Wanli announced word for word that Zhu Youxiao was the grandson of the emperor.
In fact, he asked Gu Gu to call Zhu Youxiao, which was what he meant.
What he said just now completely reversed the impression that everyone was not optimistic about him, and even found a way to resolve the most troublesome criticism of public officials and the resumption of party strife.
"The emperor's eldest grandson can be formally issued an edict, and the ceremony can be arranged on a certain date."
"I'll wait for the order!"
Fang Congzhe and others knew that Wanli's arrangement of the emperor's grandson before his death would help ensure stability and avoid another incident of "fighting for the country's foundation" during the Zhu Changluo period, so they immediately agreed.
Concubine Zheng was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, said respectfully: "Your Majesty, since we have established a grandson for the emperor, we can also designate the grandson's teacher in advance and arrange for him to go out to study as soon as possible."
He saw that the emperor's grandson was smart and reliable just now, so he wanted to go along with the situation and get a good relationship with the emperor's grandson. He also took advantage of Wanli's still life to make arrangements for Zhu Youxiao to go out to study and choose teachers, so as to avoid becoming a focus of party disputes in the future.<
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Wanli was a little tired. He thought about the candidate but couldn't make up his mind yet.
Zhu You paid his respects to Fang Congzhe from the school, and immediately said, "Thank you, Shoufu, for your kindness, but it is not appropriate to arrange to go out to study at this time."
Ah!?
Everyone was shocked again. Arranging for the eldest grandson of Emperor Li to go out to study will help stabilize Zhu Youxiao's position as the future heir. This is good for you. Why refuse?
Of course, Zhu Youxiao knew that arranging to leave the cabinet to study was a political signal, which was basically equivalent to introducing the future successor of the Ming Dynasty to the world. The first assistant Fang Congzhe suggested this to help himself, and it was also a show of goodwill and betrayal.
Instead, he gave an example:
"In the past, Cao Cao was a meritocracy, but he also had priorities. In addition to relatives, he gave priority to the powerful men of Yanzhou, followed by the nobles from Yingchuan, Hanoi and other places. However, his son Cao Pi was close to Chen Qun of Yingchuan and Sima Yi of Hanoi.
The great gentry supported the position of the heir.
After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he naturally wanted to reward the gentry in both places with great power. In the end, it was the Sima clan in Hanoi, with the consent of the Yingchuan gentry, who usurped Cao Wei. This incident tells us that a weak man with an unstable foundation should not deserve strong reinforcements.
Favor and influence should not be underestimated."
Regardless of the history of how much responsibility Cao Pi should bear for Cao Wei being usurped by the Sima clan, everyone present understood this example.
Zhu Youxiao has no foundation, and his father Zhu Changluo has no foundation. In fact, Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, seems to have a good relationship with the Zhejiang Party, but he has no foundation.
They actually relied on the support of Emperor Wanli and future investments from speculators.
Providing strong support to the emperor's grandson, if you want to return this favor, it is equivalent to being controlled by him in the future.
The case of the Sima family in Cao Wei is quite special. But there is a high probability that it will lead to the outcome of Long Qing and Gao Gong. When Long Qing was King Yu, his teacher Gao Gong was very powerful, and he did not fall behind in battles with Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and protected King Yu safely. p>
After Longqing ascended the throne, Gao Gong had so much power that in the entire Ming Dynasty, only Zhang Juzheng, who was also an official of King Yu, and Yang Tinghe, who briefly held the world's power, were higher than him.
Who are you looking for to be Zhu Youxiao's Gao Gong now? Emperor Wanli and Prince Zhu Changluo are willing to see Zhu Youxiao have a Gao Gong? Are Zhu Youxiao willing to give power to his own Gao Gong?
I'm afraid they don't want to.
If you don't have a strong teacher, but you have a weak teacher, it doesn't make any sense, and it can easily become a handle for party disputes.
If someone supports other princes to deal with Zhu Youxiao's succession position, they can even blame the weak teacher. A weak teacher cannot protect himself or Zhu Youxiao, and then there will be chaos again. p>
This is ancient politics.
The first assistant, Fang Congzhe, was shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
He really didn't think so much just now. He might not even be able to secure his position as first assistant, let alone recommend a less strong and protective teacher to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao said to several ministers: "Your Majesty has spoken so eloquently in front of you, and all of you have witnessed and approved it. First, we must stabilize the people's hearts, then make political affairs smooth, and finally make some risky appointments. So should we stabilize the people first, or appoint teachers first?"
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Yes, this is what we just talked about.
The overall situation is the most important thing, and we must first stabilize people's hearts.
"Studying outside the cabinet may lead to party strife, but if done properly, it can also stabilize people's hearts and smooth political affairs in the court."
Oh?!
After hearing this, everyone quickly held their breath for fear of missing the next words.
"The sage Mozi advocated 'universal love' and 'non-attack', and there is also a saying 'praising and punishing' that is often forgotten. 'Fei-gong' means not launching unjust and unprovoked attacks, and 'punishing' means that one should be killed
Evil people do evil things.
I am very clear that the Yanguan system is supposed to 'not attack, praise or punish'. Yanguan is also like an ancient chivalrous man, with a low status, no unity, and specializing in punishing evil. However, when Yanguan criticizes ministers, all they want is to drive them home and punish them.
That is, the effect of annihilation. This is neither in line with what the sages said, nor the original intention of our Mingyanguan system."
Several people were first surprised and then happy.
The emperor's grandson was so right. He immediately hit the mark on the current problem of Yan Guan, and used the words of the sage Mozi as an example. In the past few decades, Yan Guan has not only criticized the emperor and Concubine Zheng, but also opposed high-ranking officials and helped the emperor to do things.
The minister sprayed wildly.
The ministers present hated the feeling of being criticized by the official, so they felt that Zhu Youxiao's words were particularly reasonable.
Wanli doesn't like talking about officials even more. Although he doesn't have much energy now, he still looks like he wants to sit up and look at his grandson.
Seeing the approval in everyone's eyes, Zhu Youxiao looked solemnly at the six officials present, especially four of them, the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the Minister of Household Affairs Li Ruhua, the Minister of War Huang Jiashan, and the Minister of Punishment Huang Kezuan. They are all capable people.<
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He bowed to everyone:
"You can go out to study at this time, but it is not appropriate to appoint untrustworthy people as teachers. The most trustworthy people today are none other than the six members of the imperial family who were entrusted by the emperor.
Thank you for not giving up. The school is willing to invite six people to be my teachers. We will take turns to give lectures and exchanges. In addition to classics, what we will learn should also be pragmatic and governing. May we love each other and not attack each other but not punish each other. Naturally, we can work together
Change the atmosphere in the court."
The teacher who asked the sixth minister to go out to study for the emperor’s grandson!
If it were Zhu Youxiao, who was not favored by everyone before, I'm afraid someone would really reject it.
But now he is completely changed.
Several people nodded silently. They were all elected by Wanli. They were not very capable officials who formed cliques for personal gain, but were criticized by Yan Guan all day long. Now they all nodded to this suggestion.
The British Duke Zhang Weixian was the most shocked. Things like the prince leaving the court to study have been controlled by civil servants since Tumubao. Without military honors, there is nothing.
Now that I can participate, of course I support it.
"Good, very good!"
Emperor Wanli suddenly stood up and sat up, using his eyes to stop the prince and concubine who were about to help him.
"The emperor's grandson is out of the cabinet to study, and all the ministers will be his teachers together. Please love him and not attack him, and guide the atmosphere of the court instead of attacking and praising or punishing."
"I obey the order!"
Wanli entrusted the six ministers with him, and his relationship with Zhu Youxiao became close in one day.