Yu Chengxun's actions were too deliberate.

With Zhu Hao's political thinking, it will not stay at the simple level, Zhu Hao found that the Confucian party took great pains to recruit him, and then thought that his value in the court was not so great, then there was only one explanation...... Someone wanted to push him out as cannon fodder.

And in what capacity can he become the "chief cannon fodder" candidate?

In addition to the background of Jinyiwei's family of thousands of households, it is the identity of the champion of today's department.

Thinking of the conflict between the emperor and the minister on the matter of welcoming Princess Jiang this morning, put himself in the position of Yang Tinghe to think about the problem, the best way to advise is not to play with the joint name of the minister, but to let the new branch jinshi charge into battle, at that time, he Zhu Hao, as the leader of the new department, can reasonably act as cannon fodder.

Zhu Hao thought to himself: "This is also a good explanation why I am so valued, it turns out that I want to take this Jinshi to directly admonish and offend the king." Didn't the new emperor want to train a group of protégés of the Son of Heaven by personally presiding over the palace examination? Yang Tinghe wants to let the new emperor know in this way that your so-called protégés are all considering problems from the standpoint of civil officials, and they are separated from you, the emperor. ”

So ruthless!

Even if Zhu Hao couldn't be sure whether Yang Tinghe would use such a trick, he could still feel the substantial damage caused to the little emperor Zhu Si by that kind of murderous heart.

Zhu Si hoped that this group of Jinshi whom he had appointed could stand up for him on the issue of the Great Rites, but Yang Tinghe had already arranged everything, let this group of Jinshi be the first birds, and persuade the emperor to turn back.

"Thank you Yu Hanlin for waking up, and I'll know what's going on in the future...... Since Hanyuan has nothing to do, then I will leave first! ”

Zhu Hao got up and left.

Yu Chengxun was stunned.

Didn't you kid get it? If you understand, you should know that I'm soliciting you, so I can talk about it for a long time, okay, you can say it accurately?

But Zhu Hao's ability to pretend to be a lake is not comparable to ordinary people, and his level is not something that Yu Chengxun, a "celebrity" like Yu Chengxun who lives in Hanyuan, can understand, to put it bluntly, Yu Chengxun's rank is not enough, Yu Chengxun wants to test from Zhu Hao, but he doesn't know that Zhu Hao will find out more information in disguise.

"Yu Hanlin, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he didn't look back and left the Hanlin Academy.

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In the afternoon, Zhu Hao saw Zhu Si and hurriedly called Zhu Si into the study, and Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin followed.

"Zhu Hao, I still want to watch the show...... Didn't you say that Gongyeling went to the capital? I want to hear her sing the White Lady, she sings better than anyone else. ”

Zhu Si is here today to meet his idol when he was a teenager.

Zhu Hao said: "Your Majesty, please don't talk about anything else, there is an important matter to discuss with you." ”

Hearing Zhu Hao say this, Zhang Zuo and Tang Yin hurriedly approached, wondering what was the matter.

Waiting for Zhu Hao to tell Zhu Siyi about his analysis, Zhu Si frowned: "No, right?" Xinke Hanlin wants to advise me not to accept my mother to Beijing? Why do they want to stand up for Yang Ge? Aren't they my protégés? ”

Zhu Hao sighed: "Today I said a lot to Hanlin Xiu Yu Chengxun, he has a sentence that touched me very much, the logic of a person's work, not to look at the long-term, but to focus on the present, who can pull himself up and down the next step, must be subject to this person's opinion."

"Your Majesty thinks that the career prospects of the new science and technology scholars in the court are more given to them by Your Majesty, or is it Yang Ge Lao, or is it a person from Yang Ge's old faction?"

Zhu Si understood as soon as he heard it, and his expression was extremely depressed.

Zhang Zuo said anxiously: "Now the government and the opposition are all Yang Ge Lao's people, and even the officials are under Yang Ge Lao's control, whatever they say, then the new science and technology will naturally ......."

There are some things that even Zhang Zuo doesn't dare to say casually, for fear that saying them will hit the little emperor's self-esteem.

"That's ...... Are you going to watch them do it? I just want to bring my mother to the palace, can't even do the most basic filial piety? ”

Zhu Si was very aggrieved when he spoke, and tears were already rolling in his eyes.

Tang Yin comforted: "Your Majesty, this is just Zhu Hao's speculation, and it can't be done accurately, maybe things won't develop as planned." ”

Zhu Si shook his head: "What Zhu Hao said, I believe that if I were Yang Ge Lao, I would do the same, so that these new science and technology scholars can fight against me with him and turn the court into the court of the Yang family, what reason does he have for me to gradually buy people's hearts and cultivate his own people?" ”

Tang Yin couldn't help but sigh.

The little emperor had completely put himself and Yang Tinghe on the opposite side, using a lot of extreme words, and even mentioning that the emperor needed to buy people's hearts, which showed that Zhu Si really had no sense of security.

Zhu Hao said: "Actually...... Your Majesty is right to say that it is the best solution at the moment. ”

Zhu Si's eyes widened, and he said, "Yes, Zhu Hao, since you have insight into Yang Ge Lao's intentions in advance, then you should think of a solution, right?" ”

While speaking, Zhu Si wiped the tears and snot on his sleeve casually, and looked at Zhu Hao's eyes full of expectation, as if he saw hope again.

I have a henchman on my side who can pinch and calculate, and also break into the enemy camp, why should I be so discouraged? Isn't it enough to listen to Zhu Hao's arrangement?

Zhu Hao's face was full of inscrutableness: "Your Majesty remembers that the minister mentioned to you before that you want to bribe the secretary of the Ministry of Rites with wealth?" His Majesty wants to divide and disintegrate the old camp of Yang Ge in this way, and at the same time, he can reveal some unknown news to them, intentionally or unintentionally......"

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Zhu Hao can judge from Yu Chengxun's simple wooing words what tricks Yang Ting and the camp will use.

Foremost comes first.

Should the initiative be ceded?

On the same day, Zhu Hao asked Zhu Si to return to the palace, and before sunset, he summoned Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to the palace, and talked thoroughly for more than half an hour, begging Mao Cheng to contribute to the matter of welcoming Princess Jiang......

does not mention the great ceremony, but only mentions the matter of supporting the mother.

The words were sincere, so that Mao Cheng couldn't find the slightest fault.

Even if a Confucian official wants to restrain the new emperor with the moral norms that Confucianism believes, he can't help but talk about the basic Confucian models of filial piety, righteousness, etiquette, and law, right?

And Zhu Si also revealed some news to Mao Cheng intentionally or unintentionally according to Zhu Hao's words, and before Mao Cheng left the palace gate, Zhang Zuo personally went over and asked Jinyiwei to pick three loads of wealth, adding up to two hundred taels of gold, as well as many silk and satin and other valuables......

It means bribing Mao Cheng to come forward for him.

This move made Mao Cheng so bad that he couldn't be a man.

Zhang Zuo had a sad look on his face: "Mao Butang, you should know that the first king went early, and His Majesty has been lonely since he was a child, and he lives with the princess...... His Majesty has been concerned about An Lu's mother since he arrived in Beijing, and he will secretly cry every time he mentions it, and even has trouble sleeping and eating for this, I hope you can understand Your Majesty's painstaking efforts and fulfill Your Majesty to be a filial son. Who in this world is not a mother's child? ”

Mao Cheng felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.

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When Mao Cheng left the palace gate, the first thing he did was to quickly ask to see Yang Tinghe.

Obviously, Mao Cheng also understood that the emperor summoned him alone instead of Yang Tinghe, just to see that he did not have Yang Tinghe's influence in the court, and knew that the new emperor was a disguised discord between him and Yang Tinghe.

The news of his entry into the palace may soon reach Yang Tinghe's ears, even if no one spreads, it is estimated that the emperor will try his best to let Yang Tinghe know.

In this case, it is better to take the initiative to find Yang Tinghe and explain the dialogue between entering the palace and the new emperor, so that Yang Tinghe can understand the position of the new emperor.

The two met separately at Yang's house.

Mao Cheng was straightforward, and at the same time said a piece of news that he heard in the palace that shocked him incomparably.

“…… Jiefu, His Majesty inadvertently revealed that someone was secretly conspiring, and the cabinet would persuade His Majesty to change his mind and no longer mention the matter of taking the princess into the palace. I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Yang Tinghe's face changed immediately when he heard this, and he glared at Mao Cheng and asked, "Your Majesty has something to say, who did you hear from it?" ”

Mao Cheng shook his head: "How can Your Majesty mention it to me?" Could it be ...... Is this really the case? ”

Even Mao Cheng didn't know beforehand, Yang Tinghe didn't know how to explain to him at all, could he tell him that you have a different position from me, or that you are not my descendant, so there are some things I can't say to you?

Yang Tinghe's expression was grim: "There is only one intention in this matter, there is Hanlin who wants to jointly ask His Majesty to take back the order, and not also seal the edict of His Majesty's Imperial Mansion before that?" This matter needs to be considered in the long run......"

When Mao Cheng heard this, he immediately felt a betrayal.

What do you say about the Hanlin joint play, I think it is you Yang Tinghe secretly provoking those new science and technology scholars to make trouble, so as to make this group of newcomers in the court oppose the new emperor.

It's a shame that I'm still obedient to you, and you don't tell you about such a big thing, and you don't take me, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, seriously.

Mao Cheng was very unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty gave me a golden silk, and I also mentioned the law of filial piety and etiquette in front of me...... It seems that some flexibility should be made in this matter, and it is morally ...... that His Majesty will not be allowed to see his biological mother for a long time."

Yang Tinghe suddenly frowned: "Xianqing, you were moved by His Majesty's words?" ”

Mao Cheng knew that Yang Tinghe suspected that his position might be shaken, but he was embarrassed to say it.

As the secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette, in charge of etiquette and education, did the emperor mention to me that he wanted to honor his mother, and he still talked to me in such a low voice, and even did not hesitate to bribe the courtiers as the emperor, and I still had to be rigid enough to refuse people thousands of miles away...... How do you make me, a courtier, stand up?

If you are replaced by Yang Ge Lao, you can naturally disagree with the whole process and even teach the new emperor a lesson in person, you have that status and ability, but I don't have such prestige in the court, I am just an ordinary courtier, I just want to balance the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and be the one who upholds morality and etiquette.

You can't ask me to do everything against the new emperor!

"Zhongtang ......"

Mao Cheng was in a hurry, and he did not deal with it as a personal relationship, but on the matter, "Your Majesty has not mentioned the matter of reconsidering the big gift at present, if you can't even realize the minimum wish of serving your mother, it is really useless to educate, and it will make Your Majesty feel cold." The Ming Dynasty very much needs the new emperor to eliminate maladministration, maintain and consolidate the foundation, and now the court is comparable to the previous emperor...... It's so much better! ”