Wu Kuan, courtesy name Yuan Bo, was born in the 10th year of Xuande and is now 63 years old. He was the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi when he was the crown prince and an important minister who compiled the "Records of Xianzong".
Speaking of evaluation, it is nothing more than the characteristics of a traditional Confucian minister who loved reading when he was young, behaved noblely, and had pure aspirations.
Of course, he can be considered a talented person.
In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, the emperor wanted to promote him to the position of right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Unfortunately, his mother passed away. Even so, the emperor waited for him until he returned from filial piety, which shows that the emperor valued him.
Because of this, I dared to argue in front of the emperor.
In the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, the Crown Prince's words shocked everyone. To be honest, the last method was too immoral. It was not what a Crown Prince should say, but more like a gangster.
So Hongzhi couldn't help but feel embarrassed after hearing this.
"Zhao'er! Don't be rude!"
Zhu Houzhao is not a brainless character. He knows when to fight and when to slow down.
For example, whenever the emperor opens his mouth, he will lower his head, so he suppresses his words, stops talking, and makes an expression as if he is angry.
But on Wu Kuan's side,
He was so angry that his face turned pale and he couldn't help but swayed. Fortunately, Wang Hao on the side stepped forward to help him and reminded him: "Master Wu, this is in front of you. Besides, His Highness is young, Tong Yan Wuji."
Yes, this is Junqian,
The Crown Prince has made a fuss, even if it makes you angry, you can't say anything mindless like 'You're such a bastard'.
Don't argue with the prince with this kind of IQ.
As for fighting, don't even think about it.
If you want to live well, be honest and reasonable. It is best for the prince to be reasonable. If the prince is not reasonable, you can only be reasonable. Otherwise, where would you put your identity as a learned scholar?
So Wu Kuan could only hold back his anger in his stomach, which made his face turn red and his eyes round and bulging.
Suddenly he lifted his robe and knelt down, kowtowing loudly.
Zhu Houzhao murmured in his heart: Are you going to resign?
"Your Majesty!" This sentence should contain a lot of his suppressed emotions, and spittle was spitting out, ""Zuo Zhuan" says: The righteousness of Aizi's teaching is to love without the right way, and to harm it. .His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a heated argument with me today, so I couldn’t tell what is the greatness of the world and what is the importance of the country! As a minister of Zhan Shifu, I cannot escape the blame! This is my fault!"
If you continue to say this, you will have to resign. Emperor Hongzhi is a nicer person, so he rarely goes to this level. However, sometimes civil servants have to resign. It depends on him. Even if they are criticized by the censor, they have to resign. So the emperor probably Know this rhythm,
It's already like this at this point.
Seeing that things were about to get serious, Hongzhi finally showed some of his father's majesty and said, "Prince, kneel down!"
Zhu Houzhao knelt down if he wanted to. It was impossible to ask him to admit his mistake anyway.
"Mr. Wu, the prince is young and lacks discipline, which leads to today's situation. But don't worry, what you just said is beyond words. Prince,"
"My son is here."
"You must strictly discipline the eunuchs in the East Palace. Don't let them do things that are harmful to nature. Mr. Wu works hard for the country and is an upright and loyal minister. Do you understand?"
"My son understands."
"In the future, you can't put yourself in danger and leave the palace at will, otherwise I will punish you without mercy!"
Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes. If you are willing to punish me, you are not Hongzhi.
"Your Majesty!" Wu Kuan's chest was still congested and uncomfortable. What a big deal it was to have a private visit incognito. Why did it end with such a warning in the end?
As for the prince, even if he said something arrogant, he would just give him a slight scolding.
Thinking of this, whether it was Wu Kuan's emotions in his heart or his rational belief that he wanted to 'teach the prince well', it was difficult for him to end the matter.
Otherwise, if a matter like this is revealed so lightly, who knows what the prince will do next time!
The emperor's excessive pampering of his son was irresponsible to the Ming Dynasty, and as a minister, he wanted to give advice!
"Your Majesty! The examples of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty and Huizong of the Song Dynasty cannot be ignored! I ask for your Majesty's decree to punish Zhang Yong severely to serve as a warning to others!"
Although Zhu Houzhao had explained before, it was not Zhang Yong's fault.
But he is the prince, and Wu Kuan can't tell what to do to the prince. He can only punish the people around him, so that if the prince has such thoughts in the future, considering Zhang Yong's tragic ending, those people will not dare.
The most important thing is that Zhang Yong is an insignificant eunuch, so he will be punished.
The matter has become what it is today. Important ministers like Wu Kuan only asked for Zhang Yong to be punished, which was actually not too much.
Otherwise, wouldn't there be no explanation for the fact that the prince left the palace incognito?
Emperor Hongzhi was almost convinced. In the final analysis, both sides were supporting the bull, and he was unwilling to punish both sides. At this time, people with low status could easily be affected.
This is not determined by the merits of the matter itself, but by the power structure.
Zhang Yong became a victim of the pattern.
"I think it's inappropriate!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly said this loudly.
But as soon as he said this, the Nuan Pavilion became eerily silent.
The prince is... having a fight with Wu Kuan.
At this time, everyone knelt down. If this continues, something big will happen today.
From intense to calm, from calm to intense again...
"Your Majesty!" Empress Zhang was a little flustered at this time. Originally, she wouldn't feel bad if she punished Zhang Yong for knocking him down. "Your Majesty, please don't be impulsive. Mr. Wu is a veteran of the country! You..."
"Mother!" Zhu Houzhao raised his head and bowed, and then said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "I respect Mr. Wu's advice for the country. However, when I first entered Nuan Pavilion, my son had already said that Zhang Yong had remonstrated with my son. What can I do to suppress him, as he is a slave? Since I have said this clearly, why should I punish Zhang Yong?! So I don’t understand this!"
"In addition, my son has just entered school, but he has also been taught by the gentlemen that a man should do things for everyone! As long as my son is a prince, there will definitely be no such thing as 'all the merits are attributed to the superiors, and all the faults are blamed on the subordinates'" It's something I don't want to do, so I don't want to do it this time!"
Zhang Yong listened to the prince's words and felt like a heavy drum beating on his heart.
Shocked and moved inexplicably!
What kind of character can be displayed by such a magnificent person!
"Your Highness! Your Highness, please stop talking! I thank Your Highness for your kindness!" Zhang Yong couldn't stay any longer at this time. With tears in his eyes, he bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Zhang Yong, in order to gain His Highness's favor, I will do this in private. I thought about interesting things outside the palace and induced His Highness to go on a field trip. This is a serious crime and a serious mistake! I ask your Majesty to punish the sins of slaves!"
"Shut up! Do you tell such lies because you think my father and Mr. Wu are fools?" Zhu Houzhao scolded him mercilessly, and then continued: "My father and his sons took over the country from their ancestors. , naturally we have to guard it well. I heard the gentlemen say that the people's will cannot be violated! I thought that guarding the country is the people's heart. What is the people's heart? If the people don't care about the trivial matters that matter to them, wouldn't this be a disgrace to the people? Heart? I would rather not have the prince’s saintly virtues and sons and ministers in exchange for the cold hearts of the people!"
"Mr. Wu, let's talk honestly. Do the people care about whether I leave the palace more often, or whether their mother has medicine to cure her illness, or whether her family members are bullied more? You said these are trivial matters. Isn’t this misleading the monarch to ignore the people’s will? If there are too many such things, will the majesty of the court and the sanctity of this palace be lost?!”
Zhu Houzhao kowtowed to the emperor several times, and then said sternly: "If Mr. Wu and other ministers firmly believe that my conduct is bad and I will not correct my mistakes, I would like to ask my father to select a worthy person from the clan and establish him." As the prince! In short, the son-in-law should regard the small things of the people as big things!"
The crown prince always spoke of the people's hearts, but in the end he described Wu Kuan as someone who didn't take the people's affairs seriously. In fact, this was a kind of overgeneralization.
But whoever allows these people to always use historical lessons and national justice to suppress people? If you say big, I will say small. If you say small, it is not small. I will use the word "people's support" to crush you to death!
As for how to force the emperor to resign, it's not like Zhu Houzhao didn't know this trick. Strike first to gain advantage, then strike later and suffer. If you can resign, so can I!
Let’s see what you do!
