In fact, there are not many people who are qualified to compete for the first assistant of the cabinet in the Manchu Dynasty, but they also exceed the number of people.

There are clear factions in the DPRK and China, and the strongest is the eunuch party with Chu Yi as the core, Jiao Fang, Wang Yangming, and Yang Yiqing are all the backbone of the eunuch party in the eyes of the Manchu civil and military forces.

Chen Ding is an old qualification in the cabinet, if you really want to talk about qualifications, compared to Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing, the qualifications are definitely too old.

The most important thing is that Chen Ding is not a member of Chu Yi's family, but a representative figure of a part of the neutral officials who do not participate in factional disputes between the DPRK and China.

Jiao Fang's position as the first assistant of the cabinet is destined to be replaced, and many people speculate in their hearts that the Son of Heaven is very likely to appoint Chen Ding as the new chief assistant of the cabinet.

In addition, there are still two cabinet elders in the cabinet who are qualified to compete, otherwise, those officials will not jump out.

If today's son made a decision and directly chose Yang Yiqing as the first assistant of the cabinet, many officials were naturally quite disappointed in their hearts.

finally survived until Chu Yi resigned, and Gu Da used the upper position, thinking that Gu Dayong would be able to suppress the officials of Chu Yi's family after using the upper position.

Obviously, Gu Dayong did the same, so a considerable number of old-fashioned and stubborn officials gathered around Gu Dayong.

What everyone didn't expect was that Gu Dayong didn't even hold on for a year, and he lost his life.

Gu Dayong's death made the part of the officials gathered around Gu Dayong lose their backbone all of a sudden.

Although most of the officials gathered around Gu Dayong were stubborn officials who were quite hostile to Chu Yi and his family, but in addition, there were many officials who were grassy.

The chief and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet have a bearing on the stability of the situation between the DPRK and China, and if it is said that the officials of that department can compete for the position of the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, it is conceivable that the officials of this department will inevitably have a great increase in their voice above the court.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes showed a bit of awe-inspiring imperial majesty, his eyes swept over the officials below, and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any opinions?" ”

The reaction of the Son of Heaven was seen by everyone, and the fool could see that Zhu Houzhao had made up his mind, although it was said that the first assistant of the cabinet needed to be recommended by hundreds of officials above the court, and then the candidate was selected, and then the Son of Heaven was selected.

As the power of the civil ministers became stronger and stronger, although the Son of Heaven said that he could still choose the first assistant of the cabinet, but when the candidates jointly promoted by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were not the candidates favored by the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven had to be forced by the pressure of hundreds of officials to choose among these people.

Today's Zhu Houzhao is in power, the Sacred Heart is arbitrary, and no one dares to oppose it.

Facing Zhu Houzhao at this time, all the officials felt the power of Zhu Houzhao, although some officials did not agree with the Son of Heaven's choice of Yang Yiqing as the first assistant of the cabinet, but if they really wanted to jump out and oppose it, to be honest, they really didn't have the courage.

If this was in the past, there would be officials in the custody to jump out, but Zhu Houzhao was no longer the Son of Heaven who could be bullied and manipulated by them in the past, and Zhu Houzhao, who was becoming more and more powerful in the court's major affairs, gradually made a group of civil and military officials feel that Taizu and Chengzu were resurrected.

"Your Majesty, the ministers will obey Your Majesty's decree!"

The Son of Heaven chose Yang Yiqing as the new cabinet leader, and it was normal for the officials of the other factions to be unhappy, but the officials of the eunuch faction were greatly excited.

In the eyes of others, they are eunuchs who are attached to Chu Yi and have a very bad reputation, but in their eyes, they belong to the Wuwang Party.

Jiao Fang's assassination, especially after the news that Jiao Fang needed to recuperate, these Wuwang Party officials who were attached to Chu Yi were naturally quite panicked.

Although they are said to be in control of the court, this does not mean that they have no enemies, no opponents, and those old-fashioned and stubborn officials are very hostile to many of the policies they pursue, and will impeach them at the slightest opportunity.

During Gu Dayong's reign for more than half a year, these old-fashioned officials seized the opportunity to impeach them frantically, and with the support of Gu Dayong, they got rid of several officials who held a certain amount of real power in the Wuwang Party. Of course, this is also because these Wuwang Party officials have their own problems.

As the saying goes, no one is perfect, and if some small problems are infinitely magnified by opponents, sometimes they will become big problems.

After all, no one wants to be watched every day.

If the position of the first assistant of the cabinet falls into the hands of the opponent, it is conceivable that the life of the Wuwang Party will definitely not be so easy.

It can be said that if an official of the Wuwang Party does not become the chief assistant of the cabinet, anyone else, even Chen Ding, who has always remained neutral, becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, will inevitably restrain the Wuwang Party to a certain extent, restrict, and even divide the functions and powers of the Wuwang Party.

Zhu Houzhao ignored the reactions of these civil and military officials, he knew very well that his decision could not be agreed by everyone, and if there was really no one to object, it would be a strange thing.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Yang Yiqing's body, Yang Yiqing was in a trance at this moment, in Yang Yiqing's opinion, although his merits were enough, but the difference was not enough qualifications, although he had expectations for the position of the first assistant to the cabinet, he did not have much hope.

In Yang Yiqing's view, Chen Ding and Wang Hua both had a teacher-student relationship with the Son of Heaven in the past, plus the two have been up and down in the court for decades, and have gone through several generations of emperors.

The result was contrary to Yang Yiqing's expectations, the Son of Heaven did not choose Chen Ding, nor did he choose Wang Hua, but chose him.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Yiqing bowed down to the Son of Heaven and said: "Minister Yang Yiqing, receive the decree, thank Your Majesty for your grace, and you will bow down and die to repay Your Majesty's grace!" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, Yang Yiqing's ability, Zhu Houzhao knew it in his heart, not long ago he asked Chu Yi about the candidate for the first assistant of the cabinet.

According to Chu Yi, who will be elected as the first assistant of the cabinet and how to arrange it depends on what kind of plan and expectation the Son of Heaven has for the next few decades.

If the Son of Heaven wants to continue to implement the new policy, then the candidate for the first assistant of the cabinet must be selected from the Wuwang Party, Chu Yi recommended the first cabinet chief assistant as Yang Yiqing, and the person who succeeded Yang Yiqing was Wang Shouren.

The age difference between the two is not small, Wang Shouren is only thirty years old, although it is said that he is both civil and military, he is a great talent who is a general, but when it comes to calmness and governance ability, it is still inferior to Yang Yiqing.

Therefore, Chu Yi first recommended Yang Yiqing, and when Wang Yangming has been honed for several years in the court, it is natural to succeed Yang Yiqing in the future.

Of course, if the Son of Heaven wants to stabilize the current situation and no longer carry out new developments, as long as the Ming Dynasty develops steadily, then the candidate for the first assistant of the cabinet must choose Chen Ding, the representative of the neutral faction.

Chen Ding is a representative of some officials who are impartial and maintain a neutral posture in the court battles, and Chen Ding's character is also upright and honest, although he is not pioneering, but he is also an excellent candidate for Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.

Zhu Houzhao finally chose Yang Yiqing among the candidates recommended by Chu Yi, obviously Zhu Houzhao is not satisfied with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, he wants to do better, hoping that one day he can surpass the ancestors, on the history books, the glory of the ages, not inferior to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu.

"Report, Tianjin Wei Urgent Military Report!"

As usual, the calm Jingshi came with the sound of shouting, and many people on the long street dodged one after another, looking at the herald galloping herald with astonishment.

In just one stick of incense, three waves of heralds marched into the city.

In the early morning, when the head of the cabinet was selected, it can be said that the biggest problem of the court meeting has been solved.

Just as a group of civil and military officials were discussing some government affairs, suddenly outside the main hall, an inner attendant screamed: "Tianjin Wei Urgent Military Report!" ”

All the officials were stunned, and subconsciously looked towards the entrance of the main hall, only to see a herald panting and bowing outside the main hall and trying to say loudly: "Your Majesty, there is an enemy coming from the sea, and Tianjin Weigang is in danger!" ”

"What!"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, and even the Son of Heaven who was sitting there couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing, who directly leads the military department, can definitely be regarded as an existence above 10,000 people under one person in the DPRK.

At this moment, Yang Yiqing looked at the herald, stepped forward and stared at the other party and said in a deep voice: "What happened, tell me carefully." ”

This herald is the first wave of personnel sent by Cheng Yan to enter Beijing to warn, and he doesn't really know much about the incoming enemy, but after a statement, he can probably let everyone know what happened.

"What, that an enemy is coming from the sea in a big ship?"

"How is this possible, where is the strong enemy at sea?"

Some old-fashioned officials could not imagine how a strong enemy could appear on the sea, and the most important thing was that a strong enemy that emerged from the sea with these words dared to attack Tianjin Wei.

The status of Tianjin Wei is clear to all officials who have a little common sense, it is an important gateway to the Beijing Division, in the past may not be able to shield the nine important towns of the Beijing Division, but with the opening of the sea, more and more ships docked at the sea, the status of Tianjin Wei is becoming more and more important, and now it has become another important gateway to shield the Beijing Division.

Yang Yiqing looked at the officials who looked at the dazed faces and couldn't help but sneer, his heart was full of disdain, it can be said that except for the officials of the Wuwang Party because of their broad vision, they could probably guess where these enemies who dared to attack Tianjin Weigang and came from the sea came from, and the other officials only looked at their reactions.

Yang Yiqing and other martial arts parties knew that there were maritime powers overseas, and Chu Yi had instilled the concept of a naval power in Zhu Houzhao more than once, so Zhu Houzhao also had some guesses about the origin of these enemies attacking at sea.