West Garden, Wanshou Palace.

The sandalwood incense of the copper furnace on the left and right curled up, but the atmosphere in the hall seemed very depressing.

Xu Jie put his hands flat in front of him, his eyes lowered to the ground, and he secretly swallowed and spit, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he looked anxiously waiting for Jiajing's decision.

Huang Jin stood respectfully beside the red-lacquered pillar, looking at Jiajing cautiously, unable to judge how the moody emperor would react.

The reason why Jiajing was able to achieve the final victory in the great ceremonial battle in the past, and was able to hide in Xiyuan Xiuxuan and control the court, relied on the right to appoint and dismiss personnel.

The officials he promoted have always been loyal to him. In terms of the right to appoint and dismiss personnel, the right to appoint cabinet members is undoubtedly the most important, and it can be said to be the final bottom line of other personnel rights.

Jiajing heard Xu Jie's unexpectedly throw out "Tingtui Cabinet Minister", his face looked uncertain at Xu Jie, who was kneeling on the ground, he could allow the local governor Tingtui, but the cabinet member Tingtui would undoubtedly greatly reduce his right to appoint personnel.

For a moment, he wanted to be as angry as he was when he was young, and he made it clear that he was "in the cabinet". It's just that thinking that he is beating Xu Jie now, this matter will only become more troublesome, especially since Yuan Wei has just left his post, it is likely to affect his great cause of cultivating Xuan.

Jiajing's heart had already put Xiu Xuan in the first place, but he didn't want to cause too much trouble, so he made some compromises and said: "This time, as Aiqing asked, I won't take it as an example!" ”

This......

When Huang Jin heard this answer, he glanced at Jiajing with a slight surprise, when did his master be so easy to discuss?

"Minister's decree, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Xu Jie's eyes flashed with a hint of joy that his plan had succeeded, and he immediately saluted respectfully.

After leaving the Wanshou Palace, Xu Jie suddenly turned around thoughtfully and glanced at the Wanshou Palace, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, finding that this palace was not as sacred and undesecrated as before.

When he returned to the cabinet room, he directly called Zhang Siwei, and he had to inform him of the matter urgently.

As soon as the news came out, the entire officialdom was in an uproar.

How many years have passed, since the "traitorous minister" Zhang Xuan brazenly accepted the "Zhongzhi into the cabinet", but he broke the tradition of "the court pushed into the cabinet", and all the existing cabinet ministers were directly appointed by the emperor.

It's just that now, the emperor has unprecedentedly adopted the court to push into the cabinet, which is both unexpected and exciting.

"Xu Ge's old merit is in the Qianqiu!"

"The reappearance of the Tingtui cabinet ministers is a lot of Xu Xian!"

"If it weren't for Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan and Yan Song and the like to deceive the saints, how could the Ming Dynasty come here?"

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Xu Jie's opinion on this matter undoubtedly brushed a wave of favorability to hundreds of officials, and many officials shouted for Xu Jie's "feat", and Xu Jie's reputation naturally continued to rise.

After this news came out, the forces of all parties were already ready to move, and officials were even more visiting. With only two places, everyone wants to be in the bag and become the new pavilion elder of the Ming Dynasty.

In the evening of the same day, Lin Haoran took his wife back to her parents' house, naturally with a purpose.

If Yuan Wei is still there, the father-in-law will undoubtedly gain more than he loses when he enters the cabinet, one is second only to Shoufu in terms of the gold content of the official book, and the other will break the alliance with Yuan Wei.

It's just that the situation is different now, Yuan Wei has resigned and returned to the field. My father-in-law is now the second assistant of the dynasty, and although he has lost the power of the minister's book, he can directly seek the throne of the first assistant.

It is precisely like this, when he learned that he was promoted to the cabinet by the court this time, Lin Haoran had the intention to help his father-in-law dredge up the relationship well, and naturally pushed his father-in-law to the throne of the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this matter is not difficult, looking at the other three candidates, Yan Ne, Dong Fen and Li Chunfang are far inferior to their cheap father-in-law in terms of qualifications and prestige.

At the beginning of the curtain, a sedan chair stepped back to the Wu Mansion in the twilight and parked in the front yard one after another.

Even if Wu Shan encountered such a good thing, his face was as unsmiling as before, and even when he saw Lin Haoran, his brows frowned slightly.

In the face of the greetings of his wife, daughter and son-in-law, he also nodded gently in response.

Wu Shan went back to the room to change his clothes, and when he came to the dining room, he had already put on the sumptuous dishes. He wasn't going to talk about anything, he sat down upright, and ate with his chopsticks in hand.

Mother Wu looked at her husband who was chewing slowly, but she couldn't help but speak first: "Xianggong, I heard that the court has been pushed into the cabinet this time, is your entry into the cabinet nine out of ten?" ”

"Women don't understand, don't talk nonsense!" Wu Shan reprimanded with a straight face.

Mother Wu knew how to measure things, but she obediently closed her mouth and didn't dare to continue to inquire about the situation.

Outside, the sky was getting darker, and the dining room was lit up at the right time, and at this time, officials came to hand in the prayer notes.

After eating, Weng and his son-in-law came to the outer hall of the study, and the maid brought tea.

Wu Shan sat down in front of the first seat, facing Lin Haoran, who was overjoyed, but said directly: "Ruoyu, haven't you seen Xu Ge Lao's methods?" ”

The butler came in from outside, holding a medicine bowl in his hand, which seemed to be carefully placed in front of Wu Shan. Hearing this, he glanced at his master in confusion.

"What tricks did he play?" Lin Haoran asked in confusion when he heard these unexpected words.

After learning the news this afternoon, he saw that the things he had been waiting for for a long time had finally progressed, and he had been in an inexplicable excitement.

The thing he thought about the most was how to connect the relationships between all parties, so that his father-in-law could enter the cabinet without any suspense, but he never felt that there was anything wrong with this matter.

"You are also a fan of the authorities, and you are carried away by this matter!" Wu Shan shook his head lightly, and explained: "If the emperor directly summons me to the cabinet, I will naturally receive the order like everyone else. It's just that this time it's the court to push into the cabinet, if I take the initiative to fight for the cabinet, do you know the consequences? ”

Lin Haoran also calmed down, and responded with a solemn face: "I have an unwritten rule that 'the secretary of the ministry is not allowed to enter the cabinet', even if my father-in-law did not take the initiative to seek to enter the cabinet this time, but through the court to push into the cabinet, others will definitely say that the father-in-law is a person with a strong desire for power, but he ignores the tradition of 'the secretary of the ministry does not enter the cabinet' in this dynasty!" ”

The struggle in officialdom is really everywhere, and Xu Jie can be said to have played an extremely clever trick.

For other officials, Tingtui is undoubtedly the most orthodox cabinet minister, but Wu Shan is in the position of secretary of the ministry, and the best way is to "enter the cabinet in the middle of the will".

However, Xu Jie didn't know how to convince the current saint this time, and actually promoted many "court promotion ministers" who had not tried, which made his father-in-law fall into a dilemma.

contention, which damages prestige; Don't fight, lose a good opportunity to enter the cabinet!

"Yes, this time to enter the cabinet is actually a fight, so you don't have to do anything more!" Wu Shan took a sip of tea and nodded seriously.

Lin Haoran looked at his father-in-law seriously for a moment, and suddenly speculated: "Father-in-law, not only is the timing of entering the cabinet this time not good, but you actually don't want to enter the cabinet, but is this?" ”

"Yan's house was raided, and I saw Yuan Wei resign and return to the field, I actually ...... I feel a little resigned! Wu Shan did not deny it, but nodded lightly in acknowledgement.

Under Xu Jie's frame, the knife was not only cut at Yan Shifan's neck, but also made many officials feel chilled.

"Father-in-law, please don't be so discouraged, the current court still needs an upright official like you, so that you can truly benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty, instead of turning a blind eye to a little Wei Yinbao." Lin Haoran complained about Xu Jie's bad performance in governance again, and then said with a whim: "If the father-in-law really doesn't want to fight, the son-in-law has a good idea!" ”

"Nice idea? What do you want? Wu Shan put down the teacup gently, looked at Lin Haoran vigilantly, and said.

Lin Haoran smiled and said nothing, dipped his fingers in some tea, and wrote the word "Dong" on the table.