In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Jian's face looked ugly this time.
As expected, at the end of the conversation, we still have to circle around the matter of Youjun.
If the decision to leave the cabinet in the East Palace is justified and upright, then there is a lot of room for maneuver in the matter of Youjun.
On the surface, the establishment of a young army is of great benefit to the stability of the East Palace. As a minister of the Prince's Palace, Yu Shiyue should not and cannot object, otherwise he will be criticized for not being able to fully assist the Prince.
However, Yu Shiyue still expressed his opposition so straightforwardly. This was certainly not because he did not know how to measure. On the contrary, he knew how to measure.
It is true that as the official of the Prince's Office, Yu Shiyue should not object to the proposal of setting up a young army, but don't forget that at the root, Yu Shiyue is still a civil servant!
The first benefit of the establishment of the young army is naturally to the East Palace, but what comes from it is the improvement of the status of the nobles.
Even if we don’t mention the benefits after Dong Gong succeeds to the throne, just talking about the qualifications of the Young Army, it is very valuable. Disciples of honorable nobles stay in the Young Army for one or two years, and then they are placed in the Fifth Army Governor’s Mansion or in the army. In terms of qualifications
You don't have to worry about anything anymore.
Therefore, in a sense, the Young Army is like the ‘Hanlin Academy’ among military officials.
Such a place, for civil servants who strive to suppress the power of nobles and nobles, is naturally the best thing to abolish if they can.
Even if it cannot be abolished, it is still an excellent choice to let it have a false name and completely transform into the same existence as an ordinary Kaminao.
This was the basis for Yu Shiyue's opposition. He could not have any other attitude on the matter of leaving the cabinet in the East Palace, but he could definitely express his position on the matter of Youjun.
In this way, the outer court will not feel that he does not protect the prince, nor will he offend the emperor. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
Moreover, Yu Cifu's words covered a lot of things from the reasons for the establishment of the Young Army to the current peace in the world. In fact, the most crucial words are just one sentence.
"The son of a rich man doesn't even sit in the palace, how can he be respected like a prince?"
This is quite euphemistic, but after a brief thought, you can know what Yu Cifu is referring to. The daily drills and patrols of the young army definitely cannot be called this term. What he really refers to is a certain emperor who does not know.
An extremely generous act of pro-government.
In other words, once the young army is established, when the prince grows up and ascends the throne, who will be responsible if there is another imperial conquest?
Once this reason was brought out, even Zhu Jian found it difficult to refute it.
Just as he had just used the political correctness of the East Palace to set up a cabinet to set up a fight between Yu Shiyue and Wang Ao, now Yu Shiyue used the same method, using the invisible political correctness of civil servants to suppress nobles, to force Zhu Jian.
You must know that if Zhu Jian is determined to promote the East Palace to leave the cabinet, and it can be interpreted as a plan to save the capital, then if he is too obsessed with the young army, then it is easy to be criticized as having other purposes, just like the original court meeting.
However, Zhu Jian couldn't help but feel a little headache when he recalled how the nobles in the British government were very excited about the young army.
Now that the matter has come to this, this small court meeting in the Wenhua Hall will inevitably spread, otherwise, Zhu Jian's actions will be meaningless.
But if word spreads that he is also opposed to the young army, it will only be harder for him to gain a foothold in the British government.
what to do?
Zhuge Lao glanced at Yu Shiyue without any trace. This old guy was indeed his lifelong enemy!
Valley injury
The emperor was asking for the opinions of everyone in the cabinet. Of course, Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue could not just speak. However, in line with the principle of letting the taller man stand up if the sky falls, the other two cabinet ministers naturally protect themselves and do not want to. Take a trip through this muddy water.
After looking at each other, Wenhuadian Jiang Yuan took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, I think what the Chief Assistant said is very true. The matter of leaving the cabinet in the East Palace is of great importance. It cannot be delayed too much, but it cannot be done in a hurry. It should be done after the spring hunting. , choose an auspicious day to hold the ceremony."
Later, Zhang Min of Wuying Palace also said: "Your Majesty, I also think so. The time for the East Palace to leave the cabinet should be determined early, but the matter of the young army needs to be thought twice. What Lord Ci Fu said just now is not unreasonable. The setting up of the young army , it is actually a special situation, and then it is introduced as a regular rule, which is inappropriate. Now that Donggong is still young, he must study the principles of saints and the way of governing the country, and be loyal to the emperor and filial to his relatives, which is what the crown prince should do!"
Well, very good, as expected.
Zhu Jian couldn't help feeling helpless as he listened to these two people's words.
Since the last court meeting, the situation in the cabinet has changed again. Originally, Wang Ao was on his own, Yu Shiyue and Zhang Min were loosely united, and Zhu Jian and Jiang Yuan supported each other.
However, Zhu Jian's reputation later plummeted, and Jiang Yuan, who was born in Qingliu, naturally became alienated from him. After "lowering his stature to please Yu Cifu" failed, Jiang Gelao decisively turned to Wang Shoufu's camp.
On Wang Ao's side, he was already afraid of Yu Shiyue, the second assistant who was in charge of the prince's affairs, and wanted to develop his reputation in the capital, so it was natural for him to accept the Qingliu lineage represented by Jiang Yuan, who had a very powerful say in Shilin. ’s matter.
As for Zhang Min, he and Yu Shiyue originally joined the cabinet together and supported each other. Now that the status of their allies has increased, he naturally followed the footsteps of Lord Cifu.
As soon as these two people opened their mouths, they were almost carbon copies of Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue.
Moreover, one thing that coincided was that neither Zhang Min nor Jiang Yuan glanced in the direction of Zhu Jian when they were talking, as if he, the bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, was like air.
The five ministers in the cabinet have basically the same attitude.
Zhu Jian raised his head and looked up. Although the emperor's brows were still frowning, there was a hint of contemplation, obviously considering the solution mentioned by Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue.
Admittedly, this is definitely not the most satisfactory solution for his old man, but it seems that this is also the best way at present.
Seeing that the emperor seemed to be slightly moved, Zhuge Lao gritted his teeth and couldn't go on like this!
So, he took a step forward and spoke again.
"Your Majesty, what the First Assistant and Second Assistant just said are reasonable. However, whether it is leaving the cabinet to study or re-establishing the young army, it is a matter involving the East Palace, so we must not be careful."
"I think that since this report is from the escort general Zhu Yi and is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, we might as well summon Zhu Yi and the great uncle to the palace to explain the situation in detail, and we will discuss it again before it is too late!"
After the words fell, all the cabinet ministers glanced sideways at Zhu Jian in unison, with a bit of surprise in their eyes.
Although Zhu Jian's behavior today is a bit over the top, it is still within the understandable range. After all, Zhu Jian was stumbled by the matter of leaving the palace in the East Palace before, and now he wants to take this opportunity to restore his reputation.
, is not something incomprehensible.
However, whether they were forced or pushed along, in short, although several other members of the cabinet did not completely agree with Zhu Jian's opinions, they did not completely reject it either.
It should be said that Zhu Jian's goal has almost been achieved. When the content of today's small court meeting is spread, Zhuge Lao's actions to remonstrate with the emperor will inevitably restore his reputation.
Under such circumstances, why would he still make such a fuss?
Is it possible that after being in the court for so long, Zhu Jian couldn't even understand the principle of mutual compromise in the game?
This chapter has been completed!