Yang Tinghe was thinking: Does Liang Chu know this thank you note?
Then it dawned on him: That didn't matter anymore.
The key issue that Jiang Mian considered was the same as that of Yang Ting: Do you want to establish someone else?
He ruled out that option. Impossible, he knew very well that he couldn't do such a thing.
It’s not that I can’t do it, it’s that I can’t do it. Not only because of reputation, but also because today's Ming Dynasty really can't stand the torment.
Since Yang Tinghe can't do it, it means that the cabinet can't do anything to abolish it.
With Emperor Zhengde's last edict, it was impossible for Empress Dowager Zhang to bypass the cabinet and appoint others alone.
Now there is only one choice: how to face the chosen heir.
Yang Tinghe felt aggrieved and tired: Sijun is so capable of tormenting people and has such good means...
From the ring and the sound of footsteps behind the curtain, he knew it was the arrival of Emperor Zhengde's Queen Xia.
One of the methods has already shown its effect: Queen Xia must not care about how the new king will mess with state affairs. She now has hope of getting a son. This is the only thing she cares about.
The relationship between Queen Mother Zhang and Queen Xia is also subtle. The one who can treat her most sincerely is actually this daughter-in-law.
Now that Sijun's plan is put forward, if Empress Dowager Zhang does not agree, the relationship between Empress Xia and Empress Dowager Zhang will be greatly damaged - although Empress Xia's destructive power is pitifully small.
This means that Sijun handed Yang Ting and them a step to persuade Empress Dowager Zhang and let them cabinet ministers avoid accusations of disloyalty to Emperor Zhengde: Look, the best of both worlds, Emperor Zhengde will also have a son in the future.
Or, if they object to Si Jun's approach of laying down minefields for the future, then the bad guys will become cabinet ministers.
Why are you opposed to everything?
But is it that simple?
"Fellow bachelors, you have also read His Highness's note of thanks." Mrs. Zhang really asked, "Now, should it be abolished or established?"
Jiang Mian looked behind the curtain, you asked, why did you ask Queen Xia to come?
Are you going to leave the offending matter to the cabinet?
Hearing Queen Mother Zhang's question, Yang Tinghe felt bitter: Another method was to intensify the contradiction. Empress Dowager Zhang's request was very clear. She wanted the rights of mother and son. The direct attitude of not having an heir made the cabinet unable to step down in front of Empress Dowager Zhang. At this moment, a solution must be found.
If it cannot be abolished, the cabinet must be replaced to persuade Queen Mother Zhang to accept the reality.
Yang Tinghe was in extreme pain, and when he raised his head, he was already in tears: "I am ashamed of Xiaomiao, and I am ashamed of the late emperor! Now that the imperial edict has been issued to the world, it must not be abolished. But Your Highness would rather die than inherit, and I am ashamed of the Queen Mother, please The Queen Mother punishes you.”
After saying that, he took off his hat and broke down in tears.
He actually wants to resign!
"How can Mr. Ge hang up his crown and leave at this moment?" Queen Mother Zhang was suddenly shocked and angry. Yang Tinghe suddenly collapsed emotionally, leaving her with no idea in front of such a major event.
Yang Tinghe's eyes were filled with tears and he was indignant: "The world's affairs can affect the whole body! The Ming Dynasty has been suffering for hundreds of years, and successive monarchs and ministers have never thought of suffering from illness and leading to Zhongxing? There are so many political affairs in a big country, and it is impossible to start with just one passion. . Your Highness said that ministers and others are following the old ways, but have you, your ministers and ministers, been working hard over the past few months to correct the shortcomings and make new plans?"
"Just because of this note of thanks, the world only knows that His Highness is knowledgeable, ambitious and has the qualifications to be a wise king. Even if there are extreme remarks, they are just the spirit of a young man who needs the guidance and guidance of wise ministers. However, I will bear the brunt of this. If you do it again, He said that he would appoint someone else, but because he was greedy for power and position, he refused to use the name of the British Lord and the name of the rebellious minister and traitor. He will be infamy for thousands of years!"
He was very excited: "I can't do what Yihuo did, and I am not a conservative person! I am a loyal minister for the country, so I will die to advise His Highness, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations, do not engage in war or make false claims about weapons. If Your Highness insists on having his own way, I will only I have written the words and leave them to His Highness. I am ashamed of the entrustment entrusted by the Emperor Daxing, the Queen Mother, and the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty."
After saying these words in a sonorous tone, Yang Tinghe knelt down and kowtowed several heads in sorrow, then stood up and staggered out.
"Mr. Yang Ge? Master Yang!"
Yang Tinghe walked away as if he had an emotional breakdown. His crown was still on the ground, and Queen Mother Zhang couldn't call her back no matter how much she shouted.
This time, her shock and anger were compounded by a layer of panic. She could hear Yang Tinghe's words more clearly: He couldn't be abolished, but why was the point in his words to persuade him not to corrupt national affairs with his passion?
What about succession?
She was so angry that she looked at Jiang Mian and Mao Ji again: "Young Master Jiang, Mao Shaobao, how could Taifu Yang just walk away like this?"
Jiang Mian and Mao Ji smiled bitterly.
Yang Tinghe's performance is good, but it is really a headache now.
Now we have to face both the Queen Mother and the extreme heir. The cabinet cannot be completely wiped out.
"With His Highness's intelligence, he may have already known that there were errors and omissions in the posthumous edict that could be exploited by him. He provoked the edict but did not issue it. When the edict arrived in Beijing, he used the pretext of entering the palace as a ceremonial note and forced him to do so when everything was ready. His Highness's methods were cunning and he added twists first. To prepare a posthumous edict is to blame the ministers and others, and to blame the ministers and others for hindering the late emperor's ambitions, and to rebuke the ministers again is tantamount to disloyalty to the emperor. Mr. Yang Ge was filled with grief and anger..."
Jiang Mian replied first, which was actually to express his inner grievance.
Empress Dowager Zhang immediately said: "I'm afraid this child has been deceived, so he is so extreme. Mr. Yang Ge said before when he was alone that he could let hundreds of officials advise him so that His Highness could understand what the people want. What do you think?"
Jiang Mian and Mao Ji looked at each other and sighed together: "Before this thank you note arrived, I also thought so. Your Highness, the Queen Mother, is very resolute, and I am afraid she cannot be persuaded. The Queen Mother first asked Whether to abolish or establish it should be consistent with what I think, right?"
"Then just accept him like this?" Empress Dowager Zhang's tone was much higher, "What should I do then?"
Jiang Mian spoke in a bleak tone: "As Jiefu said, even if His Highness seems a little extreme at the moment, it is true that His Highness is fifteen years old, has the country in his heart, and wants to make plans for the Ming Dynasty. If there are good ministers to assist him, His Highness will naturally be wiser in the future. . Ordinary fools only think that this is a wise king who has proposed a way to achieve both ends."
"If the ministers appoint someone else because His Highness is determined not to succeed, firstly, it will be suspected of being greedy for power and position, as Jiefu said. Secondly, if the new monarch appointed is not as good as Your Highness, it will be even more obvious that the ministers are stupid. Thirdly, ... Even if there are reasons for great gifts, I will eventually become a powerful traitor who manipulates the powerful. After death, the fame and deeds are small, and the old troubles will inevitably reappear."
He didn't mention the Queen Mother, but now that everyone understood this, they couldn't help but change their minds.
In other words, you can not establish him, but then the reason of whether to succeed or not suddenly becomes not so tenable.
Now that the direct lineage was actually extinct, he was not only the most qualified among the concubine members, but also probably the one with the most potential to be a wise ruler. He also proposed a plan that would allow the lineage to continue to be extinct.
If you don't establish him in this way, it seems that insisting on inheriting the heir into the direct sect is just an excuse: at least ordinary people and people with ulterior motives will think so.
"You...you just gave in like this?" Queen Mother Zhang almost collapsed, "What should I do?"
Jiang Mian was silent.
"say something!"
Jiang Mian looked at Mao Ji and let out a long sigh: "The matter has come to this. I have the courage to speak frankly about the current situation."
He knelt on the ground with a big salute, as if he was about to risk his life.
Yang Tinghe was planning how to dissuade the heir on more important state strategies. The task of persuading the Queen Mother to make the issue of non-heirs a bargaining chip for the cabinet ministers to negotiate with the heir could only be left to Jiang Mian and Mao Ji.
This is the tacit understanding that they have been serving as officials in the same court for many years.
