Chapter 985 Responsibility, irrespective of position
Yang Shen thought for a while.
Zhu Hao had said before that he grew up in Prince Xing's Palace, the same age as the current emperor, and had Tang Yin, the emperor's teacher, as his teacher. Now he himself is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites... The people in Prince Xing's Palace should not stop him.
Zhu Hao?
Yang Shen asked: "Then what does Your Majesty plan to do with us?"
By this time, Yang Shen no longer went to glare at Zhu Hao, but instead asked him seriously.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "I can guess what you can guess, but how can I be sure of what you are not sure about? Do you think there is anyone in the current court who can influence His Majesty's thoughts?"
"There should be no one here..."
After Yang Shen thought briefly again, he felt that Zhu Hao's words were reasonable.
Instead of speculating about the powerful advisers hidden behind the emperor, it is better to think carefully about whether all this is the emperor's own idea.
Regardless of whether the imaginary staff who specifically advised the emperor existed or not, the emperor's stubbornness was obvious. Otherwise, why would he have to carry out any grand ceremony despite the pressure of civil servants?
Is it really that important who you accept as your father?
More important than the throne?
The little emperor took the opportunity to suppress civil servants and eliminate dissidents, which was very effective. This shows that the little emperor is already very courageous and wise, so what is the point of studying who he listens to and who he does not listen to?
"Try to help the people in prison as much as possible. Many of them don't deserve to suffer."
Yang Shen said to Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao did not expect that what Yang Shen said would be almost the same as Xi Shu.
Probably what the current civil servants could think about was no longer how to resolve the disputes over the Great Ceremony. Even Yang Shen, a man as strong as his head, knew that the emperor's attitude was irreversible.
The only thing that can be done now is to prevent the people in the prison from suffering physical pain, or to make them suffer less.
Zhu Hao nodded: "Of course I will persuade you if I can, but I can't guarantee you the result. So far, His Majesty has not issued an order to target the people detained in Fusi, Beizhen, but Zuo Shunmen
There are still some officials left, but I don’t know how His Majesty will respond after dark."
Yang Shen said: "Can you bring a pen and paper?"
"Brother Yongxiu, what are you doing?" Zhu Hao asked in surprise.
Yang Shen sighed: "I want to write a letter for you to take to Mr. Fei Ge. Now he is the only one who can come forward to persuade the officials in front of Zuo Shunmen to leave."
At this time, Zhu Hao finally felt that Yang Shen had "grown up".
I no longer want to persuade the emperor to change his mind, but to persuade the officials in front of the Zuoshun Gate to leave. What kind of experience and feelings did this allow you, Yang Yongxiu, to make such a big change? What was your head in the Zuoshun Gate incident in history?
How irony is it? Why has the iron head turned into an eggshell now?
Of course, Zhu Hao had a way to bring pen and paper to Yang Shen, so he nodded immediately: "I'll try it!"
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Yang Shen wrote a letter to Fei Hong.
Speak sincerely.
In the letter, Yang Shen even did not shy away from asking Fei Hong to persuade the officials in front of Zuo Shun's gate to leave. In other words... Yang Shen became the first to rebel among the six deputies who were arrested.
You must know that Yang Shen was the initiator of the Hanlin Academy in the Crying Gate incident, and many people followed him, not only because he was a lecturer of the Hanlin Academy, but more importantly because he was the banner figure left by Yang Tinghe in the court.
Yang Shen's change now makes Zhu Hao somewhat unexpected.
Is it really because you were given a position as a bachelor's lecturer that you couldn't bear to part with it?
So "take the overall situation into consideration"?
But if you take the overall situation into account, I'm afraid you won't be recognized by your colleagues. If you let them know, you will definitely become a traitor in their eyes.
It seemed that Yang Shen also knew this, but Yang Shen didn't avoid anything.
Just show your sense of responsibility.
Zhu Hao took Yang Shen's letter and went to see Fei Hong.
After being informed by Jin Yiwei, they finally saw Fei Hong himself in the official office, who was discussing countermeasures with Qiao Yu, the official secretary. He even met Qiao Yu.
Fei Hong went to the Ministry of Punishment and found that there was nothing the Ministry of Punishment could do to arrest factory guards, and no one was willing to help him, so he came to see Qiao Yu.
"Jingdao, you mean, this is a letter written by Yong Xiu?"
Fei Hong was greatly puzzled after reading Yang Shen's letter.
Yang Shen's change seems a bit too big. Although this may be related to Yang Shen being promoted, but Yang Shen is so principled...doesn't he care about Yang Tinghe's thoughts? I'm afraid you will never dare to go back to see your father again.
Bar?
Zhu Hao said: "It was written by him. I can understand Yong Xiu's difficulties. The matter has reached this point and many things may not be undone. The only thing that can be done is to reduce the impact on the court as much as possible."
Qiao Yu said on the side: "How is this possible? Jingdao, tell the truth, what exactly did you do in this matter?"
Now even if no one mentions Zhu Hao's status with the new emperor to Qiao Yu and Fei Hong, it is impossible for others to not doubt it at all.
The explanations given by Zhu Hao, Yang Shen and others were meaningless to Qiao Yu and Fei Hong.
Zhu Haodao: "When I went to see Yongxiu on behalf of Your Majesty, Yongxiu gave me this letter and asked me to bring it to Mr. Fei Ge, hoping that Mr. Fei Ge would come forward and persuade the people in front of Zuo Shun's door to leave.
"Of course, I am not trying to persuade them to change their stance, but the way of expressing their stance should not be too radical, otherwise...it will harm others and ourselves, and cause endless trouble."
"Are you representing His Majesty?" Qiao Yu frowned.
Fei Hong, who was next to him, felt that Zhu Hao had not finished speaking, so he waved his hand to stop Qiao Yu from continuing to ask questions.
"Jingdao, go on," Fei Hong said.
Zhu Hao said: "I don't want to come forward when it comes to discussing etiquette. I have always been on the side of protecting etiquette. You two should know that."
"Um."
Fei Hong nodded.
Zhu Hao did stand on the side of traditional civil servants at first. Zhu Hao was included in every joint effort. At that time, even Yang Tinghe felt that Zhu Hao was a trustworthy person. Even when Yang Tinghe left the court, he did not tell anyone that Zhu Hao was cheating.
Two-faced.
Zhu Hao's statement can be recognized by Fei Hong.
"But I have always been from Prince Xing's palace, and I have no choice in many matters, such as discussing etiquette and conferring the title of emperor. I just try my best to make some suggestions that can alleviate the conflicts. But the result...
It doesn’t seem to be quite satisfactory.”
Zhu Hao continued to pull.
Anyway, the two people in front of them only doubted him. Who had any conclusive evidence to prove that Zhu Hao could completely influence the emperor's opinions? Besides, no one would believe him even if he said it.
After all, in the past few years, Zhu Hao has done a lot of traveling around the country and has not always stayed in the capital. How would others know that in fact, almost all the policies implemented by the emperor in the past few years came from him, and even Tang Yin was a soy sauce?
Qiao Yu asked: "So Jingdao, where are you standing now?"
Zhu Haodao: "I'm just standing in the position of the right minister of the Ministry of Rites! In my current position, I shouldn't have biased opinions on the two parties, right?"
"Then you still side with Yi Li?"
Qiao Yu was a little angry.
For traditional civil servants, if you are not from my race, you will be classified as a person from the enemy camp.
Zhu Hao said helplessly: "Let's take it as such. But Qiao Butang thinks that my position will have any impact on the overall situation?"
"you……"
Qiao Yu originally wanted to say, since you are not on our side, then we will not discuss anything with you.
But looking back at Fei Hong, I suddenly realized that although Fei Hong was also protecting the ceremony in name, technically Fei Hong was also a neutral, very similar to Zhu Hao's position.
Then Qiao Yu would be embarrassed.
I thought they were working together, but in the end, I became an "other" in the eyes of the two people in front of me. The two of them were in the same group.
Why did Yang Shen ask Zhu Hao to come to Fei Hong? The reason is obvious. Is it useful to go to him, Qiao Yu? It's good that Qiao Yu didn't go to the palace gate in person to kneel down and remonstrate. How could he act as a bad guy and persuade those people to leave?
Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Fei Ge, there are officials in prison in front of the palace now. They are all the pillars of the Ming Dynasty. This is a generation. If they are lost, the court will be in decline. I believe that not only Fei Ge
Lao Qiao Budang will not just sit idly by."
Fei Hong sighed: "Jingdao, as a civil servant and a member of the library, you shouldn't say this!"
Qiao Yu didn't take it seriously either: "It's just kneeling down to remonstrate, what could happen?"
Fei Hong answered for Zhu Hao: "Not necessarily. If things continue to escalate, I'm afraid your Majesty may use punishment. Considering the physical constitution of those in the prison, I'm afraid they will faint if they can't hold on for a few times! What's more, some will bleed.
If you spill it on the spot, it will harm your family."
Zhu Hao really wants to give Fei Hong a thumbs up. You are so right. This is how things have developed in history.
However, don’t bother me, old man, to say nice things here. You have never tried to dissuade me in history. You know everything about feelings. Just sit back and watch those young officials being beaten to death with sticks, right?
You can say that you tried your best and failed to help, but now I give you the opportunity to try to dissuade you. What reason do you have to avoid it?
"I'm going to Zuoshunmen!"
Fei Hong stood up.
"No!"
Qiao Yu wanted to dissuade him.
But he remembered his initial worries.
That is, Fei Hong is not a member of the traditional civil servant faction and has no reason to go to protect the ceremony. Fei Hong went to Zuoshunmen not to make those people change their position, but to let them go back first to ease the conflict.
Fei Hong said: "I know that as long as I go and persuade people to leave, the matter cannot be changed, but that's how it is. If it is purely for the sake of justice and the blood of my colleagues is splashed on the spot, then I would rather be a lobbyist.
, even if the lobbyist is not likable."
Zhu Hao stood up and said, "I am willing to go with Mr. Fei."
"You don't have to go!"
Fei Hong rejected Zhu Hao's request, "If you go, you won't be able to hold your head high in front of them in the future. I don't have much time in the court, so I won't worry about this. Your days in the court are still long."
Zhu Hao did not expect that Fei Hong would actually protect him at this time.
Qiao Yu seemed difficult to understand.
The general meaning is that if Jingdao wants to go, let him go, why should he stop him?
But Fei Hong seemed to understand the mentality of Zhu Hao and Yang Shen. They only wanted to "treat illnesses and save lives" and didn't care what method they used. Before he left, he said: "If you can't be persuaded, then I won't come back!"
"Fei Lao..."
Zhu Hao felt that Fei Hong was resolute and seemed unable to hold him back.
Fei Hong just patted Zhu Hao on the shoulder, meaning to calm down, and then went straight to the Yamen Gate.