Chapter 069: Chaoji, the first time the prince came to the court
Cao Qichang is a person who looks at the overall situation and understands the general situation, and he will not force the prince to step down in this court, or even in the early dynasties in the future.
If the prince can't get off the stage, that is to force him to kill people, and the net will be broken.
In the future, the contest between the two sides will basically be conducted within the legal framework of the country, and the two sides will fight wits and courage.
Of course, the use of Jianghu means is not ruled out.
No, Cao Qichang's surrender just now fully illustrates this.
Yuan Zhi is still very satisfied with this result.
Of course, de jure, at the moment, he is only the future heir of the empire, not the owner.
The prison country is in the dynasty, and he is only a thousand years old, not long live.
The dragon chair is close at hand, but before he can successfully sit on it, there are still thousands of difficulties and dangers waiting for him.
Now, it is only the first step in the long march, and he is still at risk of being deposed.
"Zhongqing's rabbit ceremony!"
Yuan Zhixu raised his right hand to signal.
He can't say forbidden words like 'Zhongqing's family is flat', which is the exclusive language of His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Highness!"
After the courtiers finished the salute, they all stood with their heads bowed, holding the court board in their hands and not moving, neither daring to look up nor looking around, otherwise it would be rude and would be impeached afterwards.
Yuan Zhi sat on the couch and looked down with blazing eyes.
Next to him, the dragon chair, which represents the supreme authority of the world, is placed there.
But he must not sit on it.
For today's gathering, Yuan Zhi almost stayed awake all night, one was excited, and the other was nervous.
He practiced his manners repeatedly, as well as the do's and don'ts, the words that needed to be said, and so on.
There is so much content that he needs to do his homework in advance and deal with the scene.
Now this kind of scene, Yuan Zhi has seen countless times in film and television dramas in later generations, but the real immersion feels completely different.
Although he is familiar with history and has been a human being in two lives, his legs are still trembling slightly at this moment, and he looks very nervous.
Sitting on the world, what man doesn't want to?
But how to get on the throne and whether to sit firmly is a big proposition.
In the Xuanzheng Palace, there was silence, hundreds of people, and there was not even a cough.
Everyone's ears are erect and their attention is highly concentrated, and it depends on how the prince of the prison country behaves.
At this time, I only heard the crown prince Yuan Zhi say slowly:
"Zhongqing, the lonely generation of the Son of Heaven is in charge of the country, but the military affairs are by no means alone to monitor the world, even if you have clairvoyance and ears, you will not be able to do anything, and there is no child's play in military affairs."
"Today's dynasty gathering, Lone takes this opportunity to meet with the secretaries of the country, discuss the country's affairs, in order to live up to the trust of His Majesty, and hope that the secretaries will actively assist in the administration of the government, clean up the secrets, provide disaster relief and save the people, help the disaster areas resume production and farming, strengthen water conservancy restoration, strengthen national defense, etc."
Speaking of this, Yuan Zhi's gaze swept to Cao Qichang, who was standing in the first row of the jade steps, and said in a deep voice:
"Cao Aiqing, yesterday I entrusted my lord to coordinate the transportation of grain, rice, and grain, I don't know how?"
When Cao Qichang heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said in a deep voice:
"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister returned yesterday evening, and went directly to the Caoyun Kyoto General Helmsman Office, after coordination, they agreed to transport the grain to the east wharf overnight, and this morning, the grain has entered the household grain depot."
Yuan Zhi laughed when he heard this, and said loudly:
"Cao Aiqing is really old and strong, worthy of being the pillar of the country, as soon as he got out of the horse to solve the problem of Cao Yun grain, it is gratifying, after a few days, Lone personally came to Cao to help Xie Zhi, at that time, please also ask Aiqing to accompany you, how about it?"
"The old minister is willing to accompany him." Cao Qichang readily agreed.
"That's good, most of the disaster relief food has been solved, and the current predicament of the imperial court has been alleviated, very good, below, who else needs to be played?"
Yuan Zhi smiled and glanced down, according to the custom, it should be the minister's speech later.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Weichen has objections to the appointment and dismissal of the secretary of the military department."
Before the words fell, I saw a military attache from the second rank standing out of the queue of the first official rank, bowing down and playing.
His name is Chen Qinlian, he is the left servant of the second head of the Ministry of War, in charge of the Ordnance Department, the arsenal and other departments, and was the right-hand man of Shangshu Yu Kefan, and he is also the backbone of the Caofu Group.
As soon as Yu Kefan was dismissed, Guo Wei became the secretary of the Ministry of War, and it won't take long for the secret of corruption in the Ministry of War to be exposed.
In particular, arms smuggling, reselling at high prices, and deducting military expenses and salaries.
Therefore, the focus of the internal discussion of the traitor group is not to let Guo Wei sit firmly in the position of the secretary of the military department.
Because according to the dynasty system, the prince of the state can be directly appointed and dismissed for positions below the second rank, but they are all agents, and the maximum is one year.
Officially effective, it must be reported by the East Palace Zhan Shifu to the cabinet officials for review and assessment, and then reported by the officials to the emperor for approval, and then the edict shall prevail.
And with Guo Wei's prestige and ability, as long as he sits on it, the officials will definitely not find anything wrong, and the emperor will definitely support the prince of the prison country.
Once Guo Wei sat down, no one could oust him from the position of secretary of the military department.
And he, Chen Qinlian, in his life, didn't want to climb to the position of secretary of the Ministry of War.
Yuan Zhi was deeply surprised to hear that some people had objections to Guo Wei's appointment as the secretary of the military department.
Such a stupid proposition actually came from the mouth of a second-grade, the left squire of the military department.
The sages are stupid to read, and they all read into the belly of a dog.
Yuan Zhi frowned and snorted coldly:
"Who are you, report your name, your position, and then state your reasons in court."
Except for a few ministers in the hall, almost none of the other princes knew each other, and the reason was clear first.
"Weichen is Chen Qinlian, the left attendant of the Ministry of War."
Chen Qinlian paused, eased his emotions, swallowed his saliva in his throat, and then began to state:
"As we all know, General Guo Wei is a hereditary Duke of the First Rank, and his father is the King of Zhongshan, and the Shangshu of the Military Department is just a second-rank title, and the official character is low, so wouldn't it mess up the kingdom of the Dynasty? Please think twice, Your Highness. ”
That's a far-fetched reason.
With the title of first-class merit, he took over the second-grade substantive position, which has been the case in all dynasties.
This guy is bullying the lonely young man who doesn't understand the rules of the dynasty, and deliberately mocked him in court and dug a pit for the prince? !
Yuan Zhi knew it in his heart, he first glanced at Cao Qichang, and saw that his expression was calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, and he hung high.
The prince turned his head, stared at Chen Qinlian, the left attendant of the military department, and sneered:
"The official quality is low, it is a common thing in all dynasties, Lord Chen will not think that Zuo Shilang should inherit the position of Shangshu, and now he is airborne with a Shangshu, and he is jealous, so he protested in the court."
Chen Qinlian is smart but is mistaken by cleverness.
After Guo Wei is the god of the army, regardless of his ability or qualifications, it is more than enough to serve as the secretary of the military department.
If you find fault with these aspects, it is like finding a bone in an egg, which will only attract the dissatisfaction of the prince and the counterattack of the generals on Guo Wei's side.
Therefore, he protested on the grounds that Guo Wei was high and low-grade.
This argument is ambiguous, and no one can say that he is completely unreasonable.
Fortunately, in today's court, most of the ministers are from their side, and they will support his views.
And the prince may not know it all.