Liu Jin and Yang Tinghe were acquaintances. They met each other day and night in the East Palace. For the sake of Zhu Houzhao's studies, Liu Jin was scolded by Yang Tinghe.
But today is different from the past. Liu Jin is not afraid of Yang Tinghe now.
"Yang Tinghe, our family knows about your relationship with Li Dongyang. He is your teacher, so why don't you speak for him? Are you saying it's not selfish? You scholars, you always think about who is who's disciple, who is who's mentor.
It has become a small circle, colluding with each other, forming offensive and defensive alliances, and protecting each other. Don't think that we don't know. It's not certain whether Li Dongyang is a cabinet minister, and his accounts have not been settled yet. You are in a hurry to come forward, could it be you?
Are they comrades?"
The emperor had not expressed his position on Li Dongyang's treatment. That night, Zhang Yanling came to ask the emperor to appease Li Dongyang and asked Li Dongyang to appease the ministers. The emperor seemed to be moved by his words. Liu Jin subsequently persuaded Zhu Houzhao many times not to keep Li Dongyang to avoid external interference.
The Ting group was in trouble again, but Zhu Houzhao refused to comment.
Therefore, Liu Jin's words were a timely test of Zhu Houzhao's attitude in public, and they were also a threat to Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe sneered and said: "Liu Jin, what you said is really ridiculous. In our Ming Dynasty, we respect Confucianism and Taoism, and everyone has a moral code. Monarchs and ministers, masters and apprentices, parents, husband and wife, father and son, these are all principles of morality. Respecting teachers is the most basic thing.
If this is also wrong, wouldn’t it mess up the principles of ethics? Does Eunuch Liu want to openly advocate disobedience to teachers? Does Eunuch Liu mean to overturn the principles of ethics and the order of monarchs and ministers? "
Liu Jin said in astonishment: "How could our family say that? Our family doesn't mean it. Are you blaming others?"
Yang Tinghe sneered: "That's what you mean. Otherwise, how could you attack the master-disciple relationship between Master Li and me? Distort the relationship between our teachers and students into cliques? If respecting teachers means cliques, then simply destroy it
If you destroy the world's schools, destroy official schools, and destroy Taixue. Otherwise, it will be an open clique. By the way, you have to let those craftsmen dismiss their apprentices, and all the apprentices in the shops will also be dismissed.
I wonder if Eunuch Liu is satisfied with the fact that everyone is fighting to form a clique? As for asking Mr. Li to settle accounts, is it your place, Liu Jin, to say that? It is a state-owned law. Whether Mr. Li is guilty or not depends on the laws of the emperor and the court. And at present, Li
Your Excellency is still a cabinet minister. If he has not been dismissed from his post, he is still a cabinet minister. How can you casually speak obscenely to a first-rank cabinet minister of the Ming Dynasty? In a bossy manner?"
Liu Jin was speechless and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Zhang Yanling, who was standing in the queue of military generals, secretly admired him. Yang Tinghe's mouth was really powerful, and every sentence was like a knife. If Liu Jin was talking nonsense with him, wouldn't it be overestimating his own abilities? In fact, Yang Tinghe also secretly changed the concept. In fact, Liu Jin did not attack the division.
The relationship between apprentice and disciple is a clique. Liu Jin emphasized that Yang Tinghe was speaking for Li Dongyang, implying his position by saying that they were master and apprentice. He did not say that master and apprentice were a clique.
Yang Tinghe expanded his interpretation of Liu Jin's words and secretly changed concepts to create this absurd conclusion, which left Liu Jin speechless. Although Liu Jin cannot be said to be an uneducated person, but when it comes to bickering, picking out words and playing word games, he is not.
Yang Tinghe's opponent.
"Tinghe, please step aside and don't talk nonsense. The court today is not a place for disputes. Everything is decided by the emperor." Li Dongyang shouted in a deep voice.
Yang Tinghe cupped his hands, bowed and stepped back.
Li Dongyang is not ungrateful, he is trying to protect Yang Tinghe. The outer court is now severely weakened, and his student is of great use. How can he let Yang Tinghe be targeted by Liu Jin. With Yang Tinghe's current status, Liu Jin can easily attack him.
To outsiders, this seemed like a sign that Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe had given in humbly and were not aggressive. Especially in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, he was very satisfied with Li Dongyang's humility.
"Liu Jin, don't say anything. No foul language is allowed in the court, let alone an important minister like Mr. Li. If you do this again, I will not take mercy lightly." Zhu Houzhao also followed the trend and scolded Liu Jin.
Liu Jin quickly shut up.
Zhu Houzhao said: "Li Dongyang, since you have admitted that you have acted excessively and are suspected of coercing me, what do you think about this impeachment? What do you think about the actions of Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others?"
Li Dongyang pondered for a moment, then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I regret very much that I failed to persuade Liu Shoufu and Mr.
Yes, I feel extremely regretful. As for what Liu Shoufu and Mr. Xie did,
The old minister believes that their behavior is naturally inappropriate. The old minister also disagrees with their actions. They themselves must have felt regretful, so they took the blame and resigned. But the old minister can guarantee that the two adults have absolutely no ulterior motives and no wrongdoing.
Loyalty. Just...just..."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "I just think that I am young and weak and can be bullied. You can force me to do something. Can you let me act according to their ideas?"
Li Dongyang was silent. He could not explain more. The emperor knew very well that the more he explained and the more he went back to make amends, the more things would go against his wishes. At this time, we must not argue about these things anymore.
Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice: "I know that many of you are comparing the late emperor with me. You are all saying, what is the late emperor like, so am I? The conclusion is that I am not as good as the late emperor, and I have failed.
Late Emperor, don’t think that I don’t know these thoughts of yours.”
"I don't dare." All the officials knelt down and kowtowed.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hands and said: "Come on, you guys, I am not just making assumptions. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others have told me many times in person that they feel that I am unworthy of the late emperor and that I should follow the late emperor as an example and act in the same way as the late emperor. That's right.
Because of this, you are dissatisfied with everything I do, and you all want to criticize me and become my teachers. Li Dongyang, the three adults in your cabinet are indeed the ministers appointed by the late emperor to take care of his life. You also
There is no need to remind me of this at every turn and use the late emperor to suppress me. Remember, I am the emperor now, and I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand? Moreover, the late emperor only asked you to assist the government, not you.
To control me. Do you understand what auxiliary government means? Your identity is to assist me, not as a teacher, and you are definitely not asking me to follow your wishes. Have I made it clear enough? Do you understand?
Is it done?”
Li Dongyang was sweating and bowed: "Old minister, I understand."
Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and glanced at the ministers, his eyes shining with light.
"I might as well make one thing clear to all of you today. No matter what you think in your heart, I am me. I will not become the late emperor, and I do not want to be someone like the late emperor. If you compare me with the late emperor everywhere, what will you do?
I will never agree to influence my actions, and you will not succeed."
There was silence in the main hall, and no one dared to speak. They had deep-rooted ideas in their minds that the current emperor was a naughty boy. In addition, the emperor did act out of line, with all kinds of weird fun and naughty behaviors. They talked about Zhu Houzhao from the bottom of their hearts.
There is no real respect. Instead, it is like watching a joke.
But now this inherent influence is rapidly disintegrating. These words spoken by the fifteen-year-old young emperor are deafening and pierce their hearts. The emperor is not a naughty young man who doesn't understand anything. He understands everything, and he also
You can see through them all. From now on, if anyone dares to look at the emperor with the mentality of seeing a joke, then he is stupid.
Zhang Yanling stood there, feeling very emotional in his heart. Zhu Houzhao had a bad reputation in history. He had almost nothing but a reputation for being ridiculous and mischievous. But the real Zhu Houzhao was more than just that. In close contact with Zhu Houzhao,
Zhang Yanling has realized this.
The young man sitting on the throne actually has his own troubles in his heart. He doesn't want to live like Hongzhi, he just wants to live a more free and comfortable life. The so-called rebelliousness is actually a manifestation of him getting rid of the shadow of his father.
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For some reason, Zhang Yanling was full of expectations for Zhu Houzhao. He always believed in his heart that Zhengde would do something good. Maybe history has omitted something or distorted something. It is unknown.
"The purpose of my meeting today is to resolve the disputes about border patrols and impeachment. There has been a lot of chaos in the imperial court recently, and I don't want this situation to continue. There must be an explanation for all this, and the entire imperial court must have a unified mind.
Only when people don't have different opinions can we work with peace of mind. It's been three days, and the reason why I didn't hold a court meeting immediately is because I was seriously thinking about these things. I have already come to a conclusion." Zhu Houzhao said.
"I cannot condone the impeachment in the outer court. There is absolutely no room for overturning the verdict. Punishment of those who participated and organized is necessary. Even now, some people are planning to overturn the verdict, and some have submitted resignations to put pressure on me. This shows that
This matter is very poisonous. Some people want me to invite Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others back and deal with them leniently, but I think it is not necessary. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others
People have to submit their resignations themselves, and I have already agreed to it, and will not give any more condolences. Of course, considering that they have served the court for many years and have worked hard, they also have merit. Their merits cannot be erased. Therefore, I have decided to allow Liu Jian to move to Xie.
Just resign, keep their salary and salary, and let them take care of themselves in peace. No one is allowed to go to court to plead for them." Zhu Houzhao said loudly.
Li Dongyang's mouth moved, but finally no words came out. He knew that the matter of Liu Jian and Xie Qian was a foregone conclusion, and there was no need to expend effort to speak for them. Preserving yourself is the most important thing. The burden of the outer court
, I’m afraid I have to bear the burden alone.
"Your Majesty is wise, and I will obey your decree." Li Dongyang and everyone in the hall said solemnly.
Liu Jin sighed. This matter was finally concluded. Although she had known that the emperor was thinking so, she still felt uneasy because the emperor did not announce it. Now that the emperor finally announced it in public, Liu Jian and Xie Qian
There is no possibility of turning over. Two powerful enemies have gone to the outer court, and two positions in the cabinet are vacant. I have to operate it well.