Zhu Si came to pay his respects to Empress Dowager Zhang. He did not want to come. After he re-initiated the ceremony, he had been avoiding coming to see Empress Dowager Zhang. He had no family ties with Empress Dowager Zhang. He came this time purely because Empress Dowager Zhang sent someone to tell him,
You can stand by him on some matters discussed in the Great Ceremony.
Zhu Si didn't know what kind of medicine Queen Mother Zhang was selling in her gourd, and when she arrived at Renshou Palace, her attitude seemed a bit crude.
"......Emperor, the two younger brothers of the Ai family are now in the northwest. They wrote to the Ai family, saying that they suffered a lot on the way to the northwest. Some people deliberately made things difficult for them. Now they can't even get over there.
There is no place for them to stay, and people are being mean to them everywhere. Just call them back to the capital."
Empress Dowager Zhang had a condition to support her "son" in pursuing the death of his biological parents, and that was to spare the two Zhang brothers.
Zhu Sidao: "Queen Mother, it's not that I'm mean to them. They are in exile after all. How can they get such good treatment? They have titles. I don't believe that the northwest generals will make things difficult for them. It must be that they can't bear the hardship, so they wrote to appeal.
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The Zhang brothers are unlucky, Zhu Si is too late to see the fun, will he help?
Zhu Hao had already analyzed it with him. The key to the success or failure of the great ceremony discussion did not lie with Queen Mother Zhang at all. Even if Queen Mother Zhang supported it, the ministers should still fight. Now it was the disagreement between the monarch and his ministers, not the conflict between him and Queen Mother Zhang.
Empress Dowager Zhang looked grim: "But... Emperor, don't you think you are making things difficult for your own family?" Zhu Si greeted: "Is there anyone outside?"
Zhang Zuo didn't know what was going on, so he bowed his head and appeared in front of Zhu Si.
Zhu Sidao: "Ask you, answer truthfully, how did I arrange it when Hou Ninghou and Jianchang Hou went to the northwest?" "Huh?"
Zhang Zuo didn't quite understand it, but he had a bright idea. Now in front of the Queen Mother Zhang, of course he had to show the emperor's courtesy to the Zhang brothers. He immediately said, "Your Majesty, when you send people, let Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou each
He brought his belongings and some servants with him, and he could stay in the inn along the way, and he would be well received by the place, and everything would be taken care of with the courtesy of a marquis."
Zhu Si nodded and asked again: "Has anyone reported their faults in that place?"
Zhang Zuodao said: "When Shouning Hou was passing through Shanxi, he injured someone because he snatched the concubine of a wealthy local businessman. Later, the local government came forward to mediate and the matter was settled. Jianchang Hou's side was relatively peaceful, but it is said that there was no peace along the way.
Bribery, collecting bribes exceeding three thousand taels of silver..."
Zhu Si then looked at Empress Dowager Zhang and said, "Empress Dowager, you have also seen that no one is treating them badly. On the contrary, they are living a very comfortable life."
Empress Dowager Zhang was unexpectedly surprised by the news.
In the letter from the two younger brothers, they said how wronged they had been. They didn't mention anything about what they had gained along the way. They only talked about being treated badly. Only now do they know...
It turns out that the two younger brothers regarded this trip to the northwest as a publicly funded trip, and they actually acted recklessly on the way?
Zhu Sidao said: "This time Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou will be exiled to the northwest for two years. During these two years, they will not be asked to merit any merit. As for minor mistakes, I can forget them. If they were allowed to come back halfway, it would be really unfair to the courtiers.
It’s easy to explain. After all, Ming Dynasty also talked about laws and regulations.”
Empress Dowager Zhang said angrily: "What laws do my family speak about? Don't you think of yourself as the Zhu family?"
Queen Mother Zhang has been holding back on Zhu Si's pursuit of the title of his biological father, which does not mean that she is not angry in her heart. Zhu Si is very proud.
He was still thinking, who told the old man surnamed Yang to get out, but you didn't come forward to help? Do you regret it now? Now that you don't have the support of old man Yang, what can you do to me?
Zhu Sidao said: "Immediately send an order to give Shouning Marquis and Jianchang Marquis the best mansions in the northwest, and then assign twenty servants to serve each, and one hundred military generals to follow. They will also give twenty pieces of silk and three pieces of silver each."
One hundred taels. The two family members in the capital who have not yet gone to the northwest will be given carriages and horses and sent to them... Queen Mother, this should be okay, right?"
After talking for a long time, Zhu Si refused to let go of the Zhang brothers' return to Beijing.
Although Empress Dowager Zhang was angry, she heard that Zhu Si's conditions for the two younger brothers were indeed good, and she was also thinking in her heart, could it be that the two younger brothers really couldn't bear a little suffering? No matter how hard it seemed, the emperor didn't want to do anything for it.
It's hard for them.
"Queen Mother, as they are courtiers, they must act in accordance with the rules of the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy for me to be benevolent and righteous. I also ask the Queen Mother not to interfere too much in court affairs. If everything is investigated according to law, then the crimes of Shouning Hou and Jianchang Hou will not be punished.
It can’t be solved by going to the Northwest to train for two years... I am resigning!"
Without waiting for Queen Mother Zhang's reply, Zhu Sigong left Renshou Palace with his hands in hand.
When Zhu Si left Renshou Palace, he was still a little angry, feeling that Queen Mother Zhang was deliberately causing trouble for him.
"I haven't asked you specifically yet. Are the northwest generals really treating them well, or...are you hiding something just now?" Zhu Si asked Zhang Zuo.
Zhang Zuo hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, actually Shouning Marquis and Jianchang Marquis had a hard time on their way to the northwest."
When Zhu Si heard this, his mood immediately improved a lot: "Really? Tell me."
Zhang Zuodao: "The Jin Yiwei who escorted them reported that no matter what they wanted to do, they would be stopped, and their accommodation was not even as good as that of ordinary soldiers. They lived in the open air many times along the way. After arriving at Yulin Acropolis, they were only given drafty houses.
She also complained about the leaking rain, so the soldiers left her in the school yard for two days without anyone taking any notice of her."
Zhu Si nodded with satisfaction: "That's right. Exile should be a bit like exile. Do they really regard themselves as my uncle?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Zuo probably understood the emperor's mentality.
At this time, Zhang Zuo was also wondering, why was the emperor so mean to the two incompetent relatives of the Zhang family? Even if they did something wrong, it seemed that they didn't blame Prince Xing's Mansion or the new emperor, right? They were just like that
Hated?
Zhang Zuoke couldn't understand Zhu Si's indifference and unrighteousness. Zhu Si didn't have an all-in-one mentality towards his own people, let alone two unrelated nominal uncles?
"Keep it up! If they want to write to the palace to complain in the future, they will keep the letters. In addition, if this person wants to send something to her two brothers, they will also check them. But they have to do it smartly and keep it to the outside world.
I claim that I am still very good to the two uncles of the Zhang family, which is simply a model of courtesy between a monarch and his ministers."
Zhu Si had a proud smile on his face.
Zhang Zuo agreed with a forced smile on his face: "I understand, slave."
Zhu Hao returned to the Hanlin Academy again, and he went back with Xu Jie.
Zhu Hao's sudden appearance was a rare event for people in the Hanlin Academy. However, Zhu Hao did not return to study writing this time, but instead asked Yang Shen.
Yu Chengxun came out with a smile and said: "Jingdao, you really came early rather than by chance. How did you know that Yongxiu was in Hanyuan today? Speaking of which, he has been like you recently, a dragon that sees its beginning but not its end. After the autumn lecture, now Hanlin
The hospital also saves time. In fact, you don’t have to come often, but it’s not good to not show up all the time.”
It seemed that Zhu Hao was the only one in Yu Chengxun's eyes, while Xu Jie next to him was blushing and embarrassed.
Zhu Hao said: "I'm here to talk to him about what he entrusted me with before, and I'll leave after I finish speaking."
"No, you came back to the Hanlin Academy on the emperor's order, and you haven't even done anything in the Hanlin Academy yet. By the way, have you received your salary last month?" Yu Chengxun was curious.
The Hanlin Academy was a Qingshui yamen, and they all cared about the two stipends, but Zhu Hao didn't even ask.
Zhu Hao sighed: "It doesn't matter whether you come to Hanlin Academy or not. I haven't been feeling well recently and am recuperating at home..."
If you want to skip work, you have to find a reason for yourself. Otherwise, if your immediate superior asks you later, Zhu Hao will be able to say that he did not miss work on purpose, it was all due to physical discomfort, so that he could explain it to his superiors. As for whether it is true or not,
It doesn't matter whether the other party believes it or not.
"It's better to take me to see Yong Xiu first," Zhu Hao said.
Yu Chengxun shook his head and then took Zhu Hao to see Yang Shen.
Yang Sheng just came out of Shi Zhu's room, his face still filled with anger, probably something unpleasant had happened to him.
Seeing Zhu Hao, Yang Shen just nodded and said hello, and took Zhu Hao outside the remote library before saying: "There is no peace in the Imperial Academy now, and villains are in charge."
This villain said it was either Huang Shan or Zhang Gui.
Zhu Hao asked: "Did they offend you?"
"It's more than just a crime, it's simply..." Yang Shen hesitated, looking up at Zhu Hao and Xu Jie, "So quickly, you have found out clearly?"
Zhu Hao took out a file from his arms, made a thick stack, and handed it to Yang Shen: "I have done some sorting out their opinions. It is too slow for me to record them by myself. I have Zisheng to help me and find someone to listen.
, now they are preaching some views in the capital, and they are a bit open-minded, that is, they are for the general public to listen to... How should I put it, the public response is quite large, and many people who do not know what they are doing support them. "
Yang Shen said: "It's really a fairy tale that touches the hearts of the people."
Then Yang Shen opened it and found that it was very detailed. Who had mentioned what views were recorded, but it didn't seem to be the information he needed. However, he couldn't be harsh, because he asked Zhu Hao to find out what views were promoted by these societies.
At the time, it did not specifically say what should be checked.
Yu Chengxun glanced at it briefly and asked with a smile: "There are so many, it's rare to say respectfully - I have sorted them all out. Who is there?"
Zhu Haodao said: "There are quite a lot of people, but most of them are some unknown scholars. I heard that students from Jiangnan are mostly heretics when it comes to the Great Etiquette Conference. In South Zhili, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc., most students in Beijing actually stood up.
On their side, I don’t know if it has anything to do with the factional disputes in the imperial court."
Yu Chengxun and Yang Shen looked at each other, and then Yu Chengxun asked: "What about the ones in Huguang?"
Zhu Hao smiled awkwardly: "I didn't go to the academy composed of students from Huguang... You know, I was born in Huguang and have many acquaintances, so it's not convenient for me to get around. In fact, even if I go to the academy in other places, I will still be recognized sometimes.
They came out, thinking that I had some ulterior motive and wanted to spy on me secretly, so they just drove me away... So gentle and sweeping..."