Soon after Zhu Yijun learned from Zhang Jing that the imperial decree to deal with Wu Qingbo's family was issued, Queen Mother Li sent someone to call him over.
Zhu Yijun came to Queen Mother Li and said, "Queen Mother!"
Queen Mother Li said: "Do you already know about your grandfather?"
Zhu Yijun nodded.
Empress Dowager Li said: "Although he is a relative of the emperor, he must be punished, but after all, this is related to the majesty of the royal family. Tell the cabinet that he will only be punished with a salary."
Zhu Yijun replied directly: "Queen Mother, it's already too late!"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li frowned: "What's going on? Has the imperial edict been issued?"
Zhu Yijun nodded.
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li asked: "How did the cabinet deal with it?"
"Grandpa was demoted and demoted to the rank of commander and magistrate of Nanjing Jinyi Guards. He took his salary and returned to his hometown to live idle. My eldest uncle was sent to the army and sent to Jizhou, and he was even pardoned and exiled."
Zhu Yijun replied.
Queen Mother Li stood up immediately with an angry look on her face.
After a while, Queen Mother Li laughed again: "After the implementation of this test method, the approval of bullets is really fast."
After Queen Mother Li said this, she asked sharply: "Who criticized the red?!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Back to you, I'm an old slave."
"Why don't you report this matter to your emperor first? Ask your emperor what he wants first, and then decide whether to follow the cabinet vote?"
Queen Mother Li asked seriously.
Zhang Jing replied: "Because the empress has already issued an edict, asking the emperor to respect the opinions of the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, especially the opinions of Mr. Zhang, the Assistant to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, as long as the cabinet votes are drafted, the Supervisor of Ceremonies will directly The red ones."
"You are very obedient!"
Empress Dowager Li laughed angrily and said: "I don't know how to adapt to changes. This is your emperor's grandfather, and you let his cabinet deal with it so strictly?!"
"Queen Mother, calm down! I am willing to take the blame!"
Zhang Jing replied with a trembling voice.
Empress Dowager Li did not make it clear how she wanted to deal with Zhang Jing, because she did not want to be known as directly involved in politics, so she just said: "You are more likely to listen to Zhang Juzheng than Feng Bao was back then!"
At this time, Zhu Yijun asked: "Queen Mother, do you want to take back the decree and let the cabinet draft a new decree?"
"How can that be done? Jun Wuji said, how can an imperial edict be changed overnight? Others are still looking down on you. If you do this again, won't it make people look down upon you even more?!"
After Empress Dowager Li spoke with a gun and a stick, she continued: "Besides, it would be better to let your grandfather go back to his place of origin to avoid being taken advantage of in the capital, or it would be better for your uncle to go to the border town to suffer a little, so as to avoid being taken advantage of in the capital." If you don’t want to lead a bad person, just ask the local officials to take more care of you.”
Then, Queen Mother Li sneered again: "The cabinet is really thoughtful. Mr. Zhang is better at handling state affairs than Huo Guang."
Empress Dowager Li said and looked at Zhang Jing again: "There are also those of you who are in charge of the ceremonial department! They are all quite wise, and they are not arrogant at all. Just don't forget where your roots are!"
"Old slave, please remember!"
Zhang Jing asked feigning fear.
"I'm tired! You all should leave."
Empress Dowager Li waved her hand as she spoke, and then told the people around her: "Prepare some clothes and food, and take them to the uncle who is in exile!"
Zhu Yijun and Zhang Jing returned to Qianqing Palace.
In Zhu Yijun's view, Empress Dowager Li had begun to distrust the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the cabinet, especially Zhang Juzheng, who she compared to Huo Guang.
Zhu Yijun is now waiting for the gap between the two to get wider and wider so that Zhang Juzheng can rely more on him to reform for him.
"You should go back to the Chief of Ceremonies first."
Zhu Yijun gave Zhang Jing instructions and then returned to his study.
Zhu Yijun's study cannot be entered casually without being called, and for this reason, Zhu Yijun placed a small box on the desk in the study and locked it with a lock. Only he has the key.
Zhu Yijun now opened the box while no one was there, took out a small book, and wrote Zhu Nanyong's name on a page with the names of Xu Jie, Zhang Siwei and others.
That night.
Censor Zhu Nanyong, who came back from the border town, entered the courtyard of a deep house in the capital.
After Zhu Nanyong came in, he came to a senior official in scarlet official robes and uniforms. He cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Ge."
The official said: "Your Majesty is a benevolent and virtuous king. I believe that Zhang Jiangling really believed it. In order to show his fairness, he let Zhang Jiangling decide how to deal with Uncle Wu Qing. However, Zhang Jiangling is Zhang Jiangling after all, and he really practices it. The sage's principles of delivering sacrifices to the emperor, Yao and Shun, and seeking the welfare of the people of the country, actually did not even consider the favor of the emperor. I think this incident should plant the cause in the emperor's heart to deal with him in the future."
Zhu Nanyong nodded at this time and said: "But Uncle Wu Qing was demoted and ordered to return to his hometown, so we can no longer make an issue of him."
"Moreover, the Queen Mother didn't seem to say anything and just accepted it calmly. Your Majesty didn't have any new orders."
"Jiang Ling's power seems to be greater than we imagined! It seems that the Queen Mother and Her Majesty are still not dissatisfied with him and still trust him."
"There is a saying that when the moon is full, it will be waning, when the water is full, it will overflow, and when you climb high, you will fall heavy. The most dangerous time is when a person is most powerful."
"Yan Fenyi was the most powerful before he fell. He was so powerful that even Shimiao dared to hide it. As a result, he was suddenly replaced by the old gentleman before the late emperor came to the throne."
"Go tell them! Don't be afraid at this time. It's better to make a big fuss and let the Queen Mother and Her Majesty see that not everyone in the outer court is of the same mind as Zhang Juzheng."
The official said.
Zhu Nanyong nodded in agreement after hearing this.
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"Sir, the cabinet has handled my grandfather's affairs very well. It is the best arrangement for him to return to his hometown. But my mother's original intention was to give him a salary, but after hearing that the cabinet had demoted him and returned him to his hometown, she decided I accepted it and said it’s okay.”
Wenhua Hall the next day.
After Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Juzheng, he talked to him about Wu Qingbo and Queen Mother Li's attitude towards this matter.
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother is very clear in handling affairs, and Her Majesty is not willing to abolish the public affairs for personal reasons. This is the blessing of the people of the country."
Zhu Yijun added: "I am lucky to have a husband. Of course, I am even more lucky to have two loving and teaching mothers who are sensible."
"My biological mother, I want to be filial to her duties, and my legitimate mother should do the same. Therefore, I would like to ask you, sir, if you know if my legitimate mother, the Queen Mother, has any merits in her family that deserve praise. If so, I will reward her! "
"Although some of the emperor's relatives have committed crimes now, I can't really ignore the emperor's relatives."
"The Chen family is law-abiding and loyal to the country, which is commendable. I obey the order and ask for a title for them."
Zhang Juzheng agreed decisively.
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He asked Zhang Juzheng to take care of the Chen family at this time, naturally in order to please the Empress Dowager Chen and avoid the further deepening of the reform in the future. Destiny produces different feelings, which in turn produces different perceptions of the New Deal, making them unable to unite in the end.
In fact, Zhu Yijun could rely on his aunt to suppress his biological mother. After all, his biological mother had a much stronger desire for power and control than his aunt.
It is actually better to have two queen mothers than to have only one queen mother.
