Xu Jin looked at the little emperor with an aggrieved face, a tired expression, and even a little black eye circles, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, this thirteen-year-old kid can hold out until now under the pressure of the ministers, and it can be seen that his temperament is not ordinary stubbornness, and he said tentatively: "Your Majesty, you really can't accept Yang Ge Lao's proposal?" ”

Zhu Houxi's face turned dark and said: "Of course, how can my parents recognize me indiscriminately, Xu Jin, do you even want to persuade me to recognize Xiaozong as my father?" ”

Xu Jin shook his head and said, "That's not it, Your Majesty, let's go to the study to talk." ”

Zhu Houxi followed Xu Jin to the study in confusion, Xu Jin took Zhang Zhang's "Great Rites" from the bookcase and handed it to the former, and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, you must grasp the scale of everything you do, beware of overdoing it!" ”

Zhu Houxizhang Er King Kong was confused, opened the notebook and looked at it, and was immediately attracted by the content inside, after reading it in one breath, his eyebrows fluttered with joy, and he said excitedly: "Great, with this transcript, I and my father can be saved, Xu Jin, it's not in vain that I trust you so much!" ”

Xu Jin coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, this letter was originally written by Zhang Xuan, a scholar of Guanzheng Jinshi, and the minister just handed it over on his behalf." ”

Only then did Zhu Houxi find out that the signature of the book was Zhang Xuan, and he punched Xu Jin in the shoulder, and scolded with a smile: "Your uncle didn't say it earlier, haha, I didn't find out that there is such a talent in the court, but it's not too late now." That's wonderful! ”

During this time, Zhu Houxi was "bombed indiscriminately" by the ministers every day, and he only had the ability to parry, and he had no power to fight back.

Looking at the little emperor who was leaving in a hurry, Xu Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, after getting Zhang Zhang's "Great Rites" today, he was still hesitant to hand it over, but just now he saw Zhu Houxi's helpless appearance, and finally his feelings overcame reason, and he still handed over the notebook.

It can be expected that there will be a "dragon and tiger fight" at the grand court meeting on the first day of July, and the "Great Rites Discussion" controversy that has lasted for more than ten years in the Jiajing Dynasty is about to kick off.

Thundered......

A muffled thunder across the sky, after nightfall in the capital actually rained heavily, the wind thunder and lightning combined, and at this time the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Henan, Shandong area is also rainy and continuous, and has lasted for several days.

On the first day of July in the sixteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the Great Dynasty Meeting, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi ordered the eunuch Bi Yun to read the "Great Rite Shu" of Guan Zheng Jinshi Zhang Xuan in court, and issued an order to ask for his father to dedicate the king to build a temple in Beijing, which instantly set off an uproar, and became more and more intense, shaking the entire court.

In the previous court, the courtiers almost overwhelmingly supported Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, but as soon as Zhang Zhang's "Great Rites" came out, the originally monolithic courtiers began to split, and the first to defect was Wang Zhan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who clearly expressed his support for Zhang Zhang, and then more ministers followed suit, including many nobles in the court.

As a result, the courtiers were completely divided into two factions, and every day they insisted on talking in the court, and everyone quoted scriptures and classics, and quarreled fiercely. At this time, Zhu Houxi was refreshed, and he was also relieved, and he came to the court with great energy every day, and then sat on the dragon chair to "eat melons and watch the play", and occasionally helped to pull a side frame or something.

However, the good times were short-lived. Yang Ge saw that the situation was getting out of control, so he began to play hooligans, and secretly sent several officials to take turns to impeach Wang Zhan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but Wang Zan was indeed caught with braids because he was not clean, so he had to write a letter to ask for resignation to protect himself. So Yang Tinghe took the opportunity to demote Wang Zan to Nanjing as the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ge Lao cleaned up Wang Zhan, which undoubtedly had the effect of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, and the courtiers who had jumped up and down to support Zhang Xuan before all shrunk. Yang Tinghe was able to smoothly transition the two generations of emperors, and his political skills were not covered, and then he asked the officials to "implement" the position of Zhang Xuan, a scholar of Guanzheng Jinshi, and was also transferred to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites to sit on the cold bench.

As a result, the first round of confrontation of the "Great Rites Discussion" was simply and rudely ended by Yang Gelao, however, this is obviously a palliative rather than a cure, and the courtiers who originally had unified opinions have been divided, and it is only a matter of time before there is another dispute.

As the saying goes, there are many dreams at night, and Yang Tinghe obviously realized that the longer this matter dragged on, the more troublesome it would be, so he made a slight concession and promised that as long as Zhu Houxi recognized Emperor Hongzhi as the emperor, he agreed to give King Xingxian the title of emperor, and changed his name: Emperor Xingxian, the biological father, and Princess Xing was called: The queen mother of Xingguo.

Yang Tinghe's proposal was obviously very sincere, but the little emperor Zhu Houxi was still hesitant and did not immediately agree.

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The seventh day of the seventh month of July was the day when Niu Lang and the Weaver Girl Magpie Bridge met, but the heavens were not beautiful, and today, the rain poured down in the capital.

Just when it was dark and the city gate was about to be closed, a fast horse rushed into the city from Guang'an Gate, the horse's four hooves kicked the water on the ground like an arrow, and the knight on horseback was dressed in a robe, and carried a dark red cylindrical object behind him, with a command flag on it, which was the 800 urgent messenger.

Because of this, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate did not stop them, but let the fast horses gallop into the city.

In the early morning of the eighth day of July, an explosive news spread in the DPRK and China: The Yellow River at the junction of Henan and Shandong lacked embankments, thousands of villages and towns along the banks were flooded, countless people were killed and injured, and the losses were quite heavy.

At the same time, a secret report from the local Jinyi Guard's eyeliner was also sent to Ouchi, which reflected that the local officials were ineffective in disaster relief and that there was a serious shortage of grain reserves in the regular liquidation, and that the local people were panicked and that there was a danger of civil unrest at any time.

Therefore, the eyes of the courtiers quickly focused on the lack of embankments in the Yellow River, and the controversy over the "discussion and examination" that had been boiling before was temporarily thrown aside, after all, the flood was ruthless, and the disaster relief could not be delayed, and there was often a major epidemic after the disaster, and if no immediate measures were taken, the consequences would be quite serious.

On the same day, Emperor Jiajing issued several holy decrees, urging the local officials to rush to repair the river embankment, and at the same time open a warehouse to release grain to help the victims, calm the people's hearts, and bury the corpses to avoid civil revolts and plagues. In addition, the cabinet was ordered to immediately send a messenger to the disaster area to supervise the disaster relief matters, and at the same time thoroughly investigate whether there is a deficit in the local standing liquidation.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of the seventh month, the cabinet near the Wenhua Palace, the four elders of the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe all arrived, in addition to the six Shangshu, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, and the general political envoy were all present.

This was the highest-level meeting of the courtiers, and the leaders of almost all the important departments were present, and the purpose was to elect the chaplain to supervise the disaster relief matters.

After about half an hour of deliberation, everyone finally decided to nominate Xiao Huai, the deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as the chief envoy of the Imperial Mission.

Now that the envoy of the Qin mission has it, the next step is to discuss the candidate for the deputy envoy, just as everyone expressed their opinions, Yang Tinghe, the first assistant who had been silent, said lightly: "The deputy envoy of the Qin mission will be served by Xu Jin, the writer of Hanlin Repair!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were suddenly silent, and there was silence for a moment, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said first: "This official seconded the proposal!" ”

"This official seconded!" Yang Tan, the head of the household, immediately followed up.

Immediately after that, the third assistant Mao Ji, and the fourth assistant Jiang Mian also agreed, and the second assistant Liang Chu sighed secretly, and then also seconded the proposal, just help the old man before Zhishi!

The four elders of the cabinet, plus two six Shangshu, this amount is enough, and there is no point in other people opposing it, so they all agreed.

Seeing this, Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "Since everyone has no opinion, then the official will draft a decree to appoint Xiao Huai, the deputy capital imperial historian, as the chief envoy of the Qin mission, and Xu Jin, the deputy envoy of the Hanlin Mission." ”

All the ministers present had different expressions, they were all old foxes in the officialdom, how could they not see the reason why Yang Ge Lao "favored" Xu Jin, it was nothing more than looking for a reason to transfer him out of Beijing.

I heard that the emperor often went out of the palace to see Xu Jin without being served, and the reason why Zhang Zhang's letter of "Great Gifts" was able to bypass the cabinet and be sent directly to the emperor was probably because Xu Jin secretly helped.

And now it is the juncture to force the emperor to accept the cabinet's proposal, and Yang Ge Lao obviously doesn't want to make extraneous branches, so he took the opportunity to transfer Xu Jin, a "-stirring stick", out of Beijing. In charge of disaster relief, I will never be able to come back in a few months.