The capital, the Imperial Palace.

Courts.

In the Fengtian Palace, the monarchs and ministers gathered together, and Jin Xianmin, the secretary of the military department, was still stating the battle report from the northwest border pass, and read it for nearly half an hour in a row, and the ministers present could listen to it, but more people were drowsy and dozed off.

For most people, the military affairs of the northwest do not have a very intuitive concept, anyway, they know that the Ming Dynasty is on the defensive in the northwest, and the Tatars will attack and disturb if they have nothing to do, and they will leave after grabbing it.

Even if there were one or two relatively large battles in a given year, the number of dead and wounded on both sides would be less than 20 men......

Because the purpose of the war between the two sides is very strong, one is the robber, Kou Bian is here to rob the goods, and the other side wants to drive the robbers away, as for the side that guards the house to lose something in the end, it seems that the officials and generals don't care very much, as long as they can drive the robbers away.

Fighting with the Tatars was not the first choice of the military generals of the Northwest.

Jin Xianmin was still fully engaged there, and he had already finished most of the recital, and the scene suddenly became noisy.

Jin Xianmin didn't figure out what was going on, and when he continued to speak, he found that the voices of the ministers had completely overpowered him, so he raised his head blankly and found that the emperor was no longer on the dragon chair, and the eunuchs around the throne did not know where to go.

Fei Hong walked over and patted Jin Xianmin on the shoulder, meaning that you have worked hard and spoke very well, but I will give you zero points.

"Your Majesty......"

Jin Xianmin thought that he didn't hear the emperor's announcement of his retirement from the dynasty, so he made such a fuss, but when the people around him looked regretful, he realized that the emperor really didn't like to listen to these tirades, so he simply left without even saying hello, only Jin Xianmin was stunned there and continued to talk, and he didn't even pay attention to when the emperor left.

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The ministers came out of the Fengtian Palace, and Wu Xun's side was fine, basically there were no opinions, but the civil officials couldn't bear it.

Especially the Imperial Historian.

On matters such as the Great Rites Discussion, we don't have the right to speak, and now the emperor is even leaving without greeting the early dynasty, if we ignore this matter, then are we still loyal ministers?

A group of people were indignant and shouted that they wanted to play jointly and find the emperor to theorize.

The four members of the cabinet returned to the duty room.

Liu Chun frowned and said: "It seems that Your Majesty has begun to slack off on the early dynasty, and this court suddenly seems to have returned to a few years ago." ”

This is quite a bit disrespectful, it is to compare the current emperor with the previous Zhengde Emperor, and the emperor is not in the court or slacks in the government, which can be classified as a faint monarch.

Fei Hong didn't say anything, but Yang Yiqing, who had just entered the cabinet, didn't say anything at all, which surprised Liu Chun and Jia Yong.

Jia Yong asked, "How many people, should you go up to persuade Your Majesty?" After the New Year, His Majesty often dropped out of the court, and sometimes he didn't even give a reason, saying that he was sick with his body, but I heard that the palace didn't even invite the imperial doctor, and His Majesty clearly had no intention of doing anything. ”

Fei Hong asked helplessly: "What's the point of persuading?" ”

Jia Yong was speechless for a while.

You, the first assistant, connived at the emperor's reckless affairs, and actually asked me what was the use of persuading me? If it's useless, don't we advise? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will take Daming to the ditch step by step?

Liu Chun sighed: "At least now His Majesty still appears in the court, and he is afraid of the future...... It's hard to say......"

Between the words, he also deliberately looked at Yang Yiqing, he really wanted to know what Yang Yiqing thought in his heart, after all, Yang Yiqing seemed to have the lowest status among the four members of the cabinet, but in fact, his reputation in the court was the highest.

If Yang Yiqing wants to perform in the cabinet, isn't this an opportunity?

But apparently Yang Yiqing didn't take this as an opportunity.

Fei Hong shook his head and said, "To persuade Your Majesty, you must have the right person to come forward...... Do you think there is anyone in the DPRK who can take on this important task now? ”

Persuading the emperor to be diligent in government affairs, it is useless to rely on the persuasion of ministers alone, and now these ministers have seen the stubbornness of this little emperor with their own eyes, they are simply stubborn donkeys, and they never compromise on what they recognize.

If there was Zhu Hao as his brake pad in the past, when the emperor was hot-headed, he could occasionally pull him down, but now that Zhu Hao has left the capital, it seems that no one can restrain the emperor.

"Zhang Bingyong, what do you think?" Liu Chun put forward an opinion.

Zhang Xuan!

Zhu Hao is gone, and now the most relied on person around the emperor is Zhang Xuan, after all, Zhang Xuan is a core member of the Yili faction, and his reputation among the officials of the Yili faction is even higher than Zhu Hao, and Zhang Xuan returned to the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin scholar, and it seems that he is also acting as a replacement for Zhu Hao.

What Zhu Hao undertook before, now there is always someone to do it, who will go if you, the substitute, don't go?

Fei Hong shook his head and didn't say anything, but obviously didn't think it was useful.

Liu Chun, as the second assistant, did not express his opinion, his words were the embodiment of the collective will of the cabinet, and he immediately said: "Then I will go back and meet Zhang Bingyong to see if he is willing to come forward." Daming has only been stable for a few years, but it can't be the same as when he was in the previous dynasty. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Yang Yiqing again.

Probably Liu Chun very much hoped that Yang Yiqing would come forward at this time and say something like "I'll go", but from beginning to end, Yang Yiqing was silent as if watching a play.

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When Liu Chun went to find Zhang Xuan, he even met Gui Cao by the way.

Anyway, they are in the same Hanlin Academy, and both of them are also bachelors of Hanlin, Liu Chun has been in the Hanlin Academy for many years, and he is very familiar with this place, so he just came back to see his old friends.

Zhang Xuan can be regarded as giving Liu Chun enough face, since Liu Chun said, you Zhang Bingyong should take the responsibility after Zhu Hao left the court, Zhang Xuan felt that he should show it, and then wrote a note with Gui Cao to persuade the emperor to be diligent in government affairs, and submitted it on the same day.

And then......

The stone sank into the sea.

The emperor may not even be willing to give Zhu Hao's face now, what are you Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao? How dare you demand from me by your standards?

When Zhang Zuo mentioned this matter to Zhu Si, Zhu Si almost wanted to demote Zhang Xuan from the Beijing Division again, but this time he did not act impulsively, because he felt that Zhang Zhang's actions had not reached the point of inexcusability, although no matter how he looked at it, Zhang Xuan seemed to be teaching himself a lesson from the position of a civil official.

"This man really doesn't have any points in his heart."

Zhu Si said tauntingly, "I appreciate and promote him, but he always wants to ask me to be a saint, he really thinks that it is the ministers of the DPRK and the central government who approve him to sit in his current position?" ”

Zhu Si's face was full of disdain.

In other words, Zhu Si can't tolerate those ministers in his eyes at all, he will feel that the ministers must revolve around him, without him as the backbone, the Ming Dynasty will be finished.

The conceit to this extent is related to his character, and it is also related to the loss of his father when he was a teenager and the suppression of Yang Tinghe for two years.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty, maybe Master Zhang didn't mean to be radically admonished?" ”

"Isn't that obvious?"

Zhu Si said coldly, "Can you say that he is doing this for my good?" What am I going to do, do I have to listen to him? Recently, all the jobs in the Hanlin Academy have been canceled, which makes him nervous and nervous...... Let the edict go aside, or find someone else to do it, and then I won't go to court! ”

Zhu Si wanted to teach Zhang Xuan a painful lesson, not to demote him to an official position, but to snub him.

Let Zhang Xuan recognize his position clearly, and stand firmly with me at all times, whatever I want to do, you must act according to my will, it is best for me to behave nonsense, while you applaud and applaud, you must also encourage those civil servants to applaud together, and find all kinds of high-sounding reasons for my nonsense.

That's what you should be doing.

"This guy can't be a man!"

Zhu Si got up and went to the inner hall, leaving another sentence in the air coldly.

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he could only watch the emperor leave.

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Zhang Xuan played, there was no result at all, and in the next few days, the emperor did not even hold a court meeting, and the Hanlin Academy was also snubbed by the emperor.

Originally, the Hanlin Academy was just a place to repair books, and it was not a big deal whether it was taken care of by the emperor, but Zhang Xuan was very ambitious and felt that as long as he was there, the Hanlin Academy should become the most high-profile place in the court.

The current situation is unacceptable to him.

So he still chose to communicate with Zhang Zuo, the prime minister, although he also knew that as a Hanlin bachelor, it was easy to be criticized for meeting the internal officials casually, but he had to do so.

“…… Mr. Zhang, there are some things that we can't tell you, so you can weigh it yourself. ”

Zhang Xuan took advantage of Zhang Zuo's visit to the Ministry of Rites to block the door, and Xi Shu threaded the needle through it, so that Zhang Xuan and Zhang Zuo had the opportunity to meet alone.

"Grandpa Zhang, I am dull, I hope you can always give me some advice."

Zhang Xuan said sincerely.

Zhang Zuo smiled and shook his head: "Why, don't you know?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "But is it because of the lower performance to persuade His Majesty to be diligent in court affairs?" In fact...... Isn't that what a courtier should do? ”

"Huh."

Zhang Zuopi didn't smile and still didn't explain.

Zhang Xuan asked further: "If that Master Zhu is in the court, he will do the same, right?" ”

"yes."

Zhang Zuo was not polite at this time, and nodded generously and admitted, "Master Zhu will definitely advise, but if he comes forward, His Majesty can listen to it, and others will ...... Your Majesty just won't listen. Don't you know? ”

Zhang Zuo was actually a little annoyed.

You Zhang Xuan always want to compare yourself with Zhu Hao, who gave you the courage?

Regardless of the friendship between the emperor and Zhu Hao, just talking about the ability to do things, how can you compare it with the hero who helped the emperor fight with the courtiers in the past few years and finally helped the emperor win?

really doesn't have Zhu Jingdao's life, but he has Zhu Jingdao's ambition.

I can't recognize the status quo.

Zhang Xuan said: "If this is persuaded by Master Zhu, Your Majesty will listen?" ”

"It's different."

Zhang Zuo said helplessly, "Master Zhang, just do your own job, you still don't interfere in other things, it's not that Your Majesty doesn't trust you, but ...... You're not doing things the right way. When Mr. Zhu was in the court, when did you see him have fierce advice? Even during the Zuo Shunmen incident, have you seen him speak for those Wenchen? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Xuan's eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly realized for a while.

Zhu Hao, this kid, under the banner of integrity, shows that he has no quarrel with the world, but in fact, he is the biggest traitor of the Ming Dynasty.