The next day, it was Empress Zhuang Jingjia’s birthday, and all the wives in Beijing went to the palace to celebrate her thousand years of life. Among Zhu Yijun’s fifty concubines, the concubines of Shizong and Mu Zong who were not canonized as concubines were also
If the concubine wants to go to Kunning Palace to pay her eight respects and wish her birthday, she can also move around if she is willing.
Chen Ju was supposed to bring the internal officials with Zhang Hong to celebrate his birthday, but he was called by Zhu Yijun to go to the Huangji Palace to accompany the emperor to the imperial meeting.
Due to Liu Tai's participation in the impeachment, Zhang Juzheng had submitted his resignation and was waiting behind closed doors at home. Except for Zhang Juzheng, almost all the other important ministers and honorary ministers of third rank or above in Beijing participated in the court meeting.
After the emperor's wedding, he still maintained the habit of "three, six, and nine" court meetings. Although today is the 28th, the notice for Zhu Yijun's temporary court meeting was sent out from Xiyuan yesterday. Therefore, except for those who are sick, all these people
coming.
When Zhu Yijun sat down with a gloomy face, all the ministers saluted and paid homage. Since all the windows in Huangji Hall had been replaced, all the ministers could secretly see the emperor's face clearly, knowing that the biggest political tide since Zhu Yijun ascended the throne would begin today.
Chen Ju was closest to the throne. He saw that Zhu Yijun's eyebrows were raised and his brows were not furrowed. He knew that he was not as angry as he showed. But his own face was also gloomy, like the bottom of a black pot.
After Zhu Yijun sat down, he didn't say anything. He picked up the tea on the throne and drank it slowly. While drinking, he made a thin sound, making the atmosphere in the Emperor's Palace more and more depressing.
All the ministers below looked at each other in confusion. They had never seen Zhu Yijun act like this before. Before the court meeting, the ceremonial officer of Honglu Temple had a procedure for asking the ministers if they had anything to say. Today, the emperor canceled it, so everyone can only suppress it here.
Standing quietly in the atmosphere.
Zhu Yijun finished the tea slowly and took the handkerchief handed over by the minister beside him. While wiping his hands, he glanced at the ministers of His Highness. When he saw the British Duke, he finally spoke: "The British Duke is old - take a
Come on, Dunzi, let the Duke sit down."
After hearing this, Zhang Rong knelt down and thanked him. Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Well, the Duke has been very diligent and meritorious in the past two years. This little guy deserves it. From now on, he will sit down to discuss matters in the imperial court."
When the British Duke sat down, Zhu Yijun still didn't speak, but his eyes gradually became stern. The hearts of all the ministers were pounding, some of them had average psychological quality, and dense beads of sweat gradually appeared on their foreheads.
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Zhu Yijun saw that the atmosphere was almost over, and was about to speak, when he heard a plop, and Tao Dalin, the official of Zhanshi Mansion and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, fell headlong and fell to the ground.
The officials on the left and right hurriedly gathered around to take a look. There was a chaos in the palace. Chen Ju looked at Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun felt tight in his heart and stood up and said: "Yu Chen has a heart disease. Go and see if he has any medicine."
Chen Ju separated everyone and saw that Tao Dalin's face was like gold paper. He hurriedly touched him and found Suxiaojiuxin Pills. He quickly opened his mouth and put two pills in. He took the tea handed over by the official next to him and gave it to him.
Take it.
Zhu Yijun stood in front of the throne and shouted: "Everyone around Yu Chen should disperse, the patient is suffocating!" After hearing this, all the officials dispersed from Tao Dalin.
Chen Ju squatted on the ground and asked the internal officials to cushion Tao Dalin's head, rolled up his sleeves and massaged his limbs. However, within half a stick of incense, by the time the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital arrived, Tao Dalin had already come to his senses.
For disrupting the court meeting, Tao Dalin tremblingly apologized and begged for his body. Zhu Yijun pondered for a while and said: "Yu Chen is really incapable of doing anything. Go back and recuperate for a while. I will allow you to return home. Well, I will give you the title of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
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Tao Dalin's eyes turned red, and tears rolled down his eyes. With the support of the internal officials, he struggled to kowtow and said: "Your Majesty Jiajing Bingchen entered the official position at the second place in the rankings. He received the country's favor and reached the third rank. However, the human ear of literature has nothing to do with the country.
It's no use! Before I go back, I have something I want to say from the bottom of my heart, and I would like to ask the Emperor to accept it."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun looked serious and nodded: "You can speak frankly."
Tao Dalin raised his head, as if using all his strength, and said loudly: "I saw the emperor's edict the day before yesterday, and it contained the intention of reform. I thought it was appropriate! I live in Kuaiji, Zhejiang, and there was a Japanese invasion in my hometown when I was young. I was shocked day and night! At that time, I thought, this is
What happened to the country? The high-ranking state actually allowed a few Japanese pirates to cause trouble for the people. Isn’t it because the country is not strong and does not have strong soldiers to resist humiliation? "
After saying this, Tao Dalin lowered his voice and said: "Since then, the words 'Rich country and strong army' have been rolling around in my heart for more than 20 years! Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has reformed the salt policy and built water conservancy projects.
Retraining the new army, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner. Although I have no small achievements, I sigh all day and night, and I am happy that our court has a Ming ruler. Today's court meeting, I originally made up my mind to destroy the Japanese pirates in my hometown.
Talk about the tragic situation and ask those who oppose the reform - where are your hearts? Do you still want the people of the Ming Dynasty to suffer? Do you want our emperor to be humiliated by a few Japanese and barbarians?"
After saying this, Tao Dalin's face flushed with excitement, and his eyes were bright. His clear eyes swept over the faces of the ministers who bowed their heads and said nothing, and finally put all the emotions into his thin body. He
He kowtowed again and said: "This is what I have said. I hope that the emperor will work diligently and love the people, and reform the government - and live up to the expectations of our ancestors!"
Zhu Yijun heard Tao Dalin's heartfelt words, and his heart was filled with intense emotions. He stood up from the throne, walked down the steps, helped Tao Dalin up, and said: "Yu Chen has the ambition to serve the country. I have been blind all these years.
But it was my fault for not letting the Qing family spread the cloth."
When Tao Dalin heard this, his lips trembled, and tears rolled down like broken beads. He said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my body has been dying for a long time. I have been lying on my body for many years without doing anything, and I am so ashamed that I have no place to hide it. Today I will be hiding in the cave.
I have said what I said in my heart, and I will die without regrets. Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I hope to see the day when the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous and the people will be strong, and congratulations will come from all over the world!"
Zhu Yijun's eyes turned red after hearing this. He held Tao Dalin's hand and said with a smile, "Yu Chen, take good care of yourself. I promise you, you will see it!"
Tao Dalin bowed to the ground, bowed his hands to the ministers in the palace, and walked backwards out of the Huangji Palace with the support of the officials.
Zhu Yijun watched him exit the palace gate, and walked a few steps outside. He stood for a while at the entrance of the main hall, facing the square in front of the Huangji Palace. After calming down, he turned around and passed through the ministers hiding on both sides, and started again.
Go to the throne and sit down.
Looking at the ministers, Zhu Yijun said: "Tell me what you think about what Tao Yuchen said before he left."
Led by Zhang Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Lu Shusheng and others were originally prepared to defend the ancestral system to the death and to fight with the emperor who cared about politics. Unexpectedly, Tao Dalin suddenly fell ill, and before he left, he came again.
It was a divine assist for the emperor, but it's hard to say this.
Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Zhu Yijun's face turned cold, and he squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "Why don't you speak? Yesterday when I wrote the book, I wrote a thousand words, but today I didn't say a word in the meeting? Why, those words are afraid of being exposed to others.
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Wang Xilie was aroused by the emperor's words in the class. He was about to leave the class, but he didn't expect that someone from the honorable class would step out first. It turned out to be Xinning Bo Tan Guozuo.
He was wearing a unicorn suit, kneeling down and saying: "Your Majesty, although I, Old Tan, are vulgar and uncivilized, I also know that the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system cannot be changed unless it is changed!"
"For many years, apart from winning several battles in Jizhen in Liaodong after the emperor ascended the throne, our Ming Dynasty has been bullied by the Tartars. People like Wang Gao simply don't take the imperial court seriously!"
Because he was too fat, Tan Guozuo said a few words, then took a breath and continued: "When we have to fight, we always have no money and no food. I would like to ask, can we get money and food by adhering to the ancestral system? Last year, even Myanmar's stinking
His nose and face were scratched, this——" At this point, he suddenly got stuck after memorizing the words he had memorized all night, and his face turned pale in a hurry, and his head started to sweat.
Mr. Ying rolled his eyes angrily, stood up from the small pier, and added to his words: "Your Majesty, the new Ningbo means that if you don't change the law, you can't enrich the country and strengthen the army!"
Chen Ju stood under the throne, taking Zhang Hong's original position. He could see Tan Guozuo rolling his eyes in embarrassment as he thought about his words. His belly was almost bursting with laughter, and the corners of his mouth were twitching fiercely due to the force of suppressing his expression.
Tan Guozuo murmured for a long time but couldn't think of anything. He could only follow the British Duke's words and continue: "What I want to say is what the Duke meant! I'm done." After saying that, he stood up and went back with his eyebrows downcast.
Zhu Yijun suppressed his smile and said with a straight face: "I already know what the new Ningbo means. Who else can tell me?"
Wang Xilie finally left his duties, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, our dynasty was founded by our second ancestor, and the laws are complete. The laws established by our ancestors are not a temporary government, but the foundation of the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty, as long as you are cautious and guarded, hang your clothes and
The world is in great order, so why bother with reforms to disturb the people! Since China’s surrender from Qin, how many people have destroyed the world due to reforms?”
"And since the emperor ascended the throne, has he changed the laws established by his ancestors? How is the world today? Although we cannot say that the prosperous times are prosperous, great governance can be expected. There are ready-made roads that cannot be followed, but great changes will be carried out. Once the foundation of the country is shaken, it will be too late to regret it.