Chapter 678: A mountain is taller than a mountain
Just when Sun Tianguan was sitting in the yamen of the ministry in the early morning sun, Zhu Changluo in the palace was also extremely crying and laughing.
Early in the morning, the gate of the palace city also slowly opened, and the prince of the imperial horse eunuch Wang An came out of the Chengtian Gate, leading the first assistant Wang Xijue, who was waiting outside, and Feng Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, entered the Qianqing Palace.
However, when he arrived at the gate of the palace, Wang An stopped, turned around and gave a slight salute, and said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor ordered, tell Lord Yuanfu and Lord Han to enter the house first, and Feng Shangshu will wait in the side hall!"
Feng Qizheng didn't know why he was suddenly summoned, and when he heard Wang An's words, he immediately understood that today's protagonist was Han Yi, after all, he was also there when the court was discussing that day, and he didn't want to get involved in this mess, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand.
"Well, the old man is waiting in the side hall!"
Wang An arched his hand apologetically, and then led Wang Xijue and Han Yi into the Qianqing Palace.
"See Your Majesty!"
Because he was summoned from the palace, Zhu Changluo was also dressed more casually, dressed in Panlong civilian clothes, wearing a winged crown, and sitting on the throne.
The three people below saluted respectfully.
"You're all here, Wang An, give me a seat!"
Zhu Changluo waved his hand, and his tone was as peaceful and gentle as ever.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
However, for the emperor's attitude, the head assistant boss was very grateful on his face, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, today's emperor is inevitably a little too easy-going.
"I invited Yuanfu to come over today because the court needs to be sent to Suzhou Mansion Qincha, this matter is very important, I am very concerned, so I asked Yuanfu to come over to inquire about the progress, I wonder if the cabinet can move now?"
Straight to the point, there are no outsiders here, Zhu Changluo did not hide his intentions, glanced at Han Yi on the side, and asked with a warm and concerned mouth.
Wang Xijue couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, the emperor really came for this matter.
"Back to Your Majesty, the cabinet has not yet discussed this matter, according to the rules, the list must be sent by the ministry, and then the cabinet will agree, and now the cabinet list has not been handed over, so the cabinet has not yet discussed!"
Although he knew that the emperor was knowingly asking, Wang Xijue still had to answer honestly.
A smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Changluo's face, and he continued to ask.
"This matter is important, and the Ministry of Ministers should be cautious, but I heard that there have been a lot of rumors in Beijing recently, saying that several cabinet elders have recommended candidates to the Ministry of Officials, but is there such a thing?"
"It's true, Zhu Ge Lao recommended Pei Yingzhang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Shen Ge Lao recommended Guo Weixian, the imperial envoy of Zuo Yandu, not only that, but the courtiers also had many ...... recommended."
On the one hand, this is not a scene that you made up, but on the other hand, Wang Shoufu continued to answer honestly.
After a pause, it seemed that he didn't want to continue to fight, so he simply moved his gaze to Han Yi on the side, and said.
"Among them, there is Lord Han Yi recommended by Master Fang Congzhe, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites!"
"Oh? Han Yi? ”
Zhu Changluo looked slightly surprised, and the old Shoufu was speechless for a while, but His Majesty the Emperor was happy and turned around and asked.
"Han Yi, do you know that the imperial court attaches great importance to this mission, and since you were recommended by Mr. Fang, do you have a plan to implement the tax reform in Suzhou Mansion?"
Wang Xijue grinned, looking like he had a toothache.
This is asked, that is, only a minister who is extremely favored by the emperor like Han Yi can answer, otherwise, who will be idle and fine, and start planning how to do a good errand before receiving an errand, even if he has a plan in his heart, he will not say it openly, otherwise, don't you think that this errand will fall into his hands? When the time comes, this unstable behavior will fall into the eyes of the big guy, and maybe he will be able to fly when he gets the errand in his hand.
But Han Yi is obviously different, this is full of people, if you want to say that you understand the emperor, Wang Xijue can rank in the top three, not because of anything else, just because before today's prestige is growing, Wang Xijue has dealt with him, and suffered a big loss, since then, the old Shoufu has been watching how to become the prince step by step, and then become the son of heaven.
Although there is not much ordinary communication, but at the point where Wang Xijue is here, he no longer has to get along with people every day to understand a person.
Therefore, he never believed that the emperor would hand over such an errand to someone else, not only because it was a great achievement, but also because Wang Xijue's understanding of Jinshang knew how much he attached importance to the tax reform.
Such a major event, the Son of Heaven must be held in his own hands, and he must send a minister with the most confidant to go, so that he can rest assured.
Even until now, Wang Xijue vaguely felt that the Son of Heaven did not have a good impression of most courtiers, and he couldn't figure out why he felt this way, but his years of experience as an official made him extremely convinced that his feeling was right.
And Wang Shoufu is fortunate to be the one who saw this early.
Therefore, he dared to conclude that the Son of Heaven would never hand over a matter that he valued so much to a minister he did not trust.
However, because of Li Tingji's nonsense, Wang Xijue also understood that the original imperial party could be stable has become a little unpredictable, at least on the surface, the emperor wants to appease the two ministers, so after thinking about it, Wang Xijue feels that there are only two ways for the Son of Heaven to hold this matter in his hands.
The first method is to start with the officials and directly cross out everyone else from the candidates, so that the cabinet naturally has no choice but to hand over the errand to Han Yi.
However, the difficulty is slightly greater, and the success rate is not high, the reason why it is slightly more difficult is because doing so is contrary to the principle of the selection of the officials, of course, it is not that Sun Tianguan of the Ministry of Officials adheres to the principle, but this errand itself is a matter of concern to the court, and it is an errand that the Zhejiang Party is determined to achieve, with Sun Tianguan's character, it is unlikely to be so high-profile.
Of course, if Sun Tianguan knew that Lao Shoufu thought of him like this, he would definitely shout that this was prejudice and discrimination of a strong personal nature......
As for the low success rate, it is an objective reason, frankly speaking, even if it is an optimistic estimate, Sun Tianguan really only handed Han Yi alone, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for Han Yi to get this errand.
The practice of the dynasty is that everything that breaks the rules, regardless of right or wrong, will be resolutely resisted!
Sun Tianguan assumed that he really did this, the biggest possibility is that he himself was impeached by the court, and a certain cabinet elder and a certain cabinet veteran jointly protested, and the final result was either that the cabinet was forced to send the list of candidates back to the ministry for re-examination, or the matter was directly stranded, and no one could get the errand if they were scattered, and it would be difficult for the Son of Heaven to force it through under the surging court discussion.
Therefore, Wang Lao Shoufu knew at the first time that this method was not advisable.
But it doesn't matter, one method doesn't work, there is another method, and the means of bad rules will definitely not work, so let's follow the rules.
The emperor issued an edict to the cabinet to agree on the candidates, if the officials did not interfere with it, but in the end, the result of the cabinet game was still Han Yi as the Qincha, so no one could find fault......
And if you want Han Yi to win at the cabinet meeting, then you need a strong voice to stand up for Han Yi.
It is obvious that he is the backer that the emperor found for Han Yi in the cabinet......