In the court hall of the Ming Kingdom, the ministers were recommending the candidates of the Ministry of Rites to Emperor Zhu Zhi.

"Weichen thinks that Shi Zhongxing, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is very suitable, he has served in the Ministry of Rites for ten years, and he knows the positions of the four divisions very well, and he is calm and down-to-earth, diligent and motivated, and has a high reputation in the ministry. The Cabinet University Scholar came out of the column and admonished.

"Shi Aiqing, what do you think of yourself?" Zhu Zhi looked at Shi Zhongxing with blazing eyes and asked.

Shi Zhongxing has been sincerely afraid since Zou Tong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was assassinated by Yan Shichong, and now when he heard him ask, he was so frightened that he trotted out of the queue and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen feels that his ability is limited and he can't afford to take on this important responsibility, so I hope you can find another capable person." ”

Fang Duan hurriedly said: "Shi Shilang ......"

Before Fang Duan finished speaking, Shi Zhongxing said: "Scholar Fang's mind is under the order, but this person really doesn't dare to sit down, I'm very sorry!" ”

Shen Jiahui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also wanted to help Fang Duan recommend Shi Zhongxing, but now he saw Shi Zhongxing's resolute resignation, so he had to hold back. He peeked at the other ministers and found that many of them wanted to speak and stopped, so he didn't dare to say anything.

Now that Yan Shichong has been reused by Zhu Zhi, most people are afraid of him and dare not state their opinions in the court.

There was a sudden silence in the courtroom.

Yan Tong and Yan Shichong, the secretary of the ministry, glanced at each other and slowly came out and said: "Your Majesty, since Shi Aiqing does not dare to take over this position, Weichen wants to recommend to you Feng Yunteng, the right attendant of the ministry, he has worked in the Ministry of Rites for three years, and he is also familiar with the situation over there, and he is determined to innovate and work hard, as long as he is given this opportunity, I believe he will definitely make the Ministry of Rites to a higher level." ”

Zhu Zhi asked Feng Yunteng's opinion again, and Feng Yunteng readily expressed his willingness to take over the position.

This made most of the ministers secretly sweat - Feng Yunteng is Yan Shichong's henchman, and if he becomes the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, it is equivalent to helping Yan Shichong control the Ministry of Rites, and in this way, the Ministry of Rites will become a sharp sword in Yan Shichong's hands.

And once the owner of this sword is changed, the situation within the Ming Kingdom will become more and more obvious.

And internal dumping is the most important factor that causes a country to fall apart.

What to do?

Taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Zhu Zhi had not yet announced the final candidate, Yan Yunpei wanted to immediately list the opponents, but he immediately realized that even if he proposed to use the voting method, he would not be able to let Shi Zhongxing win. Because now, whether in the court or in private, Yan Shichong's henchmen account for more than half of the proportion, so if he comes out to speak at this time, he will just take the initiative to attract Yan Shichong to point the sword in his hand at himself as soon as possible.

Therefore, he had no choice but to clench his fists tightly and resist the action of going out to stop him.

"Who else Aiqing wants to recommend?" Zhu Zhi asked patiently. The reason why he didn't want to determine the candidate all at once was because he didn't want to further fuel Yan Shichong's forces.

However, no one spoke again.

It's not that I don't want to speak. I didn't dare to speak.

Yan Shichong took the opportunity to admonish: "Your Majesty, since everyone has no more ideal candidates to recommend, then please give Feng Shilang a chance to hone his skills." As the saying goes, 'practice more skill', Wechen believes that he will soon be able to do the job in this position. ”

Yan Shichong's henchmen took advantage of the situation to express their support.

Today, four-sixths of the civil and military officials who have reached the qualifications of the previous dynasty are Yan Shichong's henchmen. So when this group of people all expressed their support, the other ministers combined to oppose it could not win.

Zhu Zhi didn't have any expression on his face, he thought that if there were three or five more opponents at this time, he would be able to take the opportunity to veto Feng Yunteng, but everyone didn't dare to oppose it anymore, he sighed lightly and said softly: "Feng Aiqing, you can write your appointment plan tonight and hand it over to me tomorrow morning." ”

Feng Yunteng was overjoyed and hurriedly went out to thank him.

The other ministers could only sigh secretly in their hearts.

Since Feng Yunteng was about to be transferred to the Ministry of Rites, he had to find someone to take on the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials where he was originally located, so Zhu Zhi continued to ask everyone to recommend talents.

This time. Yan Shichong didn't wait for everyone to speak, and took the initiative to recommend Zhang Jiaben in the Ministry of Officials.

"Do you have any opinions?" Zhu Zhi looked at the civil and military officials and asked.

No objections were raised.

Because not only Zhang Jiaben, but even the entire ministry is Yan Shichong's henchmen, and whoever opposes it is tantamount to opposing Yan Shichong, so everyone was immediately silent.

As for the addition of vacant personnel after he left, there is no need to talk about it in the court, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites can report to the emperor after Yan Tong looks for a good job.

That evening, Yan Yunpei returned home with a calm face.

Mrs. Lu rarely saw him so unhappy, and hurriedly asked with concern, "Is something happening in the palace?" ”

She knew that the Seventh Prince had absconded and Yan Shichong had gained power, but she thought that as long as the father and son of the Yan family swallowed their anger and were cautious, the spearhead should not fall on the Yan family.

Yan Yunpei didn't want to bring the things in the palace home to say, so he rubbed his forehead and said, "It's okay." I'm just a little tired, is the third child back? ”

He wanted to chat with the third child, and he also wanted to remind the third child to be careful of Yan Shichong's henchmen by the way.

Although the third child only teaches the emperors and grandchildren, he has little contact with people from other departments on weekdays. But it's always good to keep an eye on it.

"Haven't come back yet." Mrs. Lu said.

After being taught by Yan Yunpei and Mrs. Lu some time ago, Yan Jinrui came back after class every day, but recently he began to return late.

If Yan Yunpei was at another time, he would not have been so nervous, but in such a panicked and depressing situation now, he often returned late, which had to surprise and annoy Yan Yunpei.

"Did he say what he was doing?" Yan Yunpei asked again.

"I didn't say it." Mrs. Lu replied, and then said: "I don't think the third child is a troublemaker, he may be too busy to come back on time." ”

Yan Yunpei said with a cold face: "It's almost dinner time, what business does he have to be busy until this time?" ”

He knew that the third child would be able to go home as long as he finished the day's lessons.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly comforted: "Let's wait a little longer." Maybe you're already on your way. ”

At this time, Yan Jinrui was not on the way home, but on a small boat on the Daming River not far from the palace, and he was in the same boat with a beautiful and elegant woman.

Her name is Xu Qingqing, and the court of the Ming Dynasty invited a lot of money to teach the palace maids, specializing in teaching the palace maids classics, history, Zhuang Lao, calligraphy and chess.

One day four months ago, Yan Jinrui happened to hear her teaching inside when she passed by the door of the Xiyi Hall, when she was explaining "Zhou Song? Qing Temple", his detailed explanation and unique insights made him secretly surprised, but because of etiquette, he didn't go in to see what was going on.

A few days later, he overheard the ladies talking about her.

He was able to know that she was the queen. The palace teacher recently hired by Gong Xin was not only erudite and talented, but also extremely beautiful, so he couldn't help but pay attention to this person. (To be continued.) )

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