The emperor moved from Jingyang Palace, where he had lived for many years, to Qianqing Palace, which had an extremely significant significance.

The cabinet knew it for the first time, and the two people in the cabinet now know very well that this is a step for the emperor to take the government, indicating that the emperor will be more active and strong. In the same way, for power, the 'New Deal' will form a more majestic and unstoppable force.

In the cabinet, Bi Ziyan sat opposite King Jing, drinking tea and 'chatting'.

Bi Ziyan is nominally the second assistant of the left, except that he does not have the big seal of the first assistant, and before Zhu Xu became the master, he was basically the same as the first assistant. King Jing ranks third in the cabinet, second only to the left and right secondary, is customized, can not be promoted, can not be demoted, a four-year term, can be re-elected for two years, is a rather special existence.

Bi Ziyan held the teacup in his hand, looked at the scattered snowflakes outside, and said, "Lord Wang, have you read the innovative manuscript of the six parts?" ”

Although King Jing is in charge of the Governor's Yuan, he is also an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and the things that should be involved cannot be left behind, and he also held a steaming teacup and said: "Well, I've seen it, and it's generally stable, but Xiao Wang has a suggestion." ”

Bi Ziyan turned his head to look at him in surprise, King Jing was quite cautious in the cabinet, and rarely 'suggested'.

King Jing pondered for a moment and said: "Regarding the reform of the six ministries, it cannot only be decided by the cabinet, but also needs the cooperation and approval of the six ministries. ”

King Jing's meaning is very simple, although the two most important of the six departments, Fu Changzong, the secretary of the household department, took leave, and Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, 'transferred to other uses', but these two still have real control over the two departments, and among the other four books, two of them stand with them, and the other two are more or less influenced by them. Until the Cabinet has fully grasped power and established its authority, it will not work to 'seize power' by force.

Bi Ziyan said in his heart that he didn't want to talk nonsense with the six Shangshu and directly seize power 'systemally', but listening to King Jing's words, his expression moved slightly, and he thought for a while and said: "Okay, the official will leave the palace and go out for a walk later." ”

King Jing held the teacup, looked out the window, and waited quietly. Bi Ziyan told him that these things were actually equivalent to 'notice', and there was no intention of discussion. The current government affairs of the cabinet are basically in the hands of Bi Ziyan alone, and King Jing has no intention of interfering, and even if he is intentional, he can't actually intervene.

Bi Ziyan did just come to inform him, so that his plans became a collective plan of the cabinet, and after being quiet for a while, Bi Ziyan said again, "The prince knows about the things outside, right?" ”

King Jing turned his head to look at him and said, "Are you talking about Yang Dahong?" ”

Bi Ziyan nodded, and said with a slightly cold expression: "Just after being pardoned, he was unscrupulous and swaggered through the market, where is there any gratitude?" is clearly provoking the court and the emperor! ”

King Jing's expression did not move, and said: "Donglin is the best at building momentum, Yang Dahong was once the pillar of the official, and he has been imprisoned for many years. ”

This is also what Bi Ziyan doesn't want to see, he can't afford to offend the emperor in the palace, but no matter who dares to make trouble outside, he will never be polite!

Bi Ziyan suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at King Jing and said lightly, "The Governor's Yuan supervises the world and inspects the Beijing Division, it should be the responsibility and must be strictly implemented, although Yang Dahong did not touch the imperial court discipline and national law, but some things should also be avoided, so as not to cause an uproar in public opinion, damage the imperial prestige, and the majesty of the imperial court." ”

King Jing's expression moved slightly, Bi Ziyan clearly wanted to use him as a gunman, and after being silent for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, the atmosphere in the capital has not been very good recently, and the Governor's Yuan can carry out another large-scale operation." ”

Bi Ziyan is quite satisfied with King Jing, at least he can listen to his greetings.

After chatting briefly for a while, Bi Ziyan returned to the class room, and as soon as he walked in, Zheng Youyuan, the secretary of the cabinet, came in and said: "My lord, the Ministry of Officials has sent a new assessment list, and it has not changed overall, that is, there has been a significant change in the number of students from the Royal Political Academy. ”

"A big change?" Bi Ziyan sat on the chair and took the recital from him.

Zheng Youyuan stood in front of the table and said: "Yes, but Wen Xuanlang of the Ministry of Officials said that the batch of graduates this year was not drawn up by the Ministry of Officials, but was selected by the Political Yuan, and the Ministry of Officials who graduated before last year was discussed." ”

Hearing the words 'elected by the Political Yuan', Bi Ziyan's brows furrowed, this is a new trend, and the emperor has made it clear that he will concurrently serve as the president of the two houses of the royal family, and it is likely that there will be new changes.

Bi Ziyan opened the notebook and looked at it, his eyes slightly condensed.

This recital has actually completely overturned the plan he drew up before, the students of the political department, whether it is this year or previous years, a considerable number of them stay in Beijing, and the plan he wants to deliberately suppress has not appeared, and many people have been promoted, among which Cao Dingjiao plans to be transferred to He. The prefect of the government, Meng Zhaoxiang was transferred to the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Governor's Yuan, and these two people were exceptionally promoted, and they were promoted three or four levels in a row!

This is obviously not something that Wen Xuanlang dares to decide without authorization!

Bi Ziyan's face was calm, and he said for a while, "Whose idea was it?" ”

Zheng Youyuan looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "Why do you knowingly ask, although Zhou Shangshu 'transferred him to another use', but as soon as he was in Beijing, the officials couldn't get out of his control." ”

Bi Ziyan glanced up at him, did not speak, he understood better in his heart that this should be Zhou Yingqiu's meaning of the person in the palace, and he did it easily.

After thinking for a while, Bi Ziyan spoke: "What's going on over there?" ”

Zheng Youyuan thought about it for a moment and said, "Fu Shangshu took leave again, it seems that he is going to take a leave until the end of the year, and Zhang Bingwen, the left waiter, has been in and out of the imperial study from time to time recently. ”

Bi Ziyan originally knew about these, but he could smell the taste when he listened to it again, nodded, and said, "What about the others?" ”

Zheng Youyuan said, "The Criminal Department intends to separate the prisons from the yamen of various places and set up a yamen in charge of prisons, so as to promote the rapid establishment of the Criminal Prison Division. The Ministry of Rites is reorganizing various etiquette laws, and the Ministry of Industry is refining responsibilities and clarifying specific responsibilities. ”

Bi Ziyan listened attentively, his fingers tapped a few times on the table, and suddenly realized that this was Zhu Xu's habitual action, so he quickly took it back, and then stood up and said, "Go out with me." ”

Zheng Youyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "My lord, shouldn't you enter the palace now?" "The affairs of the household and the officials are clearly instructed by the emperor, and the most important thing to ask should be to go to the imperial study.

Bi Ziyan said as he walked: "The emperor is to save face for me, I'll go see Zhou Yingqiu first, and Fu Changzong will talk about it." ”

Zheng Youyuan suddenly had some understanding, the emperor also bypassed the cabinet when he decided to cut power on the six ministries and centralize the cabinet, which was clearly to express dissatisfaction with the cabinet's ability, and what he had to do now was to make up for it, not to touch the mold.

When Bi Ziyan left the palace, the turmoil of the Donglin Party's pardon became more and more intense, like boiling water, surging endlessly.

Qianqing Palace, Warm Pavilion.

Zhu Xu sat on the small table and was looking at King Ping's recital.

In the transcript, King Ping said that Dolgon and other Jiannu people in Annam were on a rampant killing, plundering, and almost all kinds of evil, although it was conducive to immigration, but it was not conducive to the prestige of the imperial court and the holy virtue of the emperor, and asked for a stop.

These Zhu Xu could have predicted it a long time ago, and they stayed in the middle directly.

He sat opposite Xiao Yongning, his small body was straight, and he was practicing calligraphy stroke by stroke.

His two children had been picked up by Li Jieyu, and the room was quite quiet.

After a while, Cao Huachun came in and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Cao is blocked on the road, and it is estimated that he will not be able to reach the capital today." ”

Zhu Xu also expected such a strange weather, nodded and said, "When you enter Beijing, you will let him come to see me." ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

Xiao Yongning watched Cao Huachun withdraw, her little face was full of envy, and she turned her head to look at the imperial uncle with a calm face, she pursed her lips, took a small pen, and continued to practice calligraphy, but she missed Cining Palace and her mother very much.

Bi Ziyan entered the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, etc., and even went to the Ministry of War, and then went to Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu's mansion, for the first time, listened carefully to the opinions of several scholars, and then hurriedly returned to the cabinet, ready to revise and improve his reform plan.

When Bi Ziyan came and went in a hurry, Yang Lian returned to the mansion and rested not long after, and welcomed a lot of visitors.

Now that rumors are spreading, he has just been pardoned, and Wu Youwei's deliberate secret push is stirring, many people think that Yang Lian will come out again and ascend to a high position.

After all, Yang Lian is the old minister of the Four Dynasties, the emperor, and the only remaining leader of Donglin, if he recovers, it will definitely be extraordinary, and he may enter the cabinet. There are not many people in the court, but there are many people in the opposition, and there are many famous people who have no merit, and even some of the regulars on the Qinhuai River who got the news earlier have already been on their way to the capital.

Yang Lian's door is not accessible to everyone, but some close friends, protégés and former officials still quietly enter through the back door, and they don't come out for a long time, including Wang Ji, who can't bear it.

Although Wang Ji is Zhao Nanxing's person, he is another mountain in the Donglin Party, and he has many dirty and quarrels with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, but time has passed, the situation has changed greatly, and both of them know that they need to work together.

Wang Ji stayed the longest and did not leave until late at night.

Wang Ji left with a smile on his face, although he coughed from time to time, his face was still full of glory and his expression was excited.

Yang Lian stood under the eaves, looking at the occasional flashes of starlight in the sky, without much expression on his face.

Behind him stood a middle-aged man, named Chen Desheng, who was originally in the middle of engineering, but was brushed down in the reform during the Chongzhen period, and is still idle at home, and he is also a member of the army in the capital that is running in many ways and seeking recovery.

He is Yang Lian's fellow countryman, half of his protégé, looking at Yang Lian's back, he said, "My lord, Sun Ge Lao, Zhang Shangshu didn't come, and he didn't even send anyone." ”

Yang Lian raised his head and kept looking at the sky, and only after a long time did he say indifferently: "One is detached, the other is as cunning as a fox, neither of them can be counted on." ”

Chen Tesheng didn't speak, but he didn't agree in his heart. In his opinion, they are righteous people who want to wash away the stigma, help the community, and set things right, without the help of these two people, it is not possible, after all, there are no righteous people in the court, and there are not even many people who are willing and dare to speak out.