Zhu Qiyu still wanted to continue to inquire about the conquest of the south, so he heard the guards outside shouting for instructions: "Your Majesty, there are ministers such as Chen Ge Lao, please see." ”

"Let them in."

Zhu Qiyu was a little embarrassed, now there is not even a eunuch in the house to report and deliver the message, so he has to shout back and forth with the guards.

He Yi hurriedly put on his shoes and stood on the side.

Zhu Qiyu asked, "Xingyi, where do you live now?" ”

He Yi hurriedly replied: "The minister is in the west of the city, and he has rented a small courtyard in partnership with several colleagues. Luoyang rice is expensive, and it is not easy to live in a big place, which makes His Majesty smile. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It is not easy to live in a big place, it is someone else, with Aiqing's talent, a mere house is not enough." You can stay in the house today, and I will have a long talk with you in the evening.

Tomorrow, let the princess clean up the house for you in the mansion, there have been a lot of things recently, you can live in the mansion first, and it is convenient to deal with government affairs at any time. When you retreat, I'll give you a big mansion. ”

He Yi hurriedly thanked him, the two of them said a few more gossips, and Chen Xun and several other important ministers came in.

The ministers saluted, and Zhu Qiyu ordered him to sit.

"It's almost dark, and all Aiqing is still coming over, but what's the matter?"

Zhu Qiyu is also very curious, now that the new monarch has also ascended the throne, it will take more than a month for Wara to attack the city of Beijing, and it will be relatively calm in the near future, what is the big thing worth running for the important ministers.

What Zhu Qiyu didn't expect was that he had only finished talking with the Queen Mother in Cining Palace in the morning, and the ministers knew the content of the conversation in the afternoon. So the ministers couldn't sit still, and they had to come to the new monarch to probe the wind in order to feel at ease.

It was Chen Xun who took the lead in replying: "Your Majesty, Warat has been continuously gathering troops recently, and he has the intention of attacking the Beijing Division. The ministers came to hope that His Majesty would make the follow-up matters of his accession to the throne clear, so that the court would have no worries in the future, and it would be better to focus on defending the Jingshi. ”

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Okay, let's draft the purpose, Chen Ge is old shrewd and serious, and he is old enough to seek the country, and he will be promoted to Shaobao, Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, and concurrently serve as the head of the household department."

Hu Huijin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was named the prince and the prince and the scholar of Dongge University; The official department Shangshu Wang Zhijin was named the crown prince Taibao and the scholar of Dongge University.

Yu Qianjin, the secretary of the military department, was named the crown prince Shaobao; Zuodu Yushi Wang Wenjin was crowned the prince Shaobao, and Zuo Chunfang University Scholar.

In the future, Chen Ge Lao was the first assistant of the cabinet, and the other cabinet ministers were Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Wen, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Shang Lu and Peng Shi. ”

The emperor gave everyone a promotion and rank, but there was no reason to refuse, and the ministers humbly resigned a few words, and then they gave the edict one after another.

So far, the cabinet has a total of six cabinet ministers, and a stable administrative team has been reorganized. And Zhu Qiyu behaved quite restrainedly, among the six cabinet ministers, only Wang Wen, who was at the end, was relatively active in moving closer to the new monarch.

The rest are either the hardcore descendants of the Emperor Taishang, or the rising stars who are deeply favored by the Emperor.

As for Yu Qian, he did not enter the cabinet, it was because there was another important use, and Zhu Qiyu went on to announce the second edict:

"Before the defeat of Wara, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, supervised the Beijing camp and was in charge of the soldiers and horses in the capital. The other five military camps are under the management of the British Duke, the Chengguo Duke, and the Dingguo Duke.

Hu Hu hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Dingguo Gong is only ten years old, how can he manage the five military camps?" ”

"Let him put on a name and follow the British Duke and the Cheng Guo Duke to observe and learn, this will be fine. In addition, during the war, the Dingguo Guild has always been by my side, and I will not put him in danger. ”

When Hu Hu heard this, he no longer insisted, after all, Yu Qian, as a civil official, had already commanded the Beijing camp for the first time, and he couldn't be too greedy. If Wenchen still wants to further directly control the five military camps, then it will really be shameless, and Xinjun will definitely fight back.

After talking about the distribution of power to the important ministers, the next step is the distribution of harem power. Hu Hui continued to play: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what should the Queen Mother and Queen do?" ”

In fact, the ministers already knew about the conversation between the emperor and the queen mother in the morning, but they couldn't say it directly, so they still had to ask knowingly.

Zhu Qiyu replied: "For the queen mother, the title is the holy queen mother; For the queen, she was honored as the queen of Yisheng Taishang and moved to the Qianqing Palace;

The imperial concubine was appointed as the queen of Taishang and moved to Kunning Palace. ”

The ministers were speechless, and the new monarch really wanted to make out the two queens.

After a while, Hu Hu replied: "Your Majesty, in all dynasties, I'm afraid there is no precedent for two queens to exist at the same time." ”

Zhu Qiyu emphasized: "It's not that the two queens exist at the same time, it's the two queens who exist at the same time. Empress Taishang's identity is closer to that of the Queen Mother, rather than the Empress.

And the mother is more precious than the son, the principle since ancient times. The imperial concubine is the biological mother of the crown prince, and isn't it natural to be canonized as the queen of the prince? If you don't agree, then I ask you, in the future, when the crown prince succeeds to the throne, do you want to honor the imperial concubine as the queen mother? ”

Now the ministers stopped talking, it seems that what Xinjun said also makes sense, according to the iron law of mother and son, Zhou Guifei will be the queen mother sooner or later, and now it seems that it is not impossible to be a queen similar to the queen mother in advance.

But the ministers also grasped the sentence that the mother is more precious than the son, and continued to persuade: "Since Your Majesty admits that the mother is more precious than the son, it is a theorem since ancient times, then the ministers please respect Concubine Wu Xian as the queen mother, Your Majesty can't refuse anymore, right?" ”

"The mother concubine has a resolute attitude and will never accept the title of the queen mother. If you are really not convinced, you can go and see it yourself, and listen to the concubine's own rejection. ”

Hu Hui replied: "In this case, the ministers are ordered by His Majesty to personally visit Concubine Wu Xian tomorrow." ”

"Yes, whatever you want."

Hu Hui continued: "Your Majesty please set up a queen as soon as possible, and use the law of full etiquette. ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he immediately became a little annoyed, and asked in a deep voice: "The widow asked the great uncle, if the queen is established, will the queen give birth to a son in the future, will it be considered a son-in-law?" ”

Hu Hu had no choice but to reply: "Of course it's a son-in-law." ”

"Okay, then according to the etiquette insisted on by your old man, the eldest son born to the emperor and the empress, should he inherit the throne? Please give us clear advice and advice. ”

Hu Hu was choked by Zhu Qiyu's words, it is really necessary to strictly follow the etiquette law, any Han dynasty, whether it is the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty; Whether it is the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, if the etiquette of any dynasty is taken out, the eldest son born to the emperor and empress can openly and honestly ask for succession.

But in the scene in front of him, Hu Hu definitely didn't dare to give a positive answer.

No wonder Zhu Qiyu was angry, you ministers, you have to be canonized as the queen, but you don't let the eldest son born to the queen inherit the throne, you are entertaining me, I have become a tool for you to eat, right?

Zhu Qiyu saw that Hu Hu didn't speak, and couldn't help but mock: "Uncle Zong, you are now an old minister of the Six Dynasties, and the widow begs you, please think more about your father."

Can you see how Shen Baoxu does things, don't be two or three years later, you have been promoted to a veteran minister of the Seven Dynasties again. ”

When Hu Hu heard this, his face immediately turned red, and Zhu Qiyu mentioned Shen Baoxu, which basically belonged to public scolding. It means that you Hu Hu first built Emperor Wen, and later Taizong was in the lineage, which belongs to the second minister.

Now you still want to jump sideways and sway between the two veins of Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu. When Zhu Qizhen is welcomed back, you will support the Emperor Taishang to reinstate the throne, and then he will be the third minister.

How did Shen Baoxu do things, when Wu Zixu broke through the Chu capital, the Chu State was in danger of destruction. The spirit of the other ministers of Chu State has already dispersed, and only Shen Baoxu asked for help from Qin.

Qin didn't allow it, Shen Baoxu stood in the Qin court, crying and begging day and night, seven days and seven nights. Qin Aigong took pity on him and said: Although Chu has no way, if there are ministers, there is no existence!

So the Qin master came out, and the state of Chu survived.

Zhu Qiyu had a cold face and scolded in his heart: Shen Baoxu is loyal and single-minded, this is the real loyal minister. Look at Shen Baoxu, and then look at yourself, whose ministers are like you.

You assisted the Emperor Taishang to govern the world like this, and I still don't think it's enough, and you want to continue to pit me, I've really fallen into bad luck for eight lifetimes.

Seeing that the scene was tense and the atmosphere was extremely cold, Wang Wen hurriedly came out to play a round: "Your Majesty is angry, and the great uncle is also a public heart, thinking about all dynasties, how can there be only emperors and no queens."

However, this matter is not inflexible, didn't Emperor Xiaowu finally vacate the position of queen.

Your Majesty, please don't be angry, if you really don't want to be a queen, then forget it. ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, his face turned slightly pale, and he continued to issue an edict: "Please draft an edict from the cabinet, and the department will immediately arrange for the king of Yu to deal with the affairs of the domain, and after careful consideration, I decided to seal the king of Yu to Changsha."

You will quickly build the palace, and let the king leave Beijing in the second half of next year at the latest. ”