perhaps Yang Tinghe also felt that the new emperor's wings were gradually becoming fuller, so in order to test the new emperor's attitude towards him, he simply wrote a resignation letter...
You must know that this kind of resignation letter will basically be approved after multiple requests. If it is submitted alone, there is no reason for the emperor to directly agree.
Even if the emperor agreed, all the ministers would jointly submit a petition asking the emperor to withdraw his order and allow Yang Tinghe to come back, and the Empress Dowager Zhang would also put pressure on the emperor.
The result could only be that the emperor was reduced to a piece of cake, and Yang Tinghe remained in the court as his chief minister.
So from the beginning, I couldn’t agree.
Zhu Hao and Zhu Si briefly analyzed the current situation, and Zhu Si said dejectedly: "You know even if you don't tell me, the court cannot live without him now. Only with the presence of a giant Buddha like him can the demons and monsters be suppressed... Alas,
I feel depressed just because I can't drive him away. How long do you think it will take before I can drive him away as I wish?"
Zhu Hao said: "It will take at least two years."…
"Two years? No way?" Zhu Si was very dissatisfied, "It's only been half a year now. If we wait for another two years, the day lilies will be cold. Can't we do it earlier?"
Zhu Hao could see that the little emperor now wanted to control the court's voice and was unwilling to be held hostage by Yang Tinghe again.
Now it seems that Zhu Pi has great power, and all the affairs of the court are decided by him as the emperor. However, when it comes to the six ministries, the opinions of the cabinet are mostly used. This is considered a rule. Whose yamen listens to whom? Even so, Yang Tinghe continued to follow
Zhu Si fought for control of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.
No matter what Zhu Si's decree is, the people in the six ministries will act according to Yang Tinghe's instructions. In addition, the official department is firmly controlled by Yang Tinghe's faction. Zhu Si, the emperor, only shows that he looks good, but in fact many powers in the court are
Not in his hands.
Zhu Hao said: "Be patient. An emperor should know how to be patient."
"All right!"
Zhu Si sighed helplessly, took out another memorandum and handed it to Zhu Hao, "Look at this. I listened to you before and asked the British Duke and Wu Dinghou to serve as the chief and deputy envoys to oversee the regimental camp.
"Recently, many ministers from the DPRK and China have jointly submitted a petition requesting that the Minister of War be the main one to remove the British admiral from the responsibility of supervising the regiment and camp, and let Hui Anbo be the deputy of Wu Dinghou. They clearly want me to hand over the military power of the regiment and camp in the capital.
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Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, was a descendant of Guo Ying, the famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty, and had a special status in the Jiajing Dynasty.
As for Zhang Wei, the uncle of Hui'an, his ancestry was from a foreign relative, but it is precisely because of this that people think he is a soft persimmon among nobles and is easy to manipulate.
Previously, Guo Xun was appointed as his deputy to assist the British Duke Zhang Lun in supervising the regiment camp, mainly because he secretly supported Zhang Cong's grand ceremony, in other words, he belonged to "one of his own".
Zhu Hao learned this from history, but the reality is that after Zhang Cong entered the Dali Conference, no one in the court publicly expressed support. Even Guo Xun only had a tendency to support it but did not express it.
The reason why Guo Xun was reused was a secret move played by Zhu Hao to help Zhu Si control the military.
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Isn't this what we want?"
"What's the explanation?"
Zhu Si's eyes widened and he didn't know why.
Zhu Hao said: "Previously, we used the British Duke because he was depressed and frustrated. In addition, his grandfather was an important minister of our Ming Dynasty and was quite prestigious in the military. But it was precisely because the British Duke's lineage had too much power that he was punished by civil servants.
We are afraid, and when the time comes, we should really replace him."
Zhu Si seemed to understand: "You mean, the British public is not trustworthy?"
"You can't say that."
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "In general, the British Duke was only appointed temporarily to calm people's hearts when His Majesty ascended the throne. He cannot be an honorary minister of the admiral regiment for a long time. After all, his allegiance is to the Ming Dynasty, not to Your Majesty."
Zhu Sidao: "I understand. He will be loyal to whoever becomes the emperor. Even if Yang Tinghe says that he wants to replace me, he will not have any objection."
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded, "The words are rough but the reasoning is not rough."
Zhu Si quickly realized the logic of Zhu Hao's thinking and said with a smile: "As for Wu Dinghou and Hui'an Bo, because they did not have high prestige before, they were not enough to deter the military morale, so Yang would think that they are easy to control. But it is precisely because of this.
They don’t have much status, so they are devoted to me, right?”…
Zhu Hao said: "You cannot judge whether they will really die for His Majesty based on their status in the late emperor's time. You still need to be careful to verify."
"How to prove it?"
Zhu Si obviously did not want to hand over military power.
It would be best if the marriage between Zhu Hao and Sun Jiao is the same, so that the civil servants feel that their conspiracy has succeeded and the civil servant camp can relax their vigilance, but in fact everything is under control.
The sense of accomplishment of playing tricks on your enemies.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's very simple. Send Mr. Tang to visit secretly and inquire about the situation. If Your Majesty is willing, you can even summon them outside the palace and ask them to be loyal to Your Majesty in person. And send someone to supervise... After all, the admiral is in charge of the regiment.
The position of eunuch is in our hands and this will not change."
The civil servant wanted to replace Zhang Lun's position as admiral of the regiment camp.
However, civil servants have no right to ask who will serve as the eunuch of the admiral regiment. This position was previously held by Zhang Yong, but now it falls to Huang Jin of the Xingwangfu faction. This is guaranteed.
Zhu Sidao: "Then let Mr. Tang go and arrange for you to start the layout. As long as the military power is in hand, it doesn't matter if I see them outside the palace? As long as they are willing to go through fire and water for me, I should respect them... It's a pity that Zhu
Hao, you are not an honorable minister, so I ask you to help me control the regiment so that I can sleep peacefully."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I am a civil servant and have no right to interfere."
Zhu Si sighed: "Then let the Minister of War be the chief admiral..."
"It's just a routine rule. The Minister of the Ministry of War cannot sit in the army. The Ministry of War cannot make the final decision if it has the authority to mobilize troops. As long as your majesty makes the matter clear to Marquis Wu'an and Hui'an Bo, the Ministry of War will be ignored. Why bother?
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"Okay, that's it!"
Zhu Si is full of confidence.
He learned from Zhu Hao that personnel appointments, removals, and financial power were not important to him for the time being. He must first firmly grasp military power, so that he could remain invincible and be more confident when bargaining with civil servants such as Yang Tinghe.
Confidence.
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Tang Yin has a new mission.
That is to secretly visit Guo Xun and Zhang Wei, get an attitude from them, and then invite them to meet Zhu Si and swear allegiance to Zhu Si in person.
Only in this way will Zhu Si officially promote them to serve as admirals and regimental commanders with the official positions of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
In this matter, Zhang Lun became an outcast.
Zhu Hao's appointment of Zhang Lun was originally intended to let him go to Xuanfu to run the army and shine for the court. Didn't he mean that the Tatars would come to raid the border again after the autumn harvest? Then let Zhang Lun take over and let the British Duke take over.
Descendants will continue to be loyal to the country!
After Tang Yin learned about his mission, he teased: "You want to control the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Hao said: "It was the civil servants who took the initiative to let Wu Dinghou and Hui'an Bo come to supervise the regiment camp. How can I be in charge?"
"Isn't the decision still in your hands?"
Tang Yin's face was full of doubts, as if he wanted to persuade Zhu Hao to turn back and make the right move.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Your Majesty only has the right to judge."
Tang Yin smiled bitterly: "It's you, you know it in your heart. Your Majesty will obey your words. Whoever you say will be whoever you say. Even the British Duke... can be controlled by you.
"You don't understand the principle of cooking a rabbit to death, do you?"
Of course Zhu Hao understands.
It was Tang Yin who really thought about him that made him so outspoken.
Now Zhu Hao and the emperor have a common enemy, and that is Yang Tinghe. After Yang Tinghe falls, Zhu Hao may still be able to prosper for a few years, but the conflict between the emperor and his ministers will one day break out in the future.
"I have my own sense of proportion."
Zhu Hao did not explain anything specifically to Tang Yin.
In order to gain the emperor's trust, he must be indispensable to the emperor. Without him, Zhu Hao's court would not be able to function normally. Only then will he truly have the gold medal to avoid death.
It is not enough to be an ordinary minister, he wants to be a person who changes the times. Only when the direction of the Ming Dynasty is completely controlled by Zhu Hao can Zhu Si recognize him as a powerful minister who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people.