Chapter 525: The Second Great Ceremony
Zhu Hao has sent a letter to take his family to the capital.
Seeing that he will not return to Anlu in the future, it is convenient for his family to stay by his side to take care of him, and let his family handle some business matters more trustworthy than others.
In the past few days, Zhu Hao has been going to the Hanlin Academy normally, and when he comes back in the afternoon, sometimes he deals with the slack, and sometimes he can't see anyone.
Tang Yin knew that Zhu Hao was working, business, and living now, and he was very curious about when Zhu Hao's move to Yang Tinghe would start.
"Zhu Hao, didn't you say that you want to make the son of the Yang family completely disbelieve Yang Weicong? Have you calculated what he said to Yang Weicong? ”
Tang Yin wanted to know how Zhu Hao expected the enemy first.
Zhu Hao shook his head: "Why should I go and count that?" Yang Yongxiu must use something that outsiders can't think of, let me guess, who can be sure if there is no clue? ”
Tang Yin frowned: "Then you didn't say it in vain before?" ”
Zhu Hao casually threw aside the music in his hand and said with a smile: "Waiting for others to make a move, let people lead the nose, it's not my style...... Why not take the initiative?
"Right now, I have discussed with Zhang Xuan the specific plan for the big ceremony, and he will play it tomorrow, and then wait for the other party to dismantle the move, isn't this the reaction that a wise man should have?"
Tang Yin was stunned.
Think about it and you understand it in an instant.
"What you said makes some sense, first put forward a big gift proposal, and then use this matter to let Yang Yongxiu discuss countermeasures with the people around him, and then predict their possible coping strategies in advance, which is much better than your own guess...... Heck, you've never done anything else in your life, you've been thinking about this all day. ”
Tang Yin sighed.
Zhu Hao frowned and said, "Sir, don't always demean me, it's meaningless, I don't like to hear what you say." ”
"Cut!"
The corners of Tang Yin's mouth made a disdainful sound.
It doesn't matter if you like to listen to it or not, I'll say it anyway, and every time I find out that your kid has an unusual behavior, I say, I'm angry with you!
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The Great Rites Debate has finally begun.
Mid-June.
Zhang Xuan of the Ministry of Observation and Etiquette, in his own name, gave a recital of the Great Ceremony, which would not have been taken seriously, or it was mentioned in vain.
However, because the view of "succession is not heir" put forward in the recital, and the most basic principle of the eldest son cannot be inherited, it is reasonable and well-founded...... After discussing with Zhu Hao, this note can be said to be the culmination of the Great Rites Discussion, which is more complete than the views put forward by Zhang Xuan in history.
As soon as this proposal came out, Zhu Siru received the treasure, and Zhang Xuan's recital was read out in public during the court meeting, so that the ministers knew that there was such a thing.
Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he didn't know how to refute it at all.
Zhu Sidao: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am the son of man, I have always believed that filial piety should be the first, and governing the country should start with governing the family. I don't know much about this, and I'd like to hear your opinions. ”
The ministers present had long seen the importance that the new emperor attached to the question of the legal system.
Now that such a note has been made by an inconspicuous Guanzheng Jinshi, it is simply a slap in the face of all the courtiers.
Even if many people actually know the truth very well, they don't dare to put it forward, and now that there are leading birds rushing out to die, everyone knows that Zhang Zhang's political career is over.
No one spoke in the room.
Yu Lin, who had always been very low-key before, came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's view, these new science and technology scholars talk about state affairs in vain, compare small filial piety with big filial piety, and confuse the truth, which is the act of treachery and evil. ”
The Great Rites Council has a head start on the side of the emperor, and now the conservatives are also in the vanguard.
Because during the first big ceremony discussion before, the Ministry of Rites had already explained the "rules", and what we decided was the final plan, and whoever raised an objection was treacherous, and he had to be beheaded to set the record straight, but now it was just Yu Lin who came out and re-emphasized it.
Zhu Si asked, "I don't understand, what is small filial piety, and what is great filial piety?" ”
Yu Lin replied: "Your Majesty respects Emperor Daxing Xiaozong, it is for great filial piety, and for the filial piety of biological father and mother, it is small filial piety...... The matter of His Majesty's heir is the case of the clan relatives, and the great filial piety should be the first, and the small filial piety should not be used to mess with the etiquette. ”
Zhu Sidao: "I said Yu Qingjia, you didn't figure out what Zhang Jinshi played, right?" My Chinese civilization has been inherited for thousands of years, and the eldest son cannot be inherited, which is the law of benevolence and filial piety, and it is for great filial piety...... If I forget my filial piety to my biological father and mother because of my succession, then it is unkind.
"Furthermore, you always cite the allusions of Emperor Han Ai and Song Yingzong to persuade me, but they have been raised in the palace before the succession, and the fact that the heir is already there, as Zhang Jinshi said, 'The righteousness of the future is very clear', and I succeeded to the throne, and I have not been raised in the deep palace since I was a child, but only entered the succession as the son of the vassal state, how can I succeed the heir?"
Zhu Si argued on the basis of reason, and everything he said was taught to him by Zhu Hao.
Because Zhang Xuan is deeply rooted in Zhu Hao's true biography, when he proposed the Great Rites Proposal, he had already thought of the etiquette issues that could be mentioned when the court was fighting, and Zhu Si's succession to the throne did not conform to the reality of etiquette, and no one said that he was the heir when he succeeded to the throne, but just let him succeed to the throne, and naturally there was a controversy.
Where there is controversy, there is room for debate.
Yu Lin was choked back, and she didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Zhu Si didn't give up: "I didn't ask you to give a strategy now, I just want to ask, is it possible to discuss such a proposal?" If you say no, you should raise objections and refute Zhang Jinshi's arguments one by one, instead of blindly emphasizing here that I am the successor...... If you really think that there should be an emperor who will succeed the emperor, then it is better to find it from other palaces, I prefer to be the lord of the palace, my ability is limited, and the governance side is still insufficient, how can I rule the world? ”
Take out the previous attitude again.
If you don't want to listen to me, then I'll leave it at that.
At the beginning of the succession, perhaps the ministers were angry, and they really replaced him, and casually found a reason to say that he was not suitable for being an emperor, at most let the Empress Dowager Zhang issue a decree and change the son of a vassal king.
But after Zhu Si ascended the throne, it took less than two months to get the Jingshi military defense power in his hands, and the biggest problem for civilian officials now is that they do not control the military power.
If they really dare to abolish the new emperor, they just give Zhu Sikou the truth, saying that they are going to rebel, and they will directly serve the pot......
Yang Tinghe, who is known for his scheming, naturally did not dare to do this, otherwise it would be a shame for Wenchen and would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
The best way to deal with it is to use morality and etiquette to criticize the little emperor and make him retreat.
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The court meeting ended.
Yang Tinghe returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Several members of the cabinet were there, even Yuan Zonggao was there.
Yang Tinghe slapped the table in public without hesitation: "Where did you come from?" Why is there such a reckless recital? Didn't he hear the previous decision of the Ministry of Rites? ”
Several people present could see that Yang Tinghe was full of anger, and he couldn't even avoid Yuan Zonggao, the new imperial lineage.
It's like he deliberately said it to the new emperor.
Yuan Zonggao just shook his head and smiled bitterly, without stubble.
When he was in the palace, Yuan Zonggao almost controlled everything, but since he followed the new emperor to the capital, he was dumbfounded, and his sense of existence was extremely weak recently, and he didn't need to say a word in the court for a few days, and the new emperor initially summoned him occasionally to discuss something with him, and after entering June, the new emperor directly ignored him and let him go.
Even Yuan Zonggao couldn't figure it out, why did he follow the new emperor to the capital?
In order to mix up the name of a cabinet scholar?
Jiang Mian said: "Jiefu is angry, such an argument, in fact, there are many rumors among the folk scholars, the Ming Dynasty is open, and the new emperor is lenient to the scholars after he ascends the throne, although the scholars are not allowed to discuss state affairs, but now they ......."
The rules of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary scholars are not allowed to discuss national affairs, but it was set by the Ming Taizu when the country was founded.
In order to prevent the reader from rebelling.
This method of controlling public opinion was very strictly implemented in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.
However, with the improvement of the status of civil officials, the power of the cabinet has increased since Xuande, and the civil officials after Xiaozong have received great preferential treatment, and the first assistant has become the de facto prime minister, which makes the trend of literati governing the country more obvious, so that now the people will discuss the affairs of the court regardless of whether they have read books or not.
Because of the enlightened public opinion environment, the people will discuss the issue of the new emperor's legal system, and naturally there will be doubtful voices.
It's all because the so-called argument of "succession and heir" is too narrow, and even an ordinary person thinks that the king of Renxing is only this one son, why should he be succeeded to become the emperor? Why should the new emperor be characterized as an evil deed by honoring his parents, which is an exemplary act of benevolence and filial piety that demonstrates Confucian etiquette?
Mao Ji said: "Or ...... Go back and meet this new science and technology scholar and give him a point? ”
Yang Tinghe looked at Mao Ji.
He heard it, what Mao Ji meant was that now that there was a thorn in the coffin and he talked about things so clearly, it was better to lure him, buy it over, and then make a compromise to push the new emperor back.
Jiang Mian shook his head: "If I go to see you at this time, I'm afraid that it will cause criticism, so it's better to get rid of it......"
Another half sentence.
Yuan Zonggao can understand it, this group of people are all old foxes, and they leave half of their talk, everyone understands what is going on, and they have to think about it carefully.
Mao Ji's proposal should be a lure to bring people over.
And Jiang Mian's measure is to punish him to set an example!
One is conservative and the other is radical.
As a scholar of Shoufu University, Yang Tinghe needs to be relatively neutral, but Yuan Zonggao knows that in fact, Yang Tinghe will not let go of Zhang Xuan, who proposed the second big gift.
Yuan Zonggao said: "As far as I know, Zhang Xuan is over forty years old, and he has repeatedly failed in the previous examinations, but he has not made any achievements, or in this way to win the respect of His Majesty...... If you can let him know the opinions of the ministers and ministers of the court, and be kind to him, he may be able to change his mind. ”
Yuan Zonggao was very face-saving to several cabinet ministers, and did not consider the problem from the perspective of the new emperor, but helped the civil officials speak.
This is also the reason why Zhu Si doesn't like him.
Zhu Hao penetrated into the enemy's interior and dug the enemy's corners everywhere.
And Yuan Zonggao really integrated himself into the civil official group, taking the interests of civil officials as the starting point everywhere, which is equivalent to a betrayal of his background.