In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, April 28.

On the sixth day after the new emperor ascended the throne, a battle in the court began.

On the same day, the court officials found that there were different places from the past, but they were Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, both of whom were not in the court's class, and only after the inquiry did they learn that last night, the official of the Yan Dynasty participated in the impeachment of the two, and after the cabinet vote, the new emperor wrote Zhu Approve, and the two were immediately arrested and imprisoned, and handed over to the Criminal Department to inquire about the details of the crime.

It is equivalent to saying that the two top Ming ministers who were still arguing with them in the court yesterday have become prisoners after a night.

Yesterday they were still defending themselves, and today they will ask the Criminal Department to give a preliminary handling plan, and it is very likely that the two will be prosecuted.

This made the rest of the court officials who were not very harmonious with Yang Tinghe, such as Li Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Yang Tan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, etc., everyone was in danger, and they didn't even say a word before the court meeting.

As a result, at the beginning of the court meeting, the first person to get the consent of the new emperor was not Li Qi and Yang Tan, who were bent on going, but Chen Jin, who was in charge of the imperial history of the right capital of the Metropolitan Inspectorate and the affairs of the Imperial Procuratorate.

The reason for the resignation is very simple, he is old and faint, and he can't be a ......

After all, Chen Jin is seventy-five this year, and he belongs to the example of the old ministers in the middle of the court, and he once asked to resign when he was in the Zhengde Dynasty, but because Zhu Houzhao was not in charge of things at that time, he did not get any news of his resignation, so he hung up.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Chen Jin sees that the party struggle in the court is so terrifying, even if I am not very close to Shechen, and the relationship with Yang Tinghe is not bad, but I know the current affairs as a handsome man, and the thirty-six plans are the best, goodbye to you!

With the successful resignation of Chen Jin, Li Li and Yang Tan saw hope, and the two then proposed to return to the field in public before the court discussed the crimes of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian.

This time, Zhu Si didn't agree immediately, but looked at Yang Tinghe and asked, "Elder Yang Ge, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Yang Tinghe was annoyed in his heart.

Originally, he was expecting Chen Jin to be able to hold out for a few more days in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, probably because the Metropolitan Procuratorate felt that the ministers of the Central Court were going to suffer one after another, and then the imperial court would usher in a large-scale reshuffle, and the errand of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was not good, so Chen Jin pushed the boat to resign.

Yang Tinghe said: "The two ministries of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry should do their best to do things for the court at this time, and it is not appropriate to retreat!" ”

Zhu Si nodded, "Oh, does it mean that they may also be close to the Quan Yu beside the former emperor, and they need to ask the Criminal Department to take a good look?" ”

The emperor's words are too frank, even Yang Tinghe hasn't said that yet, the emperor, you are direct enough.

The ministers thought of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian's imprisonment before, although the prison of these two was led by Yang Tinghe, but Emperor Zhu did not contain the slightest hint of the lake, as if he had been waiting for this day for a long time, the new emperor's three fires continued to burn, could it be that even Wang Qiong and Wang Xian were also the objects that the new emperor was eager to punish?

"But I don't know if there are suitable candidates in the court who can temporarily replace the Yang Qing family and Li Qing's family, if so, it is okay for the two to return to the field!"

Zhu Si was still very tough before, and his next words had a little room for maneuvering.

This made Yang Tan and Li Li feel like they had escaped death.

Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Does the new emperor mean that there is no suitable candidate to replace us, we will continue to stay in our posts, and after the charges of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian are determined in a few days, it will be our turn?

Afraid of what comes.

Wang Xuanxi was listed in the military department and said: "The minister wants to participate in the household department Shangshu Li Qi, and in the past few years, he has listened to the dispatch of the central officials in the construction of the great construction project, and the Ming Dynasty has spent tens of millions of dollars......

Li Qi had a feeling of being hit by a boulder in his heart, the key was that before the person fell into the well, the big stone began to beckon to his body.

Li Qi and Yang Tan do not belong to the kind of ministers who are corrupt and pervert the law, in the past, most of the expenses of the household department and the ministry of industry of the imperial court were not controlled by the two of them, in a special era, let alone the household department and the ministry of industry, even if it is the cabinet, how much better can you be? Isn't your ticket going to be tampered with when you submit it? There are even people who are overbearing? What did you say?

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the cabinet is in power, he will use his words to take advantage of us who are working?

It's not fair!

Zhu Si asked coldly: "If there is a concert, all go through the political department, why do you want to play in the court, so what do you think of it?" How to batch? Send it back! ”

Wang Xuanxi didn't expect that Yang Ting would deliberately take Li Qi and Yang Tan under the knife, and now the new emperor would actually protect Li Qi? Could it be that the new emperor and Shousuke did not reach a consensus on this matter? Or is it that the new emperor is not coerced by the first assistant?

At this time, many people felt that the current new emperor was more like a puppet, and they didn't see that he had the meaning of competing with the minister, so that there was a deviation in judging the situation.

Zhu Sidao: "Li Shangshu has made great contributions, but I heard that Zhao Huang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, has made great achievements in the management of river works, since Li Shangshu intends to return to the field, it is better to let him go and replace his position with Zhao Huang...... I don't know what your opinions are? ”

The people present were momentarily stunned.

The process of court push should be that after the minister's note is approved, the minister will go to the emperor to thank him for his resignation when he comes to Japan, and after the person leaves, he will be elected by the ministry or the cabinet, usually there are two or three candidates, and who is more suitable to be selected.

But now the emperor directly proposed the candidate, and only one was mentioned, and the ministers and officials were not allowed to speak......

Square peg!

But it can also be said, who let Wang Qiong go to prison now, and the position of the secretary is vacant?

Yang Tinghe didn't think anything about Zhao Huang's candidate when he heard this, he didn't think that Zhao Huang would have anything to do with the new emperor, but Zhao Huang's ability was worthy of affirmation, but although he made great achievements in the position of the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, he mostly worked outside.

When the Ming Dynasty arrived in Hongzhi and Zhengde Dynasty, the two positions of the right attendant of the household department and the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry were quite special.

The right attendant of the household department generally takes care of the military salary of the Xuanfu on a part-time basis, while the right attendant of the Ministry of Engineering is generally sent out to govern the river, and the affairs of the ministry are generally managed by the left attendant of the two departments.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Chinese courtiers, Zhao Huang belongs to the representative of the "practical school", but he has no experience in sitting in the office, so directly promoted to the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is suspected of overstepping, so it is better to let him be a left waiter for a few years.

Historically, Zhao Huang was promoted to Zuo Shilang in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, and then was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the first year of Jiajing in the following year.

But now that the emperor has put forward this proposal, Yang Tinghe knows that the focus today is to determine the two key positions of the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the military department, and there is really no need to argue too much over the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Qi went down, and Zhao Huang came up, which was completely acceptable in Yang Tinghe's opinion.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

But it was the second assistant of the cabinet, Liang Chu, who came out and echoed Zhu Si's proposal.

Yang Tinghe didn't say anything, and when many ministers saw this, they stood up and told Zhao Huang about all kinds of goodness, as if Zhao Huang was the best candidate for the Ministry of Industry after the reasonable court.

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Li Qizhishi decided first, it belonged to the temporary adaptation made by the emperor after being impeached by Wang Xuanxi, and at the same time, even the new candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Industry was selected, and the emperor and the ministers felt that it was very suitable.

The next step is to discuss the crimes of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian.

Zhu Sidao: "These two people have close ties with the central officials, and now they still have to pursue their crimes, and there are still last year's officials Shangshu Lu Wan's crimes have not yet been determined, and the criminal department will inspect them together, and they can't be delayed for a long time, and how to punish them can wait for their crimes to be clarified." I don't want the second department to vacancy, so please give me a candidate. ”

The emperor's meaning was obvious.

The court discussed that Wang Qiong and Wang Xian's crimes should be put aside in advance, and I know that the two of them are guilty, so you don't have to fall into the well as soon as you come up.

You can wait for the Criminal Department to investigate first, I don't plan to let Dongchang and Jinyiwei take over, let the Criminal Department investigate first, isn't this the result you Wenchen most want to see?

I'm going to ask you now, who will be the author of these two books?

Because Zhu Si had listened to Zhu Hao's advice and knew that he had no right to speak in the selection of the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, he had no intention of fighting from the beginning, knowing that no matter how much he fought, he would not be able to fight for Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghehui listened to his opinion on the selection of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu, not because of his emperor's face, but because of Zhao Huang's ability and political stance that he was not the new emperor's faction.

At present, Yang Tinghe's power is growing, especially Wang Qiong and Wang Xian's imprisonment, which is all the direct consequences of the factional struggle led by Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Si made the courtiers feel his toughness, but he couldn't tear his face with Yang Tinghe Ming, which required very high speech skills.

Tingtui results.

Shi Xuan, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Hanlin, was supported by Yang Tinghe and other ministers to temporarily replace the position of secretary of the ministry.

As for the military department's book, it naturally fell on Peng Ze, who had a very serious political relationship with Wang Qiong before.

Not surprisingly, all of them are Yang Tinghe's people.

Yang Tinghe saw that the emperor agreed with his opinion, and felt that the new emperor knew each other very well, and was thinking about it, Zhu Si suddenly looked at Yang Tan, the head of the household, and said: "Yang Shangshu also begs for the old man to return to the field, I have always paid attention to a bowl of water, and I want to let a famous Confucian who I have seen in Anlu, and Sun Lao, who has been a minister in the past, to preside, I don't know what your opinions are?" ”

Suddenly, such a sentence is equivalent to saying that he not only agreed to Yang Tan's resignation, but also proposed a candidate for the new head of the household department.

Yang Tinghe suddenly fell into passivity.

Mainly in the past few years, the household department has been out of his control.

Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde looks nonsense, but he is a smart man, and the household department and the military department of the six departments have always been firmly in control, and it is also because he knows that he is fighting a war and needs the support of these two departments.

The emperor suddenly proposed to let Sun Jiao, an old minister who had been idle for a long time, be the head of the household department, and to some extent, Sun Jiao's prestige was sufficient.

And even if Sun Jiao is a native of Anlu, he may not be very close to the new emperor after returning to the dynasty.

Yang Tinghe felt that this discussion was not impossible.