After the people from the Ministry of Rites arrived, Lao Wu and them kept arguing.
In the Qing Dynasty, ethics was by no means a piece of paper, but a vital hierarchical system.
Lao Wu wanted to go beyond the original specifications of the empress dowager's funeral ceremony. Who among the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Rites dared to agree without permission?
In the Kangxi Dynasty, corruption and bribery were not fatal due to the so-called lenience of the old emperor, and it was even impossible to lose his official position.
However, if the existing rules are exceeded in terms of etiquette, someone will definitely lose their head.
Lao Wu is stupid and not proficient in Chinese, so he will inevitably fall into a disadvantageous position in a verbal dispute.
Lao Twelve was not raised by the Empress Dowager alone. He naturally had no feelings for the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, Lao Twelve remained silent and watched Lao Wu being contradicted by the people from the Ministry of Rites.
Yuzhu and Lao Wu are Anda, so naturally he can't just watch Lao Wu suffer.
However, since the death of the Empress Dowager, Lao Wu's emotions have lost control.
Yuzhu deliberately kept quiet because he wanted to wait until Lao Wu got tired of arguing and then step in to clean up the mess.
There was no way, Lao Wu's spirit was too high, and he couldn't continue arguing without being exhausted. Even if Yuzhu spoke, he couldn't do anything.
When Lao Wu gasped and stared at Yuzhu, Yuzhu knew that it was his turn to play!
"Fellow ministers, who doesn't know that the emperor governs the country with benevolence and filial piety? The death of the empress dowager and the death of the empress dowager makes the whole country mourn. Even if we do something out of the ordinary, we are actually fulfilling our filial piety for the emperor, and we will not be blamed." Yuzhu.
As soon as he made the move, he put on the label of filial piety, with the purpose of silencing people like the Ministry of Rites.
"Yuzhongtang, kindness has always come from above, how dare I go overboard?" Man Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites said firmly.
This was what Yuzhu was waiting for, and he said calmly: "Fifth brother, twelfth brother and I are ordered to attend funerals together, so we have to shoulder thousands of heavy burdens. How can we ignore your father's filial piety?
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"Fellow ministers, if the emperor takes the blame, I, Yuzhu, will be the first to bear the brunt. I will bear the responsibility alone and have nothing to do with you." Yuzhu expressed his stance categorically, which immediately shocked everyone.
Yuzhu pretended not to see the grateful eyes of Lao Wu, and ignored the surprised expression of Lao Twelve, and said calmly: "If you don't believe it, I can make an autograph statement."
In the officialdom, the higher the position, the greater the real power, and the more afraid of taking responsibility, the more unclear what you say to avoid being liquidated in the future!
However, Yuzhu, the most favored minister around him, who has always been in harmony with the light, actually risked his life to stand up and bear the responsibility of violating the etiquette system.
Seeing that Yuzhu had put his words to death, those in the Ministry of Rites secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Very good, very powerful, there is no room for evasion of guilt!
In the officialdom, we are not afraid that you are incompetent or that you act recklessly, but that you are afraid that you will take credit for your mistakes and let the people below take the blame for you!
Yuzhu was an imperial envoy who was ordered to attend to funerals, he was also the auxiliary Duke of the clan, and he was also the foreman and imperial minister. His words had enough weight.
To put it bluntly, everyone in the Ministry of Rites also knew that in order to pretend to be filial, the old emperor had been raising the empress dowager with high standards for so many years.
"Okay, please give me the instructions from Yuzhongtang." After the people from the Rites Department exchanged opinions with each other with their eyes, they decisively pushed Yuzhu to the front and carried the bag.
Lao Twelve, who had been silent all this time, shook his head secretly. These idiots from the Ministry of Rites actually gave up such a good opportunity to flatter Yuzhu. They were really brainless!
As we all know, the old emperor is very face-conscious. For some things, the important ministers below take the initiative to propose them. Who can do what he wants better than the old emperor personally issuing orders?
Yuzhu listed out the opinions that Lao Wu had just put forward one by one without any hesitation.
After the people from the Etiquette Department added details according to the etiquette system, everyone jointly signed the booklet.
Lao Wu had no choice but to take the first place, but Yu Zhu stopped him.
Yuzhu said: "Fifth brother, there are some things that are easier for me to speak out than for you to take the lead."
Lao Wu was extremely grateful. Where could he find such a good An Da?
As a result, the funeral arrangements headed by Yuzhu were immediately handed over to the old emperor.
After the old emperor read it carefully three times, he slowly asked Yuzhu: "How courageous are you? You actually regard the imperial decree as nothing?"
Yuzhu was not afraid at all. He was determined to defeat the old emperor. This was just a bluff.
"Hui Khan Ama, I think that if you set an example of filial piety to the Empress Dowager Daxing, all the subjects in the world will empathize with you and imitate you one after another." Yuzhu did not evade his responsibility, nor did he say any nonsense.
After hearing this, the old emperor couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Little monkey spirit, you know my thoughts best. Since you have all agreed, if I don't agree to the discount, I will be an unfilial son."
Yuzhu meant exactly this, but he only dared to do this and thought this way, but he could never say anything in front of the old emperor.
After the old emperor approved the package, Lao Wu, Lao Twelve and Yuzhu divided the work.
The fifth child was in charge of the overall situation and made the final decision on spending money. The twelfth child assisted and taught the old rules by the way.
Yuzhu got a good job, and he commanded the eunuchs and maids to entertain various Manchu and Mongolian dignitaries.
According to the rules of the Qing dynasty, when mourning the Empress Dowager, not so many people knelt down and cried together, but they knelt down and cried in front of the mourning hall in batches according to their official positions and titles.
Yuzhu was sitting in the side hall near Ningshou Palace. The young eunuch Qin Ding beside him found Xiuyun and Cao Chun among the people kneeling and crying.
It was inconvenient for Yuzhu to join the pile of women's papers, but Qin Ding, who had no balls, had no scruples.
"Madam, the Duke of Guo has given me an order to discuss something with you. Can you please go with me?"
Yuzhu is a high-ranking chief minister, and Qin Ding is his close confidant and eunuch. This boy is doing things in the palace like a duck to water.
At the same time, Du Lin, another young eunuch beside Yuzhu, led Cao Chun to see Yuzhu.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Contrary to what most people imagine, in this era, women who were born outside the palace went to the palace to cry, and the palace did not care about food.
Under the cold weather, Xiuyun and Cao Chun were already freezing cold even if they brought snacks for their stomachs.
The Empress Dowager had just passed away, and meat and fish were banned in the palace.
After a while, the chief eunuch of Jingren Palace brought someone over with a food box.
The food box was placed on the table, and when Xiuyun opened the lid and took a closer look, he saw that there were two steaming bowls of vegetarian noodle soup, plus a few vegetarian pickles.
"Are you all hungry? Come, let's sit down and eat some plain noodles and drink some hot soup together." Yuzhu smiled and waved his big hand, asking the two wives to sit on his left and right, and they all gathered together to eat noodles.
In the mourning hall, there was draft and cold air from all sides. They were tired and hungry. Xiuyun and Cao Chun could hardly hold on any longer.
Besides, we are an old married couple, so there is no need to pay too much attention to formalities.
Xiuyun and Cao Chun looked at each other, followed Yuzhu's arrangement, and sat down next to the man.
Who would have thought that just after a few people had eaten half a bowl of noodles, the old emperor came.
"My son Yuzhu, together with his two wives, respectfully greets the Holy Father."
"Slave Fucha, please greet me with sincere greetings!"
"Slave Cao Jia, please greet me!"
The old emperor did not call out, nor did he look at the Yuzhu family who were still saluting. Instead, he walked slowly to the dining table and stared at the three bowls of noodles on the table with an unpredictable expression.
Yuzhu was ignored, but he didn't feel the slightest panic in his heart. Hehe, if a night owl enters the house, nothing good will happen!
"Hey, there's another bowl of noodles here. I'm just hungry." The old emperor said this, but stood still.
Is it child's play for the emperor to have a meal?
Wang Chaoqing came over with a discerning eye, picked up the new bowl in the food box, grabbed the kuaizi, picked out a few noodles, and poured half a bowl of noodle soup.
When Yuzhu saw this scene, he immediately understood that someone must have secretly made greedy remarks in front of the old emperor, arousing the old emperor's suspicion.
In front of the old emperor, Wang Chaoqing ate a few noodles and drank all the soup in the bowl.
"Long live the Lord, it is indeed plain noodles and clear soup." As soon as Wang Chaoqing said these words, not to mention Yuzhu, even Xiuyun and Cao Chun suddenly realized.
After all, Xiuyun and Cao Chun had never personally experienced the dangerous struggle in the palace, so they broke out in a cold sweat at the same time.
It was so dangerous. Fortunately, I ate vegetarian noodles and drank vegetarian soup. Otherwise, disaster would have been imminent!
Why?
Under the supreme imperial power, when the Empress Dowager passed away, the whole country mourned, and meat, fish, banquets, theater troupes, sexual intercourse, and all kinds of entertainment activities were banned.
If Yuzhu took advantage of his privileges to get meat noodle soup or chicken noodle soup, he would be in big trouble.
It was impossible for the old emperor to let Yuzhu off easily for the crime of disrespect.
Now, Yuzhu just took advantage of the privilege of handling funerals to take care of his two women. It was not a trivial matter that could not be dealt with by Kuaizi.
Maybe the old emperor had calmed down, or maybe he wanted to appease Yuzhu, so he pretended to pick a piece of noodles, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and spat it out on the big handkerchief that Wang Chaoqing handed him.
Yuzhu has served the old emperor for many years, what else does he not know?
Someone must have secretly tricked Yuzhu into eating meat during the national mourning period, which angered the old emperor.
"You kid, you are very considerate." Seeing that Yuzhu remained silent, the old emperor also knew that he had been wronged, so he had nothing to say.
The emperor cannot make mistakes, nor can he openly admit that he is wrong.
It was impossible for Yuzhu to argue with the old emperor at this juncture. He said softly: "I was wrong. I don't dare to do it anymore."
"Well, there is no greater good than knowing a mistake and being able to correct it." After the old emperor got the ladder, he scolded the jade pillar again and walked away casually.
After this episode, Xiuyun and Cao Chun did not dare to stay any longer, and soon returned to the mourning hall, and then lined up to cry.
After the grand ceremony, the old emperor personally escorted Empress Dowager Daxing's Zi Palace to Xiaodong Tomb.
Lao Wu, Lao Twelve and Yuzhu, where their responsibilities are, they must go with them.
According to the etiquette, if the Empress Dowager dies first and Emperor Shunzhi dies later, then the door to the underground palace of the mausoleum must be dug open so that Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Shunzhi can be buried together.
The reality is that Emperor Shunzhi died first.
In order not to disturb the ghost of Huang Kao, the Empress Dowager Daxing, also known as Empress Xiaohuizhang, had no choice but to be buried in Xiaodong Tomb next to Xiaoling Mausoleum.
According to the rules, the royal family, princes and ministers must accompany the funeral.
Unfortunately, something big happened during the funeral.
After all, the old emperor was old, and after a long period of vegetarianism and fasting, he actually fainted on the royal chariot.
It happened so suddenly that Yuzhu was completely unprepared.
Caught off guard, Yuzhu analyzed the current situation and had no choice but to give up other thoughts and urgently summoned an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat the old emperor.
There is no way, it is a God-given opportunity, but Yuzhu's confidant is directly related to the army, and the new army is not around!
To put it bluntly, if the old emperor dies and Yuzhu doesn't have a new army at his disposal, he will have no choice but to listen to Longkodo's arrangements.
But the problem is that Longkodo was given too much ecstasy by the fourth son, so he could only support the fourth son to take the throne.
Forced by the situation, Yuzhu made a prompt decision, gave up the idea of taking advantage of the situation, and instead tried his best to save the old emperor.
Yuzhu ordered the news to be blocked, but without the strong control of the New Army, the news still leaked out.
It can be seen from this that the prince's brothers have been secretly planning the layout for a long time.
Lao Ba and the others smelled something unusual and insisted on coming over, saying they wanted to see the old emperor. In fact, their intentions were obvious at a glance, and they clearly wanted to find out what was true.
The imperial doctors were giving the old emperor acupuncture, and Lao Ba and his three brothers insisted on barging in. Chao Qing and his few other useless eunuchs would not be able to stop them.
While Yuzhu ordered the imperial doctor to hurry up with the diagnosis and treatment, he tidied up his official uniform, swaggered out and saw Lao Ba and the others.
"Brother Eight, Brother Ninth, Brother Ten, Khan Ama said, I am exhausted and I won't see you for a while!" Yuzhu was not afraid to stay, and he was so bold that he wanted to drive Lao Ba and the others away.
Lao Jiu smiled sinisterly and said, "I've heard that someone is plotting something evil and wants to harm Khan Ama. Could it be you?"
These words were so vicious that he almost wanted to put Yuzhu to death.
Before Lao Jiu could finish his words, Lao Shi shouted loudly: "Khan Ama, I am Lao Shi, Khan Ama, I am your Shi son!" Apparently he wanted to deliberately make things worse.
If a big incident occurs in the imperial camp and the old emperor never comes forward to restrain everyone, this will explain the problem.
Because no matter who is the emperor, it is impossible to allow disaster to happen between the elbows and armpits, and will definitely take action to stop it.
If it were anyone else, they would probably be intimidated by the aggressiveness of Lao Shi and others.
It's a pity that Yuzhu is not an ordinary person. He has been on guard for a long time. Lao Jiu and Lao Ten will show evil moths.
Yuzhu slowly took out the golden order from his sleeve, raised it high above his head, and shouted sternly: "Old Eight, Old Nine, Old Ten, take the order!"
Lao Shi also came prepared. Not only did he not kneel down to receive the order, but he rushed to Yuzhu and shouted sternly: "I see, what you took is probably a counterfeit."
Oh, Lao Shi has actually become smarter, and Yu Zhu can’t help but be impressed by him!
Since Lao Shi wanted to act arrogant, Yu Zhu was no longer polite to him and loudly ordered: "Come here, please take Brother Eight, Brother Nine and Brother Ten to rest later."
If Yuzhu didn't have a golden order in his hand, even if the imperial guards were all his subordinates, no one would dare to obey the order.
After all, the Ba Ye Party is really too big. Who is not afraid of settling accounts in the future?
However, the golden decree held high by the jade pillar represented the old emperor's own wishes.
As a result, after some hesitation, the imperial guards rushed over and surrounded Lao Ba and the others.
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(PS: The chapter I owed yesterday was merged into today’s big chapter, so I’ll make it up!)