Chapter 72: Under the Conflict of the Early Dynasties
In fact, the idea of the nobles is very simple, they are not civil officials, but hereditary nobles, compared to the ideals of civil officials and the like, the nobles care more about the benefits, how to make money, how to survive the family. As for what is left in history and the like, to put it bluntly, they don't care much, after all, their ancestors have already left their names in history.
Xungui cares about two things the most, the first thing is the title, which is left by the ancestors, and it is also the foundation of wealth and dignity, and it must not be lost.
So who is in charge of the title? There is only one answer, that is, the emperor, so Xungui has never been stingy in slapping the emperor's ass. If this is a civil emperor who listens to civil officials for everything, then the basic action of Xungui is to squint, keep silent, and make a fortune in a muffled voice, anyway, as long as he doesn't do too much, the title will be fine.
What's the other thing you care about? That is to make a fortune, the family has a big business and a large population, and you can't live without money! Not only to have money, but also to make a little more money.
Shou Ninghou is a Xun relative, strictly speaking, He Xungui can't pee in a pot, but who makes the family favored? Today's Your Majesty, Empress Zhang, is a woman, and the status of the Marquis of Shouning is naturally rising, not to mention anything else, just when His Majesty and the crown prince are in power, the Zhang family must be standing, which has the basis for friendship and knotting, plus the civil officials have always treated the honorable and the noble as one to fight, so let's just go together!
Originally, Xungui didn't care much about the matter of Yan Zheng, because entering the palace to beg for salt was this kind of thing, which was done by Shouning Hou, not only did His Majesty not punish him, but he could also give permission, do you try someone else?
It's just that things are beyond everyone's expectations, Shou Ninghou failed to beg, and was reprimanded by His Royal Highness the Prince, which is a bit funny, what's going on? Before everyone could react, the imperial court made another fuss about the Salt and Iron Division, and everyone knew that this was Shou Ninghou making trouble behind. shocked many people for a while, the prince reprimanded you, you still don't give up? Is Shou Ninghou so iron-headed?
For a while, Xungui avoided Shou Ninghou, for fear of being implicated, and then hated by the prince, of course, there were also people who came to inquire about the news.
Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling said a bunch of things about the clouds and mountains, and then talked about the matter of Yanzheng, and then said the matter of Wuchengli, and vaguely revealed that this Wuchengli was for the palace. Of course, nominally it must not be said that the profit will be divided, and it will be done in another name. Xungui is not a fool, he can see through it at one point, and he immediately understands it.
There was a boom among the nobles immediately, of course, this was all carried out quietly, and a big alliance was formed led by Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning.
This feeling of being able to make a fortune, and to get in touch with the emperor and do something unseemly together, made the nobles unprecedentedly united and excited. That feeling is like doing something unsightly with the leader in the future, such as going to take a shower and pressing a motorcycle together, right?
Under such circumstances, the nobles and relatives of the court stood up this morning, and they were full of firepower, and they were single-mindedly presumed to be on the throne.
Zhu Houzhao stood on the steps, looking at the nobles who came out to speak one by one, and felt a little unreal, this guy looks like he is quite powerful? Or is it bluffing?
Anyway, no matter what the truth is, now that this noble and noble relatives are menacing, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at the civilian official's side, obviously this time it depends on how the civil official's side reacts. The three cabinet scholars standing in front were already a little unnatural at this time, obviously they didn't expect things to develop to this point, especially they didn't expect that Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, would find so many allies in such a short period of time.
In addition, Zhang Heling and these people are looking for too tricky angles, which also has a lot to do with the arrogance of civil officials and underestimating the enemy.
Although His Majesty is now very fond of Xun Qi, it is only Shou Ning Hou and Jian Chang Hou, even if this time the incident was planned by Shou Ning Hou, the civil officials did not take them to heart at all. It's not that I haven't had trouble with Shouning Hou before, but they are just short-sighted, and His Majesty has no intention of letting them participate in court politics.
But this morning, the situation changed abruptly, and the Marquis of Shouning united with Xungui, and suddenly exerted his strength, and directly caught the civil officials off guard.
You must know that the civil officials didn't take Shou Ninghou seriously, so they would pull the salt and iron division out of the household department, and not let Wei Jifu, the left attendant of the household department, take charge of the salt and iron department. These people are biting this point and attacking, anyway, the new yamen, if it is not placed in the household department, then there must be a new chief official, why can't there be a person on Xungui's side?
Zhu Youzhu sat on the dragon chair, looking at Xungui who kept standing up and talking below, there was no expression on his face, but he was shocked in his heart.
Glancing at the son who was standing below, Zhu Youzhu really couldn't imagine how his son kneaded these people together? You must know that it is very difficult to unite the nobles, let alone let them stand up and face the civil officials. For so many years, the honorable nobles of the Ming Dynasty have long been bullied by civilian officials, especially after the change of the civil fort, the military power of the Ming Dynasty was completely controlled by the Ministry of War and the cabinet, and the status of the nobles has plummeted.
In such a situation, Xungui and Xunqi stood together, stood up and confronted the civil official, Zhu Youzhu thought what these people thought? Completely out of line with their style.
Since it is not in line with their style of acting, these people still do it, then there is only one possibility, and that is what their son did.
With the escalation of the situation, the big people standing in front couldn't stand, the first to come out was the servant Wang Wei, as Wang Wei walked out, the hall was quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Wei's body. This is the power of the big guy, of course, this is also related to the experience of Wang Wei, Wang Wei's father Wang Wan once served as the governor of Guanghua County.
Wang Wei studied with his father since he was a child, he was exceptionally smart, he could read the scriptures and history at the age of eight, he could compose poems at the age of twelve, and at the age of sixteen, he went north with his father to enter Beijing, studied in the Guozijian, and wrote a good article.
In the tenth year of Chenghua, Wang Wei won the first place in the township examination "Xie Yuan", and in the eleventh year of Chenghua, he won the first place in the Ministry of Rites Examination "Huiyuan", and the third place in the first class of the palace examination. Since then, Wang Wei entered the Hanlin, all the way to the top, this year was promoted to the right of the Ministry of Ministers, if nothing else, this is the next cabinet scholar, the general Shangshu is not as prestigious as him.