According to the Ming system, whenever the court encounters major political affairs, or encounters vacancies in civil and military ministers, the emperor will order the courtiers to meet and discuss with each other.

This formal court discussion is naturally not a random wave in the early dynasty, so that all the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty participate in the discussion, but there are hundreds of officials who participated in the early dynasty.

According to the Ming system, only officials above the third rank can participate, and as for others, at most, they can recommend two or three people to participate in the five temples and the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Priest of the National Prince.

In other words, the most important ministers of the court who can participate in the court meeting are more than six servants, and in general, there are about twenty or thirty people.

This is the reason why Zhang Bangqi, Xu Yande and others are in a hurry, because at this time, most of the important ministers of the court above the third rank are Yan Song's henchmen, and Yangming's lineage, in total, Zhang Bangqi, Zou Shouyi, and Nie Bao can participate, even if Yang Cong's father-in-law Zhang Yue is added, there are only four, which is not comparable to Yan Song's party at all.

This is knowing that it will be defeated, so what is there to discuss?

Originally, Yan Song thought that his trick was to draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle, seize the position of the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, rob the income of the salt introduction, and cut off the "financial road" of the Yangming lineage, no matter how much it drops, the Yangming line will also resist, even if Yang Cong does not make a move, other officials of the Yangming line should also join forces, play a wave, and fight for it.

Unexpectedly, after the morning of the dynasty, there was no movement at all in Yangming's vein, not only did Yang Cong not make a move, but the others did not react at all, as if there was no such thing.

What's going on here, do they have any other tricks that can turn the tables around in the court?

The two sides waited in an eerie calm for a few days, and the discussion finally began.

The place where this court meeting was held was not the Ciqing Palace where the prince lived, nor the Wenhua Hall where the prince handled government affairs, but the Qianqing Palace where Jiajing lived.

This meaning is obvious, the removal of the Nanjing household department Shangshu, Jiajing is to supervise.

However, Jiajing did not come forward, he just chose a side hall, separated in half with a screen and a bead curtain, he sat in the back and listened, while the crown prince Zhu Zaili, or the chief eunuch in the palace Huang Jin, presided in front.

At the beginning of the court discussion, the great eunuch Huang Jin opened the speech for the crown prince Zhu Zaili and said: "A few days ago, Lord Xia Yanxia, the first assistant of the cabinet, proposed that Zhang Shiche, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, has been in office for three terms, and should be rotated according to the system, and proposed that Yan Maoqing, the left attendant of the household department, take over as the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and Zhang Shiche will be transferred to the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department. ”

As soon as his words fell, Zhang Bangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, coughed, and then said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen thinks that the Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing is in charge of the taxes of several provinces in the southeast, and has a heavy responsibility. Weichen suggested that Zou Shouyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, be appointed as the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, and the secretary of the Criminal Department should be succeeded by Yan Maoqing, the left attendant of the Household Department. ”

Damn, these guys, it turned out to be this trick.

When Yan Song heard this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Obviously, Yang Ming knew that this Zhang Shiche would definitely not be able to be the head of the Nanjing Household Department, so they wanted to take a book of the six books of the capital and exchange him for the position of the head of the Nanjing Household Department.

A six-part Shangshu in Beijing for a six-part Shangshu in Nanjing, it seems that he earned it, but in fact, he made a fart, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is useful!

He coughed without hesitation, and then said loudly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen thinks that what Lord Zhang said is very reasonable, Nanjing Hubu Shangshu is in charge of the taxes of several provinces in the southeast, and he has a heavy responsibility, so he should not transfer officials to serve at will. However, Weichen felt that Yan Maoqing, the left attendant of the household department, was still more suitable, after all, Lord Yan had served in the household department for many years and was very familiar with the affairs of the household department, and Lord Zou was in charge of the criminal department, which had little to do with the household department at all, so Wei Chen suggested that it was better to transfer Lord Yan to take over as the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, as for Lord Zou, he was known for being fair and strict, and it was more appropriate to continue to serve as the secretary of the criminal department. ”

Nima, Yan Maoqing is familiar with the affairs of the household department, he is very familiar with corruption and perversion of the law, right?

When Zhang Bangqi heard this, he couldn't help but secretly slander himself, but he didn't continue to argue, because Yang Cong's meaning, struggling a little, just mean it, as for the position of the Nanjing household secretary, there is really nothing to fight for, as long as Xia Yan and Yan Song can be defeated, when the time comes, no matter whether the six Shangshu in Beijing or the six Shangshu in Nanjing, it is not up to them to have the final say.

If you want to talk about acting, he actually knows a little, he secretly held his breath, blushed a little, and then glared at Yan Song again, and then stood there stunned, not breathing.

This expression is as if he is self-conscious and speechless.

He didn't speak, Zou Shouyi and Nie Bao didn't speak, Yan Song's henchmen naturally didn't have to jump out to argue, and the entire side hall suddenly fell into a strange tranquility.

Is that the end of it?

Why don't you speak?

Huang Jin has also accompanied Jiajing to participate in a lot of court meetings, and usually everyone will express their opinions and argue well, where is it like this, one person will say a word, and then he will not be angry!

He looked at the crown prince Zhu Zaili beside him, turned his head and glanced behind the bead curtain, and then said sharply: "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Opinions, of course, there are them, I just don't want to say them.

Zhang Bangqi was still silent, Zou Shouyi and Nie Bao did not say anything, and the entire side hall fell into a strange tranquility again.

Huang Jin turned his head to look inside the bead curtain again, and then whispered a few words to the crown prince Zhu Zaili.

Is that the end of it?

The crown prince Zhu Zaili glanced at the important ministers of the court below in surprise, and then said aloud in a childish childish voice: "Since everyone has no opinion, then according to the proposal of Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Shiche, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, will be transferred to the secretary of the Nanjing criminal department, and Yan Maoqing, the left servant of the relocation department, will be appointed as the secretary of the Nanjing household department, and the decree will be drafted immediately and handed over to the cabinet for promulgation." ”

Is that the end of it?

Yan Song couldn't help but secretly glance at Zhang Bangqi and other officials of the Yangming lineage, he really didn't expect that these people would admit it so easily.

You must know that in the early days of the Dynasty, after his plan of killing three birds with one stone was disturbed by Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, he made sufficient preparations.

Both birds flew, and this last bird, the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing, he naturally had to try his best to get out of his hands.

For this reason, he deliberately took the opportunity to suggest to Jiajing that the reason why they snatched the position of the head of the household department in Nanjing was to expand the northwest border army and defeat the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Jiajing really agreed to Yan Maoqing's proposal to take over as the head of the household department in Nanjing, as he expected, but the performance of Yang Ming's line made him a little confused.

What do you mean?

Could it be that as soon as Yang Cong retired, they didn't have any fighting spirit?

That's fine, as long as Yang Ming is cowardly, no one in this court will dare to go against him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Xia Yan on the side.

Hehe, since Yang Ming is in the same vein, and Yang Cong has no intention of officialdom, then, it's your turn next!