The strongest boss in the sky

Chapter 71 The Great Court Meeting, the Stubborn Zhu Houzhao
After Hongzhi passed away, the Ming Empire did not stand still!
The elders of the three cabinets, headed by Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, read out Hongzhi's posthumous photos at the second day's court meeting, and respectfully invited Prince Zhu Houzhao to ascend the throne.

The prince is unwilling!

Baiguan again please!

The prince refused again!

Three invitations to all officials!

The prince reluctantly accepted it, chose an auspicious day to ascend the throne, and then arranged for Emperor Daxing to be buried. It took more than a month after all the troubles were over.

So far, the prince Zhu Houzhao finally became the emperor from the prince, with the title of Zhengde!
The so-called one emperor and one courtier, the new emperor ascended the throne, whether it is the court or the inner court, some positions have changed.

The first thing to change was the two positions that the emperor relied on, the Si Li Jian and the Yu Ma Jian.

According to the will of Emperor Hongzhi, Wang Yue, the former chief supervisor of ceremonies, was arranged by Zhengde to be a guardian eunuch in Nanjing, which is regarded as retirement.

The new chief supervisor of ceremonies is Liu Jin, who has been with the prince since childhood, and concurrently serves as the director of the East Factory. He is so powerful that he can be said to be the No. 1 in the inner court.

The former head of the Royal Horse Supervisor was sent to Taiyuan for the elderly by Zhu Houzhao. The new head of the Royal Horse Supervisor was also the young eunuch Gu Dayong who had been with the prince since he was a child.

After the two important positions in the inner court were changed, there were also some changes in the court.

First of all, Liu Jian, the elder of the cabinet, was officially appointed as the chief assistant of the cabinet. In the past, the division of positions such as the chief assistant and the second assistant of the cabinet was not clear.

Secondly, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he vigorously promoted a group of young officials into the imperial court. For example, Xu Wei, Lin Nuo's old friend, was awarded the position of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Officials.

The last appointment was to formally appoint Lin Nuo as the commander of Jinyiwei in the court meeting.

Although Hongzhi had made an appointment before, he had not announced it publicly in the court, and most of the spies from other forces in Jinyiwei had been cleared out by Lin Nuo, so the officials did not know much about this matter until now.

Perhaps because he felt that he owed Lin Nuo a teacher, Zhengde even appointed Lin Nuo as the Left Commander of the Five Armies. According to his rank, he belonged to the first-rank military officer, and in terms of rank, he had almost reached the peak.

However, for Zhengde's appointment, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty were outraged. They were not angry that the new emperor had appointed Lin Nuo with too high standards, but felt that Zhengde, the new emperor, was too bullying!

Who is Lin Nuo?

In the 15th year of Hongzhi's palace examination, he was the first-ranked student, a student from a humble family, who entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty by relying on his own knowledge without relying on any connections. He can be said to be a role model for countless scholars in the Ming Empire to learn from.

But now, the example set in the eyes of the civil official group was actually taken by the emperor to Jinyiwei. Even if he was given the position of a top-ranking Zuodudu, in the eyes of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, it was also a humiliation to Lin Nuo. This is also a humiliation to the entire civil servant group.

Who doesn't know that the left commander of the Five Armies has no real name, and can only be regarded as a false position. The emperor, if you take a false position as a military officer, you will get Yijia Tanhua into the military officer system. Aren't you disgusting?

I would rather have a seventh-rank civil servant than a first-rank military officer!Although no one said this sentence clearly, it is what the scholars of Ming Dynasty think in the minds of today.

Who doesn't know that today's military officer Xungui group has long since declined, to put it harshly, today's military officer Xungui is a sheep raised in a sheepfold by civilian officials, and can only stay in the sheepfold honestly and let the civil official group arrange.

Zhengde brought Lin Nuo, a rising star who was highly expected by the civil service group, into the military attache system, which immediately aroused public outrage. Officials came forward one by one, citing scriptures and classics, criticizing Zhengde explicitly and secretly.

Some speech officials even blasphemed directly, making Zhengde very ashamed, and some of them couldn't get off the stage.

Even Xu Wei felt upset for Lin Nuo. He didn't say much, but kept asking the new emperor, hoping to make some changes to Lin Nuo's position, even if he didn't like him again, let him out. It is also okay to go to a certain place to be a magistrate.

Zhengde held back his anger and looked at this scene in the court meeting. He was still too young, and faced with the situation where the opinions of the Manchu officials were against him, he didn't know what to do for a while.

During this period, he turned his attention to the military attache honor group many times, but those military attache honorables stood obediently by the side with their hands tied, with a look of 'you can argue as you please, we will take a look at it', annoyed Zhengde Tooth itching, scolding trash in my heart!

At this moment, Zhengde finally understood what his father had said to him. In the court, loyal and capable ministers are needed, but corrupt officials and sycophants are also needed!
Corrupt officials can show their prestige, and courtiers can stand on the side of the emperor and fight against other officials, so that all officials will not stand together against the emperor.

At this moment, Zhengde urgently needs a courtier who can stand up to share his worries, but it is a pity that the appointment of Lin Nuo as the commander of Jinyiwei this time has already violated the interests of the entire civil servant group, even if some officials want to be Cheng Chen flattered, and did not dare to stand up at this time.

Otherwise, if you commit public anger, you may be beaten to death in the court!
However, although the little emperor Zhu Houzhao was young, he had a very stubborn temper. From the beginning to the end, he never revealed that Lin Nuo's position as commander of Jinyiwei was appointed by the late emperor.

In fact, if he said it out, he could have forcibly ended the matter in the name of the late emperor's will, but in that case, the one who would bear the infamy in the future would probably be the not long passed away Emperor Hongzhi.

In fact, the reason why Hongzhi appointed Lin Nuo as Jinyiwei before his death, and did not wait until the crown prince ascended the throne, was to protect the prince, and he was willing to bear the infamy for the prince, so that the prince would not confront the officials because of this matter in the future .

It's just a pity that father and son love each other deeply. When Zhu Houzhao thought that his father died not long ago, if he was scolded by civil officials for this incident, then he would be too unfilial as a son.

"Father is a benevolent emperor, so he shouldn't bear the infamy. This infamy should be borne by my son!"

This is what Zhengde thought in his heart, and he did the same thing. He sat on the Golden Luan Hall with almost no water in the whole day, confronting the officials, and refused to back down at all, unwilling to change the order.

From the beginning to the end, both the monarch and his subjects had no intention of letting Lin Nuo go up to the court to make a choice face to face.

Zhengde didn't want Master Lin to be in trouble, while Li Dongyang and other civil servants wanted to protect Lin Nuo.

In the eyes of all the civil servants, Lin Nuo was definitely unwilling to join the military officer system, but if he was allowed to express his reluctance face to face in the court, wouldn't it be disrespectful?If he is hated by the emperor because of this, his future future will be completely cut off.

It has to be said that when the civil servants group together for their own interests, even the emperor will feel powerless, and Zhengde at this time has this feeling.

At this moment, he was bored for no reason by the so-called Great Court Meeting, and he didn't even want to live in the Forbidden City any longer!

(End of this chapter)