He finally understood that it was impossible to persuade his son-in-law from a rational point of view. It didn't matter whether the son-in-law's idea was big or small. What was important was that the emperor had his own opinion. The decision made by the young monarch and ministers would not be made unless Yang Tinghe helped the country.
Otherwise, relying solely on his grandson to persuade him would be of no use.
Sun Jiao is about to leave.
Zhu Hao put Sun Jiao on the table, picked up the copy of "Dali Bian" written by Hou Tingxun and put it back into Sun Jiao's hand, intending to leave it for him to study and ponder.
"I specially transcribed it for you to see."
Sun Jiao pressed his fingers together, not wanting to take it.
Zhu Haodao: "After reading it once, I took note of it. They are all vulgar and cliched arguments. If I use these to communicate with His Majesty, Your Majesty will probably drive me away... Recently, His Majesty has been under great pressure from his biological mother, the Queen Mother. Mr. Sun
If you want to convince me, you might as well try to get some relief from Empress Dowager Chiang."
Sun Jiao glared at Zhu Hao, saying, "If it were so easy to discuss it with the Queen Mother, I wouldn't have to come to you."
But then Sun Jiao lost his temper.
Because he didn't even want to go against the Empress Dowager Chiang's wishes, was it a bit overwhelming to let two young men go head-to-head with the Empress Dowager Jiang? Besides, that was the emperor's biological mother. Today, the emperor had lost his father since he was a child, so he showed filial piety in front of his mother.
On the one hand, isn’t it the ideal that Confucianism advocates?
Zhu Si suddenly realized: "No wonder the old man Yang was not the one who rushed to the front when it came to the gift. Instead, it was the man named Mao. This is the reason for the relationship. Jing said, if the man named Jiang proposed to resign, would I allow him to do so?
?”
"Hey!"
Zhang Zuo and others on the side couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
I thought to myself that the only person who could persuade this willful little emperor was Mr. Zhu.
…
"This... I'm afraid it's not something that I and other juniors can decide."
Zhu Hao said: "Leave everything to me. I will definitely make your father stay in the capital willingly. Even if you have tea with him in the future and listen to his nagging, it would be nice. I lost my father when I was young, and I have long regarded him as my father."
The elders who can advise me and prevent me from going astray... isn't this the case for elders towards younger ones?"
"Well... after what you said, I seem to be a bit indifferent... Hehe..." Zhu Si seemed very shy in front of Zhu Hao. When he was embarrassed, he would scratch his head involuntarily.
Zhu Si's methods became more and more numerous.
Zhu Hao smiled slightly: "How about helping the country, what about gaining fame? Didn't Old Man Sun remind me to prevent the tragic end of the bird being wiped out and the bow hidden? Why did he want me to disobey the king so quickly to gain a false reputation?
And you don’t care about the friendship between the king and his ministers?”
"you……"
"Jingdao, as a minister, you don't have to obey the king's will in everything. Advising the king to walk on the right path is far more important than helping the country and the country. This can also help you win a good reputation among your officials and succeed in your career.
If you have a foothold in the court, why not do it?" Sun Jiao began to educate the younger generation again.
…
Zhu Hao saluted Sun Jiao politely.
Zhu Si said helplessly: "I'm afraid the memorials criticizing me will pile up into a mountain."
But Zhu Si still learned from Jin Yiwei about the actions of Hou Tingxun, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs, which made Zhu Si itchy with hatred.
…
"Old Sun, the matter of the great ceremony is for Your Majesty to take charge of the court, stabilize people's hearts, and seek a stable development for the future for decades. Maintaining Confucian ethics is still a little weak compared to maintaining the stability of the Ming Dynasty. Please
Forgive me for being in a different position than you, and I would like to apologize for this in advance.”
"Um."
Sun Lan's words exposed Sun Jiao's thoughts.
Sun Lan actually doesn't want to be separated from her father and family.
Sun Jiao was not too old-fashioned on this issue, but he stood with his hands behind his back, pretending to be serious, and said coldly: "Just take care of yourself!" After saying that, he walked straight to the door, and even his son-in-law went out to see him off.
They were all stopped by him.
Sun Lan probably knew that since Zhu Hao said so, he was somewhat confident.
"Isn't it easy?"
In other words, Sun Jiao can no longer take care of the young man's family affairs.
Zhu Hao said: "So your Majesty must deal with the Dali meeting first, and then balance the personnel arrangements between the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy?"
Zhu Hao confiscated Sun Jiao's copy of "Dali Bian", and Zhu Hao did not take the initiative to mention the matter to Zhu Si.
This shows that Zhu Hao does not treat her as an outsider.
"why is that?"
Moreover, Zhu Hao didn't mind that Sun Jiao came to make a surprise attack when he was free, and he didn't blame Sun Jiao for his old-fashioned teachings. This made Sun Lan feel relieved. Finally, she and her mother's family did not hinder her husband from doing business in the court.
"My father doesn't seem to be as angry as before. When he mentioned my husband to me, he repeatedly told me to help him and take care of the house so that he doesn't have to worry about matters in the inner court."
"... Jingdao, I have made up my mind to ask the Nanjing Jinyi Guards to capture this person, secretly capture him in Nanjing Prison, and interrogate him. Even if he confesses that there is no mastermind, I can still find a way to let him arrest some people in the court.
Confess it...what do you think?"
Zhu Hao nodded: "Mr. Sun told me that he wants to withdraw from the court before the year."
Zhu Si was like a student, seriously learning political rules from Zhu Hao.
After Sun Jiao left, Sun Lan walked out of the room with a confused look on her face, looking at her husband with an embarrassed look on her face.
He even learned the dirty tricks.
Zhu Hao still sent Sun Jiao to the door from a distance.
Zhu Hao nodded, "It should be accurate, but Your Majesty must pay attention to propriety."
It seems that the decision of whether to return to his hometown or not should really be made by his grandson, rather than the younger generation making suggestions, especially the secret ones. This would appear to be disrespectful to the old father.
Sun Jiao was choked by Zhu Hao and couldn't even speak.
This is the third time that Sun Jiao broke into Zhu Hao's home. Fortunately, Sun Lan was at home this time, so it was not like the situation before where the couple were not at home and had to find someone to invite them alone. Finally, this time Sun Jiao
He did not criticize his daughter and son-in-law's lifestyle.
Zhang Zuo asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhu, you said before that you would give the positions of cabinet ministers and Hanlin bachelors to people who are willing to serve His Majesty by reconsidering the great ceremony, but I don't know what the specific plan is.
of?"
The couple haven't officially consummated their marriage yet, but Zhu Hao already regards her father as a family member.
Although when Weng and his son-in-law met before, Sun Jiao acted like a rigid old man, but he knew well in his heart that this kind of persuasion was meaningless. In terms of control of the court, Sun Jiao could not accept the old man's resignation, and even did most things in the household department.
It's all due to Zhu Hao's secret plan.
Sun Lan was very moved after hearing this.
Zhu Hao said: "It would be best to stay in the capital, with your two brothers and you to take care of him at any time. In fact, in recent years, it has been good for him to stay in the capital for his retirement."
If Sun Jiao wants to take the Sun family back to Anlu, then Sun Lan will be separated from his father. It is estimated that the next time they meet, he will go back to attend his father's funeral. Moreover, the water thrown by married daughters in this era is really embarrassing.
There will definitely be a chance to see my father for the last time. Everything depends on the attitude of my husband's family, and it is indeed too far to go back to Anlu from the capital.
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"I don't know what's the appropriate measure?"
"Actually, I really don't have the intention to help the country. Those things that sound great at first sight are better left to people who are ambitious for the court, such as the people in Hanyuan today, and Zhang Bingyong.
Zhu Si was puzzled.
Zhu Hao sighed: "When civil servants express their opinions, the chief minister of the cabinet often cannot rush to the front. This will cause discord between the monarch and his ministers, so he will find an agent to come forward, that is, Wang Shangshu and the officials he hired to discuss the ceremony with His Majesty.
But if His Majesty is resolute and needs civil servants to put pressure on His Majesty by resigning, etc., the chief minister of the cabinet must first stand up and express his position..."
Zhu Hao said: "But some of them will stand on your majesty's side, and Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites can also justifiably lead a group of people to argue with your majesty. As long as your majesty takes a tough stance, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites will not move, and
The chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Jiang Ge, will submit his resignation first."
This is obviously a question for the emperor.
Use Hou Tingxun, a small person who stands out, to bring out the big shots in the court and take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents.
"My ideal life is to build trains and railways to connect various parts of the Ming Dynasty, open mines, do some business to make some money, and even weave cloth to give the people of the Ming Dynasty more winter clothes. As for discussing politics in the court, Jin Ge
Iron Horse, there are a lot of people trying to do it, so I gave them the opportunity!"
Zhu Hao said: "I know Mr. Sun has no intention of staying in the court for a long time, and the time to work with Mr. Sun will not be too long. I also have something to say to you. For a young man like me who has no heed,
In other words, it is undesirable to have great achievements and surpass the master, but if you have nothing to do with the emperor, you will die faster.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Others can't do it, but if His Majesty asks Mr. Sun to stay in the capital and finds something to bind Mr. Sun, then he will stay even if he doesn't want to."
Sun Lan had some regrets: "My father's health is not as good as before, and I'm afraid that he will be tired from the journey back home."
Sun Jiao was speechless. If he had just met Zhu Hao, he would have thought that these remarks were completely pretentious. However, after getting along with him for a long time, he knew that this son-in-law was not so fake and probably came from his heart.
Zhu Hao said: "Proportion is to maintain the stability of the court. To put it simply, it is to divide and disintegrate, draw in all the forces that can be drawn together, and find a balance point among them, so that others will not think that His Majesty is letting Chiang Kai-shek do it because of the great ceremony.
Elder Ge left the court."
But things are not going to be too simple, especially no matter how you look at it, it looks like a young couple plotting against their old father, which makes Sun Lan feel a little guilty about having made his own decisions.
Zhu Hao said: "Now that the issue of the great ceremony has been fermented in the court, your majesty can emphatically raise the matter of re-discussing the great ceremony with the ministers at the court meeting in the past two days. Anyone in the court can participate in it and whether they support your majesty's proposal."
Opinions can be expressed freely, and Your Majesty will not blame the person who submitted the report for this."
"How...how to play?"
Zhu Si looked confused.
You're talking pretty well, but I don't understand you.
Zhu Hao said: "This requires that the cabinet elders Fei Ge and Liu Ge should be on the side of Jiang Ge in matters of great ceremony. However, when submitting the resignation letter to the cabinet, your majesty must retain Jiang Ge and Liu Ge.
, let the two of them stay in the court to stabilize people's hearts. This not only achieves the purpose of differentiation, but also allows the courtiers to understand that even if they are opposed to His Majesty in matters of great ceremony, they can still stay in the court with peace of mind."