- Uproar!

This decree surprised the courtiers.

The Ministry of Rites is a department with medium authority among the six ministries, which is inferior to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, but it is more important than the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry.

The main reason is that the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the etiquette and resource distribution in the palace, and has a certain right to decide and speak for the monks of the world who want to enter the court as officials.

Generally speaking, the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites is held by a representative of Confucianism, but this Shen Hao is not a representative of Confucianism, and the Son of Heaven directly appointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, isn't he afraid that the Confucian school will be unhappy?

Many people faintly sniffed out a different situation, and the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was vacant for more than a month, but as soon as Li Leng's envoy to the Han came back, the Son of Heaven directly appointed Shen Hao, who followed Li Leng's envoy to the Han, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Is it really because of Shen Hao's hard work? That can be named the squire of the Ministry of Rites, but the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is promoted and reused, what is the deep meaning behind this?

Shen Hao knelt down in surprise, kowtowed to thank him, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister must do his best and die." ”

Li Daoyuan nodded, very satisfied with Shen Hao's performance, and said, "Cai Xiang listens to the seal!"

"The minister is here!" Cai Xiang walked out of the crowd and bowed respectfully.

"Cai Aiqing's envoy to the Han Dynasty is polite and courteous, and he greatly protects the prestige and interests of my Tang Dynasty, and I am very gratified. A bright smile appeared on Li Daoyuan's face, and he was also very satisfied with Cai Xiang's performance, and said slowly, "The position of the secretary of the criminal department is vacant, and I will make you the secretary of the criminal department." ”

Half a month ago, Shangshu of the Criminal Department used his power for personal gain, arbitrarily judged the case, and was reported and denounced, and the Son of Heaven was extremely angry and directly killed that Shangshu.

Cai Xiang was pleasantly surprised, from the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple directly to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, it was an exceptional promotion and reuse of jumping two levels in a row, which he could never have imagined, and hurriedly knelt down, and said respectfully: "The minister receives the order, he must live up to His Majesty's love, do his best, and die!"

"Father, the son has objections!" King Yu suddenly jumped out and said very unhappily.

The Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites were both departments under his management, but when the Son of Heaven appointed the Shangshu of these two departments, he did not ask for his opinion, which made him very uncomfortable.

He knew that these two people were Li Leng's people, and the Son of Heaven was clearly supporting Li Leng and deliberately suppressing him. He didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with the Son of Heaven, but he didn't have such good intentions for Li Leng, and all his anger was vented on Li Leng, thinking that Li Leng was secretly making bad intentions and wanted to seize his power and cut his power.

"Oh, do you have any objections?" finally jumped out, Li Daoyuan smiled incomprehensibly, and glanced at Li Leng not far away without a trace, seeing that he was like an old monk who had settled down, and nothing in the outside world could affect him, he was shocked, his son's state of mind was really scary!

Li Daoyuan sat back on the dragon chair, looked at King Yu indifferently, and asked, "What objections do you have?"

King Yu said unhappily: "The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment have always been the departments controlled by Erchen, so Erchen knows the importance of the two departments. Shen Hao and Cai Xiang are talented, and they have also made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but they are not qualified enough to suppress the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment. Therefore, the ministers felt that they could be appointed as the servants of the various ministries first, and when they were familiar with the operation laws of the various ministries and had sufficient qualifications, His Majesty could appoint them as the secretaries of the various ministries. ”

These words faintly expressed his dissatisfaction, but what King Yu said was high-sounding, but people couldn't grasp any handles.

It's just that the Son of Heaven has always been arbitrary, and King Yu is so opposed to the authority of the Son of Heaven, isn't he afraid of the wrath of the Son of Heaven?

Even Prime Minister Zhou Wenbo pinched cold sweat in his palms. At the beginning, one of the three princes, the Tai Lieutenant, also because he objected to the decision of the Son of Heaven in the court, the Son of Heaven was furious, and directly dismissed the man's position as Tai Lieutenant, and was assigned to a wild land, and he was not hired.

After a while, the Son of Heaven was furious and insisted on deposing King Yu, did he save it or not?

If you save it, there will be a deeper relationship between him and the Zhou family and King Yu, and it will be very troublesome to cut it clearly with King Yu in the future. But if he didn't save it, with the scheming of the Son of Heaven, he would definitely think of him and Li Leng secretly forming an alliance for the first time, which would be very unfavorable to His Royal Highness the Ten Princes.

After King Yu finished speaking, he knelt there with anxiety in his heart, not knowing what the Son of Heaven thought, let alone what the consequences would be. For a while, he regretted his reckless impulse just now, as long as he controlled the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, there was a way to clean up these two people in the future, why did he have to jump out and fight against the Son of Heaven at this time?

Angry, he must have been confused. But the words have been spoken, and it is difficult to collect them, so he can only say all the words in his heart, hoping that the prime minister can come forward to intercede for him.

But he saw the prime minister sitting there motionless, as if he had no intention of interceding for him, and he was disappointed in his heart. Could it be that the prime minister really secretly formed an alliance with Li Leng and wanted to put him to death?

After King Yu finished saying what he wanted to say in his heart, the Son of Heaven was silent, the atmosphere in the huge palace was very depressing, and all the courtiers seemed to feel the monstrous anger of the Son of Heaven, and everyone pinched a cold sweat for King Yu.

Li Leng's fingers lightly tapped on the desk, this scene happened to be seen by the prime minister, Zhou Wenbo instantly understood what Li Leng wanted to convey, and couldn't help but have a deep smile on his face.

This His Royal Highness the Ten Princes is really not simple!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Seconded. Prime Minister Zhou Wenbo suddenly walked out of the crowd, knelt beside King Yu, and said loudly, "The minister thinks that what His Royal Highness King Yu said is very reasonable. I also ask Your Majesty to retract your order and elect someone else. ”

"Oh......" A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, but he didn't express it, but looked at King Yu and Prime Minister silently.

King Yu was ecstatic in his heart, and when he thought he was in a desperate situation, the prime minister jumped out to support him desperately. This kindness moved him very much in his heart, and he also firmly believed that the prime minister was his own person.

"I misunderstood the prime minister! I thought he was the tenth brother's person! I didn't expect that the person he supported was still me. A family is always a family, and nothing can change the reality that we are a family. King Yu was very happy in his heart, and he was disturbed by the misunderstanding of the prime minister, and swore that he would never have such thoughts and speculations in the future.

The Son of Heaven was silent for a long time, his eyes slowly fell on Li Leng, as if he didn't want Li Leng to stay out of the matter, and said lightly: "Leng'er, this matter is related to you, what do you think?"

Li Leng stood up, calmed down, and said unhurriedly: "What His Royal Highness King Yu said is not reasonable. But Erchen felt that the truth of His Royal Highness King Yu was only his reason, not everyone's reason. ”