(Yang Jiaofeng on the 163rd article of "Daming Dynasty 1566")
Jiajing forty-five years, just after the Spring Festival, it is a good time to open spring, just the so-called "seven nine rivers open, eight or nine geese come", Jiajing Emperor also waited for a good day to move to the Wanshou Palace. It's just that everything is ready and still owes a congratulatory watch, but the "greeting watch" he finally waited for was a letter from Hai Rui's "Public Security Evacuation".
In a fit of rage, the Jiajing Emperor insisted that someone had instructed him to do so, his eyes were tight, and the courtiers fell to their knees. It was at this juncture that Zhao Zhenji stepped forward...
Then we can't help but ask, at this juncture, the Jiajing Emperor is in anger again, why did Zhao Zhenji come forward?
Yang Jiaofeng on the 163rd issue of the Ming Dynasty: The Ming Dynasty: The Great Wisdom of the Old Fox, Why Did Zhao Zhenji Stand Up After Hai Rui's Death?
One
Zhao Zhenji stepped forward, and it was reasonable for him to speak, at least according to a normal organizational structure, he also had to speak.
The reason is very simple, Zhao Zhenji, as the department manager of the household department, still submitted a document to the president through his own hand that he did not have a purpose. The president was furious after seeing it, and the managers of various departments were all trembling, and in the face of the president's inquiry, Zhao Zhenji couldn't run away if he wanted to.
With this premise, we dig deeper into the logic behind Zhao Zhenji's move:
When Zhao Zhenji first entered the cabinet, the Jiajing Emperor said this:
"Four German Henry Dollars!"
There are four people in the cabinet, and this "Zhen" is not Hu Ruzhen, but Zhao Zhenji.
As we said before, Zhao Zhenji is a person who fights with "Tai Chi Chuan" in one hand, and what he is best at is dragging.
After Zhejiang "destroyed the embankment and flooded the fields," he dragged on not borrowing grain until Hu Zongxian gave a satisfactory reason, until Xu Jie and Yan Song in the capital reached a compromise; when the "Zhejiang Unjust Case" was tried, he was another drag, dragging Yang Jinshuisheng crazy, dragging Lü Fang to ask Yan Song to drink and being punished to repair Ji Lang, dragging Hai Rui to the running camp to fight with Hu Zongxian; when it came to this crisis of arrears, he still dragged himself, and promised a good job in front of the Jiajing Emperor, and as a result, the hundred officials were advised, the people were hungry, and they were powerless. Mouth said that for Hai Rui to punish Lu, in the end it is not the sea mother herself to weave cloth for some rations to eat, and when it is dragged to Hai Rui for advice, it can't be dragged...
At this time, the Jiajing Emperor was still angry, and there were only two candidates who could answer the call, one was Xu Jie and the other was Zhao Zhenji. Letting Xu Jie answer the call is equivalent to handing over the initiative to others, after all, there is Yu Wang behind Xu Jie, and in the end he is a scapegoat.
And putting the initiative into his own hands, there is still a glimmer of life, but also gave the teacher Xu Jie a certain amount of time to fish for himself, so he did not have to choose.
Two
Besides, why did the Jiajing Emperor think that Hai Rui was instructed by others?
In fact, the jiajing emperor's pursuit was very simple, that is, to cultivate immortals, and all his expenses, in addition to the relatively high-grade daily necessities, were left with the expenses needed to cultivate immortals.
At the beginning, he reused the Yan Party, and Yan Song's father and son also tried to build a palace for him, and the focus of the controversy at the opening of the first imperial financial meeting was also here.
No one expected that because of the change of rice to mulberry, the struggle between the two factions would become more and more intense, and in the end, the palace was not built. It was not easy to raid Yan Dang's house and get some money back, but the Qingliu people did not follow the distribution of this money. The Jiajing Emperor made a little cash to repair the palace, and without thinking, things developed to this point.
Was the Jiajing Emperor aggrieved?
He felt very aggrieved, his time was running out, his body bones were not as good as a day, he could still resist in the winter when he wore a single coat, and now he was wrapped in a quilt and shivered; before, he ate an elixir and could sit for a few more hours, and now he drank Li Shizhen's soup medicine, and he had to lean on the cushion; before, if he counted the ministers, he could fly around with his arms open like a bird, and now when Chen Hong left, he immediately lay down and rested.
Therefore, he was looking forward to the early construction of this Wanshou Palace, not a day or two, and even for the sake of this palace, he had already developed the intention of abdicating.
This detail was that when he and Huang Jin were visiting the project at night, he complained that the hundred officials did not understand him, and he just wanted to build a palace for the elderly:
"I have a thought, and when I have repaired these two palaces and two views, I will let King Yu take over the throne and meditate on it."
Three
Even the Yan Dang and the Qing School PK, which he relied heavily on, pointed the sword at Yu Wang, and in desperation, he could only take away the Yan Dang. So later, he often mentioned that if Yan Song was there, others would not dare to do so:
"It's nothing more than because you want to build these houses and want to retire, Yan Song and Yan Shifan dare to do this in them?"
Because King Yu obeyed the arrangement to appease the beaten hundred officials and establish his prestige, the hundred officials also agreed to go to the congratulatory table, and the Jiajing Emperor even sent Feng Bao back.
As a result, a six-pin household chief who did not even have the right to write a letter through normal channels ran out, and even played with the Jiajing Emperor with a tanuki cat for a prince. Got a fake congratulatory watch, "Wow La," and the Jiajing Emperor was stripped to the sky.
The Jiajing Emperor was not stupid, of course, he knew that the courtiers' congratulatory watch was not from the heart, of course, he knew that he was controlling public opinion, but Hai Rui stood up, and others still said that they did not know what was going on, he could believe it?
The only thing he could think of was that someone wanted to learn the trick of adding a yellow robe to Zhao Kuangyin, and he was about to abdicate, so you Yu Wang couldn't wait?
Passing on the throne to you is voluntary, but you have made an unpopular Liupin household chief to come and completely deny the yuan, this is not forcing the palace, what is it?
Don't forget that a few years ago, the same scene reappeared, Zhou Yunyi was using the celestial phenomenon to attack the Jiajing Emperor, and as a result, he was killed by the court staff. Hai Rui is clever, taking advantage of today's phenomenon to attack the Jiajing Emperor, Zhou Yunyi is the leader of Yu Wang's gang, there is no doubt about it, then who is Hai Rui directing?
Don't say that the suspicious character of the Jiajing Emperor will be suspicious, even if it is ourselves, moving our feet and fingers will think about being instructed.
Four
As a result, the Jiajing Emperor was furious here, but the important ministers below fell to their knees and no one answered. From the side of the courtiers, they were kept in the dark, but from the side of the Jiajing Emperor, it became that someone greeted them, and if they were not allowed to speak, who greeted them?
Do you still need to ask?
Of course, this move benefited the most, that is, Yu Wang, if no one answered, then for the Jiajing Emperor, it can only start from Hai Rui's recommender, that is, Yu Wang.
Xu Jie must be able to see this, as the first assistant of the cabinet, in this case, he has to stand up. But just now we also said that Hai Rui is a subordinate of Zhao Zhenji, and the two have worked together in Zhejiang, and Zhao Zhenji has not been able to suppress Hai Rui's confession. More importantly, this "congratulatory watch" was also given to the Jiajing Emperor by Zhao Zhenji, and no matter how he pursued it, he could not escape.
In this case, he was not allowed to think much, once Xu Jie answered the call, he would become the person being interrogated, and when he answered the phone, he could also press the case to his own level for trial. Xu Jie came to the trial, confronted the enshi, that is notoriety, referring to Hu Zongxian's refusal to fall strictly, at this time, the confrontation with the Jiajing Emperor, but became a good name, called risking death, in fact, it is also true.
In fact, the reason why he dared to stand up was because he had no way to retreat:
First of all, what kind of person Hai Rui was, without explaining it himself, the Jiajing Emperor had also seen it, whether it was himself or Hai Rui, he did not want to be involved with each other. That is to say, no matter how the trial is, he really did not instruct Hai Rui, not to mention that he had just been promoted to the cabinet, and he had no motive.
Secondly, after he stood up and moved his whole body, Xu Jie, as his own teacher, would certainly not give up on him like the original Yan Dang gave up Zheng Bichang and He Maocai, not to mention that these were still two different things. It was bound to make everyone unite to deny commanding Hai Rui, no matter how powerful the Jiajing Emperor was, no matter how balanced, he also needed helpers, and when all the officials stood against each other, he could not do anything.
Finally, this move also has an element of gambling, if the anger of the Jiajing Emperor is suppressed, then it goes without saying that the weight of the name Zhao Zhenji will be greatly increased. If he failed to suppress the anger of the Jiajing Emperor, then he would also leave the impression of being righteous and outspoken, and he would be able to leave his name in history. More importantly, instead of putting the fate into the hands of Xu Jie and others, facing the risk of losing the car at any time, it is better to pinch it into your own hands and try hard...
But opportunities and risks coexist, although Zhao Zhenji seemed to win back a round here in the Jiajing Emperor, but soon he was stripped naked in the duel with Hai Rui. In the end, in the "Cabinet Discussion", he lost the battle, not only was he refuted by Hai Rui, but even Gao Gong looked down at him, of course, this is an afterthought, we will talk about it later.
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