In the flower hall of the British government, Zhu Yi's voice was decisive and his attitude was firm.
However, despite this, Jiao Jing was still a little hesitant.
"But……"
However, Zhu Yi seemed to have already made up his mind this time. He only heard two words before he interrupted.
"It's nothing but. Even if our previous guess was wrong and all this is really just a mistake, then it will always be right to help His Royal Highness leave the cabinet as soon as possible. I believe that even if the Supreme Emperor knows about it, he will not
Oppose this..."
That's what I say, but...
Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Zhu Yi continued to increase the pressure and said.
"If you feel that it is inappropriate for us to make our own decisions, then I can also find someone to send a message to Nangong and ask the Supreme Emperor for permission to do this."
This... everyone couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Duke Chengguo's Mansion arranged some people in Nangong through his own connections. Everyone present knew this.
However, the edict turmoil was too complicated and involved many things, so if we wanted to find out, someone would have to go to the palace in person and verify it with the Supreme Emperor in person.
After all, this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.
And more importantly, if Zhu Yi's speculation is true, then Princess Changde cannot be seen at this time.
Because the relationship between the Supreme Emperor and the eldest princess of Changde "broke down", the eldest princess of Changde even asked the emperor to let Xue Huan leave the capital. Essentially, it was to make the emperor believe that the Supreme Emperor had "disconnected from all relatives".
So at this time, the emperor's manpower will inevitably be arranged near the eldest princess's mansion.
With Dongchang and Jinyiwei here, this is not a difficult task, and the current emperor is by no means someone who will be convinced by the Changde Princess after she comes to the palace and complains.
The Emperor could not see the Princess Changde, and although they had paid the price and time to find out the information, they could only stand still.
With his eyes darkened, he naturally could only worry here.
However, although you cannot go to Nangong directly to meet him, if you just want to ask for instructions whether to help the prince leave the cabinet, it is much simpler, and you only need to write a letter.
What's more, as Zhu Yi said, this is a good thing and the Emperor has no reason to refuse.
However, vaguely, everyone still felt that something was wrong.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Yi sighed softly, seemingly disappointed with the hesitation of everyone present. After thinking about it, he took out a memorial from his sleeve and said.
"This matter does have some risks. After all, if our guess is true, then mentioning the prince's resignation at this time will definitely anger the emperor. However, how can we ignore the important matter of the Eastern Palace and the throne?"
"To be honest with you, I have already written a memorial, and I would like to invite the crown prince to leave the palace as early as possible, and prepare honorary guards for the East Palace, and Pingtung Palace. If you feel that it is risky, then I will become the Duke of the country and do it first.
This vanguard!"
A trace of surprise flashed across the eyes of everyone present. They didn't expect that Zhu Yi was already prepared.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xi took the memorial and quickly looked through it. Then his expression changed and he said.
"Young Master, this... this is a bit radical, isn't it?"
As soon as these words came out, the curiosity of everyone present became even more intense.
However, Zhang Shi quickly handed over the memorial in his hand, first to Jiao Jing, Chen Mao, and then to Zhu Jian.
After they finished reading it, they all looked a little surprised.
It should be said that the content of Zhu Yi's memorial can be considered quite satisfactory.
Starting with this incident in the morning and evening of Ding Province, I first praised the prince for his loyalty and filial piety, and for being able to assume the responsibility of the crown prince at a young age.
Then, he naturally talked about the importance of education in the East Palace, and accused the Ministry of Rites of delaying work and disobeying the holy will. He believed that the most important thing for the country was to preserve capital. The Ministry of Rites was unable to set a specific time for the prince to leave the cabinet because of busy work.
Deliberate neglect.
In addition, this memorial also analyzed in detail the consequences of the prince's delay in leaving the cabinet, from the disharmony of the Tian family and the instability of moral order to the public opinion of the court and the expectations of the people. It almost seems like,
If the prince cannot leave the palace to study immediately, the country will collapse.
The words here are a little bit fierce, but if it is just that, it is not enough to make everyone present look like this.
The reason why this is so lies in the last part.
As the conclusion of the entire memorial, Zhu Yi bluntly stated at the end that the court's top priority now is to determine the time for the prince to leave the cabinet as soon as possible.
In addition, although the prince is still young, in order to prevent the East Palace from knowing only Wen Han and not knowing military matters, it is necessary to re-select the Xunwei to join the vanguard of the government army and be responsible for guarding the East Palace.
The vanguard of the Fu army is one of the twenty-six guards of Shangzhi.
But, in addition, it also has a special identity, that is, the East Palace Young Army!
The troops and horses of this guard were originally set up by Yongle. From the beginning, they were set up for Emperor Xuanzong, who was the emperor's grandson at the time. It can be said that it is the direct line of Emperor Xuanzong.
The significance of this army does not lie in its combat power, but in its origin. Except for ordinary sergeants, all officers come from noble families.
So in fact, Emperor Taizong's intention in setting up this army was to allow Emperor Xuanzong to gain good connections among nobles in advance and stabilize the status of the emperor's grandson.
Facts have proved that this young army has indeed played its due role.
After the death of Emperor Taizong, in just over a year, great changes occurred in the court situation one after another. First, Renzong died soon after, and then Xuanzong ascended the throne. Soon after, there was the Rebellion of the Han Dynasty, and Xuanzong personally conquered the country.
If it were any other dynasty, such intensive turmoil would inevitably severely weaken the vitality of the court.
However, it was precisely thanks to the good relationship and prestige that Emperor Xuanzong had established with the young army and all the noble military officials since the Yongle period that the entire court quickly stabilized during that period.
Later, many of the young men in the young army became capable generals in the army, and also became an important force for Emperor Xuanzong to put down the rebellion of the Han Dynasty and patrol the border.
Later, after the Supreme Emperor was established as the crown prince, he also naturally obtained the power to form a young army. Of course, this was only the right to select and train, not to mobilize.
But even so, it is enough. After all, the young army's duty is to guard the palace at most, and it does not need to actually go to the battlefield. Its political significance is greater than its practical significance.
However, the Emperor was still young at that time, so the young army did not play a real role. Later, after the Emperor ascended the throne, he had great power and could directly show favor to the nobles, so there was no need to use the young army to win over the nobles.
Son.
Therefore, it should be said that since Xuande, the Young Army has gradually become depleted and has become a place for gilded disciples.
However, that is because of the special circumstances.
If Zhan Shifu is the political force of the East Palace among civil servants, then the selection and training of young troops are to enable the prince to accumulate prestige among the nobles and become familiar with military affairs.
However, Zhan Shifu has been written in the classics since the founding of the country by Taizu, and it exists as a necessary part of the education in the East Palace.
The avant-garde of the Fu army is still essentially a superior guard. Although it is called a young army, there is no clear stipulation in the classics that it must be under the responsibility of the East Palace.
In addition, the prince is still young and has just started enlightenment, so naturally no one in the court mentioned this matter.
Of course, in addition to this, there are actually ministers in the court who believe that it is not a good thing for the prince to be responsible for training the young army.
The most typical reason is that the Young Army was established for Xuanzong, so Emperor Renzong never intervened. Therefore, Emperor Renzong was biased towards civil governance. Relatively speaking, Emperor Xuanzong was more like Taizong and often trained the Young Army, which also became
The prototype of later border patrols.
Later on, although the Supreme Emperor did not have the long-term running-in with the young army like Xuanzong, but with the young army around, he would naturally become closer to the nobles, and the rash advancement of personal expeditions was obviously inseparable from the nobles.
Looking at it from the other side, today's emperor has no experience in training young troops, but he still does an outstanding job.
Therefore, many ministers in the court felt that selecting and training young troops for the crown prince would lead to an overemphasis on military affairs, and in times of peace, troubles such as the Tumu Battle would easily occur.
Coupled with the long-standing disputes between civil servants and nobles, the matter of the young army was almost shelved by default in the court.
However, there is no doubt that once the selection of the young army starts again, it will be a great good thing for today's nobles.
Even if the future relationship with His Royal Highness is not mentioned, as long as they have this level of qualifications, then the children of their clan will be able to quickly expand their connections and gain a place in the army in the future.
For a family, it is not enough to have a title. In addition to the top-level power, a family must have a sufficient number of middle- and low-level forces to be stable enough.
The reason why the British government was still able to stand up after Zhang Fu's death, while most of the other noble families failed to recover after the civil war, is simply because when Zhang Fu was alive, he had countless old generals under his command.
These people are scattered in the military mansion, the Beijing camp, the frontier army, etc. They may not show off at ordinary times, but if the British government needs anything, just say hello and they will try their best to help.
Even if they cannot do this, once something happens to the British government, for the sake of Zhang Fu's face and friendship, they will never stand idly by.
This is the core reason why the British government was still able to maintain its first position among the imperial concubines even after the deaths of Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu.
This principle is naturally also applicable to other distinguished families.
Although there are many dandies in the family, they enjoy the best resources and have the most convenient conditions. How can any family really fail to select a few young people who can take the lead?
Therefore, if the young army can really be reorganized, it will actually be a good thing for the entire Xungui Group.
But having said that, this matter is not easy to handle.
It is not difficult for the noble disciples to enter the Forbidden Army. However, now that the imperial guard is in the hands of the emperor, sending their own disciples in is no different from sending a hostage in. This is not what they want.
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What's more, they wanted to send people in because they wanted to be gilded, but it is conceivable that with the relationship between the emperor and the nobles, they would not even think about sending people in.
Therefore, they would only be willing to send their own children in when the young army was in the hands of the prince.
However, the emperor has now made it clear that he is wary of the Supreme Emperor. In the East Palace, he has repeatedly delayed even leaving the palace to study, let alone forming a young army.
In addition, there are a group of civil servants who will definitely jump out to oppose it, so it will be even more difficult to get this thing done.
Therefore, everyone present did not think about this from the beginning.
But he didn't expect that Zhu Yi would actually bring up the idea of leaving the cabinet and preparing for the government to form a young army as soon as he took action. This young master, shouldn't he be stimulated by something?
Zhang Mian also seemed to be hesitant and said thoughtfully.
"Young Master, I believe that we all have witnessed the sincerity of the Chengguo Palace to His Royal Highness. Indeed, the appointment of the East Palace cabinet is the most important thing now. However, as the saying goes that you cannot become a fat man with one bite, is it a bit unreasonable to raise the issue of Youjun now?
Too risky?"
Seeing Zhu Yi's firm look, Mr. Zhang couldn't help but murmur in his heart, this is different from what he said...
Obviously what they had said before was that with the help of Zhu Yi's father-in-law, they could get the credit for helping the prince to leave the cabinet, and then take advantage of the opportunity of the East Palace to leave the cabinet to restore the title of Duke Chengguo.
How come in the blink of an eye, the game has become so big...
Others naturally don't know Zhang Shi's thoughts, but when it comes to the matter of Youjun, their thoughts are similar.
To be honest, this can actually be regarded as the sequelae of the long-term struggle with the emperor.
Since the emperor came to the throne, they have planned a lot of things and used various methods. It cannot be said that they have not been successful, but it is certain that they will lose more and win less.
Moreover, whenever their plans were somewhat radical, almost without exception, they would lose miserably.
From the time when Luo Tong detained the palace, to the subsequent Zhang Fu mission, the case of the King of Zhennan, to the later preparation of the prince's palace, and then to this time when Ren Li was arrested and imprisoned, this has been the case in every case.
Therefore, although they themselves were not aware of it, they were inevitably afraid of the emperor's methods, and subconsciously felt that it was better to be safe.
Therefore, Jiao Jing looked at each other and Chen Mao and others said.
"Young Master, what happened today was my fault. I should not have been dishonest to you and put more tests on you. However, if you want to prove your true intentions, it is absolutely unnecessary for you."
"When the Supreme Emperor summoned us, he said that the Chengguo Palace is the pillar of the country. Now that he is serving as a prince, Prince Consort Xue has been arrested one after another and transferred away from the capital. We should unite more sincerely. If at this time
If anything happens to Duke Chengguo again, the gains will outweigh the losses!"
What he said was sincere, no matter what he thought in his heart, but at least his attitude was very low and it sounded comfortable.
Zhu Yi glanced at Jiao Jing, then looked around at everyone, then sighed and said.
"Everyone, I know you feel that the crown prince's decision to leave the cabinet has yet to come to an end, and it may be difficult to bring up the matter of the young army."
"But, what I want to say is..."
As these words were spoken, Zhu Yi paused, stood up from the chair, and said in a slightly higher voice.
"Before the court meeting, what Marquis Ren said was certainly selfish, but it is not completely unreasonable. Since the court wants to rectify the army, it is impossible not to pay any price."
"The reason why Marquis Ren is in his current situation is because he went in the wrong direction. However, whether the prince leaves the cabinet or forms a young army, they are all just and fair things that should be done!"
"So, now is the best opportunity to propose the formation of a young army. If we miss it, it will be really difficult later."
"I still say what I said. I, the Duke of Chengguo, are willing to be the vanguard. If something goes wrong, the Duke of Chengguo cannot say that I can take full responsibility, but at least I will be the first to bear the brunt."
"So, everyone, who is willing to join me as a duke and take this risk?"
This chapter has been completed!