Not only Wu Xukuan took sick leave, but in the cabinet alone, there were scholars of Wenhuadian University, Yingwudian University, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, all of whom took sick leave, counting Wu Xukuan, there were four people in the cabinet who took sick leave, and there were only seven people in the cabinet, all of whom were members of the Zhengyipin!

And under it, among the six departments, except for the ministers who entered the cabinet, the remaining five, three of the scholars took sick leave, and five squires took sick leave!

There are also Imperial Historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Siqing, Guangluqing, and the General Administration Envoy, etc., all of whom have also taken sick leave.

Not only a large number of civil officials and important officials took sick leave en masse, but also military attachés.

The generals, commanders, admirals, city guards, generals, and commanders of all departments in the Qianjing City all have sick leave!

In Dongqian, the courtiers go to the court, there is a permanent dynasty and a great dynasty, the permanent dynasty is every day, in fact, it is not the case, in the period of national peace and security, the permanent dynasty is generally once every three days, and even once every five days, but in recent years, the eastern dry natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, so the permanent dynasty is once a day.

The Great Dynasty is the Eastern Qian after the establishment of the country has not changed, once a month, the time is the fifteenth of each month, when the Great Dynasty, all the Beijing officials of the seven grades and above, are obliged to go to the Dynasty, every time the Great Dynasty, the officials of the Dynasty are enough to have a thousand, and among them, only so dozens of people can stand in the hall, the rest can only stand outside the hall and wait.

And even if it is a regular dynasty, there are usually seventy or eighty people who come to the early court, and occasionally there are those who take leave, and there are only three or five of them.

However, on the eighth day of the first month of October, as Wu Xukuan, the first assistant of the cabinet and the minister of the general military machine, took sick leave, there were as many as 30 or 40 important ministers of the DPRK and the central government who fell ill with him.

The number of people who came to the morning pilgrimage was almost less than half of the usual.

There is no doubt that the ministers who can magically "get sick" with Wu Xukuan are all people who have already taken refuge in Wu Xukuan, whether they are voluntary or forced, anyway, they are all Wu Xukuan's people now.

Wu Xu's wide power leaning towards the government and the opposition is not an empty word, it doesn't matter if he is sick, half of the court is sick!

In this regard, the empress seems to have no waves!

She wasn't angry, at least on the surface.

On this day, the morning court seemed a little cold, Kang Longji announced as usual, "There is a book, there is no book, there is no book", the empress sat on the dragon chair, did not show anger, of course did not laugh.

And after this morning dynasty, the entire Qianjing City shook!

Everyone understands, including the empress, she knows that Wu Xukuan has begun to put pressure on herself! He is also putting pressure on the entire court, those who are still swaying from side to side! He has already shown his fangs, forcing the palace, not far away!

On the ninth day of October, a number of important ministers in the court took sick leave, and the early court was a little colder.

In the next few days, the courtiers of the previous dynasty were still gradually decreasing, and by the time of the early dynasty on October 13, there were less than twenty courtiers left, and there should be no less, even if there were few, there would be no fewer than a few.

The rest of the people who can resist the pressure and still come to the early dynasty are either upright old ministers, or high-ranking and light-powered, Qingshui Yamen officials.

For example, the wine of the Guozi priest and the scholar of the Wenyuan Palace, Kong Chuiwen.

Kong Chuiwen is eighty years old this year, he is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, he is a model of uprightness, his temper belongs to the stinky and hard kind, Wu Xukuan shouted at him, he dared to scold Wu Xukuan!

This cabinet scholar who is full of peach and plum all over the world is an existence that Wu Xukuan is not easy to offend, because this old man's students can be said to be all over the world, and he is also a saint in the eyes of the world's scholars.

Kong Chuiwen insisted on going to the court, in this matter, he would not be swayed by Wu Xukuan, and for him standing on the side of the empress, although Wu Xukuan minded very much, he would not move him easily.

Because the gains outweigh the losses.

Kong Chuiwen has no real power, although he is a cabinet scholar, but the cabinet is controlled by Wu Xukuan, Kong Chuiwen has no right to speak, and out of the cabinet, he is the prince of the country...... This can be said to be the principal of the highest school in Dongqian, and his power can only be used on the scholars of the world, but it cannot affect the court.

Therefore, Wu Xukuan does not move Kong Traiwen, and it is difficult for Kong Traiwen to influence him to seize power, but if he moves Kong Traiwen, I am afraid that even the world's scholars will criticize him, and even some of his cronies may have a grudge against him, because some of his current cronies, some important ministers in the court, were all students of Kong Traiwen.

Therefore, Wu Xukuan not only couldn't move Kong Chuiwen, but also always wanted to win over.

Coercion and temptation have been used by all means.

This also had some effect, in the first two years, Kong Chuiwen often played a book to impeach Wu Xukuan, even if it was useless, it made Wu Xukuan disgusting enough, but in the past year, especially after the death of the Empress Shendu and the accession to the throne of the Empress Shenzhao, Kong Chuiwen never played a book to impeach Wu Xukuan, but he didn't give Wu Xukuan a good face.

Kong Chuiwen is also thinking about his children and grandchildren, he is hard enough, Wu Xukuan can't move him, but he is at this age, the loess is buried in his neck, he knows that he can't live for a few years, and then blindly tough and Wu Xukuan will be harmful!

In the face of the "general trend", Kong Traiwen is helpless and powerless!

And the last dynasty is the bottom limit of Kong Chuiwen, the last dynasty is the duty of a courtier, and if he does not go to the court, it is equivalent to choosing to stand in line and choosing to take refuge in Wu Xukuan, Kong Chuiwen naturally cannot take refuge in Wu Xukuan, but he is just sticking to his own bottom limit.

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On the morning of August 13, after the morning dynasty, a group of people were executed in the Imperial Palace, including Gu Huaiyong, the former eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

After several days of turmoil, the inner court finally completed its purge.

It's the head that kills!

After this purge, the empress took back control of the inner court, and the crisis of the inner court was completely resolved.

Because of the killing of too many people who hold real power in Ouchi, a large number of important positions have been vacated, and it is not enough to rely on promotion and supplementation alone, so only some of the people who have been purged out of the management of the Ouchi Four Guards are directly promoted from the Four Guards Mali, and some of them are sent from the two armies of the Shence Army and the Tiance Army to parachute in the future.

There is no way to do it!

In fact, this is better, kill a group of people, inject fresh blood, and Ouchi's original old relationship network will be completely broken.

In the afternoon, Qianshou Palace, in the garden.

Zhou An is fighting with Princess Yunjing again, today Zhou An is rare to be free, and he doesn't have to do it himself, so on this day, in addition to going to the empress in the morning to ask for peace, after coming back, he has been in Qianshou Palace, practicing or accompanying Princess Yunjing to practice.

In fact, Zhou An was waiting for news, Wu Xukuan's collusion with the Pure Land Sect had spread, Gu Huaiyong was also killed, and Ouchi was purged, so Zhou An understood that his reward should also come down!

In recent days, the news that Zhou An is going to rise again has been very ferocious in the inner court.

"Hey!" Princess Yunjing raised her slashing sword, shouted and slashed at Zhou An.

Zhou An raised his hand and patted it, and he defused Princess Yunjing's offensive.

Princess Yunjing almost didn't hold the knife, she took advantage of the situation, threw the knife away, and shouted unhappily: "Don't play, don't play, die Xiao Anzi, don't say let Princess Dianben ......"

"Your Highness, it's not like the slave hasn't let you, when have you been happy?" Zhou An said with a smile.

Princess Yunjing raised her hand and took off her helmet, gave Zhou An a roll of her eyes, and pouted slightly, and said to Zhou An: "Xiao Anzi, this palace asks you, is the imperial sister going to transfer you away now?" I heard that this palace will transfer you to the imperial horse supervisor to replace Gu Huaiyong's position as the old king, so won't you be able to play with this palace in the future? ”

"Oh, Your Highness, who did you listen to? Can't that be ...... I can't help it! Zhou An hurriedly shouted.

"I can't do anything, it's all spread, Hongxing told me about this palace." Princess Yunjing pinched her waist and snorted coquettishly: "If you become the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor and are busy every day, can you still come to the palace to play?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Zhou An nodded, but his eyes swept over, and when he saw that there were no outsiders present, he changed his voice and said: "Your Highness, to tell the truth, the slave doesn't want to go to the Imperial Horse Prison ......"

"Are you crazy?" Princess Yunjing's attitude changed again, "You don't want the position of the second manager?" Why? Reluctant to bear this princess? Princess Yunjing's last question was naturally ridiculous.

Zhou An nodded and said, "Yes, I can't bear to give up Your Highness!" If the minion goes to the Imperial Horse Prison, there will be fewer opportunities to see you in the future, and the minion is really reluctant. ”

This is a bit rebellious, and it has the meaning of molesting the princess.

"Phew! Good for you, little Anzi, flamboy. Princess Yunjing snorted, but she looked red and beautiful.

"The minion is telling the truth." Zhou An said again.

In fact, half of Zhou An is really honest, he doesn't want to go to the Imperial Horse Eunuch to serve as a palm seal eunuch!

Because it's too busy!

Being busy will even drag Zhou An down!

At present, the twenty-four yamen of the inner court is in charge of the chief manager Kang Longji, but in fact, Kang Longji does not personally manage those major and minor affairs, he is busy giving advice to the empress and dealing with Wu Xukuan, so in fact, the people who deal with the major and minor affairs of the inner court are several other governors.

Gu Huaiyong was the busiest in the inner court before, and he also had to manage the four guards in the inner court.

Zhou An didn't want to be so busy, because although it seemed that he was being reused, his whole person would be restricted, his rights would be limited to the inner court, and most importantly, once he became the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, it would be difficult to make meritorious contributions as before.

In contrast, although Zhou An was only the palm seal of the direct hall supervisor before, this position was idle, he had time to do things for the empress, and the empress would also let him do things, and he once became one of the most important people to help the empress fight against Wu Xukuan.

And once he becomes the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, then his role is no longer to help the empress deal with Wu Xukuan, but to protect the empress, take care of the inner court, control the four guards of the inner house, and ensure the safety of the empress in the inner hall, that's all.

This is a position with high power and great power in the inner court, but it is difficult to make progress and make meritorious contributions.

In view of what had happened in the last few days, Zhou An already had new ideas in his mind, and he also had a clearer plan for his future, so he felt that the position of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm print was not suitable for him! He wanted to continue to participate in the confrontation between the empress and Wu Xukuan.

For this reason, he can not be the second manager.

Of course, he still wants to directly become one of the several powerful governors in the inner court.

So in fact, now he has already thought about it in his heart, if the empress really makes an exception and promotes him to the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, he will excuse himself to resign, he wants to fight for one, so that he can continue to make meritorious contributions, and he can extend his power tentacles to a position outside the inner one!

"The boss has arrived!" Outside the garden arch, there is a little eunuch singing the newspaper.