Chapter 90: Fighting for the Country II
"Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy has a daughter who has both virtue and virtue, .00ks" The ministers saw that Zhu Jun did not answer, thinking that Zhu Jun had acquiesced, and someone had already bowed.
Wang Tingru's daughter? Zhu Jun gasped, the original intention of finding a wife to hot kang was swept away, on the way from Ava to southern Myanmar, he had seen this thirteen-year-old girl twice, not to mention that she was too young, and her length was ordinary, as for what virtue and lady are of little use to Zhu Jun, how could the wife of the dignified Ming Emperor be so trembling? Deshu has a fart at the same time.
Zhu Jun is not an elegant person, and he doesn't believe in the nonsense that the beauty of the soul is really beautiful, he originally thought that the emperor's wife did not say that the country and the city were captivated, at least she had to be a beauty to be able to get it, but the ministers did not see it that way, in ancient times, the first thing to look at when electing a queen was the character, followed by the family background, which has a lot of regulations, especially in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the fact that foreign races are not allowed to seal the queen, there are countless rules of all kinds, and the last is appearance.
Let Zhu Jun marry a thirteen-year-old and mediocre-looking little girl, Zhu Jun is afraid that he would rather find a piece of tofu to kill and pull down, and he can give in to anything, but Zhu Jun definitely does not dare to be vague about this kind of thing, Zhu Jun shook his head under the expectant gaze of the ministers: "The Wang family is virtuous, but he is still young, so let's discuss this matter later." ”
Zhu Jun planned to delay time first, but underestimated the endless combat effectiveness of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as his words fell, a royal historian stood up and said: "The emperor is unwilling to make the Wang family the queen, but Weichen has an excellent candidate." ”
"Li Guangxiao, the waiter of the Criminal Department, has a daughter, who is excellent in virtue and ability, and now he is waiting for the boudoir, and the emperor should not set up the Li family as the queen."
"I've already said that this matter will be discussed later, haven't you heard?" Zhu Jun is a little annoyed by these ministers of the chicken woman, Lao Tzu's marriage is your business.
"What does the emperor mean by this?" The imperial history did not relent: "Now that there is no queen in the middle palace and no prince in the country, how long does Your Majesty want to delay?" ”
Zhu Jun was angry when he scolded him, and shouted angrily: "You are talking to me like this? It's my family affair. How can you let a little imperial history take care of it? Don't retreat yet. ”
"Those who eat the monarch and are loyal to the king, the ministers dare not retreat." Yu Shi was also stiff, and said angrily: "The Son of Heaven, the important weapon of the country, the family affairs of the Son of Heaven are the affairs of the state." Weichen is planning for the Ming Dynasty and does not dare to ignore it. ”
"The minister seconded the proposal!" Someone stepped forward to stand up to the beam.
The minister seconded. 00kS" Mu Tianbo came out solemnly. This time, he is the main force in the fight for the country
The ministers seconded. Please ask the emperor to set up the middle palace. Masakkokumoto. More ministers stepped forward. Even Yang Side, who has always been indisputable with the world, is also awe-inspiring. In the entire court, only Zhou Mubai, who had just returned from Ava City, stood in the middle of the class in a dilemma, hesitated for a moment, and then came out of the class in a sneering voice: "The minister seconded the proposal." The early birth of a prince in the middle palace is the foundation of the country. Please think twice. ”
Zhu Jun's face was extremely ugly and he sneered: "Decree." Take off the black veil of the imperial history. Dismissal of officials in other places. Never hired. ”
As he spoke, Zhu Jun had already grown up. waved his sleeves and said: "Retreat." ”
"Retreat!" The eunuch who stood on the ground echoed in the court with a long voice.
After Zhu Jun leaves. There was only one place left in the court, and the officials knelt under the palace and looked at each other.
Zhu Jun was already angry when he returned to the dormitory, in the final analysis, this matter is mainly a cognitive problem of the times, Zhu Jun is not wrong, in his era, marriage is about love, he just wants to find someone who looks pleasing to his eyes, and the requirements are not too high. There is nothing wrong with Goshi. His duty is to correct the emperor's mistakes, and it is also appropriate for the country to be in a hurry without a prince as the imperial history. But who is wrong? Zhu Jun doesn't know, it's just that he has no steps to go down now, and he must not be soft to the ministers, now things are no longer as simple as getting married and having children, it has evolved into a struggle between the imperial power and the courtiers, Zhu Jun takes a step back, and the courtiers will press step by step, and today you can make the Wang family or the Li family the queen. Tomorrow, you can make the eldest or second eldest prince the prince, so Zhu Jun has to carry it.
For three whole days, Zhu Jun did not go to the court, but just locked himself in the palace, and the officials did not care, as if nothing had happened, which made Zhu Jun feel a trace of danger, according to his understanding of these ministers, this matter is by no means so simple. The calmer it is. The more turbulent the waves come. "Little Guizi, come over and talk to me." Zhu Jun was depressed. I wanted to read some idle books to relieve my boredom, but I was upset and really didn't have the heart, so I had to put down the books boredly and beckoned to the little Guizi who was standing aside.
"Is the emperor still angry with those adults in the court? Your Majesty, it's not worth it, you are the Ninety-Five, there is no need to be angry with those nerds, if you are angry, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses? Xiao Guizi brought Zhu Jun a cup of fragrant tea and flattered him with a smile.
Zhu Jun lowered his face and said sharply: "This is a state affair, how can you be a small internal supervisor who can interject?" Didn't I say that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, and those who violate them will be severely punished? ”
"The emperor forgives the sin, and the slave and maid die." Xiao Guizi was startled, and when she saw that Zhu Jun, who was usually kind and pleasant, she was angry and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Zhu Jun just wanted to beat him, but he didn't really mean to punish him, and said with a cold face: "Get up." ”
Xiao Guizi has been serving in front of Zhu Jun, and when he saw Zhu Jun's face so ugly for the first time, he hurriedly said cautiously: "The slave maid just heard some rumors outside the palace, and she was really angry. ”
"What rumors did you hear?"
Xiao Guizi said: "The slave doesn't dare to say. ”
Zhu Jun wouldn't know Xiao Guizi's thoughts, and said coldly: "Say it quickly, don't play tricks with me." ”
Xiao Guizi said: "When the slave maid went out of the palace, I heard that the dismissed imperial history is now very free, not only every day there are officials and gentry vying to invite him to banquets everywhere, everyone praises his loyalty when he talks about him, and the teachers in the school have invited him to give lectures, and the slave and maid also heard that all the palace newspapers in Haidu have compared him with Wei Zheng in ancient times, and this is secretly mocking the emperor for not having the bearing of Tang Taizong, and he can't speak widely, and they all say that the imperial history is not born at the right time. The emperor is diligent and benevolent, and the slaves and maids are really real in their eyes, and now it is like this, the slaves and maids are really not worth it for the emperor, and these officials and gentry are too ignorant of the rules, so they said some resentful words, and asked the emperor to punish them. ”
Xiao Guizi raised his head cautiously, and saw that Zhu Jun was not angry, but just squinted his eyes slightly and thought about his thoughts, so he stood aside and didn't dare to disturb.
Such an ending is what Zhu Jun expected, in other dynasties, the emperor is not wrong, no matter what happens, public opinion will always blame the fault on women and traitorous ministers, no matter how mediocre the emperor is, it is also because there is a harem chaos or a traitorous minister to provoke. But the Ming Dynasty was a very special era, at this time the ministers held the right of public opinion, the ministers did not matter whether they were right or wrong, and those who spoke out about the offense would be supported by the people, the squires bowed to him, and the colleagues regarded you as a direct minister to themselves as an example. And once you wear a pair of pants with the emperor, then the problem will be big, firstly, you will be spurned by everyone, and secondly, you don't want to mix in the court This acre of three points of land, pack up your things and get out of the house as soon as possible, especially during the critical period of fighting for the country.
The most wronged is the cabinet scholar Wang Xijue of the Wanli Dynasty, who finally got into the position of a cabinet minister above tens of thousands of people under one person, but because he was afraid of losing his will and drafted an edict, the courtiers were in an uproar, and they all accused Wang Xijue of being tactful and happy. Wang Xijue had no choice but to resign amid a scolding.
Therefore, the cost of confronting the emperor in the Ming Dynasty and the cost of offending public opinion are much lower, and offending the emperor is not much more than being pulled to the court or dismissed and demoted, but he can leave a good name for himself, even if it is a cloth clothes, he can mix it wherever he goes. And offending public opinion will not only be scolded by the ancestors for the eighteenth generation, but also the impeachment of colleagues is not a joke, you can only resign and return to your hometown, and you will not go out of the way.
Zhu Jun felt so lonely for the first time, from the cabinet to the villagers, he pushed himself to the opposite side, and even Zhou Mubai, who had always deliberately figured out what he meant, has now become the main force fighting for the country.
"Xiao Guizi, you come to my staff officer, how should this matter be handled." Zhu Jun understood why most Ming Dynasty emperors favored eunuchs, for no other reason, the Ming Emperor was always fighting alone, they needed helpers and people to understand, and only eunuchs met this condition.
"This is a state affair, and slaves and maids dare not discuss it."
"I let you say it, how can there be so much nonsense."
"Your Majesty, you should arrest all those criticizing ministers to the palace staff, these people really don't know how to lift, don't knock and beat, they are really easy to bully as the emperor." Katsumiko's violent tendencies are serious.
Zhu Jun couldn't help laughing, he was in a better mood when Xiao Guizi said that the court staff was impossible, these ministers were not afraid of the court staff at all, but would be proud of having received the court staff, the more you beat him, the more public opinion will lean to their side, and it is not a joke for a faint monarch to cover his hat at that time.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has many ways to deal with this kind of thing, the lowest is the court staff, which will make public opinion uproar and make it more out of control, and there are also stupid people like Zhengde who go to scold the ministers in the middle of winter, such a result will only make people feel more mediocre, and secondly, just like Zhu Di, you will be punished by the ten clans, such an effect is immediate, but the sequelae are great, and Zhu Jun is not so courageous.
Of course, there is a relatively compromised way---- to drag it and see who can bear it.
Zhu Jun decided to try this method.
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