Zhu En, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a person who is not so sensitive to new things, and he basically belongs to the category of people who only read the books of sages, so he basically has not read the data on various important industrial and agricultural production of the Ming Dynasty contained in the Huangming Daily.

Therefore, now that Zhu Houzhao reprimanded him like this, Zhu En didn't know how to defend it for a while, he didn't expect that he would look so useless in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and even his own arguments became nonsense in the eyes of the emperor, and even the court's politics were not satisfactory to His Majesty, and he seemed to only talk empty in the eyes of His Majesty.

Zhu En could only remain silent, he suddenly found that it was not easy to be a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he was pinched by His Majesty to the wrong place when he made a casual speech, and the emperor in front of him seemed to be able to quickly discover his flaws, forcing himself to follow his rhythm, so that he wanted the court not to restrain the gentry with etiquette and law, and he had long since lost his Majesty's place.

Zhu Hou looked at Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, and other scholars:

"How did you push the officials! Why is the selected ministry official not only talking about his talent, regardless of his moral character, how can he be Jiuqing! The court's civil officials are pushing the court to promote the move, which is to be fair and strict, and the fundamental purpose is to elect a person who is more suitable for the ruler of the country!

Now, the cabinet and Jiuqing elected these ministers of the Ministry of Rites are either seeking power and usurping power or forming a party for personal gain, and the elected Ministry of Rites is still only empty talk! It's not even good to talk about empty talk, the grain and cloth production of the empire is unknown, not only do you not know it and even don't feel ashamed, as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, not to maintain the etiquette system, improve the etiquette law, advocate virtue and encourage goodness and run, but intercede for the gentry, this is the Ministry of Rites of the people of Limin, or the Ministry of Rites of the gentry of the world! ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became angry, Wang Hua and other cabinet ministers also had to be serious at this time, among them, Wang Hua had to explain in detail: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the matter of the court push, the cabinet ministers and Jiuqing generally refer to the character and qualifications of the person who is pushed, and the talent is secondary, as the so-called ruler of the country is the first thing to be virtuous, and the second is talent!"

Zhu En had the qualifications to be the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites before, and he also had virtue, and he had no bad deeds! Therefore, the minister thinks that Zhu En's pedantic incompetence is not the fault of the court, but the fault of the national dynasty! Zhu En, the Ministry of Rites, was first promoted to Zhan Shi after Hanlin, and finally served as the right waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and moved to the left in Zhengde for three years. The only person who is good at it is naturally the code system and the prelude to the king, and it is not surprising that he does not know the practice! ”

"He's also good at the prelude, right? Jun Qian dropped the book bag very strongly, Zhu En, do you think you are qualified to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? ”

Zhu Houzhao's meaning of asking this question is naturally very clear, that is, to make Zhu En admit that he is incompetent and take the initiative to resign.

Zhu En didn't expect that he was just planning to intercede for the gentry, but in the blink of an eye, he was about to be forced to resign by His Majesty the Emperor.

From the heart, Zhu En didn't want to resign, after all, he finally managed to get to the Ministry of Rites, and he was only one step away from the cabinet, but civil officials are all people who want to save face and suffer crimes, and he Zhu En is no exception, and now that the emperor has asked him so, as a literati, he naturally has to reply humbly:

"The minister disappointed His Majesty, the minister's virtue is low, and he is not worthy of the post of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, after all, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is the important minister of the country, and the virtue of the minister, how can he match it, at that time, it was only fortunate that His Majesty and the lords in the court recommended it, so it was difficult to fill the position of this great master, and today the minister did not satisfy His Majesty, and the minister asked to resign!"

"Zhu En, listening to the meaning of your words, it seems that I am forcing you to resign, and even making you the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is forced by me myself, and I ask you, are you not disappointed in yourself in your heart?"

Zhu Houzhao wanted to say that people are self-aware, but seeing that Zhu En is also a person who is over the age of six, his tone is not too vicious.

And Juan only bent down in fear and said, "Don't dare! ”

"Why don't you dare, do you dare to say that I am forcing you, or do you dare not be disappointed in yourself", Zhu Houzhao continued to ask.

"The minister does not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction with His Majesty, His Majesty is the monarch's father, and for the courtiers, the thunder and rain are all the grace of the monarch!"

Zhu En hurriedly replied, but he was very unhappy in his heart, he was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would be unhappy to cut off his head, and he was unwilling to be played by Emperor Zhu Houzhao in the palm of his hand.

He couldn't help but secretly think in his heart that it was okay to resign, it was difficult to be a courtier of the emperor like Zhu Houzhao, not only to have both ability and political integrity, but also to speak accurately, not only to speak clearly but also to have insight, and at the same time to be able to stand the lesson of being split by the emperor, it was not at all comfortable to be an official during the Hongzhi Dynasty, usually the ministers educated the emperor, and then the emperor humbly accepted the advice.

"Zhu En, you don't need to say these angry words to me, I know that you civil officials are arrogant people, and you always compare yourself to Bigan Zhuge that the emperor cannot be a saint unless you educate him!

As long as I am a little stricter, I will be aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law, saying that thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, if you really have this servility, I will not be so tired, and even repeatedly use the butcher's knife!

Of course, I now understand that you are deceiving me as the emperor of the Han people, no matter how ruthless I am, you all know that I will not use you as a slave, but only as a national soldier, so I am fearless; If it was in the former yuan, would you dare to stand and talk to me like this?! ”

"Anyway, I don't want you all to become slaves, and I also want you to be all nationals of a rich country and a country, but ask yourself, are you worthy of the word 'countryman'?!

For the sake of the country, where are your interests? For the sake of the people, what did you do? If you really abide by your duty as a scholar of the Ministry of Etiquette, advocate frugality, and hope that the world will follow the etiquette system, you can be regarded as a national scholar who plans for the country, but you have come to advise me not to ban the gentry with etiquette!

However, this is okay, I have long intended to return the freedom of the people of the world, it is not enough not to ban the gentry with etiquette, and it is not enough to ban the common people with etiquette, the son can not listen to his father, the wife can leave his husband, and the people can remove their officials, if you dare to make such an admonition, I will still appreciate you, and appreciate that you dare to abolish the law of etiquette to relieve the shackles of all the people in the world! ”

Zhu Houzhao said it at this time, but when he said that if the gentry were not forbidden by etiquette, they should not be forbidden by etiquette, Zhu En had nothing to say, so he had to give up his hand and say: "The minister is guilty!" Resign! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't continue to say anything, only watched Zhu En put the beam crown on the ground on his head, and then said: "After returning to the hometown, teach and educate people well, benefit the people, don't just know how to seize land and occupy land." ”

Zhu En couldn't help but stop, turned around and arched his hand: "The minister remembers His Majesty's teachings, please rest assured, the minister has failed the king, and will never fail the people, after the minister returns to his hometown, he will scatter the fields to the people, leaving only a small part for his own use, and from now on farming and teaching!" ”

"That's great!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly.