Chapter 122
In Shen Shixing's view, this time Wanli has made his attitude very clear, and he should have an explanation for the imperial court? Before, he was either silent or dragged, and everyone also felt that this was a royal matter, and it was better not to intervene unless it was absolutely necessary. However, as the years go by, the eldest son of the emperor is getting bigger and bigger, Wanli doesn't think about his future, but the ministers always have to think about their future! I have to think about the future of the Ming Dynasty! If the emperor is confused on this issue, he is also an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he must always do his best to blame?
But what he expected did not happen, Wanli was still the same as before, there was no movement at all, and there was no desire to make a prince. The emperor said it so clearly to himself that day, did he regret it again? Thinking of this, Shen Shixing couldn't sit still again, he was very clear about Wanli's order to change! Moreover, no one else knows about the secret meeting, and the emperor is likely to change his mind!
At the end of the month, Shen Shixing, who had always been calm and abnormal, couldn't sit still anymore! The emperor's health is getting worse and worse now, and the crown prince has not yet been established, in case there will be three long and two short in the future...... He didn't dare to think about it, at that time, not only would the Jingshi rise up a bloody storm, but the Ming Dynasty would also be wiped out! He immediately asked the emperor's eldest son about the date when he left the cabinet to read, but Wanli acted as if nothing had happened, and it was still the same.
Shen Shixing felt that he couldn't wait so passively any longer! He can afford to drag it, but he can't drag it with an old bone! Since you don't listen to what I say, then change someone! A few days later, Wang Xijue, a scholar of the cabinet university, also followed suit, the eldest son of the emperor is already sixteen years old, and the third prince is also eleven years old, and he should be out of the cabinet to study! He deliberately played a word game here, not saying who should be appointed as the crown prince, only saying that the princes should go out of the cabinet to read. In fact, in Wanli's opinion, this is just nonsense, only the prince can go out of the pavilion to read, isn't this still to persuade me to set up the prince first?
So Wanli continued to play the game of silence, and there was no reaction in the palace at all, he felt that using this trick could still make these people retreat. But this time, the situation is definitely not as simple as Wanli imagined.
A few days later, Wanli received a collective of four cabinet scholars at the same time: Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and Wang Jiaping: resign, resolutely quit, you just don't approve us and don't do it! There are all kinds of excuses, what son is going to commit suicide, and what body is really unsustainable...... In short, the cabinet collectively resigned, this Ming belongs to your Zhu family, you can do it yourself!
Wanli panicked at this time. There are only four people in the cabinet, and I was expecting them to handle government affairs for me, but now that all four of them are gone, such a big mess, how can you let me collect it myself?! Doesn't that pull the ground? He is not Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, he would rather do it himself after killing hundreds of officials, this work will be tiring to death, and only the ancestors dare to do this after 24 histories, and have such energy! Besides, there is no suitable person to replace them now, and if they really quit, then they will not be just in a hurry.
Wanli knows himself too well, there is still no problem with the emperor's technique, but the emperor's technique can't govern the country! I still have to rely on the help of the cabinet, if I really let myself personally control all the government affairs, I will have to mess up in less than a week!
So he had to summon all four of them, sincerely soothe, sincerely apologize, and then negotiate with difficulty. Other officials don't know what kind of conditions the four people gave to the emperor, but they only know one thing: the emperor finally relented and promised to solve the problem of establishing a prince as soon as possible.
But the emperor was also sloppy and didn't say that it would be solved immediately. But this is already the best ending! As long as he drags on like this indefinitely, and the cabinet really resigns, he will only be dumbfounded. But the old foxes in the cabinet are not vegetarians, so they exchanged heads and decided to leave Wang Jiaping for observation. If the emperor really fulfilled his promise, he would come and continue the class; If he just fooled them, then Wang Jiaping would immediately resign, and the emperor would really become a loner.
But Wanli also has his own plan in his heart: if he can delay it for one day, it will be a day, and if he can delay it for two days, he will delay it for a week! He still felt that the old foxes didn't really plan to resign, but just threatened him with resignation. Isn't that very easy to talk about!
Wanli ignored such a question: Why was it not other people who stayed, but Wang Jiaping?
Wang Jiaping used to be a Jishi, and he also participated in the main mobile phone to watch and interview xom and edited the "Sejong Record", it stands to reason that this person's political future can be described as bright, but he has not been promoted. The reason is simple: his brain is not generally different.
When Gao Gong was in power, he impeached Gao Gong's relatives, and Lao Gao found him and told him that everyone was in the imperial court class, giving each other face, and everything was easy to do. But he turned a deaf ear, no, I am not an official for Gao Gong.
When Zhang Juzheng was in power, he deliberately played something different: everyone actively moved closer to Master Zhang, only he was afraid to avoid it, of course, the class was still as usual. Someone once advised him, don't deviate from the core of the organization, you should stand in the team, but don't stand in the wrong team, how can you expect to be promoted if you don't have the same heart as the leader? He still said the same old saying, no, I didn't give him a proper place to be an official.
After Zhang Juzheng's death, he had the opportunity to enter the cabinet and was promoted to a cabinet scholar. At this time, the cabinet already had three people, Wang Xijue, Xu Guoshen, and Shixing, and he was a latecomer. According to common sense, he should closely follow the pace of Shoufu Shen Shixing, hold high the great banner of long live our emperor, and closely rally around the cabinet with Wanli as the core. But what puzzled everyone was that he was still the same, and every time a cabinet meeting discussed a problem, he felt that it was wrong and resolutely opposed anything that everyone agreed on; If everyone disagrees, but he thinks it is reasonable, then he must be resolute. That's it, he stayed in the cabinet for six years, not that Shen Shixing was unwilling to get him down, but that Shen Shixing himself felt a headache, how could the cabinet have such a thorn! But he couldn't catch any of his handles, this person has always behaved in a proper manner, and he doesn't take a step beyond Lei Chi, so Shen Shixing can only be anxious, and while he is in a hurry, he faintly appreciates him.
Faith is not something you say, you do. The reason why he didn't get rid of him was because he had a belief in his heart that everyone had but couldn't do. This kind of belief is not as good as Shen Shixing!
The reason why he was left behind was because only he could deal with Wanli. For people with extremely strong beliefs, they don't care about any form of repression and repression!
After a few more days, the ministers finally couldn't bear it anymore. The Ministry of Rites is still urging the emperor to be crowned a prince, and he must not delay any longer, and the words are quite intense. Wanli was very angry, and the consequences were very serious, and the Ministry of Rites was still fined three months' salary. But fortunately, there was no loss of office.
But there is one person who has made a big fuss, and he is Wang Jiaping. He was still in the Ministry of Rites, argued with reason, quoted scriptures, and unconditionally defended the innocence of the Ministry of Rites, and was stunned to lose Wanli's anger.
It's not that Wanli has lost his anger, but he can't be angry anymore: Wang Jiaping is now the only one left in the cabinet, and the others are temporarily recuperating and resting at home, observing their every move; This Wang Jiaping is a well-known second-pole character, if he makes trouble with the Ministry of Rites, he may really leave. When the time comes, Wanli will have to collect this mess himself, how can this be done?
Now the ministers seem to have seen the dawn before the night: do you see, even the cabinet is us! So without saying a word, the endless recitals began to fly towards the cabinet, and the officials jumped up and down with the acquiescence of the cabinet, shirtless, spitting stars flying, and dancing...... The capital of the lobby is about to become Dali Temple, and everyone is vying to make their own remarks against Wanli, criticizing a high-ranking emperor as incomplete!
I can't live this day. It seems that if you don't give an explanation, you really can't get through this time. Wanli was very depressed, lying on the floor of the Heart Cultivation Hall on all fours, only the air coming out, and there was no air in. Where do you still look like an emperor? was scolded so loudly by his own minister, fortunately, he didn't go to court for a long time, or he wouldn't have been scolded by pointing his nose? I'm not Song Renzong, it's impossible for someone to fly all the spit in my face and be indifferent! But when will it be a head?
The surrounding wolves didn't see it, and Wanli didn't pass by in front of them anyway. But at this time, Wanli's mind flashed the shadow of a person: Zhu Yidao! Why did you forget about him? This guy must have some good ideas, no, we have to get him in quickly! Pity yourself for the dignified Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who can't discuss the government with the civil and military officials, but can only ask a Jinyi Wei Qianhu who can't be promoted! What kind of reasoning is that?!
Sleepy-eyed, Zhu Yidao was shouted by the wolf pack in the middle of the night, saying that the emperor has an urgent matter, and you must go to the palace by horse! He scratched his head in distress, he inexplicably summoned the third prince into the palace a few days ago, and now he has summoned himself into the palace, so many civil and military generals are all decorations? What can't we talk about tomorrow? What's more, this horse is about to go to Shandong, and the three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, and the relevant preparations have not been completed! In the past few days, I have been busy with all fours facing the sky, tired to death, and I want to sleep when I fall late, which makes people not live!
Entering the palace in a daze, Zhu Yidao raised his eyes and was frightened: It's only been a few days, Wanli is already haggard and listless, could it be that something happened?!