The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, this is the eternal truth, the new emperor will gradually replace the court officials with his own henchmen, this is a common thing, but generally speaking, this replacement process or last for several years or even more than ten years, the specific speed depends on the situation.

Sun Shangshu has been immersed in the court for many years and has rich experience in struggle, and since he left the court yesterday, he has been thinking about all the things that happened at the court meeting, carefully recalling all the details, so that in the first half of the court meeting, he was in a state of indifference.

It wasn't until Li Tingji's idiot provoked Shen Li for no reason, causing the courtiers to speculate, and the emperor had to order the imperial horse eunuch Wang An to come forward to pass on the word of mouth to appease, that Sun Piyang was sure that there was no idea of a major change of blood in the six ministries and seven secretaries and the cabinet.

In fact, this is also easy to understand, not only the cabinet, among the foreign courts, Sun Piyang himself is seventy-one years old, Xiao Daheng, the secretary of the criminal department, is older than him, he is seventy-two years old, and then counting down, Shi Xing, the secretary of the military department, is sixty-five years old, while Zhao Shiqing, the secretary of the household department, and Feng Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are relatively young.

In other words, in fact, even if the emperor doesn't do it, Sun Tianguan won't be able to do it for a few years, he originally thought that he would be able to spend the past few years in peace, and then return to his hometown with the scenery, and he would have no regrets in this life.

But who would have thought that the new emperor would directly aim his gun at him when he ascended the throne, if the emperor was ready to change blood, Sun Piyang would admit it, but the emperor was obviously bent on maintaining stability, why did he have to get along with him?

If it is said that it is a persimmon to pick a soft pinch, Xiao Shangshu of the Criminal Department is older than him, and his ranking among the six is relatively low, no matter how you count it, you should do it to the Criminal Department first!

If it is said that it is to exclude dissidents and establish authority, it is impossible to count him, although he has a good friendship with Zhu Geng, the boss of the Zhejiang Party, but he is not a member of the Zhejiang Party, the emperor wants to establish authority, starting from the cabinet is the easiest, after all, the ministers are all out of the mind, to remove a minister, it is far easier than to remove a minister.

What's more, there is also a senior Shen Lishen Ge in the cabinet, who is also a Zhejiang party boss and is older, so Sun Tianguan really can't understand why the Son of Heaven would start with him......

However, Sun Tianguan is an old fritter in the officialdom, and after carefully going through the things above the court meeting, he found a suspicious thing that was ignored by everyone.

That was at the beginning of the court meeting, Lord Shoufu, what kind of mentality did he put down his net worth to endorse the first edict of the new emperor!

Perhaps there is nothing wrong with this in the eyes of the outside world, but in the eyes of knowledgeable courtiers, this is by no means a normal behavior.

The status is as high as the first assistant of the cabinet, to a certain extent, he can already get the respect of the emperor, if he is unwilling to proclaim the edict, even the emperor can not force him, and the first assistant is the head of the ministers, every move is highly watched, and any action made will be carefully interpreted by the courtiers.

Therefore, anyone in a high position must act extremely cautiously, and Lord Yuanfu is willing to put down his body to endorse the new emperor, which can only show that the two of them have joined forces.

This is not difficult to guess, many of the courtiers can see it, but what makes Sun Piyang puzzled is what kind of tacit understanding has been reached between the emperor and Yuanfu that will cause the situation at the court.

He had a hunch that if he could figure this out, he would be able to find a solution to his predicament......

At the same time, Sun Tianguan continued to think about what happened at the imperial meeting, and found a strange phenomenon, when a cadre of the cabinet and auxiliary ministers noticed that there were signs of union between the first assistant and the emperor, they invariably took action to destroy this alliance, which Sun Piyang could understand.

After all, Shoufu's authority in the cabinet is already heavy enough, if he gets the emperor's unconditional support, then how can there be room for other ministers to speak, what makes him feel strange is Wang Xijue's actions.

Faced with such a situation, this highly respected Lord Motofu actually chose to regain a whip method to bridge the trust between the emperor and the emperor that had been destroyed by the ministers.

What does this mean?

This shows that the alliance between Yuanfu and the emperor is not that the emperor is in a hurry to cooperate with Wang Xijue, but that Wang Xijue is eager to obtain the emperor's support.

Thinking of this, Sun Piyang felt that his train of thought suddenly became much smoother.

It is true that he does not have much friendship with today's son, but he has an old deal with Wang Xijue, and naturally he knows his political tendencies and ideas very well.

It's just that the emperor has been living in the palace all the time, and he is noncommittal about Wang Xijue's policy, without the support of the emperor, Wang Xijue alone is obviously unable to promote this matter.

What's more, as the first assistant, he needs to balance the court situation and deal with court affairs, and there are things that can't be done, and they will be shelved after a long time.

For Wang Xijue's idea, Sun Piyang actually has no objection, as a secretary of the ministry, he actually knows better how big the problem is in the Ming officialdom today, but it is still the same sentence, not everyone is Zhang Juzheng, and no one has the determination to reform.

Sun Piyang is old, at most five years, he is going to return to his hometown, in the twilight of this career, he is not willing to toss anymore, not to mention that the creed he has upheld for many years is low-key balance, this kind of thing is not suitable for him to do.

But Wang Xijue has not given up, originally Wang Xijue did not have the support of the emperor, and there was no cooperation from him, the secretary of the ministry, this idea was just an idea, but now, Sun Piyang is almost certain that Wang Xijue must have moved the emperor and is determined to work the rule of officials.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Xijue did not hesitate to restart a whip law, and was unwilling to give up the hard-won alliance with the emperor, and with the support of the emperor, if he wanted to rectify the rule of officials, the next step was obviously to hold the power of election in his hands.

And Sun Piyang, who just wants to retire peacefully, is naturally innocent!

Thinking about this, Sun Piyang suddenly became enlightened, and almost in a moment, he realized that he had to start acting.

So there is a strong face of Sun Shangshu above the court discussion!

Of course, this strength is not against the emperor, but against the courtiers, since the emperor and the first assistant have reached an agreement to rectify the rule of officials, then in this court, there are almost no people who can stop it.

In order not to become the first unlucky person to be sacrificed, there is only one way in front of Sun Piyang.

That is, to stand on the united front with the emperor and become a sharp knife for the emperor to rectify the rule of officials!