Chapter 132 The cabinet meeting led by the emperor
"How do you gentlemen and Yang Qing think I should reward you so that people in the world won't laugh at me for being indifferent to right from wrong and tolerant of others?"
After all, he is an "old emperor" who has been in charge of government for many years and has been in power for fifteen years. The weight of Zhu Yijun's words must be weighed carefully despite the special status of several pavilion elders and the overwhelming power of Lord Tianguan.
What are you weighing? Consider whether you dare to "let the world laugh at me for being indifferent to right from wrong and tolerant of others"!
What is tone setting? This is tone setting.
The tone set by Zhu Yijun is to give big rewards and must give big prizes!
Without a big reward, it can't show that I can distinguish right from wrong; without a big reward, it can't show that I can encompass the world.
For a moment, all the ministers were somewhat silent, although the reasons for their silence were different.
Zhu Yijun didn't care about this, he just looked at Shen Shixing. He was the chief minister, how could he have no attitude towards such a big matter?
Shen Shixing was a little nervous when the emperor saw him, so he had to cough lightly and said: "It is not convenient to reward this high and pragmatic merit, so it can only be rewarded with official position, literary honors, promotion of official position, wife title, shadow, etc."
Considered."
Since the emperor had already made it clear that the merit itself was highly pragmatic, but it was not convenient to reward him this time, Shen Shixing did not hesitate to say that the credit should go to Wei Xuezeng, so as not to anger the emperor with words.
What Shen Shixing said is true, but it's just that he didn't say it.
Zhu Yijun didn't mind at all, but he seemed to suddenly remember something funny. He touched his chin, which didn't have many beards, and said: "Speaking of Yinzi, he has already Yinzi for three or four sons now, right? I remember that.
There is a commander of the Jinyi Guards, a few Imperial College students and so on... Ha, it seems that Qiuzhen's birth rate is really slow, and he can't keep up with Enyin."
When everyone saw the emperor laughing, they all had no choice but to laugh along with him. Only Wu Dui spoke after he laughed: "What the emperor said is that for this achievement, one or two Jin Yiwei Enyin will inevitably be killed. His son is resting."
We really need to hurry up."
Zhu Yijun laughed, waved his hand and said: "Enyin is a small matter, easy to handle, let's talk about the other things first." Then he looked at Yang Wei and said: "Yang Qing, you are a heavenly official, first tell me what should be done according to the rules.
Extra reward.”
Yang Wei only started talking today, but when he said it he was on business. He stood up, bowed slightly, and said: "Back to the emperor, in addition to actual duties, as a rule, the promotion can be from the crown prince's Shaobao to the crown prince's Taibao. The rest are prose.
Matters such as official position, concubine title, shadow child, etc. can only be negotiated based on whether the actual position is promoted."
Zhu Yijun thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Originally, he was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao for his military service in Liao Dynasty. Although it is still a military merit, as Yang Qing said, he should be promoted to Prince Taibao, but I just said that,
This time he needs to be rewarded, so let's learn from his master. Besides, he is the number one scholar with six titles, and his literary reputation will inevitably be weakened by always being a palace protector."
Although Yang Wei himself is a neutral faction, he has been an official in Shanxi for a long time in the past and has a good relationship with Zhang Siwei. Naturally, he will not object to such a good thing. He followed the trend and said: "Since the emperor said so, then he can also be promoted to crown prince and tutor."
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Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Since the prince's tutor gave it to him, what about the prince's tutor? He has already served as my companion, so why should he be afraid that he will not be able to teach him when he becomes a tutor to the prince? Let's just be the prince's tutor." After speaking, he went directly.
He looked at the elders and asked, "What do you gentlemen think?"
Shen Shixing was very straightforward this time, cupping his hands and saying, "I have no objection."
Since Shen Yuanfu had no objections, the others naturally also expressed no objections.
Although the appointment of the crown prince and grand master sounds impressive, after all, he is not the three princes and three orphans, but only one of the prince's three princes. He is still not as good as several elders, so everyone will not be too entangled. Even Wang Jiaping thought about it.
No objection was expressed.
Even though this matter has been agreed upon, no one is willing to speak first about the most critical "practical duties."
Of course, it’s not their fault. The senior officials of the imperial court are all carrots and pits. Now the carrots are full of pits. It is very troublesome for Gao Pragmatic to arrange where to go. He has to pull out a carrot before he can do it, but... pull out a carrot.
who?
Of course it's good to pull out the carrots of the other faction, but the other party is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If you are not careful, the imperial cabinet meeting may cause a quarrel. When the time comes, it will be a small breach of etiquette before the emperor, but it will be a big problem if the emperor is annoyed.
Since the "opposite party" is not easy to mess with, how about attacking the neutral faction?
Okay, of course that's fine, but it's not "I" who should say this! Such offending things should naturally wait for the other person to speak, so why should I come forward?
Everyone adheres to this mentality, so naturally no one is willing to speak out.
Zhu Yijun waited for a while, and probably figured it out, so he suddenly said to Shen Shixing: "Mr. Shen, you said last time that the cabinet is now busy with cabinet affairs, and several gentlemen are almost overwhelmed. I didn't think so at the time, but now it seems that it is true.
There's something going on..."
Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: What is the purpose of the emperor's words? Could it be that he is trying to hit me, implying that I should take the initiative to express my position to promote Gao Pragmatic to a certain position, otherwise I will have to add another Pavilion elder of the pragmatic school? But now this
In this situation, it is difficult for practical students to learn, and both sides of the spiritual school maintain a balance. If I, the spiritual school, give up a position to Gao pragmatism, wouldn't this balance be broken immediately?
He thought about it, but Shen Shixing had indeed said this before in order to find a way to get Wang Xijue to join the cabinet. He didn't want to slap himself in the face, so he had to cough lightly and said: "The emperor's discernment is like a torch, and the cabinet affairs are indeed heavy.
but……"
"Since the burden is heavy, I think that Mr. Wang of Taicang has completed his military service, so I might consider returning to the capital. He is also my husband and has been respected by scholars for a long time. It would be good if he could join the cabinet to help you gentlemen."
As soon as Zhu Yijun said this, everyone was stunned.
Shen Shixing reacted quickly at this time. He was just a little surprised and quickly replied: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. I second my opinion."
At this time, Xu Guo couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, although Wang Xijue has enjoyed a literary reputation for a long time, when he was in his hometown a few years ago, he made a fuss about his second daughter's 'ascension', which was widely ridiculed by scholars. At this time, the emperor wants to use Wang Xijue to enter the country.
I am afraid that it will not be easy for the court to recommend you."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Yijun also knew about the "ascension" of Wang Xijue's second daughter.
Although Wang Xijue was the richest man in Taicang at that time, his family's main residence had moved to Suzhou City. On the ninth day of September that year, the top news in Suzhou City was not related to the Double Ninth Festival, but to the Wang family. On this day,
In the streets and alleys of Suzhou, the same thing was spread by word of mouth - Wang Xijue's daughter would ascend to immortality on this day. This incident caused a sensation in the whole city of Suzhou.
Wang Xijue, a local tycoon who is also an academic tyrant and a high-ranking official, is naturally famous in Suzhou City. Therefore, no one in Suzhou City does not know about the Wang family in Taicang. And Wang Xijue's daughter who is about to ascend to immortality is his second daughter, and her original name is Wang Gui
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This girl has been unusual since she was born. Her life has been very unhappy. Although she has a prominent family background, it is of no use. When she was born, it was difficult to give birth, and her mother almost died after being tortured. Not long after she was born,
She suffered from severe jaundice again. Her crying was different and heartbreaking.
Later, she grew up slowly, but unlike other "female ladies", she was very slow to learn knowledge. She was not interested in the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that officials and their daughters had to learn, and she often did strange things.
These qualities she showed made her family feel that she was a bit stupid. Therefore, Wang Xijue never let her daughter go out and kept her at home.
At this time, a woman can get married when she is around ten years old, and usually gets married when she is around fifteen years old. However, she got married when she was around sixteen years old, which is quite late for a daughter of an official.
The man who arranged the marriage was the son of Xu Tingnu, the counselor of Zhejiang Chief Envoy at the time, named Xu Jingshao. According to the status of the Wang family, this marriage was basically a "downward marriage". But no one expected that even
"Getting married" didn't go well. Less than three months before the wedding, my fiancé, whom I had never met, passed away inexplicably.
People at this time were particularly taboo about this kind of thing, so they naturally called her a "concubine". And with such rumors, it would be difficult for Wang Guiru to remarry. Besides, Wang Xijue, a person who cares more about his face than his life, would not be willing to do so.
It’s hard to say whether your daughter should remarry.
But Wang Gui was not heartbroken because of this kind of thing. She told her family that she wanted to observe the festival for her fiancé, so she put on silk clothes and grass trousers. She lived alone like this, and she still didn't talk much.
Until suddenly one day, Wang Gui told her father that she met Taoist immortals Zhu Zhenjun and Su Yuanjun, and received their guidance and teachings.
Wang Xijue naturally didn't believe it and thought she was just imagining it. But later, Wang Gui got even worse and indulged in Taoism every day. He also changed his name to "Taozhen" and took the Buddhist name "Tanluan Bodhisattva".
”, and also took the Taoist title “Tanyangzi”.
From time to time, she cast her "spells" on everyone (no record of the specific spells was found), and told everyone that she would ascend to immortality on the Double Ninth Festival.
Ordinary people were naturally very superstitious, especially since she was the daughter of a "literary star" like Wang Xijue, so everyone rushed to tell each other. It is said that on that day, more than 100,000 people gathered in Suzhou City to watch her ascend to immortality.
What's even more amazing is that among these people is her father Wang Xijue's good friend Wang Shizhen (mentioned above), and Wang Shizhen appears as her disciple, which is simply jaw-dropping.
The specific process of "becoming an immortal" was very simple. Wang Taozhen walked into the niche that had been prepared, stood upright inside, and died after a while - nothing exciting at all.
The strange thing is that because of this, she was regarded as a "god" by everyone present, and Wang Shizhen also insisted on saying so.
Zhu Yijun once discussed this matter with Gao Pragmatic. Gao Pragmatic was an atheist and of course he didn't believe it. Zhu Yijun was initially dubious at the time, and there may have been more doubts.
So Gao Pragmatic said that it might be Wang Gui's own imagination, and Wang Xijue was worried that she would do other things and ruin the reputation of the Wang family, so he thought it would be better if she died, so he helped her and did what she wanted.
Zhu Yijun asked, what about Wang Shizhen?
Gao Pragmatic said in his usual conspiracy theory style that Wang Xijue might have asked Wang Shizhen to do a play, which solidified the matter - with these two literary giants holding the battle, others, even if they didn't believe it at all, now had no choice but to
Believe it or doubt it. As for the price Wang Xijue paid, no one knows.
Zhu Yijun asked again, why did she die soon after standing in the shrine?
Gao Jingshi said helplessly, wouldn't she die if she just took some poison? Anyway, it was her "disciple" Wang Shizhen and others who carried out the funeral procession for her "ascension to immortality". No one else knew whether she died of poisoning.
Zhu Yijun suddenly realized this and even mocked the Wang family with some unpleasant words.
However, the ridicule at the time did not mean that Zhu Yijun would ridicule him now. He just waved his hand and said: "I have nothing to do with the matter of Ting Tui. I believe that all ministers and workers will have their own opinions." He actually diverted the matter just like that.
Xu Guo frowned deeply, always feeling that this matter was strange, but he secretly thought that as long as the emperor would not call Wang Xijue into the cabinet with the imperial edict, it would be fine, because the Tingtui school had the upper hand, and he was not afraid that Wang Xijue would overthrow him.
Of course, with Wang Xijue's personality, even if the emperor got the order, he would not accept it.
Xu Guo didn't speak anymore because of this, but his face became obviously gloomier.
Zhang Xueyan and Wu Dui looked at each other quietly, both frowning. They couldn't imagine what the emperor was up to. They were obviously talking about seeking truth and promotion, so why did they first give such a big gift to the Xinxue Sect? Could it be...
Sure enough, everyone was still speculating, but Zhu Yijun had already spoken, saying: "Jin Yiwei reported this morning that the stepmother of Zhao Jin, the imperial censor of Zuodu, passed away. I thought that Mr. Zhao was known for his filial piety, so I am afraid that he will insist on it this time
Ding You has returned to his hometown. I have thought about it for a long time and believe that Mr. Shen, the great minister, is noble and upright, which is in line with the essence of the General Constitution..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Having said this, he looked around at everyone, and then asked Shen Shixing: "What do you think, Mr. Shen?"
Only then did Shen Shixing know that the reason why Zhu Yijun asked Wang Xijue to join the cabinet was because he wanted to hand over the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Shen Li!
He immediately thought that since Shen Li had gone to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Minister of Household Affairs would become vacant. Could this position... be given to Gao Pragmatic?
The Metropolitan Procuratorate!
Since Li Chunfang took charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate after Zhao Zhenji entered the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has almost always been the exclusive domain of the Xin School. Even when Gao Gong was at his strongest, he had a large number of disciples and former officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Zuo Duyu
The position of history is also mostly held by people from the Xin School.
Now, the Wo Xin School really wants to exchange the Imperial Censor Zuo Du of the Ducha Yuan for the elder Yige? Is this a good deal?
Shen Shixing was a little confused and hesitant.
But Zhu Yijun didn't seem to want to give anyone a chance to hesitate. Seeing that Shen Shixing was still reluctant to speak, he actually said to himself: "It seems that Mr. Shen has no objection. That's good. In that case, the matter is settled. As for
The vacant Minister of Household Affairs... Yang Qing, what do you think of his ability to manage finances in a pragmatic way?"
What kind of problem is this! If your financial management skills are not good enough, who in the world would have the nerve to say that you know how to manage money?
Without saying a word, Yang Wei boasted about Gao Pragmatic's financial management skills on the spot. Zhu Yijun felt happy when he heard this, as if what Yang Wei was praising was not Gao Pragmatic, but his Majesty the Emperor.
After Yang Wei finally finished his praise, Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "That's good, I think this is the Minister of Household Affairs and I will ask Gao Pragmatic to do it."
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