Chapter 67 Night Discussion on the Yellow Mansion (Asking for a Monthly Pass and Collection)

In all fairness, the list put forward by the ministers is relatively fair, and they are not excluded because Qian Qianyi is a member of the Donglin Party.

However, what made Zhu Youzhen unhappy was that Sun Chengzong, who he specially summoned for a grand reception on the platform, was not shortlisted for the cabinet waitlist.

You must know that Zhu Youzhen deliberately increased the number of cabinet ministers to seven, part of the reason is to add Sun Chengzong, the two veteran ministers he values the most, into the cabinet and become his right-hand man.

Putting down the fold, Zhu Youzhen said quite unhappily: "Why is there no Sun Chengzong's name on the shortlist?"

Everyone was stunned, but the straightforward Zong Dao preemptively said: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun Chengzong, the minister has recommended Lord Sun to enter the cabinet candidate list, but Huang Shoufu refused on the grounds that Lord Sun is old. ”

Come to Zongdao, you dog thing, you actually threw the pot to the old man!

Huang Liji glared at Zong Dao fiercely, and hurriedly explained to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun did not enter the cabinet candidate list, but the minister was derelict in his duties, and the minister proposed that Lord Xu Sun be added to the cabinet candidate list now, and it is not too late to make amends." ”

Lai Zongdao has some backbone, he thinks that this list is the result of the cabinet and the six ministries and nine courts, how can he add candidates casually?

He was about to stand up and speak out against it, but when he saw Huang Liji glaring at him frequently, he couldn't help but hesitate.

In the final analysis, although Lai Zongdao still retains some of the discipline of being a Confucian scholar, but it is not much, and the reason why the four of them can still stay in the cabinet is because the Son of Heaven strongly supports them.

Zhu Youzhen saw that Lai Zongdao's face was different, and he frowned and asked, "What's the matter, Lai Qing's family has a different opinion?"

Lai Zongdao hesitated for a moment, but after all, the idea of self-preservation took over, and he shook his head and said: "There is no opinion, the minister agrees that Lord Sun is shortlisted for the cabinet." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded approvingly: "That's it, it's very good." ”

Seeing the performance of the ministers, it is not difficult to explain why Zhu Youzhen insisted on pulling the bias and trying to protect the eunuch civil officials, Huang Liji, including Gu Bingqian, who was raided, all have a black history of defecting to Wei Zhongxian, and they are completely incompatible with the Donglin Party.

Although Lai Zongdao admits that he is not a eunuch, but the Donglin Party does not admit it, in order to protect himself, he can only "join forces" with the eunuchs and sell himself to Zhu Youzhen's "imperial party".

The two of them knew very well that if the emperor did not protect them, with their ability, most of them would be liquidated by the Donglin Party;

If the emperor protects them, even if they are far from being the opponents of the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party will not be able to help them.

With this self-knowledge, they profoundly understand that if they want to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth of themselves, they can only completely surrender to the emperor and become a loyal emperor.

Zhu Youzhen also knew very well that although the eunuch civil officials did not have much ability and could not assist him in carrying out the great cause of reform like Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and others later, they were able to occupy a position and not give the Donglin Party a chance to take the position.

Moreover, they can also become a buffer between themselves and the Donglin Party, and once the reform they implement is met with strong opposition and resistance, they can also block the gun for themselves, so as not to make trouble to the point of confrontation between the monarch and the minister, and you live and die.

At this time, Huang Liji and others naturally didn't know Zhu Youzhen's sinister intentions, they had just escaped from the mouth of the Donglin Party, they were grateful to the Son of Heaven, and they made up their minds to take refuge in the Son of Heaven in order to save their lives, and they were almost flattering to the Son of Heaven, and they compromised with the Son of Heaven without any limit.

Huang Liji asked: "Your Majesty has already reviewed the list of cabinet candidates, I don't know which minister Your Majesty prefers to enter the cabinet?"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "I want to hear your opinions first, Huang Shoufu, you talk about it first." ”

Huang Liji, although the two of them belonged to each party before being beaten as a eunuch party by the Donglin Party, after the ups and downs of the Apocalypse Dynasty and the beginning of Chongzhen's accession, the interests have gradually converged, that is, since the Donglin Party calls us the eunuch party, then we simply call ourselves the eunuch party.

With the personalities of Huang Liji and the others, they naturally would not recommend Sun Chengzong and Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party to join the cabinet.

excluded Sun Chengzong and Qian Qianyi, and the remaining Shangshu were all regarded as their own people, and no matter which one they recommended, it was in their interests.

Huang Liji said: "The minister thinks that Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, and Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department, are senior and talented, and their abilities are extremely outstanding, and it is natural for them to enter the cabinet. ”

In the west of the capital, three quarters of the unitary hour, the zodiac Zhou Mansion is on.

Qian Qianyi, Liu Zongzhou, Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu and others are all there. Several of them are considered to be the top leaders of the Donglin Party, and whether they are prestige or power, they are enough to dominate the entire Donglin.

Now, though, there's a conundrum.

According to the information they received, there is now a cabinet assistant minister, as well as two Shangshu, and several squires.

Among them, the auxiliary ministers, the two Shangshu are the most important.

Although there were only five people in the lobby, there were two camps.

Qian Qianyi, Huang Daozhou and others have close political views, pay attention to the overall situation, maintain the stability of the court, and act slowly;

Liu Zongzhou and Li Banghua are both radical people, and they want to eliminate all evil and evil, and use all righteous people to be upright and awe-inspiring.

Qian Qianyi pondered for a while, and took the lead in speaking, "Huang Daozhou, you can be the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and Li Banghua can be the waiter of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Liu Zongzhou glanced at him, and said a little-for-tat: "Ni Yuanlu can be appointed as the squire of the military department, and Huang Dao can be appointed as the servant of Siqing." ”

"Li Banghua, you can enter the cabinet. ”

"Li Banghua can be qualified for the imperial history of the capital. ”

Soon, the two sides argued fiercely, but they were very calm with each other, asking for the price all over the sky, and paying back the money on the ground, all for the sake of their own people, and there was no need to completely tear their faces.

Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi looked at each other and frowned, but this is also the tradition of Donglin, they can't oppose it, otherwise it will be equivalent to opposing the entire Donglin Party, and even they can't hold on to this consequence.

In the evening, Zhu Youzhen sat on the Taishi chair in the back garden, holding a codex in his hand.

The words of Qian Qianyi and others are clearly recorded on it, especially the various official positions are written very carefully.

"Qian Qianyi, Liu Zongzhou entered the cabinet, Li Banghua served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ni Yuanlu served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Daozhou served as the imperial history of Zuodu, and Chen (liang) Xun served as the ...... of Shuntianfu"

Zhu Youzhen looked at it, and there was an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.

The Donglin Party was bullied by Wei Zhongxian very badly before, but this time, it wants to completely turn over.