Chapter 668: The Old Fox's Scheme
And (before?!) Compared with the officials of the East Palace, especially compared with the former ministers of the palace, Ye Xianggao's qualifications are shallow, but this does not mean that his political vision is poor.
The moment Fang Congzhe said this, he understood the implied meaning of the former's words.
Zhu Geng is the boss of the Zhejiang Party, because of the iron law that the hometown of the national dynasty is not allowed to be an official for 500 miles, so he vigorously opposes the trial place in Huzhou Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion in Zhejiang, and Li Tingji is because the position of Su Songdao is too important, and only a minister with deep qualifications and high morality can hold the post of Qincha, so he vigorously opposes the trial place in Susong Road.
As a member of the Imperial Party, from Ye Xianggao's point of view, he naturally hopes that the trial place can be placed in Huzhou Mansion or Jiaxing Mansion, so that the credit of the past Qin Cha will not be lost, but the pressure will be reduced a lot.
Moreover, most of the people on the Zhejiang side were born in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and if they were set in Jiaxing Mansion or Huzhou Mansion, the manpower they could come up with would be stretched.
Thinking about it from this point of view, it seems that it is not unreasonable for Li Tingji to argue with Zhu Geng on the basis of reason in the court discussion.
But don't forget, the advantage of the imperial party is that behind them is the Son of Heaven, even if the matter decided in the court is theoretically only a feasible opinion, not the final conclusion, the final conclusion is still for the emperor to do, and will the Son of Heaven hand over this great work to others? When the time comes to send it to the Imperial Tour, the Son of Heaven can logically set the trial place in Huzhou Mansion or Jiaxing Mansion without too much pressure.
After all, where is this trial place, it doesn't have much to do with most people in the court, this just looks at the attitude of the big guys in the court meeting, for the six departments and seven qing, it doesn't matter where this trial place is, as long as the trial can be successful in the end!
Then the question arises, in this case, why does Li Tingji still tear his face with Zhu Geng in the court discussion, and fight inextricably, you must know that although in the imperial party, Li Tingji's qualifications are deep, but compared with Zhu Geng, it is still much shallower, and in Shilin, he still pays attention to this kind of relationship between seniors and seniors.
When such a thing happened, the Son of Heaven chose nothing more than two kinds, one was to protect his henchmen and stand on Li Tingji's side to support him, but it was obvious that Li Tingji's approach made the Son of Heaven very unhappy, so the Son of Heaven did not have such thoughts.
In order to maintain the stability and order of the cabinet, the Son of Heaven will issue an edict to punish Li Tingji, who offended his predecessors, and at the same time express his closeness and importance to the old ministers of the cabinet to show that he has no intention of making a big move against the cabinet.
Specific to the current situation, the two edicts issued by the Son of Heaven from the inner palace clearly expressed this meaning, one of which exempted Li Tingji from the errand of the banquet, although it did not involve the official, but the banquet was a symbol of status, and it was not a close minister of the Son of Heaven who could not serve as a minister.
As for handing over the candidates to the cabinet for approval, this is a preferential treatment for the two old ministers of Shen and Zhu, the advantage of the imperial party is that it has the support of the emperor, and the same as the determination of the trial place, the selection of the Qin messenger must be decided by the emperor in the end, of course, the premise is that the two candidates are not too different, the emperor can directly determine the candidates.
And once handed over to the cabinet, Shen and Zhu's two ministers obviously have an advantage in numbers, and the second assistant Zhen Ji is now quite close to Zhu Geng, as for the heaviest first assistant Wang Xijue, I am afraid he may not be willing to stand with Li Tingji, after all, Li Tingji's words are too sharp, which is an offense to the predecessors of the cabinet, not to mention that Sun Piyang, the official secretary of the proposed candidate, has always had a very good relationship with the Zhejiang Party, so for various reasons, it is almost certain that the Zhejiang Party will be able to pocket this errand......
This is obviously the decision made by the emperor in order to appease the court, and the person who set off this court discussion is Li Tingji!
Thinking about it this way, Li Tingji's purpose is already obvious, the reason why he brazenly confronted the two cabinet ministers in the court discussion was that he had the intention of replacing him, and second, he wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Han Yi.
You know, such a good opportunity is not available at any time, if this opportunity is included in the Zhejiang Party, Han Yi will have to enter the ministry to transfer, even if there is the emperor's grace, at most it is a master of the imperial history, and I don't know when I will be able to come out.
And for Li Tingji, after all, he is the emperor's teacher, the emperor can't depose him because of this simple court discussion, suppressing Han Yi, who is the most threatening to him, he is still an indispensable figure in the imperial party, even if the emperor is dissatisfied, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still has to rely on him.
If the scheming is deep, Ye Xianggao also had to sigh, the first emperor simply promoted Li Tingji into the cabinet, and he really didn't see the wrong person, this old friend of his, his skills in the political struggle have really been perfected.
Looking back now, is Zhu Geng an easy person? In front of the six ministries and seven secretaries, arguing with Li Tingji like that is not at all like something that an important minister who has been in the cabinet for a long time would do......
"Let's go, the matter has come to this point, it's useless to think about it, Brother Fang has seen the doorway here, but there is a way to deal with it?"
With a lot of thoughts in his mind, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but wave his hand, and put his eyes on Fang Congzhe's body again, since he had already seen Li Tingji's layout, he must have a countermeasure in his heart.
Unexpectedly, Fang Congzhe glanced at Ye Xianggao strangely, and his tone was a little inexplicable.
"What does Brother Ye mean is that he still wants to fight for this errand in Suzhou? You must know that this errand will also fall on Han Yi's head, which is not beneficial to us! ”
Although Fang Congzhe and Li Tingji do not agree, it is undeniable that they are both former ministers of the palace today, and there are still separate factions between Han Yi and other backward old ministers of the East Palace......
"What does Brother Fang mean by this? Brother Li doesn't know what is going on, is it the same for Brother Fang? Han Yi and I are His Majesty's henchmen, today is the time to employ people, how can they fight with each other, not to mention the greatness of the government and the opposition, the replacement of the old and the new is the right reason, if you talk about threats, our old ministers of the East Palace, now it is the threat of the cabinet ministers, Brother Fang is a subordinate of Yuanfu, have you ever seen Lord Yuanfu suppress us? ”
Ye Xianggao's face was grim, and he said unhappily.