"What I mentioned two days ago, have you thought about it?" Zhu Houxi sat on the dragon chair, his gaze was majestic, and he slowly glanced down. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The ministers lowered their heads at this time, no one wanted to speak anymore, and no one wanted to touch this moldy head.

It turned out that a few days ago, Zhu Houxi put forward a request to the ministers to "call the Zongyuan Temple", wanting to posthumously recognize his biological father as "Ming Ruizong", and invite his biological father's spiritual position into the Taimiao.

In fact, at the time of the Great Rites Discussion, Zhu Houxi set his father's honorific title as "Emperor Examination Gongmu Offering Emperor", which was already a transcendence of the etiquette system. But now he still wants to "create" an emperor by himself, which really makes the ministers feel unacceptable.

In fact, Peng Yue didn't understand much about the ancient etiquette system at the beginning, but now that he understands it, he also knows that Zhu Houxi's request is indeed extremely unreasonable. Originally, Zhu Houxi's father had never been an emperor, but he had to write his father into the emperor's genealogy, invite him into the Taimiao, and treat him as an emperor.

However, Peng Yue can also see through this kind of thing, after all, in history, Zhu Houyu posthumously regarded his father as the emperor, but later, neither the history books nor the genealogy ever admitted it, this is just a farce directed and acted by Zhu Houyu. But Peng Yue couldn't agree, because he knew that if he agreed, he would be drowned by the spittle of the ministers, so he also chose to remain silent.

"Why, don't you speak, do you all agree with this, or do you have something else in mind?" Zhu Houxi's deep and powerful voice echoed throughout the hall, in stark contrast to the heads of the ministers who were so low that they couldn't even see them.

No one agrees in their hearts, if they agree to this matter, I am afraid that they will be scolded by the ministers in the backbone, and maybe they will be written as traitors by later generations. Those historians didn't dare to say too much about the emperor's rights and wrongs, but they were absolutely merciless to the ministers.

But no one dared to express their opposition unequivocally, because the experience of the past was really frightening. Just a few days ago, many ministers clearly expressed their opposition, and as a result, those who spoke fiercely were directly dragged down and beaten on the board, and then those who were suspended were suspended, those who were deposed were deposed, and the others were also punished, reprimanded, and other punishments, and none of them ended well. I heard that even Lord Xia Yanxia was privately reprimanded by the emperor because of a few words of resentment, according to this situation, he could only remain silent, neither opposing nor supporting, just waiting for which unlucky ghost to "block an arrow" for everyone.

Peng Yue looked at the ministers at this time, looking like they didn't dare to come out, and they all lowered their heads like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and couldn't help but feel a little funny. This kind of scene is very familiar, I remember that when I was in modern middle school, there was a teacher who was not very normal in his temper, and he had to ask questions before every class, and if he couldn't answer, he would be severely punished. At that time, everyone's expressions and movements were like those of the ministers standing in the main hall now, their heads were lowered, and even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly, just waiting for a few unlucky ghosts to be questioned by the teacher, and then get out of the classroom, accept the punishment, and everyone go to class in peace.

"Don't talk, huh?" Zhu Houxi raised his voice a little, and then stood up from the dragon chair suddenly, "But I just want to hear your thoughts today!" ”

"Yan Song!" Zhu Houxi's fierce gaze suddenly shot on the official whose beard was a little trembling, "You are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you can't have no idea about this matter, right?" ”

Yan Song's body shook unconsciously, and he subconsciously took a small step back, "Return... Back to Your Majesty, the minister has ideas, and the minister's thoughts are all on this fold..."Yan Song said as he lifted the fold, which had been soaked in sweat and a little damp, to the front, and Yan Yan covered his somewhat pale face.

Yan Song was already trembling with fear in his heart at this time, he was originally happy that he was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but now he regretted that he had done the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Originally, he didn't agree with Zhu Houxi's request in his heart, but thinking about what happened to the officials in front of him, and thinking about the great etiquette discussion, Zhu Houyi was ruthless and killed seventeen old officials with a cane, so he was so frightened that he swallowed all the words of opposition in his stomach.

But he knew that as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, there was a chance that Zhu Houxi would ask him questions about this matter, so he wrote a note last night, and he was false and wrongful about Zhu Houxi's mention of this matter. Just analyzed the pros and cons, took care of both ends, but did not put forward any substantive opinions or suggestions. Of course, if Zhu Houyu didn't ask himself, he would definitely not take out this note, and if Zhu Houxi asked himself, he would take out this letter to deal with it.

"I don't take it out when I write it, but I don't want to take it out until I mention you, hum!" Zhu Houxi glared at Yan Song, and his voice was also a little angry, so frightened that Yan Song buried his head deeper, "Submit it!" ”

At this time, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had received an amnesty, and their heads gradually rose. Peng Yue couldn't help but lower his head and smile lightly, this kind of scene was very similar to his previous life. I remember that at that time, after the irritable and somewhat perverted teacher finished asking questions, he watched the backs of those unlucky ghosts "rolling" out of the classroom, and everyone's performance also had such a taste.

I saw Zhu Houxi holding the letter and reading it carefully, but his frowning brow made Yan Song gasp.

Not only Yan Song, but also the ministers all glanced at the letter in Zhu Houxi's hand with their residual eyes while half-bowing their heads, observing Zhu Houxi's slightly changing expression.

"Hmph, that's your opinion?" Zhu Houxi raised his head suddenly, and clutched the letter in his hand to the point that it was out of shape.

"Back to Your Majesty, Minister... The minister was thinking for a while, but he was still immature..."Yan Song's breathing became short, and his hands were rubbing the corners of his clothes restlessly.

"False and wronged, nonsense, don't I know what you said?" Zhu Houxi lifted the letter and threw it to the ground, "Go back, rewrite it for me immediately, if you still talk nonsense like this, don't do it!" ”

Yan Song trembled and knelt down, some pale hair brushed on the ground, but his body didn't dare to move.

Peng Yue watched all this from the sidelines, and couldn't help but feel a little familiar, as if Yan Song had indeed experienced such a thing in history, but in Peng Yue's memory, Yan Song had made a career since then, why was Yan Song so depressed now, it is said that an ambiguous letter would not make Zhu Houxi so angry.

Peng Yue now regrets why he only knows so much about the early Jiajing period, but he only has some vague impressions of the middle and late periods, and only knows a rough idea of most things, Peng Yue really hopes that he will clearly study all the history of the Jiajing period, and then travel back, but even if he thinks like this now, it is useless.

"What's the use of knowing your guilt, get over here and take back your envelope!" Zhu Houxi angrily pointed at Yan Song, who was kneeling below, "Slippery head, if I don't ask you today, I guess you won't be able to present this performance!" ”

"From now on, you people don't want to deceive me!" Zhu Houxi pointed to the group of courtiers below who were getting lower and lower, and the sound of breathing, which had become heavy because of anger, became more and more audible.

Now the ministers don't have the feeling of being relieved and happy just now because they escaped Zhu Houxi's questioning, because everyone can see that Zhu Houxi's temper is getting more and more irritable, and no one can guarantee that something like Yan Song will not happen to them that day.

"Yan Song made a fortune because of this..."Peng Yue kept searching for the fragments of his memory at this time, "Oh, so that's the case... But... But there's no way I can stop it... I can only try my best to remedy it..."

"Lord Yan..."After dispersing, Peng Yue waited at the door for a short while, only to see Yan Song walking out of the main hall in a trance.

"Master Peng..."Yan Song replied weakly, his eyes were also a little red and swollen, and he completely lost the spirit of the past.

"I hope that Lord Yan doesn't have to care too much about today's matter, today's emperor's anger is directed at the ministers, not specifically for you, and I hope you don't feel depressed and hurt your body because of this..."Peng Yue comforted on the side.

"Thank you Lord Peng for your concern..."Yan Song barely squeezed out a smile, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously skimmed, "I angered Long Yan today, I'm afraid I'll be this time... It's time to avoid disaster..."

Originally, Yan Song was reprimanded in the court today, and he was very sad, but now Peng Yue rushed over to "comfort", Yan Song was naturally moved in his heart, so he didn't hide his emotions too much.

"Lord Yan doesn't have to worry about this, the emperor has lost his temper with Lord Xia in private, but when has his favor for Lord Xia been attenuated? To tell the truth, the emperor also reprimanded me like this..."Peng Yue gave Yan Song a "reassurance".

"Is that so?" When Yan Song heard Peng Yue say this, the fear just now was slightly relieved.

"Is that fake?" Peng Yue had a serious expression, "And when the emperor is angry today, because of the attitude of the ministers, the ministers do not let go, so the emperor is angry, but today you Lord Yan just happens... It has become the emperor's venting point..."

"So it seems that Yan Mou is out of luck..."Yan Song said with a wry smile.

"It's not like that..."Peng Yue smiled, "Although the saint is not happy today, but the ministers admire your spirit very much, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you have withstood the pressure in this matter, we all admire you very much, if you can stick to your principles and maintain your attitude in this matter, presumably the ministers will also support you silently in the future..."

"But..."Yan Song looked up at Peng Yue, and then sighed again, "But tomorrow the emperor wants me to give him another answer, what should I do?" ”

"It's... It depends on whether you have the courage to express your true thoughts and attitudes..."Peng Yue said this, sighing a little helplessly, "The ministers don't dare to speak out to support now, but their thoughts in their hearts are really clear, so everyone chooses to remain silent, because if anyone dares to take the lead, I'm afraid... In the future, it will become the target of public criticism... And everyone is smart, they can see Lord Xia's attitude and opinion on this matter, who dares to do it with Lord Xia in this matter? ”

"Alas... Lord Yan, I can only talk about it here, you still need to think about other things yourself..."Peng Yue bowed to Yan Song, "Lord Yan, there are still some things at home, I have to take the first step..."

"Master Peng, go slowly, thank you Lord Peng..."Yan Song said gratefully in the back.

Peng Yue turned around and walked forward, but he muttered in his heart, he didn't know if it would be useful for him to do this, but he felt that these words could at least have an effect. He will never allow Yan Song to support Zhu Houyu in this matter, because if Yan Song supports Zhu Houxi, then Yan Song's favor is certain, because Zhang Xuan was in such a similar situation back then.

But the situation is not similar, which is why Peng Yue did not dare to speak out and fully support Zhu Houxi. Because in the Great Rites Discussion back then, Yang Tinghe and his faction were not so reasonable, and there was a great suspicion of "deterring and bullying" the new emperor, but now Zhu Houxi's approach is a naked practice of enforcing the authority of the emperor, and there is no reason at all, if anyone supports Zhu Houyu in this matter, although it is possible to get Zhu Houxi's favor, but it is bound to be directly nailed to the pillar of shame of the ministers and spurned by tens of thousands of people.

This is not only clear to Peng Yue, but also to Yan Song, and also to the ministers. But everyone weighed each other, and no one dared to take this gamble. Because of supporting Zhu Houxi, there is no guarantee that he will be favored and appreciated by Zhu Houxi, and even if he is appreciated, he doesn't know if he can last long. But it is certain to be spurned by the ministers, and it will offend Xia Yan and other ministers in power. has been mixed in the officialdom for so many years, who is willing to "gamble", Zhang Xuan was a small official with a big sesame seed, of course, he was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and it didn't matter if he lost, but others couldn't, I am afraid that in front of such a "gambling game", no one would dare to put all their net worth and life on Zhu Houxi's side. The best way is to remain silent, and when the time comes, see the wind and steer the rudder, so that although you will not win too much, you will definitely not lose, which is probably the idea of most officials with bad minds.

And Peng Yue knew that in front of this gamble, he would definitely win by pressing his net worth on Zhu Houxi, but he didn't dare to do it, he couldn't do it. Because he wants to reform, he needs the support of his ministers, and most importantly, he definitely doesn't want to get the reputation of a minister, and he can't stand the accusations and scolding of everyone.

"Remember to have ideals, have a conscience, and everything else can be discarded...", Peng Yue suddenly remembered this sentence, but he suddenly found that this sentence was easy to say, but it was really difficult to do, Peng Yue asked himself if he really couldn't do it, such as the matter in front of him, in fact, he expressed his support to Zhu Houxi, neither against his own ideals, nor against his conscience, but Peng Yue really couldn't stand the scolding of hundreds of officials, and couldn't stand the reputation of "flattery and flattery". Peng Yue found that there were really a lot of things that he couldn't discard.

"I don't want to be a traitor, I want to be a capable minister who is committed to promoting reform and promoting social progress, a capable minister, not a traitor, I want to be famous in history, I want to have a good reputation, this is my ideal, I can't go against my ideal..."