Don't think that Sun Tianguan is usually low-key and sleek, but he is a cowardly and incompetent person, who can achieve the position of the secretary of the ministry, how can he do it only by relying on eight exquisite faces? Holding the power of election, if there is no majestic means, how can he sit firmly in this position, so when Sun Piyang wants to understand the twists and turns, he understands that he has no other way to go except to move closer to the emperor.

Although he hoped to end his career as a stable official, if his career was gone, where would he return home, so Sun Tianguan resolutely decided to join the camp of the emperor and Shoufu.

But after thinking about this, the next thing is still not easy to do, like a high-ranking and powerful person like Sun Tianguan, even if he has made up his mind to fall to a certain side, it is impossible to run to the other party's mansion to show his heart.

If he really dared to do this, even if it was to the emperor, it would only make people think that he had a ghost in his heart and had other thoughts.

Therefore, how to accurately express one's position is also a matter of great test of political skills!

It just so happened that Sun Tianguan had such an opportunity in front of him, and this time he sent the Qincha candidate to Suzhou, and the Imperial Party and the Zhejiang Party were eyeing this piece of fat, which was a good opportunity for Sun Tianguan to express his position.

Although it is said that it is the cabinet that will finalize the candidates, don't forget that the power of the primary election is in the hands of the ministry, although under normal circumstances, in such a matter, the ministry will not deliberately block people, but it is not excluded that there are special circumstances.

For example, now, Sun Tianguan has determined the line and policy of actively moving closer to the emperor, and the imperial party has obviously fallen behind in this competition, so Sun Tianguan can make some small moves through his own authority to help the imperial party get this errand.

More normal strategies, such as putting Han Yi in the first place among the candidates, although the nominally on the candidate list are treated equally, but the order of the ranking is still particular, generally speaking, the top-ranked candidate is the most optimistic candidate of the ministry, relatively speaking, the rest of the people are slightly worse, this way is relatively mild, you can show your political position, and you will not offend people, barely a way to offend both.

Of course, if it were ordinary, Sun Tianguan would choose this method, but at this time, it is related to his own official hat, and this method is inevitably suspected of riding the wall, so a more radical method is needed.

For example, find a reason to remove the most capable person in the Zhejiang Party, Pei Yingzhang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, from the list, and then put Han Yi in the first candidate, so that Han Yi's chances of winning will be greatly enhanced, although Guo Weixian also has qualifications, but the official rank is a little low after all, and he has just recovered, and he is not yet fully familiar with the affairs of the imperial court.

However, in this way, the Zhejiang Party will definitely be offended, and it should have been a stable matter, because Sun Tianguan got in the way and became evenly matched again, and no one would be happy.

But there are disadvantages and benefits, and in this way, His Majesty will definitely understand Sun Tianguan's thoughts.

There is also a more radical method, to get rid of all the two candidates of the Zhejiang Party, and then find two foils, leaving Han Yi to be on the list, and then no matter how big the advantage of the Zhejiang Party is, there is nothing that can be done.

However, in this way, the rules are broken, and the selection of officials should be based on fairness and justice, and if Sun Tianguan does this, he will inevitably attract a lot of violent impeachment.

Of course, this is all a small section, and what really gives Sun Tianguan a headache is, what does Your Majesty mean on his side......

According to normal thinking, His Majesty's side should want to take this errand into the hands of the imperial party, but the problem is that after Li Tingji's nonsense in the court discussion, this originally determined matter has become a little unpredictable.

Obviously, the emperor's edict to let the cabinet agree on the candidates for the Qin mission was to appease Shen and Zhu, so wouldn't it be self-defeating if Sun Tianguan stupidly pushed Han Yi up alone?

On the other hand, if the emperor was just forced to make this edict out of desperation and taking into account the overall situation, then if Sun Tianguan put everyone on the list of candidates fairly and justly, then for a person like him who is not considerate, how long will the emperor stay if he is not abolished?

Rubbing his forehead, Sun Tianguan looked at the list of candidates, distressed.

The will is unpredictable!

This truth was understood from the time he stepped into the officialdom, being an official is to constantly speculate on his intentions, and the reason why his intentions are unpredictable is not that the emperor's mind is difficult to guess.

In the final analysis, the emperor is also a human being, and there are traces of behavior and thoughts, and the real meaning of the sentence is that once the emperor's mind is wrong, it may be an abyss, so don't guess easily.

In other words, why are the close ministers of the Son of Heaven and the words Lin Qingliu often promoted quickly, because they are around the Son of Heaven, and they are usually the most clear about the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and they are naturally promoted quickly.

And like Sun Tianguan, who is neither a close minister of the Son of Heaven, nor even a member of the Imperial Party, it is undoubtedly even more difficult to accurately predict the mind of the Son of Heaven!

"My lord, there is news in the palace!"

When Sun Tianguan was struggling, the secretary of the secretary hall on the side hurriedly walked in and said.

In the ministries and courtyards of the national dynasty, there are secretaries and offices, which are considered to be official, but there are only two petty officials from the ninth grade, and the daily work is very simple, which is to help Shangshu and the squire to deal with miscellaneous affairs, which is similar to the secretarial work of later generations.

Sun Tianguan, as the secretary of the ministry, is naturally equipped with a special secretary, but early this morning, Sun Tianguan sent him to wait at the gate of the palace, and immediately reported as soon as there was news.

There is no way, now there is too little information in Sun Tianguan's hands to make a correct judgment, and now that time is pressing, the Son of Heaven's big knife has been put on his neck, if he can't make his position clear as soon as possible, it will be too late for the Son of Heaven to really make a move!

"What's the news?"

Sun Tianguan suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart and asked.

"The news has just come out in the palace, Your Majesty has sent a message to the cabinet, saying that Li Tingji, a scholar of the Dongge University of the Ministry of Etiquette, is the new emperor's teacher, and has the merit of teaching the Son of Heaven, and he tried his best to teach the new emperor in the East Palace, and was promoted to the scholar of the Dongge University of the Ministry of Officials, and the title of prince and prince was given a pair of shoulders, and a son of Jiayin was a thousand households in brocade clothes, and he was allowed to ride in a sedan chair in the palace!"

The secretary hurriedly said.

However, these two sentences made Sun Tianguan gasp, obediently, it seems that this time the Son of Heaven is really moving, this is a promotion, this is obviously a killing!

The secretary of the ministry, the prince and the prince, the son of Jiayin, and the sedan chair in the palace, which one of these is not what a person with Li Tingji's qualifications should enjoy......