Zhu Houcong looked at them deeply. Now he is more and more inclined to think that the cabinet is playing time with him as the emperor, rather than being unable to change.
I'm afraid that a lot of new ones have been added during this period, which is why the following eighty-one new policies appear to be chaotic. One moment he talked about eunuchs, another moment he talked about people's livelihood, and the next moment he jumped back to eunuchs.
With such a long edict and such a mess, how many problems could Zhu Houcong see in such a short period of time? I'm afraid that's what they think.
Before Zhu Houcong saw the imperial edict, he thought that the imperial edict was just a ceremonial text.
But after he read it carefully, he discovered that the imperial edict actually laid down the "policy strategy" of the dynasty.
Very specific, very specific!
Something like a general policy was handed to him in such a hurry. How could Zhu Houcong accept Yang Ting and their methods all at once?
The two sides were deadlocked here again. Zhu Houcong had just given them a sweet treat of "opening a sutra banquet", but now there was a dispute over the imperial edict on his accession to the throne.
The previous statements were easy to say, but with so many specific national policies, Yang Tinghe and others did not want to give in, and Zhu Houcong could not fully agree.
Generally speaking, these principles and policies are to "bring order to chaos", which can be said to be "de-moralization".
Some of the policies implemented by Zhu Houzhao, his cousin, for the past sixteen years have basically been abolished, but you can't say that Yang Ting and others really want to reform.
They are going retro.
Returning to the state of the Hongzhi period, the monarch's power was also restricted by restricting the royal guards, restricting the eunuchs, abolishing the emperor's palace and the emperor's shop, and promoting admonishment.
There was silence in the Wenhua Palace, and Zhu Houcong put down the edict and said: "In addition to what is said in the imperial edict, all the yamen in Beijing are required to discuss the report. The rest of the bad governance since Zhengde is even more ridiculous. This means that you failed to write it all in your haste. There was not a single good government decree during the Zhengde period? You asked me to take such an edict to pay homage to the imperial brother for a few banquets and to be ordered to ascend the throne?"
Yang Tinghe and others knelt down but did not argue.
Zhu Houcong only felt that somewhere in the palace, his cousin's coffin board must be very excited at this moment.
The body of the general who holds the country is not yet cold!
There is nothing better than this for people to perish and for government to cease. Yang Ting and the others are really ruthless.
Now Zhu Houcong understands them a little bit. How strong are the symptoms of Zhengde PTSD?
And he, Zhu Houcong, was also very strong before. No wonder Yang Ting and them were in tears.
"Don't be anxious, really don't be anxious." Zhu Houcong sighed, "Now it's the other way around, I'm telling you to take it slow. They say that governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, but you are making a big deal out of it. Today I am advising you to take it easy. I promise you that what needs to be changed must be changed. First, let’s explain these eighty-one principles one by one, how to summarize them into several major aspects of bad government, what direction to change, and what effect the change will produce. Just write these down clearly. Time is tight and there are meetings.”
Yang Ting is very bitter with them. You also know that time is tight. Can't you just change the year name and those few sentences?
In the Wenhua Hall, before the emperor ascended the throne, the first imperial cabinet meeting was held.
The theme of the meeting: the review and approval of the emperor’s enthronement edict and the policy strategy of the Jiajing Dynasty.
The emperor who presided over the meeting made full complaints about the confusing arrangement of many new policies in the edict. On this basis, he classified many new policies into several categories, namely: granting favors and pardons, complaining of grievances and rewarding merits, superfluous officials, restricting eunuch powers, clarifying official governance, and reform. Economy, adjustment of justice.
Among them, in areas involving eunuchs, officialdom, economy, justice, etc., it only states the direction in which changes will be made and what effects it will strive to achieve, but specific measures are not specified for the time being.
In fact, these aspects themselves only restricted the eunuchs. They wrote them clearly and slashed them with a knife. In other aspects, most of the old tunes are repeated, such as clearing land and reducing taxes and servitude. It is written, but there are no clear and specific methods like restricting eunuchs.
The emperor himself finally concluded: "This way it will be much more organized. In the past ten years or so, the internal ministers have been dictating more and more things, and I know it. But the internal ministers and the foreign ministers are the two hands of the emperor, and you can't let me It's really a disability. What effect will it have on both sides? I will recognize it in black and white."
The elders and elders in the congregation could only accept this kind of harmony with a grimace.
It cannot be said that there were no gains, and His Majesty did readily accept their opinions on some bad policies.
But this was another half-game lost, and His Majesty did not let go of his right to speak at every step.
He decided the year name and had a hand in the new policies.
What's troubling is that the era name he chose is really good and very high-level; and his opinions on the New Deal are also very clear and reasonable.
Now everyone can see with their own eyes: He is not talking nonsense!
Although there was no one around to teach him, and he was purely discussing the new policies in the edict, he actually had some opinions, and the words he used to refute their opinions were quite reasonable.
So after he left Wenhua Hall, a cabinet minister looked at his back with mixed emotions.
Liang Chu was the first to sigh: "The lively days are still to come."
Everyone has a common and clear understanding: he cannot be treated as an ignorant child.
How strange.
Who taught it?
Yuan Zonggao only arrived here. Facing Yang Ting and their eyes, Yuan Zonggao looked innocent.
I only taught him how to read, sincerely.
Just these few days on the road, what can you teach me? I admire His Majesty's opinions very much!
No one knows how much a middle-aged man who knows very well that he will be emperor in the future has thought about the future during his filial life without mobile phones, computers and entertainment.
He may not understand many things of this era, but after all, the struggle for power is also a worldly affair mixed with interests and ideals and beliefs.
Zhu Houcong was far more mature and more diligent and pragmatic than they thought.
Never underestimate the cautious and courageous heart of a middle-aged man with a second youth!
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There are three main halls in the outer court, the southernmost one is Fengtian Hall, which will later be called Taihe Hall, and further north is the smaller square Huagai Hall.
According to the revised palace entry ceremony, Zhu Houcong went directly to the Huagai Hall to change his clothes, and planned to go to Zhu Houzhao's several banquets to worship and receive orders.
When we got here, the foreign minister was no longer with us.
The four eunuchs who were closest to Zhu Houcong were Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin, Mai Fu, and Zhang Zuo, who had come from the Xingxian Palace. The four of them helped Zhu Houcong change into solemn mourning clothes, and then left under the guidance of Wei Bin. .
At this moment, in the Forbidden City, everyone is preparing for the grand drama of the enthronement ceremony.
Huagai Hall is the backstage, Chengtianmen is where the ceremony begins, Fengtian Hall is the main stage, Fengxian Hall, Jiyan Hall, the palace where the Queen Mother and others live...
The first thing Zhu Houcong has to do now is to go to the Jiyan Hall where Zhu Houzhao's Zi Palace is parked.
There is no place called Jiyan Hall in the Forbidden City. The so-called Jiyan is a more high-end name for the mourning hall.
After the emperor dies, a long time usually passes between the death and the actual burial, and there are a lot of etiquette in between.
First, the coffin is placed in the Qianqing Palace, and then the small and large coffins are loaded into the Zi Palace. Soon after, they are moved to a certain place and several banquets are arranged to wait for the funeral and burial.
You can't always stop at Qianqing Palace, right? The new emperor has ascended the throne, is he still sharing the same palace with the coffin?
The banquet halls of emperors and empresses are generally located in the Renzhi Hall, known as the White Tiger Hall, which is a secluded building located in the west of the Forbidden City and north of the Wuying Hall that is symmetrical to the Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Houcong arrived here all the way, but before he entered Jiyan Hall, he heard the heartbreaking cries inside.
The eunuch leading the way loudly shouted at the door: "His Majesty the Emperor personally pays a courtesy visit to Emperor Daxing!"
As a result, the crying in Jiyan Hall became even louder. As soon as Zhu Houcong walked into the hall, he saw a noble lady in mourning clothes in front of him kneeling in the direction of Zi Palace to salute.
Zhu Houcong realized that this was Zhu Houzhao's queen Xia.
When others come over, Queen Xia naturally doesn't need to be here. But Zhu Houcong's identity was different. He was the heir, but not his son. He came to pay homage to Zhu Houzhao for several feasts and was appointed to ascend the throne. This was a very important etiquette process. Not only could he see Zhu Houzhao's real wife, but he could also receive condolences and greetings.
Zhu Houcong looked at the huge Zi Palace in front of him, which now contained Zhu Houzhao who "gifted" the throne to him.
Death is like a lamp going out. No matter how grand the emperor's lamp is after his death, how does the edict on the new emperor's enthronement drafted by the Ministry of Rites comment on him?
Zhu Houcong was a little emotional and sincerely bowed five times and kowtowed three times.
Zhu Houcong no longer cares whether the absurdities about this cousin in the legends of later generations are true or false.
He should have helped Zhu Houzhao rewrite the evaluation he encountered in the imperial edict.
The new history of the Ming Dynasty will be written by him!
