Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2007, someone makes a ghost

"Your Majesty, I beg you to allow Ding You to go home to fulfill your filial piety!"

Above the court hall, Liu Jin handed in the memorial to go back to his hometown Ding You to keep his filial piety without any accident.

"Ok!"

"I've heard about your family, please forgive me."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, really intending to express his disapproval symbolically, to win the favor once, and then to give permission when Liu Jin proposed to return to his hometown Ding You to observe his filial piety again.

This is also a way for the emperor to show that he attaches importance to a minister.

The so-called duoqing refers to the fact that in ancient times, after the parents of the ministers died of illness, the ministers were required to go home and serve Ding You as a filial piety for three years. Can't get away.

So the emperor will directly decree to cancel Ding You's filial piety. This is called Duoqing, which means depriving ministers of their filial piety to their deceased elders when they go home.

Generally speaking, when encountering an important minister or an extraordinary period, the emperor will be tempted, and he cannot let the minister really leave the government and the opposition for three years because of such things.

You must know that three years is a very long time. Things in the government and the public are changing rapidly. A minister who has been away from the government and the public for three years may not even have a place to stand when he returns.

Taking Liu Jin as an example, if this Liu Jin goes home to observe filial piety, someone else will become the chief assistant of the cabinet, and when Liu Jin returns after the expiration of his filial piety, what should Liu Jin do?

Could it be that the current chief assistant of the cabinet is to quit and replace Liu Jin?

This is obviously inappropriate. What's more, the new chief minister of the cabinet has been the chief minister for three years. Most of the officials in the ruling and opposition parties may already belong to him. Who will speak for you?
Once the center of power is far away, it will be very difficult to come in. On the one hand, you need the trust of the emperor, and on the other hand, you must have a large number of people willing to support you in the ruling and opposition parties, so that you can regain power. center.

Ordinary ministers are also unwilling to really say that Ding You has been back to his hometown for three years because of such a thing.

It was hard to climb up, and you suddenly said that you will go home and stay for three years. After these three years, the day lily will be cold, and you will really stay where it is cool.

Therefore, the ministers in ancient times were actually very afraid of such things happening, especially at critical times, such as political struggles, once such things happened, it was definitely very difficult to deal with.

Like Zhang Juzheng in history, when he was the chief assistant of the cabinet, when he was in power, the old father in the family left, and Ding You was going home to observe his filial piety.

He is really unwilling in every possible way. If he leaves, his own reforms will definitely be abolished. The key is that it is easy to leave, but it is difficult to come back. Competitors are eager to leave as soon as possible, so that they can go up.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng also thought of a lot of ways at that time, that is, to ask his own ministers to suggest that the emperor Duoqing, and in the end he followed the same way again and again. In the end, the emperor Duoqing canceled Zhang Juzheng's plan to return to Dingyou to keep his filial piety, allowing him to continue to hold power , implement reforms.

In fact, the rule of Ding You’s filial piety has a long history. It first originated in the Han Dynasty. It pays attention to governing the world with filial piety.

For example, you can’t live at home, but you have to build a thatched hut next to your parents’ graves to keep filial piety. You can’t eat meat, you have to be vegetarian, you can’t drink alcohol, you can’t have sex with your wives and concubines, etc. In short, there are many rules. It is a very difficult three-year life. year.

I don't know who came up with this system in the first place, but in fact, the emperor is promoting this matter, which is very beneficial to the imperial power.

When you meet a minister you don't like and can't find a reason to let him go home for the elderly, and the other party just dies, you can take the opportunity to get him out of the court and hand over the power in your hands. This imperial power is even more powerful. stabilized.

When you meet a minister you like, who is your right-hand minister, then the emperor can win the favor and let the other party stay without any influence.

Anyway, the final decision is still in the hands of the emperor, and whether to seize the love or not depends on the emperor's will. In addition, after the minister's filial piety expires, whether he can fear the high position again depends on the emperor's will.

In general, this system is actually a rule that the ancient emperors deliberately promoted.

Anyway, it has no effect on the emperor. The father is dead, and the emperor has to be busy enthroning. After all, a country cannot live without a king.

If the emperor's mother dies this day, the emperor should eat and drink. After all, the dragon body is important, and he can't stop even in the harem. After all, it is related to the continuity of the country and the inheritance of the country. It's the best way to work hard, how can it be possible that you haven't been close to women for three years.

The most shameless double standard in ancient times is nothing more than this.

"Your Majesty, I think Liu Gong is the chief assistant of the cabinet, the head of all officials, and the relationship is very important. Our Ming Dynasty is now at an unprecedented moment in history and is heading towards greater prosperity. Your Majesty, you cannot do without Liu Gong's assistant. The people of the world cannot do without Liu Gong."

"I implore Your Majesty to seize the love and let Liu Gong be filial in the court."

Emperor Hongzhi hadn't said anything yet, and some ministers also stood up to express their views.

"That's right, Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to win your love, my Ming Dynasty cannot do without Mr. Liu."

"Your Majesty, I am sure that you will be sympathetic, and you will allow Mr. Liu to keep his filial piety in court."

When the other ministers saw it, they also stood up and expressed their views.

",,,,,,"

Liu Jin was speechless immediately, and looked at these ministers, frowning.

Nima, I didn't instruct you to let the emperor seize the love, I really want to go home to observe my filial piety, and at the same time rest quietly for a few years.

If you do this, my plan will be completely messed up.

What's more important is that the government and the opposition have the same voice, which makes the emperor feel bad. The emperor will feel that he has power over the government and threatens the status of the emperor, which will bury the root of disaster for himself.

You must know that at this time, it stands to reason that there must be ministers who wish to leave quickly, so that other people will have the opportunity to join the cabinet, and everyone's position can be moved.

Now everyone is suggesting that the emperor wins love, and the emperor will become suspicious. Has the government and the public formed a party with Liu Jin, and no one opposes Liu Jin? Well, what we are playing is the way of balance, we cannot allow one person to dominate.

Secondly, the emperor will also wonder whether Liu Jin arranged this, whether Liu Jin is greedy for power and is not willing to part with the encyclopedia in his hands, so he arranged for people to do this.

"Ma Dan, there must be someone playing tricks behind this!"

Liu Jin couldn't help cursing in his heart. Just when something like this happened, someone had already started to make trouble. It really echoed the old saying that the world has never been far away, and political struggles have always existed. Changes in time are enough to determine life and death.

Sure enough, when Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone was talking about seizing love, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and his face was slightly ugly.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to allow me to go back to my hometown to observe my filial piety. I am deeply saddened by the passing of my mother. I have no way to share my worries and be loyal to Your Majesty."

Liu Jin also stood up quickly, expressing his attitude very firmly.

When Liu Jin said this, his own people immediately understood that Liu Jin really wanted to go back to his hometown to observe filial piety.

Although I don’t understand why Liu Jin would do this, the good minister of the cabinet is inappropriate and must go back to keep his filial piety. If everyone unanimously suggests that the emperor seize the love, Emperor Hongzhi will definitely obey everyone’s wishes, let alone Emperor Hongzhi It is estimated that he has a plan to seize love.

It's not impossible to stay. Liu Jin notified everyone in advance, and everyone knew how to do it.

Everyone also thought that Liu Jin wanted to stay, so when someone stood up, everyone followed suit to persuade the emperor.

Now that Liu Jin said this, everyone couldn't figure it out, but they also understood what Liu Jin meant, so the ministers who had always supported Liu Jin stopped talking, and only those who had always opposed Liu Jin kept talking Things that require the emperor to seize love.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin, then glanced at the ministers in the court hall, combined with the information from the factory guard, thought for a while, and immediately understood.

Liu Jin really wanted to go back to his hometown to observe filial piety, no matter whether it was to abide by the rules all the time, or he was really heartbroken and didn't want to deal with court affairs anymore, he really wanted to go back to observe filial piety.

This shows that he is not greedy for power, and he can afford it and let it go. This is Liu Jin who I have always admired and trusted.

At the same time, Emperor Hongzhi also understood that some people in this court were ambitious and wanted to take the opportunity to put eye drops on themselves. They deliberately wanted to win their love. Coupled with the compliance of more ministers, he would naturally become suspicious of Liu Jin.

Once there are seeds of suspicion, they will take root and sprout in the future, and they will no longer trust Liu Jin as before, and their opportunity will come.

He has been emperor for more than thirty years, and Emperor Hongzhi was not in vain. The temperament of the ministers in the court is also very clear, and many things can be seen at a glance.

"If that's the case, then I will allow you to go home and keep your filial piety."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also planned to use his tricks. He wanted to see who the ambitious people were behind this, and also wanted to see what would happen to the ruling and opposition parties if Liu Jin was no longer in the ruling and opposition parties.

After leaving Liu Jin, would there really be a big change in Da Ming, and would he really be inseparable from Liu Jin's assistance?

For many things, Emperor Hongzhi had to have his own considerations and arrangements when he became emperor. It may not be a bad thing to let Liu Jin go home to rest for three years.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!"

When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly expressed his thanks.

Liu Jin also has his own arrangements and considerations. Going home to observe filial piety this time is also the beginning of staying away from the center of power. After three years, even if he comes back, he should slowly withdraw from the center of power, and he can be honored in the future. Retired, and then went to the mountains and rivers.

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