@@Yang Tinghe was still hesitant at first, but at this moment, he had no choice.

As the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, if he could not even judge this situation, he would not be qualified to sit at the head of the civil servants.

I can only agree!

When the banquet was over, Zhu Si stood up to send him off in person, but Yang Tinghe refused.

"Okay, Mr. Yang Ge, this is not far from the cabinet room, so I won't send it off in person. After all, I have to send my mother back to Renshou Palace later. I would like to say goodbye to you all."

Zhu Si is good-natured and has a warm smile on his face, which makes people feel good.

This gentleman's graceful demeanor is as refreshing as a spring breeze. Even veterans like Jiang Mian and Mao Ji can't find any fault with him.

He was able to handle the situation so smoothly and calmly even when he was wronged. It was rare in ancient times for an emperor to be so adaptable and flexible. His courtesy to ministers was also extremely good. Except for Yang Tinghe who felt uncomfortable, Jiang Mian and Mao Ji both felt that the emperor had done it.

"The utmost benevolence and righteousness."

Because this matter had little to do with Fei Hong and Sun Jiao, they did not think too much about whether the emperor's actions were appropriate.

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A banquet was given for six people.

There were four ministers who needed to return to the cabinet for duty and were traveling together, so Sun Jiao and Tang Yin came out of the palace together and were escorted off by a young eunuch who was an internal official.

Sun Jiao deliberately lowered his pace. When he was approaching Donghua Gate, he asked softly: "Bohu, what on earth is going on here?"

Tang Yin said: "What does Mr. Sun want to ask?"

Sun Jiao smiled and said: "I would like to ask why your Majesty's attitude has changed so much in just one day? At last, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers has not deteriorated."

Tang Yin shrugged and said in a nonchalant tone: "Who did it? Does Sun Laobutang not know it?"

"Zhu... Jingdao?"

Sun Jiao asked in surprise.

Tang Yin didn't even look at Sun Jiao, he had a disdain of "You know you still ask".

"Is it really him? How did he do it?"

Although Sun Jiao guessed that this might be the case, he still found it incomprehensible.

Tang Yin said: "Old Sun, there are things that should not be told, but you and Jingdao are not outsiders, so there is no harm in revealing something roughly. In fact, His Majesty suffered great injustice the day before yesterday, and even planned to quit the court. Fortunately, Jingdao persuaded him.

In time, it was revealed that the key to this matter lies with the Queen Mother. It is not convenient to talk about what happened next, but Sun Laobutang saw it and can guess it after thinking about it. "

Sun Jiao asked: "Then...how did your Majesty ask for advice from Yu Jingdao?"

"hehe."

Tang Yin smiled, kept secrets, and shook his head to express that he could not tell.

Sun Jiao did not inquire further. He thought for a moment and sighed: "I didn't expect Jingdao to have done a lot of things at such a young age. No wonder he was even the director of etiquette, Eunuch Zhang... ha."

There were some things that Sun Jiao did not say clearly, but Tang Yin was not surprised.

From what Tang Yin saw, Zhang Zuo was currently very powerful in the court, but in front of Zhu Hao, he was just like a student. Tang Yin even felt that it was an honor for Zhang Zuo to be Zhu Hao's student. If Zhang Zuo could handle it with his own strength

With so many wolves in the court, I am afraid that the entire ceremonial department will have to keep a low profile and endure the oppression of the civil servant group.

"Bohu, where are you going? But back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry?" When we arrived in front of Donghua Gate, carriages could pass through, and the entire journey to Dong'an Gate was smooth.

Tang Yin said: "I am not working in the Ministry of Industry. Now the mining business is continuing, and I may have to go to Xishan."

Sun Jiao asked: "What's the cost for mining..."

"Sun Laobu Tang, Your Majesty can still afford this amount of money. Even if Jingdao has no money, Huang Butang's brother-in-law will provide it. As I explained before, the auction of the coal mine is only to collect mining taxes. I hope Sun Laobu Tang will not sell it.

Tell others this secret."

Tang Yin gave special instructions.

Don't wait for me to hide the news. If your grandson turns out to be a traitor and sells us out, it will be bad.

It does not have much impact on the matter itself. After all, the matter of mining and selling mines has been made public for a long time. Whether Yang Tinghe knows about it or not is not important to the overall situation.

No problem, Tang Yin was afraid of revealing Zhu Hao's identity. If Yang Tinghe knew that the person hiding behind the emperor's back and making suggestions was Zhu Hao...then Zhu Hao could still hang out in the Ming Dynasty? Who knows when he would be kicked out of the capital!

"Haha, I understand."

Sun Jiao's expression was gentle, as if he didn't have any grudges in his heart. He talked happily with Tang Yin. Even when saying goodbye, Sun Jiao took the initiative to extend an invitation: "Come to my house to sit down and have a cup of tea and a meal together when you have time."

"Thank you, Mr. Sun, I will definitely come back."

Tang Yin was not polite either.

Because Tang Yin felt that with the marriage relationship between Zhu Hao and Sun Jiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in front of him was not an outsider, and there would be many opportunities to visit him in the future.

Although Zhu Hao mentioned it several times in front of him, Old Man Sun will not stay in the court for too long. It is estimated that after a while, he will ask to be appointed as an official and return home to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. He will not work with Sun Jiao for too long.

, but before that, I still have to deal with Sun Jiao because of money and food issues.

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Cabinet value.

Fei Hong wisely avoided it and asked the other three giants to gather together to discuss what they had learned about the banquet previously.

Jiang Mian said: "It is rare for His Majesty to have such a palace. It seems that he is not as headstrong as we thought before. In the future, if anything happens, it will be discussed in advance before the court meeting... It is not a bad thing for the internal and external officials."

After this banquet, even Jiang Mian began to have a new understanding of Zhu Si.

Mao Ji laughed and said, "How do you know that His Majesty didn't retreat in spite of the difficulties?"

This means that maybe the emperor was frightened back by us and did not dare to go against us, rather than that he had any problems with the city.

Yang Tinghe, as the instigator, did not make any comments on Zhu Si's performance today.

Jiang Miandao: "Jiefu, you should be more open-minded. Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have been difficult to get along with. It is said that accompanying the monarch is like accompanying a tiger. If you are not in a high position, you don't know why. Don't take other people's slander to heart."

Jiang Mian's "other people's slander" refers to the fact that after Yang Tinghe knocked Zhu Si back in the court, the imperial censor had directly remonstrated that Yang Tinghe had deceived the emperor and abused his power.

The group of people in the court did not dare to confront Yang Tinghe for fear of affecting his official career, but in private, why do some low-ranking officials look at your face? Besides, you, Yang Tinghe, do have a tough attitude in the court, openly confronting the emperor.

Why don't you let us talk about it?

In every dynasty and every generation, there will be speculators, and this dynasty is no exception.

Especially those officials who suppressed Yang Tinghe and were unable to get ahead in the court for a long time, and whose future was bleak, would use Yang Tinghe as a target.

Mao Ji suddenly said: "What if Your Majesty still absorbs private wealth to mine for it? Will the imperial court no longer care about this matter?"

The question was posed to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe's attitude was resolute: "Whatever the Queen Mother has given us, we will do it accordingly. If anyone violates it, we will still tell you straight away!"

Obviously Yang Tinghe did not completely give up.

The young emperor succeeded in winning over the Queen Mother Zhang, but now the Queen Mother Zhang was just deceived. If she turns around and finds that the young emperor is hypocritical, Yang Tinghe can still join forces with the Queen Mother Zhang to put pressure on the young emperor.

Therefore, in Yang Tinghe's view, the mother-child relationship between Queen Mother Zhang and Zhu Si was not reliable. As long as he used some means, he could expose Zhu Si's bad intentions.

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"Great! I knew this would happen! It's all because of Zhu Hao's resourcefulness..."

Zhu Si returned to Qianqing Palace, leaving only Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin. He could not conceal his joy, high spirits and high spirits.

Zhang Zuo and Huang Jin finally felt relieved when they saw the emperor's joy.

Zhang Zuo smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, will you... still go out of the palace to see Mr. Zhu today?"

"not going!"

Zhu Si waved his hands and said, "Zhu Hao said that I should keep a low profile recently, and I also have to act diligently. I can't delay the banquet talks, and I have to personally review the memorials, only those that are more difficult to decide. I will send the memorial to Zhu Hao... then you can just accompany him to review it."

this

Zhu Si didn't say anything about rushing to celebrate with Zhu Hao.

After understanding Zhu Hao's ability, Zhu Si can now trust Zhu Hao to handle matters, and no longer has much interest in leaving the palace just to watch a show.

When I leave the palace again, I also want to play more fun things and eat more delicious food.

Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty...the Queen Mother talked about the wedding and said that the candidates will be sent to the palace soon, and the list will be handed over to Your Majesty for your inspection."

Historically, Zhu Si's wedding took place in September of the first year of Jiajing, and Empress Chen was appointed. However, in fact, the final step of entering the palace was completed in August, and Chen was selected as empress in mid-August.

"Records of King Sejong" records: "In August of the first year of Jiajing...Bingzi, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou decreed that the woman chosen for the wedding should enter the palace, and the Qintian Supervisor chose a day to hear it...Renchen, the order Chen Wanyan, a Confucian scholar in Yuancheng County, Daming Prefecture, is the minister of Honglu Temple, and he is given the imperial edict to appoint Wanyan's eldest daughter as his concubine..."

In other words, in history, the process of choosing three was completed in August. The three women then stayed in the palace, and it was decided that the queen would be Chen.

It's just that the wedding was completed in September.

The last step of selection has not yet been reached. Perhaps the Queen Mother Zhang wanted to have a good relationship with her son, so she took the initiative to have the list and portraits of the women selected in the first and second steps handed over to her son to see with his own eyes.

But Zhu Si now had no intention of doing this.

"Let the Queen Mother make her own choice. It's pointless for me not to ask my biological mother about this kind of thing... She can decide whatever she wants!"

Zhu Si regarded this as a political marriage.

With his rebellious character, he will naturally not succumb to this form of post-election. He has always felt that his own marriage should be decided by his mother, not by his adoptive mother, Empress Dowager Zhang. Besides... Empress Dowager Zhang seems to have no choice at all. I have never raised myself.

"By the way, when you leave the palace in the afternoon, send some rewards to Zhu Hao. Treat it as my wish." Zhu Si was about to rest in the back hall, but something suddenly occurred to him and he reminded Zhang Zuo.

Zhang Zuo hesitated and said, "But... Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu's side... seems to be lacking everything."

It was clearly Zhu Hao who used his personal pockets to supplement the palace expenses, so why is he now going to reward Zhu Hao?

"Do you understand what you mean? Sending a goose feather as a gift from a thousand miles away is too light to show affection. How can I treat it as a normal thing when I give it to you... Why don't you go back and give Zhu Hao's mother a royal decree? That's all. Let's go to the inner treasury to look for it. Look for anything valuable, such as antique calligraphy and paintings, find one or two pieces, and I will give them to Zhu Haoquan as a token of my appreciation!"
Chapter completed!