Since he was awarded the title of Doctor of the Third Rank by the Emperor and retired from the post of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, Wang Hua has been studying at home behind closed doors. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info If it weren't for Xie Qian's hard persuasion before, he would have returned to his hometown and gone home to serve his elderly mother.

"Father."

With a shout, Wang Hua, who was reading a book at the moment, raised his eyes and saw his son hurriedly entering the study, he couldn't help frowning slightly, "What such a big person, why are you still not calm down like this?" ”

Wang Shouren saluted his father with a little embarrassment when he heard this, "It's the child who is reckless." ”

Wang Hua only reprimanded him for some reason, with his understanding of his son, if there is really nothing major happening, I am afraid it will be difficult to make him lose his temper.

"What's going on?"

"There is news from the palace, today His Majesty convened a pre-imperial meeting, and the Zhan Mansion and other five yamen were abolished, and then six courts were added, such as case filing, supervision, civil, official, criminal and execution, etc., which were under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple, and father, you were appointed by the emperor as one of the six new yamen."

After listening to his son's story, Wang Hua frowned deeply, "Why did Your Majesty abolish the Zhan Mansion, and if so, how should you counsel the prince in the future?" ”

He didn't care too much about his father when he heard the news of his recovery, but he was concerned about the affairs of Zhan Shifu. It made Wang Shouren slightly surprised, but when he thought about his father's usual temperament, it was really normal.

However, he has his own opinions on the dismissal of the Zhan Mansion.

"In fact, the Zhan Mansion has been a place for the prince and prince to give lectures from the beginning of Taizu's establishment, and now it has become a place for officials to move to the level. The prince's lectures when he left the cabinet were all directly recruited from the Hanlin Academy, so the abolition of the Zhan Mansion did not have much impact in the eyes of the child. ”

Although what Wang Shouren said did have a reason, Wang Hua always felt that what the emperor did was a bit hasty and a little inexplicable. I don't know why Zhan Shifu and Guanglu, Taichang, Taifu, Honglu and other yamen suddenly got in the way of the emperor's eyes, and they had to be removed.

And......

"But after all, this Zhan Mansion was set up by Emperor Taizu, even the emperor can't say that it will be abolished. And the Son of Heaven is young after all, is there anyone behind this matter? He asked suddenly.

In Wang Hua's view, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is currently young, even the previous emperors did not seem to have done anything to dismiss the government officials for no reason, and someone must be behind it.

The father and son glanced at each other, but they thought of someone at the same time.

"What did my father say about Wang Tingxiang?" Wang Tingxiang muttered, "But what's the point of him doing this? Is it necessary to abolish the redundant officials and redundant personnel in the imperial court for the emperor, and it seems that there is no need to abolish these yamen, and after that, His Majesty added six more yamen? ”

Wang Hua stroked his beard lightly, and he couldn't figure it out.

"And the emperor also made adjustments to the rank of some officials in the court, not only promoted the rank of Dali Temple to the second rank, but also reduced the rank of the six Shangshu to the third grade, the squire was reduced to the third rank, the Lang Zhong was promoted to the fourth rank, the outer Lang was promoted to the fourth rank, and the principal was promoted to the fifth rank...... Wang Shouren said another part of the things that happened in this imperial meeting.

Adjustments to the rank of the ministry?

Wang Hua's brows furrowed even tighter, and the more he couldn't understand the meaning of the emperor's doing.

Seeing this, Wang Shouren comforted, "If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government, my father has been appointed by the emperor as one of the captains of the six courts, so why should my father be entangled in this matter." At least for now, it seems that although the things that the emperor did were somewhat unexpected and puzzling, none of them were bad. ”

Wang Hua glanced at his son when he heard this, nodded slightly, and was about to say something, when a call suddenly came from the subordinates outside: "Master, someone is in the palace." ”

The father and son looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

……

"Jiefu, how could Your Majesty suddenly make such an adjustment to the yamen of the imperial court and the rank of the ministers, especially the matter of Dali Temple?" Liang Chu looked at Yang Tinghe, who was sitting on the chair of the first master on the left, and expressed the doubts in his heart. This is also why he and Liu Zhong came to visit the former together for the first time after hearing the news from the palace.

Among the three, in terms of qualifications, Liang Chu is naturally the leader. But if the prestige, connections and other aspects, Yang Tinghe is still the most. So to this day, the three of them have faintly led the latter. Therefore, as soon as something happened in the DPRK and China, the first thing the two thought of was Yang Tinghe, and then they got together to discuss things.

Seeing the two of them looking at him with a confused expression, Yang Tinghe also shook his head with a wry smile, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been many amazing moves, even if I can't understand it, I feel like Your Majesty has changed someone." ”

Liu Zhong and Liang Chu also groaned slightly when they heard this, expressing their approval. After all, they were also selected to be in the palace to tutor the prince, although they did not stay in the East Palace for as long as Yang Tinghe, but when it came to being familiar with today's son, the court was unmatched. The various changes since the emperor ascended the throne for a year also made them feel shocked and inexplicable when they saw it in their hearts.

How can a person change so much, it's no different from a different person. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong, and there was a faint sense of foreboding in their hearts, and they inexplicably felt a wave of fear and uneasiness.

"The emperor won't be ......" Liu Zhong couldn't help but say, but as soon as the words came out, he immediately stopped talking. However, Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu also guessed what he wanted to say. After all, in the past nearly a year, it is impossible not to have some ideas about the emperor who has suddenly changed his temperament.

Yang Tinghe's expression suddenly became quite serious, and he looked at the two of them and warned, "The emperor is the son of the first emperor, the son of the great tomorrow today. No matter what, it's not something you and I can talk about casually, you must abide by your duty as a courtier, don't chew the root of your tongue, and be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth. ”

Hearing the former's reminder, Liang Chu and Liu Zhong immediately looked solemn, and no longer said such groundless speculation, so as not to cause trouble for themselves, and returned to what happened just now.

However, this kind of thing is only a discussion or two at most, and the emperor's adjustment of the yamen and the rank of the ministry really has nothing to do with them. Even the ministers of the DPRK and China have confined themselves to a few words on this matter. As long as the emperor is not hot-headed and restores the "prime minister", they will not point too much fingers at this kind of thing, so as not to be rejected by the emperor and ruin their career.

"I'm afraid it won't be long before I leave the capital." As he spoke, Yang Tinghe suddenly said an astonishing piece of news.

Both of them looked at him in amazement when they heard this, and some didn't understand the meaning of his words.

Yang Tinghe didn't sell it, and sighed at the eyes of the two, "I have been in the capital for almost thirty years, but I always feel like a caged bird, and I can't understand the real suffering of the people. Therefore, I am ready to ask His Majesty to be released as an official, hoping to truly benefit the people. ”

Hearing his words of revealing his heart, Liang Chu and Liu Zhong somehow felt a trace of shame, and they couldn't say words of dissuasion.

Of course, if they knew that this was just someone's high-sounding expression, I don't know what kind of expression it would be.

……

Wenyuan Pavilion cabinet duty room.

Not long after Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Jing and Wang Wei returned to the cabinet, the first three were summoned by the emperor. Only Wang Wei had a surprised look on his face, and he didn't understand why he was the only one who was not summoned. But then he smiled, why did he suddenly care so much about the emperor's thoughts?

"I don't know what Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, I don't know what it is?" After the three of them sat down in front of the emperor, seeing that the former still continued to practice calligraphy without raising his head, Li Dongyang had no choice but to take the initiative to ask.

After a long while, Zheng De put down his pen, raised his head to look at the three of them, and said with a smile, "Actually, there is indeed something to say about summoning the three cabinet elders here, mainly about the handling of the cabinet chapter. ”

The three of them were stunned when they heard this, they originally thought that the emperor was looking for them to discuss the things that were said at the imperial meeting in Japan, but they didn't expect it to be very unexpected in the end.

"In the future, the affairs of the Imperial Court, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War will be handled by Li Gelao, the matters of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Industry will be handled by Xie Gelao, and the matters of the Household Department and the Ministry of Officials will be handled by Wang Gelao."

Facing the slightly puzzled and surprised expressions of the three of them, Zheng De explained again according to his previous habit, "The reason why I do this is so that you can better do things for me and the imperial court, so as not to have many political affairs in the future, and prevent each other from shirking responsibility if something goes wrong afterwards, what do you think Aiqing thinks of this?" ”

Although he was asking for the opinions of himself and others, Li Dongyang still felt that the emperor had already made up his mind. Asking them for advice is just a formality, and it is clear that there is only one way to go.

He just wanted to say something, but was preempted by Xie Qian on the side, "The ministers are just preparing opinions for the tickets submitted by His Majesty, and the six ministries are not the cabinet to govern the yamen, so it seems inappropriate to divide it like this, and please think twice." ”

Regarding his words, Zheng De was noncommittal, and said lightly, "In the future, as long as you deal with all the chapters of the imperial court according to my plan, whoever should be responsible will be responsible, and if there is a mistake, whoever is under my jurisdiction will directly find whom." Alright, go get busy. ”

Seeing such a tough attitude of the emperor, they had no choice but to retreat. It's really a rush to come and go, without a moment of rest.