Jiang Mian asked for resignation for the second time, but Zhu Si still refused. At the same time, Mao Ji's resignation was rejected.
Except for Jiang Mian and Mao Ji, none of the ministers, ministers, six ministers, and nine ministers in the court submitted their resignations. Probably, the resignation matter must be kept in a rhythm, one round at a time. The emperor was not too radical in the discussion of the ceremony.
, ministers should also leave some room for resignation to ensure that the monarch and his ministers do not completely break up.
Regarding the selection of one of the three Hanlin bachelors to join the cabinet, there is currently no solution.
The court discussed it for a long time, but in the end the topic came back to the question of who should be the Minister of Household Affairs. There was a stalemate and no accurate answer was given, so the topic was shelved.
After all, the autumn harvest was over that year, and Sun Jiao had completed all the basic errands. At this time, the Minister of Hubu was not so anxious. Most of the matters were left to the two Ministers of Hubu and the officials of Governor Jingcang.
No mistakes can be made.
At the same time, Sun Jiao took his family back to Huguang without waiting for the new Minister of Household Affairs to be selected.
As a son-in-law, Zhu Hao naturally wanted to see him off.
When Sun Jiao came to the capital, he didn't bring much belongings with him. He was packed with everything. When he left, he loaded a large cart with a lot of things. Because he was going to Huguang, Sun Jiao didn't plan to take a boat through the canal, but planned to use a horse-drawn carriage.
During the march, the family rode in seven carriages, and more than 20 retinues followed on horseback, including ten imperial guards sent by the emperor.
It can be said that the scenery is infinite.
Before leaving, Zhu Hao took Sun Lan over to the house early in the morning. Sun Jiao seemed to have nothing to say to his son-in-law, but simply told him to tell his two sons if anything happened in the future.
Sun Yuan continued to stay in the Hanlin Academy as an editor, while Sun Jing studied in the Imperial College. Now the interests of the Sun family were tied to the new emperor. As an old minister, Sun Jiao had to keep a certain distance from the emperor when he was the Minister of Household Affairs.
, but after he leaves, the two sons do not have to abide by their father's neutral position. According to Sun Jiao's wishes, their father will not care what they want to do.
The main reason is that Sun Yuan and Sun Jing do not have much influence in the court and cannot influence the situation. They all rely on their son-in-law to change the situation and control the overall situation.
"Serve the court well. There is no need to send him out of the city. Let's say goodbye here." After saying this, Sun Jiao went to his carriage with the support of his two sons.
Sun Lan stood there wiping tears.
Zhu Hao followed his words and did not go to see him off. When Sun got in the carriage and left, the couple just stood at the door and watched.
Not only the daughter, but also the son-in-law and the two brothers Sun Yuan and Sun Jing were not allowed to leave the city to see each other off, and were all driven back by the stubborn old man Sun.
"Jingdao, if you have time, let's have a glass of wine and chat." Sun Yuan brought his younger brother over. Seeing his younger sister sobbing there, he didn't go to comfort her and talked to Zhu Hao first.
Zhu Hao asked, "Where will you live in the future?"
Sun Yuandao said: "Someone from the inner government came to inform me that this mansion will be kept temporarily, and our brothers can still live here in the future... But from now on, the second brother will mostly live in Guozixue and rarely come back. I also rent a house near the Hanlin Academy."
If you own a house, it might be difficult to take care of this place."
Once Sun Jiao left, the two Sun brothers lost their backers, and their career would be greatly affected in the future. Sun Jing's influence as the Imperial Supervisor was not that great, and Sun Yuan himself was transferred from the local area to the capital by the emperor in order to appease Sun Jiao.
When he was the editor of Hanlin, now that Sun Jiao is gone, Sun Yuan is probably starting to think about how to send it to other places in the future.
"You can meet again some other day, or you can visit me at my house, but there's no need for today!"
Sun Jiao left and his wife was in a low mood. Zhu Hao was not in the mood to drink and talk with the two Sun brothers now.
Sun Yuan did not force himself and decided to return to the Hanlin Academy to attend class. At this time, Sun Jing came over and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, I rarely hear people mention you from outside recently. I wonder what you are doing recently?"
Compared to his brother, Sun Jing has a more cheerful personality and a bit of a dandy air.
Although Zhu Hao is his brother-in-law, he still speaks politely. Zhu Hao also knows that Sun Jing has become close to Sun Ru and others recently. Now Sun Jing has also become a member of the Yi Li faction. The debate about the Great Li Yi in the Imperial College
It is very fierce. Regarding the issue of whether the new emperor should have an heir or not, the trend of Guozixue has changed.
Gradually, the situation changed, and there were actually more scholars who were inclined towards the new emperor not having heirs.
This also reflects the power of public opinion.
Historically, Zhu Houxi's success in the Great Ceremony was not only due to his own almost willful persistence, but also to the support of public opinion.
Because Zhu Houxi had never been a son to anyone else for a day, and because he was the only one in Prince Xing's palace, the Ming Dynasty gradually won public opinion over the emperor's move to fight for titles for his biological parents.
Zhu Hao said: "It's nothing. I rarely go to the Hanlin Academy these days. I'm just waiting for the vacancy of overseas officers."
"You want to be an official in another place?" Sun Jing was puzzled.
According to the information Sun Jing got, Zhu Hao was very awesome. Although Sun Jiao, Sun Ru and others couldn't explain the specific reason why Zhu Hao was so awesome, he still felt that Zhu Hao seemed to be hiding among ordinary people.
"Expert", but with Zhu Hao's tone, he was more like a frustrated young official. Sun Yuan said aside: "Okay, I'll talk about it later when I have time... Remember your father's words, you go back to Guozi School
I will study hard later."
Sun Jiao was very determined to retreat. Even when he returned south, many people still found it incredible.
Originally, Sun Jiao was about to become the prime minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was soon to be the most important civil servant in the court. He actually just walked away like this. Even the ministers who had always been close to Sun Jiao found it difficult to understand, especially those who had always been good friends with him.
Those officials who complimented Sun Jiao very much and wanted to follow Sun Jiao to get ahead.
The lists of these people were handed over to Zhu Hao by Sun.
Originally, Sun Jiao wanted to introduce Zhu Hao to Zhu Hao, but at this time, Zhu Hao was so quiet that Sun Jiao actually didn't know how to introduce Zhu Hao to others.
In addition, Sun Jiao left suddenly. Sun Jiao only left letters to those people so that they could discuss things with Zhu Hao in the future. But the people Sun Jiao could like, whether they were officials in the capital or
At the local level, Zhu Hao was superior in terms of official position and authority. They would only think that Sun Jiao was paving the way for his son-in-law's career. How could they know that he was actually helping them in reverse?
When Zhu Hao went to meet Zhang Zuo and handed back a batch of memorials that had just been reviewed, and took away a new batch of memorials, Zhang Zuo mentioned Sun Jiao's departure from Beijing.
"...There were quite a few people going to see him off outside the city. It is said that the line of farewell was several miles long. It is estimated that on the way back to Anlu, there were also many people saying goodbye."
Zhang Zuo sighed.
Zhu Hao thought to himself, no wonder Sun Jiao didn't let me see him off the city. He knew his old friend and many of his subordinates came to see him off. He was afraid that I wouldn't know how to deal with him after I left, so he simply asked me to isolate myself from them first.
Zhang Zuodao: "It's a pity that very few of these officials stand on the side of Li Li, otherwise..."
What Zhang Zuo meant was that Sun Jiao did not leave any considerable political legacy to the emperor, which meant that he did not leave any useful ministers for the emperor. Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Eunuch Zhang, we distinguish whether a person can serve the emperor in the future.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty Zhongxing did not do things based on whether they support the Dali Conference. In the current situation of the court, even if some people have the idea of supporting the Dali Conference, it is difficult to show it. This is the trend of the times. The key is not to look at what they say now.
But what should we do in the future?”
Zhang Zuodao: "Mr. Zhu means...any of them are available?"
"have no idea."
Zhu Hao has not yet made a conclusion. He knows what factionalism is. From Zhang Zuo's point of view, if he recommends Sun Jiao's old tribe, it will be seen as cultivating his own power, and these people themselves do not support the Great Rites Discussion.
It is easy to be maliciously slandered by Zhang Zuocai around the emperor.
Even if this kind of slander may not be said directly, as long as Zhang Zuo adds, "Your Majesty, you see that Sun Butang's old subordinate does not even support the discussion of rites," Zhu Si's paranoia about the discussion of rites will produce a kind of boredom.
Four pairs of trust in Zhu Hao will gradually be eroded
A close minister like Zhu Hao is completely different.
Zhu Haodao: "Eunuch Zhang, the dilemma we are facing now is that there is no one available in the court... The current trend of discussing etiquette is such that the most important thing for us is to make changes so that more people can choose to be neutral or not paranoid when discussing etiquette.
At that time, we will be able to identify those who can be used among the ministers, what do you think?"
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Yeah." Zhang Zuo nodded.
Zhu Hao was actually reminding Zhang Zuo, don't be hostile towards those civil servants. Sometimes, it's not that I have to use people recommended by Sun Jiao, but who else can I use besides Sun Jiao's old department?
After all, Sun Jiao was a neutral faction when he was the Minister of Household Affairs in the court. This was already very valuable in the court. If the people recommended by Sun Jiao, a neutral faction, could not be used, would the emperor be left alone?
As Zhang Zuo was about to leave, something suddenly occurred to him and he said: "Recently, the Korean government captured Japanese bandits who were causing trouble in Zhejiang and escorted them to the capital. It was said that the Nanjing Jinyi Guards had sent people to take them over. You see..."
Zhu Hao asked: "Eunuch Zhang, are you talking about my uncle?" "Yes."
Zhang Zuo nodded, "How should we receive envoys from Korea?" Regarding Ming Dynasty diplomacy, Zhu Si had little experience, and Zhang Zuo had no knowledge in this area, and Zhu Si liked to act like the emperor of China in front of envoys from vassal countries.
Zhang Zuo could see Zhu Si's thoughts and discuss this with Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao said: "Why don't you let Mr. Tang go and receive him? He has nothing else to do recently. Find him something to do. It won't make him tired, and it can also give him some limelight."
"That's okay, that's okay." Zhang Zuo smiled.
North Korea escorted the thirty-three Japanese captured in the tribute battle, as well as the eight captured Ming people, to the capital. The envoy sent by King Li Yi of North Korea was Xingcao Shenping Chengchang.
In addition to escorting the thieves to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Chengchang also had another purpose, which was to establish a heir for King Li Yi in the hope of gaining support from the Ming Dynasty court. After Chengchang arrived in the capital, he bribed prominent ministers in the court, mainly the prince of the country.
, there are traditions and channels for gift-giving between foreign countries and the Ming Dynasty.
And they also prepared a generous gift for Tang Yin. They probably knew that Tang Yin was the husband of the Ming Emperor and had high moral standing. In addition to his laid-back personality, they felt that they could talk to the emperor through Tang Yin.
Tang Yin received a big gift for no reason.
In addition to money and silk, Chengchang also sent a beauty from Korea to congratulate Tang Yin on his wedding.