Chapter 354: Court Meeting
For the next two days, the entire imperial court was discussing the opening of the sea.
The two sides of the dispute also ran for this matter, and the three elders, the Shangshu Shilang of the Six Ministries, and the Imperial History of the Left and Right Metropolitan Inspectorates of the Imperial Court all became the targets of this group of people, hoping to get the results they wanted.
It's just that all of this has nothing to do with Lin Haoran, a small Zhengliupin Hanlin attendant.
Although he is the most dazzling "Wenkui" background, and his future is also bright, he still belongs to the small character generation after all, and he is far from qualified to participate in this court meeting.
In recent days, he has become more and more uneasy, always feeling that something bad is about to befall him.
On the day of the court meeting, he simply did not go to the outer city to supervise the work, nor did he return to Xiyuan to report, but directly chose to go to the Hanlin Academy.
Hallym Temple, in the duty room of the Inspection Hall.
This is a study room facing east and west, the area is not large, but Lin Haoran is very satisfied. Especially after seeing Yan Song and the others' duty room, he has no reason to be picky at all, this office treatment is simply higher than the specifications of the first assistant.
As a result of his promotion, his office location in the Hanlin Academy has changed, moving from the inspection hall to the lecture hall, and he has changed from a historian to a lecturer.
Lin Haoran's main duty as a lecturer was to give lectures to the Son of Heaven or the Crown Prince, and to give a lecture on the history of the paper for the king's advisors. It's just a pity that today's prince is concentrating on cultivation, and the crown prince is still vacant.
As the two princes opened their respective residences to receive scriptures, they both studied in the palace, and there were already specific teachers to teach, so he didn't even have the opportunity to go to the main hall to give lectures to the two princes.
That's right, Lin Haoran, the Hanlin waiter, is very leisurely. Only on the important day of the warp can you get a chance to show your face, and this opportunity depends on Jiajing's mood that day.
However, Lin Haoran was not depressed, he was also happy to be idle. I plan to get the opportunity to enter the Yuwang Mansion to give lectures in a few days, become a real emperor, and win a share of the dragon's work.
Sun Jixiang was also very happy to see Lin Haoran coming over, and gave Lin Haoran a cup of ginseng tea, and he, as Lin Haoran's subordinate, also followed him from the repair inspection hall.
Lin Haoran took a few sips of tea, held his breath for a moment, and then quietly flipped through the history books to make up for his shortcomings.
I have to admit that he still lacks the history of the Ming Dynasty and does not want to suffer a secret loss in the future political struggle, so he should seize the time to make up for it.
When he was looking through the historical materials, he was surprised to find a historical fact, Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaochi once publicly admitted the mistake of moving the capital to Beijing, and planned to return the capital to Nanjing.
From an economic point of view, this decision is undoubtedly the right one.
Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the economic center of gravity of the Han nationality has shifted to the south, and the city of Beijing is located in the northern part of Xinjiang, and the economy has long been in decline, and the grain and high-end consumer goods needed by the capital have to be supplied from the south.
The cost of transportation in this era was not low, and this excessively long supply line undoubtedly caused high costs and waste, and it also required the diversion of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
It's just a pity that Zhu Gaochi died after only nine months in power, and he didn't have time to promote this decision.
Lin Haoran shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he couldn't say that it was a wrong decision to make the capital of Beijing.
If it weren't for the national capital here, the imperial court would not have paid so much attention to the military defense in the north, and the military expenditure has always been continuous. Even the Jiajing Dynasty, which is now profligate, does not dare to really cut the military spending in the north, and only dares to change the military spending strategy to defense-oriented.
If the capital of this dynasty is Nanjing, it is really difficult to say what the situation is in the north now, and whether the military budget will be deducted to only a penny.
It can only be said that any huge project has advantages and disadvantages.
If the Ming Dynasty was ruled by a reliable emperor, it would be better to have the capital in Nanjing; If the Ming Dynasty was ruled by an unreliable emperor, it would be better to set the capital in this Beijing city.
"I wonder what happened?"
Lin Haoran finished reading a book and looked up at the western sky, his eyes welling up with a faint worry. The result of this court meeting will undoubtedly have a great impact, and it can even affect the trend of the entire Ming Dynasty.
The reopening of the market is undoubtedly a matter of pros and cons. If the city is done well, it will definitely evolve into a great thing, and it can even help Daming capital sprout and directly participate in the Age of Discovery.
He could imagine that the Purple Light Pavilion in Xiyuan must be arguing, but he didn't know which side would have the upper hand.
In fact, it does.
Jiajing has not been in court for more than ten years, and it is rare to have such a lively time. In the main hall of the Ziguang Pavilion, the three pavilion elders were present, as well as the six Shangshu, the squire, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Palace, and many officials were particularly excited.
When the proceedings were first announced, everyone took turns to speak, but they didn't know who had started to interject, and the argument began. The voices are getting louder and louder, and there are Shangshu arguing with Shangshu, and there are also waiters scolding with waiters.
The left squire of the military department and the right squire of the household department fought for a red face, suddenly spat at each other, and then scuffled directly in the main hall, and the scene was very hot.
Jiajing, who was wearing a plain white robe, looked at the noisy court below, his face was also gloomy like water, but he didn't speak, but watched all this quietly.
It's just that Lin Haoran didn't know that the most lively thing at this time was not the West Garden, but the square in front of the Forbidden City.
It was just around noon when two groups and a large crowd of onlookers came.
What is surprising is that both groups are led by little girls.
One is a cute little girl with a tiger head and a tiger brain, holding a wooden stick; One was a good-looking and arrogant little girl with a horsewhip in her hand. They stood in the scorching sun, looking at each other from afar.
"You lowly grass people, I have to teach you a good lesson today!"
"Oops! You're a little thief, worse than me! I'm going to teach you a lesson today! ”
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The two little girls were not weak characters, and after the two accused each other, the arrogant little girl with the whip moved first.
She shook her loud whip and rushed straight towards the other party. The little girl on the opposite side was also not afraid, holding a stick and walking on her little short legs to meet her, and the battle was about to break out.
"What? Hu Niu and Xu Guogong's granddaughter have a fight at the gate of the Forbidden City? ”
When Lin Haoran heard the news, his eyes immediately widened, and his brain went blank. But she didn't expect that this girl would cause trouble again and would stab Xu Guogong, Ma Fengwo.
When he learned the news, he hurried to the Forbidden City, knowing that this time he was afraid that he would cause a big disaster. And at this moment, he finally understood why he had a bad feeling, and he dared to make trouble for him again.