Just when Yuan Feng was moving around, preparing to go to the court the next day, when he completely denied the cabinet congress, news came from the palace that the Empress Dowager He was in good health, and the little emperor Liu Braids were serving him, and the recent court meeting was all postponed.

When he heard the news, Yuan Feng knew that he had missed the last chance to fight back at the morning meeting.

Yuan Feng, who was in a panic, came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to Yuan Kui's study, and when he saw Yuan Kui who was reading, he sighed and said: "Fourth brother! What kind of climate is this, and you are still in the mood to read! ”

Prime Minister Yuan Kui unhurriedly put away the thread-bound books made of Chudi's new paper: "Third brother, self-cultivation ......"

"Go, what kind of body to cultivate, burn your eyebrows and say this, Your Majesty the Queen Mother can't stand the court, and all the power in the court and the central government will fall into the hands of the cabinet system! You don't care! ”

"I'm the head of the cabinet, Shang Shuling, what do you want me to do?"

Yuan Feng was speechless for a while.

On the second day, Yuan Feng came to Yuan Kui's bedroom early to wait, the two had breakfast, Yuan Kui tidied up his clothes, went out, Yuan Feng shouted: "Fourth brother, where are you going?" ”

"The former cabinet of the Imperial Palace!"

Yuan Kui left without looking back.

Yuan Feng stood there in a daze, unable to keep up, and scolded in his mouth: "What kind of bullshit is too much, the position is higher than the third duke, but he didn't record Shangshushi, it's an empty shell!" False position! ”

With the help of Cao Xing's army, the relocation of the palace was extremely fast, and soon in addition to the North Palace, the other three palaces were vacant, and the North Palace became the only palace.

The great doctors in front of the cabinet, as the auxiliary ministers of the Son of Heaven, are located in the palace office, and the attic where they are located has been renamed Fengtian Pavilion!

When Yuan Kui came to Fengtian Pavilion, it was already very lively, and he heard the exaggerated voice of Ding Gong from afar:

"General Wei, you are enriching the army with eunuchs who have been replaced in the palace, which is a good deed! These eunuchs have plagued our Han for hundreds of years, and let them fight and atone for the Han with their blood, which is their destination!

It's also General Wei, you are merciful, let someone say, eunuchs should be cut with a thousand knives! ”

"Huh! Ding Sikong, the eunuchs are also Han Chinese, they can't kill indiscriminately, confiscate their greedy money and food, and then serve in the army at the border pass to atone for their crimes! ”

"General Wei is really benevolent!"

……

No matter how Yuan Kui listened, he felt that the voice of General Wei was very familiar, and when he walked into Fengtian Pavilion, that is, the cabinet, he took a look and found that this General Wei was Cao Xing.

Cao Xing saw Yuan Kui's arrival, and hurriedly got up respectfully and bowed his hands, and the etiquette made him speechless: "Congratulations to the prime minister!" ”

Taiwei Shangshu shot Xu Xiang, Sikong Officials Shangshu Ding Gong, and Situ Rite Department Shangshu Wang Yun, and they all stood up to greet him.

As if seeing the strangeness in Yuan Kui's eyes, Cao Xing said respectfully: "Prime Minister, when you didn't come, there was an edict from the palace, and the subordinate has been appointed as General Wei, recorded the Shangshu, and served as the secretary of the military department, so he entered the cabinet!" ”

Yuan Kui exclaimed in his heart, he was inappropriate to recommend Cao Xing as a general, and he was inappropriate to recommend a hussar general, half a year later, at this critical moment, he accepted the edict of being a general of Wei, which is really hidden!

General Wei said that it is high, and there are generals, hussar generals, and chariot generals, although the first two are vacant, there are two chariot generals, that is, Huangfu Song, who was reinstated as the left chariot rider, and Zhu Jun, the right chariot rider.

Speaking of low, General Wei happens to belong to the list of the three princes, and he is one level higher than the four generals in the front and back of Jiuqing.

The important thing is that Cao Xing became the secretary of the military department, a newly established department that oversaw the military affairs of the world and passed the promotion and demotion of military attachés.

Yuan Kui quietly returned the salute to Cao Xing: "Congratulations!" ”

Now it was Cao Xing's turn to be amazed, Yuan Kui was so calm! So confident! Where does that confidence come from?

Cao Xuan couldn't help but secretly look at Wang Yun, and made a denial in his heart, if Wang Yun didn't understand him, he would be a deadly poisonous snake, but he knew too well, so he was just a wall grass, a speculator, and a clown jumping off the beam!

Wang Yun alone can make Yuan Kui so confident?

Cao Xing greeted Yuan Kui as he sat on the main seat while thinking.

The first cabinet meeting in Chinese history was held, and the first national policy promulgated was to reorganize the nearly 2,000 eunuchs in the original palace to fill the army, most of whom entered the sea division that everyone thought was the most dangerous.

The second is a mock vacancy of the cabinet secretary, a list of candidates for the National Assembly, and there are several people for each post with a total of more than 400 people for the emperor to choose.

The third is the reconstruction of the three palaces.

These three major articles involve too many interests, and Wang Yun naturally defected again and fought for the party's seat.

However, Yuan Kui and Cao Xing cooperated very tacitly.

Article 1 and Article 3 were quickly implemented, the eunuchs entered the Cao army, and the ten permanent servants entered Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and the army.

On the third day of the second month of the second year of Guangxi, the court meeting for a whole month was held again, and on the stone platform, the service Liu Braided and Empress Dowager He were still the two new permanent attendants, but now the hundred officials knew their names.

The name of the white eunuch who served the emperor was too awkward, but now there is a Chinese name, called Cao Jian, a Xianbei person, and there is news that he is the half-brother of Cao Xing's two twin concubines, and Cao Jian's mother is the white Xianbei in the northwest.

More than 100 eunuchs of different races have recovered from their injuries and entered the palace, and they are under the jurisdiction of the two.

Since then, there has been no Han eunuch in the palace except for Lieqing Daqiu Changzuofeng.

Cao Tian, who was transferred to the Criminal Department, was listed as a special recruit to the court, and opened a long list, this Cao Tian, who was nearly middle-aged and was a small official in Taiyuan last year, had a crying tone in his tone:

"Your Majesty! Wechen was fortunate to be ordered by the cabinet to investigate the corruption of the former ten permanent servants, but this investigation made Wechen heartbroken! Woo~"

As he spoke, this middle-aged uncle actually cried above the court, crying heartbroken, crying without pretense.

Liu Braid, who was on the dragon chair, suddenly panicked, and his face was full of concern, writing his kindness.

Maybe it was because he cried dry his tears, or maybe he didn't have the strength to cry, after a long time, Cao Tian put away his tears and reported:

"Your Majesty! The little twelve middle servants live taller than the Yongle Palace, the largest in the palace! The use is more extravagant than Your Majesty, you and the Queen Mother! The five baht money that Wei Chen copied from the homes of these twelve people was 100,000 yuan, as well as land assets, gold, silver and jewelry, and the combined property was more abundant than the national treasury!

Your Majesty! Wechen is terrified! ”