Chapter 391: The Battle for Position
"Long live my emperor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "In the early morning of the next day, in the Taihe Palace, the courtiers looked at the emperor in a gown, and slowly walked in front of the ministers, and the ministers hurriedly knelt down and shouted long live.
"Zhongqing is flat." Xia Qi's eyes flashed with a touch of majesty, glanced at the ministers, raised his right hand, and said majestically.
"Where is Shen Yan?" Xia Qi glanced at the ministers, did not see Shen Yan's shadow, frowned slightly, a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes, and asked loudly.
"Wechen is here." Shen Yan felt that he was still sleepy-eyed, and he had not fully woken up, standing in the backmost position of the Taihe Palace, he wanted to squint and take a nap, but who knew that the emperor would call his name as soon as he went to the court, but in desperation, he opened his eyes slightly, walked to the middle, and said to the emperor from afar.
"Shen Yan, although your official rank is not high, but you wear many hats, and you are a cabinet walker, in the future, if you don't have to stand at the end of the train, just stand, well, just stand behind Huang Aiqing of the Ministry of War." Xia Qi heard Shen Yan's voice, looked from a distance, and saw that Shen Yan's face was a little blurry, his eyes rolled slightly, and then he said loudly.
"Your Majesty, this, this seems unreasonable." When Huang Weimin heard the emperor's words, a touch of surprise appeared in his eyes, isn't this obviously coming at him, could it be that the matter of wanting to empty Shen Yan in the military department yesterday has already reached the emperor's ears, so the emperor will knock himself and hint to himself that Shen Yan is a courtier valued by the emperor, don't think about crooked brains to deal with Shen Yan.
"Doesn't make sense?" Hearing Huang Weimin's words, an indifferent smile appeared on the corner of Xia Qi's mouth, a playful look flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Huang Weimin indifferently, and then stopped looking at Huang Weimin, and turned his head to look at Ma Zhanxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"Ma Aiqing, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you are most familiar with the etiquette of the imperial court, can you tell me if it is unreasonable for me to let Shen Yan stand behind Huang Aiqing?"
"Back to the emperor, Lord Shen's level is only five grades, and it stands to reason that he doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the court." When Ma Zhanxin heard the emperor's words, a touch of surprise flashed in his eyes, convinced that not only did he have this reaction, but the vast majority of officials in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were like this, and he originally wanted to stand up and admonish the unreasonable, but he didn't expect Huang Weimin to be a pioneer, so when he heard the emperor's inquiry again, Ma Zhanxin's eyes showed a trace of doubt, took a deep breath, and said loudly.
"Your Majesty, you also heard it, Ma Shangshu said so, which shows that Shen Yan is really unreasonable to stand behind Wei Chen." Hearing Ma Zhanxin's words, Huang Weimin's eyes flashed with excitement, and he said loudly.
"Oh, it's not unreasonable for you to say this, so Shen Yan is indeed not qualified to stand behind Huang Aiqing, it seems that I am wrong." Xia Qi seemed to have expected that Ma Zhanxin would be the answer, so the corners of his mouth rose slightly, a bright smile appeared in his eyes, and he glanced at Huang Weimin with a hint of inexplicability, and then his eyes fell on Ma Zhanxin.
"Ah, this ,......" Hearing the emperor's words, Huang Weimin's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't close it for a long time, and he didn't know how to pick up the stubble.
"Back to the emperor, according to conventional reasoning, Lord Shen is only a five-rank official, and he is indeed not qualified to stand behind Huang Butang, however, Lord Shen has four positions and leads the cabinet to walk, these official positions add up, they can be compared to a grade, and they can stand behind Huang Butang, and even stand at the forefront." Ma Zhanxin heard the emperor say that he was wrong, isn't this clearly putting himself into an army, if he doesn't follow the emperor's wishes, doesn't that give the ministers a reason to attack him? Therefore, Ma Zhanxin frowned slightly, and suddenly flashed a trace of bad thoughts, and said slowly.
"Ma Aiqing means that I am not wrong, but it is reasonable for Shen Yan to stand behind Huang Aiqing, right?" Hearing Ma Zhanxin's words, an indifferent smile appeared on the corner of Xia Qi's mouth, just like a child who won his beloved toy by betting with someone, happy with a touch of excitement.
"Back to the emperor, Lord Shen is fully qualified to stand behind Huang Butang." Hearing the emperor's words, Ma Zhanxin's eyes jumped slightly, and he found that he seemed to have completely fallen into the trap planted by the emperor in advance. Said with a clear conscience.
"Listening to Ma Aiqing's words, Shen Yan is not only qualified to stand behind Huang Butang, but even qualified to stand at the forefront, then I will be a wise gentleman who follows the advice like a stream, and let Shen Yan stand at the forefront, Ma Aiqing, what do you think?" An indifferent smile flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, glanced at Ma Zhanxin, and continued.
"This ,......" Hearing the emperor's words, Ma Zhanxin was completely dumbfounded, originally this sentence was just a casual statement according to the emperor's intentions, I thought that the emperor would let Shen Yan stand behind Huang Weimin at most, but I didn't expect the emperor to say that Shen Yan would stand at the forefront, if the result is really like this, then wouldn't he become a chess piece in the emperor's hands and make himself a thorn in the side of the ministers.
"Your Majesty, how can Weichen dare to stand behind Huang Butang, let alone stand at the forefront." Shen Yan quietly listened to the emperor's words of being angry for himself, and a touch of emotion appeared in his eyes, as the king of a country, the emperor actually helped himself out for this little thing, and his heart was really moved. You can get angry and get angry, you still have self-knowledge, the court standing is not a casual stand, it is a matter of qualifications, with your own five-grade qualifications, you can be included in the court, it is already a special grace, not to mention standing behind the first product of Shangshu, if you really stand recklessly to the forefront, within a day, you will become the target of the group of ministers to attack.
"Listen to Zhongqing, although Shen Yan was born in a poor family, and he wears many hats at a young age, he does not have a trace of the frivolity that a young man should have, he is so calm, knowledgeable, and so modest, you courtiers with a higher level than him, you should learn more from Shen Yan." Xia Qi heard Shen Yan's modest words, a hearty smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at Huang Weimin and Ma Zhanxin.
"Your Majesty, how can Weichen be as good as you say." Hearing the emperor's words, Shen Yan suddenly felt that he was being roasted on the fire by the emperor, and let the ministers look at him with resentful eyes, not because he didn't think he had enough to do.
"I say you are, you are." Hearing that Shen Yan still wanted to explain, Xia Qi's eyes were slightly angry and glared at Shen Yan.
"Since Ma Aiqing said that you have the qualifications to stand behind Huang Aiqing, and even have the qualifications to be at the forefront, plus you are young, it is indeed a little inappropriate to stand in the first column rashly, so you still stand behind Huang Aiqing, and listen to Huang Aiqing's advice if you have nothing to do." Xia Qi saw that Shen Yan was glared at by himself, and showed a helpless expression, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a touch of emotion, and he said conclusively.
"Wechen, thank you for the emperor's love." Shen Yan knew that he couldn't hide, so he thanked him, and then walked behind Huang Weimin and showed a kind smile to an official behind Huang Weimin.