Chapter 251: Sun Jingyuan's opinion, the emperor's attitude

West Garden, Yuxi Palace Essence House.

Sun Dan never thought that the emperor would be so unafraid of the cold.

The room was empty, and there was nothing in it except for a futon. The emperor was sitting cross-legged on a futon, with a veil of tulle hanging from his head and fluttering gently in the cold wind.

The doors and windows were wide open, and the cold and biting wind passed through the hall one after another, blowing the faces of the few eunuchs who were standing on the side were as pale as the green tiles on the roof.

The emperor wore very little, only a close-fitting white cotton shirt and a blue "color" wide-sleeved robe, and when the wind blew, the whole person seemed to be about to rise into the air.

Such a scene is of course immortal, but in the eyes of Sun Dan, Huang Jin and Bi Yun, they shivered at the same time: It's really frozen!

It is understandable that the emperor took Taoist elixirs every day, and those pills made of lead and mercury were originally hot and dry, and he did not feel cold after taking them. Of course, the damage to the body can also be imagined.

Bi Yun and Huang Jin both have martial arts and are physically strong, and Sun Dan has also practiced boxing and kicking for more than a year, but when he enters the Jingshe, he still can't stand the cold.

The emperor seemed to be in a good mood today, and when he saw the three of them coming in, he showed a rare smile on his face: "It's here, it's cold, right?" "He just finished presiding over the Shuntianfu Township Examination, because of the low difficulty of the question, the Shuntianfu scholars are grateful for the emperor's kindness. In addition, this is the first major event that the emperor has done after he ascended the throne, and his heart can't help but be a little excited.

After all, Bi Yun is an old man in the palace who is used to serving people, and his answer is also very decent: "Long live is the body of a half-immortal, and it is naturally cold and heat." How can a mortal body compare with an immortal. ”

"You Bi Yun, you can speak." The emperor nodded to the eunuchs, and several of the eunuchs quickly closed the doors and windows as if they had been pardoned, and brought out four large pots of burning silver charcoals. Two incense burners were lit, and sandalwood rose. The room immediately warmed up, allowing Sun Dan and the others to relax at the same time.

"The three of you are all old people from the time when I was in the Hidden Mansion, Huang Jin and Bi Yun are still in charge of the celebrant supervisor, this time they came together, is there something terrible, let's say." The emperor waited for the three of them to warm up, and finally began to ask.

"Something happened." Bi Yun presented the fold in his hand with both hands and explained: "This is a book written by Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the cabinet vote is intended to be submitted to the imperial review, and there is no opinion." ”

The emperor didn't look at it after taking it, "There is a lot of nonsense about the recital of 'Mao' Shangshu, I don't even bother to read it, but you celebrants have read it, what do you think?" ”

Bi Yun is much more shrewd than Huang Jin, seeing that Huang Jin's lips moved to reply, he took the first step and said: "If you go back to the words of the Long Live Lord, the people of the celebrant have all seen it, Bi Yun is a eunuch who writes a pen, and he doesn't dare to say much, everything is up to Huang Gonggong." Huang Gonggong has a deal to deal with. ”

The emperor said casually: "You also watched Huang Jin, what do you think?" ”

Huang Jin took the opportunity to speak, and hurriedly replied: "Long live, the minion's opinion is to stay in the middle and not send it." ”

"Oh, stay in the middle, in this way, the twist and turn of 'Mao' Shangshu should have something to say." The emperor said lightly.

Bi Yun hurriedly smiled bitterly: "The paper is full of rebellious words, and the ministers should not have used this piece to defile Your Majesty's eyes." But it is a big matter, and in the opinion of the minister, he should have been severely reprimanded. But Mr. Sun suggested that he give it to Lord Banzai to see. The capital offense is a capital offense. After speaking, Bi Yun pretended to be frightened, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Huang Jin was shocked when he saw Bi Yun's strange behavior, and suddenly a sense of foreboding arose.

The emperor was a little surprised: "I want to see what 'Mao' Shangshu said?" He stood up from the futon, holding the fold in his big sleeves and reading as he walked. After a few glances, he suddenly sneered: "'Mao' Shangshu really writes a good article, quotes scriptures, and sprinkles with joy, which is worthy of being a Jinshi!" Huang Jin, you are the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, you mean to stay in the middle? ”

Huang Jin suddenly felt a little frightened in his heart, knelt down as soon as his feet were weak, and said in a trembling voice: "What does the minister mean...... Be...... It's to stay in the middle, anyway...... Anyway......"

"Anyway what?" The emperor suddenly stood up, slowly stared down at Huang Jin, and his eyes seemed to be a knife, trying to break Huang Jin whole: "Liuzhong, this is your opinion Huang Jin?" Staying in the middle, am I still wrong, I need to forbear? Could it be that you, Huang Jin, acquiesced to Mao's rebellious words? ”

This sentence was said very harshly, Huang Jin raised his head in amazement, and before he could say anything, the hand in the emperor's hand was thrown over and smashed right on his face. The emperor's cold voice came from his ears: "What a dog minion, you take a closer look." ”

Huang Jinxin screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly picked up the excerpts, and looked at them carefully. When he saw the end, he finally understood the meaning of the compromise of "Mao" Cheng, and his heart panicked, and a cold sweat the size of a soybean appeared on his forehead.

As the emperor said, the core content of this memo is that the emperor cannot recognize his biological father, and if he keeps this recital and does not make any opinions, isn't it a tacit approval of the opinion of "Mao" Shangshu?

This is an extremely serious matter, and if you don't handle it well, I'm afraid that you will lose the emperor's trust.

He kept kowtowing and wailed: "Long live the Lord spare your life, long live the Lord spare your life, the slave has never seen this twist and turn, how can he know what 'Mao' Cheng said in it." Dereliction of duty, ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths! ”

He couldn't stop kowtowing, his feet were already wet, and the tears and snot on his face ran down his cheeks, dripping with them.

Sun Dan and Huang Jin were very happy to see it, and there was already a faint smile oozing out between Huang Jin's eyebrows. And Sun Dan still maintained a calm expression, his face was calm and waveless, and even he admired his qi cultivation skills that he had cultivated perfectly.

"As the eunuch in charge of the seal, he didn't even look at the foreign minister's recitals, would anyone believe it?" The emperor shouted gloomily: "Get out!" ”

Huang Jin finally cried out and crawled out.

Bi Yun saw that Huang Jin was unlucky, and the smile on his face finally couldn't help but bloom.

But all this couldn't escape the emperor's eyes, and the emperor didn't like it in his heart, so he said coldly: "What are you laughing at, as the chief eunuch with the pen, you can be annoyed if you don't discuss it with Huang Jin, and you can get out." “

Bi Yun's sweat also seeped out, and he had to slowly retreat.

There was no third person in the room, so the emperor and Sun stood quietly.

The emperor was silent, staring out the window. Outside, Bi Yun and Huang Jin stood in the snow in a regular manner, waiting for the order: "Sun Dan, let me ask you, is it his intention to stay in the middle that Huang Jin said just now, or did he not read the twists and turns at all?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Dan felt a little disappointed in his heart. It seems that the emperor still cares about Huang Jin's old feelings!

After all, Huang Jin is the emperor's playmate, and his personal feelings are incomparable to anyone. If you want to **** Huang Jin with this thing, it is estimated that it will not work.

It's a pity, it's a pity.

However, Sun Dan thought about it, and this matter was not worth regretting. First of all, paper can't contain the fire, even if it is planted on Huang Jin today, with the emperor's shrewdness, he will definitely be able to find out what happened in the future. At that time, he and Bi Yun will not be able to eat and walk around; Moreover, even if the emperor's personal relationship with Huang Jin is not mentioned, it is impossible for the emperor to see Bi Yun dominating the palace and being powerful.

The emperor wanted to play balance, so he naturally refused to let Huang Jin fall.

Sun Dan thought that he had figured out the emperor's thoughts, he looked at the emperor calmly, and replied frankly: "Yes, Huang Gonggong didn't read the twists and turns at all. The things that "Mao" still wrote were long, smelly, and empty, and Huang Gonggong was bored when he saw it, so he let it go. But I don't want "Mao" Shangshu to imply a sharp edge in the text. ”

"It's not just a hidden edge, it's just a gun and a stick." The emperor snorted, hearing that this matter had nothing to do with Huang Jin, his mood improved, and he had such an expression: "It is understandable that Bi Yun and Huang Jin have contradictions, your Sun Dan and Huang Jin also had a quarrel some time ago, but I don't want you to fall into the ground." ”

Sun Dan said quietly: "Ministers have always been open-minded and open-minded, one is one, and two is two. ”

"What a gentleman is frank and 'dang', you Sun Jingyuan really deserves the word gentleman." The emperor sighed: "It seems that I have not found the wrong person to let you teach in the inner study hall, and I just want you to teach a group of people around me who are open-minded and honest in doing things." ”

Sun Dan didn't speak.

Seeing that Sun Dan didn't have any expression, the emperor secretly praised it in his heart, and suddenly said: "It's just me and the two of you here, and I have seen 'Mao' Cheng's performance and feel a little 'chaotic'. Sun Dan, you are the wise man of the first emperor, known as the wise man, in your opinion, how to deal with this matter? ”

Sun Dan also knew that the matter of the Great Rites Discussion was very important, and the emperor also knew that he was a person with a certain amount of influence, at least for now, Sun Dan also had a certain reputation in Shilin, which could represent the wishes of a large number of scholars. The emperor is "forced" him to stand in line!

But Sun Dan also knew that he couldn't answer rashly at this time, and the result of the Great Rites Discussion ended in the defeat of the ministers, but in the eyes of the world, justice belonged to Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen. If you choose to stand on the side of the ministers, although you can win a good reputation, you will offend the emperor to death.

If you choose to stand on the side of the emperor, you will be glorious and rich for a lifetime, but you will have to carry a lifetime of infamy, and you will not be able to hold your head up in front of the scholars for the rest of your life. For example, Zhang Xuan later, although he was in a high position, he was a villain in the eyes of the world.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Dan decided to make soy sauce: "Qiankun is in the hands of His Majesty, and the emperor's heart is brighter than the sun and the moon." ”

The emperor looked at Sun Dan fiercely: "I know my own thoughts, I use you Sun Dan, I use your resourcefulness and honesty, I want to listen to you now." ”

Sun Dan had long expected that the emperor would say such a thing, and he was not afraid in his heart, so he only pretended to have been thinking about it for a long time before he said solemnly: "Sun Dan thinks that a person can only have one father, and this kind of thing should be cautious. ”

"Yes, I know that Sun Qing's family, you will not disappoint me." The emperor couldn't understand the meaning of Sun Dan's words, nodded, and finally roared: "How can my father be 'chaotic', it's still what you said to Wang Xianchang before, I came to Beijing to be the emperor, not to be a son!" ”

He cried out loudly, his face distorted: "I can't even recognize my own father, so I have to ask them to appoint one for me, such an aggressive and strange thing has never been heard of in eternity." He "Mao" Cheng said that his proposal could share the worries of the monarch's father, and he was full of enthusiasm, if there was any opposition among the ministers, it would be a "traitor", and he should be beheaded for the crime...... I see, "Mao" Cheng really decapitated. ”

After venting the anger in his heart, the emperor didn't feel that he had any gaffe, and waved his sleeves: "Sun Dan, the person who is the celebrant also said just now that he wants to refute Mao's Cheng this part, what is your opinion?" ”

Sun Dan drooped his eyelids: "Everything is based on sacredness." "Thousands of words, it's better to be silent, and we won't go to this soup and muddy water. It's better to be quiet and go to Qipinzhi County, and then teach the little eunuchs to read.

"You ......" The emperor laughed out loud when Sun Dan was angry: "Sun Dan, don't pretend to be confused, I want to listen to your true words." ”

Sun Dan had a headache, and he didn't say anything about it directly, but said: "What does Your Majesty think about the relationship between the monarch and the minister, or the relationship between the monarch and the minister?" By the way, my Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister, but for the time being, the cabinet scholars and the eunuchs in charge of the celebrant actually played the role of prime minister. ”

The emperor was a little strange, knowing that Sun Dan would not be untargeted, and he also calmed down: "I naturally have an opinion, Sun Qing has something to say." He sat down on the futon and pointed to the floor: "Sit down and talk, I will sit with Qing today and discuss." ”

Sun Dan said: "Since ancient times, the relationship between monarchs and ministers is a relationship of checks and balances with the right to govern the country as the fulcrum, like a seesaw, the emperor is high, and the ministers are low; And the minister's head is high, and the emperor's head is low. Therefore, when you are famous, there are usually few virtuous ministers; And when he is a famous minister, he often does not see a famous king. Except, of course, at the time of the founding of the country.

Your Majesty has been on the high end of this seesaw-like game since the moment he entered Beijing from the Daming Gate and stayed at the Fengtian Palace.

His Majesty and his courtiers had the right to speak on state affairs from that moment, and now, His Majesty and his ministers inevitably have a contest, and the starting point of this contest is the battle for the imperial examination. When His Majesty entered Beijing, although he entered the Daming Gate and stayed in the Fengtian Palace, he only bypassed the core of the dispute over the imperial examination, and did not solve the substantive "sexual" problem of the imperial examination. ”

The emperor listened quietly, nodded his head, and sighed: "Since I ascended the throne, I have always felt that I cannot do it, as if I have been tied hand and foot, but I have not thought about the reason for all this. Now listening to Sun Qing's words, I understand. What do you mean......"

Sun Dan said: "Judging from the twists and turns of the 'Mao' Shangshu, on the surface, it is the words of the 'Mao' Cheng family. But when the minister thought about it, he had read this recital, but he did not write any opinions on how to deal with it. The minister believes that although the cabinet has not given instructions, it is also an attitude not to give instructions. ”

The emperor suddenly woke up and sneered: "Yang Shoufu, they are throwing stones to ask for directions, they really think of me as a bird hiding in the grass by the roadside." But I don't know how many warblers and warblers will fly away when this stone is thrown out? ”

At this time, Sun Dancai finally said: "So, the minister thinks." His Majesty cannot remain in this recital, nor can he show his attitude. It might as well be sent back to the cabinet so that they can discuss it and come up with a specific opinion. This is also the only way for Emperor Jiajing to deal with this matter in real history.

Sure enough, the emperor thought deeply of Sun Dan's words, and also understood the meaning of Sun Dan's words: "They are throwing stones to ask for directions, and I also want to come to a stone-throwing bird." I still don't know what the cabinet ministers are thinking, or what they think about it. Let them discuss it first, let them all express their attitudes, so that I can judge the situation and make the next response. ”

Sun Dan: "What Your Majesty said is very true. In fact, he also knew that after this recital was issued, the ministers almost overwhelmingly supported "Mao" Cheng. It was only at this time that Emperor Jiajing realized what it meant to be united, what it meant to speak in unison, and the terrible thing about Yang Tinghe behind "Mao" Cheng. That sophisticated politician is not comparable to Jiajing, a newcomer to politics.

Of course, this is not what Sun Dan needs to "worry about". No matter which side he Sun Dan occupies, the result is not very good, and there is no practical benefit.

He said so much today, but no one could catch a little trick, and if he passed, it would be a happy ending.

After the emperor made this decision, he seemed to be relieved, his expression relaxed, and he said kindly: "Sun Qing's family, you came at the right time today, and what you said made me gain a lot. You and I are good with each other, and we should talk the same way in the future. Don't be afraid to say the wrong thing, I promise you that you won't have a third pair of ears when you talk to me. ”

"Yes." Sun Dan had no choice but to answer like this.

The emperor continued: "Yang Shen and Qiao Yu are really handing over a place like Fangshan to you, and they also 'forced' you to promise a tax of 50,000 taels a year. Is it difficult for you to do this, but you already have a plan? ”

Sun Dan said: "Sun Dan also replied casually that day, but he had no other plan, but he could only take one step at a time, hoping not to disgrace His Majesty and prevent the tax reform plan from being unfavorable." The minister is still concurrently serving as the senior of the inner study hall, running at both ends, afraid that he will not be able to take care of it. ”

"Don't worry." The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Fangshan is not far from the capital, and it is only a hundred or ten miles away, and after I come down, I will give the post station a hand, so that they can provide you with a post horse, so that you can travel conveniently,"

"Thank you, Holy Lord." Sun Dan felt very satisfied in his heart. He has classes three times a month in the inner study hall, and it would be convenient if the state could provide transportation.

"Okay, you can report to the inner study hall." The emperor waved his sleeves: "Go and call Huang Jin and Bi Yun in." ”

"Yes." Sun Dan walked out of the house to Huang Jin and Bi Yun, and said softly: "Two fathers-in-law, Your Majesty told you to go in." ”

Bi Yun and Huang Jin asked at the same time, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Sun Dan smiled: "Your Majesty means that the copy of the 'Mao' Shangshu will be sent back to the cabinet for the ministers to discuss." ”

Bi Yun had read the holy decree and knew the joints in it. He frowned: "The ministers of 'Mao' Cheng must have seen it, but I'm afraid that they still support 'Mao' Shangshu in their hearts, and send it back for reconsideration, I'm afraid it's still the result." What if then? Bi Yun can't think of any way, Jingyuan, you have a brain, talk about it. ”

Huang Jin also stretched his neck and pricked up his ears.

Sun Dan: "Of course, there will be no results in sending it back for reconsideration, but it is good to let Your Majesty know the attitude of the cabinet." It's really not possible, so make this recital clear to the world and let all the courtiers discuss it. ”

Bi Yun said in surprise: "Not very good." ”

"Perhaps." Sun Dan smiled mysteriously. He was in a hurry to go to the inner study hall, but he didn't dare to delay, so he arched his hand and walked straight away.