The court meeting ended with great emotion in the hearts of all the ministers.
Liu Jian stood there, stunned for a long time without paying attention. He didn't even notice when Dai Yi came over.
"Mr. Liu Ge, what's wrong with you?"
Dai Yi asked in an understatement.
In the end, Liu Jian didn't put his hand into his pocket, and he didn't mention the letter asking for a delay in reviewing the "Da Ming Huidian".
Liu Jiandao: "What your Majesty asked me to do yesterday has basically been revealed. Can I report it to Your Majesty?"
"Yes." Dai Yi said with a smile, "Any time is fine, as long as there is no misunderstanding. Then our family will send a message to you to see if it is convenient for your majesty to meet."
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Inside the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youtang received Zhang Zhou, Liu Jian, Wang Hao, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, but did not summon Liang Chu to see him.
Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan told me before that this "Huidian" was completed by referring to Hanyuan's current compilation progress and adding in additions and revisions that he almost forgot about food and sleep. There must be many unknown places. We need the Hanlin Academy to complete the final editing and publication, but I don’t know how long it will take for the Hanlin Academy to revise and proofread it.”
The difficult problem was thrown to the three cabinet members.
Wang Hao would not answer this kind of question.
We agreed that the cabinet will take the blame if it happens. I'm just an errand boy. You won't let me take the blame at this time, right?
Liu Jian didn't answer.
Xie Qian said: "I have to ask Bachelor Wang."
Only then did Wang Hao realize that he was naive.
Politics is not about what has been agreed upon. There are always many "expedients", or things you can't help but do.
Wang Hao didn't know whether to say ten days or eight days, two or three months, or simply publish it without finessing it.
Zhang Zhou took the words and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this book will take about half a year to hand over to the Hanlin Academy for final editing. I just did my part, and the rest... …It all depends on Bachelor Wang and the others.”
Half a year?
Liu Jian and others felt very comfortable hearing this deadline.
But considering that the original purpose of extending the proofreading time was to limit Zhang Zhou's contribution, but now it was Zhang Zhou who took the initiative to extend the time limit, the meaning was different.
This still shows that Zhang Zhou is "high-minded and upright", but on the contrary, they and other cabinet ministers are petty.
"Half a year, isn't that too long?" Zhu Youtang seemed not satisfied with this time limit.
Zhu Youtang was very concerned about his writings and biographies during the Hongzhi period and his achievements in civil affairs. Compiling such large-scale classics in any era was enough to brag. The emperor also wanted to become a wise emperor who would be passed down through the ages. If he had less If you fail to repair books, Mingjun's reputation will be greatly reduced.
Liu Jian took the initiative to take responsibility this time and said: "Your Majesty, it should be about the same in one or two months."
"Okay." Zhu Youtang said, "Then we will set a deadline of one and a half months to complete the compilation of this book. If there are major mistakes, the time limit can be extended. Otherwise... it must be submitted on time. This matter can be Make it public in the court."
"yes."
Liu Jian accepted the order, but at the same time he knew that things were definitely not that simple.
The deadline has been extended, and the rest is probably about negotiating terms, which is the so-called negotiation.
Liu Jian had a headache when he thought about the previous negotiation when Zhang Zhou was awarded the credit for Liaodong. The last meritorious service was a bit "irrelevant" to their cabinet. Whether Zhang Zhou was granted the title of Marquis or continued to stay in the Hanlin Academy, they still threatened him. They didn't know it, but the book revision this time really moved the cheese of their cabinet.
"The three pavilion elders will go back and continue reading those books. I have something I want to talk to Bingkuan about. I will send someone over when I get back."
Liu Jian and the others immediately understood that the emperor still had to follow the previous rules and talk to the eunuch in charge of rituals.
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Liu Jian and the others returned to the cabinet in silence. Wang Hao had already gone back to the Hanlin Academy. There was a lecture in the East Palace that morning, so Wang Hao could not delay his errand.
After they sat down, they looked up at each other and didn't need to say anything extra.
Overall.
The emperor gave them a choice, either accept it, and everyone sat down to discuss the signature issue. Your interests were somewhat sacrificed, but you were still in harmony.
Or if you don't accept it and I force someone to proofread and print it, then I'll break up with you.
For Liu Jian and others, there is still no good choice.
Not long after, the emperor indeed sent someone, but what was different this time from last time was that only the eunuch Dai Yi came, but Zhang Zhou, the instigator of the incident, also came in person.
"I have met three pavilion elders." Zhang Zhou looked very polite, as if he didn't notice that Xie Qian was rolling his eyes at him.
"Please." Liu Jian said.
These words seemed to be spoken to Dai Yi.
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When the cabinet was on duty, Dai Yi asked all his followers to leave. As a result, Zhang Zhou was the only "outsider" in the palace.
Dai Yidao said: "Your Majesty's intention is to revise the "Huidian". Your Majesty wants to use Zhang Shishang as an assistant to guide the revision of the "Huidian" with full authority. The relevant textual research part involves the classics.
, and it is up to him to give guidance and divide responsibilities. After all, he is already a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty's "Huidian" has high expectations, so the three cabinet ministers should be fine, right?"
From Liu Jian's perspective, this was something they could expect.
Since your people cannot find fault with this "Huidian", then Zhang Zhou should be appointed as the executive editor to complete the fine revision of "Huidian" and publish it accordingly.
Even if he finds faults, it will be Zhang Zhou himself who will find faults in the future, or in other words, make corrections. In this way, the credit will definitely fall on Zhang Zhou.
Liu Jiandao: "Yes!"
"Yes." Dai Yi was very satisfied with Liu Jian's answer and said with a smile, "I don't know who the people in the Hanlin Academy are who can handle things. It would be best to let Mr. Zhang handle the manpower. But we will never deal with the imperial court.
From a minister's point of view, with you three cabinet ministers as the chief editors, there should be no problem with the three of you, right?"
Liu Jian shook his head and said, "I am so ashamed."
Just say, since the emperor trusts Zhang Zhou so much, he might as well just let him be the editor-in-chief. Why do we still need our names?
Dai Yi smiled and said: "How can you be so meticulous when you are a minister in the same palace? After the book is completed, your Majesty will give many rewards to the ministers and ministers in the Hanlin Academy. But even with Mr. Zhang,
Maybe we need to go one step further. Your Majesty wants to tell the court tomorrow that on the day the book is completed, he will be promoted to a bachelor. I wonder what you three think?"
This is the point.
The three of them were all thinking that the emperor was going around in circles, didn't he just want to be promoted to Zhang Zhou's official position?
Xie Qian said: "Yang Jiefu became a Jinshi in the 14th year of Chenghua. He has been in the court for more than 20 years, and now he is still just a lecturer. So Zhang Bingkuan has been in the court for less than a year and has been a scholar for less than three years. He will be promoted to a bachelor.
Will it disrupt the Hanlin Academy’s examination and evaluation regulations?”
"hehe."
Zhang Zhou sat next to him and smiled brightly.
Xie Qian looked at Zhang Zhou a little displeased, but he still asked patiently: "Bingkuan, do you also think you should be promoted to a bachelor's degree?"
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you will reward based on merit, right? I have no intention of striving for merit, but if you do not reward merit, it will probably damage the regulations even more."
Xie Qian said angrily: "You should enter the Governor's Mansion!"
The implication was that he was bickering with Zhang Zhou and also having an argument.
Zhang Zhou shrugged: "If I enter the Governor's Mansion and the "Huidian" cannot be completed, both parties will be happy, but His Majesty may be disappointed."
"Hey!"
Xie Qian rolled his eyes at Zhang Zhou.
Even though he usually has such strong opinions on Zhang Zhou in his public attitude, if he has any "hatred" for Zhang Zhou, it's not that big of a deal.
Did Zhang Zhou do anything that made him feel very angry?
Ever since Zhang Zhou entered the court, he had not deliberately targeted him in anything to thank Yu Qiao. He thanked Yu Qiao for being unforgiving, but one good thing was that he was reasonable and would not hold grudges even if he quarreled.
Dai Yi saw that there was basically no smell of gunpowder at the scene, or that the focus of the dispute was not at this table at all. The three cabinet members also knew that there was no point in targeting Zhang Zhou here. All decisions were made by the emperor.
Dai Yi said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhang said is true. Your Majesty has high hopes for the "Huidian". Therefore, your Majesty must strictly revise this book. Your Majesty wants Cheng Minzheng, a former Hanlin bachelor, to return to the Hanlin Academy as a private
Thanks to my status, I wonder if the elders have any opinions?"
Regarding Zhang Zhousheng's study as a bachelor, Xie Qian only raised some objections. Then the three cabinet members naturally followed Dai Yi's words and focused their attention on Cheng Minzheng.
This is not so much a negotiation.
It would be better to say that this was a condition unilaterally made by the emperor to the cabinet. In fact, Liu Jian and the others also knew that they only needed to listen and see how many "benefits" the emperor needed in order to take the credit for compiling the "Da Ming Huidian" from Zhang Zhou.
The merits of this matter became the merits of the entire Hanlin Academy headed by Zhang Zhou.
"Yes!" Liu Jian spoke in Mandarin again.
Cheng Minzheng came back to help with the book revision, and it sounded like there would be no problem.
Dai Yidao said: "After the book was completed, His Majesty wanted to reinstate him as a Chengxue non-commissioned officer, but he did not stay in the capital and transferred the Nanjing Hanlin Academy to take charge of the affairs. He also transferred Zhang Yuanzhen, a bachelor of Nanshi who was originally in charge of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, to
Jing Xuyong. What do the three pavilion elders think?"
Liu Jian did not answer directly this time.
How many days has it been since Cheng Minzheng resigned?
Do you want the official to be reinstated?
Is this Zhang Zhou secretly helping Cheng Minzheng? Cheng Minzheng and Zhang Zhou were involved in the vendetta case at the same time. Is it necessary for Zhang Zhou to help Cheng Minzheng without avoiding suspicion?
Or is this the emperor's intention, and he just wanted to help Cheng Minzheng come back with the help of Zhang Zhou's revision of the book?
"Three people." Seeing that the three cabinet members were not willing to accept this, Dai Yi couldn't help but continue to persuade, "Scholar Cheng was an official in the court before. It can be said that he worked conscientiously and never did anything that went against the rules. If he were alone,
Because of some rumors in the market, he was going to be infamy and never ask anything about the affairs of the court. This would be a great loss to the court. When he was transferred to Nanjing, His Majesty also fully considered his 'inadequate oversight' and
'Not avoiding suspicion' is also a punishment for him."
"With their merits in repairing books, why should the three pavilion elders still suffer in such a difficult way?"
Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian and found that neither of them wanted to express their opinions on this, so he nodded and said: "Okay!"
When Dai Yi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The rest, those from the Hanlin Academy who participated in the revision of "Huidian", will be promoted to one level through their success in writing. They had previously revised the book but are not here for the time being.
Those in Hanyuan will also be rewarded as appropriate. The details of the revision of the book will be decided in court tomorrow. Will the three pavilion elders have any opinions this time?"
Dai Yi was quite polite.
Every time he said something, he would inquire carefully whether it was beneficial to traditional civil servants such as the cabinet or not.
This also made it easier for him to go back and repeat everything to the emperor.
"Yeah." Liu Jian just nodded in agreement this time.
Dai Yi smiled and said: "Then we have to report back to Your Majesty. Regarding the details of the book repair, we might as well let Mr. Zhang discuss it with the three pavilion elders. This is also your Majesty's order. The three pavilion elders, Mr. Zhang, our family will go back first.
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Dai Yi got a satisfactory answer and went back to report to the emperor.
But Zhang Zhou was left behind.
After sending Dai Yi away, Liu Jian and the others did not look rude to Zhang Zhou. Instead, they looked at Zhang Zhou up and down with suspicious, unfamiliar and emotional expressions.
Liu Jiandao: "Bingkuan, it has been nearly two months since you entered the court. How about it?"
After all, Zhang Zhou is also an official of the Hanlin Academy, and he and Liu Jian are of the same strain. Liu Jian is also the examiner of Zhang Zhou's imperial examination. No matter how you say it, there are differences in identity and status between the two parties. Liu Jian still has to show off as a teacher.
His demeanor should not make Zhang Zhou feel that he is petty.
Zhang Zhou cupped his hands and said: "Back to Mr. Liu Ge, my stay in the Hanlin Academy was short. I mostly walked between the East Palace and the artillery field outside the city. After returning home, I thought a lot about revising the "Huidian" and didn't dare to do anything."
So neglected."
Xie Qian smiled and said, "You are quite capable. You have only been in Beijing for just over half a year and you have been able to do so many things. Others may not be able to do so much in their lifetime."
Zhang Zhou said: "Xie Ge laughed at the old saying, because I have learned some Kanyu Xuankong techniques before. If I have figured it out, I will mention it to Your Majesty. It is also for the stability of the court. If it can help my career, I will also
I didn’t deliberately avoid taboos, and I didn’t deliberately act independently.”
"Yeah." Liu Jian nodded.
In addition to some contradictory positions, Zhang Zhou didn't do anything that made people and gods angry. Liu Jian couldn't find any flaws in Zhang Zhou's behavior or morality.
Li Dongyang asked: "Has your Majesty mentioned to you how to mention the "Huidian" matter tomorrow?"
Zhang Zhou pondered.
Comparatively speaking, the strategic scholar Li is better at asking questions, and he is probably more pragmatic.
"Your Majesty's intention may be to directly point out that the compilation of "Huidian" is almost completed, and will arrange manpower to compile it at that time. As for the achievements that Yang Shi mentioned earlier, Your Majesty will also affirm it. As for whether he will mention it among them.
I don’t know about his role.”
Zhang Zhou also wanted to remind them.
Don't ask me about everything. I'm not a roundworm in the emperor's belly. I can't possibly know everything.
Xie Qian asked with a smile: "Then tell me, how did you repair this book of yours? Others have worked hard, and dozens of people have not made any big progress, but you have completed it in three to five months? Or are you saying that you were in Beijing?
Have you ever had any plans to revise books before?"
Zhang Zhou was surprised and said: "Isn't it based on the progress of the Hanlin Academy's book revision and some personal opinions? I don't mean to steal the credit."
"Okay." Xie Qian rolled his eyes at Zhang Zhou and said with a smile, "It's okay to tell the officials in the court this way. Why do you still need to act coy in front of us? Who is helping you in this book?"
Zhang Zhoudao: "When it comes to help, maybe...Scholar Cheng has helped me the most, and I have the Imperial Academy Forest Sacrifice Wine Gang to refer to me for details. In addition, His Majesty also intends to complete this book...and...I have also mentioned that I know some Kanyu Xuankong."
, or use a book that has already been written in the future as the basis for compilation... So I dare not take credit for it."
"Ah? The book of the future? Do you have a clairvoyance?" Xie Qian smiled, obviously he didn't believe Zhang Zhou's lies.
Zhang Zhou felt very wronged.
I have never been so honest, and I told you that I can know what your book will look like in the future. Of course, it will not be a few years later, but it will be a book that will be completed after several revisions and revisions in decades.
It is obviously unrealistic for you to reach that level now.
"What happened to Yang Jiefu?" Li Dongyang asked, "Did you propose the Jizhi theory to His Majesty?"
Zhang Zhoudao: "I have only met Yang Shi once, and I feel that he may have relatives who are about to pass away. This matter is mostly decided by your Majesty. The decision for the two brothers to return home to visit relatives was also made by your Majesty, and I did not suggest this. As for your Majesty,
I don’t know why I made this decision.”
Zhang Zhou seems to regard himself as a "good student" who knows everything.
Help Liu Jian and others spy on the emperor's intentions.
When answering questions, I didn’t deliberately avoid anything.
But in his words, Zhang Zhou deliberately created a momentum of "I am not targeting you, but His Majesty is targeting you intentionally", which can be regarded as a reminder to Liu Jian and others.
It is good for civilians to be in power, but the results can easily be counterproductive. Xiaozong is kind and can be manipulated by you. When Emperor Zhengde comes to the throne in the future, even if he is just a brat who is still in his infancy, he will still be inspired to resist because of the pressure given by civilian officials.
It is better to lower one's attitude and not put pressure on the emperor. In fact, it is also not to cause trouble for Ming Dynasty.
"Of the three pavilion elders, I can only detect something on Shitao Yang. Most of them are suggestions based on some human connections or information that I have learned before."
"Your Majesty has also asked me about this, and I have also made it clear that the life span of ordinary people cannot be calculated by heaven. Human factors account for the majority, and most things are not determined by heaven."
Zhang Zhou seemed to be trying to put himself in the position of an ordinary scholar.
It is also telling the facts.
The butterfly effect he created is already large enough. Those who were supposed to be dead may not be dead yet, and those who are not dead may be buried in the loess. It does not necessarily require him to directly contact or directly change...
Humanistic changes are most likely to increase exponentially. Although Yang Tinghe's mother lived in Shu, Zhang Zhou could not be sure whether he had affected the old lady's lifespan.
As for when Zhu Youtang will die, or if he will bring Wang Yue back from death...
History has changed, and Zhang Zhou also understands that even if this time and space develops according to the timeline, even if he lives for hundreds of years, he will not be able to see his birth hundreds of years later in this time and space.
This is already a parallel world. There is no Zhang Zhou in the future, only a brand new timeline brought by him as a time traveler.
"Bing Kuan, working hard is also an act of a benevolent minister." Li Dongyang finally seemed to be admonishing Zhang Zhou as a teacher.
