Zhu Hao's infrastructure and industrial preparations in Xishan were much faster than Zhu Si imagined. After all, five to sixty thousand taels of silver were poured into it, and Zhu Hao's mature technology followed up. It couldn't be slower even if he wanted to.
The second batch was blessed with another 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver.
Although it seemed to be extremely fast, it was still a little behind Zhu Hao's expectations.
Zhu Si's clamoring to go see the cannon test was purely wishful thinking. No one would agree with the emperor leaving his comfort zone in the capital. It was impossible to place the test gun around the capital. After all, he had to keep it a secret from Yang Tinghe and other civil servants.
When Zhu Si ran to eat and listen to storytelling, Tang Yin couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Your Majesty is like you, as if you are possessed by a demon, regardless of pushing forward with all your strength... but you don't know what you can gain by doing this? Jingdongnan Haijiang?"
Or conquer the desert? Alas!"
Tang Yin did not understand Zhu Hao's purpose of industrializing the Ming Dynasty, and felt that Zhu Hao was too hard on him, which made him very tired.
Zhu Hao smiled and reassured: "For the follow-up matters, someone will take over for you. Sir, please stay in the capital and help His Majesty handle the court affairs. I am afraid that you will also have to take care of the affairs of the Imperial Palace."
The position of head of the household department in charge of the imperial village has always been vacant, and people still have to handle things. If others can't do it, they can only trouble Tang Yin to do it himself.
Tang Yin complained: "I thought I could relax for two days when I returned to the capital, but who knew...it's so tiring."
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In the court today.
Zhu Si announced the resumption of the review of major cases between the DPRK and China in the past few years. Yang Tinghe was the first to express his opposition, and then the tit-for-tat confrontation between the emperor and his ministers resumed after the mining incident occurred later in the year.
Zhu Si was resolute and directly announced that he would get rid of the shackles of the Three Law Departments and directly use Dongchang and Jinyiwei to conduct verification, because it did not involve the issue of expanding the prison. In the end, the matter was resolved in a fierce game between the two parties... The emperor had the right to use the factory guards.
It would be difficult for Yang Tinghe to object to the system's review of cases between North Korea and China as long as they are not implicated.
The result is……
Zhang Zilin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, directly asked him to retire and return to his hometown in court, even though Zhang Zilin was not even sixty years old and did not have any physical illness.
The main ministers of the court have resigned and returned home many times after the new emperor ascended the throne. Most of them were a test of the relationship between the emperor and his ministers. Everyone knew that the emperor would not agree and would try his best to retain them. Previously, Zhang Zilin had
It was mentioned once at the beginning of the month, and it was mentioned again this time, clearly to put pressure on the new emperor.
The emperor said that he would review major cases. In the past few years, the major cases in the DPRK involved nothing more than the case of Prince Ning's rebellion against the party and the case of Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and other female gangsters.
Isn’t this obviously an attempt to reverse the cases of some convicted ministers?
Because Zhu Si had previously mentioned that he would use some veterans from the Zhengde Dynasty, such as Wang Qiong, to stabilize the morale of the northwest army, the ministers in the court naturally believed that Zhu Si's move was to promote those old officials who were suppressed by Yang Tinghe to form another faction.
Competing with the existing civil service system.
Even if the emperor said that the review would not harm anyone's interests, or even just a routine review, he still encountered a huge backlash from the civil servants.
Zhang Zilin resigned, and Zhu Si naturally tried to persuade him to stay, but Zhang Zilin was extremely resolute, saying that his body was too weak to support the court affairs. Zhu Si repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but to no avail. He became furious and walked away, with the intention of letting Zhang Zilin get out of his own way.
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After the four cabinet ministers returned, Yang Tinghe looked stern and silent. Mao Ji leaned closer and whispered to Yang Tinghe: "It is said that Tang Bohu has returned from Xishan... His Majesty has been very radical in some affairs in the past two days, which may be related to this."
The implication is that this so-called review of major cases in the past few years should be attributed to Tang Yin.
Yang Tinghe looked at Fei Hong who was chatting with Jiang Mian in the corner of the value room. Fei Hong was chatting and laughing at this time and didn't care at all what Yang Tinghe was saying to Mao Ji. It was also because Fei Hong's biological son Fei Maoxian was able to study in the Imperial College, and the new emperor
The intention to bribe and win over Fei Hong is too obvious.
The purpose of the new emperor to recruit Fei Hong was naturally to fight against Yang Tinghe. Under the premise that the relationship between the emperor and his ministers in the court was not harmonious, this was bound to happen.
Yang Tinghe mentioned intentionally or unintentionally: "Now it seems that we should consider who should be in charge of the Ministry of Justice."
"oh?"
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As soon as Ji heard this, he knew that Yang Tinghe was inclined to replace Zhang Zilin, the Minister of Punishment.
Zhang Zilin has done a lot for Yang Tinghe in the past year. It can be said that in the last court purge, the Criminal Department was the vanguard or even the main force. Although in most cases, Zhang Zilin "enforced the law impartially", for example, if he wanted to punish a person
There must be actual evidence for the crime of trafficking Ning Wang or Jiang Bin and other women, but the implication is very large. There are many people who can clearly be sentenced or not, and they are all covered by Yang Tinghe.
Even Wang Shouren felt a great crisis at the beginning of the year. After the death of his father Wang Hua, he went to Shu several times to resign from the title of Xinjian Count, and wanted to return home and stop intervening in court affairs.
Wang Shouren's heroic retreat in the early years of Jiajing was the victim of the factional struggle between Wang Qiong and Yang Tinghe.
It stands to reason that Wang Shouren made such a great contribution to quelling the rebellion of Prince Ning. He was wronged in the last years of Zhengde. Some people criticized him for being in the same group with Prince Ning and only betrayed him because of unclear division of interests. This can also explain why Ning
The reason why the King's Rebellion could be put down so quickly by him was because people from King Ning's influence thought that he would help...
During the Jiajing period, Wang Shouren was obviously given the title of Xinjian Bo, so that he could be promoted to the Minister of War in Nanjing, but he directly resigned and returned to his hometown. This is very particular.
It can be said that from the 16th year of Zhengde to the 3rd year of Jiajing, Yang Tinghe formed a powerful force in the court. Even after Yang Tinghe became an official, the Zuoshunmen incident still occurred, which is enough to illustrate the extent of Yang Tinghe's influence in the court.
How big.
Mao Jidao: "Even if you want someone to replace you, I'm afraid the prestige is not enough, right?"
According to Mao Ji, as the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Zilin has already offended so many people. If someone else comes up, won't he be won over by the new emperor?
Since Zhang Zilin can do things for you, why should you replace this person?
In fact, Mao Ji also knew very well that Zhang Zilin... although he was nominally inclined to Yang Tinghe, the monarch and his ministers often "played the wise to protect themselves".
For example, Zhang Zilin's resignation that day seemed to put pressure on the new emperor, but it was more of a self-protection to avoid being involved in the whirlpool, because Zhang Zilin's resignation was not discussed with anyone in advance, not even Yang Tinghe.
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In Yang Tinghe's opinion, such a fence-sitting faction is not worthy of doing things for him.
In the past year, many of Wang Qiong's and Lu Wan's partisans were given light punishments even though they could have been given heavy sentences. Many of them could have been convicted but were dismissed or demoted.
This means that loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely disloyal.
Yang Tinghe felt that the Minister of Punishment could have done more, and even felt that this time the emperor wanted to review major cases in the past few years, and Zhang Zilin was secretly helping behind the scenes... In short, Zhang Zilin was now doing both sides and left the court.
It's a sure thing.
"Isn't Lin Daiyong already on his way to Beijing?" Yang Tinghe suddenly mentioned.
"Um?"
Mao Ji was startled.
Lin Daiyong is talking about Lin Jun.
This famous official at the end of Hongzhi and the beginning of Zhengde once served as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Historically, Lin Jun and Sun Jiao were appointed at the same time. They were about the same age, both in their seventies. This time because of Zhu Hao's presence
, Sun Jiao was directly brought to the capital by the Empress Dowager Chiang, much ahead of schedule. Historically, Sun Jiao, like Lin Jun, arrived in the capital in the first year of Jiajing.
Because Lin Jun is from Fujian, he historically arrived later than Sun Jiao, probably in April or May.
Historically, Lin Jun was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and later transferred to the Ministry of Punishments. This time Lin Jun came to the capital, but he was preparing to entrust him with the post of Zuodu Imperial Envoy. Now it seems... Before Lin Jun arrived, Yang Tinghe had already prepared.
The post of Minister of the Ministry of Justice was left to him.
"Isn't this too..."
Mao Ji didn't know what to say.
Is this really going to happen between the king and his ministers?
Zhang Zilin retreated immediately and insisted on pulling Lin Jun into his camp. Isn't he afraid that the new emperor will cultivate Lin Jun as his man?
You compete with the new emperor for appointments, and as the chief minister of the cabinet, you directly decide who will be the Minister of Punishment... Doesn't it mean that you alone have the final say in the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the court?
Does this count as unauthorized access?
Yang Tinghe was very serious: "Lin Daiyong is devoted to the court and will not be ambiguous about court affairs.
, I am in a dilemma, I can recommend this person to the court in the next few days."
Mao Ji was speechless.
Zhang Zilin hasn't stepped down yet, and the new emperor has not expressed his position. You just said that you want to recommend Lin Jun to be the Minister of the Ministry of Justice?
Besides, how do you ensure that Lin Jun can be of the same mind as you?
Mao Ji didn't understand, so he stopped asking. He thought that maybe Yang Tinghe had a good personal relationship with Lin Jun, or had some correspondence, so he could be so sure about Lin Jun's "person".
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At first, the court officials thought that Zhang Zilin's resignation was just a dispute of temperament, and both the new emperor and Yang Tinghe tried to persuade him to stay.
Unexpectedly, it only took one day for the cabinet to decide on Zhang Zilin's resignation and it was officially confirmed at the court meeting.
The speed was so fast that even Zhu Si was a little surprised.
what happened?
I really don't like this old man Yang's minions, but why don't they keep him? Although I walked away from the meeting yesterday, it was more because you were forced to accept Zhang Zilin's resignation without saying anything.
"...Zhu Hao, what's going on? Dog bites dog?"
After the court ended the next day, before the afternoon, Zhu Si ran out of the palace and found Zhu Hao to ask about the matter.
What Zhu Si is thinking now is that after Zhang Zilin retires, he should quickly find a new minister who can be used by him and take over the hole of the Ministry of Punishment.
So Zhu Si was very anxious.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "This move is for change...because Mr. Yang Ge is not satisfied with Zhang Shangshu and wants to replace him with someone more loyal to him."
"Who?"
Zhu Si was puzzled.
Zhu Hao sighed: "If the prediction is correct, it should be Lin Jun who will arrive in the capital in May. That person once served as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice during the Zhengde period."
"He? Isn't he an old minister? He's older than the guy named Yang, right? Will he listen to him?"
Zhu Si was in disbelief.
Not to mention Zhu Si, even Mao Ji didn't understand why Yang Tinghe trusted Lin Jun to replace Zhang Zilin so much.
Zhu Hao has some words that are hard to explain clearly.
To put it simply, in history, when Zhu Houcong came to power and purged Yang Tinghe's faction, Lin Jun was listed as the "first offender".
However, Lin Junlong had been in power for only one year, and yet he was able to make Zhu Houcong hate him to the core. This shows how deep the relationship between this man and Yang Tinghe was, which made Zhu Houcong hate him so much.
Now that Lin Jun is not here, Zhu Si even thinks that this is an old minister who can be won over.
Zhu Hao really wanted to say, you, the little emperor, are so innocent and ignorant of the sinister nature of people's hearts.