I don't know whether to adhere to the "truth" or to maintain the authority of the first assistant of his cabinet, Yang Tinghe still asked Zhu Houxi to enter the city and ascend the throne with the gift of the crown prince the next day, and the regulations given by the Ministry of Rites have not changed much. Zhu Houxi naturally strongly objected, and said that if the Ministry of Rites insisted on not changing the regulations, he would refuse to enter the city.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, the Empress Dowager Zhang, who had been silent, came forward to mediate, and she issued an edict to let the ministers change to persuade them in the palace, to put it bluntly, let the Ministry of Rites change to the etiquette of welcoming the emperor, and welcome the new monarch into the palace and take the throne.

The queen mother occupied the name of the righteousness, and a group of ministers led by Yang Tinghe had no choice but to make concessions, and on the same day in the palace, Zhu Houxi agreed to drive into the city and enter the palace. The previously agreed charter was to enter the city from Dong'an Gate and ascend the throne in the Wenhua Palace, but now it has been changed to enter the city from the Daming Gate and then take the throne in the Fengtian Palace.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, on April 26, Zhu Houxi announced his accession to the throne in Fengtian Hall under the witness of hundreds of officials, promulgated the edict of ascending to the pole, and changed the next year to the first year of Jiajing. The edict was agreed upon by Yang Tinghe and other cabinet ministers a long time ago, and it was as long as 8,800 sentences, involving more than 60 matters.

For example, during the Zhengde period, all the officials who were demoted due to outspoken advice were reinstated, and those who died were posthumously rewarded to their descendants; The large and small officials of the Zhengde Dynasty (officials directly appointed by the emperor without the imperial examination) were all dismissed; reduce the redundant eunuchs in the palace and eliminate the impostors in the army; tax reductions and so on.

As a matter of fact, after the promulgation of the edict, nearly 150,000 people were cut by Jinyi Wei and internal officials and supervisors alone, greatly saving financial expenditures. Although it cannot be said that the edict drawn up by Yang Tinghe and other ministers is completely selfless, most of them are measures that the people want, so as soon as the edict was promulgated, the people were immediately happy, and the whole country sang the praises of the new monarch and Shengming.

Of course, the edict was drawn up by civil officials, which was naturally extremely beneficial to civil officials, but the power of the eunuchs in the palace was greatly weakened, and more than half of the personnel laid off were eunuchs from internal officials and prisons.

In addition, such as the eunuch Zhang Xiong, the eunuch of Dongchang, Zhang Rui, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, and the eunuch Liu Xiang of Xuanfu Town, were all imprisoned pending trial, and even the eunuch Gu Dayong and the internal official eunuch Zhang Yong were all imprisoned, but Gu Dayong was meritorious in welcoming the new monarch, and was finally exempted from questioning and was demoted to Nanjing to guard the emperor's mausoleum. As for the eunuch Zhang Yong, this person's merits are greater than his faults, and he once assisted Yang Yiqing to overthrow the eunuch Liu Jin, so the civil officials finally let him go and also demoted him to Nanjing to guard the tomb.

In general, this time the new emperor ascended the throne, the civil official group won a complete victory, and all the powerful eunuchs of the Zhengde Dynasty were defeated. At least until Emperor Jiajing sits on the throne and takes full power, there is no possibility for the eunuch group to rise, after all, their master, Emperor Jiajing, now has to act according to the face of the cabinet.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, the tenth day of Zhu Houxi's accession to the throne.

The cabinet ministers and the six ministers all gathered in the East Pavilion, a total of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, Liang Chu, the second assistant, Jiang Mian, the third assistant, Mao Ji, the fourth assistant, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of History, Yang Tan, the secretary of the household department, Wang Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Zilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. In addition, Wang Jing, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Zhang Lun, the right imperial history, were also present.

The twelve people present were all bigwigs in the center of the court, and when they gathered together at this time, it was natural to discuss national affairs. There are three things, first: to discuss the issue of the honorific title of the new monarch's biological parents.

Second: The new monarch wants to appoint the former cabinet minister Fei Hong, as well as the former Hanlin revision Fei Cai.

Third: the arrangement of the temple examination.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss in the second article, and the edict of the new monarch is very clear, but all the officials who were demoted due to the outspoken advice of the Zhengde Dynasty were reinstated. Therefore, the resolution of the Fei Hong brothers to return to Beijing and resume their posts was quickly passed.

As for the temple examination, the people deliberated and decided to hold it on the 15th of this month.

So what really consumes time is the first one, to give the new monarch's biological parents a honorific title, which is not allowed in a feudal society that regards etiquette as life. Therefore, the ministers expressed their opinions, quoted scriptures, and argued with each other.

In the end, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, made a final decision, and he took out the examples of King Dingtao of the Han Dynasty and King Pu of the Song Dynasty inheriting the throne, and advocated that the new monarch call Emperor Hongzhi the imperial examination, and call the biological parents respectively: the emperor's uncle Kao Xingguo King, and the emperor's uncle's mother Xingguo Concubine.

In other words, it is to let Zhu Houyu recognize Emperor Hongzhi as his father, call his biological parents uncles and aunts, and to put it bluntly, he will pass Zhu Houyu to Emperor Hongzhi as his son.

Yang Tinghe cited the two precedents of King Tao of Handing and King Pu of Song, which were reasonable and well-founded, plus he was the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers, so no one objected to this result in the end, so it was decided, and the next thing was to write the results into a transcript and send it to Zhu Houxi for review.

However, Zhu Houxi saw the results of the discussion among the ministers, and was immediately unhappy, Emperor Hongzhi was his uncle, and now he became his father, but his biological parents became uncles and aunts, and the little emperor was naturally not happy, so he sent the book back to the cabinet for discussion.

If it is indeed a bit too much to let Zhu Houyu ascend the throne as a prince before, but this time let Zhu Houyu recognize Emperor Hongzhi as his father, Yang Tinghe thinks it is completely reasonable, not to mention that there is a precedent of the previous dynasty. Therefore, Yang Tinghe's attitude this time was very tough, refused to discuss it again, and resubmitted the manuscript back to Zhu Houxi's desk.

Zhu Houxi was quite annoyed by this, he had a deep affection for his father Xingwang, and he had expressed in front of Xu Jin that he was willing to exchange ten years of yang shou for an elixir to save his father, so now let him change his parents, how can he agree?

In fact, in the ten days since he ascended the throne, Zhu Houxi has obeyed the opinions of the cabinet in most political affairs, and even cooperated with the civil officials to wipe out the backbone of the eunuchs, but his biological parents are his bottom line, and his attitude in this regard is as tough as Yang Tinghe, and he resolutely refuses to retreat, so he simply left the manuscript submitted by the cabinet and did not send it.

The so-called "staying in the middle and not sending it out" is much different from the so-called "shelving disputes" now, that is, it is temporarily left behind, and then it will be discussed when the time is appropriate. Zhu Houxi's approach seems to be a concession, but it is actually a smart move, at this time he has no strength to force the cabinet, so he simply put it on hold.

And Yang Tinghe obviously didn't want to force it too much, after all, in addition to this matter, the little emperor was quite cooperative with the cabinet, and he also had great respect for him, the first assistant, and he would humbly ask for advice when he encountered something he didn't understand. So on the whole, Yang Tinghe is quite satisfied with the new monarch he elected, and he is confident that he will assist him in governing the Ming Dynasty and regaining the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

It was the "tacit understanding" between the two sides that the matter of agreeing on the honorific title for the new monarch's biological parents was temporarily shelved, and the next top priority was naturally the palace examination that would be held on May 15.

More than 300 new Kegong scholars have been waiting for more than a year since March last year in order to wait for this palace test, and they have long been impatient.

Therefore, as soon as the Ministry of Rites announced the time of the palace examination, the entire Guozijian was jubilant, and the new Gongshi were all gearing up, ready to show their skills in the palace examination presided over by the new monarch.

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In the sixteenth year of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, on May 12, it was raining lightly in the sky of the capital.

Wei Hanwen, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, looked at his nephew Wei Yang, who was sitting opposite gently, and asked with a smile: "Xiaoyang, the palace exam will be held in a few days, can you be confident that you will enter the top ten?" ”

The result of Weiyang's examination is twenty-fifth, so it is not hopeless for the palace examination to enter the top ten. The top ten of the second class are all qualified to be selected by the pavilion, so as to enter the Hanlin Academy and become the prime minister, the future is naturally much brighter than that of other Jinshi, and the speed of promotion will be faster.

Contrary to Lu Jun's arrogance, Wei Yang was an out-and-out humble gentleman, and said cautiously: "My nephew should do his best!" ”

Wei Hanwen knew the temperament of this nephew, nodded with a smile when he heard this, and suddenly said: "By the way, don't get too close to Xu Ziqian in the future, just keep this friendship!" ”

Wei Yang frowned, and recently, there has been gossip in the circle of scholars, saying that Xu Jin offended Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, in the process of welcoming the king, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and his future is worrying. And his uncle is Yang Ge's protégé, and now even he has alienated himself from Xu Jin, it seems that the rumors are true.

Wei Hanwen took a sip of tea and said, "Also, I have already communicated with my eldest brother, and your marriage with the fourth girl of the Fei family will also be put on hold for the time being." ”

Wei Yang's face turned pale when he heard this, and he silently lowered his head and was silent.

Wei Hanwen sighed secretly, Fei Hong's brothers will soon return to Beijing to reinstate, and Fei Hong is still a cabinet minister, his reinstatement will inevitably change the balance of the cabinet, bringing many uncertain factors, and Fei Hong is Xu Jin's mentor.

Therefore, Wei Hanwen felt that before Fei Hong's attitude was clear, it was really not suitable for the two families to marry, after all, he was the protégé of Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, and if Fei Hong worked against his teacher, then the Wei family would not be a person in the middle.

"Xiaoyang, with your conditions, it's easy to find a lovely wife. As far as my uncle knows, there are a lot of noble women of the right age in the capital, and it is not for nothing that they are all good-looking, and when the time comes, my uncle will carefully give you a knowledge, and it will not be worse than the four girls of the Fei family! Wei Hanwen comforted.

Wei Yang felt bitter in his heart, if there was really such a thing as a final sight, then he felt that this was the case with the four girls of the Fei family, since he glanced at the dock of the Tengwang Pavilion that day, he could no longer forget the picturesque girl's face in the car window.

Wei Hanwen saw Wei Yang's face, and couldn't help but secretly regret it, it seemed that he should wait for the palace exam to mention this matter, but the words had already been spoken, so naturally he couldn't take it back.