Chapter Nine hundred and ninety-nine is capricious, what can I do?
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The last morning session before the year.
Zhu Si got angry in front of the civil and military ministers, and denounced those ministers who knelt down to remonstrate in front of Zuoshun Gate, even though none of these people were in the hall at the moment.
He Mengchun, the only left minister of the Ministry of Personnel who could go to court, was also transferred to Nanjing to be the left minister of the Ministry of Works. The Nanjing Ministry of Works only had one minister and already had the right minister Zhang Cong. In fact, He Mengchun was transferred Go to Nanjing for leisure.
The emperor scolded him very vigorously, and he continued to scold him for more than half an hour. The ministers were all wondering whether the emperor had memorized the words in advance, or whether he was so angry that he could continue to scold him for more than half an hour.
After the scolding was over, Zhu Si did not listen to the ministers' report and directly announced his withdrawal from the court.
However, when leaving the throne, the emperor suddenly remembered something, stopped and loudly told the ministers that he would promote another person from among the Hanlin bachelors to the cabinet...
"There are currently a few Hanlin bachelors, and I plan to add one or two more Hanlin bachelors!"
Zhu Si added.
Then he summoned the four existing ministers in the cabinet to the Qianqing Palace, and seemed to be holding a small meeting.
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The meeting was dissolved.
Since Zhu Hao was not among those summoned, he walked out of the palace as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. On the same day, he planned to take a train to Xishan and come back before evening.
"Jingdao, what do you mean by your Majesty's words?" Xi Shu didn't understand the emperor's intention, so he had to find Zhu Hao on the way out of the palace after the dynasty and asked him.
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty wants to cultivate close followers."
The answer was straightforward, which made Xi Shu somewhat uncomfortable.
The term "confidant" has always had a somewhat derogatory connotation. The emperor's cronies sounded like sycophants, and as far as Xi Shu knew, Zhu Hao was the leader among the people around the emperor. Doesn't this mean that Zhu Hao was mocking himself?
"who is it?"
Xi Shu asked.
From this point, Zhu Hao felt that Xi Shu seemed to be interested in both joining the cabinet and becoming a Hanlin bachelor.
If you were not interested, you wouldn't ask him.
Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty wants to promote a scholar from the Hanlin Academy, Tang Dynasty, to the cabinet. As for who will take over the position of bachelor from the Hanlin Academy, it is unknown."
Zhu Hao really didn't know.
Zhu Si now has the power and is enjoying the joy of being an emperor and doing whatever he wants. Except for the promotion of Tang Yin, which was suggested by Zhu Hao, the decision to add Hanlin bachelors was basically the decision made by the emperor, without any discussion with Zhu Hao in advance. Pass.
As for who to add...
Zhu Hao also knew that the emperor probably wanted to promote him, but he had said in advance that he wanted to work in the Ministry of Industry and was not interested in becoming a Hanlin bachelor.
Besides, if Zhu Si really wanted to promote him, it would have been more straightforward to directly promote him to the cabinet, then dismiss the previous ones and make him the chief assistant. However, Zhu Si did not do this, which shows that the Jiajing Emperor had other ideas. Zhu Hao's plan was unknown.
In this way, Xi Shu, Gui E and others all have the possibility of being selected as Hanlin bachelors.
Xi Shu shook his head and sighed: "No matter what your Majesty thinks, it will probably have to wait until after the Lantern Festival."
Zhu Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is very eager to do things now and will not wait so long. Even if it is a holiday, your Majesty will not delay once he makes a decision."
"Um?"
Xi Shu thought for a while, then realized something, and sighed, "Then the purpose of your Majesty summoning several pavilion elders is now clear."
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Zhu Si summoned four members of the cabinet to discuss two main matters.
The first thing is very important, that is, according to Zhu Hao's request, compile the "Minglun Ceremony" and agree on the detailed procedures for the ceremony, and use this to accuse some people in the DPRK of the disgraceful role they played in this matter, and to This will promote some "meritorious officials" and classify some people as "traitors".
The purpose of revising books is to support party members and oppose dissenters. Zhu Hao never denied this when he proposed it, but Zhu Si made it worse.
The second thing.
The purpose is to ask four cabinet ministers to recommend Tang Yin to the cabinet, and plan to promote one more person to be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy of Literary Affairs.
"I know that some of you have doubts as to why I suddenly promoted Mr. Tang. It is really because he is in poor health and is expected to be... alas! I am considerate of Mr. Tang and hope that he can help him before he goes west.
Fight for the glory behind you."
Zhu Si’s attitude is sincere.
Among the four cabinet ministers present, except for Shi Yun, who was from the traditional faction, the other three had no obvious objections to this.
"I second the proposal!"
As the first assistant, Fei Hong not only would not object to this matter, but on the contrary, he was in favor of it.
Seeing this, Shi Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is unreasonable to treat a person as a great scholar."
Zhu Si sighed: "Old Shige, I know this matter is a bit unexpected, but I will never make a mistake and let him enter the cabinet. I still won't let him sit in the court. He doesn't usually have to go to the palace or enter the duty room. Occasionally he can go
One trip. Within three months, I will let him take up his official position. This is my promise and will not change."
Several people are thinking about it.
As an emperor, your opinions change day by day on matters of great ceremony. Do your promises still have credibility?
But at this time, Zhu Si looked sincere because he felt that he would never break the promise. Originally, he would not force Tang Yin to join the cabinet. It was Zhu Hao's insistence on obtaining benefits for Tang Yin that made him do so.
Could it be that Tang Yin himself rarely cared about doing the job of Mr. Ge?
Liu Chun followed: "Old minister seconded the proposal."
Huang Zan looked calm and made no comment.
Zhu Si looked regretful: "I didn't expect that Mr. Tang's condition would develop to this extent despite his seemingly fine appearance. When Jingdao told me that he would have a hard time this year, I still don't believe it... now
Only then did I realize that everything about Jingdao was calculated accurately, and fate is so out of control!"
Now Zhu Si has no worries.
Even though he knew that among the four people present, some did not know about his relationship with Zhu Hao, he still said this just to show the close relationship between Zhu Hao and him.
Shi Yun was full of doubts.
Could it be said that Zhu Hao's promotion was not due to Tang Yin's recommendation?
The emperor and Zhu Hao...were close comrades-in-arms?
Because Zhu Hao's stance was so erratic on many matters that veterans like Shi Yun didn't even understand who Zhu Hao was.
There have been speculations, but nothing certain.
Without seeing it with one's own eyes, who would have dared to believe that a teenage champion could actually be a powerful figure in the court in recent years and still be hiding behind the scenes?
Not even people like Yang Tinghe and Jiang Mian noticed it!
Huang Zan said: "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhu Hao, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, to be a bachelor of the Imperial Academy of Rites."
Shi Yun was just wondering when Huang Zan said something that surprised him again.
really……
Zhu Hao is really going to soar into the sky now.
You, Huang Gongxian, didn't take a position on Tang Yin's entry into the cabinet before. Why are your feelings waiting here?
Zhu Sidao: "Forget it, Jingdao said he doesn't like this job. I have prepared to let him be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for building trains, railways, ships and managing arsenals. As for who will be the Hanlin bachelor... I will consider it at my discretion."
, I will also listen to the opinions of all your ministers."
These words shocked Shi Yun again.
If he hadn't come to attend the small meeting, he wouldn't have known it, but there were all messages that he couldn't accept. The little emperor in front of him was just messing around.
How could Zhu Hao decide whether to be a Hanlin scholar or not, all because of his own interests? What else could he say that he didn't like it? Is this a major matter for the emperor to discuss the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the court, or is it just a child playing house?
"I plan to send Uncle Yutian back to Anlu after the new year. I can't go back to my hometown to visit. I can't bear it. I don't know if the incense in front of my father's mausoleum has been maintained in the past few years. Dear friends... I really miss Anlu very much.
Things."
Zhu Si suddenly mentioned his hometown and his biological father, Zhu Youjia, which left several people present a little confused.
"Also, I am going to make some changes to the discussion of etiquette after the new year." Zhu Sida said.
Shi Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can we change this situation?"
Is it the end of chasing your father to become the emperor? Are you still messing around?
Zhu Sidao: "There can only be one person who can take the imperial examination for me, that is, the late emperor, and the other one... is my uncle, how can he be the emperor? You don't even understand this, right? A child
, can you have two dads?"
This question really stumped Shi Yun.
The focus of the previous dispute among Zuo Shunmen was the question of who the emperor recognized as his father.
Probably the emperor now felt that the matter had calmed down and he had to remove Xiaozong as his father, leaving only Zhu Youji as his father.
Zhu Si said coldly: "It seems that you still have different opinions, but it doesn't matter. This matter will be renegotiated after the year. As for Jingdao... he will continue to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, but I plan to let him concurrently serve as the left minister of the Ministry of Works.
.You don’t have any objections?”
This time not only Shi Yun, but also Fei Hong had opinions.
Serving as a minister in two departments?
What kind of gameplay is this? Is Zhu Hao in charge of discussing etiquette, or the affairs of the Ministry of Industry? Or is he in charge of matters of the Hanlin Academy, or Zhan Shifu?
Is there any practical significance in holding so many positions, all of which are deputy positions?
Fei Hong said: "Your Majesty, as a minister, you must fulfill your duties. If you don't even understand your position, I'm afraid it will be difficult to serve the court."
Fei Hong said this in a polite way.
I just want you to make a choice in Zhu Hao's official position, whether it is to be the Minister of Rites or the Minister of Works. If you make sure, I will not object or even support it.
But if you insist on doing both, then I can only argue with you.
Zhu Sidao: "Otherwise, what should we do? He has to be responsible for both sides of the errand. Let's let him take care of both sides first. After the discussion of etiquette is over, he will put down his position as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and talk about other things later."
It sounds a little more reasonable.
Let Zhu Hao temporarily serve as the right minister of the etiquette department. The next step in discussing etiquette should be to clarify a father's issue. Once this matter is confirmed, Zhu Hao will only do the same thing.
But if the ceremony goes further, for example, to give Zhu Youji a temple name, will Zhu Hao have to be moved out again?
Shi Yun said: "Your Majesty, even if you are the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, you are still on errands for the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu..."
Zhu Si said coldly: "Who said that only the Minister of Rites can hold these positions, but not the Minister of Work? Don't you all also hold the positions of ministers of various ministries? I don't want to hear those reasons, as long as he can do his best for the court.
, you can give him any official position. If you don’t hesitate, I will directly let him be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry! You go down!"