Yang Tinghe volunteered and stated that it only took one day to solve the problem.
It was obvious that he really wanted to do something.
As for his response method, whether he will adopt a gentle policy or suppress it with iron-blooded and high-pressure tactics, none of the ministers in the court can predict.
After the court meeting is over.
On their way back to the cabinet for housekeeping, Jiang Mian said with some regret: "It was because I didn't think carefully that this situation occurred."
After all, Jiang Mian is the nominal examiner.
But in fact, Shi Yun completed the main initial tasks, and Jiang Mian was only the nominal examiner.
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "It's not important."
This means that even if you were not the examiner, the situation would have reached this point.
Jiang Mian smiled bitterly and said: "Then... Jiefu, how will you deal with this matter? I'm afraid it will cause too much criticism from the scholars... From my point of view, we should focus on calming down the incident."
What Jiang Mian means is that we should try to adopt a gentle strategy. Those scholars can just know they are wrong and there is no need to resort to harsh tactics.
In Jiang Mian's view, there was no need for Yang Tinghe to use some extraordinary means to deal with the scholars. After all, the chief minister of the cabinet was nominally the leader of scholars in the world. The boss couldn't take advantage of the younger ones, right?
"A combination of strength and softness is the best strategy."
Yang Tinghe also wanted to be gentle.
The previous self-examination in the court gave scholars an explanation, isn't it a policy of gentleness?
Everyone has seen the result. Those scholars are not grateful at all. They still think that the imperial court is weak and can be bullied. They dare not do anything to them. Now they dare to go to the temple to cry. Will the next step be to rebel?
It is true that you are scholars, but the target you are targeting now is not the emperor, but me, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Now that you are pointing the finger at me, wouldn't it look cowardly and incompetent if I don't fight back?
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Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Hao once again entered the palace. This time he was invited by Zhu Si and asked Zhang Zuote to take him into the palace. He was dressed in a royal uniform. I don't know if he really thought he was a handsome young military general.
"His Majesty."
Zhu Hao saluted Zhu Si respectfully.
Zhu Si smiled and said: "Jingdao, since you are here, I always want to call you Zhu Hao. I have been calling you this way since I was a child. I have long been used to it. Suddenly calling me by my first name always feels a bit awkward...On the contrary, they always remind me,
Let me remember that you have become a pillar of the imperial court, and you cannot always be called by your name."
For no reason, Zhu Si actually cared about the issue of address.
Zhang Zuo was smiling beside him, as if he was very accustomed to this unconventional way of talking between monarchs and ministers.
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter what you call me."
Zhu Si stood up, came to Zhu Hao, and said emotionally: "Speaking of which, I haven't taken you to visit the palace yet, where is my home."
"His Majesty……"
Zhang Zuobin was all smiles. After hearing this, he quickly reminded him.
Even if you don't avoid suspicion, or you really regard Zhu Hao as a confidant, you can't just mess around! Bringing Zhu Hao into the palace will be easy for others to find out. If you take a tour of the palace, there are so many people from the previous dynasty in the palace.
, some of them are Empress Dowager Zhang’s people, and some have inextricable connections with outside the palace. Doesn’t this mean they have sold Zhu Hao?
"Do I need you to remind me?"
Zhu Si made a serious face, "I know that now is not the time. In fact, I also want to introduce you to the queen, and her father... Logically speaking, they should be able to help you."
Zhu Si is now a married "adult" after all.
Although he still longs for children, after a young man gets married, his reliance on his wife's family will gradually increase, especially for someone like Zhu Si who has only just entered the dynasty as emperor and has an unstable foundation.
This is also the reason why in all dynasties in history, it is known that foreign relatives are easy to get involved in politics, but foreign relatives always rise.
The Ming Dynasty was pretty good at managing its relatives. It basically only assigned military posts to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and most of them were temporary posts rather than actual vacancies. In addition, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty chose the queen.
They have the habit of choosing from civilian auditions and basically do not marry into wealthy and famous families. This makes the power of relatives in the Ming Dynasty nothing more than that.
The Zhang family is an exception.
But the two brothers of the Zhang family failed to live up to their expectations, which was tantamount to wasting their unique advantages and letting down the opportunity for the rise of the good relatives of Hongzhi and Zhengde.
Zhu Sidao: "I will turn around and ask Chen Guozhang to meet you."
Zhu Hao nodded: "I'm afraid there are too many people and some things are hard to explain."
"I understand, but in my opinion, Chen Guozhang has little influence in the court, and he doesn't even have a title yet. I'm thinking about what to give him... It should be called an uncle, but the Zhang family all have the title of marquis or even a kingdom.
Sir, I should be able to do this too, right?"
Zhu Si now wants to rely on people from his wife's family. Maybe when the couple just got married and fell in love, they felt that they should give more promotion to his wife's family.
But Zhu Hao knew very well that no matter how you say it, Zhu Si was a ruthless and unjust emperor in history. Whether he was a monarch or a minister, or a husband and wife, they were the type who could share hardships but not wealth. When he felt that he
When your wings are full, you feel like you can soar into the sky. At that time, it is not easy to hold him back.
Zhu Hao said: "It's better to do everything according to the law."
"Okay, I'll listen to you on this matter."
Zhu Si still has the highest trust in Zhu Hao as always.
Zhang Zuo felt very awkward.
The emperor wanted to grant a title to the father-in-law, but he actually had to listen to Zhu Hao?
So who exactly is Zhu Hao?
The Supreme Emperor?
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It was rare for Zhu Hao to visit the palace. He was still on vacation. Zhu Si hadn't seen Zhu Hao for several days, so he held Fa Xiao's hand and talked about many things.
Huang Jin even asked Huang Jin to go to the warehouse and get a wooden box and give it to Zhu Hao. It was full of books collected by the palace.
"I don't know what gift to give you, so I'll ask someone to find some unique books. You are used to reading and are good at studying this, so I can give it to you."
Zhu Si is very generous.
Zhu Hao quickly stood up, bent down, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not accept such a generous gift."
Seeing that Zhu Hao was so solemn, Zhu Si waved his hand and asked Zhu Hao to sit down again, saying: "You can just take it as long as you want. What do we, the king and the ministers, have to say to each other?"
Zhang Zuo smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu, these books are carefully selected by His Majesty, they should be suitable for you."
"Then I will keep it for you temporarily," Zhu Hao said.
"Okay, I'll keep it for you. I'll be the emperor for one day, and these books will be yours."
Zhu Si said with a smile.
Immediately, the two of them talked about the scandalous examination fraud case and the incident of scholars crying in the temple.
Zhu Si was proud of himself: "You don't know how happy I am to see Yang's disgraced face today. It's not okay for him to check now, and it's okay not to check... As you said, as long as things get messy, there will be no dispute between him and the scholars.
A huge crack will appear, it depends on how he handles it."
Zhu Hao had previously explained the pros and cons of this matter to Zhu Si.
Not for results, but forcibly creating conflicts between Yang Tinghe and ordinary scholars.
Up to now, everything the scholars have done seems to be nonsense, for something that has no evidence at all, and they don’t even know what they are pursuing... Is it to let the court investigate Yi Sunchen and Yao Lai? Or to find out whether Yang Dun really has
Passed the Gongshi test in ability test?
But now, the scholars are getting more and more noisy, and they are just making trouble for the sake of making trouble.
Zhu Hao said: "The scholars are now agitated, but they must be suppressed to prevent them from shaking the foundation of the country."
Zhu Si smiled and said: "I originally wanted to ask you if you should add some fire. Since you said you want to control it, I will listen to you... What do you think we should do next?"
Zhu Hao said: "It's still the old way. In this matter, your majesty just needs to help Mr. Yang Ge openly. No matter what, as long as it is beneficial to Mr. Yang Ge, your majesty will come forward to help as much as possible, even
Just be partial so that no one can find fault."
"Hey, I know, this is actually
It just makes the scholars think that I am being coerced by Yang, right? Am I very smart?"
Zhu Si looked embarrassed.
No matter how much hatred he had for Yang Tinghe, at least on this matter, he always listened to Zhu Hao and did not challenge Yang Tinghe.
But now Yang Tinghe has also woken up. What the little emperor did was to push Yang Tinghe to the front as a shield, so that Yang Tinghe could bear the thousands of arrows piercing his heart from those scholars. As an emperor, he only needs to watch the fun from behind.
You can make a few sarcastic remarks... Yang Qing family, thank you for your hard work. They all misunderstood you, but I absolutely trust you.
Zhu Hao said seriously: "Your Majesty, with the current situation, regardless of whether Mr. Yang Ge is in power or not, you should help him to show your majesty's magnanimity regardless of selfish motives. Perhaps now Mr. Yang Ge has determined that your Majesty has contributed to this matter.
His Majesty’s behavior is to make him feel ashamed.”
"oh?"
Zhu Si looked puzzled.
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty should sincerely help him and let him survive a crisis, so that he will feel that he has misunderstood your Majesty's good intentions with a villain's heart. In this way, your Majesty can also win over the hearts of the ministers and make them feel
, His Majesty has used all his strength to help in matters concerning Mr. Yangge’s reputation.”
Zhang Zuo was shocked when he heard Zhu Hao's words.
Can you still do this?
Instead of adding fuel to the fire and adding insult to injury, you actually want to help Yang Tinghe?
Isn’t it bad to see Yang Tinghe’s reputation become infamous?
What you said...
It sounds reasonable, but if you pour cold water on our emperor at this time, will your Majesty listen?
Zhu Si was startled at first, then slapped his thigh: "I still respect you for your high level, why didn't I think of this?"
over.
When Zhang Zuo heard this, he couldn't help but smile.
Now in the eyes of the emperor, Zhu Hao means that even when Kong Ming is alive, if Zhu Hao farts, the emperor will smell it. As for what Zhu Hao says or does, even turning it upside down and causing the emperor to be pulled up and down, the emperor will still highly praise him.
It's like being sold and helping people count the money.
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty, in this matter, we want to attack Mr. Yang's reputation, and don't start with those scholars. In the eyes of those discerning people, or the courtiers, most of the scholars are unreasonable, complaining and venting their emotions regardless of the cause and effect.
What Your Majesty wants to win is not the hearts of those scholars who are causing trouble, but the hearts of the civil servants and generals in the court, and more importantly, let Mr. Yang Ge feel that... His Majesty has a broad mind, and it is meaningless whether he stays in the court."