The luncheon of the Zhongguo Mansion was very lively, and Li Yuntian was arranged to sit next to Zhou Zheng, which showed that Zhou Zheng valued him and also represented his status in the Guogong Mansion. The update is the fastest and most stable

After lunch, Li Yuntian followed Zhou Zheng to the study, and the maids retreated after serving fragrant tea.

"Virtuous son-in-law, there has been a lot of fighting between the six ministries and the cabinet recently, how do you think the emperor will make a move?" Zhou Zheng took a sip of tea, smiled and asked Li Yuntian.

"Father-in-law, the cabinet members are either the old ministers of the East Palace or the emperor's close ministers, since the emperor has decided to use the cabinet to lead the major ministries in the capital, he will naturally not sit idly by and watch the six ministries provoke the authority of the cabinet." Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and replied with a smile.

There was no fragrant tea in his teacup, but ordinary hot water, and everyone in the Guogong Mansion knew that he didn't like tea.

"It's a pity, those officials of the six ministries are unwilling to be suppressed by the cabinet and want to compete with them, which is to force the emperor to take action." Zhou Zheng bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said with some emotion.

Among the five cabinet members, four of them have close contacts with Emperor Hong Xi, and Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, is not to mention that he and Huang Huai, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, are the old ministers of the East Palace when Emperor Hong Xi was the crown prince.

Ten years ago, that is, in the twelfth year of Yongle, Yang Shiqi and Huang Huai were as courtiers of the East Palace at that time, and the two were imprisoned by Emperor Yongle because of Emperor Hongxi's slow response, but Yang Shiqi was lucky, and he was released by Emperor Yongle after only staying in it for ten days, and he was also entrusted with important tasks.

Huang Huai was more unlucky, and he stayed in the edict prison for ten years until Emperor Yongle died, and was released from the edict by Emperor Hongxi.

When Huang Huai went to see Emperor Hong Xi after being released from prison, Emperor Hong Xi saw Huang Huai with a haggard expression, and he was sad for a while, and hugged Huang Huai and Yang Shiqi and cried, the scene was touching.

However, compared with another person, Huang Huai's fate is still good, that person is the former cabinet chief assistant, Xie Jin, a scholar of Zuochunfang University who majored in the "Yongle Canon", Xie Jin was imprisoned by Emperor Yongle for "no courtesy", and later died in it for no reason.

Although Yang Rong, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace, and Jin Youzi, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, were not former ministers of the East Palace, they had long been friends with Emperor Hongxi, otherwise they would not have sent Li Yuntian back to Beijing to send the edict to Emperor Hongxi.

The last member of the cabinet was named Quan Jin, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, who was neither a close minister of Emperor Hongxi, nor a court official of the major ministries, but only a minister of Guanglu.

The reason why the right to enter the cabinet can be described as a coincidence, this person is a famous filial son of the Ming Dynasty, when his mother died, he built a tomb next to the tomb to guard filial piety for three years, Emperor Hongxi left to attach importance to personal cultivation and morality, so he was appointed to enter the cabinet. The update is the fastest and most stable

The cabinet is close to the Son of Heaven, and the right is self-aware, so he did not dare to accept the order of Emperor Hongxi, so Emperor Hongxi said to him: "I have promoted you, and I want to set an example for the world as a son of man, and I am not demanding of you in other things." ”

At this point, Quan Jincai accepted the order of Emperor Hong Xi and entered the cabinet as a scholar of Wenhua Palace.

At the last court meeting a year ago, the bachelors of the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries quarreled over several policies, after all, the six ministries were responsible for the administrative operation of the Ming Dynasty, and they bore the brunt of the collision with the cabinet, so they naturally hated the same enemy and came together to boycott the cabinet.

Later, it was the official secretary Qianyi and the household secretary Xia Yuanji who came out to play a round, which calmed down the two sides, and those policies were also put on hold and discussed after the year.

As the saying goes, cranes and mussels compete with each other, and fishermen make profits, and the battle between the cabinet and the six ministries made those nobles in the court breathe a sigh of relief, and even secretly gloated, wishing that both sides would fight and lose both.

Otherwise, if the cabinet is in charge of the six ministries, then the biggest opponent above the court is the nobles, and Emperor Hongxi is already biased towards the ministers, and the nobles will undoubtedly be under great pressure at that time.

However, Emperor Hong Xi will never sit idly by and watch the open and secret struggle between the cabinet and the six ministries, because of the wrestling between the two sides, almost all of the recent heavy decisions of the Ming Dynasty have been shelved, and the consequences of this will be unimaginable in the long run.

"Father-in-law, when my son-in-law inspected Jingcang last year, someone once privately handed a note to my son-in-law, reporting and exposing the evil behavior of reselling and shoddy products in Jingcang."

Li Yuntian, as an imperial historian, naturally knows the situation in the court, and now that the cabinet and the six ministries have become fire and water because of the struggle for power, he, as a courtier, should naturally solve problems for Emperor Hongxi, so he muttered for a while and told Zhou Zheng something.

"Kyokura?" Zhou Zheng was quite surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a slight frown, "Jingcang and Tongzhou Cang are directly under the household department, if there is a problem in Jingcang, then Tongzhou Cang will definitely not be able to escape the involvement." ”

"The son-in-law is thinking that he should probably investigate this case after the year." Li Yuntian looked at Zhou Zheng meaningfully.

"It's time to look it up." Zhou Zheng nodded thoughtfully and asked with interest, "How is this matter going?" ”

"In order to avoid startling the snake, the son-in-law has been standing still." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and replied in an orderly manner, "However, presumably the matter of Jingcang will not be groundless, the son-in-law remembers the physical characteristics of the person who gave the note to the son-in-law, and if you meet him again, you will definitely be able to recognize him." ”

"This matter is definitely very involved, and we must act cautiously." Zhou Zheng saw that Li Yuntian looked confident, and said with a smile.

To tell the truth, after the Shandong Township Examination that year, Hu Yitu chose Li Yuntian as Zhou Yuting's husband, Zhou Zheng was reluctant in his heart, in his opinion, Li Yuntian was just a small person, even if the title of the gold list was just a jinshi, and it was not the right one to be in the Houye's mansion.

However, if Zhou Zheng does not marry Zhou Yuting to Li Yuntian, then when Zhou Yuting reaches the age of leaving the cabinet, Lu Tianxing will definitely come to propose marriage, and it will be difficult for Zhou Zheng to ride a tiger at that time.

Hu Yitu was far-sighted and had long guessed that the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and the Han king Zhu Gaochu would have a battle for succession after the death of Emperor Yongle, but he was more optimistic about Zhu Gaochi, because Zhu Gaochi was suitable for sitting in the country, and Zhu Gaochu was suitable for fighting the country, otherwise Emperor Yongle would not have driven Zhu Gaochu to Le'an to settle the domain.

Lu Zhongqian, the Duke of Weiguo, has always had close contacts with Zhu Gaochi, and he will definitely stand on Zhu Gaochi's side at that time, and once Zhu Gaochi fails to seize the throne, he will inevitably be suppressed by Zhu Gaochi.

Therefore, Hu Yitu chose Li Yuntian as Zhou Yuting's husband, which made the Lu family have to dispel the idea of marrying the Zhou family.

I'm afraid that even Hu Yitu couldn't have imagined that Li Yuntian had climbed from a small local magistrate to the position of supervising the imperial history in just three years, and he had also become the Jiji of the Hanlin Academy, and his ability and talent far exceeded his expectations.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, the son-in-law will be careful." If there is a big case in Jingcang and Tongzhoucang, then the household department will definitely bear the brunt, and many officials will be unlucky, Li Yuntian naturally knows what is powerful, and said to Zhou Zheng with a smile.

It was precisely because he wanted to implicate many officials of the household department that Li Yuntian chose to attack Jingcang and Tongzhou Cang, which not only investigated a major case, but also dealt a blow to the household department, and at the same time dealt a heavy blow to the six ministries with the same spirit, and then built momentum for the cabinet.

In Li Yuntian's view, Emperor Hong Xi's promotion of the authority of the cabinet was not only to promote Yang Shiqi and others, but more importantly, to strengthen the centralization of power, and to unify the major ministries and institutes in the capital with the cabinet, and the cabinet of the Son of Heaven to further shrink the power of the ministers and consolidate the power of the monarch, how could the officials of the major ministries and institutes stop it?

In the evening, Li Yuntian held a banquet at home, not only Lu Cao, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou, but also the maids in the family were also seated, hula filled several large tables, and spent Chinese New Year's Eve with joy.

Early the next morning, the people under Yahuan gave Li Yuntian and Lu Cao, Chen Ningning, and Zheng Wanrou New Year's greetings, and everyone naturally got a rich red envelope, and they were all smiling.

The most important thing on the first day of the Lunar New Year is to pay New Year's greetings, this is Li Yuntian's first New Year in the capital after stepping into the official career, naturally he does not dare to slack off, although he has no other relatives in the capital except for the Zhongguo Mansion, but he has a teacher like Yang Shiqi and a superior like Yang Rong, and the etiquette must be fulfilled.

So, after paying tribute to Zhou Zheng, Li Yuntian immediately rushed to Yang Shiqi's house, and Yang Shiqi's house was already full of people, waiting to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Shiqi, but most of the people were stopped in front of the door.

Not everyone is qualified to pay New Year's greetings to the head of the cabinet, at least officials with four grades or above can enter the door to drink tea, and others can only leave their names and leave.

As for whether those who enter the door can see Yang Shiqi, it depends on opportunity and creation.

However, Li Yuntian did not encounter any trouble in this regard, he often came to the Yang Mansion to walk around, so the guards guarding the door knew him and knew that Li Yuntian was not only the imperial history but also Yang Shiqi's proud protégé, so he politely invited him in.

"Brother Resurrection, Brother Resurrection!" Li Yuntian was about to enter the door when a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Seeing someone shouting his own words, and the voice was somewhat familiar, Li Yuntian couldn't help but turn around, only to see a round-faced man in his mid-thirties, with a medium build, waving to him in the crowd that was blocked out of the door.

Li Yuntian immediately recognized it, the round-faced man was Wu Cheng, a jinshi in the same department as him, the word Ziyu, after more than three years of internship in Dali Temple, he was appointed as the judge of the seventh product of Dali Temple in the second half of last year.

Wu Cheng shouted Li Yuntian at this time, he must have wanted to go in to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Shiqi, not every Yang Shiqi's protégé can mix as well as Li Yuntian, and then get special preferential treatment.

Li Yuntian has maintained a very good relationship with his peers in the same department since he came to the capital, and he will naturally help Wu Cheng with this small favor, which is just a gesture for him.

So, after Li Yuntian whispered a few words to a doorman, Wu Chengcheng was let in, and the two talked and laughed and entered the courtyard, causing a burst of envy and jealousy from those who were blocked out of the mansion.

There were many officials sitting in the hall in the front yard of the Yang Mansion, chatting there, all of them were officials from various ministries and institutes who came to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Shiqi.

Due to the opposition between the cabinet scholars and the six ministers, the civil affairs group in the court was divided, with some of them taking the lead of the cabinet, the other part following the six ministers, and the third part being the centrists, which made the shape of the civil affairs group very delicate.

Li Yuntian, the official in the room, had seen most of them when he was on duty in the Taihe Palace, and their grades must be higher than him, so he smiled and saluted everyone, and then generously greeted several familiar officials.

Wu Cheng sat on the side quite crampedly, his expression was a little unnatural, the officials present were much higher in rank than him, and he couldn't be as calm as Li Yuntian.

Not long after, a subordinate came in and called Li Yuntian and Wu Cheng to go to the study to see Yang Shiqi.

Li Yuntian then said goodbye to all the officials in the house, and led Wu Cheng to leave with the subordinate, Wu Cheng knew very well in his heart that if it wasn't for Li Yuntian, how could he see Yang Shiqi so smoothly? Not everyone is as righteous as Li Yuntian, and they have a good impression of Li Yuntian in their hearts. One