Sun Hai smiled and reported to Zhu Yijun: "Because the emperor has done a good job in the feast today, the empress was very happy when she found out about it, so she rewarded us with gold leaves. But we know that this is also the grace brought by the emperor. So, Those of us who are serving the emperor, we decided to wait here to express our gratitude to him."
As Sun Hai spoke, he ordered the servants of the Wei Dynasty: "Kowtow!"
Zhu Yijun knew that although he was not used to others kneeling in front of him, he could not suddenly go against the customs of this society, otherwise he could easily be misunderstood that he, the emperor, was not decent, not to mention that he was not the emperor yet and could do whatever he wanted. when.
So, Zhu Yijun accepted the courtesy from these people: "Get up!"
"Why!"
Sun Hai waited and stood up as he agreed.
At that time, Wei Chao also took out a small bamboo jar from his sleeve, walked up to Zhu Yijun, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked your servant to find some good crickets the day before yesterday. I found them while I was out of the palace to buy them. Your Majesty Want to take a look?"
When Sun Hai saw Wei Chao using crickets to please Zhu Yijun, he frowned for a moment, and then looked at Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun's expression was indifferent and he stretched out his hand: "Give it to me, there is no need to open it."
Wei Chao then handed the jar to Zhu Yijun with both hands.
Zhu Yijun took it and entered his bedroom.
Zhu Yijun naturally didn't find it fun to play with crickets.
As a person from the 21st century, the entertainment methods he has experienced are completely incomparable to this era, so playing a game like cricket cannot reach the threshold that makes him lose his mind.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun just disposed of the cricket properly, then walked to the study and turned over the original memorial.
Because Empress Dowager Li did not directly listen to politics behind the curtain, Zhu Yijun was not a puppet who could be completely manipulated in a strict sense.
In name, he was also the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the title copy of the memorial will still be sent to him by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
The so-called memorials are equivalent to officials making personal suggestions to the emperor. Generally, when private persons make suggestions to the emperor, they can talk about not only matters within their own responsibilities, but also other matters such as military affairs, official administration, etc., such as Hai Rui He once told Jiajing in private that Jiajing exploited the people too much.
The title book is about the affairs that the government office is responsible for, which is equivalent to reporting to the emperor in the name of the unit.
The memorials and essays are often collectively referred to as chapter memorials.
Zhu Yijun also knew this.
However, Zhu Yijun can only read these memorials now, but cannot review them according to his own wishes. He can only draw up Zhang Juzheng's votes and let the Supervisor of Ceremonies approve them.
Because once Zhu Yijun forced himself to use the Zhu pen to review the memorials, it was equivalent to him as the emperor not trusting Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, and Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to resign.
Zhu Yijun naturally did not dare to do this. After all, Empress Dowager Li preferred Zhang Juzheng as her first assistant. Once he offended Zhang Juzheng, he would offend his own mother.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun can only take a look now. At most, he can ask Zhang Juzheng why he did what he did in the Wenhua Hall tomorrow about some voting plans, that is, decisions, and then put forward his own opinions.
Although he could only take a look, Zhu Yijun still planned to take a serious look.
The reason is that he wants to see how Zhang Juzheng governs the country and makes decisions!
To be honest, Zhu Yijun was still a little worried about managing such a huge empire.
Because he had been a little boss in charge of people in his previous life, he naturally knew how difficult it was to manage people.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun now really intends to learn from this ancient physiognomist, learn how he only used documents, and then implemented them through thousands of civil servants and bureaucrats, both virtuous and foolish, both internally and externally, to initiate a vigorous Wanli Reform. of.
And it has become very successful.
You know, according to historical records, hundreds of millions of acres of land were cleared according to Zhang Juzheng's policy of land clearing. How much tax revenue did this add to the Ming Dynasty?
The management difficulty here is not small.
Of course, it was precisely because Zhang Juzheng implemented the Wanli New Deal so well that when the civil servants who were ordered to raid his family later did not show any regard for the class sentiments of fellow scholar-bureaucrats, they directly imprisoned more than 20 members of his family and starved them to death. He forced his eldest son to commit suicide.
This shows how much Zhang Juzheng was later hated by the bureaucracy.
Zhu Yijun looked at these chapters seriously with a learning attitude. At the same time, he took out a blank imperial paper and took notes.
There are two kinds of memorials sent to the imperial court. One is the title book of the memorial that the clerk has just received from Zuoshunmen and the Secretary of General Affairs. There is no invoice yet, that is, the memorial is sent to the cabinet for approval. The other is the memorial that has been drafted by the cabinet. The draft chapter.
Zhu Yijun naturally saw the chapter that had been drafted by the cabinet.
While Zhu Yijun was reading the memorial carefully, his deacon and eunuch Wei Chao of Qianqing Palace hurried to Feng Bao, the eunuch of rituals, after offering him crickets.
Feng Bao was approving the drafted memorial sent from the Emperor's Qianqing Palace.
As the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the eunuch in charge of the Dongchang, Feng Bao not only controlled the power of arresting people in the East Factory, but also controlled the power of the eunuch of the ceremony.
But when the Wei Dynasty came to Feng Bao, Feng Bao did not see him. Instead, he met another eunuch named Zhang Damou first.
Zhang Dashou was also Feng Bao's confidant, and he was in charge of the most important document room for communication with the outside world.
Moreover, Zhang Damou was personally seen by Feng Bao.
After Zhang Damou arrived, Feng Bao put down his ink brush and said, "Your Majesty, we had to wake him up in person in the past. Sometimes we even couldn't wake him up, and we had to pick him up and shake him first." , and even in the cold weather, he would not get up until his wife went to drink him in person. Why did he get up by himself today? Could it be that the emperor himself knew that today was a Buddhist feast and he was going to show his face to the outside world. Crucial day?”
Zhang Damou said with a smile: "This is all due to the wise ancestors. Usually when the emperor is around, he always uses the principles of saints to give advice, so that the emperor knows etiquette and is diligent in learning!"
Because Zhang Dashu was his confidant, Feng Bao whispered in a low voice: "It's just that he suddenly became too sensible! He was much more serious at the Sutra Banquet than he was at the Wenhua Hall in the past, and his demeanor was more graceful and upright! So many civil servants’ eyes were red.”
With that said, Feng Bao ordered Zhang Dashou: "Go and ask, what do the people in charge of the food at Meridian Gate say? Did any of these civil servants say anything related to our family?"
"yes!"
Zhang Damou agreed.
"come in!"
After Feng Bao gave such instructions, he asked Zhang Damou to leave the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and then notified the Wei Dynasty to come in.
As soon as Wei Chao came in, he knelt down directly to Feng Bao: "Greetings to our ancestors!"
Feng Bao didn't even raise his head. He just continued to wave the red pen in his hand and asked, "Has the emperor accepted the cricket?"
Wei Chao replied: "Yes, ancestor!"
Feng Bao laughed after hearing this: "That's good. Do you remember what our family told you?"
"Remember!"
Wei Chao replied.
"Repeat it again!"
"yes!"
"The ancestor said that we should try to get the emperor to do something happy, and there is no need to worry about the displeasure of the empress dowagers of the two palaces. Even if the son is severely punished by the ancestor, the emperor will definitely think of his son in the future, and he will still be worried about his inability to do so. If you protect your son and feel guilty about your son, you will definitely use your son again after taking charge. This is an opportunity given by our ancestors to your son to win the favor of the emperor in the future."
Wei Chao replied.
"Very good! Our family is going to the Queen Mother of the Second Palace now. You must control your mouth then, otherwise, what is waiting for you will not be kicked out, but a coffin!"
Feng Bao said with a smile.
Wei Chao hurriedly said: "My son understands!"
Feng Baoze left his room as the superintendent of ceremonies and came to Queen Mother Li.
