In the blink of an eye, December is coming to an end.

Compared with November, when major events were one after another, December seemed much calmer, and the Donglin Academy case was not over yet, and many people had begun to prepare for the Aoshan Headlight Festival in the near future.

Late at night, most of the streets of Beijing, which should be quiet, are lit up, and people come and go on the streets, saying congratulations to each other, which is more lively than during the day.

In the Forbidden City, it is also brightly lit.

Due to the particularity of today, the harem concubines all gathered in Cining Palace, and talked and laughed with Concubine Liu after the canonization ceremony.

Concubine Liu is tranquil by nature, even if she is respected as a concubine by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and after entering the Cining Palace and holding the seal of the Queen Mother, her temperament is still the same as before, without the slightest impetuousness.

For this, many concubines are convinced.

Even Xi Li Xuanzhi and Zheng Guifei also came to Cining Palace today, after all, Concubine Liu was the concubine appointed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and she was already the master of the harem.

If you don't come to see such a festival, it can't be reasonable.

In front of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian was commanding the palace ladies and eunuchs of the Twelve Prisons and Six Bureaus to arrange back and forth.

"Hey, what's the use of long eyes, haven't you seen that lantern hanging crookedly?" Li Chaoqing, the eunuch with the palm print of the Divine Palace Supervisor, was busy with his feet not touching the ground.

As soon as the words fell, he turned his head as if he saw something again, and hurriedly walked over and patted a few little eunuchs who were chatting around the corner.

"What are you doing, is it time to relax?"

"The first day is coming, Grandpa Wei will come to meet the emperor later, and when the time comes, his old man will see that our Divine Palace supervisor is not doing his job effectively, and before he wants our family's life, our family will take your life first."

These words were basically scaring people, but several little eunuchs were so frightened that they fell to their knees and trembled.

Li Chaoqing was also a little surprised, and said triumphantly: "I know I'm afraid, don't kneel, get up and arrange!" ”

Suddenly, he suddenly thought of something, it was not the first time that these little eunuchs were giggling on weekdays, and it was not the first time they had scared them so much, but they had never been so afraid of themselves.

Thinking of this, Li Chaoqing felt a gust of wind blowing behind him, shivered, quickly turned around, and was directly startled, and spit out a few words stiffly in his mouth:

"Wei, Grandpa Wei..."

When he said this, Li Chaoqing also scolded the goods behind him thousands of times in his heart, and when Father-in-law Wei came, he didn't even shout at our family!

It's over, this little life is going to be gone!

Wei Zhongxian let out a soft "um", obviously not in the mood to be angry with these palace eunuchs who arranged the inner court, he asked lightly:

"How's the set-up? In half an hour, it will be the first day, and the emperor will go to Cining Palace to see Concubine Liu later, don't mess up. ”

Li Chaoqing wiped his sweat, leaned over and said: "The East and West Sixth Palaces are in a hurry to arrange, and the slaves and maids are watching in the Qianqing Palace, after all, it is the order of Father-in-law Wei, and there can be no mistakes." ”

"Well, good job, let's go ahead and set it up." After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he directly stepped into the Qianqing Palace.

Walking into the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian's whole person directly changed his attitude, cautiously took a few steps forward, and then shouted loudly:

"Slave Wei Zhongxian, see the emperor!"

There was no sound coming from the palace, Wei Zhongxian got up and took a half step forward, and found that Zhu Youxiao was holding a note in his hand, so he quietly approached and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the inner court is all arranged."

"It's Zhongxian who is here, come and come, sit next to me." Zhu Youxiao held the question book in his left hand and beckoned to the front with his right hand.

"Slaves don't dare." Wei Zhongxian smiled and stood still without moving.

"If I tell you to sit, you will sit." As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, a solemn bell rang outside the Qianqing Palace.

Whether it is the palace ladies and eunuchs who are putting up lights everywhere in the palace, or the people in Beijing who are looking forward to it, they are all stunned for a moment.

Hearing these bells, Zhu Youxiao also sighed in his heart.

From now on, the Wanli Dynasty has completely become history, and the first year of the new Apocalypse is coming.

This is its own era, will the Ming Dynasty be in his own hands and go to a different trajectory from history?

Hearing the bell, Wei Zhongxian felt in his heart that he couldn't shirk any longer, and sat on the side next to Zhu Youxiao, but only next to half of his buttocks.

"What is the emperor looking at?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao handed over the song to Wei Zhongxian, and snorted coldly: "Even on the Yuan Day, these people can't make me comfortable." ”

"The cabinet and the six ministries have pushed Ye Xianggao, Han Ying and Liu Yixian as the new first assistants, I don't know what to do, I want to hear your thoughts."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, his expression became solemn.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know what to do, so he ignored it.

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, so the emperor's words sometimes have to be listened to in reverse, and now when I ask for my opinion, I basically have a conclusion in my heart.

Indeed, Zhu Youxiao did already know in his heart who should be the first assistant of the cabinet.

The cabinet and the six ministries are the first and third assistants, and all three are Donglin Party, and on the bright side, everyone is the same.

However, after a little in-depth analysis, the three Donglin parties are not monolithic, and there is a lot of room for use.

The two in front, Ye Xianggao and Han Yi, one is the current leader of Donglin, and the other is the elder of Donglin.

As for the third one, Liu Yixiao, that is an out-and-out "Donglin gentleman", he came up and did not benefit Zhu Youxiao at all, and he could give up directly.

After repeated consideration, Zhu Youxiao felt that under the current circumstances, the most suitable person to be the first assistant was one person, Han Yi.

First of all, because this is a native of Shanxi, he does not belong to the hardcore Donglin Party.

Second, Han Yi's position in the Donglin Party is only the leader of the Donglin Party, after Ye Xianggao, his prestige is very high, his words have weight, and others are willing to listen.

Third, Han Yi has an upright personality, as long as it is the reason he recognizes, he will stick to the end, whether this is the result that the rest of the Donglin people want.

The candidate has been decided, but the current state of public opinion is still in the hands of the Donglin Party, and Ye Xianggao's voice is much higher than Han Yi's.

Before Ye Xianggao took the position, I am afraid that even Han Yi himself did not think about competing for this first assistant.

Therefore, before raising Han Yi according to his own wishes, Ye Xianggao must let him occupy a seat, otherwise the Donglin Party will not be able to get by.

"The slave maid feels that if Ye Xianggao is not allowed to come forward to appease him at the moment, I am afraid that this situation will not be easy to clean up." Wei Zhongxian thought for a while before saying:

"Emperor, the imperial court has just promulgated a new policy in the southeast, and Xu Xianchun's superintendent has come back with a message, saying that the businessmen in the Beijing and Hangzhou areas are making a lot of trouble, and several lieutenants of the Beizhen Fusi have died, so let Ye Xianggao come forward."

In the final analysis, his idea is to get Ye Xianggao, the old man, out first, block the mouth of the Donglin Party, and then everything will be discussed.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "He's still at home now, right?" You go and send someone to tell him, and you will say that I will restore him as the first assistant to the cabinet. ”

"Slave obeys!" Wei Zhongxian shouted, and quickly retreated.