Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, was obviously messed up because of Zhang Xuan's performance.

The theory proposed by Zhang Xuan in the recital can be said to be very perfect, which is equivalent to redefining Zhu Si's identity in the matter of ascending the throne, and not breaking Yang Tinghe's principle of "brother to brother", but not a brother, but a cousin.

Among them, it is even more about who is close to Emperor Zhengde's blood relationship, who else is there besides Zhu Youqi's son Zhu Si?

Descent Theory.

The succession depends on the closeness of the bloodline, not the strict sense of "brother to brother"!

Because Zhu Si has never succeeded to the name of Xiaozong, and Zhu Houzhao is not qualified to accept his son for his father...... If you don't have a son yourself, then you should pass the throne to the nearest person in line to the throne, the son of your oldest uncle, according to the law.

Because this theory was deliberately made public, the government and the opposition soon learned about it.

For a time, the issue of the legal system of the new emperor became the focus of heated discussions among the scholars of Beijing.

"The effect has reached ......"

On this day, Zhu Hao and Tang Yin came out to watch the play, and they went to a teahouse to sit down, and listened to the people next to them arguing.

The scholars automatically divided into two factions, debating whose son the new emperor should be.

Tang Yin was very emotional.

Lu Song couldn't listen to it anymore, and was about to go up to teach a lesson to the scholar who casually discussed state affairs, but was pulled by Tang Yin: "It has nothing to do with you and me, and Your Majesty needs such a discussion to be able to subvert the tone set by the Ministry of Rites." ”

Lu Song thought about it, glanced at Zhu Hao, and found that Zhu Hao didn't say anything, so he sat down again.

"Sir, you have seen it very thoroughly, just let Zhang Xuan come out to muddy the waters...... Without such a person, this pool of water would be stagnant. ”

Zhu Hao smiled and nodded.

Tang Yin said: "Do you know what the son of the Yang family is going to do next?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "I don't know the specifics, just guess...... I have informed Your Majesty that he will summon the Ministry of Rites and the cabinet again to hold consultations behind closed doors...... Hehe. ”

Tang Yin nodded.

He was afraid that Zhu Hao would forget about it, or he would not have confidence, but now looking at Zhu Hao's appearance in his hand, he knew that he was too careful.

"The princess went north to drive, and she was already on the way, and I heard that the new household head Sun Shangshu's family also went north with her, so she may have been forced to come...... At that time, how can you get an old minister to accept your logic, let him help His Majesty, and fight against the old friendship between the DPRK and China? ”

Tang Yin was concerned about Sun Jiao's problem again.

Zhu Hao shrugged: "I can't help it...... The appointment of the old minister is just a chess move in itself, don't think how clever this move is, even if Sun Lao has a friendship with Xingwangfu, it is not a close friend, and it is not realistic to expect Sun Lao to help with all his strength on the issue of right and wrong. ”

Historically, after Sun Jiao arrived in the capital, he really joined Yang Tinghe's camp and favored Yang Tinghe's ideas on the issue of the Great Rites Discussion.

But this does not affect the new emperor's trust in Sun Jiao, because everyone knows that this is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, Sun Jiao returned to the dynasty at such an age, and he could not make his reputation ruined in order to help a little emperor.

This is the power of the civilian clique.

Zhu Hao never expected Sun Jiao to join his camp and push the Great Gifts Discussion to a climax.

If you want to achieve great things, you can only force Yang Tinghe to leave the court step by step, and that is when the new emperor really grasps power.

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

An internal meeting is taking place.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he repeatedly summoned the ministers, which also gave the ministers a full respect, and the people he saw this time were only five, except for Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who were the "Big Four" of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and Yuan Zonggao.

Because Fei Hong has not yet arrived in Beijing, the cabinet is still the pattern of the Big Four.

“…… A few days ago, I just said the performance of a political scholar in the court, and you all know the content of it, involving my origin and succession, I am not an ungrateful person, I know where my throne came from, I don't want to turn my back on the filial piety to the queen mother, I just want to canonize my biological father as the emperor and my biological mother as the queen mother, this is not too much to ask, right? ”

Zhu Si deliberately distinguished the titles of Empress Dowager Zhang and Princess Jiang.

One is the "Queen Mother", and the other is the "Queen Mother".

The difference between one word and the effect is very different, and the rules based on it are also put forward by Zhang Xuan, birth and raising are great, you can't completely forget the kindness of your parents because the son of King Xing became the emperor, you can choose a compromise method, posthumously crown King Xingxian as Emperor Xingxian, and Princess Jiang as Queen Mother Jiang, and do not pursue the word "Emperor".

It would also be easier to obtain a compromise from the civilian authorities.

Mao Cheng argued: "Your Majesty, by all means. ”

Zhu Sidao: "Just say no, why don't you say?" I am the emperor, and posthumously crowning my parents as emperors and queens has been a tradition of monarchs since ancient times, and I have not broken the etiquette!

"I heard that recently, because of that Guanzheng Jinshi's performance, someone wanted to transfer him to Nanjing Sixth Department as the director, and he rose and descended secretly, so you want to take revenge on him, right?"

As soon as these words came out, several people present looked at each other.

Even they don't know about it.

Only Yang Tinghe's face was gloomy, because this happened to be something that Yang Tinghe secretly discussed with Shi Xuan, the secretary of the ministry.

As a former Hanlin bachelor and waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Shi Xuan has no practical experience in many things, and is mostly subject to Yang Tinghe in the affairs of the DPRK and China.

Historically, Shi Xuan was replaced by Qiao Yu in July, and after only two months of being a secretary of the ministry, he was transferred to take charge of the Zhan Shifu Edict.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the DPRK and China is the responsibility of the Ministry of Officials, if there is really a vacancy in the Sixth Department of Nanjing, it will be filled by the DPRK and the Central Government, which is also in accordance with the old system." ”

As soon as these words came out, several people present knew that there was really such a thing.

It is said that Zhang Zhang's subversion of the previous minister's discussion is "treacherous", and the crime is "beheaded", but in fact, it can't be operated like that, because the civil officials disagree with you, so they will kill people? Wouldn't that be a word?

And now the emperor will inevitably protect Zhang Xuan to the death, and the contradiction between the monarch and the minister will cause a great estrangement because of Zhang Zhang's life and death issues, the best way is to secretly order him to get out, Nanjing Sixth Department will treat me honestly, if you don't go back to Beijing, you can't make any more trouble, right?

The ideal is very full, and the reality is ......

Nanjing's Na Yi is all a group of depressed and unambitious officials, many people want to climb back to Beijing as an official, meet a Zhang Xuan who was released because of his attachment to the new emperor, it is like grabbing a life-saving straw, in history after Zhang Xuan arrived in Nanjing, he met Gui Cao and a large group of speculators, and he did not stop in Nanjing.

It is against this backdrop that the Great Rites Debate has intensified.

Zhu Si sneered: "Elder Yang Ge, listen to the meaning of your words, Zhang Xuan is guilty of playing a big ceremony, and it is best for the court to transfer out of the capital division and stay away from me, right?" ”

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "Not really. ”

Zhu Sidao: "Then why are there so many people who are observing politics and entering the country, but he was the first to be released as the head of the Sixth Department of Nanjing?" ”

Yang Tinghe had already prepared and replied: "This is a group of Guanzheng Jinshi who were released as officials, Zhang Zhang's Jinshi in the examination is old, and he is also considered to be an old man, and he has achieved top-notch results in the previous official assessment, so he was able to release the official early." ”

"Really?"

Zhu Si continued to argue, "Why did I still hear that Elder Yang Ge was going to refute Zhang Xuan's recital with another new science and technology scholar? This can be regarded as a complete sealing of the path of filial piety, right? ”

Yang Tinghe felt very passive.

It seems that everything can be fed accurately by Zhu Si.

He did have that in mind.

Since Zhang Zhang, the new science and technology jinshi, put forward the second big ceremony, it is better to "master the long skills to control the Yi", and use the new science and technology jinshi to refute Zhang Zhang's views one by one, and even the leader has thought about it, it is Zhu Hao, the champion of the new department.

But as before, before it could be put into practice, the emperor knew in advance.

Can the emperor really pinch and calculate?

Everything can be calculated in advance?

Or is there a traitor around?

Yang Tinghe even had a very terrifying idea in his heart, the person who leaked the secret couldn't be my son, right?

"I just want to honor my biological mother, my father is gone, my mother is going to Beijing to live for a long time, I want to fulfill the responsibility of a son, and my mother is going to Beijing recently, if you don't give accommodation, then I can only use some radical means."

Zhu Si's attitude was resolute, and his tone was even more threatening, "That's all I say, this is just a private meeting, and it is not allowed to be publicized to the outside world." I also hope that you can think carefully and weigh it carefully after you go back. ”

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At the end of the internal meeting, Zhu Si left Yuan Zonggao alone to speak.

In fact, it is to give Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng the opportunity to discuss alone, on the way out of the palace, you give me a good discussion and discussion, if you feel that Yuan Zonggao is inconvenient, I will leave people, just to confuse the public, so that you don't know the purpose of me to keep him.

In fact, I just want to catch up with Yuan Zonggao and have a meal.

On the way out of the palace, sure enough, except for Yang Tinghe, the three people were in a hurry.

Mao Cheng said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? In order to support the princess, he didn't even care about the minimum etiquette of the monarch and the minister? What is this? We are not doing this so that they can sit on the throne of Jinluan, but as if we are going to bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

Mao Ji sighed on the side: "I don't know where Your Majesty got such persistence." ”

Yang Tinghe felt that one head was two big.

If you want to change the emperor, it seems unrealistic now, and if you continue to have a cold war with the emperor, it will only lead to the relationship between the monarch and the minister falling into a freezing point, the emperor will be passive, and the ministers will be anxious because the government affairs cannot be dealt with in time.

If it is not good, it will return to the state of the Zhengde period, and the estrangement between the monarch and the minister is too deep, and even basic communication cannot be done.

The only way to alleviate it seems to be that he himself takes a step back.