At the end of the Heavenly Dynasty meeting, Zhu Si held an internal court meeting, and not many people attended.

Only Jiang Mian and Fei Hong were admitted to the cabinet, plus Qiao Yu, the secretary of the ministry, Xi Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, plus Tang Yin, who has always been unknown, if you want to count, it is Zhang Zuo, the eunuch who is the celebrant and the eunuch Zhang Zuo, who is the eunuch next to the emperor, and these few people have completed a closed-door meeting.

After the meeting, Jiang Mian did not go to the cabinet room, but hurriedly went to the Hanlin Academy and found Shi Xuan and Feng Xi, who were Hanlin scholars at the time. After the first assistant university scholar entered the Hanlin Academy, or after the internal meeting of the palace, many people felt that something was wrong, but after Jiang Mian arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he also had internal discussions with Shi Xuan and Feng Xi, even if the three attendants, Li Tingxiang, Liu Long and Yang Shen, were not allowed to enter, and they didn't know what happened.

When Jiang Mian left, with Shi Xuan behind him, Li Tingxiang was allowed to enter Fengxi's office. "Elder Feng, I don't know what happened?"

Li Tingxiang asked this question for the entire Hanlin Academy.

Feng Xi said: "This matter has not yet been explained to the outside world, and after the court discussion tomorrow, it will be known to others."

Li Tingxiang is also very awkward in his heart, we are ministers in the same hall, since Jiang Mian has come to you, why is it that even I, the bachelor, are not qualified to know?

Is this looking down on people?

Yang Shen was not in the Hanlin Courtyard that day, and he only learned about it after getting Yu Chengxun's letter at noon. "It's not easy."

Yu Chengxun shook his head and said, "Now it is rumored in the Hanlin Academy, it may be related to the fact that His Majesty said that he would increase the number of Hanlin scholars, it seems that the matter should have been decided, but it cannot be announced to the public yet."

Yang Shen frowned: "There are a lot of people who know, but none of them have passed the news?"

Yu Chengxun said: "There is no news from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites. Now those who know are keeping it a secret for the time being." "Alas!"

Yang Shen sighed heavily.

Yu Chengxun seemed to know why Yang Shen was so depressed, and he said, "Do you want to find Jingdao earlier and ask him to go to Tang Yin to ask clearly? Now among these ministers, the one who is most likely to be unable to keep the secret should be Tang Yin."

Yang Shen said, "Then where is he now?" "I don't know."

Yu Chengxun also answered directly.

Yang Shen shook his head and said, "I suspect that this time is definitely not as simple as just adding a Hanlin Bachelor, Jiang Ge Lao and Qiao Shangshu have only a handful of time in the court, if the two of them are also abolished, then the order in the court is probably going to change greatly, and it may be that the matter of etiquette will be further promoted."

Yu Chengxun said, "So what now? Who to go to? Or do you want to visit Tang Bohu in person?" "No need."

Yang Shen seemed to be confident, "Recently, I have been in contact with Han Yuan and the people of the Six Departments, and I have mobilized all the six department chief levels, if Your Majesty wants to advance the ceremony before the year, then I can only take the last step."

When Yu Chengxun heard this, he was very pleased: "Yongxiu, it's rare for you to insist so much, do you know that there are some rumors that are unfavorable to you now, saying that your promotion to a bachelor's degree is a secret agreement with Your Majesty, Your Majesty will protect you from the throne, and let you give up the dispute over the Great Rites Discussion, but now it seems that those people are all nonsense, you are so upright, how can you break your principles for the sake of glory and wealth?"

After listening to Yu Chengxun's words, Yang Shen himself was not very embarrassed.

I did make a deal with the emperor, but the way of the transaction was relatively secret, but it seems that the emperor is also on the emperor's side, why didn't he further ask me to give up the dispute over the Great Rites?

Wrong.

What if the emperor still has a backhand on his side, and when I go to fight for the big gifts, the emperor makes our secret transaction public, then I won't be discredited?

Not right either.

I've been so insisting, how can others believe it so easily? At that time, I would feel that the emperor was dividing the relationship between me and the scholars. I wonder what is going on? Let's think about how to deal with the big gift discussion first.

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Until the next day, before the court meeting, the outside world did not know anything about the content of yesterday's internal court meeting.

The people who participated in this internal discussion, except for Jiang Mian, went to the Hanlin Academy to inform the two Hanlin Scholars

None of the others knew about the situation, but before the court meeting began the next day, among the people waiting to be seen, there were several unusual characters, which made people speculate.

Attending the court meeting were Tang Yin, Zhang Xuan, as well as Huo Tao, who had just arrived in Beijing, and Gui Cao, who had just arrived in the capital yesterday.

At this time these few people, Ji

Huang Zhan, as a member of the Cabinet University, although he is also a member of the Parliamentary Rite faction, is not around these people.

On the other hand, the main officials of the Hanlin Academy also came, usually the middle and high-level officials in the Hanlin Academy do not participate in the court every day, they have a relatively high status, but the real power is low, and the participation in the court affairs is not high, on the other hand, the people in the six branches, even if many people have not been in the court for a long time, and the official position is not high, but as the imperial historian, they are almost two or three days in rotation, and each person has at least ten days a month.

The court meeting officially began.

When he came up, the emperor took out a note of resignation and announced it to those present: "Elder Jiang Ge has worked hard for the imperial court and has made great contributions, and now he has asked for his resignation again, and I have discussed it with several ministers yesterday and decided to agree to allow him to return to his hometown. and horses and horses, and servants, and two hundred taels of silver for his journey."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Mian immediately expressed his gratitude to the emperor.

Although the ministers present did not speak, their hearts were full of waves.

The second assistant Mao Ji has retired before, and now the first assistant Jiang Mian has also retired, which means that the cabinet team left in the Zhengde period has all left by now, and an era is over.

Zhu Sidao: "As for the resignation of others, I will not allow it, the imperial court is the time to employ people, you are still concentrating on work, and it is about to come to the end of the year, please concentrate on official business, and you can't slack off in the slightest." If there is something to do, I will talk about it after the spring of next year."

It means that this time only Jiang Mian is the only one, and in addition to Jiang Mian, including Qiao Yu, Fei Hong, Liu Chun and others, their resignation will not be allowed.

Some may not have been allowed in the first place, and they resigned, but they were just a test of the emperor's attitude to the emperor and themselves.

The rules of the Ming Dynasty have always been like this, if there is nothing to do, please say goodbye, the emperor will not say that he has to make trouble to the point where the monarch and ministers tear their faces, and directly drive people back to their hometowns, which is too ugly.

Even if the conflict intensified to the point where the emperor and Yang Tinghe were reconciled, and now the monarch and the ministers were considered to be "good beginnings and good ends", and the people in the court did not think that the emperor would hold Yang Tinghe accountable in the future.

Zhu Sidao: "The matter has come to this point, and many things in the DPRK and China should also be decided, especially in terms of employment, and the various government offices should also fill in the missing positions. I mentioned before that I would like to add another Master of Hallym to the Hallym Academy, but I wonder who is the candidate in the Hallym Academy?"

At this time, Huang Zan walked and said, "Your Majesty, the minister recommends Hanlin to serve Zhang Zhang." "Huh?"

When the ministers present heard this recommendation, they were not happy. Zhang Xuan as a bachelor of Hanlin?

How can that old boy be able to do so?

A guy who has just passed the Jinshi examination is not a first-class person, and letting him be a Hanlin attendant has been promoted exceptionally, and now it is endless?

Zhu Si didn't wait for anyone present to jump out to object, but instead looked at Jiang Mian and asked, "Elder Jiang Ge, do you think this person is suitable?"

Now, strictly speaking, Jiang Mian is no longer the head of the cabinet, but a retired old man, but the emperor still asked him to give his opinion, in fact, it seems to be saying to the ministers present, this is the result of our internal court meeting yesterday, so you will not come out to get involved.

Jiang Mian said, "The minister seconded the proposal." Really.

At this moment, many people present were annoyed in their hearts, how could Jiang Mian make a compromise in such a key position? You have retired, and you still agree with Zhang Bingyong to be a bachelor of Hanlin?

After listening to Jiang Mian's statement, Zhu Si was very satisfied, and nodded: "If you really want to add another Hanlin Scholar to the Hanlin Academy, then the number of Hanlin Scholars will be a bit too much, and my opinion is to choose one of the several Hanlin Scholars to enter the cabinet."

Okay.

Do you want to place Zhang Xuan in the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and you also want Tang Yin to enter the cabinet?

Don't think we don't know your thoughts. But those who have a certain amount of political acumen here do not think so.

They will think that since Jiang Mian can compromise on the two things of Zhishi and Zhang Xuan as a bachelor of Hanlin, then the emperor can't "take" everything, but always "give", right?

Could it be that Jiang Mian is so spineless and suffers?

Zhu Si said again: "With Mr. Tang's status as a person from the court, as well as his qualifications in the court, it is not enough to enter the cabinet, but as for the remaining two Hanlin scholars who will enter the cabinet, the court will discuss it in a few days."

This dispelled the doubts of many people present.

It turns out that the exchange point is here.

The emperor added a scholar of the Hanlin Dynasty in exchange for Shi Xuan or Feng Xi to enter the cabinet, a deal that seemed unfair, but it was the best result that a civil servant could get.

After all, there must be no more people in the cabinet who are from the Deliberation faction, and one Huang Zan is enough, as for Fei Hong and Liu Chun, they are not from the Deliberation faction, they are said to be neutral, but they still tend to be orthodox on issues such as the Great Rites Discussion, and they have never expressed too radical opinions on issues such as deliberations.

Zhu Sidao: "And now the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites is still vacant, right?" Immediately back to the point.

In the previous few times, there was no conclusion in the court discussions, and it seems that today we have to take advantage of Jiang Mian Zhishi to deal with it at one time.

Many people are looking behind Zhang Xuan, because there is a Gui Cao who has just entered the court, and Gui Cao is very active in Nanjing, this time he is in a hurry to rush to the capital, obviously to grab the fruits of victory, does the emperor want Gui Cao of the Yili faction to be the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites?

If this is the case, then Zhang Xuan is a bachelor of Hanlin and Gui Cao is a right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and a situation of combining two swords.