Yang Tinghe left Beijing.

There were a lot of people who went to see him off, after all, Yang Tinghe was still nominally a civilian leader, and after he left, it was still Yang Tinghe who continued to control the government.

But even the officials who went to see them off had many people wishing that Yang Tinghe would leave early.

Yang Tinghe was in the court, everyone couldn't let go of their hands and feet, not just the people of the new emperor's faction, and all the officials in the civil system were all restricted, and after Yang Tinghe left, no one could lean towards the government and the opposition like Yang Tinghe, which was equivalent to loosening everyone's bonds.

Jiang Mian, as a scholar of Shoufu University, Yang Tinghe did not personally go to see him off on the day he left Beijing.

On the morning of the same day, Jiang Mian and Mao Ji went to the Ministry of Officials together to discuss the personnel arrangements between the DPRK and China with Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and this was Yang Tinghe's errand in the past, that is, the evaluation, promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials in the DPRK and China must be directly interrogated by the cabinet, especially Yang Tinghe and this first assistant.

Nominally, these matters were not the responsibility of the cabinet, but Yang Tinghe was the de facto prime minister at the time of the dynasty, and Yang Tinghe was involved in the affairs of the six ministries, and even the emperor could not object.

Now that Yang Tinghe is gone, it is equivalent to returning to the emperor, of course, there will be no change in the court pattern formed before in a short period of time.

「…… There are just two people in the Hanlin Academy, one is Zhang Bangqi, who served as a Hanlin attendant; The other is Tang Yin, who reviews for Hanlin...... The staff of the Hanlin Academy has not changed much in the past two years, and this is the list of those who have stayed in the museum in recent years, including those who are still in the system or who have returned to their hometowns when they are sick, you can take a look......

Qiao Yu made a list of the current incumbent officials of the Hanlin Academy and presented a list of Jiang Mian and Mao Ji.

After Yang Tinghe left, Qiao Yu was under a lot less pressure.

Although the current cabinet still maintains Yang Tinghe's current style of acting and continues to control the affairs of the ministry, Qiao Yu no longer has to feel unprecedented pressure every time he sees Shoufu as before, as he did in the past, like a subordinate to a superior, and now he is more like discussing things with his colleagues than reporting.

Jiang Mian had read the list, and it was no different from what he knew.

Mao Ji didn't look at it in detail, they were all in the same system, and he knew everything about anyone in the Hanlin Academy, so he just asked, "Has the internal official inquired about the cabinet recently?"

"Huh?"

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "The cabinet affairs mentioned are about adding new cabinet ministers?" No, since the current saint ascended the throne, he has basically never sent internal officials to the ministry, and as for who enters the cabinet, I am afraid that I will have to discuss with you two. There is not the slightest indication that His Majesty will add people to the Cabinet."

Yang Tinghe left the dynasty, the cabinet scholars changed from five to four, four people were enough, and there were three cabinet ministers for a long time during the Hongzhi Dynasty, but Yang Tinghe warned before leaving the capital that after he left the capital, the emperor might make a big fuss about who would replace him in the cabinet.

But so far, the little emperor has not moved, it may be that the time is not ripe, or it may be that Yang Ting and Duoxin have not planned to add people to the cabinet.

Because even if someone is found to enter the cabinet, the first assistant is still Jiang Mian, as long as Jiang Mian and Mao Ji do not retreat, everything in the court will be the same, and the new people in the cabinet will only rank fifth, which will not have a big impact on the situation in the cabinet.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that the best strategy for the emperor to do something to the civil official group is to force Jiang Mian and Mao Ji away, but is that possible?

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The two came out of the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, Mao Ji thought that he was going back to the cabinet to be on duty, but Jiang Mian said, "Go to the Ministry of Rites to have a look."

Mao Ji probably understood, first asked about the employment, and then went to the Ministry of Rites to ask the emperor what the emperor's movements were towards the Great Rites Discussion.

This is all Yang Tinghe's guess before leaving the direction of the little emperor's counterattack, plus the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites have always been firmly controlled by Yang Tinghe, and now that Yang Tinghe is gone, these two departments naturally fell into the hands of Jiang Mian.

Wang Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally received the two.

As the result of the question in the Ministry of Rites, there is no news about the Great Rites Discussion on the side of the Ministry of Rites, and it seems that the emperor is still holding his troops.

When Wang Jun went in to get the file, Mao Ji said bluntly: "Jingzhi, are you too sensitive? My Majesty won't be impatient to make a fuss about it as soon as I've left, right?"

Jiang Mian said, "You may not know

Before leaving, Jiefu specially reminded that the new emperor has been doing things in an orderly manner since he ascended the throne, and if he really intends to make a fuss about the court, he must plan in advance, and I can't wait for His Majesty to take precautions. Before the husband left, what he was most afraid of was that His Majesty would disrupt the court with the matter of rediscussing the big gifts, and suppress dissidents with it."

"Alien? Huh."

Mao Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly.

They are all ministers, but who are the dissidents?

The monarch wants the ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, it's a big deal to pick and choose, is Yang Tinghe gone, who else can threaten the throne of the little emperor?

Jiang Mian suddenly thought of something again, with a puzzled look on his face: "The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites have not moved, isn't it that Your Majesty wants to make a fuss about the military power of the Beijing camp?" First take the military power, then move the northwest, and then change the military department and start fighting again?"

In Jiang Mian's opinion, the little emperor did not act for the time being, and it was likely that the timing was wrong.

Previously, although the emperor had obtained the military power of Jinyiwei and Jingying, it was not solid after all, and the military administration in the northwest was mostly under the control of Peng Ze, the secretary of the military department, and Peng Ze was Yang Tinghe's person.

Now that Yang Tinghe is gone, Peng Ze is sick, and the emperor may want to take back the military power first, and then make a big trouble in the court and force the old ministers away one by one.

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Speculation is speculation after all, Jiang Mian has no empirical evidence, and the emperor doesn't seem to be in a hurry to make a move, everything is calm.

Yang Tinghe left on the third day.

The court meeting proceeded as usual.

There was nothing important, but at the end of the court meeting, the emperor proposed to sacrifice Confucius.

"I'm going to send the Cabinet University Elder Mao Ge to preside over the sacrificial ceremony, what do you think?" Zhu Si asked the ministers present for their opinions.

Actually, it's more like a command.

It is reasonable to send scholars to worship the Confucian Temple, and Mao Ji, as the second assistant, should take responsibility, so he can't let the first assistant go in person, right?

Tong Rui, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, walked and said, "Your Majesty, the cabinet is busy at present, so it may be more appropriate to go with the Hanlin Bachelor."

Although Tong Rui is a squire of the Ministry of Works, he has always been inclined to Yang Tinghe faction.

Yang Tinghe has never obtained the authority of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has always strictly adhered to neutrality, and under Zhao Huang, most of the civil officials of the Ministry of Industry look forward to Yang Ting and Ma Shou.

The civil officials were worried that the emperor's sudden offer to worship the Confucian Temple was an attempt to weaken the influence of Yang Ting and his faction in the court.

The cabinet is now supported by Jiang Mian and Mao Ji, and if Mao Ji is gone, Fei Hong and Liu Chun, two cabinet ministers who are not Yang Ting and his cronies, will have a great impact on Jiang Mian's control of the government, so that the cabinet's position will gradually tilt in the direction of the new emperor.

Zhu Si's tone was calm: "If I only preside over the sacrificial ceremony with a bachelor of Hanlin and not a scholar, will I not pay enough attention to it? However, there is still some time before the sacrifice, and the decision on the candidate can be postponed, but it is still necessary to hurry up and come up with the results, after all, there is also time to delay on the road."

The Ming Dynasty's sacrifice to the Confucian Temple is mainly based on the birthday of Confucius, that is, the 27th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

Generally, the officials in charge of the sacrifice set off from the capital, and they all took the beginning of August as the node, but now it is still mid-July, that is, it is still more than ten days to finalize the final candidate.

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The emperor just casually mentioned it in the court, saying that it was to suppress civil officials, which was always just a guess.

If the emperor sends a cabinet scholar to worship the Confucian Temple, it will become a suppression, and the civil officials will be too glassy.

After the end of the court meeting, all the ministers went out of the Fengtian Hall together, and Sun Jiao hurried to follow Jiang Mian and Mao Ji.

"Respectfully, the old man has something to say to you."

Sun Jiao seemed very anxious, and the implication was that he only talked to Jiang Mian alone, and Mao Ji needed to stand aside.

Mao Ji smiled, and went to the cabinet with Liu Chun and the others first.

Sun Jiao took a small path with Jiang Mian, and after making sure that no one around could hear him, Sun Jiao said with regret: "The old man has asked for his resignation many times, but His Majesty always refuses to approve it."

Jiang Mian thought to himself, are you here to talk about this?

You said you were going to talk to Yang Jie

The husband retreats together, but everyone knows that the decision to retreat or not is not the minister himself, and the more you care about it, the more you seem to be pretentious.

"It doesn't matter."

Jiang Mian waved his hand and said, "If you are interested in the court, the money and food of the Ming household department are stable, and you don't have to worry about the cabinet...... I'm glad you're here......

It means that I don't want you to go, don't think that everyone else is like you.

Sun Jiaodao: "The old man clearly said that he didn't want you to misunderstand. Now there is another news from the old man, His Majesty has talked to the old man about the increase in the number of people in the cabinet."

"What?"

Jiang Mian frowned.

The emperor didn't mention it to the ministers, nor did he mention it to the cabinet, but he actually proposed to Sun Jiao about adding cabinet scholars?

The emperor relies on you very much, no wonder he doesn't approve your resignation.

Sun Jiaodao: "Don't think that Your Majesty summoned you alone, but Your Majesty appointed the Master of Ceremonies to seal Father-in-law Zhang, go to the old man's mansion to talk about it, and even suggested that the old man be allowed to enter the cabinet, but the old man refused on the spot!"

Only then did Jiang Mian know that Sun Jiao was not untargeted, but really had "material".

"Then who does Your Majesty want?" Jiang Mian asked.

Sun Jiao shook his head: "It's just that there is such a thing, I don't know who it is for the time being, but Your Majesty has sent people to Zhenjiang and Yuyao before...... See for yourself."

A hint of gloom appeared on Jiang Mian's face.

When Liu Chun entered the cabinet, he was involved in the re-recalls of Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian to the court, and there was a lot of uproar in the small and medium-sized areas of the court at that time.

But with Liu Chun's entry into the cabinet, the cabinet has five cabinet distances, plus Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian have clearly rejected the emperor's edict of resumption, and no one will talk about this matter later, but now that Yang Tinghe is gone, the emperor seems to want to bring up the old matter again.

If you talk about his Jiang Mian's prestige, it is actually good, but if you really compare it with Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, let alone prestige, even if it is ability, Jiang Mian is slightly inferior to himself.

The emperor wants to come back with old ministers of the level of Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, and suppress the existing civil officials, as if the direction of the attack is steady and ruthless.

After all, without Yang Tinghe, no one in the court could suppress Yang Yiqing and Xie Qian, the two "old monsters".

Sun Jiaodao: "What the old man is worried about is that if this happens, I am afraid that there will be many unplanned personnel appointments and dismissals, and there will be many new faces in the court!"