Zhu Hou looked after people with a very vicious eye, and the "people" here specifically refer to civil servants.
Who is a corrupt official and who is an upright official; who is a villain and who is a gentleman; who is a mediocre official and who is a cadre... Zhu Houzhao actually knew it clearly in his heart.
Take Wang Qiong as an example.
In the third year of Zhengde's reign, the imperial court recommended six people to serve as Minister of Civil Affairs, but Zhu Houzhao disagreed. Finally, Wang Qiong was promoted, and he immediately expressed his satisfaction because Wang Qiong had solid political achievements.
Later, Wang Qiong was transferred to Nanjing to live a free life because a border minister failed to return Taicang silver in time, and was implicated in the investigation. Several years had passed, and Wang Qiong had no backing in the court. Last winter, he was suddenly transferred back to Beijing and served as a householder.
He served as the right minister of the ministry and was responsible for providing relief to the war-stricken areas in Beizhili.
At that time, when Yang Tinghe was meeting, the conflict between Yang Yiqing was exposed, and Yang Yiqing was forced to resign. Zhu Houzhao seemed not to favor any party, but he summoned Wang Qiong back and threw him into the Ministry of Revenue, where he and Huang Ke were both the right servants. It was obvious that he was
Mix some sand in to prevent Yang Tinghe’s family from becoming the dominant one!
Wang Qiong was better than Yang Yiqing in figuring out the holy will. Whatever the emperor said would be what it was, and he specifically opposed Yang Tinghe. Yang Yiqing was much more stubborn. While having conflicts with Yang Tinghe over specific government affairs, he also advised the emperor not to do this or that.
Obviously, for the emperor, Wang Qiong is more useful than Yang Yiqing.
Under Zhu Houzhao's deliberate arrangement, Yang Tinghe will never lack political opponents. Now it is Yang Yiqing, and in the future it will be Wang Qiong, both of whom compete with him as ministers.
"How come Wang Ruoxu ended up with Yang Yingning (Yang Yiqing)?" Yang Tinghe said full of resentment.
Yang Yan sneered and said: "This is the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that a new top scholar has become a sycophant! We must be careful in the future."
Yang Tinghe no longer responded, and did not want to compete with Wang Yuan. Yang Tinghe was not willing to offend anyone favored by the emperor, including eunuchs, honorary relatives and military generals. He only excluded dissidents within the civil service system.
At the same time, Yang Tinghe was also reflecting on whether he was too impatient.
In the first half of last year, the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the cabinet were in harmony. The chief assistant Li Dongyang did not do anything, and the eunuch Zhang Yong tried his best to cooperate. No one objected to anything Yang Tinghe said, and he appointed whoever he wanted. This gave Yang Tinghe the illusion of controlling the court.
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Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse. The cabinet minister Liu Zhong was the first to express his dissatisfaction. Yang Tinghe personally forced him to resign, and also blamed the eunuch Zhang Yong. Liu Zhong was a minister trusted by the emperor, and Zhu Houzhao was determined not to allow him to resign. Liu Zhong could only
I used the ancestral graves as an excuse to return to my hometown.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Yiqing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, jumped out again and made Yang Tinghe very embarrassed for a time.
Yang Tinghe wanted to control the court, but although he had secured the eunuch Zhang Yong, he was unable to secure Jin Gui, the custom-made eunuch. The cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies worked together to issue imperial edicts at will. Jin Gui was not a strong-willed man, just because he was the subordinate of the chief minister Li Dongyang.
A confidant, and was recommended to the position by Yang Yiqing, and also belonged to Zhu Houzhao’s Dong Palace team!
Now, in order to win over the cabinet minister Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe ordered Lu Wan to help Liang Chu's son escape the crime, and dared to suppress the case of 300 lives. Liang Chu was really grateful, but he forced Zhang Lun, the minister of Dali Temple, to the opposite side.
Zhang Lun has completely fallen out with Yang Tinghe.
Why are you not obedient? Yang Tinghe felt helpless.
Leopard room.
To be precise, before reaching the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait and asked, "Have you brought the magic mirror?"
Wang Yuan took out the telescope and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a telescope."
Zhu Houzhao took the telescope and looked casually into the distance, frowning and saying: "It's a little blurry."
"According to changes in distance, the length of the lens barrel can be adjusted." Wang Yuan taught the emperor step by step how to operate it.
Zhu Houzhao tried several times, and he could see the distant scenery clearly, and he was overjoyed: "This is a sacred object, come with me to the tower!"
The monarch and his ministers quickly climbed up to the Forbidden City Tower. Zhu Houzhao was still dissatisfied, so he pulled Wang Yuan onto the inner city tower.
Outside the inner city are residential buildings. Zhu Houzhao turned into a voyeur and leaned on the city wall to observe the common people. While peeping, he said: "Erlang, I saw a woman washing clothes in a courtyard."
Wang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.
Soon, Zhu Houzhao said again: "On the street outside the Ceremony Room (an institution affiliated with the Supervisor of Ceremonies), someone was fighting. Haha, the taller one had his hair pulled, and his bun was torn apart. He simply ignored etiquette...
Yes, beat him... Oh, he was kicked in the crotch, I'm afraid it will hurt like hell."
Wang Yuan pretended not to hear and looked at the scenery calmly.
"Wow, there is someone climbing over the wall to get into the house, and there is a woman setting up a ladder for him in the courtyard," Zhu Houzhao watched with great interest. Until the man and woman hugged each other and started to chew, he said to the eunuch accompanying him in a wicked way, "It's broad daylight.
Under the circumstances, he actually did such a casual thing, let the Jin Yiwei go over and catch the adulterer! Haha, go quickly, go quickly, if you wait any longer, it will be over!"
God, if you wait any longer, it will be over. Wang Yuan felt that his invention was being used in some strange place.
After Zhu Houzhao had a good look at the urban scenery of the capital, he put away his telescope and said to Wang Yuan: "Erlang, why didn't you present such a sacred object earlier? By the way, didn't you say there is a microscope that can look into a bowl of water?
Forty-eight thousand insects?”
Wang Yuan explained: "Your Majesty, both the telescope and the microscope were discovered by Chen Gewu when he was studying things. The current telescope is just a low-level product that can only see a few miles away. Next, I will trial-produce a real telescope.
, can observe things thousands of miles away.”
Zhu Houzhao said happily: "Then you can try it out quickly, before the rebels in Henan are wiped out. I want to stand on the tower in Beijing and watch the soldiers suppress the bandits thousands of miles away!"
Wang Yuan was unable to complain and could only respond.
Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yuan put their arms around each other and said in a very affectionate manner: "Erlang's style of investigation is indeed more interesting than Zhu Zi's. From now on, you can concentrate on investigating objects. If you have any requests, feel free to ask for more fresh objects."
Wang Yuan said: "I need some craftsmen for the time being."
Zhu Houzhao said: "When I get back, I will send an order to the Ministry of Works and ask them to cooperate as much as possible. If you need any craftsmen, just call them directly."
"I accept the decree!" Wang Yuan was overjoyed.
Zhu Houzhao still had some unfinished ideas and continued to peep, when he suddenly had a sudden impulse: "We can make more telescopes and let the military commanders of the five cities send people to watch on the walls. If there are criminals inside and outside the city, it will be clear at a glance, wouldn't it?"
Save a lot of time?"
Wang Yuan really had never thought about this, and immediately flattered him: "Your Majesty is wise." He also took the opportunity to make money, "The Five Cities Military and Horse Division wants to buy a telescope, but they have to buy it with silver. I will sell it to outsiders for three hundred taels of silver a pair, and the court will
I only sell them at cost price for each company, thirty taels per pair is enough."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Wang Erlang is very loyal, I won't let you lose money, just fifty taels a pair."
Wang Yuan said seriously: "Your Majesty, this item can be used on the battlefield, and must be strictly traded with foreign countries."
"Battlefield?" Zhu Houzhao understood immediately, nodded and said, "It can indeed be used on the battlefield. The general can stand on a high platform and have a clear view of the battle situation. He can use flags to command the fight at any time. Wang Erlang really knows the army and actually created such an army.
Tool!"
Wang Yuan asked casually: "Your Majesty, the investigation of objects by ministers must be based on arithmetic. If more people master arithmetic, more people will make such magical objects. When can the Si Lijian Jingjing Factory engrave arithmetic books?
good?"
Zhu Houzhao said in surprise: "It's been a few months, and the factory hasn't finished printing yet? I'll send someone to urge it."
Wang Yuan said: "It just so happens that I have learned a lot about arithmetic recently, and I have printed it together with my previous manuscripts."
The so-called insights are all about functions. I was afraid that it would be difficult for people in the Ming Dynasty to learn, so I didn't write them in the manuscript. After contacting Gu Yingxiang, I discovered that the ancients had been studying functions for a long time.
The titles of the books were also changed directly, one was called "Mathematics" and the other was called "Geometry".
Zhu Houzhao peeped directly on the tower for a long time. The eunuch accompanying him reminded him that it was time to eat, and then he reluctantly went back. He also invited Wang Yuan to have a meal with him, and in the afternoon he took Wang Yuan to watch football, where two Leopard Room teams played.
It was quite exciting.
When Zhu Houzhao was going to the toilet, Wang Yuan took advantage of the eunuch's lack of attention and directly thrust the memorial of Zhang Lun, the minister of Dali Temple, into Zhu Houzhao's hand.
Zhu Houzhao calmly read the memorial in the toilet, stuffed the memorial into his arms, and said calmly: "I understand, Erlang, don't worry about this anymore."
Of course Wang Yuan will no longer care about it. He is not in his position and does not seek political affairs. He is not the minister of Dali Temple. It is very interesting to help deliver the memorial.
How did Zhu Houzhao deal with it?
This guy doesn't know how to make decisions for the people, and he doesn't even bother to uphold judicial justice. He actually pretends that nothing happened.
However, Zhu Houzhao did two things: first, he asked the Chief of Ceremonies to keep the memorial; second, he gave Zhang Lun, the Minister of Dali Temple, an additional ten stones in salary.
The former hinted to eunuch Zhang Yong that the emperor already knew about this matter, and the eunuch should not interfere carelessly, and also warned Zhang Yong not to mess with Yang Tinghe again. The latter told Dali Temple Minister Zhang Lun that I had received the memorial, and
I'm very satisfied with you, but you don't have to make any more noise.
These two practices were likely to reach Yang Tinghe's ears and give Yang Tinghe the illusion that the emperor wanted to make peace and compensate for the failure of Yang Tinghe's faction in Guizhou.
Actually?
The emperor caught the pigtails of two cabinet ministers, Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu. From now on, whenever he wants to take action, he can turn this matter out and make a fuss. At worst, Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu will be forced to resign voluntarily, at worst, he will be dismissed from office and questioned!