In the Daming Palace——
The monarch and his ministers were discussing side affairs. Suddenly, an eunuch came from outside the palace, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Dai has returned from delivering the order. He is waiting outside the palace now."
When Emperor Chongping heard this, his expression paused, but he also intended to ease the slightly tense atmosphere in the Daming Palace, and ordered: "Let Dai Quan come in."
Facing the gazes of Yang Guochang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Han Huang, the second assistant, and the cabinet ministers Li Zan, Zhao Yi, and He Juncheng, Emperor Chongping smiled softly and said: "Jia Heng, when he submitted the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms last time, Regardless of discussing the past and present with me, I have found that this son is knowledgeable and intelligent."
Although the previous cabinet had drafted a decree, it actually mostly followed the wishes of Emperor Ping. Although several cabinet ministers, except Han Huang, knew Jia Heng well, they did not know it well.
Yang Guochang, the chief minister of the cabinet, frowned but said nothing.
The founding nobles of the four princes and eight princes have long been rotten. Changing the successor is just a change of soup but not medicine, so what can it do?
Not long after, Dai Quan came from outside the palace. First, Emperor Chongping bowed and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, this servant has conveyed the decree to the Jia Mansion and has come here to reply."
Emperor Chongping said: "What do you say, a member of the Jia clan?"
In the Daming Palace, Yang Guochang also looked at the internal minister. There was a bit of displeasure in his old eyes. He had tried to persuade the emperor several times to reuse the internal minister, but the emperor's holy heart was arbitrary and refused to accept the advice.
Seeing that the emperor was so eager, a flash of thought flashed across Han Huang's elegant face, and he looked at the eunuch Dai Quan calmly.
Li Zan, Zhao Yi, and He Juncheng turned their indifferent and scrutinizing eyes on Dai Quan.
Dai Quan met the gazes of several bachelors, with a somewhat cramped smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, when I went to deliver the order, the Jia clan had just removed Jia Ziyu's clan membership..."
The faint smile on Emperor Chongping's face disappeared, and he frowned and said, "Remove the membership?"
Several cabinet ministers also frowned and secretly said
Dai Quan said: "I asked about the reason. It seems that because of Jia Zhen's incident, Jia Ziyu was accused by the clan of not having a clan, so he was expelled from the clan."
Emperor Chongping's face was green and he sneered.
Several cabinet ministers looked solemn and thought to themselves that this behavior of a member of the Jia clan was simply unreasonable.
Which is more important, national law or clan rules?
Jia Zhen violated the national law and lost her title due to the crime. Jia Heng sued the government as the victim. This was a move that was deeply rooted in the people's hearts and minds.
However, the Jia people treated them as if they were expelled from the family and simply did not know the etiquette and education.
This is Wu Xun!
Dressed in bright clothes and angry horses, flying and domineering, lying on the merits of their ancestors, they are domineering and blessed, but they studied hard for decades in a cold window, and their officialdom was ups and downs, and they only have what they are today.
Emperor Chongping suppressed the anger on his face and said with a serious face: "Now that the imperial edict has been issued, do the people of the Jia clan still dare to resist it? The matter of expulsion is just what the Jia clan members are talking about, and there is no national law in their eyes." ?”
Dai Quan looked strange and said, "What your Majesty said is exactly the same as what people in the Jia family said. The people in the Jia family did not dare to resist the imperial edict. After receiving the imperial edict, they went to find Jia Heng in a hurry."
With that said, Dai Quan vividly recounted what he had seen before. The Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty was very eloquent, and his expression of great interest when he saw Emperor Chongping came to life, almost vividly reproducing the manners of a member of the Jia clan.
This scene naturally aroused the frowns of Yang Guochang and other ministers. Eunuchs only know how to flatter their superiors, but the emperor is close to such eunuchs, allowing them to wield power and spy on officials. It is really inappropriate.
But following Dai Quan's description, several cabinet ministers gradually felt that they were laughing and laughing.
Zhao Yi, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and minister of the Ministry of Industry, showed a strange look on his face and said: "You haven't inherited the title yet? You just want to divide the land and property. This Ningguo Mansion... is really eye-opening."
After thinking about it for a long time, I really don’t know what to say. I can only say it’s an eye-opener.
Yang Guochang shook his head and said: "They don't read poems and etiquette, and they don't have the teachings of sages to hide their hearts. They talk about personal gain and wealth. It's so vulgar. It's not surprising."
This is the map cannon.
The implication is that if you don't read poems and etiquette, how are you different from an animal?
This is the natural superiority of the civil servant group towards Wu Xun.
Other cabinet ministers such as Li Zan, Han Huang, He Juncheng, etc., although they did not agree, their faces showed varying degrees of recognition.
Mainly because what Mrs. Xing said was too dishonorable and extremely philistine.
Emperor Chongping's face calmed down, but a hint of ridicule flashed at the corner of his mouth, "There are many people who are greedy and philistine, but there are few people who are loyal to the country. This is the martial arts of my great Han Dynasty."
Then he was silent for a moment and asked, "Did you just say that Jia Heng also asked you to bring a written statement?"
Dai Quan took out the memorandum from his cuffs, presented it with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, Jia Heng said that this memorandum must be presented to Your Majesty."
Yang Guochang nodded secretly, and said in a low voice to He Juncheng, the Grand Scholar of Wenhua Palace and the Minister of Rites, "The Jia family are not ignorant of etiquette and justice."
He Juncheng said softly: "Mr. Pavilion, as far as I know, Jia Heng seems to be a side branch of the Ning Kingdom. It is a great favor from the emperor for him to seize the title, but after all, it is not cheap in terms of etiquette. Now this son comes to the table. Chen Ci is also reasonable."
Remembering that the emperor was also born as a concubine, the cabinet scholar only briefly mentioned Jia Heng when the words came to his lips.
Yang Guochang's expression changed. He was also struggling with this topic, but he whispered: "It's just a national title. It was given by the emperor's decree. The imperial edict was issued at home and abroad. How can he be allowed to give it away at will?"
Over here, Emperor Chongping had already taken the memorial table and unfolded it to look at it. He was curious, what could Jia Ziyu say on the memorial table?
Emperor Chongping lowered his eyes as he read. The first thing that caught his eye was a line of rich and elegant pavilions, and then he read it carefully.
The emperor's originally absent-minded thoughts suddenly turned serious and his eyes were deep. He originally read at a very fast speed, but gradually slowed down. By the last two paragraphs, he was reading almost word by word.
After a long time, he raised his head with complicated eyes and sighed heavily.
He... seemed to have forgotten that Jia Heng was just a fourteen-year-old child.
He lost his father when he was young, and his widowed mother raised him as a child, making him the same age as Jian Zuo Gaiyuan...
Every word is like a mountain, weighing heavily on my heart.
Yes, although this kid is a little more cunning, he is still a young man who has just started a family, even a few years younger than his son, and he is suddenly thrust into such a limelight...
After all, the previous decree was careless, and the lack of compassion was a bit mean.
Emperor Chongping's eyes were dim, and he sighed again, thinking: "We need to summon this young man again."
The emperor's sigh is still two.
This immediately aroused several murmurings among the cabinet ministers, who all looked at each other in disbelief and all looked at the memorial in Emperor Chongping's hand.
What exactly did Jia Heng write in the memorial?
The emperor is strong and decisive, and never shows weakness to others. He rarely sighs in front of his ministers, but just now... there were two sighs.
Han Huang's eyes flashed, his thoughts inexplicable.
The first time he heard about Jia Heng was from the word "Linjiang Immortal" passed down by his son Han Hui, and then he heard that he was a talented person who wrote books and managed affairs.
Previously, I felt that because the Three Kingdoms Manuscript came into the emperor's eyes, it was not surprising that he would change his title to Ning Guo.
The emperor has always been strong-minded and arbitrary. Although he succeeded the great sect with side branches and had some inadequacies in etiquette, it was still the emperor's grace.
Just looking at the emperor's indecision, it seems there is another reason?
Li Zan and Zhao Yi didn't think that much, but they were curious about why the emperor sighed like this.
Emperor Chongping picked up the memorial table and ordered: "Dai Quan, please read this "Resignation Table" to all your dear friends. This is how I, the great Han Dynasty's great warrior, will not be grateful to my ancestors, but will take my own fame! If everyone is so courageous, Why worry about the injustice of Donglu, but... I am in a dilemma."
Although he made difficult remarks, Emperor Chongping's eyes were gentle and his expression was warm, and he obviously did not think this was a dilemma.
Dai Quan bowed and took the instrument with both hands. He looked solemnly, cleared his throat, and faced the gazes of all the cabinet ministers. He said: "Heng Ben is stupid and straightforward. He was born in a humble family. He lived among the grass and grass in the fields and walked on the duckweeds of the rivers. …”
A slightly high-pitched voice sounded in the palace, with ups and downs, and full of emotion. The words "Cijue Biao" were written in the Daming Palace, and fell on the ears and hearts of several cabinet ministers.
The faces of all the cabinet ministers gradually showed complicated expressions.
Even Li Zan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, had his eyes wandering and repeated the word Jia Heng in his mind.
"...Heng is so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude. I would like to pay my respects to him." As Dai Quan finished reading the last sentence, he closed the memorial table.
Several cabinet ministers looked incomprehensible, almost all of them were shocked.
Is there really someone who sincerely wants to resign?
Isn't it the kind of empty-headed thing that says "it's called resignation, but it's actually a token of gratitude"?
This is not Kong Rong giving pear, this is... a title.
"Only virtuous and virtuous, upright and honest, not interested in fame and fortune..."
Such comments flashed through the minds of all the cabinet ministers.
He Juncheng, the Minister of Rites, with his old cheeks flushed, bowed, solemnly raised his hands and said: "Old minister, congratulations to the Holy One!"
Emperor Chongping asked: "Why am I so happy?"
He Juncheng said with joy on his face: "The ancient sage emperor taught the people all over the world with rituals and music, and the people were inspired to follow them by virtue, advocating courtesy and justice. This is a sign of the great prosperity of rites and music. I would like to congratulate the saint."
To put it bluntly, this is the example of the Holy Emperor's virtue and governance during his lifetime, and it can serve as a model for learning.
...It’s going to be in the history books.
Emperor Chongping sighed again, and without waiting for the ministers to be frightened, he said with emotion: "I pity Ningguo for losing his title, so I gave it to Jia Heng, but now Heng refuses to accept it. How can we balance this dilemma? He Qing, you As the Minister of Rites, I should have something to teach me."
He Juncheng's face moved slightly and he said: "This matter is done because the subjects feel the moral education of the Holy One. The Holy One has his own destiny, and I dare not speak nonsense."
This sounds like nonsense, but it is a wise point. Your Majesty, you have something to say about how you deal with this matter. If you issue an edict, it would be better to have the best of both worlds. Or, it would be better if the name of this watch is published at home and abroad, and the edict is issued regardless of it. No problem at all.
Everyone in the Ministry of Rites and Rites has something to say, and the whole world will regard it as a good talk.
Yang Guochang's lips twitched and he was about to speak when he saw Han Huang on the side saying, "Your Majesty, this shows Jia Heng's intention. Your Majesty will not agree to his request."
This title was already a hot potato, and Jia Heng's further succession would be harmful rather than beneficial to him. Moreover, he also experienced this mood from the memorial - "I am worried all day and night, tossing and turning."
