When it came to Zhu Hao's promotion to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Shen went to Feng Xi. Feng Xi met Liu Chun, and Liu Chun went to invite him through Tang Yin. Finally, late that night, Zhu Hao appeared at Liu Chun's home.
At this time, Fengxi had left, and Liu Chun prepared a late-night snack for Zhu Hao. In addition to his official duties, Liu Chun also explained that he wanted to get more life-saving medicine from Zhu Hao.
"Since you brought me back from hell, my place has become a place frequented by people suffering from chest paralysis, especially those who are my disciples. They always come to ask for medicine, either for themselves or for relatives and friends, and every time
It's really hard to express my regrets to them. Especially when I learn that some of my relatives and friends have died of chest paralysis, I feel even more unspeakably sad."
Liu Chun came up and told Zhu Hao the reason why he asked for medicine. It sounded quite touching.
Zhu Hao was almost moved by Liu Chun's impassioned speech. But Zhu Hao was still sensible.
Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Liu Ge, I understand what you mean, but I have told you a long time ago that chest paralysis occurs in various ways. Not just one pill can save a life. Even if a doctor is kind-hearted, he still has to evaluate his own success.
What are the chances? If you fail to save people and end up harming them, it will be your own fault if you don’t get the credit for it.”
Zhu Hao probably means the trolley problem.
Facing a difficult problem in the history of medicine since ancient times, occasionally saving a person is a great achievement, but the problem is that once you take action, the person suffering from chest paralysis will still die in the end. Who will bear the fault?
Maybe the patient himself has reached his end of life and the medicine failed to save him. His family members also say that there was something wrong with your medicine that killed him.
The best thing to do is to just sit back and watch.
Zhu Hao is not without a sense of responsibility. After curing Liu Chun, he did give medicine to many people, but first he had to make sure that these people would not cause him any subsequent trouble, and that they would not take the medicine for any illness.
The medicine must have a certain effect, but if he is required to distribute the medicine without restrictions, the moral cost behind it will be too high.
Zhu Hao is now an official rather than opening a medical clinic to save people. There are certain risks in taking medicine, so there is no need for him to bear unnecessary responsibilities.
There is no need to make money through this.
Liu Chun smiled and said: "So I respect you and refuse to give the old man more medicine to cure diseases and save lives?"
Zhu Hao narrowed his eyes.
He could tell that Liu Chun was using the matter of medical treatment to test his attitude towards the court.
"Mr. Liu Ge, just tell me what you have to say. I know that Sun Butang told you about me before he left. I don't know how much he said, but there are some things that he didn't fully understand. They just came from him.
Just speculation."
Zhu Hao did not deny that Sun Jiao knew about him, but he explained that Sun Jiao only knew a rough idea.
If you have a bad impression of me because of what Sun Jiao said, then I can say that Sun Jiao is maliciously slandering me. I am such an honest child, and I work conscientiously in the court without asking for anything in return. However, I was betrayed by a certain person.
Can I feel better when they say that these people are self-willed female ministers who brought trouble to the imperial court?
Liu Chun smiled and said: "I'm seeing with my eyes." Hey, you are quite confident? What secret did you "see" about me? Just because I became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites?
Liu Chundao: "Fengyuan came to my place today and asked me about the candidates for the cabinet. He finally mentioned that he wanted to know your attitude towards the promotion to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites... so I told him,
There is currently no internal discussion or speculation in the cabinet about who will join the cabinet. I probably know that this matter is more or less related to you..."
Zhu Hao nodded and said, "I can indeed give your Majesty some advice on who should join the cabinet."
He did not deny it, but at the same time he did not overestimate his influence in the court.
Zhu Hao knew that if Sun Jiao's statement was followed, he, Zhu Hao, would be almost "nine thousand years old" and could even deceive Sheng Ting and have the final say in the court.
Now Zhu Hao wants to portray himself in front of Liu Chun as an aide to the emperor, an image of a minister who can give advice to the emperor and at the same time stick to his duties.
Liu Chuntao: "Then who does your Majesty prefer to join the cabinet?" Zhu Hao flatly said: "Let your Majesty
Come to choose, of course neither of them will join the cabinet. In fact, His Majesty is more interested in Zhenjiang and Yuyao."
"oh."
Liu Chun nodded, thoughtfully.
According to Liu Chun's estimation, Fei Hong should be most worried about Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian.
Zhu Hao asked: "His Majesty once mentioned that Mr. Fei Ge, now the Chief Assistant, is very assertive in handling things most of the time and can make decisive decisions. However, he often lacks experience and ability to adapt to changes, and may not be as good as Mr. Liu Ge."
"Um?"
When Liu Chun heard this, what did it mean? Fei Hong was decisive in doing things, but his ability was insufficient? Does that mean I am capable?
You kid, think I don’t know. The reason why the emperor adopted my opinions was not because of my high ability, but because you deliberately elevated my position among the five cabinet ministers and asked me to stand up to the spearheads of some civil servants?
Liu Chundao: "Jingdao, I have to ask directly. In your opinion, these people in the cabinet are just for transitional purposes, right? Maybe in the near future, we will have to make room for some people to enter Geshan...
The person in the pavilion is neither you nor Bohu, so who does your majesty prefer?"
Liu Chun actually saw it too.
Although the emperor's appointment of Fei Hong as his chief minister played a role in calming people's hearts, it seems that neither Fei Hong nor Liu Chun will be in the cabinet for long.
This means that no matter whether Shiban or Fengxi are added to the cabinet later, the three people in the cabinet now, plus one of Shiban or Fengxi, are just transitional figures. They may not be used for a year. These people will be able to
Withdrew from the cabinet one after another.
It can be said that the bachelor of Shouxu University one year from now may not even be in the cabinet yet.
Zhu Hao shook his head honestly: "I don't know." Liu Chun smiled.
In his opinion, if the emperor did not have this intention, then Zhu Hao could deny it. Since Zhu Hao said he did not know, it was probably as he said that none of the people in the current cabinet could get the emperor's approval.
"Jingdao, in fact, with your current position, you can join the cabinet as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor's degree. Since you have said that you will secretly advise and make suggestions for His Majesty, when will Your Majesty want you to join the Cabinet?"
Liu Chun probably also understood that even if the emperor wanted Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian to return to the court and join the cabinet, it was actually the second step of transition.
Sooner or later, he would pave the way for people like Zhu Hao, Tang Yin, and Zhang Cong to enter the cabinet.
Some of these people were close ministers who followed the emperor when he established the palace, and some contributed a lot in the ceremonial discussions. If the emperor does not use these close associates, does he expect outsiders to contribute to his control of the government?
Zhu Hao still shook his head: "I haven't discussed it with your Majesty yet. In fact, your Majesty didn't say hello to me in advance about my promotion to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. I have been in Xishan before. Mr. Liu Ge should know that he is building trains and railways.
Nominally Mr. Tang is in charge, but secretly I am in charge."
"Oh?" Liu Chun was quite surprised.
Zhu Hao's promotion to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, in the eyes of relatively neutral people like Liu Chun, was a signal of renewal and iteration in the court and a sign of Zhu Hao's emergence.
But now Zhu Hao said that he himself was only an afterthought about this matter? "Mr. Liu Ge, let me put it bluntly, another discussion of rituals that may happen at the end of the year or early next year will become a source of conflict in the court.
No one can draw a conclusion about the trigger and the outcome, and His Majesty is now seeking support from all parties. I have only been in the DPRK for a short period of time, and I know that I am not qualified enough. No matter whether Your Majesty will put me on the right side of the Ministry of Rites in the end.
As for the position of minister, I will still attend the memorial for the resignation tomorrow."
Zhu Hao stated his attitude.
It is one thing for the emperor to use me, but it is another thing for me to fight against it. Anyway, with my attitude, I will not take the initiative to challenge the system of seniority in the court.
Even if I refuse a few more times, it will look good to traditional civil servants. If I directly accepted the position of right minister of the Ministry of Rites, others would think that I, Mr. Zhu, blatantly take the court system as a joke and only focus on sharpening my skills.
The head climbs up.
The next day, go to court early in the morning.
Liu Chun was depressed. When Fei Hong came to his side, he cheered up a little.
"Yesterday, I met Jingdao." Liu Chun said to Fei Hong. "Yes."
Fei Hong
Nodding, he didn't have much clear understanding of Zhu Hao. Whether Zhu Hao was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites or not had no influence on Fei Hong.
Even Fei Hong didn't need to worry about why the emperor promoted Zhu Hao.
Liu Cundao said: "He has a close relationship with Bohu. Regarding matters of etiquette, Bohu hopes that he can come forward and take care of it."
"Um."
Fei Hong simply nodded to express his understanding.
It is no longer a secret that Zhu Hao is Tang Yin's student. Since Tang Yin is unwilling to contribute to the position of Hanlin bachelor, finding his own student to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites can also be regarded as a kind of "protection" by Tang Yin for his students...
...If Tang Yin does not take the opportunity now to develop party members for himself and even protect Zhu Hao as a student, Zhu Hao may be released in the near future.
Now that Zhu Hao is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, he can not only perform meritorious service for the emperor, but also balance the disputes between the two parties in the ceremony. This is a good way for Zhu Hao to stay in the central government and become a capital official in the future...
Besides, with the qualifications of the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, even if Zhu Hao is sent to other places in the future, he will not be placed in the Yamen of the provincial chief envoy, at least he will be a governor or governor-level official.
And it is very likely that Zhu Hao will be sent to Nanjing as a minister, stay there for ten or eight years, and then be promoted to the minister of one of the six departments in Nanjing.
This can be regarded as the "road" that Tang Yin paved for Zhu Hao in advance. "The next step for the great ceremony may be years ago." Liu Chun added.
Only then did Fei Hong become slightly more interested and looked sideways at Liu Chun. Even Fei Hong could tell that Liu Chun told him this as if he was "protecting" Zhu Hao.
This kind of protection is to prevent people from misunderstanding that Zhu Hao is a member of the emperor's party, and to explain the emperor's promotion of Zhu Hao.
But Liu Chun's words were a bit cover-up, as if you, University Scholar Liu, knew everything in advance, and you and Zhu Hao... are still in the same boat.