For Li Tingji's sudden proposal, the melon-eating masses in the court were more surprised, if there were any other ideas, it was to be happy to see it, after all, they did not have the merit of the dragon, this great merit belongs to the people of the East Palace, and it has nothing to do with them, if this merit is really rewarded by the lord, then it is undoubtedly a good thing for other people in the court.

And in the eyes of the big guys in the DPRK and China, it is a different situation.

Originally, Li Tingji's position in the DPRK and China was already in jeopardy, and it could be said that the wall was falling down and everyone was pushing it, but one thing was beyond doubt, no matter what his reputation among Shilin became, no matter how critical the situation he faced, and no matter how despicable his behavior of hiding in the palace was, it could not change a fact.

That is him, Li Tingji, who is still a cabinet assistant, a scholar of Dongge University, the mentor of the Son of Heaven, and now the leader of the imperial party, Li Tingji will not change for a day in the court.

Therefore, he is the only one who has the qualifications to make this request to the Son of Heaven, because his own body is burdened with the greatest glory of Conglong's merits, and he, as the leader of the imperial party's vested interests in Conglong's merits, is also qualified to make this request on behalf of all the former ministers of the East Palace, although looking at the faces of those former ministers of the East Palace, they are obviously extremely reluctant, but the facts are the facts, Li Tingji's status has not changed, and what he said is effective, not to mention that the Son of Heaven has already expressed his approval, Could it be that there are still people in the imperialist party who dare to stand up against it?

Immediately, all the bigwigs remembered that it seemed that all the attacks on Li Tingji by the DPRK and China now started from this dragon merit, because the Son of Heaven rewarded him with all his favors for this reason.

And now that the Son of Heaven has so neatly approved Li Tingji's request, doesn't it mean that the edict that has been stuck in the cabinet these days and set off a lot of court discussions in the DPRK is invalid?

You must know that in the words of the Son of Heaven, it is said that the rewards of all the former ministers of the East Palace are drawn up by the officials and reported to the superiors, this Li Tingji is the oldest old minister of the East Palace, is it possible that he can be an exception?

In this way, then Li Tingji's situation will have to be reconsidered.

For the court bosses, in fact, what prestige, reputation, and reputation are all false, and these things can be transformed into actual power and reasons for attacking at some times, but sometimes, it is just empty talk, except for a certain impact on the psychology of the parties, it does not have much impact on the actual court situation.

Today's Li Tingji is in such a situation, his reputation in Shilin has been rotten, he loves the power of the stack, wants to be lucky, and bewitches the Son of Heaven, countless people in Shilin have criticized him, and he has no reputation at all.

But on the other hand, his position in the court has not changed, and the fundamental reason why he was forced to withdraw from the court in the next moment was that the Son of Heaven was disgusted with him!

It was the Son of Heaven who single-handedly promoted Li Tingji's dilemma, so naturally, as long as the Son of Heaven changed his mind, Li Tingji's dilemma would naturally be solved.

The so-called reputation, clear reputation, even if the scholars wrote a lot of articles to scold Li Tingji for his virtue, as long as the Son of Heaven does not nod, who can really help a cabinet auxiliary minister who assists the Son of Heaven in ascending the throne!

And the attitude of the Son of Heaven can be seen from the crisp and neat quasi-recital just now, in the heart of the Son of Heaven, he has already forgiven Li Tingji and intends to pull him.

In this way, we need to continue to think deeply about today's affairs, and the most critical question is, is today's situation a coincidence or a drama deliberately staged by the Son of Heaven in order to solve Li Tingji's predicament?

If it's a coincidence, it's okay, Li Tingji is just lucky.

But if the Son of Heaven is ingenious, then the meaning of the matter is complicated, Li Tingji is the leader of the Imperial Party, but the Son of Heaven is the real decision-maker of the Imperial Party, if it is the meaning of the Son of Heaven to reward the Lord from the dragon's merits.

Then the Son of Heaven is undoubtedly expressing a concession, or an exchange, from the dragon's merit, it is the credit that the Wenchen Group has recognized since the previous dynasties and can be regarded as a promotion qualification, Han Yi is a five-grade left-handed virtue, and he is exiled as a four-grade prefect, and it is

In a rich and prosperous place like Suzhou Mansion, if it is exchanged for someone else, it is definitely promoted, but when it is placed on Han Yi, it is considered derogatory by the entire imperial court.

Why? It's not because he is an old minister of the East Palace, and he has the blessing of the dragon's merit, and he has not become a four-grade official of the Qingliu Jing, so he is regarded as a derogatory.

It can be said that as long as the four words are stained with the dragon's skill, it is equivalent to a promotion to a level on the ground, and it is a reasonable and legal promotion that no one can fault with it.

This is the biggest capital for the promotion of the entire imperial party, but now, it is strictly limited to the lord's area, for Wenchen, it is good to be able to seal his wife and son, but how can he get the benefit of sitting flat on the ground at a critical moment.

The Son of Heaven gave up the greatest capital for the promotion of the entire imperial party, which was undoubtedly a great concession, and the imperial party lost this credit as a basis for promotion, and the speed of circulation in the court would be greatly slowed down, which would undoubtedly be good news for the officials of the entire imperial court who were not former ministers of the palace.

At least when it came time to compete for a certain position, the imperial party could not make a final decision from the dragon's merits, so this decision of the present dynasty at least won the support of most officials in the entire imperial court.

But on the other hand, for no reason, would the Son of Heaven make such a big concession?

The people present are all smart people, and if anyone thinks so, his IQ will basically say goodbye to officialdom.

So the bigwigs silently came to a conclusion in their hearts that the Son of Heaven was sacrificing short-term interests in exchange for long-term interests.

The so-called short-term interests are naturally to regard the Gong of the Dragon as the capital for promotion, so that the people in the Imperial Party can occupy the main position in the court as soon as possible, but from the Gong of the Dragon, it will be gone after using it once, and it cannot be taken for a lifetime.

And there is another problem in front of the Son of Heaven, among his former ministers of the East Palace, a considerable number of them are former ministers of the palace, and these former ministers of the palace have mixed backgrounds, but they have one common characteristic, most of them are not noble Jinshi Qingliu origins, so if the Son of Heaven wants to reuse them, it must be even more difficult.

It is obvious that today is an attempt by the Son of Heaven to appoint Xu Guangqi as the secretary of Sinong Temple, which is the Son of Heaven's hope that the Wenchen group will accept the non-Jinshi officials among his former ministers.

Therefore, the current situation is very clear, the Son of Heaven hopes to use the capital from the dragon to no longer be regarded as the promotion of the imperial party as a concession, in exchange for the real integration of the old ministers of the palace into the Wenchen group.

Of course, perhaps in the eyes of some half-officials, it is the same for the Son of Heaven to directly appoint these former ministers of the palace with the power of the dragon, and there is no need to spend such a large amount of blood.

But anyone with even a little insight knows that there is a big difference.

Today, basically the ministers with a little status in the court are there, as long as they accept the proposal of the Son of Heaven not to use the dragon's merit as promotion capital, it means that they must accept the old ministers of the palace, which is a real acceptance, not an acceptance on the surface.

If the Son of Heaven directly used the power of the dragon to promote Xu Guangqi, the Wenchen Group would definitely recognize it, but it is still the same sentence, the power of the dragon can only be used once, Xu Guangqi can use it to cross the gap between the fourth grade and the third grade, but it is impossible to use it to cross into the ministry, or even into the status of the big man in the DPRK, his background will become his biggest limitation.

The power of the dragon has been used, but his background has not changed, and every time he faces a promotion, his background will block in front of him, in other words, his career path will stop at the third grade.

This is obviously not what the Son of Heaven wants, what the Son of Heaven wants is to really reuse them and let them lift the restrictions on their origins, so the Son of Heaven is willing to make such a big concession, that is to say, if the ministers accept Xu Guangqi today, it means that they will acquiesce and will not use their background to restrict his promotion in the future.

How much benefit you get, how much price you have to pay, this is the eternal truth of the court!

Therefore, the Son of Heaven is sacrificing the short-term interests of all the imperial parties in exchange for the possibility of the future of the old ministers of the palace, and what is in front of the ministers is such a multiple-choice question, whether they want to continue to stick to the rules, resist the old ministers of the palace, and resist these officials who are not from Jinshi from entering the center, or whether to give up the rules of the civil official group for a long time and accept them in exchange for their own stable position in the court! 56