Wenhua Hall.
As Cheng Jing turned back again, there were three more old men in scarlet robes behind him.
At the front is Mr. Wang Zhi, the Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel. His spirits are getting better and better these days.
Ever since those two invitations for official appointment were delivered, he has been no longer the same as before. He has been making excuses for heavy military leave at every turn, and his health has doubled.
It is said that every day in the official department, he carries a plate of red purple clay pot, and one pot of tea can be drunk all the way to the yamen.
The old man handed over all the affairs related to the official department to the two assistant ministers, and just ignored them.
On weekdays, everyone smiles when he sees him, and his life is very leisurely.
In contrast, Wang Ao, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Wang Wen, the censor of the right capital, both tacitly understood that they were half a step behind.
Wang Ao's face was calm, and it didn't look like he had been treated coldly at all.
As for Wang Wen, what remains unchanged for thousands of years is his unsmiling face.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and motioned to the chamberlain next to him to move a few blocks over. After they all sat down, he spoke.
"No need to be polite, several members of your family are here together, but what's the important matter?"
The old Heavenly Official sat with an old godly look on his face and said nothing. Wang Wen did the same. Only Wang Ao stood up from the pier and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, I have come here with my two lords to report something to Your Majesty."
With that said, Wang Ao took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully.
Zhu Qiyu took it and took a quick look. On the cover, there were a few words written in Guange regular script with strong calligraphy.
Please update the list of scholars from the Hanlin Academy!
Seeing that the emperor opened it and took a closer look, Wang Ao cupped his hands and continued.
"Your Majesty, there are many imperfections in the new cabinet system. Previously, Emperor Taizong established a cabinet as a dispatch to prepare advisors from time to time to assist in government affairs. Most of the cabinet's bachelors were headed by the Hanlin Academy.
He serves as both a bachelor and a minister."
"Today the cabinet is trusted by His Majesty and has the power to approve decisions and re-determine the number of posts. It has become an indispensable part of the transfer of government affairs of the imperial court. It is not just for consultation in the past, but has become one of the permanent yamen of the imperial court."
"In the system of our dynasty, one official does not appoint two yamen, and the cabinet is very powerful and busy. Today, Chen Xun and Gao Gu are still in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, which is extremely inappropriate. Therefore, I have requested that the two of them be exempted from taking charge of the affairs of the academy.
In order to fulfill his responsibility, another bachelor of the Hanlin Academy will be selected."
Wang Ao spoke calmly, but Cheng Jing couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
The emperor was really surprised. Mr. Wang is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp.
No, the two ministers in the front cabinet used the Hanlin Academy men and horses to isolate him at the Sutra banquet, and the boss in the back was just a memorial.
Directly request that Chen Xun and Gao Gu be exempted from the responsibility of being in charge of the court.
This hand is quite cruel!
But it was obvious that Cheng Jing still underestimated Wang Ao's determination.
He is a person who either doesn't do something or does it quickly and decisively.
After Wang Ao finished speaking, on the other side, Wang Wen stood up and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I think what the Chief Assistant said is true. The cabinet has the power to vote and then the Hanlin Academy is suspected of forming a clique. I think that Xiao Tan, who is offering wine to the Imperial College, has outstanding virtues and outstanding literary talents, and he can be held in an important position.
"
After Zhu Qiyu read Wang Ao's memorial, he glanced at Wang Wen and felt enlightened.
Chen Xun and Gao Gu were just bullying Wang Ao because he had been away from Beijing for a long time and most of his connections and influence were in various places, so they made such a blatant provocation.
Wang Ao will cut off their arms as soon as he takes action.
Without the Hanlin Academy, they are just two ordinary cabinet ministers. Wang Ao is in charge of voting and can control them to death.
However, the biggest difficulty with this move is actually that Wang Ao has no connections in Beijing.
It is a rule recognized by the imperial court that one official should not be appointed to two yamen, although exceptions may occur in special periods.
But this is a valid reason after all.
However, the Hanlin Academy is different from other yamen. The Shilin Huaxuan has very strict requirements for imperial examination background.
Most of the first-class Jinshi who came from the imperial examinations directly entered the Hanlin Academy, so most of the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy were promoted from this academy.
But in this case, what Wang Ao did would be meaningless.
After all, Chen Xun has controlled the Hanlin Academy for many years, and most of the current scholars and lecturers in the Hanlin Academy are his students.
Promoting them to higher positions is actually no different from Chen Xun taking charge of the Imperial Academy affairs himself.
However, just because Wang Ao has no connections in Beijing, it does not mean that others do not either.
For example, Wang Wen is about to take over as Minister of Civil Affairs!
Although Wang Wen still holds the title of Yushi of Youdu, it is already tacitly understood among the important ministers that he is about to take over as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
In these days, Old Heavenly Official took the initiative to take Wang Wen around in various places in the official department to familiarize himself with the situation. Anyone who is not blind can see the signs.
Wang Wen was different from Wang Ao. Before he was promoted to the censor of Youdu, he had been the minister of Dali Temple for a long time, overseeing the prisons.
Therefore, he has his own connections in the capital.
More importantly, the rise of the cabinet poses a natural threat to the authority of the six departments, especially the personnel department.
Wang Wen, as an official who was about to take over the Ministry of Civil Affairs, naturally did not want the cabinet to hold the power of voting while also controlling the Hanlin Academy, a place that could continuously export talents.
In addition, Wang Ao and Wang Wen were on a mission to Tuo Tuo Bu Hua's camp together, so it was considered a friendship, so it was not surprising that they came together.
However, it must be said that Wang Ao is indeed ruthless.
In a sense, his move is to limit the power of the cabinet in order to achieve the goal of completely holding the cabinet in his hands.
As expected, the civil servants who dared to confront the enemy on the city wall with their swords were decisive in their actions.
Putting down the memorial in his hand, Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, then turned to the smiling Wang Zhi and asked.
"Tian Guan, Mr. Jian Zhai recommended the Imperial Academy to offer wine to Xiao Tan to succeed him as the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. What do the officials think?"
The old Heavenly Official stood up, cupped his hands and said.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Tan has always been steady and prudent. He has been in charge of the Imperial College for several years and has been highly praised. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has planned to transfer the six ministers to the rank of minister when his term expires in the next year. If your Majesty is willing, he will be transferred to the Hanlin Academy."
"However, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine is from the fourth grade, and the Hanlin bachelor's degree is from the fifth grade. Although the Imperial Academy is noble, Xiao Tan's political achievements are outstanding and it is not suitable to be demoted. Therefore, according to the wishes of the veteran, if you want to transfer, you can add the title of Liubu Shilang and concurrently hold the post.
Hanlin bachelor."
Obviously, the Heavenly Official is not too keen on this matter.
He said "If your Majesty wishes" one after another, which means that everything is up to you, the Emperor!
Zhu Qiyu hesitated.
He knew that Xiao Fan had a similar temperament to Yu Qian, but he was a little less courageous than Yu Qian. As Wang Zhi said, he was a person who wanted stability.
In his previous life, when Zhu Qiyu wanted to change the title of crown prince, Xiao Ban was opposed to it, believing that it was against etiquette and law and would destabilize the court.
But later, Zhu Qiyu really changed the crown prince. Someone loyal to Zhu Qizhen contacted him and asked him to change the East Palace back. He was also opposed to it, thinking that since the crown prince had already been changed, it was not appropriate to reset it again.
All in all, this is a person who doesn't like to mess around. He always wants to do things according to the rules, follow them and be safe and sound.
It was appropriate for the Imperial Academy to be handed over to him.
His stability-seeking character will definitely not allow the Hanlin Academy to make such a fuss as it did today.
So, Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.
"In this case, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will issue an order to remove Chen Xun and Gao Gu as bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and focus on cabinet affairs. The Imperial Academy will offer wine to Xiao Tan, and he will be given the title of Minister of Rites, and will also be in charge of the Hanlin Academy."
The old Heavenly Official bowed his hands and bowed to his orders, but he still stood there and did not retreat, as if he was waiting for something.
Sure enough, the next moment, Wang Ao continued to step forward, took out another memorial from his sleeve, and said.
"Your Majesty, since the cabinet has been designed, there should be six cabinet ministers, but now there are only three. If it continues in the long run, it may affect the operation of government affairs, which is really inappropriate. After discussing with the heavenly officials, I have reported to your majesty, please add more cabinet ministers."
The little chamberlain took the memorial and put it on the imperial desk.
It's still in the rigid Guange small regular script, with neat writing on it.
The Ministry of Personnel and the Cabinet asked the court to recommend cabinet ministers!
This chapter has been completed!