Since Emperor Yan fell asleep again, he gave the affairs of Great Yan to the four princes and their confidants. And the second prince Ji Ping and the third prince Ji Hongchang also arrived at King's Landing City on the sixth day after Ji Qingchen was imprisoned in the palace, the two arrived at King's Landing on their front and back feet, and the two did not choose to go back to the palace to rest after arriving at King's Landing, but went straight to the palace.

In addition to Prime Minister Pei Wenju and the six Shangshu in the current political affairs hall, there are also the fourth prince Ji Qingchen and the eighth prince Ji Qian. After Emperor Yan fell asleep, the two had already followed Pei Wenju and Cui Jingsheng to participate in the resolution of the court. However, the two are obviously divided into two different camps, like the fourth prince Ji Wen, headed by Prime Minister Pei Wenju, who is in charge of the affairs of the household department, and the eighth prince Ji Qian follows Cui Jingsheng's side, in addition to being in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, he is also involved in the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate because of the relationship between the right imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Cha Shenxing.

Therefore, for the two of them, in the few days that Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang were not in King's Landing, they had already gained enough power in the affairs of their own departments through their prestige.

Because the second prince Ji Ping and the third prince Ji Hongchang came to the political hall together, as soon as the two appeared in the political hall, they surprised the two henchmen and ministers, and then a happy smile appeared on their faces. As soon as the two of them walked into the political hall, Liu Pingyuan, Wang You and Guo Xing stepped forward and hurriedly saluted the two.

The two of them returned the salute very politely, and began to salute Prime Minister Pei Wenju and the scholars, and at this time, Ji Wen and Ji Qian were stunned, because the two of them didn't know when Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang arrived in King's Landing City, but they were just stunned, and the two of them immediately stepped forward to salute Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang.

Everyone exchanged a few words of greeting, and then cut to the chase.

"Now that His Royal Highness King Song and His Royal Highness King Ning have arrived at the Political Affairs Hall, today we will discuss the specific affairs that the four Highnesses will be in charge of in the Political Affairs Hall in the future!"

The person who spoke was Wang You, and then Liu Pingyuan also echoed. Because Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang have not been in King's Landing in the past few days, they always feel that they are one level lower when facing Ji Wen and Ji Qian, which makes them quite depressed, so as soon as they see Ji Ping and Ji Hongchang appear in the political hall, Wang You will make such an urgent suggestion.

"Well, don't be in such a hurry, right?" Chen Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said with interest, he is the only one who does not belong to any of the princes' henchmen of the six books, and now he sees that the four princes want to divide the power of the six departments, he naturally does not want the four princes to divide his Ministry of Rites so quickly, even if Honglu Temple divides part of the power of the Ministry of Rites, but how to say that the Ministry of Rites is also in charge of foreign affairs and imperial examinations, and the power is still very large, so he just wants to hand over part of the power of the Ministry of Rites, but he still wants to sell at a price, because he is not one of the seven great families after all, It's not okay not to be willing to hand over any power, which will make him the target of public criticism.

"Don't be in a hurry, you can rest for a few days!" Ji Ping opened his mouth and said, he said this obviously to give Chen Yan a step, the purpose is naturally to win over Chen Yan, but according to the current form, he is indeed not the most anxious person, his henchmen Wang You is the secretary of the ministry, Guo Xing's criminal department is the secretary, he occupies two seats in the six departments, these two departments will be his camp in the future, this is an ironclad fact, so he is not in a hurry, he also wants to use the time he returned to Beijing to win over a few central ministers, like Chen Yan, like Jiuqing and the like.

"Now His Majesty is critically ill, and the politics of the Great Yan Dynasty are all tied to the four highnesses, and the four highnesses should reasonably handle the affairs of the court, this matter is imperative, it is better to discuss it as soon as possible!" Guo Xing also opened his mouth and said, naturally he was in the same tone as Wang You, who called him Ji Ping's person?

"What do you two mean?" Seeing that two Shangshu had expressed their position, and three of the four princes had no objection, Pei Wenju asked Liu Pingyuan and Cui Jingsheng. Because Liu Pingyuan is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Cui Jingsheng is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Pei Wenju, as the prime minister, still has to listen to the opinions of the two. Of course, there is still a household secretary Tang Jian who did not express his position, but Tang Jian, like Pei Wenju, is Ji Wen's henchman, Pei Wenju's words represent his meaning, as long as Pei Wenju expresses his position.

"The old man has no opinion!" Liu Pingyuan opened his mouth and said, part of the power of his military department was divided by the Privy Council, and the current military department has gradually become the logistics department of the hundreds of thousands of troops of Dayan, but he has no idea about the resolution of the four princes in charge of the six departments, because no matter how it is divided, he knows very well that his military department, Cui Jingsheng's engineering department, Wang You's official department and Tang Jian's household department will not be divided, because this is the part of the four princes who have been operating for the longest time, and it is where their real strength is located, and the only one who can decentralize power. Now only Guo Xing's Criminal Department and Chen Yan's Ministry of Works, as well as the Privy Council, Honglu Temple, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are left. Of course, Guo Xing's criminal department is also Ji Ping's, but Ji Ping alone has two parts of the six departments, and the four princes must be dissatisfied, if he wants not to lose the criminal department, he can only compromise with Ji Hongchang and the other three in other aspects.

"Since the four highnesses are all here, today we have to discuss the issue of jointly handling the affairs of the court, which is inseparable from the Privy Council, so I will invite the privy envoy General Li to the political hall, and we will discuss it together!" Cui Jingsheng said that this was a plan that he and Li Muzhi had thought of a long time ago, but now it was time to say it casually.

"The old man thinks so, we should invite General Li to the political hall, and we will discuss it together." Chen Yan also echoed and said, this is because he saw that the division of power was imperative, and there was no room for maneuver, so he would let Li Muzhi come to the political affairs hall, because Li Muzhi went to the political affairs hall, which showed that the four princes were also very interested in the Privy Council, and they wanted to follow Li Muzhi's power, so Chen Yan could balance a little bit in his heart.

"Yes!" The rest of the people also nodded in agreement with Cui Jingsheng's suggestion, and Pei Wenju ordered the steward of the political affairs hall to go to the Privy Council to invite Li Muzhi, and after a while, Li Muzhi appeared in the political affairs hall.

Li Muzhi walked into the political affairs hall, greeted everyone, and said, "I don't know why Lu Dao Pei invited the old man to the political affairs hall?" He asked knowingly, in addition to wanting to tell Pei Wenju that he and Pei Wenju were at the same level, that is, he was like suppressing people with power, and he was ready to take the lead in taking the lead, so that everyone could look a little better when they divided the power of his Privy Council.

It is said that even if he had discussed with Cui Jingsheng before, but he had been in the Privy Council for more than ten years, and he had been pressed by Bai Jin before, Bai Jin's record and prestige were placed on the credit book, he was not comparable, so he had no complaints, but now it was finally Bai Jin to make it, and he became a privy envoy, and when the Privy Council covered the sky with one hand, someone had to intervene in the Privy Council and share power equally with him, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Seeing Li Muzhi's unhappy tone, Pei Wenju did not explain to him, but Cui Jingsheng on the side told Li Muzhi what everyone thought just now, the reason why Cui Jingsheng explained to Li Muzhi was that he wanted Li Muzhi to calm down and focus on the overall situation, if he offended Liu Pingyuan and the third prince Ji Hongchang at this time, their joint plan would be broken, which was very unfavorable to them.

"Since Cui Shangshu said so, the old man will listen to your opinions!" Li Muzhi said in a cold tone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty is critically ill and has handed over the government to the four princes, and now that the four princes are all in King's Landing, we should uphold Your Majesty's intentions and let the four princes enter the government hall and the Privy Council, and handle government affairs with us." Pei Wenju said a few high-sounding words, and then said to Cui Jingsheng, "This matter is not the old man alone, it needs to be discussed and discussed collectively by all of us, Cui Shangshu, you can say your own opinion first!" ”

He knows that although the Ministry of Industry is the least valued in the six Shangshu, the current Cui Jingsheng has the title of Taishi, and he is the queen's elder brother and a relative, and his voice is greater than that of the rest of the people, even Li Muzhi cannot be compared, and the only one who can compare is Bai Jin.

"Well, since the prime minister said so, the old man will talk about his opinion." Cui Jingsheng didn't shirk either, and said after a deep sigh, "The four princes want to enter the government hall and the Privy Council, this is the meaning of His Majesty, and the old man has no opinion." However, the four princes have their own strengths and weaknesses, who should be in charge of the government hall and who should be in charge of the Privy Council, this still needs to be cautious, what do you think? ”

"Yes!" Cui Jingsheng was right, and his words aroused everyone's approval.

Seeing that everyone had no objection to his words, Cui Jingsheng continued, "So what the old man means is that the Third Highness is good at military strategy, and it is better to be in charge of the Privy Council than to enter the political hall, I don't know what His Royal Highness Lu Dao thinks of the old man's opinion?" ”

Although Cui Jingsheng asked the third prince Ji Hongchang, his eyes were fixed on Liu Pingyuan, because he knew that whether the third prince Ji Hongchang went to the Privy Council would depend on Liu Pingyuan's meaning, but he knew that Liu Pingyuan had no way to refuse his suggestion, because as long as the third prince Ji Hongchang entered the Privy Council, coupled with Liu Pingyuan's strength in the military department, with the current ability of the third prince Ji Hongchang, he would definitely be able to completely control the military department and the Privy Council, which would only have advantages and no disadvantages for the three princes.

It's just that as soon as Cui Jingsheng finished speaking, except for Li Muzhi and Ji Qian, everyone's expressions were stunned all of a sudden. Because everyone knows very well that as long as the third prince Ji Hongchang enters the Privy Council, in the future, the general military power of Dayan will be owned by the Liu family and the third prince, which is a very terrifying existence, but Cui Jingsheng dares to extend such an olive branch to the third prince and the Ningzhou Liu family, has there been some kind of agreement between the two? Besides, the current Privy Council is Li Muzhi's territory, and Cui Jingsheng divided Li Muzhi's power all of a sudden, isn't he afraid that Li Muzhi will turn his face with him, or that he will not reach an agreement with Li Muzhi in some aspects?

All of a sudden, all kinds of speculations surfaced in everyone's minds, and even Liu Pingyuan couldn't believe that Cui Jingsheng would give him such a big piece of cake, so he was also stunned.