Hallym Temple.

Yang Shen sorted out a new arrangement of the Great Rites, rearranged the etiquette and religious rhetoric for the Great Rites, and sorted out the joint names of a bunch of people, ready to play at any time.

Yu Chengxun took it and looked at it, suddenly thought of something, put down the song and asked, "The whole Hanlin Academy, basically signed on it, do you want to add Jingdao as well?"

Yang Shen said, "Just forget it." Yu Chengxun heard Yang Shen's wariness of Zhu Hao.

This is after Zhu Hao said that he accepted Jiang Rong, the son of Yutian Bo Jiang Lun, as a disciple, Yang Shen became more and more suspicious of Zhu Hao, and most things would no longer be discussed with Zhu Hao, and Yu Chengxun also knew that this was related to Zhu Hao's dislike of participating in court discussions.

"Now that Your Majesty has rarely mentioned the matter of the ritual again, if we hand this thing in, will it ...... Backfired?" Yu Chengxun asked.

Yang Shen was resolute: "We can't abandon the established process just because Your Majesty has made a temporary concession, the righteousness cannot be violated, and distinguishing between right and wrong is the standard that our generation should have. I'll play it the next day! 「

Yang Shen is on his own.

Before Yang Shen could submit the recital, the first assistant Jiang Mian sent Feng Xi, a scholar from Hanlin, to find Yang Shen and persuade Yang Shen to put the matter of the recital request aside.

Feng Xi was also quite helpless in the face of the stubborn Yang Shen, how to think that Yang Shen was the more assertive one, he Feng Xi was a bachelor of Hanlin, but he was like a puppet who could only run errands and mediate.

"With Xiu, even if there is a major event in the court, it should not be up to you to participate, your status is special, and it has been less than half a year since Ling Zun returned to the field, and your persistence at this time will bring unpredictable consequences!"

Feng Xi almost picked out the topic.

Yang Shen didn't take Feng Xi's "surrender faction" in his eyes at all, and said indifferently: "Master Feng doesn't need to persuade again, what the consequences are, I would have expected it a long time ago, even if Your Majesty really wants to punish the crime, I will accept it with peace of mind."

Feng Xi was very angry when he heard it.

You are a Hanlin waiter, and you are more hanged than me as a Hanlin bachelor, you are considered to be nobody!

"It's Jiang Zhongtang who specially asked me to remind you that now is not the time."

Feng Xi could only move out the first assistant Jiang Mian.

It's good not to mention Jiang Mian here, but after mentioning Jiang Mian, Yang Shen's attitude was even more resolute than before: "The ministers of the DPRK and China perform their duties, and our duty is to persuade His Majesty to do good deeds, and Jiang Zhongtang ...... His duty is to make up for easy things, which are different, and Master Feng doesn't need to persuade him anymore, and what consequences will not involve the Hanlin Academy."

"You...... Alas!"

Feng Xi couldn't do anything else in the face of such a stubborn Yang Shen except sighing.

That night, Feng Xi went to see Jiang Mian and told the truth about Yang Shen's stubborn attitude.

After listening to this, Jiang Mian probably understood why this late-born junior was so stubborn, and said in a leisurely tone at the moment: "He thinks that I have not argued with His Majesty to the end in everything like his father, thinking that I have made concessions and failed his father's entrustment, and he feels that it is his responsibility to inherit his father's will, so he will say this."

Feng Xi was surprised and asked, "What is this going to do?" Even if you look down on me as a bachelor of Hanlin, you can't even look down on a bachelor of Shoufu University?

Jiang Mian looked at this very lightly, shook his head and sighed lightly: "Let him go, as he said, even if he doesn't make a move, His Majesty will not give up on the matter of the ceremony, and it is okay for His Majesty to know the attitude of the courtiers against it." It's just that he will be in the court later...... Alas!"

The words are not finished.

But Feng Xi heard it, and Jiang Mian felt that Yang Shen's career was worrying. You don't even look down on the two top bosses who are in the same camp as you, the emperor and you are political enemies, and your father once had a grudge against the emperor.

The emperor can send you to a remote place as an official if he finds an opportunity, and he can even say that these treatments are light, if you are so obsessed and offend the emperor, the emperor will not just let you out, it is likely that you will be punished and punished to go to the border, have you ever thought about the consequences?

Feng Xi said: "Young people don't know how to advance or retreat, and they are also incompetent

I can persuade him well."

Jiang Mian smiled and said, "This has nothing to do with you, he is such a character, even before his father left, he was worried that he would be reckless, let me mention and correct him, it seems that Jiefu has thought too much, what qualifications can I have to persuade such a young talent as Xiu?"

"Alas!" Fengxi continued to sigh.

Now Yang Shen has really made himself an outlier that everyone dislikes, and even Jiang Mian is full of disappointment in Yang Shen.

Jiang Mian said: "I just hope that he won't make too much trouble, but I don't know who else in this world can let him put down the big stone in his heart and be a courtier who abides by the rules with peace of mind?"

Feng Xi thought about it and shook his head with a wry smile.

Yang Ting and Zhishi, Jiang Mian and him Fengxi can't persuade Yang Shen, who else can persuade Yang Shen to let go of his obsession and be a "good baby"?

It is too unrealistic to expect Yang Shen to be a courtier who abides by the rules.

Yang Shen withstood the pressure from all sides and handed over his "Great Rites" recital, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and it didn't even make a splash for many days.

The emperor did not mention it, and the cabinet and courtiers did not mean anything to mention it in the court.

It seems that the emperor doesn't want to make trouble, and Wenchen intends to protect Yang Shen, a thorn, so that Yang Shen spent a lot of energy and did something unflattering to both sides, and then his performance was ignored by all parties.

Yang Shen was naturally angry and wanted to take some drastic measures to make up for it.

But at this time, Zhu Hao went to the Hanlin Academy again and specially asked Yang Shen to go over and talk about the Great Rites Discussion.

"Do you have something to talk to me about?"

When Yang Shen saw Zhu Hao coming, he looked like he was going to negotiate with him, so he naturally felt surprised and incomprehensible, and his tone seemed very disgusting.

Zhu Hao said, "That's the case, Mr. Tang came to me and mentioned to me about your performance."

"He?"

Yang Shen sat there with an angry look on his face, "It seems that Your Majesty has already seen my invitation, and knows that there is no reason to argue, is this trying to calm things down through you?"

Zhu Hao first signaled Yu Chengxun to go out first, meaning to talk to Yang Shen alone.

Yu Chengxun also felt very incomprehensible, but still gave Zhu Hao and Yang Shen the opportunity to be alone.

Zhu Hao said: "Brother Xiu, I have heard some things, I am not sure, and I have never talked to others, I want to talk to you alone, are you willing to give this face?"

"Say it." Yang Shen's attitude was still very indifferent.

Because Yang Shen knew that this time Zhu Hao represented Tang Yin, which was equivalent to being a "peacemaker" for the emperor.

Zhu Hao casually picked up a book on the table, as if he had put it down by himself before, and handed it to Yang Shen: "Look at it, this is a booklet rearranged by the people of the Yili faction, and now it is printed in Jingshi, and I bought a copy back."

"Don't look!"

Yang Shen didn't even think about it, so he blocked the book back.

Zhu Hao said: "Mr. Tang is my mentor in the end, he has been in Xingwangfu for many years, and now he rarely asks about political affairs, but he still knows a lot of things. I heard him talk about it, saying that recently, His Majesty wants to let Master Hanlin Huang become the elder of the pavilion, leaving the position of Master Hanlin to be given to Zhang Bingyong, or Mr. Tang."

"Zhang Bingyong?" Yang Shen frowned.

To say that Yang Shen looks down on the younger generations, and even more looks down on the "opportunist" like Zhang Xuan who was only admitted to the Jinshi at an old age, let alone thinks that Zhang Xuan has any ability to be a bachelor of Hanlin.

Zhu Hao sighed: "This is the way things are in the world, whoever supports His Majesty will have a chance to ascend to the throne, and Mr. Tang himself has no intention of doing things and does not plan to accept this errand, so only Zhang Bing will take on it...... Since Mr. Tang mentioned it to me, it means that this matter should be inseparable. 「

"Bang!"

Yang Shen slapped the table violently and shouted, "The Ming official system has been made into a miasma by a group of people, and even the most basic promotion principles are ignored?"

Zhu Hao said: "Brother Xiu is trying to say that His Majesty is nepotistic? But you should know that since ancient times, whether it is a king, a prince, or an official, nepotism abounds, and it is only when people do not appoint cronyism that it makes people feel weird...... Da Ming now, it's not just a personal feeling

Society? The whole court said that they were not friends or parties, but are there few things about friends?"

"Jingdao, what do you mean by that?" Yang Shen turned his anger on Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao shrugged: "I'm just expressing my feelings, and Mr. Tang has also made it clear that if you use Brother Xiu, you can no longer be radical in the matter of etiquette...... It's not that you give up your principles, it's just that you can regress appropriately, even if you can't become a bachelor of Hanlin, a position of a bachelor or a bachelor can still be kept for you. It's kind of a balance."

"What?"

After Yang Shen heard this, he was really shocked.

Originally, it was only Zhu Hao who came to convey Tang Yin's meaning, but now I heard it, it seems that Zhu Hao is no longer representing the opinions of officials at Tang Yin's level, but more like the exchange of interests offered to him by the superiors.

This is to send Zhu Hao to negotiate with him!

Zhu Hao said: "I know, this makes you embarrassed, and I was reluctant to spread this word, but Mr. Tang insisted on letting me say, why do you think I came to be this wicked person?"

Yang Shen was about to scold Zhu Hao angrily, but after thinking about it again, Zhu Hao was only a mouthpiece in this matter, what was the point of scolding Zhu Hao? On the contrary, Zhu Hao was still being used, with Zhu Hao's previous character of not wanting to cause trouble, he may not be annoyed to be this mouthpiece this time.

Zhu Hao seemed very emotional: "Don't say that I don't pay attention to principles, I only tell Mr. Tang's words, what he means is that your sincerity is good, but you have to see the opportunity, and now you are tantamount to opposing the forces of the monarch and the minister in the DPRK and China......

"Why are there two sides?" Yang Shen asked coldly.

Zhu Hao spread his hands: "Could it be that Elder Jiang Ge and Master Feng have been very supportive of your performance recently?"

A question pushed Yang Shen back.

Zhu Hao continued: "If you take a step back and exchange to a more appealing position, then you will have more room to play in the future, and your forbearance for a while will win the opportunity to rise up in the future...... Do you want to retire yourself, and it is an opportunist like Zhang Bingyong who comes to power? Where will you then, and how will you correct your majesty's faults?"