Lin Xiangyu explained: "Just like a husband who works hard to serve his beloved wife and son, Mr. Cheng also comes to take care of his son's food and daily life and accompany him to take exams.
Poor parents in the world. My husband looked at the roster in his hand. Mr. Cheng’s son is named Cheng Kai and he is already in high school. "
Hearing this, Qianxue rummaged through the roster, and then pointed out her name to Zhu Qiyu: "Husband, it's true, Cheng Kai, only twenty-six years old, is currently in high school."
Zhu Qiyu took a closer look and saw that the Ministry of Rites clearly wrote down the birthplaces of the candidates' parents.
At a young age, Cheng Jing was a Jinshi in high school. He originally had a bright future, but he was inexplicably involved in the rebellion of the King of Han and was castrated, which ruined his future.
Now his son is young and is in high school again.
The impermanence of life has to be lamented.
So Zhu Qiyu nodded seriously: "It's really hard for Mr. Cheng. I am indeed a little cold towards him. But his attitude between me and the Supreme Emperor is unclear. Even the Supreme Emperor sent him to the palace. Maybe he was monitoring me. mean.
So I always have a grudge in my heart.
Moreover, I have confirmed that Yuan Cheng will be retained as the garrison eunuch of Nanjing. It seems inappropriate to change him now. "
After hearing this, Lin Xiangyu advised: "Mr. Cheng is unwilling to die for his husband, which is human nature. In ancient times, Cao GUI said: If small benefits are not universal, the people will not obey.
My husband is nothing more than a small favor to Mr. Cheng, so it is normal for others not to work hard for my husband.
In the past, my husband was willing to bear huge pressure and did not hesitate to go against the entire Xuande Dynasty and forcibly rehabilitated Chengshan Marquis.
Why can't Mr. Cheng be completely vindicated now? People should be officials, not eunuchs.
But the husband came and went, but he still always wanted someone to be a eunuch.
The slave family thought that either they should not give others any favors, or they should give them a big favor in one fell swoop. That kind of half-hearted favor will only make people laugh. "
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qiyu leaned his head back on the soft couch, closed his eyes and began to think.
What my little princess said makes sense, why do you have to go around and around to make Cheng Jing a eunuch?
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Qiyu slapped his thigh hard: "That's it, the doctor in the Qing Li Division of the Ministry of War's arsenal, although he is the fifth rank, has very heavy powers.
As for the interview in person, the results of the palace examination have not been released yet, and we still need to avoid suspicion. When the results are officially released, the princess will make an appointment, and we will invite Mr. Cheng and his son alone.
Lin Xiangyu quickly cupped her hands and thanked Cheng with a smile: "My husband is a sage, caring for his subjects, and very courageous. He is truly a sage who is rare in ancient times."
"Okay, okay, stop flattering. Find another time and invite Lian Gang and Yao Xian over for a meal. To avoid suspicion, I haven't seen Lian Gang for a long time, and I haven't done any publicity work for me. People did it.
As soon as the Emperor returned to Beijing, controlling public opinion became one of the most important issues again. "
Zhu Qiyu then continued to look through the roster to get familiar with these new scholars.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Wang Wen and He Wenyuan began to organize the marking.
Although the emperor did not personally participate in the scoring, the ministers still tried to figure out what was going on and catered to a large extent.
For example, the emperor prefers energetic young people and pays more attention to strategy.
In policy papers, the emperor preferred articles that clearly pointed out the failure of the Xuande Dynasty.
The emperor did not care much about the success or failure of the Zhengtong Dynasty's governance.
Everyone can understand this. From Zhu Qiyu's point of view, apart from the Tumu Fort incident, the Zhengtong Dynasty did pretty well in the rest of the affairs.
At least the rulers and ministers of the orthodox court had good intentions and did not forcefully send them away like Xuanzong and Sanyang did.
The current ministers of the Jingtai Dynasty also feel disgusted just thinking about it. The good Xuanwei Division of Jiugang, can it die if Xuanzong and Sanyang keep it?
The old port had to be sent away, but now it's okay. The new emperor will restart the Western Ocean voyages after taking the throne. The court will also have to spend huge sums of money to build an ocean-going navy to bring the old port back. Isn't this too much trouble for people?
After determining the general policy for grading, Wang Wen was ready to lead everyone to work together and work day and night to determine the rankings within three days and submit them to the emperor.
Just here, Gao Ping, the eunuch in charge of the Yinghua Palace, suddenly arrived, announced the Queen Mother's decree, and called everyone to greet the Yinghua Palace.
Empress Dowager Sun did not call for everyone to discuss matters, but only called for greetings.
Although it sounds a bit strange for the Empress Dowager to take the initiative to summon the ministers to greet her. It's barely fair to say that the Queen Mother is now living in seclusion and thinking about her past, and won't go unless she takes the initiative to summon the ministers. Then the Queen Mother is also very helpless.
Everyone looked at Wang Wen. Now that Chen Xunyuan was in Datong, Wang Wen was in charge of the cabinet.
Moreover, the ministers are now unwilling to walk easily into the Queen Mother's Palace for fear of causing the emperor's misunderstanding. Wang Wen is one of the most trusted ministers of the emperor. Only by letting Wang Wen take the lead and everyone following can the emperor explain everything.
Wang Wen thought for a moment, then nodded and motioned for everyone to follow Gao Ping.
Arriving at the Yinghua Hall, everyone bowed and waited for the Queen Mother to ask questions.
At this time, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, Empress Zhou and the Crown Prince were all present.
During this sensitive period when the emperor was about to return to Beijing, the ministers were a little frightened to see this formation.
It's still a fight against a wolf with a straw, and both sides are afraid.
Queen Mother Sun had not slept well for several days. Just as the Emperor was about to return to the capital, the Emperor was delighted to have his eldest son at this time, which put great pressure on Queen Mother Sun.
Once this child grows up safely, it will almost certainly threaten the status of the current crown prince Zhu Jianshen.
The most important thing is that Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince was not personally appointed by the Supreme Emperor when he was in power, but was appointed by the Queen Mother as a temporary response to the sudden incident in Tumubao.
It was okay at first, because the current prince was appointed by the empress dowager, and the current emperor was also appointed by the empress dowager.
If it is announced that the appointment of the Empress Dowager is legally problematic, it means that both the emperor and the crown prince have legal issues.
But now the situation has gone bad. The emperor is about to accept the abdication of the Supreme Emperor and let the Supreme Emperor formally confirm the legitimacy of his succession in front of all civil and military officials and the people of the capital.
From then on, Zhu Qiyu's throne became a legitimate and legitimate abdication of the orthodox emperor.
However, once the abdication ceremony was completed, Zhu Qizhen became the abdication emperor, and it was impossible to confirm the legitimacy of the crown prince again.
In this way, Zhu Jianshen was still the crown prince who was only urgently appointed by the Empress Dowager, which had considerable legal risks.
Empress Dowager Sun had to admire that the little emperor Zhu Qiyu's methods were really interlocking. As long as she denied the legitimacy of herself as the empress dowager, the legitimacy of the crown prince would be completely shaken.
The empress dowager is illegal, and naturally the crown prince she created is also illegal.
It would have been extremely difficult to deny the legitimacy of the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty. But it happened that the Queen Mother Sun came to power by killing her wife with her concubines. There is no need to ask what everyone in the world thinks about this, because even the Queen Mother Sun herself felt extremely guilty.
(End of chapter)
