Chapter 104: Three Fires for the New Official
"Congratulations! Congratulations! β
Zhao Shurong's family is also moving, which is the joy of housewarming.
Just yesterday, Hu Youliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, returned to his hometown, and the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was vacant.
In this matter, when the Qinghe Party impeached Hu Youliang, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the Emperor Taishang had a close past, the Conservative Party had already smelled a crisis.
The Emperor Taishang moved into the deep palace, and Hu Youliang was a scholar, and they knew that it was a foregone conclusion.
The first prime minister of the dynasty, Shangshu Ling Xu Churen, naturally could not let the rites in the six parts of Shangshu fall into the hands of others!
The Ministry of Rites is not the Qingshui Yamen at all, on the contrary, it occupies a very important position among the six ministries, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is also in charge of very important power.
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu is in charge of sacrificial etiquette, cultural transmission, diplomatic navigation, education and catering, etc., that is to say, he is equivalent to the Ministry of Propaganda + Ministry of Foreign Affairs + Ministry of Education + Ministry of Culture + Minister of Law, which shows his high status.
In order to successfully accomplish these tasks, the Rite Department Shoshu needs to be well-read in poetry and books, proficient in foreign cultures, and not necessarily of high moral character, but also of far-sighted insight.
The Conservative Party originally wanted to promote Luo Ronghao, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, who has been in the Ministry of Rites for many years, is skilled in official duties, and can also take on great responsibilities, so he is a reliable candidate.
However, the Qinghe Party only made one move, which directly defeated them!
By Zhongshu Ling, one of the prime ministers of the dynasty, that is, Gao Jin, the leader of the Qinghe Party, took the lead in recommending: The position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is held by the well-known literary world Zhao Shurong Zhao everyone!
The Conservatives lost outright!
Not for anything else, Luo Ronghao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had studied under the Zhao family, and he was a student of the Zhao family.
Students, compete with teachers, what kind of system!
Earlier, just talked about filial piety and moved the emperor into the deep palace, and the conservative party did not object.
And above the court, it is also a big talk about filial piety, benevolence, and the prince of heaven and earth!
When a student encounters a teacher, he should directly back down, otherwise he will be disloyal and unfilial!
Emperor Zhao Heng directly approved Gao Jin's recommendation and promoted Zhao to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites!
If the Conservative Party fails, it will fail, I don't know that the Zhao family is not old-hearted, and they have stopped doing a good study tour to open a college, and they still want to come out to be an official at a lot of age!
Failure is failure, but I didn't expect that Confucianism and the Qinghe Party had just fought a battle in Qinghe County, but they quickly colluded with the Qinghe Party and caught them off guard!
Who would have thought that?
Some time ago, the Conservative Party just made a storm, which made Wu Lin, a member of the Qinghe Party's three-grade senior Zhongshu Lang, go to prison, win a game, and rise in prestige!
Unexpectedly, after a long time, the Qinghe Party united with Confucianism to put them together, making them lose their position as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and they were disgraced!
The Qinghe Party and the Conservative Party are competing back and forth, and the situation in the court is changing so quickly that it is completely unexpected!
And this trip to the Qinghe Party to win back a game and win the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, undoubtedly blocked a chicken bone in the throat of the first prime minister Xu Churen, not vomiting or unhappy!
Zhongshu Ling Gao Jin, also attaches great importance to the Ministry of Rites, and Zhao is happy to move, and he also came to visit him in his busy schedule.
Without him, the position of the Ministry of Rites is very important, and if he wants to bring down the first prime minister Xu Churen, the Ministry of Rites is an important assistant.
This is also the common goal of the two sides at present, and for a while, the conversation was very pleasant.
And after Gao Jin, the leader of the Qinghe Party, left, Zhao put away his smiling faces.
Outside the living room, several people walked in one after another, and the first one was Sun Kong, a descendant of Confucianism and the current head of the Confucian family.
The Confucian sage disappeared after throwing his pen, but his descendants were very active, decorating the faΓ§ade with the words of the sages to show the world that they were the authentic Confucianists.
Many people also eat this set, and the Confucian masters of the past generations have a very high status.
The same is true of Sun Kong, the head of the Confucian family, who arrived as a middle-aged man, and the famous literary master and the current court's Ministry of Rites Shangshu bent down to salute him, and Zhao's age was enough to be his father.
In the face of Zhao's big gift, Sun Kong just nodded in response.
As the head of the Confucian family, Sun Kong has special powers of Confucianism, and has a natural suppression of the low.
There were a few more people who came in with Sun Kong, Xu Xian and Wang Junyan were also impressively listed, judging from the order in which they came in, the status of the two was not low.
One is the representative of their Confucianism, who wants to win the champion in the current imperial examination and make a splash, which means that their Confucianism is about to enter the imperial court, and their status is naturally not low!
One is on behalf of the Zhongzhou Wang family, the generation of gate valves that have survived through two dynasties, can be regarded as the representative of the gate valve, and Wang Junyan cooperates with their Confucianism, and is very likely to become the next head of the Wang family, the future head of the Wang family, and the status is naturally high!
The rest of them are all Confucians.
Sun Kong came in, got straight to the point, pointed to the few people he brought, and said:
"These people are all proficient in Confucianism, this trip will test the exam questions, you will study it, what should be the most appropriate topic, not only to show my Confucianism ability, but also to please the emperor, show our role."
Sun Kong's words are very straightforward, in his status, there is no need to speak in twists and turns, and he also has a direct command attitude towards Zhao Dajia, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Everyone Zhao actually had no opinion, but nodded and said:
"In the past, the imperial examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, but the examination questions were ultimately selected by the Holy Lord. A few days ago, the Holy Majesty talked to me and said that the questions in this subject examination should be unexpected, impartial, and completely different from the usual, which means that he will personally handle the examination questions of this subject. β
Sun Kong said with a smile: "This is to balance the Qinghe Party and the Conservative Party, if you fight again, this year's New Year will not be easy!" The Emperor's Art of Balance...... Anyway, it is easy to pass the examination with Xu Xian's talent. β
"For the palace test, we must come up with the questions, and I think the emperor will agree."
Everyone Zhao nodded: "The saint is not opposed, and the ranking of the palace test is all based on the saint's preference, the saint is ready to reuse Confucianism, and the champion of this subject must take Xu Xian." β
Xu Xian stood up with a smile and thanked him: "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the saint and Zhao." β
"Haha." Sun Kong beckoned him and motioned for him to sit down, no need to be so polite.
Then Sun Kong smiled: "Although the spring is still after March, the matter has been agreed, and the next step is just to go home, and when the New Year comes, I also need to preside over the family." β
The New Year's festival of the descendants of Confucianism is very grand, because Confucianism talks about "rites", if the head of the family is not there, what kind of ceremony is it?
Therefore, it is natural for Sun Kong to go back.
He was able to come out of his home and rush to Changjing in person, promote the alliance between Confucianism and the Qinghe Party, and push the Zhao family to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in one fell swoop, which has shown that he attaches enough importance to it.
In the final analysis, this matter is inseparable from the communication between Sun Kong and the emperor, and it is precisely because the emperor is moved first that the following things can be carried out smoothly.
The general direction has been decided, and the implementation is the business of the people below, Sun Kong has already felt that he has succeeded, and there is no need to stay in Changjing for more.
After Sun Kong finished saying a few words, he led people away.
Not long after Sun Kong and the others left, another distinguished guest came to Zhao's family.
This person is none other than Xue Gao, the envoy of the Guannei Dao Festival who had fought with Meng Xing and others in Qinghe County.
The two were also old identities.
Although Zhao is a master of the literary world and a well-known person, when he entered the Ministry of Ceremonies, he still worked under the command of Shangshu Ling Xu Churen.
What is the foundation of him as an airborne man?
This trip greatly offended Xu Churen, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites below must have violated him.
Zhao's current situation is like a rat in a bellows, angry at both ends.
Although there is the support of Confucianism, and the current cooperation with the Qinghe Party, there is also some external help, but in the end, it still has to rely on itself.
Otherwise, it is likely to be overlooked.
Zhao everyone naturally can't let this kind of thing happen, the new official has three fires, and the first fire is to make a prestige!
The first one he wants to use for the knife is Zhao Gou, the king of honor!
King Yu killed Yan Cang, the six-pin general of the imperial court in Guge City, Qinghe County, and Yan Cang, the son of Yan Shihao, the general of the Northern Liangying Master, not only offended Yan Cang, but also offended Xue Gao, the envoy of the Guannei Daojiedu, and slapped him in the face in public!
Xue Gao is a high-ranking and powerful person, he is a real power faction, a prince dares to slap him in the face, if he doesn't say it, it will be difficult to mix in the future!
He must find this field back, and Zhao everyone happens to be missing a knife.
Therefore, the two hit it off and wanted to impeach King Yu!
This is the first battle in which Zhao is promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites!
The impeachment of King Yu is "the Son of Heaven who violates the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people!" β
The Ministry of Rites is responsible for legislation, and the Ministry of Rites is also the most authoritative "legal expert".
The previous emperors all said that "the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people", but this sentence will not be truly executed by the emperor when he says it, who dares to say to the emperors that you have committed a crime?
And the emperors just took this sentence as a rule to bind themselves.
But this time, Zhao everyone is going to take the king of honor, involving the royal people, or the emperor is very close to the prince, the specifications are very heavy!
If this battle is successful, everyone in Zhao will make a prestige and be praised by the world, who would dare to underestimate him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?
Zhao was sure that it was because the emperor was ready to implement Confucianism.
Everyone in Zhao needs this reputation, and so does the emperor!
Because this is the reputation of the Holy King!
The emperor promotes Confucianism, but also to show his attitude, but also to put gold on his face!
Heaven and earth are the king's teachers, and after heaven and earth is the king, and they are still placed before the relatives!
Why?
Of course, you have to set an example and let the world recognize!
This incident can be said to be a military exercise jointly conducted by the emperor and Confucianism, in order to deter Xiaoxiao and convince everyone in the world!
Of course, things must be tortuous, and the emperor will definitely not easily let his younger brother be guilty, and he will protect him several times, and suppress Zhao Dajia, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, several times.
However, everyone Zhao will definitely resist the pressure and fight for reason! Even death!
In the end, the emperor woke up, and finally killed his relatives in righteousness and convicted King Yu!
As a result, the Zhao family became famous and was the master of the blue sky!
And the emperor wanted to protect it several times, that is, he took care of his family affection, and finally punished the king with righteousness and awe, and everyone in the world praised him.
This is a good emperor who loves the people like a son and is strict with himself, a holy monarch and a monarch father!
This can make the word "Jun" rank in front of "pro"!
In the end, they were all happy, and they were just bitter and honored as kings.
On the same day, King Yu was announced into the palace and reprimanded.