The celebration of the wedding of the Son of Heaven was set up on the extremely wide square in front of the Taihe Palace, and the ministers were all arranged by status, even if Zhang Siwei's words were full of anger, but in this environment, not everyone could hear it clearly, especially the low-level officials standing behind, and they only saw that there were high-ranking officials who stood up to play the Son of Heaven, but they didn't know what they said at all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But even so, after a while, everyone still knew what he was talking about, and suddenly all the officials had strange looks on their faces, and many people's eyes also fell on the head of the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, wanting to see what kind of reaction he had.

In fact, as early as a year ago, when the marriage was decided, there were calls in the court to add an official to Wang Wei. But as a result, Zhang Juzheng shirked it for various reasons. At that time, everyone didn't pay much attention to this, but now, at such a festive time, it is a little strange that someone actually stood up and wanted to fight for the title of Wang Wei, the newly released national abbot.

It's Zhang Juzheng, who is also at a loss at the moment. As a member of the cabinet, Zhang Siwei has always been extremely deferential to himself, and he is diligent in his work, and he has never had any outrageous words and deeds, so how can he say this today?

"This four-dimensional is trying to please the Son of Heaven, but he is a master who is good at greeting." Although Yang Zhen didn't know the antecedents, he also saw some clues. It stands to reason that it is indeed appropriate to ask the emperor to reward the prince at this time, so that it will not provoke criticism from others or be prevented, and it will also give a good impression to the emperor and the new empress.

Wanli is naturally quite moved by this. It's not that he values his father-in-law very much, just because this is his face as the Son of Heaven, and being able to reward his father-in-law in front of the ministers today doesn't just show his authority as the Son of Heaven?

Unexpectedly, before Wanli could speak, Zhang Juzheng had already frowned and stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible!" ”

"Master Zhang...... What do you mean by that? "I didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to oppose at this time, and the emperor who wanted to push the boat down the river and ask the Ministry of Rites to come out with a knighthood couldn't help but be stunned, and at the same time, his face was not so good-looking.

Zhang Juzheng immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, although my Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, in recent years, natural disasters have been at my disposal, and the treasury has gradually emptied, and now, there are still hundreds of thousands of various lords and clans in the country who need to allocate money and reward silver, which is really a bit beyond my means. The reason for this is that there were too many and indiscriminate titles in the previous dynasties, resulting in several clans to be raised in the counties of a hundred miles, which is not the way to make a rich country and a strong country. If today's son's wedding, even if Wang Weigong also has merit, it is not enough to give him a title, and I hope that His Majesty will think of Sheji, otherwise it will only make my Ming title more indiscriminate and the treasury more empty. ”

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, many officials nodded their heads, even the Son of Heaven, and they couldn't find a rebuttal for a while. After a while, he said: "What Master Zhang said is not unreasonable, but today ......" He didn't say it thoroughly, but the meaning was very clear, if Wang Wei was not rewarded, today's wedding would be a little unpresentable.

Yang Zhen stood in the middle position, and could clearly listen to Zhang Juzheng's reasons, and couldn't help but praise his thoughts on serving the country and his courage to disregard his own gains and losses: "This Zhang Taiyue is indeed as good as his name, which is admirable." Even if Zhang Juzheng was regarded as an enemy earlier, it did not prevent Yang Zhen from admiring his behavior in some aspects.

Zhang Juzheng naturally understands the emperor's current situation, if he doesn't say anything, not only will the queen not be able to explain it to the queen in the future, but also leave the truth to the subjects of the world that the monarch's power is not as good as the minister's power. In the past few years, Zhang Juzheng has been trying to make up for the relationship between himself and the Son of Heaven, and he didn't dare to be too tough in this matter, which made the emperor angry, so he said after groaning: "I have already awarded Wang Weigong as a thousand households in brocade clothes, so let's promote his official position again." ”

As the most trusted team around the emperor, Jinyiwei has always had the function of allowing meritorious personnel and their families to be gifted. Although these people will be named hundreds or thousands of households depending on the size of their merits, in fact, they are not under the command of Yang Zhen, the new commander, and at the same time, they can't participate in the daily work of Jinyiwei at all, they are just some fictitious positions in the name of the leader.

But now, when this was mentioned, Zhang Juzheng's mind suddenly turned, and he thought of a good way to push the boat down the river and disgust Yang Zhen, a hateful guy, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, Wang Weigong can be promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, although it is not a knight, but this identity is also valuable enough, and it is worthy of the identity of his abbot." ”

"Hmm......" Everyone present was stunned, but soon, they understood a little, and couldn't help but say in their hearts that Zhang Ge Lao is really powerful.

He had been looking for the mistakes between Jinyiwei and Yang Zhen before, but he had no way, and he couldn't even find someone to understand the internal situation of Jinyiwei. But now, taking advantage of this sudden change, he actually grabbed the biggest lifeblood and loophole of Jinyiwei at once, and gave Yang Zhen a big problem.

That is, since the previous commander Liu Shouyou was defeated by Yang Zhen, Jinyiwei has never been appointed as a new commander, and only Yang Zhen, the commander (now he has been promoted to command), has temporarily taken over his position. Many ignored the problem of his identity because of Yang Zhen's strength, but now Zhang Juzheng took it and proposed to promote Wang Wei, a noble national abbot, to the commander of the country, and use him to balance Yang Zhen.

This trick is completely killing people with a knife, don't look at Wang Wei is just a powerless little person now, but he has the identity of the national ruler, and he will soon have a certain amount of power. And if he is made the commander of the Jinyi Guard again, as long as this is a somewhat ambitious person, he will naturally want to gain more power, and it is natural for him to have conflicts and frictions with Yang Zhen because of this.

Once such a situation really occurs, Yang Zhen's situation will be far less comfortable than it is now, and Jinyiwei will inevitably be divided internally, which will create extremely favorable conditions for Zhang Juzheng to deal with him. And even if he took a step back, Yang Zhen cleverly suppressed Wang Wei, the boss and national father-in-law, Zhang Juzheng had nothing to lose, and today he also solved the problem that Zhang Siwei had made, which really had no benefit.

"What a powerful method...... Yang Zhen immediately understood Zhang Juzheng's intentions, and couldn't help but muttered softly, and glanced at him at the same time. But in the end, he still set his eyes on Wanli, and now it depends on what he means.

Wanli also looked a little surprised at this time, although he was not very old, his heart and eyes were also active, and he could see at a glance that Master Zhang's arrangement was aimed at Yang Zhen and Jin Yiwei. As far as his heart is concerned, he doesn't want Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei, whom he relies on, to be mixed with sand, causing internal unrest. But if he denies this matter today, the dignity of the prince will be completely gone, and by the way, his face as a son-in-law of the emperor will not be disgraceful.

Moreover, in Wanli's mind, Wang Wei is the ruler of the country after all, and he is always close to him, as long as he makes it clear to him when the time comes, he will not be willing to be used to make any trouble in Jinyiwei.

After some weighing, Wanli still nodded and said: "Master Zhang's consideration is also thoughtful, then let's handle it accordingly, after two days, I will issue an order to make Wang Wei, the commander of the Jinyi Guard." ”

"Huh......" Yang Zhen's heart tightened when he heard this, and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh. The situation in the next brocade guard is not as simple as before.

And Zhang Juzheng was slightly happy on his face, and then bowed down again: "Your Majesty Shengming!" When he said this, his eyes turned slightly, and he glanced at Zhang Siwei thoughtfully, but the latter, at the moment, seemed a little apprehensive and helpless, and retreated stupidly. Thinking about it, I was going to please the emperor and the queen, but in exchange for only such a result, the limelight made Zhang Juzheng out, and because of this, the first assistant was unhappy, and it was not an exaggeration to say that stealing chickens would not lead to rice.

Everyone present had some thoughts on this matter. The only exception may be the queen who stands side by side with the Son of Heaven. Since she was accepted into the noon gate by the emperor, she has always been this solemn and serious appearance, except for what the master of ceremonies and officials need her to do, there are almost no superfluous movements, compared to Wanli, she is more like a marionette. Even if the previous few people were talking about her father's official title, the queen's expression did not change, as if everything was not taken to her heart.

And all this fell in the eyes of the emperor, Xiao Wanli muttered unconsciously in his heart: "Why is this queen always expressionless, does she not care about her father at all?" Or is it too nervous? ”

No matter what you think or what you feel, the next celebration has to go on.

So in a solemn and warm atmosphere, the ceremony of the emperor's wedding went down again, whether it was a monarch or a minister, they had to act in strict accordance with the rules and systems to speak, at this moment, everyone in the palace became puppets, pulled by the silk rope of the rules left by the ancestors, doing all kinds of etiquette things that even they may not know.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west that this solemn and dreary celebration finally came to an end. Next, the emperor and queen were sent to the cave room in the Qianqing Palace, of course, no one in the world dared to make trouble with the two of them. Therefore, after being given a wine banquet and hastily using some food in several side halls to fill their stomachs, the ministers left one after another.

Even if you want to eat more, you can't do it, because before dark, the palace gate will have to be locked, and then you will not be able to get out as a foreign minister.

And Yang Zhen also ate something, and at the same time returned to his home with a stomach full of worries......

The Son of Heaven Wanli got married, and the ministers did not hurry up to congratulate the ~~~~~~