It snowed in the morning, and this was the first snow of the year, and the snowflakes were not big, but it seemed to be falling for a long time.

Zhu Yijun pressed the queen who was about to get up, and said with a smile: "Don't get up, rest more, it's snowing outside, if you get up, it's not good to suffer from the wind and cold!" Saying that, Zhu Yijun kissed Queen Wang's forehead.

Hiding in the quilt, Queen Wang's pretty face was slightly red, and she looked at Zhu Yijun stupidly.

"Sleep well!" Zhu Yijun patted her with a smile, and then asked people to serve him and get dressed.

After breakfast, Zhu Yijun came to the front wearing a big coat, and the cabinet scholars and the six books were waiting here. Yesterday, I received the same knowledge, and today I want to promote the cabinet scholars, so the atmosphere in the hall is a little dull at this time.

The emperor wanted to recommend Hai Jui to be a cabinet scholar, and everyone present knew that they knew how the matter ended in the end.

Originally, everyone thought that this matter had passed, after all, the emperor was just a whim at the beginning, and he did not continue to stare at this matter later. Now this matter has been suddenly turned over, which is obviously not a coincidence.

Everyone knows what is going on, and this is the struggle between the first and second assistants of the cabinet.

Although the whole thing seems to have been caused by Yang Shiyin, it has actually been going on for a long time. Since Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Siwei has been unwilling to be a puppet leader, and is bent on taking power.

However, there are many factions within the Jiangling faction, and Zhang Siwei's qualifications and prestige cannot suppress these people at all.

Whether it is Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zeng Shengwu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, or even Wu Dui, the secretary of the Ministry of War, they are not interested in Zhang Siwei. Not to mention a hard bone like Yan Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, which made Zhang Siwei unable to stretch his hands and feet at all.

In the cabinet, the rest of Ding Pansheng took the lead in Shen Shixing, which led to Zhang Siwei's sense of urgency.

With the matter of Yang Shiyin, it was just the time when Zhang Siwei was in trouble, since the emperor decreed the promotion of Zhang Siwei's student Li Zhi, Zhang Siwei suddenly gained momentum. The number of people waving and shouting behind Zhang Siwei suddenly increased, especially those who opposed Zhang Juzheng before.

These people were against settling the accounts and fields before, but now they are suddenly in favor of Yang Shiyin, and the change is so fast that there is no discipline at all.

As the second assistant of the cabinet, Shen Shixing now seems to be a conservative, and although Yu Youding and Pan Sheng support him, they seem to be less powerful than Zhang Siwei's side. The key is that Yang Shiyin was proposed by the emperor, and just by opposing the emperor, Shen Shixing is not so confident.

The six Shangshu Yan Qing expressed his support, and the others have not expressed their stance until now, and their attitude has become a mystery.

In any respect, today's court meeting is definitely not a simple court meeting, and it may determine the future direction of the government.

When Zhu Yijun stepped into the hall, the atmosphere became more solemn, Zhu Yijun walked in expressionlessly, his eyes swept over the faces of the ministers present, and then he said: "Today's court meeting is to elect cabinet scholars, all of you Aiqing talk about it!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister recommended Chen Wei, the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, since the case of the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War, the minister felt that there was a problem with the supervision of the imperial court. A case as big as the Arsenal Division, no one found out, and no one found out. ”

"In order to prevent such a thing from happening in the future, the minister thinks it is appropriate to let Chen Jiong, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, enter the cabinet."

As soon as Zhang Siwei's words came out, including Zhu Yijun, they were all stunned, Zhang Siwei recommended Chen Ji, which raised the level of the whole thing, and directly mentioned the grade of the candidate to Jiuqing.

But this is still not the key, the key is how Chen Wei and Zhang Siwei got together, this is the key!

Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Siwei, the old guy is really not simple, so he put Shen Shixing together, it is estimated that the candidate prepared by Shen Shixing is not good, right? It seems that Shen Shixing can't fight Zhang Siwei, not only because of his status!

At this time, Shen Shixing didn't expect Zhang Siwei to recommend Chen Wei, let alone Chen Siwei and Zhang Siwei getting together.

However, Shen Shixing also knew that if he didn't take out something at this time, he was afraid that he would suffer, and Shen Shixing was worried about the tacit understanding between Zhang Siwei and the emperor, but now he is even more worried, after all, Chen Shixing entered the cabinet, and his name is justified!

"The minister recommends Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department!"

Shen Shixing gritted his teeth and directly lifted out Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department, in fact, the most suitable person to suppress Chen Ji was Yan Qing, the secretary of the criminal department. However, Yan Qing agreed to Yang Shiyin early in the morning, and Shen Shixing naturally couldn't recommend him.

"The household department is an important yamen of the imperial court, and the imperial court has just made a surplus in the past two years.

"The household department is in charge of the world's land and acres of tax, and the household department is still in the cabinet, which is also conducive to the subsequent land settlement and tax collection."

Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing again, and sighed in his heart, none of these old foxes are easy to get along with. Shen Shixing made it clear to himself that he had to settle the land and collect taxes, all of which depended on the household department.

Even if it's the upcoming Yangshi Silver, you can't do without the household, so let's let the household book enter the cabinet!

However, in Shen Shixing's words, there was no mention of Yang Shiyin, the chicken thief's life.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing, and then at Zhang Siwei, with a playful expression on his face, asking the household and local civil officials to continue to collect taxes? Zhu Yijun felt that unless his head was pumped, he would never do such a thing.

If you don't make a separate tax yamen, will you collect taxes honestly?

Since it is necessary to complete the distribution of the land into the mu and the gentry to pay the grain in one piece, it is necessary to separate the tax collection yamen.

"The minister recommended the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng Province!"

What people didn't expect was Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the ministry, at this time, he spoke.

You must know that Wang Guoguang is the secretary of the ministry, although the secretary of the ministry is not in the cabinet, but the secretary of the ministry is known as the existence of heavenly officials, the status is high, the power is heavy, except for the cabinet first assistant and the cabinet secondary, absolutely no one can match.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Three candidates, right?" Let's discuss it! ”

Entering the public discussion, it means that Zhu Yijun has agreed to these three candidates, and officially enters the next process, that is, to announce these three candidates and accept the supervision of hundreds of officials.

If there is no big problem, the emperor can select a cabinet scholar from among the three people.

A seemingly peaceful, but actually full of intrigue is over, but everyone knows that the following is the key, and it's basically time for everyone to play the game of "finding faults".

People who attack each other, look for each other's faults and shortcomings, and preferably be able to knock each other down.

After the court pushed away, Zeng Xingwu came to Wang Guoguang's side, bowed down and said, "Thank you Lord Shangshu for your support!" ”

Glaring at Shen Shixing, Wang Guoguang said angrily: "Don't come to this set, don't you see that these two people are really angry." I just can't get used to seeing them making a fuss, it's not that good, what's the fuss? ”

Zeng Xingwu sighed, Zhang Siwei wanted to seize power, but Shen Shixing didn't want Zhang Siwei to take power, which is the key point of the contradiction.

As for Yang Shiyin, Zhang Siwei can support the emperor without a bottom line, but Shen Shi can't do it, he still has scruples, after all, the Jiangling faction is now all over the world, and everyone has a lot of land, and he knows it in his heart.

Zhang Siwei quickly approached the original opposition, that is, he realized that he did not have full support within the Gangneung faction, and could not achieve his goal of monopolizing power.

With the support of the opposition, Zhang Siwei has no bottom line, after all, Zhang Siwei's Zhang family is a big salt merchant, and he can get support from the salt merchant. Including Jin merchants and Hui merchants, as well as many big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

These people don't care too much about the land tax, which is a small amount of money for them.

Ascending to the top and getting the right to speak has more benefits, especially when the case of salt is not over. This also made Zhang Siwei's support unprecedented, and countless people were waving their flags and shouting for him to pave the way for him to take power.

Of course, there are also those who want to push their own people to the top of the position, such as entering the cabinet, or entering the sixth ministry.

The Gangneung faction was different, most of them were traditional gentry, and they paid attention to cultivating and reading heirlooms. If you want to cultivate and read heirlooms, then you have to have land, and the big landlords are these people. Including Xu Jie, who used to take land with his life, they are all traditional gentry class.

Although they also have a certain business, the land is their foundation.

The policy of a Yang Shiyin has completely provoked the war, and now it depends on how the war will spread.

Glancing at Wang Guoguang, Zeng Xingwu opened his mouth and said, "What is Lord Shangshu going to do?" ”

"What to do?" Wang Guoguang glanced at Zeng Xingwu and said with a smile: "You are very boring, just like Zhang Juzheng, how can there be so much, you can do whatever you want." ”

Looking at Wang Guoguang's back, Zeng Xingwu could only smile bitterly, Wang Guoguang's qualifications were there, and he had to listen to whatever he said.

Glancing back at the palace, Zeng Xingwu sighed and stepped on the snow on the ground and walked towards the outside of the palace.

Zhu Yijun returned to the palace and saw that Xu De had already come, so he said with a smile: "It's just right to come, I asked you to prepare the split, are you ready?" Saying that, Zhu Yijun looked at Xu De with a very serious gaze.

"Back to the emperor, ready!" Xu De opened his mouth and said: "The No. 2 of the inner factories in various places have all been transferred, and they are accompanied by No. 4, as well as a few capable people, who are ready to be sent by the emperor at any time. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, and said with a smile: "Very good, let them find a place first, prepare first, and it won't take too long." ”

"Yes, Emperor!" Xu De agreed and said respectfully.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Things are doing well, let's join the ceremonial supervisor!" Bingbi's position was originally intended to promote you and Chen Ju together, but I haven't been able to talk to you in the past few days. ”

"Slave and maid, thank Emperor Longen!" Xu De hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Yijun.