In the Hanlin Academy, all the Hanlin officials arrived early that day. They were waiting for the final notice to see whether they wanted to go to the palace to kneel down and remonstrate.
Yang Shen was in the most conflicted mood at this time.
Historically, he participated in the Zuo Shunmen case as a Hanlin editor and played the most important role in initiating the liaison. But now he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and has the qualifications to join the cabinet.
——It was in this position that Xie Qian entered the cabinet.
Once a person gains fame, wealth and status, he looks at problems from a different perspective and cannot do things as he pleases.
"Yong Xiu, everyone outside is waiting!" Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang appeared behind Yang Shen. Yu Chengxun continued: "Scholar Feng has already said hello and let us decide on our own. He will take some people to the palace first.
place."
On the issue of the Great Rites Conference, although the senior officials of the Hanlin Academy stood for "maintaining the ancestral system", that is, opposing the Great Rites Conference, they were also divided into two groups. One was the compromise faction, which advocated long-term planning. Among this group, the main ones were Shi Shi
Ban is the leader. It may be that Shi Ban has experienced too many things and has been the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He feels that the conflict between the monarch and his ministers should not get out of hand.
The other side, currently represented by Fengxi and Jia Yong, has more radical ideas. Among them, Fengxi is the main one, and Jia Yong is the one who is being coerced.
When it comes to the issue of etiquette, the civil servant conservative camp is divided into several factions. Many of them, who are relatively neutral and fearful of trouble, are also coerced into joining the resistance. There were many people involved in the Zuo Shunmen incident, and only a few people were punished.
This is also reflected.
The emperor didn't want this matter to end badly.
Seeing the complicated expression on Yang Shen's face, Ye Guizhang asked tentatively: "Should we go together? Your Majesty will leave the court today. If you don't launch a resistance now, I'm afraid it will be too late."
Many middle- and lower-level Hanlin officials, as well as officials from the Sixth Section to Shizhong and the Sixth Ministries, were waiting for Yang Shen's opinion.
Yang Shen had a high say in the issue of rites, which was also an important reason for Zhu Hao to alienate him. Of course, it was also because Yang Shen was stubborn in name, but in fact, he still cared about fame and fortune. At this time, Yang Shen's hesitation was also
This shows that he does not want to ruin his political career.
"Go, why not go? Have you asked the cabinet for their opinion?" Yang Shen said he wanted to go, but he still seemed to care about the opinions of the top officials in the DPRK.
Ye Guizhang asked anxiously: "When did this happen? Do we expect those central halls and department halls to be with us? We can only rely on ourselves for this kind of thing!"
Because Ye Guizhang, Yu Chengxun and others did not get any actual benefits from the previous promotion incident, but watched Zhang Cong, Gui E and even Zhu Hao climb on their heads, they were naturally unwilling to go to kneel down to remonstrate.
, their attitude is more resolute, and there is no hint of breaking the jar.
"First say hello to the people in Section 6, especially Xi Zhi, and let's go!"
The middle-level officials in the Hanlin Academy are headed by Yang Shen. The Sixth Section is headed by Zhang Liao, and both of them are the initiators. After all, kneeling to admonish is beyond the normal rules. Someone needs to call on and persuade people, otherwise who would be willing to run away.
Going to the palace gate to cause trouble? This is a clear plan to go against the emperor. Everyone who goes there knows that they will be punished by the emperor, especially now that they clearly know that more guards have been added to the palace gate.
We all know that whoever goes will be unlucky, but we have to go. This conflicting and entangled mood makes people extremely tormented.
It is still Zuo Shunmen, and they are basically the people who initiated the Zuo Shunmen incident in history.
The only difference from history is that none of the cabinet bachelors and six ministers appeared, and there were very few ministers and temple ministers. The highest-ranking official present was He Mengchun, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Other than that, there were all kinds of **
The various government officials in the Imperial Academy were headed by Jia Yong and Feng Xi, but Shi Ban was nowhere to be seen.
There were only twenty or thirty officials who went there at the beginning.
Then more and more people gathered together. More than an hour later, when the scene started to get noisy, there were already more than a hundred people.
At this time, Zhu Hao did not join in the fun. Anyway, he had already said hello to Yang Shen. Regardless of whether he supported the emperor or the traditional civil servant faction, kneeling down to remonstrate had nothing to do with him. He only needed to
In Si, not far from the palace
Stay safe and wait for the news.
Also coming with him was Tang Yin.
Zhang Cong, Gui E and others also wanted to find a place to inquire about the latest news, but they were not allowed to go to the palace gate. They did not even dare to go to the nearest teahouse or restaurant for fear of being accidentally injured. The emperor did not give them any new instructions, so now
I can only stay in the Hanlin Academy, looking at the empty courtyard, staying in my office, and not even getting sporadic news.
"Jingdao, there's a scene!"
After hearing Jin Yiwei's report, Tang Yin shook his head and sighed. Zhang Zuo and others were not present, and no one from the decision-making level was present. Tang Yin inevitably felt that neither he nor Zhu Hao could make the decision, which meant that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall into civil strife.
Zhu Hao poured a cup of tea for Tang Yin and asked with a smile: "Sir, you don't want to cause a dispute and choose to settle the matter? Then you should go and persuade the people in front of Zuo Shun's door instead of telling me this."
Tang Yin glared at Zhu Hao: "You are also responsible!"
This time Tang Yin did not put all the blame on Zhu Hao. Now he also figured out that if a slap in the face can't make a difference, the conflict between the emperor and his ministers will break out sooner or later. Anyway, when it breaks out, Tang Yin has to express his sympathy from the standpoint of a scholar.
The compassion of traditional civil servants.
"Okay, okay, I also have a responsibility. Who in the world dares to say that he has no responsibility for the Ming Dynasty? Drink tea, drink tea."
Zhu Hao was not in a hurry, as if everything was under his control.
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In the palace, Zhu Si ran to the Wuliang Hall on the south side of the Yangxin Hall to fast, hoping to avoid contact with civil servants in this way.
Not only that day, he planned to find reasons to miss the court in the next few days. In his opinion, this matter could not be solved within a day or two. Zhu Hao did not say when it would be completely settled, so he might as well just ignore it.
But when he heard that a large number of civil servants had gathered at the palace gate, shaking the palace gate with cries and shouts, Zhu Si immediately became angry.
"Is this my palace or their palace?" Zhu Si lost his temper at Huang Jin who came to deliver the message.
Zhang Zuo on the side quickly winked at Huang Jin, meaning to avoid intensifying the conflict as much as possible, and don't deliberately add some qualifying words. Just say that they were causing trouble at the gate of the palace. Why do you have to say that they banged their heads on the door? Why still?
Why do some people shout Taizu, Emperor Xiaozong?
Huang Jin was already very careful in his words, trying his best not to include any personal emotions and anger, and to talk about what happened at the gate of the palace, but this still didn't work.
Zhu Sidao: "Aren't there a large number of imperial guards in Zuoshunmen? Arrest them all!"
Zhang Zuo hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to make the matter a big deal, why not... wait and see first?"
Zhu Si looked at Zhang Zuo: "You want me to wait? What are you waiting for? Wait until they crash the palace gate? They are attacking the imperial city, you know? If they appear in front of me, will someone take their heads directly?
Hit me?"
There was anger in the emperor's words.
Zhang Zuo probably heard that the emperor was feeling in danger. Although there were only a group of ordinary civil servants at the entrance of the palace, which did not seem to cause any harm to the emperor's personal safety, the emperor usually appeared in the same hall with these ministers.
What if they suddenly rise up to assassinate the emperor... Just like when a bloody fight broke out in the palace after the Tumubao Incident... Will the emperor dare to live with them in the same palace in the future?
Perhaps Zhu Si also knew that making things worse would be detrimental to him. He panted and sulked for a while before asking, "Where is Jingdao?"
Huang Jin replied: "Mr. Zhu and Mr. Tang are already waiting at Sixianju.
Zhu Sidao: "I want to leave the palace."
Zhang Zuo quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate for you to leave the palace at this time."
Zhu Si sneered: "Are you afraid that I will be in danger outside the palace gate? If someone really wants to rebel, it will be more dangerous for me to stay in the palace, because no one thinks that I dare not wander around.
More targeted. On the contrary, no one could have predicted that I would leave the palace at this juncture!
"Besides, there's no point in staying here. After today, I can discuss anything directly with Jingdao. Do I still have to stick to those bullshit etiquettes?"
Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin both heard it, as if today is
What a crucial day.
Zhu Si probably meant that after today, he would no longer have to be secretive when getting along with Zhu Hao. From now on, Zhu Hao could enter the palace openly. Even if he did not have to join the cabinet or become a minister, others would know that Zhu Hao was the emperor's chief staff officer.
On such issues, Zhang Zuo wanted to persuade but held back. Anyway, the court was now basically under the control of the emperor, and Wu Xun was not seen participating in this major incident of arguing over etiquette matters. It seems that
It seems that the capital and the palace are safe, so it doesn't matter if Zhu Si said that he would discuss state affairs with Zhu Hao in the future.
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Zhu Si is preparing to leave the palace to meet Zhu Hao.
He was not in a hurry to leave. He first asked Zhang Zuo to come out of the palace to say hello to Zhu Hao. In fact, he just wanted to ask if there would be any trouble if he left the palace.
Then let Zhang Zuo inform Zhang Cong and others to go to Sixianju to meet Zhu Jie.
The summary of their opinions is that it is finally time for a showdown. It is time for the people of the rites faction to know who planned the rites meeting around the emperor in the first place, and who is the most important staff around the emperor, and who will be involved in the court in the future.
Besides the emperor, who should be listened to?
Zhang Zuo sent people to notify the people of the Yili Sect respectively. He went to Sixianju without encountering any obstacles along the way. When Zhang Zuo arrived at Sixianju and saw Zhu Hao, he finally felt at ease.
After greeting each other, Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Zhu, to make a long story short, you think today's incident will not cause a big accident, right? Such as... a mutiny or something?"
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "No."
Tang Yin also seemed to agree with Zhu Hao's point of view: "There is no movement in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Besides, few Yan Chen and the Six Ministers and Nine Ministers are involved. This is to compete for courtesy, not to resist His Majesty."
Zhang Zuo sighed: "That's good, that's good."
Zhu Hao asked: "Your Majesty wants to leave the palace? If you want to come, you can, but if you have a choice, your Majesty should sit in the palace at this time, because it is very likely that you will soon take action against those ministers who are kneeling to remonstrate!"