Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Si once again summoned the ministers in the inner court, this time he only summoned Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Jun, and the four ministers of the cabinet, and the topic of discussion was very straightforward, that is, to continue to fight for Zhu Youqing's status in the imperial examination, and completely give up his inheritance of filial piety.

Qiao Yu looked very excited: "Your Majesty, the matter has just subsided, why do you have to bring it up again? I'm afraid that this will make people feel uneasy······ Your Majesty's accession to the throne is short, and you should give priority to purging the dynasty and restoring the people's strength.

Zhu Sidao: "I lost my father at an early age, and I have gratitude to my biological parents in my heart, which is for the sake of Confucianism's filial piety, but the throne can not be obtained, I have always believed that filial piety should be the first in everything. Now that my biological mother is still here, but you have allowed me, my only son, to pass under someone else's name, have you ever considered my feelings?"

"Your Majesty......"

Wang Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately came out to argue with reason.

Zhu Si raised his hand to interrupt Wang Jun's words, and his attitude was resolute: "Tomorrow I will mention this matter in the court, whether you support it or not, I will notify you in advance, and it can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness······ If you don't agree, then all of you will step down and talk about it tomorrow."

Several top civil servants were puzzled.

The emperor summoned us here just to inform us in advance, so that we can be mentally prepared for the emperor to re-propose the gift in the court tomorrow? Is it that simple?

However, the emperor issued an expulsion order, and obviously did not want to hear their views on "succession and succession", so they could only go back first to discuss countermeasures. ......

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Several ministers left the Qianqing Palace.

After Zhang Zuo went to the door to take a look, he came back and said to Zhu Si, "Your Majesty, the people have left."

Zhu Si smiled and said, "You say, will it be as Jingdao guessed, they will discuss it after they go back, and threaten me with their resignation in the court tomorrow?"

Zhang Zuo hesitated, "But Your Majesty······ With so many ministers, if they all resign at once, I am afraid that they will ······." It's fine."

Zhu Si looked very calm, "They stayed in the court, and they only caused trouble for me, do you think they will help me wholeheartedly?" They're better gone. Moreover, Jingdao has analyzed that as long as Fei Ge Lao and Liu Ge Lao are left, the replacement of the old and the new will be completed, and what the others can't leave is actually not that important!"

"That······ The slave and maid don't know what to say." Zhang Zuo was indeed very difficult.

As the eunuch in charge of the seal, although his heart is towards the emperor, but watching the emperor and the minister fighting happily, he actually still has the idea of mediating in his heart, but the current situation does not allow it.

Originally, Zhang Zuo expected Zhu Hao to be "merciful" to those ministers, but now it seems that Zhu Hao wants to help the emperor drive Qiao Yu, Jiang Mian and others away.

If Zhu Si and Zhu Hao join forces, then his Zhang Zuo's opinion will not matter, who cares what he thinks?

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Zhu Si informed Wenchen in advance that he would reopen the ceremony in the court the next day. As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar in the court.

In the Hanlin Academy, the matter of the discussion has been restarted, and Yang Shen has not changed his original intention, and on the issue of the Great Rites Discussion, the Emperor and Zhang Zuo have not put pressure on him to change his views, and he can still mobilize his colleagues to refute the decision of the Emperor's Great Rites.

Zhu Hao was in the study at home that day, compiling some books, and in the early winter, he took a brush to write some books and dramas for the emperor, which could pass the boring time...

Now that the business is doing very well, he doesn't have to worry about opening a mine for the time being, and he doesn't have to go to the Hanlin Academy to work, Zhu Hao feels relaxed and comfortable. At this time, Su Xigui came to visit.

Zhu Hao asked Su Xigui to take him to his study.

"Lord Su, you are really a rare guest, how do you know that I stayed at home and didn't go out?" Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Su Xigui was a little restless, took the tea handed by his subordinates, and said with a little embarrassment: "The court officials are all spreading that it is said that the court meeting will be reconvened tomorrow."

Zhu Hao nodded: "Is there such a thing······

This morning, His Majesty summoned the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the four members of the Cabinet to raise the matter with them, and the news naturally spread."

Su Xigui asked tentatively, "At the court meeting tomorrow, there will be some ······ Something not so good?" "Huh!?"

Zhu Hao sat back at the desk, looked at Su Xigui with a cautious face, and asked puzzledly, "Why did Su Dongzhu say this?"

Su Xigui said: "After Huang Gong heard about this, he saw the contemptible people and said that this is either His Majesty wants to force the ministers and ministers to retreat in distress with the matter of etiquette, or it will be ······ Exit the court, I wonder if Your Majesty really has this intention?"

Zhu Hao smiled, he didn't expect Huang Zan to see this matter so thoroughly. Zhu Si and Zhu Hao did exactly that.

told you in advance, just so that you would use the picker as a threat and tear your face with the emperor, and the emperor would take the opportunity to let you get out.

In history, Jiang Mian and others retreated like this, and Zhu Hao just followed the trend of history, even if it happened a little earlier than in history······ Zhu Hao also thinks it's nothing, the contradictions between the monarch and the minister on the issue of the Great Rites are irreconcilable, is it so important to be a little earlier and a little later? "What does Huang Gong think?"

Zhu Hao did not deny it, which is equivalent to indirectly admitting it.

Su Xigui sighed and said: "Huang Gong's intention, if several cabinet ministers retire, then it will be difficult to ensure that there will be no chaos in the court in the future, and Huang Gong himself is afraid that it will be difficult to bear the burden of entering the cabinet."

Zhu Hao said: "It seems that Huang Gong wants to enter the cabinet when Jiang Ge Lao is the first assistant, instead of waiting for Jiang Ge Lao to retire before entering the cabinet, does that mean?" "Huh?"

Su Xigui was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't deny the facts, so he nodded, "Probably so."

"But now the situation does not allow it, the matter of Huang Gong entering the cabinet has not been agreed by Jiang Ge Lao and others, and the previous issue of the selection of candidates for the cabinet has reached an impasse, you should know this, so how to ensure that Huang Gong can enter the cabinet in the shortest possible time? Could it be that after Jiang Ge Lao and Mao Ge Lao retreated, it would be too late for him to enter the cabinet again?"

Zhu Hao's tone became cold.

Huang Zan couldn't complete the entry into the cabinet as soon as possible, to put it bluntly, Huang Zhan, an old slippery head, was not firm enough in the position of the Great Rites Discussion.

If you support the emperor, then support it to the end, instead of not only wanting to stand in the emperor's position on the Great Rites Discussion, but also trying to curry favor with Wenchen on other issues, the result is that both sides are not good, and even Jiang Mian, Mao Ji and others look down on him.

You Huang Huang was originally a "minister" left over from the previous dynasty, only because of your outstanding ability, plus Yang Tinghe's endorsement before, you have today's status, how can you feel that you are a member of the traditional Wenchen? Who gave you courage?

Su Xigui saw that there seemed to be anger in Zhu Hao's tone, and hurriedly defended: "Forgive me, little master, the contemptible question may be a bit straightforward, the contemptible person wants to ask for Huang Gong, does it mean that only Jiang Ge Lao and Mao Ge Lao can enter the pavilion when Huang Gong retires, right?"

Zhu Hao said: "You are asking me this now, it is a little early, the ceremony has not yet begun, how Wenchen will support or oppose it, it is still uncertain, no matter how good the plan is, there will be a time when there will be a hundred secrets and a mistake, how do you let me answer you?"

That being said, Su Xigui seemed to be relieved.

Although Zhu Hao did not clearly say that he wanted to leave Fei Hong and Liu Chun behind, since Zhu Hao had only mentioned that Jiang Mian and Mao Ji would retreat, the emperor's plan was naturally to press the relatively neutral Fei Hong and Liu Chun to their current position to complete a smooth transition.

At that time, when Huang Zan entered the cabinet, he would enter as the third auxiliary minister.

Zhu Hao said: "Now this official position in the DPRK is almost a radish and a pit, the cabinet now has four ministers, it doesn't hurt to have one more person or one less, they will make it difficult for the new cabinet candidates, and Your Majesty has few opportunities to speak out······ In that case, it is better to simply wait for the absence of cabinet personnel before proposing who will join the cabinet, and then it will be a matter of course."

"Understood, understood."

Su Xigui felt a huge pressure rushing over his face.

Zhu Hao reminded: "Lord Su, don't always ask about the court with the mentality of doing business, if it's just a small favor, you can't do it

But now it involves the question of the stay of the top civil servants in the center of the Ming Dynasty, and many times the trade-offs are not things that can be referred to in the business field."

"Yes, yes."

Su Xigui took out a handkerchief and began to wipe his sweat.

Zhu Hao said: "Okay, I'll let you out, and then I will go to see Sun Butang, Sun Butang is quite firm about leaving the dynasty this time, if Huang Gong has no intention of entering the cabinet, he will prepare a position for him to be the secretary of the household department or the military department, he can choose to take over at any time."

"No······ No need."

Su Xigui's voice began to tremble.

Probably means, since there is a chance to enter the cabinet, who will strive to be a scholar? Huang Zan has been a scholar of the Southern Household Department, and he has passed the addiction of being a scholar, and now he wants to enter the cabinet as a cabinet elder, and I am not qualified to decide the future of my brother-in-law who is an official fan.

In the afternoon, Zhu Hao and Sun Lan took a carriage to Sun Jiao's mansion.

It's almost time to say goodbye to Sun Jiao.

There will be a fierce debate on the Great Rites Discussion at the upcoming Japanese and Korean meetings, even if Jiang Mian and others do not threaten each other, Sun Jiao will jump out to do so, which does not mean that Sun Jiao wants to be the first bird in the matter of the ceremony, he is only responsible for being the leader, and he really doesn't want to do it.

"Xianggong, are you saying that my father is leaving?"

Sun Lan heard some different meanings from Zhu Hao's previous description.

Zhu Hao nodded: "Ling Zun is old, and he has always told me that he is unable to do anything, and he wants to go back to Anlu to live a peaceful life, maybe he will return to the fields recently, and then His Majesty will reward him with a lot of land and wealth, so that he can enjoy his old age in peace."

Sun Lan looked sad.

When she came to the capital, she was kidnapped by the Empress Dowager Jiang like her father, and when she left now, her father returned to Anlu with the family, and she wanted to continue to stay in the capital.

Originally, the father and daughter were a family, but now they are talking about two families.

Zhu Hao comforted: "Don't be too careful, being a courtier, going back and forth is always like that, gathering and dispersing will eventually happen, and this court is also at the time of change."