As soon as Wang Hao's memorial came out, the atmosphere in the court suddenly changed.
Because this represents the dying counterattack of Li Guang's forces!
Are you kidding me? Li Guang was pulled down and beheaded, so what do the others mean?
Especially Wu Kuan, he was the one who wanted to advise even the prince, so he would not be too picky about Wang Hao's identity as the prince's teacher.
In terms of status in Zhan Shifu, Wang Hao was the second oldest, and Wu Kuan was the first.
As for Zhu Houzhao, he has been running towards the emperor these days. He has not directly gone to court to participate in political affairs, but he knows that no matter how fierce the trouble is outside, he will eventually go to the emperor and the emperor to decide the direction of things.
So it was better to say that he happened to see Wu Kuan arrive than to say that he was waiting for him to arrive.
But today, Wu Kuan was not the leader. Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised. The leader turned out to be the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhou Jing!
Ah, this is interesting.
These Qingliu were also very capable. Wang Hao regarded Zhou Jing as a positive figure in his memorial, but they were able to find Zhou Jing.
During the Hongzhi Dynasty, the cabinet did not actually achieve the transcendent status we usually think of. At this time, the status of the six departments is equally important.
This is a process of gradual evolution.
And it also has a lot to do with the emperor's personal preferences. For example, in the late Hongzhi period, Liu Mansion was very popular with the emperor, and he had to ask him first about anything.
This actually led to dissatisfaction with Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Ma Wensheng, the minister of civil affairs. That's right. Either Your Majesty, let Liu Mansion be the chief minister or heavenly official of the cabinet, or you should be more careful. You gave the two of us this position and spent the whole day looking for Liu Mansion. Isn't this a rude thing?
So today’s weekly reading is different. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and this official has done a really great job.
But after Zhu Houzhao thought about it, others probably didn't dare to come. Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, Bai Ang, the Minister of Punishments, Xu Guan, the Minister of Works, and Tu Fu, the Minister of Officials, were all more or less involved with Li Guang.
"My lord, your majesty, long live, long live, long live my emperor! See your highness, your highness, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!"
Zhou Jing and Wu Kuan took the lead, followed by ministers from various ministries and censors from the Supervisory Council, about eight or nine people.
Zhu Houzhao thought that it might have something to do with Wang Hao's reputation. He was the one to take the lead. From Qingliu's point of view, Li Guangliu was really a bit arrogant!
He glanced at the emperor and found that his father's face was a little stiff, especially when his eyes fell on Zhou Jing, which was somewhat helpless and disgusting.
Zhou Jing is a bit like a weakened version of Hai Rui. He fights against everyone he meets, including relatives, eunuchs, nobles, including the minister of the court and Hongzhi when he was the prince.
He never missed a beat, and he had to go through all the rounds.
Just because I was brought into trouble by Yan Guan,
He even went to Shu to scold these officials.
Called "If Guang is here, he will shrink back like a fearful dog and dare to bark!". You dare to spray me? When Li Guang was still here, you people were just dogs that had lost their courage! Dare you make a sound?
Later, he also said, "Li Guang's record of accepting bribes today is very weak. Please check if there is a minister's name. However, it is not necessary to give much, but if there is an inch of gold and silk, I will behead the minister in the city court"!
That is to say, Your Majesty, you can go check it out. It doesn’t take much. If it says I gave you an inch of gold, you will kill me!
You see what this means, considering that there is indeed this account book, Zhou Jing dared to write this in the memorial, which basically confirms that he has absolutely nothing to do with Li Guang.
That's why Wang Hao chose him to put in the memorial, which means that someone used Li Guang's case to criticize him.
But I didn't expect that this old gentleman had such a personality. Even if Wang Hao praised him, he was not impressed.
Zhu Houzhao squinted and smiled, which was a bit interesting. This kind of person is not afraid of anything. The emperor dares to accuse anyone who gives you or him face. Basically, you can kill me. If you kill me, I will be a loyal minister forever!
Meeting such a person, Emperor Hongzhi sitting next to him naturally stopped laughing.
"Zhou Aiqing and Wu Aiqing came to the palace today. What are you doing?"
After all, Zhou Jing is the one with the most prominent official position, and he is also a straight-forward and upright person. He said directly: "Your Majesty, I am here to discuss Wang Hao's recommendation of Wang Yue as the chief officer of the three sides. I think this is inappropriate. Wang Yue Arrogant and arrogant, he was conceited as a hero. During the reign of the previous emperor, he had no connection with the powerful official Wang Zhi. In this dynasty, he was also involved with Li Guang. If a person like this, who is shameless, without virtue and righteousness, rises again and is entrusted with important responsibilities, the world will be ruined. How will the subjects view me, the Ming Dynasty? How will they view the Emperor?!"
Zhu Houzhao's eyes tightened. If he were the emperor, no one would dare to say this last sentence.
What does 'how to treat the emperor' mean? Doesn’t that mean that if you do this, others will think you are a fool!
If we look at it this way, how else can we look at it?
But Emperor Hongzhi was fine. He probably had been listening to this Zhou Jing since he was the prince.
"About this matter, the courtiers do have two opinions. One is what Zhou Aiqing said, which is reasonable. However, Wang Hao's "Educating Generals for the Country" is very well written and equally reasonable."
"Your Majesty, I don't understand. What does it mean? Wang Yue is a person who is clearly connected with Li Guang. This matter is known both inside and outside, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao from the corner of his eye.
He, a good old man, is not very good at dealing with such stupid young people.
"What's the point? Zhou Aiqing can read Wang Hao's memorial..."
"Your Majesty." Wu Kuan spoke at this time, "Wang Hao is Wei Chen's subordinate, and Wei Chen has been with him for many years. Wang Hao's ambition and character are both a gentleman for a while. Not long ago, he was at odds with Li Guang. Now, How could he rashly go to this place? We need to find out the reason why."
Zhu Houzhao's heart moved after hearing this.
Hey, old man Wu, what do you mean by that?
It was clearly implied that I was the one who instigated Wang Hao to do this behind his back.
It is said that the prime minister's heart can support a boat. I don't care about what happened last time, but you still competed with me!
"That's right." Zhou Jing also followed up, "Your Majesty, I think that Li Guang's party members must be greedy for power and are unwilling to lose. It can be seen from the incident of Wang Hao's superiority that he must have intentional intentions. The person wanted to stir up trouble, but he used a good hand to borrow a knife to kill someone! Let Wang Hao take the blame!"
No matter how good-tempered Zhu Houzhao is, he can't stand it.
"You two are also known as momentary gentlemen. If you have anything to say, don't hide it. Someone with ulterior motives may stir up trouble. Wang Hao has been closest to this prince recently. Who doesn't know about this?! Why bother? Making insinuations in front of my father?!"
Wu Kuan raised his head that had been hanging down and said with a surprised look on his face: "Is it true that the prince was behind this matter? What made Wang Hao end up like this?!"
Snapped!
This fucking question made him angry when he asked Zhu Hou to take care of him, "What Master Wu means is that I, the prince, wanted to push Wang Yue out, but I didn't dare to take the blame, so I pushed him out and asked Wang Yue to do this?"
"How ridiculous! I am the crown prince of my father, the eighth grandson of Emperor Gaozu! The legitimate crown prince of the Ming Dynasty! As long as I finally agree to Wang Yue's resurrection, no matter who starts it, I will be responsible for it! All the people of the world Everyone will look at me, can I shirk it?"
"Moreover, if the election of Wang Yue really does not work well, or simply leads to a defeat, let alone the matter of Wang Yao's young master, what if it is your Lord Wu's Zhan matter of the third grade? I, the prince, do not take responsibility, just rely on it Can you afford it?!”
Hongzhi made sense when he heard it! In just a few words, my son counterattacked really beautifully!
