As for the fact that all the senior members of the court who have reached the standard of age will be ordered to retire in the first year of Zhengde, everyone in the government and the opposition will know about it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And most of them are shouting against them while writing a book, but they are secretly happy in their hearts, after all, it means that they finally have a bright day, of course, it is impossible for them to say what is in their hearts. However, in the past few months, there has been speculation about the new candidates for the six ministries and nine kings in the government and the opposition, of course, the popular candidates are of course Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Liu Zhong. After all, the emperor has squeezed out the old ministers of the court, so he naturally wants to replace them with his cronies, and he is undoubtedly the most trustworthy teacher.

But on December 26, after the final list was released, especially Sun Jiao's unexpected selection, everyone was surprised. After all, this person's qualifications are the shallowest among all the Jiuqing, or not long ago, this person in the court could still be called a nameless, but I didn't expect that in the end, he squeezed out the left servant of the household department, Gu Zuo, and sat on the throne of the household secretary, and there was a lot of criticism in the DPRK and China for a while.

And Sun Jiao, who is the party concerned, also feels a little embarrassed, and in a year, he jumped two levels from a four-grade Taichang Temple Shaoqing to a second-grade household secretary, even he himself felt incredible, and he was a little flattered, I don't know why the emperor values himself so much.

Facing the strange eyes of his colleagues, he was really flattered by this great honor, so he came to the door after thinking about it for a long time.

After all, the emperor has only decided on the candidates, but he has not yet issued a holy decree, so there is still room for maneuver.

"You said you didn't want to do it?" Zheng De looked at him in surprise when he heard this, could it be that this is another person who is Li Dongyang's second, indifferent and vain?

But after thinking about it, this person must have been promoted exceptionally and under pressure from the DPRK, otherwise he would not have made such a decision.

In any case, this matter has been decided, and Zheng De is too lazy to change the candidate. And his character is also relatively tough, and the things he decides will never be changed easily. Moreover, there seems to be no suitable candidate to take charge of the household department book now, so he refused, "I let you be the head of the household department because I believe in your ability, if some rumors can't bear it, how can it become a big thing?" ”

was taught a lesson by a teenager, even today, which made this embarrassed person stunned in place.

"Okay, that's it for now, you can go back." Zheng De was also too lazy to talk so much nonsense with this person, waved his hand and impatiently drove him away.

Seeing this, Sun Jiao could only reluctantly retreat, standing outside the gate of Yongsu Palace, looking at the many temples in the distance, and couldn't help but say to himself, "Maybe I really care too much about other people's opinions." ”

He sighed lightly, shook his head and didn't think about it anymore, and then left.

"Prime Minister Ting, I have now re-transferred the order of official retirement to senior officials, why haven't the ministers of the DPRK and China reacted much?"

After seeing Sun Jiao leave, Zheng De asked Wang Tingxiang strangely.

Originally, according to the previous plan, the group of middle-level officials who had reached retirement age in the DPRK and China were first ordered to take office. However, after thinking about it for a long time, Zheng De changed his mind. Although it is indeed a good choice to purge the middle-level officials in the DPRK and China, after all, they are the biggest opponents of the implementation of the retirement system. The biggest advantage of this top-down implementation of the retirement system is that it will not let those senior officials who have reached the retirement age frantically install their protégés and former officials when there are vacancies in the middle-level officials, so that the influence of these old ministers in the court after leaving will not be reduced in the slightest, which is what he does not want to see.

So when he finally made this decision, Wang Tingxiang was silent at first, and finally nodded affirmatively. Of course, it was more shocking, and I don't know why this young genius thought so far-reaching.

Now hearing this somewhat hindsightly question, Wang Tingxiang was also speechless, "Your Majesty, this matter was decided after deliberation by the ministers of the DPRK and China. And there have already been rumors about the government and the opposition. It's just a matter of reversing the order of the retirees, so why do the courtiers need to say more? ”

After all, as long as the matter does not involve the principled issue of the ancestral system, although the civil official group of the Ming Dynasty is strong, it is still afraid of the imperial power. Otherwise, why could Wan An, one of the "Papier-mâché Three Pavilion Elders" of that year, be able to rely on Concubine Wan Guifei and become the first assistant of the cabinet to Emperor Xianzong?

Therefore, the civil official group of the Ming Dynasty seems to be very strong, but it is not a one-level opponent in front of the imperial power, otherwise the battle for the "Great Etiquette" in later generations will not end with Emperor Jiajing's complete victory!

And Zheng De was also silent when he heard this, maybe he was too concerned about the reaction of the ministers of the DPRK and China, which caused him to be a little constrained when he started to do things now, and he didn't know whether this was good or bad.

Ay......

Wang Tingxiang didn't expect that because of his words, the emperor fell into deep thought, so that he didn't know what to do for a while.

……

When the court announced the candidates for the new six books, Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, and then said with some self-deprecation, "I can't even compare with someone who is in the latter subject than myself, it's really in vain to be an emperor!" ”

It is self-evident that what he said is more than his own person in the latter subject, and he must be referring to the newly promoted Hubu Shangshu Sun Jiao.

It's no wonder that this person thinks too much, originally he had worked hard in the East Palace of the Prince for so many years, and until now he still holds the title of Zhengwupin Zuochunfang University Scholar, just looking forward to the day after the prince ascends the throne, he can also follow the chicken dog to ascend to heaven. Unexpectedly, after the emperor ascended the throne, he was enlightened by himself, but he had not changed anything, and he would inevitably feel a little lost.

After the previous cabinet members were elected, Yang Tinghe sat quietly in the study for a day. It's not that he thinks he has the qualifications to enter the cabinet, but he is surprised that Wang Jing, a person who was not as good as himself before, can also enter the cabinet, and at the same time, he is really a little puzzled.

He has a bottom in his heart about Wang Wei's entry into the cabinet, this person has worked hard for so many years, and his reputation and qualifications in the court are above him, and it is natural to enter the cabinet. And in the end, the emperor insisted that Wang Jing enter the cabinet, but he really couldn't understand.

After all, as a subordinate of the Prince's East Palace, Yang Ting and this emperor can be regarded as Zhu Houzhao's closest and most trusted people. If the latter can successfully ascend the throne and become emperor, it will definitely be necessary to let these people join the court and help the emperor control the situation of the entire court. Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian all entered the cabinet because of this, but they didn't expect that the final candidate for the cabinet had nothing to do with him, but fell to a person who had little to do with the emperor. This also made the ministers of the DPRK and China stunned, and at the same time, they felt silent for the plight of Yang Ting and this group of subordinates of the Eastern Palace.

Maybe this is the worst group of East Palace vassals who followed the prince to the throne since the Ming Dynasty was established more than 100 years, right?

It also made the court rumor whether this group of vassals of the East Palace had offended the emperor who had just ascended the throne, otherwise why did the latter refuse to let these cronies of his relatives take the throne?

Yang Tinghe naturally scoffed at this. However, when he heard that Sun Jiao, a person who was inferior to him in terms of both qualifications and prestige, was promoted two levels in half a year, he had to waver a little from the denial of this rumor.

Could it be that the emperor is really such a small-bellied person?

After all, as the emperor is responsible for teaching the crown prince, it is inevitable that these vassals of the East Palace will have disagreements and disputes with the prince on some matters, but in the eyes of the former, it is harmless. But now in the face of this situation, I can't help but think about it a lot.

But no matter how you think about this kind of thing, you can't understand it, unless you go and ask the emperor in person, but who would dare to do that?

When Yang Tinghe was still feeling depressed, he heard a message from the family, "Liang Chu, the right servant of the ministry, came to visit", and finally came out of the study that had been boring for a day.

came to the front hall, looked at Liang Chu who came and hurriedly said, "Brother Shuhou, what kind of wind blew you to me today?" Sit down! Sit down! ”

After the two of them sat down, a maid soon served tea.

"Brother Jiefu, don't blame, I can be regarded as having nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, you should have heard about today's court discussion, right?" Liang Chu took a sip of tea, but directly made his intention clear.

Yang Tinghe's expression remained unchanged when he heard this, and he still said with a smile, "I'm not a member of the third rank or above in the court, what's the use of Uncle Hou telling me this?" ”

Liang Chu also replied with a smile, "Maybe not now, but it shouldn't be in the near future." ”

Yang Tinghe's expression moved imperceptibly, what did this fellow mean? Could it be that the emperor's conscience found out that he had been promoted?

"Brother Uncle Hou laughed."

Hearing the former's answer, Liang Chu shook his head, "Jiefu, don't go around the bend, after the old ministers of the court and the central government are dismissed by the emperor next year, there will definitely be a large number of vacancies in the court." With your qualifications, a three-rank official position is naturally no longer a problem. ”

Hearing this answer, Yang Tinghe was inevitably overjoyed, but he couldn't see anything on his face. just said suddenly, "Sun Jiao served as the head of the household?" ”

Liang Chu was stunned, but he was not stupid, and he quickly understood the meaning of his words.