I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 271 What kind of conference is this?
Cai Maochun and Lu Yi saw who was coming and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "Your Highness, the Crown Prince is greeted by Cai Maochun, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Lu Yi, the Deputy Commander of the Left Thousand Bull Guards."

The person who came was Zhu Yijun.

He was wearing a vermilion dragon robe and a Yishan crown on his head. Beside him were Feng Bao, Fang Liang, Qi Yan, and two others whom he didn't recognize. Lu Yi could barely recognize one of them as the newly appointed Shaofu Supervisor Yang Jinshui, but he couldn't recognize the other young man.

In front and behind him were dozens of Jingjun and Jinyiwei Fengchensi guards, and in the distance were hundreds of military cadets from the Yongwu Camp.

"Lu Yi, are you Mr. Lu's third son?" Zhu Yijun glanced at the two men.

"In reply to Your Highness, yes." Lu Yi replied quickly.

"Well, before Grandpa Emperor passed away, he told me about his childhood friendship with Mr. Lu. Unfortunately, I was still very young before Mr. Lu passed away, so I don't remember much about what he looked like."

Zhu Yijun sighed, and Lu Yi was overjoyed.

My Highness, you finally remember the friendship between my father and the late emperor.

Everyone in the court and the country knows that you are the late emperor's good grandson, and they know that you have a deep affection for each other. You love the Lu family and care for the Lu family. We in the whole mansion are grateful to you!
"I heard that Lord Lu left behind a lot of manuscripts, and I believe that many of them are related to Grandpa Huang. Lord Lu has made many achievements for the country and the people. You should sort them out carefully and don't neglect them."

"Yes, I will obey your orders, Your Highness." Lu Yi replied quickly.

Zhu Yijun's eyes moved around his face several times.

This person can be used because his father Lu Bing left him a rich political legacy.

One has to admire that Lu Bing is really a man of many talents. Just look at his relationship chart, Huang Jin, Yan Song, Xu Jie, all the nobles and civil officials, not a single one is left out!
He can use him to communicate and win over the nobles and some civil officials.

Among the civil officials, not all of them wanted to distance themselves from the external relatives and nobles. The character of the literati and scholars in the Ming Dynasty was far inferior to that of the previous Song Dynasty, and was only slightly better than that of the literati and scholars in the Qing Dynasty in history.

Zhu Yijun's gaze fell on Cai Maochun again. Feng Bao stepped forward and whispered something in his ear.

As the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot, he was responsible for monitoring all officials, and he knew the resumes of all civil and military officials in his mind.

It turns out that the son-in-law is Cai Maochun.

Good, such a person is available!

Because such people are despised by the mainstream and have no hope in the right path, they are more eager to be valued and to achieve great things. Once they are reused, they will spare no effort and move forward courageously.

It's a bit like a convert. Hu Zongxian, Yang Jinshui, Xu Wei, Li Zhi, Nangong Ye and Pan Yinglong are all in similar situations. Now we can have one more, Cai Maochun.

Huiyuan, the first place in the Ministry of Rites examination, although not as famous as the first place in the palace examination, is also a result of real talent and knowledge.

“Are you from Fuzhou?”

Cai Maochun quickly replied: "In reply to your Highness, I am originally from Houguan County, Fuzhou Prefecture."

"Well, Fujian is a good place with talented people." Zhu Yijun nodded, "Okay, the Yilun Hall meeting is about to begin, you should go quickly and don't delay."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Cai Maochun and Lu Yi saluted, then stood up and continued on their way.

The attitudes of the two people at this time are completely different from before.

Lu Yi was extremely happy.

Dad, my dear father, you have left a lasting legacy. The emperor has not remembered your friendship with the late emperor, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince remembers it very much.

It’s settled!

As long as the Crown Prince protects him, it doesn't matter if the Emperor is concerned about the Lu family. Besides, the Emperor is living happily in the Forbidden City, so why would he have the time to remember these "little things"?
Dad, I will burn more incense for you when I get back!

By the way, just now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to sort out my father’s letter manuscripts, saying that they are related to the late Emperor Shi Miao. What does that mean?
Lu Yi suddenly remembered that in the first year of Longqing, Xiyuan issued an imperial edict, asking the Hanlin Academy and the National History Museum to organize people to compile "The Treasure Records of the Sacred Instructions of Emperor Shizong", and also specially established the Jingyi Pavilion, appointing Zhang Siwei, the president of the Hanlin Academy and the prince's guest, as the scholar of the Jingyi Pavilion to preside over this matter.

Understood!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to find some letters and notes from my father's manuscripts that showed the late Emperor Shimiao's benevolence, virtue, bravery and fortitude, and provide them to Jingyi Pavilion as evidence.

Your Highness, rest assured! I will go back and search through all the boxes and cabinets and dig deep into the ground to find it. My late father served the late emperor for so many years and was always loyal to the country. He must have left similar letters and notes. Well, I have to practice calligraphy myself.

Cai Maochun also understood Zhu Yijun's advice, and hurried to find your fellow Fujian native Li Zhi Li Zhuowu and become his disciple.

He was just a juren, while I was the top scorer in the imperial examination. I would be laughed at if I became his disciple.

so what!

There is a sequence in hearing the truth!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already pointed out that Mr. Zhuo Wu is qualified to recruit many disciples and former officials, and is qualified to establish his own school. If he doesn't hurry up and join him now, he might not even be able to squeeze into a front position.

Taichang Temple!
Cai Maochun's heart moved, and he recalled the recent rumors about the rectification of official administration and the reform of the central government, and he suddenly realized something.

Mr. Zhuo Wu was able to create a new school of thought that was widely accepted, so his knowledge was definitely beyond reproach, but his official position was a bit lame. Now he was called the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but in fact he was the head of the Ministry of Rites, because Xiyuan had deliberately moved the previous Minister of the Ministry of Rites away.

Wang Guoguang was changed to be the Minister of Taifu, and Wei Xueceng took over as the Minister of Taipu; Zou Yinglong, who participated in the overthrow of Yan Shifan and fired the first shot to overthrow Yan, was appointed as the Minister of Dali; Liu Cai, the former Minister of War in Nanjing, was appointed as the Minister of Guanglu; Fang Fengshi, the Vice Minister of Rites and the assistant manager of Lifanyuan, was appointed as the Minister of Honglu.

Cai Maochun figured out some things by combining the Taichang Temple, Taifu Temple, Dali Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Honglu Temple with the newly established Taifu Temple of the outer court and Shaofujian of the inner court.

The Taichang Temple under the leadership of Mr. Zhuowu has great potential!
Cai Maochun and Lu Yi entered the Yilun Hall. The open space in front of the hall was full of people. Led by minor officials, civil and military officials sat on small stools in different areas of the open space according to the departments, temples, and prefectures.

Cai Maochun bowed to Lu Yi and said goodbye, then followed the clerk to the Ministry of Rites area and sat down on a small stool.

His colleagues from the Ministry of Rites were all around him, greeting him with a bow, either insincerely or sincerely. Cai Maochun looked up and saw that the place was packed with more than a thousand people. On the higher terrace in front were the assistant ministers, the ministers of temples, the deputy censors-in-chief, and high-ranking officials above the rank of commander-in-chief and deputy governor-general.

Right in front of us, we saw a one-meter-high stand with a large iron loudspeaker on it. Several officials stood on the side, discussing something.

Cai Maochun turned to his close colleagues and asked, "What are you doing? Is there any news?"

"Everyone is still confused. But I heard that our colleagues from the Ministry of Rites, Ye Nanzhao and Song Siwen, who work in the Lifanyuan, will preside over this meeting."

"Them?" Cai Maochun was shocked. He looked towards the terrace in front of the hall in the distance. Among the officials standing together, two of them did look like Ye Mengxiong and Song Yingchang.

"It's these two! It's incredible. They rushed ahead of us in a flash. In another two years, we old guys will only be able to see their butts when we go to court."

Colleagues lamented with complaints that he was an old Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing, one year earlier than themselves, and had an official rank similar to theirs, so he must be full of complaints.

Cai Maochun looked at the two figures in the distance and heard that Ye Mengxiong was someone Hai Rui met when he was demoted to Lingnan by the late emperor to "reflect on his mistakes and study", and that Ye Mengxiong was recommended to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

It is said that Song Yingchang was recommended by Xu Wei, who was also from Yuyao and a classmate of his father.

As soon as he entered Xiyuan, he immediately rose to prominence.

Cai Maochun's heart became even hotter, and after a while he went to Taichang Temple to visit Mr. Zhuo Wu!
"Gentlemen, colleagues!" Ye Mengxiong walked to the iron loudspeaker and said loudly, "Students and Brother Siwen are ordered to preside over this meeting, which will begin in two quarters of an hour.

This conference is very important and serious. Zhao Zhongcheng and Wu Youfucheng have been ordered to supervise the discipline of this conference. "

Zhao Zhenji sat still while the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief Wu Chang stood up and nodded solemnly to everyone, endorsing that what Ye Mengxiong said was true.

Ye Mengxiong waited for Wu Chang to sit down, and continued: "The Censorate will select 40 censors to sit in different places. As in the court meeting, anyone who violates the rules will be recorded and impeached after the meeting."

Oh, it's so serious!

Everyone immediately became serious.

Ye Mengxiong said: "Students and Siwen have set up a drinking water station in the left wing, with more than a dozen buckets of cold boiled water and some drinking utensils. The convenient place for washing and changing is on the right, with a sign.

The meeting has not started yet, so you and your colleagues can go get some water or go to the bathroom."

Oh, it looks so real!
After two quarters of an hour, Song Yingchang signaled the clerk next to him to beat the drum.

After the drumbeats, the venue fell silent. Ye Mengxiong shouted, "The conference is now officially underway!"

(End of this chapter)