As the Zhengdan Dynasty approaches, vassal kings and local officials come to Beijing one after another, and the battle for orthodoxy is about to officially begin.
This is a question about who can control public opinion and who can gain the reputation of justice.
Whichever side wins will take the moral high ground.
So this is a war without gunpowder. Don’t blame Yue Zheng for crying. The Shanghuang Faction and the New Lord Faction are likely to enter a life-and-death contest. Once they are involved, they will really die.
When Yue Zheng started writing the memorial, he found that he was no longer jealous of He Yi. In the past, I only saw people soaring into the sky, but I didn't see the huge risks they took behind the success.
Now that Yue Zheng has personally stepped into the game, he can instantly feel the same.
Being in the game, and being an outsider watching, the feeling is completely different.
Yue Zheng bit his finger hard. We were already here anyway, so he might as well just stop and write a bloody book.
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But it was almost noon, and people in Zhongshushe had already gathered in the West Flower Hall. He Yi was the last one to arrive. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chen Jian sitting in the corner, drinking tea alone.
Chen Jian was thrown into prison by Zhu Qizhen during the Zhengtong Dynasty. Before that, He Yi defended Chen Jian and recommended him to be a doctor in the Ministry of War, and also served as the secretary of the Zhongshu.
Seeing He Yi come in, Chen Jian stood up quickly and greeted him warmly.
Chen Jian wasn't familiar with anyone else, so he just kept He Yi chatting.
After a while, Ningxiang came to invite her in person, and a small group of people followed her to Jiangyunxuan.
The food had been set, and Zhu Qiyu had been waiting there early, enthusiastically greeting everyone to sit down.
There were ten people from Zhongshushe present: He Yi, Huang Pu, Lian Gang, Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, Ye Sheng, Yao Xian, Xu Zheng, Huang Jian and Chen Jian.
Zhu Qiyu first expressed his gratitude to everyone for their achievements these days, and then told everyone one by one about the next arrangements for everyone.
Zhu Qiyu first said to Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, and Ye Sheng: "You three all have military talents. I will send you to Shi Heng, Sun Boring, and Liu Yongcheng to serve as military counselors in the army.
If you accumulate more military qualifications, it will be easy for you to become Minister of War in the future.
Next, there will be undercurrents and constant fighting in the capital. Continuing to stay in the capital will not be good for your personal future. If it is affected, the rest of your life will be ruined. So you go back and pack up and set off tomorrow. "
Although Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, and Ye Sheng were unwilling to take a clear stand and were a little bit close to the emperor, Zhu Qiyu still tried his best to make arrangements. Asking the three of them to serve as military counselors is not the same as kicking away the annoying ministers.
If a young minister has made meritorious service as a counselor in military affairs, that is a very good resume, which will be of great help to him for promotion to an official position in the future.
Zhu Qiyu then told Yao Xian and Lian Gang: "Yao Aiqing returns to the Imperial College and concentrates on preparing for next year's provincial examination. When you become a Jinshi in high school next year, I will arrange for you to enter the Household Department to practice.
The task of practicing Aiqing is heavy and you can't leave. You can only work for me while taking time to prepare for the provincial examination. In the past few days, Lian Aiqing has been working tirelessly to promote me, which is both credit and hard work. When you become a Jinshi, I will reward you together. "
Lian Gang understood what the emperor meant. Now that he was a civil servant, it would be hard for him to get promoted. Once he wins the Jinshi title, the emperor can let go of the reward. Anyway, he is now the emperor's third closest confidant, and he will definitely not be able to escape his rapid rise.
Next came He Yi and Huang Pu. Zhu Qiyu once struggled with which one should be appointed as the bachelor of Zuo Chunfang and which one should be appointed as the bachelor of You Chunfang. The official system of the Ming Dynasty respected the left. According to the first-come, first-served basis, He Yi should be appointed as the Zuochunfang bachelor. According to age and seniority, Huang Pu should be appointed as the Zuochunfang bachelor.
However, He Yi had already expressed to the emperor in private that he was willing to become a bachelor of Youchunfang.
As soon as he comes, He Yi has a long-term vision, is willing to be humble and courteous, and builds good relationships. Secondly, He Yi is too young, only twenty-two years old, there is no need to worry, he can definitely wait.
That would save Zhu Qiyu the trouble. As for Xu Zheng, Huang Jian, and Chen Jian, they came the latest and had the least credit, so they did not change and continued to serve as their original officials.
Zhu Qiyu said to He Yi and Huang Pu: "Chengji, you have been promoted to Zuo Chunfang University Scholar, Honglu Temple Minister, Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, and Zhongshu Sheren. The previous Guangxi Taoist Censor no longer has to hold the concurrent post.
Xingyi, you were promoted to Bachelor of Youchunfang, Lecturer of Hanlin Academy, and Sheren of Zhongshu. From now on, you can stay with me full-time and handle the government affairs of Xihua Hall. "
The two quickly thanked them. Zhu Qiyu stopped pretending and directly promoted Huang Pu to the top position of Honglu Temple, the fourth grade.
Honglu Temple is in charge of court meetings, guests, good and bad etiquette, as well as the pilgrimage of foreign officials and the reception of vassals. In the following Zhengdan Dynasty, Honglu Temple was used in many places.
After discussing job arrangements, the next step was drinking and chatting.
The relationship between the monarch and his ministers improved a lot. Until the afternoon, the guests and hosts had a good time and the banquet dispersed.
Zhu Qiyu went home to sleep in a daze, speechless all night.
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Early the next morning, King Min and King Xiang arrived in Beijing as scheduled and stayed at the Tenth Prince's Mansion.
King Min is seventy years old and is the only living son among Taizu's sons.
As soon as King Min moved into the Tenth Prince's Mansion, he neither went out nor saw guests. He only reunited with his sister, Princess Yongjia, who was his compatriot.
King Xiang is different. He has been worried for a long time. Now as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he immediately went to the palace to see Queen Mother Sun.
In the Cining Palace, Queen Mother Sun retreated to the left and right, and she and King Xiang took their seats respectively. Before she could speak, she sighed at the same time, feeling very depressed.
Previously, King Xiang had written a letter requesting that Zhu Jianshen should take over the throne and that King Tan should supervise the country. As a result, when the memorial was sent from Changsha to Beijing, Zhu Qiyu had already jumped two levels in a row, first from King Tan to King Qi, and then from King Qi to the throne as emperor.
After reading King Xiang's memorial, Zhu Qiyu responded by asking King Xiang to go to Beijing to supervise the country. After King Xiang came to Beijing, he abdicated and returned to Shandong to become King of Qi. Zhu Jianshen succeeded him instead.
It would be embarrassing now. King Xiang definitely didn't believe that Zhu Qiyu would take the initiative to abdicate the throne in favor of someone worthy of his position.
And even if Zhu Qiyu himself is willing to retreat, the ministers are not willing: we have all finished kowtowing to the emperor, and our status as king and ministers has been determined. Now let King Xiang be the regent, why should we kowtow to King Xiang instead?
Ministers are all dignified, and they are not kowtow-gods. Why should they kowtow to this person and then to that person? There are not so many people in this world who want to learn from Lu Bu.
The most important thing is that the current emperor treats his ministers quite well, but it is unknown how King Xiang will treat his ministers after he takes office. Everyone is living a good life now, why bother exploring an uncertain future inexplicably.
It was King Xiang who spoke first: "Emperor's sister-in-law, Zhu Qiyu is a concubine, and he was born and raised by a lowly maid from outside the family. How can you let him become the emperor?"
Empress Dowager Sun put her head on her forehead and said: "Well, the situation in the capital was like that at that time. Jianshen was still a little baby, and his words were not easy to say. If he were allowed to succeed to the throne and supervise the state of Qi, he would not be able to stabilize people's hearts at all.
Guolai Changjun, the three-year-old young master is in the throne, so he must be the master of the country. If the King of Qi is only supervising the country, he will not be able to fully mobilize the power of the entire court to fight against the Wala army.
So it was all helpless things. There was really no way at the time.
I never imagined that Zhu Qiyu would be so difficult to deal with. "
When King Xiang heard this, he immediately quit: "Why should he be the king of Qi if he is a lowly bastard? He is not afraid of losing his life."
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(End of chapter)
