In the Hanlin Courtyard, the Hanlin arrived early that day, and they were waiting for the final notice to see if they were going to the palace to kneel down.

Yang Shen was in the most conflicted mood at this time.

Historically, he participated in the Zuo Shunmen case as a Hanlin Xiu, and played the role of the most important liaison initiator in it, but now he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he already has the qualifications to enter the cabinet - Xie Qian entered the cabinet in this position at the beginning.

Once people have fame, fortune and status, they will look at problems from a different angle, and they can't do things as they want.

"With Xiu, the people outside are waiting!" Yu Chengxun and Ye Guizhang appeared behind Yang Shen. Yu Chengxun continued, "Master Feng has already said hello, let us decide for ourselves, he will take some people to the forbidden place of the palace first."

On the issue of the Great Rites Discussion, although the high-level leaders of the Hanlin Yuan all stood on the position of "maintaining the ancestral system", that is, opposing the Great Rites Discussion, they were also divided into two factions, one was the compromise faction, advocating a long-term view, and this faction was mainly headed by Shi Ban, who may have experienced too many things, and had been a secretary of the ministry, and felt that the conflict between the monarch and the minister should not be out of control.

On the other side, represented by Feng Xi and Jia Yong, their views are more radical. Among them, Feng Xi is the mainstay, and Jia Yong belongs to the one who is coerced.

On the issue of etiquette, the civilian-conservative camp was divided into several factions, and many of them who were relatively neutral and afraid of things were also coerced into joining the side of the struggle.

The Emperor didn't want the matter to come to an end.

Seeing Yang Shen's complicated face, Ye Guizhang asked tentatively, "Should we go together?" Your Majesty has dropped out of the dynasty today, and if you don't take advantage of the time to launch a rebellion now, I'm afraid that it will be too late."

Many middle- and lower-level Hanlin, as well as the six subordinate officials of the six departments and the six subordinates, are waiting for Yang Shen's opinion.

Yang Shen has a very high say on the issue of the Great Rites Discussion, which is also an important reason why Zhu Hao is discordant with him, of course, it is also because Yang Shen is nominally iron-headed, but in fact, he still cares about fame and fortune in his bones, and Yang Shen's hesitation at this time also reflects that he does not want to ruin his political career.

"Go, why not? Have you consulted the Cabinet?" Yang Shen said that he was going, but he still seemed to care about the opinions of the central and high-level officials.

Ye Guizhang hurriedly said, "When is this? Do you expect those middle halls and ministries to be with us? It's up to us to do this!"

Because Ye Guizhang and Yu Chengxun and others did not get any practical benefits in the previous promotion incident, but watched Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and even Zhu Hao climb on their heads, they were naturally unwilling, and their attitude was more resolute in the matter of kneeling and admonishing, which did not mean to break the jar.

"Say hello to the people of the six subjects first, especially Xi Zhi's side, let's go!"

The middle-level officials in the Hanlin Academy were headed by Yang Shen. And the six departments are headed by Zhang Liao, and the two of them are the initiators, after all, kneeling this kind of thing is beyond the normal rules, and someone needs to call on and demagogue, otherwise who wants to go to the palace gate to make trouble? This is clearly going against the emperor, and everyone who goes knows that they will be punished by the emperor, especially now that they clearly know that the Praetorian Guards have been added to the palace gate.

I know who goes and who is unlucky, but I have to go, this kind of contradictory and tangled mood makes people extremely tormented.

It is still Zuo Shunmen, and it is basically those who initiated the Zuo Shunmen incident in history.

It's just that unlike history, none of the cabinet scholars and the six Shangshu appeared, and there were very few waiters and Siqing, and the highest-ranking official present was He Mengchun, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, in addition to those who were the subordinate officials of the government, and in the Hanlin Academy, it was headed by Jia Yong and Feng Xi, and there was no grouper.

At first, there were only twenty or thirty officials.

Then more and more people gathered, and after more than an hour, when the scene began to make noise, there were already more than 100 people.

At this time, Zhu Hao didn't join in this kind of excitement, anyway, he had already greeted Yang Shen, no matter whether his own position was to support the emperor or the traditional civil official faction, anyway, this kind of kneeling had nothing to do with him, he only needed to think about it not far from the palace

Virtuous residence, just wait for the news.

Also coming over was Tang Yin.

Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao and others also wanted to find a place to listen to the latest news, but they couldn't go to the palace gate, and they didn't even dare to go to the nearby teahouse restaurant, for fear of being injured by mistake, and the emperor didn't give them new instructions, so that now they can only stay in the Hanlin Courtyard, look at the empty courtyard, stay in their own office, and don't even get sporadic news.

"Jingdao, it's a commotion!"

After Tang Yin heard Jinyiwei's report, he shook his head and sighed. There was no Zhang Zuo and others present, and no one at the decision-making level was there, Tang Yin inevitably felt that neither he nor Zhu Hao could call the shots, which meant that Daming was about to fall into civil strife.

Zhu Hao poured Tang Yin a cup of tea and asked with a smile, "Mr. doesn't want to cause a dispute and chooses to settle things?" Then you should go and persuade the gang in front of Zuo Shun's door, instead of telling me this."

Tang Yin glared at Zhu Hao: "You are also responsible!"

This time, Tang Yin didn't blame all the blame on Zhu Hao, and now he also figured it out, a slap can't be slapped, and the contradiction between the monarch and the minister will break out sooner or later, anyway, when it breaks out, he Tang Yin always has to stand in the position of a literati to express his pity for traditional civil officials.

"Okay, well, I am also responsible, who in the world dares to say that they are not responsible for Daming? Drink tea and drink tea."

Zhu Hao was not in a hurry at all, as if everything was under his control.

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In the palace, Zhu Si ran to the beamless hall on the south side of the Yangxin Hall to fast, wanting to avoid contact with Wenchen in this way.

Not only that day, he planned to find a reason to quit the dynasty in the next few days, in his opinion, this matter could not be solved in a day or two, and Zhu Hao did not say when it would be completely calmed down, so it would be a matter of not being able to see it.

But when he heard that a large number of ministers had gathered at the gate of the palace, and they were still crying and shaking the palace gate, Zhu Si was immediately annoyed.

"Is this my palace, or theirs?" Huang Jin, who came to deliver the word from Zhu Sichao, lost his temper.

Zhang Zuo on the side hurriedly glanced at Huang Jin, meaning to avoid intensifying the conflict as much as possible, don't deliberately add some modifiers, just say that they are making trouble at the palace gate, why do you have to say that they hit the door with their heads? Why do you have to say anything, some people shout Taizu and Emperor Xiaozong?

Huang Jin was already very careful in his words, trying not to add any personal joy and anger, what happened at the palace gate, but this still didn't work.

Zhu Sidao: "Doesn't Zuo Shunmen have a large number of brocade guards? Arrest them all!"

Zhang Zuo hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to make a big deal out of it, it's better to ...... Wait and see?"

Zhu Si looked at Zhang Zuo: "Still let me wait? What are you waiting for? When they smashed the palace gate? They're attacking the Imperial City, you know? If they appear in front of me, will someone just hit me with their heads?"

There was a hint of anger in the Emperor's words.

Zhang Zuo probably heard that the emperor was in danger. Although the gate of the palace is just a group of ordinary civil officials, it seems that it will not cause a hindrance to the emperor's personal safety, but it is impossible to stand that the emperor usually appears in the same hall with these ministers, in case they suddenly rise up to assassinate the emperor...... It's like when there was a bloody fight in the palace after the change of the civil fort...... Will the emperor dare to get along with them in the same hall in the future?

Zhu Si may also know that making a big deal out of it will be unfavorable to him, so he was out of breath and sulked for a while before asking, "Where is Jingdao?"

Wong Kam replied, "Mr. Zhu and Mr. Tang are already waiting at Si Xian Ju.

Zhu Sidao: "I want to leave the palace."

Zhang Zuo hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, it is still not appropriate for you to go out of the palace gate at this time."

Zhu Si sneered: "Are you afraid that I will encounter danger outside the palace gate, right? If someone really wants to rebel, it will be more dangerous for me to stay in the palace, because everyone thinks that I dare not walk around, so it is more targeted. On the contrary, it was at this juncture that no one could have predicted!

"Besides, it's not interesting to stay here, after today, I can discuss anything directly with Jingdao, and do you still need to stick to those bullshit etiquette?"

Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin both heard it, as if it was today

What a critical day.

Zhu Si probably means that after today, he no longer has to be sneaky in getting along with Zhu Hao, and Zhu Hao can enter the palace openly in the future, even if he doesn't have to enter the cabinet or be a scholar, others will know that Zhu Hao is the emperor's chief staff.

On this issue, Zhang Zuo tried to persuade but held back. Anyway, now that the court has been basically controlled by the emperor, and I haven't seen Wu Xun participate in this big event arguing about the ceremony, it seems that the capital and the palace are very safe, so Zhu Si said that he would discuss state affairs with Zhu Hao in the future, and it was nothing.

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Zhu Si prepared to go out of the palace to see Zhu Hao.

He didn't leave in a hurry, first let Zhang Zuo go out of the palace to say hello to Zhu Hao, in fact, he just wanted to ask if there would be any trouble when he left the palace.

Then let Zhang Zuo inform Zhang Xuan and others to go to Sixian Residence to see Zhu Jie.

His opinion can be summed up as the time for a showdown at last, and it is time for the people of the Rites faction to know who planned the Great Rites Discussion by the emperor's side at the beginning, and who is the most important staff member around the emperor, and who should be listened to in the court in the future except for the emperor.

Zhang Zuo sent people to inform the people of the Yili faction. And he went to Sixian Ju, and he encountered no obstacles along the way. When Zhang Zuo went to Sixianju and saw Zhu Hao, his heart finally settled down.

After greeting each other, Zhang Zuo said, "Mr. Zhu, to make a long story short, you look at today's incident, there will be no big changes, right? Such as...... Mutiny or something?"

Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head: "No."

Tang Yin also seemed to agree with Zhu Hao's point of view: "There is no movement in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and besides, there are very few people in Yan Chen and the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries who are involved in it, so they are fighting for gifts, not rebelling against Your Majesty."

Zhang Zuo sighed, "That's good, that's good."

Zhu Hao asked, "Your Majesty is going out of the palace?" If you want to come, you can, but if you have a choice, your majesty should sit in the palace at this time, because it is likely that you will soon attack those ministers who are kneeling!"