The Great Gift Discussion was restarted.

At this court meeting, Zhu Si showed an anonymous note to the ministers in public for the courtiers to discuss.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have found someone to transcribe a thousand copies, and in addition to giving them to your ministers, the Hanlin Academy, Guozixue, and the various yamen of the court and the central government will also send a few copies, so that the scholars will know the importance of the Ming gift. You don't have to shy away from it, you can speak freely during the discussion, and I will not hold those who advise them accountable."

"After a full discussion, I will pick another day and have a good discussion with you. This time, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials took the lead, and each ministry came up with its own opinions, knowing everything and saying everything, and summarizing it...... Therefore, if you have an opinion now, you can leave it aside for the time being, and when you go back, you will sort out your thoughts, report them to the next level, and then debate this matter when it is reconsidered."

"Retreat!"

Zhu Si probably knew that this group of ministers would not talk about any rules when it came to opposing him, the emperor, and would say whatever they wanted.

How many days later?

Today, he will chase and beat him fiercely, and criticize him for his incompleteness of the individual, until he doubts his life.

So the best way is to put the words behind and leave immediately, so that you have no way to vent your opinions.

"Your Majesty......"

Sure enough, some ministers took out the appearance of a dead admonition, and shouted hoarsely, but Zhu Si turned a deaf ear and left the main hall of Fengtian Hall without looking back.

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In the palace, the ministers were filled with righteous indignation.

Previously, it was only a little rumor, and the emperor brought forward the matter of the Great Rites Discussion by summoning Wang Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and now it is officially kicked off.

For the ministers, it was only after the emperor announced it in public that they could launch a counterattack.

Therefore, at this time, many ministers showed extreme "loyalty" to the religion of etiquette, and deliberately loudly accused the emperor of not believing in his words, as if he was not going to say this to the emperor at all, but to let the people around him hear it, so that others could know that they were staunch defenders.

"Jiang Zhongtang, ...... look?"

Out of the Fengtian Palace, a group of civil officials surrounded Jiang Mian.

Now that Mao Ji has gone to Shandong to worship Kong, the little emperor deliberately pulled out Jiang Mian's wings first, so that Jiang Mian, the first assistant, would be alone in the cabinet.

Jiang Mian himself does not have Yang Tinghe's courage to do things, as a successor to the first auxiliary scholar, in terms of prestige and ability, far inferior to his predecessor, there is no way to retreat at this time, Jiang Mian still shows an evasive attitude.

Fei Hong had already received instructions from Jiang Mian, and pointed to Wang Jun on the side and said, "Such important matters should be coordinated by the Ministry of Rites and civil officials, so you should discuss with Wang Shangshu first."

Wang Jun became the target of public criticism for a while, and he was both relieved and sincere and fearful, but he said, "I thought that I should discuss things with the officials."

Since the emperor said that in the future debate on the Great Rites, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials should select representative views for debate at the same time, then you can't just find me as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but also add Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Recently, Yang Ting and Zhishi, Qiao Yu is still recuperating at home, and the emperor has granted permission not to participate in the court proceedings, and many people have almost forgotten Qiao Yu.

But in fact, Qiao Yu is the head of the six books, and when encountering major events, Qiao Yu's opinion should be the first.

In terms of prestige, the secretary of the ministry is comparable to the head of the cabinet, and now that Yang Tinghe has retired, Jiang Mian looks timid and afraid again, if you don't look for Qiao Yu at this time, when will you stay?

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Wenyuan Pavilion.

The three of them in the cabinet in Beijing returned to the duty room together, and without waiting for their colleagues to sit down, Jiang Mian had already beckoned and asked Fei Hong and Liu Chun to gather around him.

Jiang Mian said bluntly: "In this matter, although the cabinet should not take the lead, it should advance and retreat together with Wenchen."

It was also Jiang Mian who considered that Fei Hong and Liu Chun were not cabinet ministers who supported the view of "succession and succession" in the strict sense, so he had to warn the two in advance, so that the two of them would know that they would advance and retreat together with the civil officials...... Whatever your previous views, this time you must be united.

Liu Chun took the initiative to say, "It is incumbent upon us to uphold the dignity of etiquette and religion. Later, I will go to Han Yuan and work together to overcome the time

It's hard."

This is a statement.

Originally, Jiang Mian was most worried about Liu Chun, after all, Liu Chun was highly recommended by the new emperor and stuffed into the cabinet, Yang Tinghe reminded Jiang Mian that the object of attention was also Liu Chun.

Because looking at the overall situation, Yang Tinghe believes that the emperor only needs to seize Liu Chun's "loophole" in the cabinet, and he can fire Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and Fei Hongquan at one time, and finally leave Liu Chun as a confidant to complete a smooth transition.

Unexpectedly, now Liu Chun not only supports the view of the heir to the throne, but also seems to use his own prestige to mobilize the people of the Hanlin Academy, after all, Liu Chun has a very high reputation in the Hanlin Academy system, and he is the oldest, most knowledgeable, and most virtuous person among the four members of the cabinet, it seems that it is most appropriate for Liu Chun to contact the Hanlin Academy.

"Hmm."

Jiang Mian suddenly doubled his confidence.

Fei Hong remained silent throughout.

Jiang Mian was a little worried, and asked sideways, "Zichong, do you have any objections?"

Fei Hong shook his head: "I still haven't figured it out, Your Majesty has made it clear that you want to discuss this matter publicly in the court, but except for Zhang Bingyong, who has been called back to Beijing and is still halfway now, who will stand on Your Majesty's side without hesitation?" Also, who did your majesty send this thing from?"

Compared with Liu Chun's only statement, Fei Hong's ideas are closer to reality.

The emperor made a move, there must be a backhand, and he wants to pull public opinion back just by relying on such a thing? I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Since the court is debating, the ministers on this side are almost in battle, and the other side can't just send one Zhang Xuan to fight, right?

Let Zhang Xuanyu fight the Confucianism?

Is he worthy?

Jiang Mian hesitated for a while, but he couldn't think of an answer.

Liu Chun reminded: "In the past two years, there may be some discussions among the people about the big gifts that are different from the mainstream, and there are very few people in the DPRK and the central government, and most of them are foreign ministers, and there is no new news at the moment, is Your Majesty ready to summon local officials to Beijing?"

Jiang Mian suddenly wanted to understand something, and said in a lost voice: "Then you have to hurry!"

Fei Hong asked, "What is fast?"

Jiang Mian said: "The Great Rites Discussion is related to the legal system, and it also involves the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty in the future, since Your Majesty has no one to help you for the time being, then it is necessary to take advantage of the dissidents to go to the capital to close the coffin, and later it will change."

It means that since even Zhang Xuan has not yet arrived in Beijing, then take advantage of the fact that there is no one around the emperor, quickly cut through the chaos, and promote the court meeting as soon as possible, without delay.

Fei Hong frowned: "Your Majesty only raised it today, explaining that you are prepared, is there a problem in it......

Liu Chun said, "Let's listen to it. For now, I have to say hello to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials."

"That's for you."

Jiang Mian immediately made arrangements, "No matter what conclusions the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials come up with, we must fully express the views of my cabinet, and this matter must be both fast and accurate. As long as the court speaks in unison, it is expected that Your Majesty will not have the opportunity to change his existing views."

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The Cabinet has its own division of labor.

Liu Chun went to the Hanlin Academy, while Fei Hong went to the Shangshu Mansion to see Qiao Yu.

Jiang Mian, as the first assistant to the cabinet, tried to avoid coming forward in this matter.

Liu Chun had just arrived at the Hanlin Academy, and he was going to talk to the two Hanlin scholars, Shi Xuan and Feng Xi, about the Great Rites Discussion, but was told that the two were meeting with the guests in the palace, which surprised Liu Chun.

Is the emperor ready to buy the people of the Hanlin Academy to endorse him?

Can you buy two Hanlin Bachelors, isn't it useless?

If you want to buy it, directly buy the cabinet scholars or the Ministry of Rites, Shi Xuan and Feng Xi are now in an embarrassing position in the DPRK and China, how much influence can they have?

Liu Chun is not Jiang Mian or Mao Ji in the end, he is cautious by nature, since there are angels from the palace in the bachelor's room, he will not rush in to ask for a meeting.

After waiting for someone to leave...... The family still left through the back door, and he entered the bachelor's room and found out that the person who came was Huang Jin, who had just stepped down from his post as the master of ceremonies and the superintendent of the East Factory, but was in charge of the imperial superintendent and the commander of the East Factory.

"Elder Liu Ge, that's the case, Gonggong Huang came to convey His Majesty's will and said

Five days later, the railroad that has been hard work to be built will be opened, so let the people of Hanlin Yuan go to the west of the city together to watch the opening ceremony in the name of autumn hunting."

Shi Xuan was afraid that Liu Chun would think too much, so he explained first.

Liu Chun asked, "Didn't propose a big gift?"

Shi Xuan thought about it seriously, and then looked at Feng Xi for confirmation before shaking his head: "No."

Liu Chun was stunned.

The emperor's hand is very skillful, and there is no trace of it.

Everyone thought that the emperor must have sent his confidant Huang Jin to the Hanlin Academy to find the two Hanlin scholars to seek support, but they didn't expect that after the arrival of the emperor's envoy, he didn't mention anything about the big ceremony. Could it be that the emperor has long known that the people of the Hanlin Academy must be on the side of the "successor to the heir"?

"Why did Elder Liu Ge come?" Feng Xi inquired.

Liu Chun explained in the future: "It is for the sake of discussing a great gift, and the whole court and the central government should advance and retreat together, and cannot fight separately......

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The emperor was going to watch the opening of the train five days later, and the Chinese Wu of the dynasty knew all about it in one day.

This coincided with the Great Rites Debate.

The next morning, Qiao Yu appeared in the courtier's class.

The purpose of his coming to the court was very simple, that is, to cooperate with Wang Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to prevent the emperor's change of the great rites and the emperor's ambition to change his course.

「…… Ladies and gentlemen, didn't you hear me clearly yesterday? I have given you a chance to oppose it, but not now, let you go back and talk about it, and now you don't even talk about it, and you want to refute it with your own opinion...... Have you saved my face?"

"If nothing else, just say what I gave you yesterday, how many of you went back and took a closer look?"

"Let's put it this way, I'll give you another four days, and after four days, I'll go out of the city to watch the opening ceremony of the train, and you can go with me, and then I'll set up a big tent, and whoever you are, you can talk freely in it."

"If you are not in the court, you don't have to care about the rules and regulations in the court, whoever wants to say whatever you want can say, even if someone wants to insult me and disrespect me and my ancestors and ancestors, I will never hold me accountable!"

"But I have to say my ugly words in the front, and you can talk about it as much as you want, but after it comes out, no one is allowed to mention it again, let alone settle accounts after the fall, and whoever reckons after the fact with the views of the time will be a big rebel, not even me...... If I disobey, I will be punished, and it is a big deal that I am not the emperor!"

Zhu Si came to remember a ruthless move.

The ministers present saw that the emperor was a little bit of a way out.

I wanted to come forward to oppose it on the spot, but I hesitated.