In the past few days, Wang Yuan's family has been in an endless stream of visitors, and even has to queue up to post worship.

Those low-level officials who want to cling to Wang Shilang, although they know that they can't be received, they always have a bit of luck. Queue up at the door for half a day, vote for a prayer post and go home and wait, just like buying a lottery ticket and looking forward to winning the big prize.

Gradually, the reputation began to spread in Beijing, saying that Wang Shilang was strict in governing the family, and his disciples were honest and not greedy for money.

And in the officialdom, there is also news circulating that the emperor wants to hand-pick Wang Yuan into the cabinet!

December 28, looking at the date is supposed to be close to the New Year, but this year there are two Decembers.

Hundreds of civil and military officials received orders that they must participate in the early dynasty today, and those who are absent will be punished lightly and demoted to serious officials. As a result, there were a lot of people in the Forbidden City, and the official position was too small to stand in the square in front of the palace.

Along the way, some officials took the initiative to greet Wang Yuan, but many people looked at him quite strangely.

The ceremonial music is a masterpiece, and the emperor ascends to the palace.

Zhu Houzhao didn't yawn today, he seemed to be in good spirits, and he fell asleep very early last night.

Li Xunxue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said in a column: "Your Majesty, according to the calculation of Qin Tianjian, the tenth day of the first month is an auspicious day for the zodiac. Please be sure, on the first day of the first month of next year, the world will be worshiped in the southern suburbs. ”

"Quasi-play!" Zhu Houzhao said.

Li Xunxue is the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and previously served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. Before the emperor left Beijing to fight, the people elected by the court were actually Zhu Houzhao's henchmen. As for the previous Ministry of Rites Shangshu Mao Ji, it was Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu's lineage, and they were transferred to control the house.

Historically, Zhu Houzhao decided to go to the border town, and was afraid of the instability of the court, so he ordered the matter of establishing a prince to be discussed.

The official who was ordered to preside over the establishment of the prince was this Li Xunxue!

But the situation was too complicated at that time, and the matter of establishing the reserve was disturbed by Liang Chu. Because Qian Ning received the money, he proposed to make the prince of King Ning the crown prince; Jiang Bin had nothing to do with King Ning, so he proposed other candidates; Shoufu Liang Chu was not satisfied with this, and the three parties had to give up if they made a fuss.

Now that Zhu Houzhao has a son, he naturally won't make a fuss, but Li Xunxue is still placed in the Ministry of Rites by Zhu Houzhao.

After determining the date of the spring sacrifice, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "The state affairs are heavy, and I want to expand the cabinet, and I plan to enter Mao Ji as a scholar of Dongge University." Li Xunxue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was awarded a bachelor's degree in Hanlin and was also in charge of the imperial room. ”

This was a political deal, with Yang Ting and the faction's Mao Ji as cabinet ministers, and the emperor's henchman Li Xunxue in charge of the imperial house.

Yang Tinghe neither refused nor agreed: "The cabinet ministers should be elected by the court." ”

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Since the court pushes, I will also nominate one." Wang Yuan, the right attendant of the military department, immediately countless, with outstanding political achievements, should be a scholar of Wenhua Palace, and he was recommended by the court. ”

Sure enough, when it came, the ministers immediately discussed, and the court buzzed like a vegetable market.

Previously, the cabinet could be appointed directly by the emperor.

But Zhu Houzhao and his father, Emperor Xiaozong, were too soft, and they couldn't suppress those civil servants. Therefore, in the eighth year of Hongzhi, the appointment of cabinet ministers had to be promoted by the court, and the emperor only had the right to suggest and nominate, and gradually lost control over the cabinet candidates.

However, if the cabinet ministers promoted by the court do not satisfy the emperor, the emperor can order a re-election. 1 push, 2 push, 3 push, 4 push...... Fight a fatigue battle with the ministers and push it until the emperor is happy.

The ministers elected in such a tired battle, or the ministers directly appointed by the emperor, are called "entering the cabinet by order". For example, Zhang Xuan, Gui Cao, Fang Xianfu, Xia Yan, Xu Jie, Yuan Wei, Yan Ne, and Li Chunfang of the Jiajing Dynasty were all "ordered to enter the cabinet", which shows how stiff the relationship between Jiajing and the ministers is.

Tingtui?

Hehe, the emperor is the referee and has the final right to interpret.

It's like playing a soccer game and the referee says there were too many fouls just now and we have to replay the game. Then the game is replayed all the time, exhausting the players, and the referee can only dictate who wins and loses.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's face full of smiles, Yang Tinghe's eyelids jumped suddenly, where did he dare to take risks?

Although Zhu Houzhao has not messed around in the selection of cabinet candidates, the appointment of the six Shangshu has been a fatigue war many times. For example, Wang Qiong served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he pushed it twice in succession, and the ministers didn't want to push it a third time, so they could only choose Wang Qiong according to the emperor.

This time, if the court pushes the cabinet ministers, if Wang Yuan can't be launched, I'm afraid that it will be pushed more than a dozen times, so don't think about doing anything else!

"Your Majesty, this must not be done!" Yang Tinghe immediately objected.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Elder Yang Ge, do you think that Wang Shilang's talent is not enough, or do you think that Wang Shilang's merits are insufficient?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "Return to Your Majesty." The minister believed in Wang Shilang's talent very much, and also greatly admired Wang Shilang's merits, but he must not set a precedent in everything. His Majesty is wise and martial, and Wang Shilang is extremely talented, so naturally there is nothing wrong with it. But the future monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, if they do not have His Majesty's knowledge of people, nor do they have the talent and talent of the king's squire, but they will follow His Majesty's super-level promotion of ministers. How can this be? For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, please take back your life! ”

"Please take back your order!"

About two-thirds of the civil officials knelt on the ground to support Yang Tinghe.

It was not that Yang Tinghe had so many henchmen, but that Zhu Houzhao went too far, forcing the civilian officials to unite against it.

Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department, did not kneel, holding a wat board with an expressionless face.

Lu Wan, the secretary of the ministry, hesitated again and again, but after all, he stood still. Although he superficially restored relations with Yang Tinghe, in fact, he had already parted ways politically, how could he offend the emperor and Wang Yuan because of this?

Wang Yuan stood silently, without sorrow or joy.

Today's good show, jointly planned by Wang Yuan and Zhu Houzhao, has just begun to act.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly took out two documents, asked the attendant eunuch to hand them to Yang Tinghe, and sneered: "Elder Yang Ge, take a closer look!" ”

Yang Tinghe was a little puzzled, so he took it over and checked it on the spot.

The first document was a sealed complaint from Yan Shun, the lieutenant of the Ningwang Mansion, that is, a small report written by the official to the emperor. There is nothing else, it is nothing more than to accuse King Ning of rebellion, and the treasures accumulated by King Ning for hundreds of years have been used to make weapons, recruit troops and bribe officials. Moreover, King Ning is still making seals privately, and Yan Shun, the adjutant of the treasures, saw it with his own eyes - the officials of the palace treasures, who are in charge of seals, talismans and other things for the vassal kings, and belong to absolute cronies.

The second document was an edict drafted by Yang Tinghe, colluding with the eunuch Lu Ming to obtain the approval of the celebrant eunuch, and then took it to the imperial chamber to be re-copied and issued to restore King Ning's palace guards. The edict drafted by Yang Tinghe must leave a base copy, because with the cooperation of the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, the procedure is completely legal, and it cannot be called an edict. King Ning didn't rebel, and there was no; Once King Ning rebelled, Yang Tinghe would not be able to get rid of it!

Yang Tinghe saw that his vest was sweating, his hands and feet were cold in an instant, and his mouth was dry and he didn't know what to say.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Teacher, what else do you have to say?" ”

Yang Tinghe took off his crown and hat, kowtowed upright, and said: "The minister has the grace of the emperor, and he has no shame to serve in the cabinet again, and asks Zhishi to return to his hometown for retirement." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were shocked, and they didn't know what was going on.

Prince Liang also looked at Yang Tinghe stupidly, he didn't participate in it, it had nothing to do with this matter, and he didn't even know that Yang Tinghe drafted the holy decree about King Ning.

Yang Tinghe was bold, taking advantage of the Zhengde nine-year examination, when the other ministers were reading the papers in the East Pavilion, he drafted the holy decree on behalf of the cabinet. Then the eunuch Lu Ming took it to the celebrant eunuch, quickly approved the holy decree, and asked the imperial chamber to copy it immediately, and the eunuch put the treasure and seal it on the spot, and then casually supported the Zongren Mansion as soon as possible.

To this day, the other ministers are still kept in the dark!

"No." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, and he didn't see any anger.

Yang Tinghe can't be let go and return to his hometown, because Liang Chu is even worse. Yang Yiqing has a Geng Jie personality and is not suitable to be the first assistant; Jin Gui is riddled with fraud cases in the imperial examination, and it is difficult to convince the public as the first assistant.

Looking at the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only Yang Tinghe was the best candidate for the first assistant, and he was also the first assistant who was grabbed by the emperor.

Yang Tinghe stopped talking again, sweating like rain.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Elder Yang Ge, do you still want to oppose Wang Shilang entering the cabinet?" ”

Yang Tinghe closed his eyes and said, "Minister, there is no objection. ”

"Brother Jiefu, you ......" Liang Chu was completely confused.

Other officials were similar, and their reaction to Mr. Yang was incredulous. Although he didn't know the inside story, since then, Yang Tinghe's prestige has inevitably been greatly lost, and he is even regarded as a traitor by some Qingliu.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "In this case, then all the ministers are ready to start promoting the cabinet ministers tomorrow." ”

"Your Majesty!" Finally, it was Wang Yuan's turn to play.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "What does Erlang have to say?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "The minister is willing to give up this reward, and only ask His Majesty to marry the daughter of the Song family." ”

Wang Yuan is not a fool, let alone entering the cabinet now, even if he becomes a left waiter, it is equivalent to being roasted on the fire. Before he was full-fledged, before he had great qualifications, it was absolutely impossible for Wang Yuan to agree to enter the cabinet.

And asking for a marriage is the most and the most suitable excuse!