Although he had expected it, after all, the big thing did not work out, and Chongzhen still couldn't help but be nervous. Because of nervousness, Chongzhen was so tired that he panicked. At last, he had begun to think about how to relax himself, no, perhaps indulgence would have been more appropriate.

was hesitating, and when he heard Liu Hongxun speak again, he had to stop, turned around to look, and before he could speak, he saw a eunuch coming in a hurry, and he didn't know what was going on, so he was stunned, and then turned to the eunuch and said, "What's the hurry?" ”

The eunuch knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the rebel Ke clan is dead." ”

Chongzhen let out an "oh" and asked with interest, "How did you die?" ”

The eunuch said: "On the way to the Huanyi Bureau to escort him, he hit the wall and died. ”

Chongzhen said hatefully: "Death is death, and she deserves it, so that she doesn't waste food in vain." After speaking, he asked again: "I don't know where the rebellious Wei Zhongxian has appeared, he should be more angry, won't he also commit suicide like the Hakka family?" ”

The eunuch said with an angry face: "Back to the emperor, the evil Wei Zhongxian is now heading to Fengyang, the central capital, he shouldn't be like the Hakka family, he is very chic." ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The eunuch said: "Back to the emperor, when Wei Zhongxian left Beijing, he brought more than a thousand guards and escorted more than forty carts full of gold and silver treasures. ”

"How could it be?" Chongzhen was incredulous, and when he saw the eunuch nodding firmly, he said, "Don't he know that he is rebellious?" How dare you be so arrogant? Did he take the laws of the Ming Dynasty as a child's play? ”

Asked rhetorically, obviously still resentful, paced a few steps quickly, and suddenly said loudly: "Come on, order the Jinyi Weiqi School to arrest the evil Wei Zhongxian back to Beijing as soon as possible, and hand it over to the Criminal Department." ”

After that, seeing that the eunuch left in response, the hanging heart was finally put down. Xu was relieved, and the tiredness was actually much lighter, so he turned to Liu Hongxun and said: "Liu Aiqing still has something to play, just play it, I simply took it all and dealt with it together." ”

Liu Hongxun spoke up and realized that Chongzhen was indeed tired, and he couldn't help but regret it secretly, but when he saw that he had returned to normal after dealing with the matter, he couldn't help but be surprised. Hearing this, he took a step forward and said sincerely: "The emperor has every opportunity and works tirelessly, which is really the luck of the society and the people!" ”

Chongzhen listened to what he said, smiled, and said, "Liu Aiqing should not be polite, let's get down to business." ”

Liu Hongxun said carefully: "The overall situation of the rebellion against evil and the eunuch party has been decided, and it is expected that there will be no big waves, but there are only three ministers left, which is not in line with the ancestral system, and I am afraid that I will not be able to cope with the heavy tasks at the moment, and I hope that the emperor will make a decision as soon as possible." ”

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was originally nothing more than a staff body set up by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, after abolishing the prime minister system. After the development of various generations, when Chongzhen began to be active in the administrative center, the cabinet members were still scholars of the Hanlin Academy with no political experience.

These cabinet members and eunuchs relied on each other and fought with each other, causing many contradictions. What's more, whenever a cabinet member is promoted, the courtiers must quarrel over each other, and there are not a few who fight for this.

Chongzhen's most annoying thing is the election of ministers, and at this time, causing meaningless quarrels is undoubtedly not conducive to the rapid stabilization of the court.

After Chongzhen dealt with Kewei, the reason why he immediately announced the dispersion of the dynasty was that in addition to being tired, lest someone mention the election of cabinet ministers, which is also an extremely important reason. Of course, Chongzhen also has the idea of weakening the cabinet by dragging it, at least he also wants to recruit some courtiers with political experience to overcome the shortcomings of cabinet members who are all nerds.

Liu Hongxun didn't know, but thought that he had forgotten, and he bluntly reminded him that he would be able to further gain his favor, and it was unknown whether he would be able to enter the cabinet in the future. So, having said that, look back at the courtiers to enlist their support.

The courtiers all had the same idea as him, and immediately echoed it, and after echoing it, they all looked at Chongzhen expectantly.

Chongzhen was thinking: "Although these civil officials are clearer than eunuchs, their biggest shortcoming is that they have no eyesight, and they are stubborn to death, and they always hold the ancestral system, which makes people indefinite."

What to do? At present, the situation in the DPRK is not stable, and it is obviously more disadvantageous to change the ancestral system without authorization. I had no choice but to agree first. However, once they agreed, they would quarrel endlessly, and they would not be able to accomplish anything. “

Chongzhen really had nothing to do, and he couldn't stop talking for a long time, so he had to let out an "oh", get up, and paced slowly.

Suddenly, he thought again: "What is the key now?" The key is to stop their arguments. How can we not only nominate cabinet members, but also stop the controversy? By the way, I will not change the ancestral system for the time being, but the method of selection can be changed.

How can the method be changed? Of course, this approach must be both fair and impartial, so that no one can find fault with it. The question is, where do you find this method? ”

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but remember the way to resolve the differences between their brothers when he was a child, and a flash of inspiration flashed in front of him, and he slapped his forehead suddenly, and said secretly: "If you have it, use that method, draw lots!" Anyway, I have to take the power alone, and I don't need to discuss it with them, and it doesn't matter if I have them or not. However, we can't say it so vulgarly, let's call it a fortune. ”

After making up his mind, Chongzhen said: "What you Aiqing said is very true, the role of the cabinet is indeed irreplaceable, and I just found a good way, so I might as well use this method to nominate the cabinet members." ”

Because he had just dealt with Kewei, the courtiers worshipped him, and when they heard this, they hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise, the method that the emperor has found must be a wonderful method, and I hope that the emperor will use the wonderful method to determine the cabinet as soon as possible." After speaking, everyone raised their heads, looking forward to it, waiting for his choice.

He smiled secretly, rushed to Wang Chengen and said, "You, personally responsible, write the names of all the courtiers on a note of the same size and paper." ”

Wang Chengen was inexplicable, but he still did what he said and came back to make a difference.

He said, "Take it to the courtiers and see if the number and writing are against the requirements?" ”

Wang Chengen has always been serious in his work, and the courtiers shook their heads when they saw everything.

He counted them one by one and said, "Okay, you have no objections, you put it on the dragon case in front of me, here you Aiqing and I can see it, I and you Aiqing supervise together, in case someone cheats." You, go get a treasure chest. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly went to get it, but before he could speak, he had already said: "Open the box and let you Aiqing see clearly, is there any secret in it?" ”

It was empty, and the ministers looked at it and shook their heads.

He took the trouble to count them one by one, and said, "Okay, all of you Aiqing have checked it, and there is no hiding in it." You fold these notes with your name into small balls of equal size, put them in the chest, and shake them vigorously until you shake them well. ”

When Wang Chengen did as he said, he didn't speak, took the tongs he ordered Wang Lian to find, went to stand on the edge of the treasure chest, and successively took out six small balls, peeled them off in turn, and wrote the names of Yang Jingchen, Zhou Daodeng, Li Biao, Qian Longxi, Liu Hongxun, Han Yi and other six people.

He held the note aloft and read them one by one, saying, "These six are my newly selected cabinet members, and this new method is the method of divination that I have discovered. ”

"What is it? Isn't it just a lot for children to play? This is the imperial court is promoting cabinet scholars, how can it be such a child's play? ”

In addition to these six, the other courtiers undoubtedly thought so, and even these six could not help but feel ridiculous, but because of his methods of dealing with Ke Wei, no one dared to say it.