Text Volume Chapter 626: The enemy advances and we retreat. That night, Yang Tinghe returned to his mansion with a gloomy face, obviously he had not yet recovered from the blow.
Yang Shen had been waiting in the study room early.
After the simple courtesy, Yang Shen asked:
Yang Tinghe looked sideways. Previously, his son was completely on his side, but now it seems that even his son does not support his almost willful behavior.
Yang Tinghe asked.
As a father, Yang Tinghe believes that the change in his son's attitude should be affected by the public opinions of people around him.
Yang Shen smiled bitterly, his expression somewhat sad:
With just one sentence, Yang Tinghe felt that he had been betrayed by everyone.
Yang Shen meant to persuade Yang Tinghe to stop.
But how could Yang Tinghe not know the secret?
Even Yang Tinghe was very upset afterwards. Why was he so impulsive at that time that he actually fell out with the emperor in public?
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that the situation was under control at first, until Tang Yin suddenly appeared and spoke for the little emperor. From then on, everything changed. His emotions were no longer under control, and he was bent on suppressing the arrogance of the little emperor.
, thus causing public outrage.
Yang Shen said:
The current situation has developed to the point where it is necessary to belittle the emperor in order to highlight Yang Tinghe's correctness.
It is tantamount to saying that the reputation of the little emperor should be completely ruined, so as to show that Yang Tinghe is a dignified minister who dares to directly remonstrate and offend the emperor. As for the mining dignitaries and high officials in the court, he will not care about them and treat them as vested interests.
Those with interests, even if they know that this will push them to the side of the little emperor, cannot fail in the field of public opinion.
Yang Tinghe drank it with a straight face. With his political wisdom, how could he not understand the connection?
As Yang Shen analyzed, as long as in the eyes of outsiders, the little emperor is headstrong and acts as recklessly as Zhu Houzhao, then this matter will become Rashomon. Even those ministers who do not stand in his position today will look back and think about the little emperor.
The serious consequences of the emperor's centralization of power would make him invincible.
But there are some things that are revealed but not revealed. Once exposed, it will be a great obstacle to the reputation of both father and son. It is better to let it go and see how the situation changes.
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Yang Tinghe thought that the little emperor would quit the court or speak nonsense at court meetings because of conflicts with him.
As long as the little emperor loses his composure, Yang Tinghe will definitely win.
As long as everyone else thinks that Yang Tinghe is doing the right thing and suppresses the little emperor's restless heart, victory will be within easy reach.
But he was wrong.
Zhu Si has completely calmed down after receiving help from Zhu Hao.
Now Zhu Si clearly knows that just counting the gains and losses of the Xishan Coal Mine is no longer the key to success or failure. Even if all the coal mines are lost, at least if they win back the hearts of the people, they will not lose!
In particular, those ministers who had huge objections to Yang Tinghe's bullying and abuse of power wanted to win him over.
Zhu Si didn't seem to be affected at all.
On that day, it was time to review the memorials. Even Zhu Pishi mostly focused on adopting the cabinet's proposals. The next day, he attended the court meeting on time as usual and handled government affairs diligently.
In the court hall.
Tang Yin was not here, so no one mentioned what happened yesterday.
Yang Tinghe looked gloomy, waiting for the little emperor to get angry, but Zhu Si never mentioned a word about the Xishan Coal Mine from beginning to end.
As the court discussion continued, Yang Tinghe felt as if he had lost something.
After the court meeting was over and the cabinet members were on their way back to the check-in room, Jiang Mian came over and whispered to Yang Tinghe.
Mao Ji’s analysis next to it:
Mao Ji meant that there was nothing wrong. The little emperor was frightened by Yang Tinghe's strength yesterday. The little emperor probably realized that his throne was hard-won. As long as Yang Tinghe and the Queen Mother Zhang joined forces, they could depose him from the throne, so he wisely
I don't dare to argue with civil servants anymore.
Yang Tinghe is obviously not as optimistic as Mao Ji.
If you want to win people's hearts, you must first portray Zhu Si as an unruly and ignorant king who acts arbitrarily and does not follow the rules. It is best to say that he ignores the laws of his ancestors... In short, how can you disgust the little emperor?
But now the little emperor's actions are like a saint's.
Yesterday we had a fierce fight, but today I can put the old things behind and not bring personal feelings into the handling of state affairs.
What do the civil servants and generals think?
They will definitely feel that the little emperor is capable of doing great things and has the potential to be a wise king through the ages.
On the other hand, you, Yang Tinghe, went too far yesterday and did not set an example for others at all.
Yang Tinghe couldn't figure it out.
Based on his previous observations and understanding of the little emperor, he felt that Zhu Si should be the kind of person who is a bit impatient, but is irritable in doing things, but also very paranoid and willful, and does not listen to others' advice, otherwise he would not be able to do so in a big way.
He was so persistent in negotiating peace and mining.
But the little emperor of mathematics, physics and chemistry changed his gender in just one day?
How can it be?
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Yang Tinghe returned to the cabinet to check the room.
Here Wei Bin, the royal eunuch and eunuch, came to deliver a message:
Wei Bin was also a powerful eunuch in the Zhengde Dynasty, making waves in the inner government system.
Nowadays, most of the eunuchs who are as domineering as him have been demoted and transferred to other places, but he is still safe and sound, mainly because he has.
In addition, there are indeed not many eunuchs available in the Admission Department of Prince Xing's Mansion. Even if Zhu Si wanted to train his own people, he would not be able to find so many. He could only find some eunuchs in the old system who had merit for the new emperor and could do things well.
, keep it with you for temporary reuse.
This is also to calm the hearts of the people in the court, especially the hearts of the elderly in the palace.
Wei Bin, Xiao Jing, who were previously employed by Zhu Si, and Wei Bin who are still employed today, all used this method.
As a senior member of the inner palace, Wei Bin mostly obeyed the orders of Empress Dowager Zhang, and would help Empress Dowager Zhang pass a message when there was nothing to do.
Yang Tinghe's result was Yizhi, and his expression was gloomy after reading the Yizhi. Although the Queen Mother Zhang was very polite to him as the first assistant scholar, she also tactfully expressed her willingness to act as a peacemaker between the monarch and his ministers. The implication was that both parties gave up their prejudices and persuaded him to
State affairs are of paramount importance and cannot allow the monarch and his ministers to disagree.
The second assistant, Jiang Mian, came over and wanted to know what the imperial decree was. Yang Tinghe ignored him, closed the imperial decree, looked at Wei Bin and asked:
Wei Bin smiled and said:
Praise and step on.
Empress Dowager Zhang not only affirmed Yang Tinghe's indispensable position in the Ming Dynasty court and expressed her support for him, but also pointed out that your actions in the court yesterday were suspected of overstepping and would not be easily accepted by the world.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, you should not be too obsessed with the small profits in front of you, but should take into account the overall situation.
Yang Tinghe wanted to say that if I wasn't an old man, I wouldn't have stopped the little emperor if it wasn't for the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty.
What the little emperor is doing now seems to have opened up financial avenues for the court, but
This kind of unruly behavior that breaks the rules will definitely lead the court astray.
It wasn't enough to have the misbehaving Emperor Zhengde, now we have to add Emperor Jiajing?
Daming can no longer stand the torment!
Wei Bin said another sentence.
meaning is.
If you still can't let go, the Queen Mother will personally meet you. It would be pointless to persuade you in person.
Yang Tinghe said:
Wei Bin was not very sure either, and thought about it carefully before saying:
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he finally felt a little better.
Is it true that as Mao Ji said, the little emperor was frightened back by his strong remarks?
If you don't back down sooner or later, if you take the initiative to be patient at this time, I, Yang, will fall into great passivity!
As long as you are stronger, even if you are not messing around, as long as there is a long-term struggle between the monarch and his ministers, then I will be confident that you can win back the hearts of the civil servants.
But now that you have given in, if I, as a minister, continue to be tough, wouldn't that be just in response to others' criticism of me... saying that I deceive the emperor? I am arrogant? I do not understand the respect for the emperor?
Wei Bin said:
Jiang Mian originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but hearing that Empress Dowager Zhang was so determined and wanted to be a peacemaker, she felt that these measures were simply stabbing Yang Tinghe.
Instinctively, Jiang Mian pretended to be an ostrich and pretended that he had heard nothing. He returned to the desk and continued to pick up the memorial and read it.
Yang Tinghe said:
Wei Bin's words obviously have an advanced process.
Yang Tinghe saw that this was all under the instruction of Queen Mother Zhang. If he showed that he did not want to reconcile, he would say the next thing.
This can be regarded as a great honor to him as the first assistant.