"What's inappropriate?" Gu Bingqian said: "Don't forget, Your Majesty said it personally, the scholars in the Imperial Cabinet of Wei Bao are in charge, plus the royal front walking, and add five kinds of clothes!" Wei Bao is already the official body of the fifth grade, the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the sixth grade, and the grain Zuosi Cheng is only the fifth grade, and he has not exceeded the official rank given by His Majesty, what is inappropriate? ”

"However, the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not trivial, this is not an ordinary positive six products, others have been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and they have to have a good reputation, and they can only serve if they can't find faults. Impossible, right? Let's not talk about such a prominent position. The Dali Temple Zuo Si Cheng is a high-ranking official of the five grades, in charge of the review and judgment of cases in various parts of the Ming Dynasty! If you put it outside, you must at least be promoted to the position of a member of the fourth grade! Moreover, there is only one person in Zuo Si Cheng in Dali Temple, and the real power is very heavy! With such an important position, how can a seven-product view of politics that has only been in the company for a month be allowed to do it? With such two important positions, how many people in Daming are qualified to hold them? It's still a part-time job! That's too much power, isn't it? Does Webel have this ability? Also, His Majesty's royal gift and five-grade uniforms are just honors, and they are different from the official ranks that have been promoted step by step in the officialdom! Don't you need experience to be an official? As ministers, we can't afford not to consider the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Yamen of Dali Temple, right? Ding Shaoshi said.

"But Wei Bao hasn't taken office yet, how do you know that Wei Bao can't do it? Isn't it experience to be experienced after doing it for a while? You weren't a cabinet minister last year, and you don't have any experience as a cabinet minister, so why can you be a cabinet minister now? Could it be that you, Lord Ding, were born to be cabinet ministers? Gu Bingqian said unhappily: "Your Majesty rarely gives an official rank, we are courtiers, why should we refute Your Majesty's face?" ”

"Lord Shoufu, although Your Majesty has given Wei Bao the cabinet of the scholar to be in charge, add the royal front walk, and add five kinds of clothes! But he didn't name and said that he gave Wei Bao the experience of the Inspectorate and concurrently served as the high position of the left temple of Dali Temple, right? These two positions, in my opinion, at most, give Wei Bao a Metropolitan Procuratorate experience department, let him do it first, and he has to monitor diligently to prevent a big mess, as for the Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng, it is absolutely impossible! This is for the Ming system! The Ming system is not child's play, and officials cannot be promoted arbitrarily! Once this opening is opened, it will be the same in the future, won't it be a big mess in the world? "Ding Shaoshi didn't give up an inch of land.

Ding Shaoshi is a scholar of the Criminal Department and a scholar of Dongge University, and he is a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and has a direct relationship with him.

"If there is a mess because of Wei Bao's promotion to the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the official position of the Zuo Si Cheng of Dali Temple, I am responsible, I am a Ming Shoufu, a first-class official, and a five-grade official, there is no problem, right?" Gu Bingqian said angrily: "Besides, now it's just a draft vote, whether it is successful or not, don't you have to wait for Your Majesty to approve it personally?" ”

"Shoufu-sama, don't be angry, Ding-sama has no intention of ramming Shoufu-sama." Zhu Yanxi saw that Gu Bingqian was angry, and hurriedly said with a cheek: "I think at this time, let's discuss it again, right?" ”

"What are you discussing?" Gu Bingqian said angrily: "Don't forget, this is what Your Majesty meant!" His Majesty is out of longing for Dongli Niangniang, and thinking that Wei Bao is the younger brother of Dongli Niangniang, so he was given an official position! ”

"But Your Majesty didn't let Wei Bao experience as the Dali Temple, the Left Temple, and the Metropolitan Inspection Academy? Besides, he Wei Bao is a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and if he wants to be promoted, he will be promoted in the Metropolitan Procuratorate at most, why should he concurrently serve as a Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng? If you want to go to Dali Temple, don't concurrently serve as an official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Ding Shaoshi still did not budge.

Wei Guangwei, the minister of the eunuch cabinet, said: "Forget it, Lord Shoufu, some people just deliberately raise the bar, since they dare not do what His Majesty has explained, they can only tell His Majesty the truth!" ”

Huang Liji and Feng Quan, the ministers of the eunuch party, also agreed with Wei Guangwei's intentions, and both advised Gu Bingqian not to discuss with Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi.

Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi also had a little drum in their hearts, I don't know if this is really the emperor's meaning? Or does Wei Zhongxian mean it?

Ding Shaoshi thinks that it is possible for the emperor to give Wei Bao the cabinet of the scholar to be in charge, add the imperial front walk, and add five grades of service, but it is unlikely that the emperor will specifically arrange Wei Bao's official position in the Duchayuan and Dali Temple, because the emperor has always rarely managed the government, and it is estimated that the emperor can't even figure out what official positions the Duchayuan and Dali Temple have, right?

Ding Shaoshi thought that it must be Wei Zhongxian's intention.

"Lord Shousuke, it's already time to disperse at this time, so let's do it, I'll give you an answer after the afternoon response, okay?" Zhu Yanxi said.

Gu Bingqian mainly discussed with Zhu Yanxi, and it didn't matter if the other two Donglin Party ministers were there, because as long as there was a joint decision between the first and second assistants, the vote would be established.

There is a tradition in the Ming Cabinet, generally the first and second assistants are political enemies, not to mention that water and fire are incompatible, anyway, at least the tip of the needle is against Maimang! It is convenient for the imperial power to be controlled, unless the emperor is really a fool, and the cabinet is allowed to be controlled by one person.

There are many emperors in the Ming Dynasty who don't care about things, but there may not be a fool emperor yet, so even if there are powerful ministers, there will still be opposition in the cabinet.

Gu Bingqian listened to Zhu Yanxi's words, and knew that Zhu Yanxi wanted to take advantage of a little time at noon to think about it, check it, and probably want to know whether it was the emperor's intention to give Wei Bao the promotion of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng.

Gu Bingqian knew that Zhu Yanxi and other senior officials of the Donglin Party actually had channels to pass on news with the inner court, and their channels were Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji, the father of Empress Zhang Yan.

Gu Bingqian is not afraid of them to verify, because the queen's influence in the palace is very small, not to mention the queen, even the emperor rarely asks about the government, where to check?

"Okay, then wait until after the afternoon to get the ticket." Gu Bingqian took a step back and said.

After that, he took the lead in leaving the cabinet, followed by Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji and Feng Quan.

"What now? Looking at it this way, I'm afraid this Wei Bao is Wei Zhongxian's person? Wei Gelding became more and more unscrupulous, and actually let a seven-grade Guan Zheng just enter the office to absorb the experience of the Metropolitan Inspection Institute and the two important positions of Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng! Ding Shaoshi said to Zhu Yanxi.

"It doesn't necessarily mean Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Bao is not necessarily Wei Zhongxian's person, don't forget, Wei Bao is in the palace, but he beat a bunch of eunuch ministers!" Zhu Yanxi said: "I think it is very likely that it is the will of His Majesty himself, and even Wei Zhongxian is dumb and eats Coptis chinensis, and he can't say anything about his suffering." ”

"However, Your Majesty rarely directly asks about such matters as official promotions?" Ding Shaoshi was puzzled: "Don't say it's the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the official position of the left and right temples of Dali Temple, I'm afraid that Your Majesty doesn't even know what the official positions of the left and right imperial history, the left and right deputy imperial envoys, and the left and right imperial history do, right?" ”

Zhou Rupan also agreed with Zhu Yanxi's opinion: "Lord Ding, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing!" How could His Majesty not know what official positions the imperial court had? He rarely asked because he was blinded by Wei Zhongxian, not that His Majesty didn't know anything. ”

Ding Shaoshi smiled bitterly: "As a minister, I have no intention of insulting Your Majesty, but have you forgotten?" Your Majesty rarely went back to the Golden Palace to govern the government, and many ministers played things in front of the emperor, and His Majesty often did not know the official positions of those ministers, nor did he know which yamen those official positions belonged to. ”

"Lord Ding, your speculation is untenable, even if Your Majesty is not very clear about the official positions of all the yamen, but it is not necessary that Your Majesty does not know everything, right? At least you know most of it, how can you think that Your Majesty doesn't know anything about the yamen and official positions in the capital just because Your Majesty occasionally doesn't know the official position of the minister and the yamen to which he belongs? Zhu Yanxi retorted.

Ding Shaoshi was speechless, "I listen to Master Zhu for everything." ”

"Don't say it, I'll go see Tai Kangbo now, let him try to enter the palace to find out, maybe the queen mother knows about it." Zhu Yanxi said.

Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi both think that it is useless to do this, because the queen mother knows too few things, and it is useless to ask, not to mention, the queen mother has less influence on His Majesty, so what is the use of asking?

"Then if you don't hear the news, will you agree to the draft vote in the afternoon and promote Wei Bao to the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the left temple of Dali Temple? This Wei Bao is a new science and technology detective, only 15 years old, and he has only been in the office for more than a month, isn't this ridiculous? Zhou Rupan asked.

Ding Shaoshi nodded yes, "Actually, there is nothing to inquire about, no matter what, we have to oppose it to the end!" Even if this is His Majesty's intention, he can't agree to it, and he has to fight for it on the basis of reason, and if he opens this opening, there will be no chaos in the world in the future? ”

"Lord Ding, if I hadn't been confused, I remember that you said just now that you would listen to the old man, right?" Zhu Yanxi said unhappily.

Ding Shaoshi's face flushed, it was indeed what he said just now, and he often said that he had heard Zhu Yanxi's words.

"In Wei Zhongxian's hands, are there still fewer unreasonable things? Is there more than that? Zhu Yanxi said: "Let's not talk about whether this matter was directly instructed by His Majesty, let's just say that the two official positions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Experience Division and the Zuo Temple of Dali Temple are in the hands of people who don't know whether it is the eunuch party, or is it better to fall into the hands of the hardcore eunuch minister?" ”

Ding Shaoshi and Zhou Rupan both felt a little reasonable when they heard Zhu Yanxi say this.

"I've been observing Wei Bao for a few days, and I've had people secretly investigate him, but until now, I still can't tell if this person is in league with the eunuchs, and that's okay. Wei Bao has the identity of the younger brother of Dong Li Niangniang, and now he has been promoted by His Majesty, this is an official position created by gold, and it is difficult for others to move him! Even if he already has something to do with the eunuchs, once this kind of person is allowed to sit in a secure position, how do you know that he will obey Wei Zhongxian in everything? If you are a person, you have ambitions, and if you are a person, you want to climb up, and you can't just set up opponents in the officialdom! Wei Bao can drive Lord Yang Lian and them out of the Duchayuan and Dali Temple, can't he drive the eunuchs out of the Duchayuan and Dali Temple? He can become Wei Zhongxian's sword, why can't he become our sword? Don't you always grasp Wei Bao's youth to talk about things, this is not good, is Your Majesty young or not? Your Majesty is also young! What's wrong with being young? That's not a reason! Also, Wei Bao is a Tanhualang with the title of the gold list, at least in the examination, he is the leader of the entire Daming scientific examination, which has already proved that this person is a capable person! Talented people! Do you still remember that day when Wei Bao wrote poems in Gu Bingqian's mansion, beating the top two on the first list and other top-ranked Jinshi? Among them, there are also eunuch jinshi! This all shows that although Wei Bao is young, he is a person with means and ability, such a person, don't blindly suppress it, even if you can't use it, don't blindly push such a person to Wei Gelding, right? ”

Ding Shaoshi and Zhou Rupan listened to what Zhu Yanxi said was reasonable, and nodded frequently and said yes, and there were no objections.

"It's still the second assistant-sama's thoughtfulness, and I listen to the second-sup's sama." Ding Shaoshi hurriedly said.

Zhu Yanxi remembered Ding Shaoshi's words against him just now, he was angry and funny, patted Ding Shaoshi's shoulder, and didn't say anything.

Ding Shaoshi is actually the same age as Zhu Yanxi, but he looks immature and smiles embarrassedly.

Zhou Rupan also smiled.

As the ministers of Donglin, the three of them are also in the same cabinet, with strange twists and turns, and a dangerous future, they can be regarded as friends who take care of each other and help each other in the same boat.

Zhu Yanxi hurriedly sent his henchmen to inform Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji of Gu Bingqian's desire to promote Wei Bao to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Zuo Sicheng of Dali Temple, and asked Zhang Guoji to enter the palace as soon as possible to help inquire about the situation with the queen.

In modern TV dramas, it is often like to set the ancient imperial relatives as villains, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was actually not right.

At least the relatives of the Ming Dynasty, whether they were from the queen's family or the concubine's family, were all born innocent, from scholarly families, middle peasants or rich peasant families, they generally have a certain degree of cultivation, have certain opinions, and are one with the common people, and will be closer to the people at the bottom of the whole country, and to the officials who care for the people at the bottom.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty will never have the phenomenon of dictatorship and chaos of foreign relatives as frequently as other dynasties.

Zhang Yan, the queen of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, is a knowledgeable and reasonable queen, a good queen in the world, and a father who gave birth to such a queen will never be bad.

Taikang Bo Zhang Guoji was very powerful, and after receiving a report from Lord Zhu Yanxi, he hurriedly entered the palace to meet his daughter Empress Zhang in person.

After seeing Empress Zhang, Zhang Guoji explained the matter concisely and asked, "Girl, have you heard about this?" ”

Empress Zhang shook her head, "I haven't heard of it, but I've seen Wei Bao, and I also know that he is a new science detective, and I saw him beat a bunch of high-ranking officials in the palace that day." ”

"Yes, yes, it's him, he is a delusional person, he just entered the official career, he dared to offend so many high-ranking officials, and he dared to beat people in the palace, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. I don't believe that Your Majesty would personally promote a person who is so young and has such a Meng Lang. Zhang Guoji said.

"This is not necessarily, Daddy may not know His Majesty's feelings for Dong Li Niangniang, His Majesty was brought up by Dong Li Niangniang, from that day Wei Bao beat people in the palace, His Majesty did not reprimand a word, it can be seen that His Majesty feels that Wei Bao is doing the right thing! Perhaps, because of this incident, His Majesty has a good impression of Wei Bao, and it is logical and reasonable to personally promote Wei Bao's official position. Empress Zhang analyzed.

"Then according to the girl's meaning, this matter is His Majesty's own will, to promote Wei Bao to the Metropolitan Procuratorate Experience Division and Dali Temple Zuo Sicheng? I'll go back to Master Zhu's words. Zhang Guoji said.

"Don't be busy yet." Empress Zhang stopped her father, who was leaving, and thought for a while: "This matter is not big, it is not small, especially Wei Bao is too young, as soon as he enters the office, he will also serve as an important official position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, I am afraid it will cause widespread criticism." I'll have to ask Your Majesty for myself. Daddy sat down for a moment. ”

Zhang Guoji nodded and said: "Okay, it is naturally best to see Your Majesty and ask clearly, I think, Lord Zhu, they are in a hurry to let me enter the palace to find out the news, I am afraid it is also out of this consideration." ”

After Empress Zhang nodded and saluted, she hurriedly went.

It is very difficult for the minister to see the emperor, because the emperor rarely manages the government, but it is actually very easy for Empress Zhang to see His Majesty.

It is actually very easy for the emperor to meet the ministers and the palace concubines.

Because Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba only grabbed the emperor's trust, the emperor indulged in carpentry work, but it was not that he didn't care about the world, and he didn't go to the house.

If Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba obstructed the people in the palace from contacting the emperor, for example, hindering Empress Zhang from seeing the emperor, one day if the emperor remembered Empress Zhang and summoned Empress Zhang to meet, as soon as Empress Zhang complained, Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba would not be able to bear this responsibility.

In the same way, Empress Zhang's father, Zhang Guoji, wanted to enter the palace to see his daughter, which was a legitimate request, and the emperor also had feelings for the empress, and Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba could not stop it.

Therefore, Empress Zhang is a thorn in the eye of Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba, and even with Zhang Guoji, they want to get rid of it quickly.

After the miscarriage of the dragon species that Empress Zhang had finally conceived the year before last, they tried their best to prevent His Majesty from having sex with Empress Zhang anymore, and colluded with the imperial doctor to say that Empress Zhang's body was not good, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, was not very good at that aspect of things, and there were few heirs, and with the efforts of Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba, there was only one child left, and that child was too tenacious in life, I really don't know how he survived in the hands of Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba.

Zhu Youxiao rarely summons palace concubines, and the plump guest Baba is the age of a tiger wolf, where does Zhu Youxiao, who is thin and thin, and frail and sickly, still have the time to think about women?

Maybe the number of concubines of Zhu Youxiao, as well as his dedication to national politics and the future emperor Zhu Youzhen, the number of concubines of these two brothers are at the bottom of the list of emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Ming was very fond of going to extremes, either he liked that aspect of things extremely and often died in that aspect, or he didn't like it very much and indulged in other things.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao had just had lunch and did not rest, and then did the unfinished carpentry work in the morning.