Three days later, the thirteen important ministers of the court gathered outside the Benren Hall again to participate in the pre-imperial examination, but when everyone saw that Liu Jian was also among them, they were obviously stunned for a moment, how could this person appear here?

Obviously, Liu Jian also wanted to participate in this imperial meeting, and no one else knew about it except for the four cabinet elders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, although the former cabinet chief assistant is no longer in his position, he is wearing a "bestowed" red python robe, and no one dares to ignore the existence of this person, and they have come forward to salute.

"I've seen Elder Ge."

Liu Jian stroked his beard lightly and said with a smile, "Your Excellency is polite, Jian is just a grass man now, and this 'Pavilion Elder' is absolutely unacceptable." Since Your Majesty has given the old man a speaker, you can call me speaker. ”

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement. After all, Liu Jian is not the original cabinet chief, even if he is respectful, he can't be called 'cabinet elder', which is a very taboo thing.

Soon, Wang Yue rushed over first and led these important ministers into the Benren Palace.

Due to Liu Jian's appearance, it is obvious that everyone is going to rearrange their seats again. However, although the former has the title of speaker on his head, his identity is already a grass citizen. However, he was originally the first assistant of the cabinet, and he was highly respected in the DPRK and China. So how to arrange this has become a difficult problem, at least in the eyes of these dozen or so important ministers.

However, to their embarrassment, the scene did not appear, Wang Yue calmly opened the first Taishi chair on the left this time, and invited Liu Jian to come over, "Mr. Speaker, please take a seat." ”

However, Liu Jian did not sit down immediately, but looked at Li Dongyang on the side, after all, although this position used to belong to him, but now it belongs to the latter. Even if there is an order from the emperor, it is still necessary to follow the meaning of this person, so as not to stiffen the relationship between each other.

Li Dongyang smiled indifferently and said, "Mr., as a veteran of the DPRK and China, Dongyang feels a lot more at ease sitting here." ”

But it is a metaphor that Liu Jian is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, and the latter naturally understood what he meant, nodded and sat down.

"Then the old man trespassed."

In the end, everyone's positions were postponed and pushed down by one person, and everyone looked at each other, looking at their noses and noses, and waiting for the arrival of the emperor.

It didn't take long for Zheng De to stride in with Wang Tingxiang. Everyone immediately stood up, bowed and saluted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"No courtesy, sit down." Zheng De greeted with both hands, sat down first, and the ministers also sat down.

He glanced at the ministers present and said slowly, "The main purpose of convening this meeting today is to adjust and abolish some redundant yamen in the imperial court, and I would like to ask for your opinions. ”

Adjustment and abolition of redundant yamen?

This greatly surprised the ministers present, everyone couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was a hint of doubt in their eyes, shouldn't this time we discuss the reform of Daming School and scientific examinations?

With the issuance of the unstamped half-finished holy decree of "Daming School and Imperial Examination Reform is Edict", the news that the emperor is ready to reform in this aspect has spread throughout the government and the opposition. And at this cusp, it was rumored that the emperor was going to hold a pre-imperial meeting, and such a coincidence also made the civil and military officials of the court guess that this meeting was mostly held because of this matter. Unexpectedly, as soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he said something else.

What kind of medicine is the emperor selling in the gourd?

As soon as the words fell, Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately got up and bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, the yamen inside and outside the court have been set up very reasonably, and it seems that there is no redundant color yamen that can be abolished, where do you start with this?" ”

Zheng De was noncommittal, and suddenly asked without a beginning or an end, "How many heads do people have?" ”

Not to mention that Li Dongyang, even the ministers who were present were instantly blindfolded, what is wrong with the emperor, how can he ask such a question that even three or four-year-old children know?

"Back to Your Majesty's words, people naturally only have one head." Although he was a little puzzled, Li Dongyang still honestly answered the question that this person was known to be a little mentally retarded.

Zheng De waited for this sentence, and looked at him with a smile when he heard the words, "In that case, what is Aiqing's explanation for the six departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Division, the Five Military Governor's Mansion, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and other yamen?" ”

Li Dongyang was speechless for a moment, and he understood what the emperor meant by these words before. Since people can't have two heads, how can the Ming Dynasty have two courts? Although the symbolism of the yamen of the six departments of Nanjing is larger, this cannot be a reason for denial?

All the ministers present were shocked when they heard this, and they also understood the true purpose of the emperor's convening of this imperial meeting.

At this time, Xie Qian couldn't sit still, stood up and said loudly, "Your Majesty, Nanjing is the land of my Ming Longxing, Emperor Taizu ascended the throne here and called the emperor the emperor of the world for more than 30 years, even if Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Beijing, he never issued an edict to abandon it, if the six departments of Nanjing and other departments and yamen are abolished, I am afraid it will cause the world to be shocked and uneasy." ”

"Is it that serious?" Zheng De muttered in his heart, and glanced at the ministers present, most of them showed hesitation in their eyes, obviously disapproving of this matter.

Fortunately, Zheng De only tested everyone's reaction, and directly changed the topic when he saw that he couldn't do anything, "Ying Tianfu Yin Weishen died of illness in the first month, and most of the officials of the six departments and yamen in Nanjing are old, and they should be honored in accordance with the retirement edict issued by the imperial court. And now that there are serious vacancies in the imperial court, Nanjing can't take care of so much for the time being, so I decided to send Wenyuan Pavilion scholar Wang Wei to Nanjing as the minister of the Qin mission to temporarily serve as Yingtianfu Yin to stabilize the situation on the side of Nanzhili, what do you think? ”

The rumor that Wang Wei was demoted to Nanjing because he annoyed the Son of Heaven has always been rumored in the court, but he didn't expect the emperor to discuss this kind of thing with them on such an occasion, which was also unexpected by the ministers present.

This doesn't seem to be a demotion to an official, does it?

Generally speaking, officials who annoyed the Son of Heaven and were rejected and demoted generally left as soon as they received the holy decree. However, this one is good, when rumors are spreading in the government and the opposition, he still has the position of the chief examiner of the Enke Examination, which also makes hundreds of officials in the DPRK and Central China suspicious until today. But now when the emperor solemnly announced the news on such an occasion, it made everyone feel that this was more like adding an official to a knighthood.

Is it possible?

It is true that Ying Tianfu Yin, who is the third grade, can be regarded as half a Beijing official, but in the eyes of the hundred officials in the court, he must have been demoted anyway. Although there is also the title of a minister, what minister still needs to serve in the local area after being dispatched? I'm afraid that Wang Wei is still the first person since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, which is obviously deliberately done by the emperor not wanting this person to come back.

Everyone looked at each other, how did this feel a little inconsistent? Does the emperor dislike or love Wang Wei, the elder?

Looking at Wang Wei with an indifferent expression, even Xie Qian, who loved to disagree with the emperor, was silent, and then Li Dongyang, the first assistant to the cabinet, was the first to raise his hand, and the ministers present who had been hesitant before secretly glanced at it and finally most of them raised their hands in agreement.

This is the voting method invented by the emperor, and gradually they are familiar with it. Of course, they also secretly despise it in their hearts, this kind of voting method seems to be useless, in their opinion, it is simply a snake to add to the superfluous. So far, at least, it seems that nothing has been voted on by their heart.

Zheng De naturally didn't know what the ministers thought, and even if he did, he didn't care too much. Although he has not been the emperor as the leader of a country, but he has never eaten pork and has not seen a pig run, the current Zheng De regards himself as the boss of a large group company, and the ministers under him are his own employees, so he has found a sense of superiority. At least for now, I will not be swayed by the opinions of my ministers.

"Next, I have decided to abolish the Zhan Mansion, what do you have to say?" Zheng De then threw out a surprising decision, and the ministers present were calmed.

"Your Majesty, Zhan Shi is in charge of the political affairs of the government, the fang, and the bureau to counsel the prince, and it is an indispensable government office of the imperial court." Li Dongyang reminded.

"Is it indispensable?" Zheng De looked at him and said lightly with a smile, "Since there is a Hanlin Academy in the court, won't the prince's teacher be able to choose from there in the future, and there is really no need for the Zhan Mansion to exist in my opinion." Now that the matter has been decided, what else do you ministers have to say? ”

After speaking, all the ministers present remained silent. Since ancient times, the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince has been the closest and most sensitive, and the topic of the two sides is quite taboo no matter which dynasty or where, and it is easy to provoke death if one is not careful. It is true that the Son of Heaven was still young and had no heirs that day, but who knew that this was not the young emperor who deliberately abolished the Zhan Mansion in order to weaken the power of the crown prince in the future?

If you come out now, wouldn't you be in the middle of the gun?

can mix with today's status, and none of the people present are stupid people, so naturally they will not speak up against the emperor when he has made up his mind, so as not to be hated by the emperor. And what the emperor said is also reasonable, without Zhan Shifu, you can also find a teacher for the prince from the Hanlin Academy. From this point of view, this yamen is really not indispensable.

In the end, Zheng De signaled a raise of hands to vote in his voice, and the matter was barely passed by half of the votes, which made him quite satisfied.

Of course, if there is an accident in the show of hands vote and it is not passed, Zheng De will not be too surprised, at least he has a way to force it through.