In the winter of the sixteenth year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor Ling Chenghei died, and the fourth son of the emperor, Prince Yu Ling, succeeded to the throne and granted amnesty to the world. Empress Zhang ordered the six palaces in the east and west to cry, and all departments of the imperial court, especially the department in charge of etiquette, were very busy. At the same time, the cabinet and the new emperor were also responsible for the approval of the important military policies.

Among them, the edict ordered the inspector to return to Beijing to report on his work, which was one of Ling Jieyuan's wills.

According to the customs and rules and regulations of the imperial court, if Ling Jieyuan specially summoned Jia Cong into the cabinet, there was nothing unreasonable and illegal, and some just did not conform to the long-standing practice.

But it is this kind of practice that has long been ingrained in the officialdom, and over time it has formed a custom, and all officials think that it is normal for the court to push, and it is not normal for the emperor to specialize.

Why? Because the auxiliary minister is the closest to the prime minister, every auxiliary minister has the hope of becoming the first assistant, and sometimes, the power of the first assistant has surpassed the prime minister, and there is no name of the prime minister, but there is actually the power of the prime minister.

Regardless of whether it is the first assistant or the auxiliary minister, the most important thing is prestige and the ability to convince the public, and it is not required that everyone be convinced, at least someone must support it.

If an auxiliary minister loses both of these at the same time, it is not far from stepping down.

Even if this auxiliary minister is supported by the emperor, it doesn't work, the emperor supports it, most officials don't support it, and a section chief and director can spray the old man at random, no prestige, decision-making can't be passed, the government can't operate, what is the role of the auxiliary minister?

Therefore, the court push system is a result of the struggle between officials and the emperor, and to a certain extent, it can avoid the emperor's willfulness, and all auxiliary ministers who do not go through the court push will be attacked by public opinion.

Even if the list of Tingtui is ultimately decided by the emperor, it has to be said that the officials have won at least part of the "imperial power", and those selected cabinet ministers, how can the forces behind them not have common interests?

Thus, the emperor was not able to completely "do whatever he wanted".

In this way, if Ling Jieyuan wants to summon the original teacher into the cabinet, he must go through the following procedure: ask Jia Cong's master Wang Yingyuan to draw up Jia Cong, and Jia Cong will enter the list, and then among the three princes and nine secretaries, someone must support it, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Household Department, and the Criminal Department will all strongly support it, and there is already a third of it, and the opinions of other departments are not needed...... Well, this has proved that Jia Cong has prestige and can convince the public, and after the procedure is completed, Jia Cong is not my special order, but Tingtui, you can't use this excuse to speak......

Of course, this is only the beginning of Jia Cong's struggle to enter the cabinet...... Political opponents can't make this excuse, there are other excuses......

In fact, when it is known that it is King Yu who ascended the throne, everyone understands that it is inevitable and even inevitable for the speaker Jia Cong to enter the cabinet......

It's just that the first emperor died, and the burial was the first priority, and the unwillingness and undercurrents of the other two kings were surging, and the worries and revenge of officials hostile to Jia Cong, especially the cabinet's "once a son of heaven and a courtier" and "change of class", all kinds of bloody struggles were destined to break out.

And Jia Cong himself, from the day the will was transmitted, boarded the boat and went north, Suzhou's political envoys, according to the inspection envoys, prefects, two counties, gentry, etc., sent together, to Jinling, and the prefect, the county, the garrison and others sent each other, to Yangzhou, the major salt merchants sent each other warmly, and the same is true when they arrived in Huai'an, there are envy, jealousy, and complexity.

No matter what their hearts are, many people have chosen to tie up, give gifts, send special products, engage in welcome activities, and pass on the reputation of Jia Yushi's incorruptibility, which can really be described as "sending flowers all the way", "half of Jiangsu welcomes together", mighty and mighty, the sound shocks several provinces, and countless officials really understand what it means to be "a son of heaven and a courtier".

Of course, will Jia Cong be able to gain a foothold in the cabinet? No one can be sure of this.

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In the convex capital overlooking from a high altitude, a sedan chair is parked outside You'an Gate, and the willows on both sides of the avenue have a silk business.

At this time, it was already the spring of the following year, the year was called Jiande, and this year was the first year of Jiande.

Far away from the previous more willful Emperor Yongle, Jia Cong was full of spirits, and there was a blood surging in his heart, he was probably the youngest cabinet minister since the founding of Dashun.

handed the sign to the Yulinwei and Jinyi guards who guarded the door, and Jia Cong entered the city gate unimpeded, and his wide sleeves fluttered as he walked, attracting the sideways eyes of many officials who came in and out before he finished the front hall.

The Imperial Palace of the capital is "the front and the back of the bed, the left ancestor and the right society", that is to say, the front of the palace is a variety of courts to deal with political affairs, and the rear is the emperor's bedroom, of which before the palace, the left is the Taimiao, and the right is the Sheji altar.

Walking to the Xinuan Pavilion of Daming Palace, Jia Cong saw Ling Jieyuan sitting boredly behind the case, holding his head with one hand, and the eunuch waiting next to him was Zhao Kang from the original Yu Wangfu...... It's just that it seems that he doesn't like government affairs very much?

"Jia Aiqing is back? Have you been home? Ling Jieqi saw his dusty face, and said to Zhao Kang with a smile: "Look, Mr. Jia is my loyal servant of the Ling Shun royal family......

Zhao Kang nodded and agreed, looking at Jia Cong with flickering eyes, after Jia Cong saluted, he got up only after getting the message, and Yu Guang saw that Ling Jie's eyes were bloodshot, was it because of the emperor's death? There are also filial piety clothes on the costumes, and they are routinely brought to the throne with filial piety.

"Wechen came non-stop to follow the edict, and he never went home."

"Oh, Your Majesty, this is comparable to Dayu's water control, three times through the door without entering." Zhao Kang seems to be a sycophant.

Jia Cong's heart sank, and compared him to Dayu, did he mean that he had the legacy of three emperors and five emperors? Is it to praise or to harm? Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Duke Zhao's words are exaggerated, and Weichen just obeys the emperor's orders. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a metaphor." Ling Jieyuan waved his hand unmindfully, sat down and pursed his lips, and pondered: "Jia Aiqing, it's better to go to the cabinet first, and then go home to rest for a few days." ”

Jia Cong put his mind at ease, and at the same time pondered which person should choose the celebrant to be the internal response? He said tentatively: "The minister thanks the emperor for his care, but the minister sister has been in the palace for a few years, and the flesh and blood are deep, and the minister is ......."

"Do you mean Concubine Xiande? I asked my mother about this, the virtuous concubine is virtuous and virtuous, choose a date, and I asked the Ministry of Rites to add a concubine to her......"

Jia Cong retired, his mind was a lot, with the identity of the emperor as an official, and he entered the cabinet again, he could do a lot of things......

Coming out of Daming Palace and walking south, to Renhua Palace, Yang Qinghe, Wang Yingyuan, Zhang Fenyi, and Yu Chenglong are all there, Jia Cong has worshiped his predecessors one by one, Yang Qinghe and Wang Yingyuan all smiled and nodded, and the attitude of the latter two is not good.

Zhang Fenyi commanded: "Jia Hanlin has just returned from Beijing to report on work, the water and soil in the north and south are different, you must take care of yourself, don't worry about the state funeral affairs in the past few days, you are still younger......"

"Learn a lot." Yu Chenglong also taught in the tone of an elder.

Although they are both auxiliary ministers, there is also a first-come, first-served servant, right? Besides, the biggest custom in officialdom is "ranking on seniority", once Yang Qing and Xiaye, their two old qualifications are suitable candidates, how can it be Jia Cong's turn? And how could he let him ride on his head?

Yang Qinghe and Wang Yingyuan didn't say anything, the officialdom's ranking was like this, and the latter two clearly wanted to put Jia Cong in the air.

This is like the underworld worshipping the pier, the nature and form are almost the same, which means, little brother, you came up? Let's wait for our big brothers first......

It's similar to the workplace.

"Yes, the elders are right." Jia Cong remained silent, but he snorted coldly in his heart, not to mention that Zhang Fenyi had not been waiting to see him for a long time, and now he wants to fight for the power of the cabinet, if he doesn't pull these two off the horse, how can he get on the throne?

Zhang Fenyi has already entered Jia Cong's blacklist, and sooner or later he will be driven back to his hometown in Jiangxi!

However, these need to be well planned, a good hand of chess, and cannot be disrupted.

When they were talking about how to summon the King of Qin from Shaanxi into the palace, Jia Cong had already stepped out of the Renhua Palace, and it had been more than a year since he left home.

I don't know what happened to the Jia family in Xicheng?