As expected, the gentlemen observed the etiquette, because they could not stay in the palace. After the emperor used this as an excuse to refuse to see him, they left the palace together. There was originally no court meeting the next day, but the gentlemen still came to the palace early in the morning and continued He asked to resign at the Qianqing Palace.
However, Zhang Cheng went over to tell them with an apologetic smile, saying that the emperor had gone to Ciqing Palace and Cining Palace to say hello as usual. I am afraid it will take some time to return to Qianqing Palace. Gentlemen, please take a rest. After that, he sent a message After listening to the emperor's oral instructions, he sent five stools to the gentlemen and invited them to sit down. He also sent snacks and soups very thoughtfully, and even prepared hot tea.
This move made the five ministers realize that the emperor at this time was really no longer the young emperor who obeyed Mr. Gao's orders more than ten years ago, but a resurgence master who had defeated foreign enemies several times. A "Changjun" who has reached a certain level of wisdom and means.
But this has only aggravated the worries of the ministers, because according to the current situation, once the Ming Dynasty can really defeat Chahar in two years, the emperor will definitely be called the current Holy Lord, and everyone in the country will stick to his word. .
But because of this, the emperor's disregard for the cabinet is even more worrying in this situation. Especially for Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, their worries are almost endless.
It is true that today's Ming Dynasty has a renaissance atmosphere, with successive victories in war and central financial power becoming increasingly solid, but all of these are inseparable from that person.
Gao pragmatism, the only officially recognized Sixth No. 1 Scholar in the Ming Dynasty, was praised by scholars as "the bravest scholar in the world", the youngest minister in the ministry, and the "number one literary commander" who was invincible in the north, south, west and east, and the heart of His Majesty the Emperor. The most talented minister among them... took this decentralization incident as an opportunity to once again strengthen his holy family.
His influence on Jin Yiwei may have declined, and his control over the inner court may have weakened, but since then, the emperor's trust in him has become stronger.
Isn't this worth worrying about?
The emperor is the emperor of all people in the world and the emperor of all officials in the court. He is not just the emperor of one person. If the emperor puts all his trust in one person, once that person makes a mistake or becomes interested in someone else, Who will correct it, who will stop it? Who will restore it?
However, the trouble is that Gao Pragmatic is a civil servant, not a military commander, let alone an eunuch.
In the Ming Dynasty, officials could openly suspect that military generals were powerful, and they could unscrupulously criticize eunuchs for their power. Even if they made some unreasonable or even outrageous actions because of these two reasons, they could be forgiven. Being downplayed or even touted in turn.
However, for a civil servant, these methods are not applicable, and it should even be said that they cannot be used. A civil servant's loyalty can be questioned on issues of personal ethics, but never on matters of justice, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of the entire civil servant group. Threat, because once civil servants may betray the court and have evil intentions, the justice of the civil servant group that relies on suppressing military commanders and eunuchs will be greatly shaken.
Such questioning would be a betrayal of the entire civil service group.
Therefore, during this meeting with His Majesty, the cabinet ministers all had the same attitude. No one planned to question Gao Pragmatic's loyalty. Even Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue only wanted to use the emperor's distrust of the cabinet as a reason to resign.
reason.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. A similar principle was actually demonstrated by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty cabinet. If you want to continue to maintain the status of civil servants over generals and eunuchs, and achieve the emperor's ideal of "sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats", this
This kind of unquestionable loyalty of civil servants is a weight that "must bear its weight".
The cabinet ministers all had the same attitude as to whether to accept His Majesty the Emperor's kindness in caring for his ministers. They didn't even look at it, and stood like wooden stakes one by one, despite the cold wind and the flying snow hitting their faces without moving at all.
Zhang Cheng took the trouble to persuade all the gentlemen, and even put away his arrogance as he had just assumed the post of admiral of the New East Factory, and persuaded this and that, showing that he was really dedicated.
The cabinet ministers were unmoved. At first, they exchanged casual greetings with Zhang Cheng, but later they didn't even bother to speak up and kept a heart-wrenching silence.
At this time, Zhu Yijun had actually gone from Ciqing Palace to Cining Palace. Although the two palaces were said to be of equal respect, Empress Dowager Cisheng was the former empress after all. Therefore, Zhu Yijun's order of greetings to the two palaces over the years was always to go to Empress Dowager Cisheng first.
Ciqing Palace of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and Cining Palace of the Empress Dowager Cisheng. Today is no exception.
There was nothing much to say in greetings, but after greetings, Empress Dowager Cisheng stopped the emperor today. First, she ordered someone to give the emperor a seat, and then asked: "Has anything happened to the court these days? The Ai family heard that last night
How many gentlemen have gone to Qianqing Palace to hold the palace?"
"Oh, it's not last night, it was in the evening." Zhu Yijun explained to his mother: "It's not a big deal, so you don't have to worry about it."
The Empress Dowager Cisheng frowned and asked: "Is the Emperor sure? If the Ai family remembers correctly, this seems to be the first time that the entire cabinet has been detained since you inherited the throne?"
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "It doesn't matter if it's the first time, there will always be a 'first time' in everything in the world."
"The Emperor has such confidence, and the Ai family will feel relieved." Empress Dowager Cisheng nodded, but then asked: "The first time you mentioned, does it also include the establishment of the Dingnan Protectorate?"
Zhu Yijun glanced at his mother and suddenly smiled and said: "My son is deeply ashamed that my mother is so concerned about state affairs."
The Cisheng Empress Dowager frowned slightly, looked at Zhu Yijun and said: "It's not that the Ai family ignored the laws of the ancestors and interfered with state affairs, but the establishment of the Protectorate was such a major event that the second ancestors did not do it..."
"Mother, I naturally abide by the wishes of my ancestors, but things in the world are constantly changing, and the old system of our ancestors may not be able to remain unchanged in response to the changes. This matter has been discussed publicly and reached a consensus in the court. The same is true for the establishment of the Dingnan Protectorate.
, it’s just a matter of taking advantage of the changing times.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When the Empress Dowager Cisheng heard that he changed his self-identity from "son" to "I", she knew that he wanted to show that the answer he was giving was in his capacity as the emperor, so she also
We have to be cautious - after all, the traditional inertia of the Ming Dynasty that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics was extremely huge.
Even though she had been "regent" for ten years, she knew very well: first of all, she was not "regent" alone, and she was also the Queen Mother Rensheng; secondly, their "regent" was more in name, but actually in charge.
The first person in charge of government was Gao Gong, and after Gao Gong's death, it was Guo Pu.
Therefore, it is not so much that the two "Madonnas" were regents for ten years, but they were only guardians for ten years. There is a big difference between regency and guardianship. The biggest difference is that the former has absolute imperial power.
"Agency power", but the latter only enjoys a symbolic part of the imperial power, and the other part of the real power has never been controlled by the two virgins.
This means that they themselves have not received much training in their political abilities. Especially her, she has slightly deepened her interference in politics several times, which actually led to accidents. Especially in terms of hiring and trusting people, her several times
The mistake seriously affected her authority and sanctity, making it difficult for her to have the same prestige as before when facing the emperor's son. She could teach the emperor a lesson, let alone order the emperor to issue an edict to punish herself.
Over the years of taking office, the emperor has achieved great success. The only mistake he made was probably causing the Northwest Rebellion. However, after the Northwest Rebellion broke out, it was still the emperor's decision to send Gao Pragmatic to lead troops to suppress it. Gao Pragmatic used practical methods to suppress it.
The action proved that he was capable of quelling the war as quickly as possible and fulfilled his mission.
This, in turn, is also the emperor's merit and the result of employing people appropriately.
From this point of view, the emperor's performance since taking office, if not perfect, is at least perfect. No one can question it. Under such circumstances, the Empress Dowager Cisheng wants to explain the incident of cabinet detainment and its causes yesterday evening.
The emperor was questioned about the Dingnan Protectorate incident, and it was obvious that he needed to be more cautious.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng was silent for a moment and asked slowly: "The Ai family remembers that the emperor and Xiao Gaoqing's family often discussed history in those days. I wonder if you two ever discussed the "Biography of Huo Guang"?"
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "Da Situ is the same age as me, so why will he definitely become Huo Guang one day? Besides, even if that day comes, doesn't the Queen Mother not know that although Huo Guang takes power, he is still loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Huo Guang has been in a high position for decades, served Emperor Wu, Emperor Zhao, Emperor Xuan, and even deposed an emperor. His family power spread throughout the court. However, there is no one with different intentions who can do this, not to mention ordinary people, even the virtuous ministers of the past generations.
How many could there be? At that time, the Han Dynasty and the country enjoyed long-term peace and stability. Could it be that Huo Guangzhi’s great contribution was not among them?
Deposing an emperor is definitely not a child's play, but Huo Guang deposed the emperor because the emperor was arrogant and extravagant, not for his own selfish desires, and obviously not for the sake of protecting himself. I think that since he has such an attitude of serving the world as a public good, he cannot just depose him.
The decision is made based on the 'powerful minister'.
I remember that Da Situ did not admire Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but I think that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was really insightful in appointing Huo Guang. Thanks to Huo Guang, the Han Dynasty and the country Zuo were not ruined by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's military aggression, and the Qin Dynasty was destroyed.
Although the disaster of the Qin Dynasty was related to the awakening of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years, didn't Huo Guang have any credit for recuperating and recuperating the country?
In addition, the Han Dynasty has long concluded that Huo Guang was ignorant and incompetent. However, Huo Guang's achievements cannot be covered up because of his personal mistakes. I think his achievements are comparable to those of Zhou Gong and A Heng.
As for the Great Situ... Haha, I thought, if today there is no one who dares to say that he is uneducated and has no skills, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a single one. And how loyal he is, I can see clearly over the years.
In the past, the late emperor taught me many times, saying, "It takes three days to burn jade and seven years to identify materials." Now it takes more than seven years for me to judge the talent of a great Situ? And to test his loyalty and conduct, I have
Have you done it more than once?
Every time he has proven his loyalty, his character, his talents... all of them are the best choice. I have heard that "virtue will reward officials, merit will reward you". Since there are loyal ministers and capable ministers like this, why should I
I'm stingy with the title of Protector of the District! I've said that I'll appoint the Protector of the South. If he succeeds in conquering Mobei in the future and sealing the wolf to Xu, I won't be stingy with the reward of being granted the title of Marquis!"
The Empress Dowager Cisheng pondered: "Since the emperor has already made his judgment, it is inconvenient for Aijia to say more. It's easy to say that the reward of being a prince is easy to say, but where does the endowment of the country start?"
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "This is just a statement. We will discuss the situation at that time. However, the so-called gift of a country is also a gift from the Duke. What do you think I mean by this?"
Who would have thought that this time the Cisheng Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "Although the Ai family is not familiar with government affairs, they have heard about the situation in the south. The emperor made the area under the jurisdiction of the Dingnan Protectorate so large because Beijing is in the south.
Xinjiang's power has reached that level.
In this case, if he receives a reward from the emperor one day in the future, it will definitely not be the reward given by the princes. It only has a name but no fiefdom. Why should the emperor fight with the Aijia in this Tai Chi pushing hand?"
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly, but did not explain carefully, let alone refute.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng sighed again and said: "The Ai family still remembers that Liu Shouyou said before that Beijing had hundreds of thousands or even 200,000 soldiers in southern Xinjiang. Is this true or false?"
The emperor was silent for a moment and did not directly answer this sentence, but said: "In the past, the Annan, Mo and Zheng families were divided into two parts, north and south, each with more than 100,000 troops; when Burma invaded Yunnan from the north, there were about 300,000 troops.
"
"That's different." Empress Dowager Cisheng shook her head and said: "Of course the Ai family doesn't understand the war, but the little Gaoqing family has a reputation of being invincible, even if the Ai family is in Cining Palace
I have heard it countless times, and it is like thunder to my ears.
If a commander as famous as him has an army of 200,000 in his hands, what if... Ai Jia means what if, what if he has different intentions in the future, can the land of Gui be able to stop him? Or,
Can the people south of the river stop him?"
Zhu Yijun sighed, shook his head and said: "I don't think the Queen Mother's hypothesis will become a reality. Admittedly, the Queen Mother's worries are very reasonable. If I really look at it from this hypothesis, I also think that the land of Yun Gui will be difficult to stop.
You can hold him back. But I don’t think it’s necessary to punish meritorious ministers with the crime you want to inflict.
In fact, it is not that I have never thought about my mother's worries. Not only have I thought about it, but I have even thought about it countless times. I believe that as long as the relationship between me and Da Situ as a monarch and a minister is maintained, both sides will be "junior and ministers", at least as long as I am still with him.
At that time, these things will not happen."
"What happens after that?" Empress Dowager Cisheng asked: "Emperor, you and he are classmates and have a close friendship. You think you know him well enough. But now our Ming Dynasty has not even decided on the foundation of the country, and he still only has one
Infant eldest son, can your future descendants understand each other as well as you do?"
Zhu Yijun was startled for a moment, then started to think, and after a moment he suddenly smiled and said: "The Queen Mother reminded me very much, I understand."
The Empress Dowager Cisheng looked at the confident emperor and sighed: "This is the only thing Aijia can think of and remind you... In short, you are the emperor, so you might as well think more carefully about everything.
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"Yes, thank you for your mother's teachings." Zhu Yijun stood up and saluted, formally thanking him.
The Empress Dowager Cisheng was finally quite satisfied with his attitude. She nodded and asked, "So what are you going to do about the current cabinet impeachment?"
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