In the afternoon, the afternoon court was being held in the Wenhua Palace, the ministers of civil and military affairs were divided into two classes, the three elders of the cabinet, the six Shangshu and the squire were all present, and everyone argued very fiercely.

It is worth mentioning here that after more than a month of reshuffling, a new pattern of the court has been basically formed, and the upstart faction headed by Zhang Xuan Guicao has been completely defeated and almost swept away.

For example, the original Ministry of Rites Shangshu Xishu was dismissed, he was a nouveau riche; Yan Song, the left attendant of the household department, was demoted to the secretary of the Guozijian department, and even Huo Tao in the household department was demoted to the head of the household department in Nanjing, not to mention Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, who are still locked up in the prison of the criminal department to be punished.

In addition, there is another heavyweight, that is, Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department, who was overthrown by Yang Tinghe at the beginning of Jiajing's ascension to the throne and exiled to Yulin Wei Chongjun.

A few months ago, due to Chen Jiuchou's "lying report" of military exploits in Gansu and being cut down for his crimes, Wang Qiong was strongly recommended by Zhang Xuan, Guo Xun and others, so he was reinstated as the secretary of the military department, replacing Chen Jiuchou in Gansu to deal with the Turbo prince Mansuer, who invaded Hami.

However, Wang Qiong is also unlucky, the position of the secretary of the military department has not yet been hot, Zhang Xuan and Guo Xun have fallen, and Guo Xun is still guilty of treason against the death penalty, plus the commander of Yulinwei Zhang Yin turned out to be the head of the Maitreya sect Li Fuda, Wang Qiong was quite preferential treatment by Zhang Yin when he sent Yulinwei to fill the army, how can there be any reason not to be implicated at this time?

Therefore, Wang Qiong was not only cut off from the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War, but also the brocade clothes who grabbed him had already gone to Gansu, and it is estimated that Wang Qiong had just arrived in Gansu at this time.

After Wang Qiong's fall, in addition to the vacancy of the military department, the remaining five books are: Liao Ji (Ministry of Officials), Qin Jin (Ministry of Households), Luo Qinshun (Ministry of Rites), Hu Shining (Ministry of Crime), and Zhao Huang (Ministry of Industry).

In addition, the left capital of the Imperial Court is still Jin Xianmin, and Xia Yan was promoted to the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy (in charge of the academy), and the part-time right attendant of the Ministry of Rites. Xu Jie was also promoted to a bachelor in Hanlin, and became a close minister of the Son of Heaven in one step.

Xia Yan and Xu Jie are undoubtedly the two new political stars in the DPRK and China, especially Xu Jie, who became a bachelor in Hanlin at a young age, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and his career can be described as unlimited.

At this time, in the Wenhua Palace, this newly formed courtier team had a disagreement, and everyone quoted the scriptures, and the quarrel was red-faced, and they couldn't get along!

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi sat on the throne, his face was obviously not good-looking, and he was a little helpless.

It turned out that the Chinese New Year was approaching, and the courtiers were discussing the spring festival. Perhaps in the eyes of modern people, it is just a matter of worshipping a god during the New Year, what is there to discuss, even if you don't worship, what can you do?

But don't forget, in ancient times, when ghosts and gods were feared and everything was done in accordance with the heavens, sacrifice was a great priority. Respect the heavens and respect the ghosts and gods, the country will be smooth, and the country will be peaceful; If you do not respect the heavens, the earth, the ghosts and gods, you will be sent by heaven, the mountains and rivers will be broken, and the national fortune will be cut off!

Although no minister dared to accuse the emperor of immorality, there were also ministers who wrote euphemistically to point out that the sacrifice was not good enough, and the Ming Dynasty only incurred the punishment of God.

Although Zhu Houxi, this kid is not superstitious about Taoism now, but he still believes in ghosts and gods and believes in the destiny of heaven, so after reading the minister's recital, he was also uneasy in his heart, so he personally flipped through the Zhou Rites several times, trying to find out the shortcomings of the current sacrificial rites of the Ming Dynasty.

Hey, I really let Zhu Houxi, this kid, find out what was wrong with Zhou Li.

Originally, the state sacrifice rites recorded in the Zhou rites were like this, heaven and earth were separated to worship, and a round mound was built in the southern suburbs of the city to worship the sky, and a square mound was built in the northern suburbs of the city.

The current ritual of the Ming Dynasty is the combined sacrifice of heaven and earth, unified in the southern suburbs of the city of the altar sacrifice of heaven and earth, Zhu Houxi believes that this is contrary to the Zhou rites, is disrespectful to heaven and earth, so it was decided to restore the weekly rites of this year's spring festival, the implementation of the northern and southern suburbs of the heaven and earth sacrifice.

When Zhu Houxi ordered the ministers to discuss the matter, it caused a great disagreement, with some ministers supporting the division of sacrifices, but there were also many ministers who opposed it.

The reason for the minister's opposition is that the heaven and earth sacrifice is the old system set by the Ming Taizu, and the Ming Dynasty has been practicing it for more than a hundred years.

In fact, the reason why Lao Zhu sacrificed heaven and earth was purely to save, and he didn't consider so many curves at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a cattle herder, and he was accustomed to snack, even if he became the emperor, he was still quite thrifty, so he simply combined heaven and earth to sacrifice, saving time and silver, why not?

However, at this time, Jiajing felt that the combined sacrifice of heaven and earth violated the Zhou rites and was a great disrespect to heaven and earth, and he wanted to change it again and implement the division of heaven and earth.

In the Wenhua Palace, the two classes of ministers spat at each other, and no one could convince anyone. After the upstart faction was purged, although most of the remaining courtiers were honest and honest, they all had a stinky problem, that is, they refused to welcome the emperor, and even took pride in not welcoming the emperor, which often made it difficult for Zhu Houyu to step down.

At this moment, Zhu Houxi is a little nostalgic for Zhang Xuan and Gui Caolai, although Zhang Xuan has made mistakes, but at least he is loyal to himself, and he will speculate about his own intentions, which is like these old-fashioned old men in front of him, one by one, they are full of hearts and lungs, grandma, what is the meaning of being an emperor like this!

Just when Zhu Houxi was full of upset, he suddenly saw the eunuch Huang Jin enter the palace gate, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said loudly: "Huang Jin, come forward quickly!" ”

The two classes of ministers who were arguing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and looked at the eunuch Huang Jin with their eyes.

Huang Jin was a little apprehensive under the attention of a group of court bigwigs, and cautiously walked to the throne and knelt down and saluted: "Slaves see the emperor." ”

Zhu Houxi glanced outside the hall and asked suspiciously: "Huang Jin, where is the Marquis of Jinghai?" You didn't pick him up? ”

Huang Jin said curtly: "Back to the emperor, Lord Xu has already entered Beijing, but after hearing that his wife gave birth to a daughter, it is estimated that he is homesick and has returned to the house first." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar, and Xu Jin returned to the capital and did not come to see the emperor first, which was really a loss of etiquette and righteousness for the monarch and ministers.

Zhu Houxi didn't care, and said with a smile: "Xu Qing's family is happy, dare to be happy, okay, go and tell Xu Qing's family, I won't have to see me today, reunite with my family in the house, and see me in the palace tomorrow!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but secretly speak, the emperor was too kind to Xu Jin, but Xu Jin replied with a retreat, saved the Ming Society, and personally led the troops to chase to the stable border pass in Shanxi.

At present, although the ministers in the palace are upright, one is more stinky than the other, but they are not all pedantic people, but they also understand Xu Jin, after all, there are two women in the house, and it is normal for people to run home to see their wives and children under excitement, even the emperor does not blame, and everyone is not harsh.

Knowing that Xu Jin had returned to Beijing, Zhu Houxi was in a good mood, his face became brighter, and he said with a smile: "Let's discuss the matter of dividing the sacrifice again, and then discuss the reward of Jinghaihou, Mr. Yang thinks it is appropriate to reward Jinghaihou?" ”