"Your Majesty, I sincerely request permission to return home to Dingyou to fulfill your filial duty!"
At the court, Liu Jin, as expected, submitted a memorial to return to his hometown, Ding You, to observe filial piety.
"Um!"
"I have also heard about your family's affairs. Please forgive me."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded, really intending to symbolically express his disagreement and win over his love once, and then wait until Liu Jin proposed to return to his hometown Ding You again to observe filial piety.
This was also a way for the emperor to show that he valued a minister.
The so-called seduction of love refers to the fact that in ancient times, after a minister's parents died of illness, the minister was required to go home and stay filial piety for three years. However, ministers often held high positions and important positions, and had to assist the king in handling national affairs. Sometimes they could not do without
, unable to escape.
So the emperor would directly issue an order to cancel Ding You's filial piety. This is called seizing love, which means that the minister is deprived of the feeling of returning home to perform filial piety to his deceased elders.
Generally speaking, when encountering an important minister or an extraordinary period, the emperor will seize his affection. He cannot let the minister really leave the government and the public for three years because of such things.
You must know that three years is a long time. Things in the government and the public are changing rapidly. If a minister leaves the government and the government for three years, he may not even have a place to stand when he comes back.
Take Liu Jin as an example, if Liu Jin goes home to observe filial piety, and someone else becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, how will Liu Jin arrange things when Liu Jin comes back from observing filial piety?
Could it be that the current chief minister of the cabinet should quit and Liu Jin should be replaced?
This is obviously inappropriate. What's more, the new chief minister of the cabinet has been chief minister for three years. Most of the officials in the government and the public may already be his people. Who will speak for you?
Once the center of power is far away, it will be very difficult to get back in. On the one hand, you need the trust of the emperor, and on the other hand, you need a large number of people in the government and the opposition to be willing to support you. Only then can you return to power.
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Ordinary ministers are not willing to say that they have returned to their hometown Dingyou for three years because of such a thing.
After finally climbing up, you suddenly said that you should go home and stay for three years. After these three years, the day lilies have become cold, and they really stay where they are.
Therefore, ancient ministers were actually very afraid of such things happening, especially at critical times, such as political struggles. Once such things happened, it would definitely be very difficult to deal with.
Just like Zhang Juzheng in history, when he was the chief minister of the cabinet and had great power, his old father left and Ding You went home to observe his filial piety.
He is really unwilling at all costs. If he leaves, his reforms will definitely be ruined. The key is that it is easy to leave, but it will be difficult to come back. His competitors are all wishing that he would leave early so that they can advance.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng also thought of many ways at that time, which was to ask his ministers to suggest that the emperor seize love. In the end, he did it again and again. In the end, the emperor seizes love and canceled Zhang Juzheng's plan to return to Ding You to observe filial piety, allowing him to continue to hold power.
, implement reforms.
In fact, Ding You's rule of observing filial piety has a long history. It originated in the Han Dynasty. It emphasizes governing the world with filial piety and being filial. This requires observing filial piety for three years, and there are many rules during the period of observing filial piety.
For example, you can't live at home, but you have to build a thatched cottage next to your parents' graves to observe filial piety, you can't eat meat, you have to be vegetarian, you can't drink alcohol, you can't sleep with your own wives and concubines, etc. In short, there are many rules and it is a very difficult threesome.
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I don’t know who came up with this system in the first place, but the emperor was actually promoting it, which was very beneficial to the imperial power.
When you encounter a minister you don't like and you can't find a reason to let him go home for retirement, it turns out that the minister's father is dead, so you can take the opportunity to get him out of the court and hand over the power in his hands. This imperial power will be even more
Stable.
When he meets a minister he likes and is his right-hand man, the emperor can win over the minister and make him stay without any consequences.
Anyway, the final decision-making power still lies in the hands of the emperor. It all depends on the emperor's will whether to seize love or not. In addition, after the ministers return from observing filial piety, it still depends on the emperor's will whether they can fear high positions again.
In general, this system is actually a rule that the ancient emperors intentionally promoted.
Anyway, it has no impact on the emperor. If his father dies, the emperor will be busy ascending the throne. After all, a country cannot live without a king for a day.
If the emperor's mother dies, the emperor still needs to eat and drink. After all, the dragon body is important, and it cannot stop even in the harem. After all, it is related to the extension of the country and the inheritance of the country. The emperor should be more
The only thing you have to do is work hard. How could you not be with women for three years?
The most shameless double standards in ancient times are nothing more than this.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Mr. Liu is the chief assistant of the cabinet and the head of hundreds of officials. He is of great importance. Our Ming Dynasty is now at an unprecedented moment and is moving towards greater prosperity. Your Majesty, you cannot lack Mr. Liu's assistant.
, the people of the world cannot do without Mr. Liu."
"I sincerely request your majesty to seize my love and allow Mr. Liu to observe filial piety in the court."
Before Emperor Hongzhi said anything, some ministers also stood up and expressed their stance.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I also sincerely ask Your Majesty to win your favor. Our Ming Dynasty is indispensable for Mr. Liu."
"Your Majesty, I am sure that I will win your favor, and I will grant Liu Gong the right to observe filial piety in the court."
When other ministers saw this, they also stood up and expressed their opinions.
",,,,,,,"
Liu Jin was immediately speechless. He looked at these ministers and frowned.
Nima, I didn't instruct you to let the emperor steal your love. I really want to go home and observe my filial piety, and at the same time, rest quietly for a few years.
If you do this, my plan will be completely messed up.
What's more important is that both the government and the public have the same voice, which will give the emperor a bad feeling. The emperor will feel that he has power over the government and the public, threatening the emperor's status, which will create trouble for himself.
You must know that at this time, it stands to reason that there must be ministers who are eager to leave as soon as possible, so that other people have the opportunity to join the cabinet and everyone's positions can be moved.
Now that everyone is suggesting that the emperor seize love, the emperor will become suspicious. Has the government and the public formed a party with Liu Jin? No one will oppose Liu Jin. This is not possible. The most important thing for the emperor is the art of balance.
Well, the game is all about balance, and we cannot allow one person or one faction to dominate.
Secondly, the emperor would also wonder if this was arranged by Liu Jin, and whether Liu Jin was greedy for power and unwilling to part with the collection in his hands, so he arranged for people to do this.
"Ma Dan, there must be someone behind this!"
Liu Jin couldn't help but cursed in his heart. As soon as something like this happened, someone had already started to take action. It really fulfilled the old saying, the world is never far away, and political struggles have always existed. In an instant,
A sudden change in time can determine life or death.
Sure enough, when Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone was talking about winning their love, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly and his face became slightly ugly.
"Your Majesty, I sincerely ask for your permission to return to my hometown to observe my filial piety. I am really deeply saddened by the passing of my mother. I have no way to share your worries and be loyal to Your Majesty anymore."
Liu Jin also quickly stood up and expressed his attitude very firmly.
When Liu Jin said this, his people immediately understood that Liu Jin really wanted to return to his hometown to observe filial piety.
Although I don’t understand why Liu Jin did this, the good minister of the cabinet was inappropriate and had to go back to observe filial piety. If everyone unanimously suggested that the emperor seize love, Emperor Hongzhi would definitely obey everyone’s wishes and seize love, not to mention Emperor Hongzhi.
He probably had a plan to win her love.
There is no way to stay. Liu Jin informed everyone in advance, so everyone knew what to do.
Everyone thought Liu Jin wanted to stay, so when someone came forward, everyone started to persuade the emperor.
Now that Liu Jin said this, everyone couldn't understand it, but they also understood what Liu Jin meant, so the ministers who had always supported Liu Jin stopped talking. Only those who had always opposed Liu Jin continued to talk.
Something that wants the emperor to steal his love.
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin, then glanced at the ministers in the court, combined with the information from the factory guard, thought for a while, and immediately understood.
Liu Jin really wanted to go back to his hometown to observe filial piety, whether it was to abide by the rules he had always had, or whether he was really heartbroken and had no intention of dealing with court affairs anymore, he really wanted to go back to observe filial piety.
This shows that he is not greedy for power, he can take it up and let it go. This is the Liu Jin that he has always admired and trusted.
At the same time, Emperor Hongzhi also understood that there were people in the dynasty who were ambitious and wanted to take the opportunity to give him eye drops. They deliberately wanted to steal his love. Coupled with the compliance of more ministers, he would naturally become suspicious of Liu Jin.
Once there are seeds of suspicion, they will take root and sprout in the future. They will no longer have the same trust in Liu Jin as before, and their opportunity will come.
This man has been emperor for more than thirty years, and Hongzhi did not become emperor for nothing. He also understands the nature of the ministers in the court very clearly, and can easily see the problems in many things at a glance.
"If that's the case, then I will allow you to go home and observe your filial piety."
After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also planned to use the trick. He wanted to see who the careerists behind this were. In addition, he also wanted to see what would happen to the government and the public if Liu Jin was no longer in the government.
After leaving Liu Jin, will there really be big changes in the Ming Dynasty? Will I really be inseparable from Liu Jin's assistant?
Emperor Hongzhi also had to make his own considerations and arrangements for many things when he became emperor. It was not necessarily a bad thing to let Liu Jin go home and rest for three years.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly thanked him.
Liu Jin also has his own arrangements and considerations. This time he returns home to observe filial piety, which is also the beginning of his departure from the center of power. After three years, even if he comes back, he should slowly withdraw from the center of power, so that he can be glorious in the future.
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