Several days passed in a flash.

Wang Wen has a stubborn temper, but one good thing about him is that he will not disobey the emperor's will.

Therefore, after the imperial prelude, the boss returned to the Ministry of Personnel and quickly reconvened the ministry meeting to discuss a new reward promotion regulations.

This time, Lord Tianguan acted very generously. According to what the emperor said, all the rewards given by the lords were arranged according to the top grid.

It is said that at that time, the corners of the mouths of Shen Shangshu and the Minister of War Yu who came to attend were so distressed that Shen Shangshu, in particular, almost lifted the table.

But in the end, the matter was resolved satisfactorily.

As for the reason, it is said that Eunuch Cheng Jing, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't bear it anymore and intervened, saying that he would go back and report to the Emperor of Heaven, and all the rewards of gold, silver, wealth and silk would be transferred from the inner treasury.

In this way, this little storm was calmed down...

However, these are all trivial matters. The reason for the reward this time is due to meritorious service in welcoming the return of the Supreme Emperor, so naturally the three members of the envoy cannot be bypassed.

The whereabouts of Zhu Jian, Li Shi and Luo Qi have been decided by the emperor's edict, so the rest of them can be easily explained.

The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War are used to doing these things.

The next day, the memorial was handed over in the morning, and the courtiers finally did not cause any trouble, but...

"Your Majesty, in recent days, many ministers in the court are still discussing privately, complaining about Zhuge Lao, and feel that with his merits, he should be more important to the court, but because there are no vacancies in the court, Therefore, I can only serve as an ordinary minister in the cabinet."

"What's more, there are several censors who are from the same hometown as Mr. Zhu Ge. They criticized him and said that in terms of merit, ability, and qualifications, Mr. Zhu Ge was more suitable for the position of second assistant than Mr. Yu Ge. The words revealed in his words It means that in order to suppress Mr. Zhu Ge, Your Majesty, you hurriedly promoted Mr. Yu Ge to take up the position of Senior Assistant before the Supreme Emperor returned to the capital."

In the Qianqing Palace, Shu Liang was dressed in an ordinary eunuch's plain robe, holding envelopes one after another in his hand, bowing and reporting to Zhu Qiyu.

As for the source of the news, it is naturally Dongchang located throughout the capital.

So, again, for eunuchs, the Sacred Heart is the most important thing.

Nowadays, although Shu Liang is serving in the palace, he is basically in charge of many things in Dongchang.

Of course, as the de facto boss of Dongchang, many things in Dongchang had to be put on hold because Shu Liang could not leave the palace often.

This institution, which frequently appeared in the court after the emperor ascended the throne, fell silent for the time being and faded out of the sight of the courtiers.

However, what these ministers didn't know was that although Shu Liang was living in the palace, he was not idle. Instead, he turned the East Factory from bright to dark, taking advantage of the fact that the courtiers were not focusing on the East Factory. At that time, manpower was widely deployed and many secret information channels were rearranged.

Therefore, from this perspective, it is actually a good thing that Shu Liang was removed from the post of admiral of Dongchang.

For Shu Liang himself, he is even busier.

Since he holds the title of eunuch in charge of Kunning Palace, there are many things that he cannot escape from. What's more, based on the relationship between the Queen and the Emperor and the emperor's heir in her belly, he can't give Shu Liang a hundred courages. Dare not to give your best.

On the one hand, he had to take care of the big and small affairs of Kunning Palace, and on the other hand, he had to build the news channel of the East Factory. Inside and outside, Shu Liang ran back and forth between Kunning Palace and Qianqing Palace, which was considered a great job. So tired.

However, this kind of exhaustion actually made Shu Liang more motivated, because he knew that for eunuchs, only the more trusted people are, the busier they will be.

Therefore, he is very happy with all this busyness...

Zhu Qiyu was reviewing the memorial and listening to Shu Liang's report. After hearing the words, he put down the ink pen in his hand and said.

"This is not wrong. With Zhu Jian's merits, it is indeed wrong for him to be in the cabinet alone."

Just like Wang Wen could not suppress the court discussion and had to temporarily avoid it, the courtiers have a weighing scale on whether they have received fair treatment or not.

The reason why they are dissatisfied is actually to safeguard their own interests, so that one day they will be rewarded accordingly if they have made meritorious service to the court.

For Zhu Jian, although Zhu Qiyu gave him a series of promotions, including the title of Crown Prince and Grand Master, the title of Minister of Household Affairs, a guaranteed double salary, and the title of Yin heir.

However, when it comes to actual power, he is just an ordinary cabinet minister.

He entered Oala twice and played a decisive role in welcoming the Emperor back. However, the real power he finally obtained was the same as that of Li Shi, whose qualifications and achievements were not as good as his. There will be voices of dissatisfaction.

However, in the final analysis, it was just a private discussion, and it would not stir up discussion in the morning court as Wang Wen had worried about.

Because after all, promotion to an official position above the third rank does not just depend on merit, qualifications and ability, but more importantly, it also depends on luck.

Zhu Jian's luck was obviously not very good.

There are no vacancies among the six ministries and seven ministers, and only the cabinet can barely match him, so he can only stay in the cabinet temporarily.

As for those ministers who speculated whether Zhu Qiyu promoted Yu Shiyue in order to prevent Zhu Jian from being promoted to the position of second assistant, this is a matter of opinion.

There are many rumors of such idealistic speculation in the imperial court. Anyway, Zhu Qiyu promoted Yu Shiyue before Zhu Jian returned to Beijing. Therefore, no matter how bold those ministers were, they would only dare to discuss it in private at most. People dare to really use this to question him.

but……

Zhu Qiyu shook his head, a smile flashed across his face, as if he thought of something interesting, he couldn't help but say.

"A few rumors are not a big deal, but Mr. Shichao is probably not having an easy time these days..."

After saying this, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but frown.

He always felt that Zhu Jian's matter was not that simple. This feeling did not disappear when the reward for the delegation and his team was completely confirmed. On the contrary, it became more and more intense.

Now, there are rumors like this again.

Although there has always been no shortage of rumors in the imperial court on such sensitive personnel issues, this statement is just a private discussion and one of many rumors.

However, Zhu Qiyu always felt that this matter would have further development.

If there is really someone behind the scenes who is adding fuel to the flames, then it is definitely related to the Emperor, or to people from the British government.

But what is their purpose?

You must know that the reason why this kind of private discussion did not ferment is that the actual situation of the imperial court is such that there is really no vacancy for Zhu Jian.

This can only be regarded as his bad luck and he cannot blame others.

It’s impossible to ask others to make room for him, right?

The Supreme Emperor, Zhu Jian, the Cabinet, Yu Shiyue...

Is it possible that they are planning to use the power of public opinion to make Yu Shiyue give way to Zhu Jian?

Zhu Qiyu frowned, and for a moment he felt that his thoughts were not smooth. Vaguely, he felt that he had overlooked something...

Yu Cifu's recent life has indeed not been very comfortable.

You must know that the cabinet is different from other yamen, such as the Liubu, Duchayuan and other yamen, all have clear distinctions between upper and lower levels. The main official is the main official, and the second official is the second official.

However, due to the special nature of the cabinet, a group-auxiliary system is implemented, that is, all cabinet ministers have the same grade and are in charge, but they have different priorities and inclinations in the distribution of affairs.

This is also the reason why the chief minister has a slightly higher status. He is in charge of voting rights. It is actually decided by the chief minister which aspect of affairs each cabinet minister is responsible for.

However, the position of the second assistant is more embarrassing.

In name, he is slightly higher than other cabinet ministers, but in fact, everyone does the same thing and has the same voting power. It can be said that except for the name, the real power has not increased at all.

If there is any benefit, it is that he has a stronger voice in cabinet discussions and the court. After all, in terms of ranking, the second assistant is second in line in the cabinet.

However, this so-called right to speak is actually affected by many aspects. It not only relies on the title of Second Assistant, but also relies on one's own influence in the court, as well as qualifications, merits and other aspects.

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Therefore, after Zhu Jian and Li Shi entered the cabinet, Yu Ge's bad days came.

Forget it about Li Shi. He is young and is famous for his uprightness in the court. To put it bluntly, he loves to offend people. After entering the cabinet, he has restrained himself a bit. He has the momentum of saying a thousand words, not as good as a word of silence.

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But this Zhu Jian made Mr. Yu Ge very angry.

He is not deaf or blind. Of course, he has heard some rumors about the recent rumors in the court.

It's fine to say that Zhu Jian has done a great job, but why did you involve him for no reason?

It was as if he had robbed Zhu Jian's second assistant. He was obviously upright and had won the appreciation of the emperor with his hard work. Did he have anything to do with Zhu Jian?

You, Zhu Jian, have done a great job, so if you have the ability to be the first assistant, you can go to the seventh minister. Why don't you just see that this second assistant has just come to power and has not yet established a stable footing, so you want to take advantage of it?

If it's just a rumor, forget it. Yu Ge has been in high and low officialdom for so many years, especially after seeing the rocket speed of an old friend, his mentality is still very stable.

However, he unexpectedly discovered that the rumor circulating in the capital that Zhu Jian was eyeing Cifu's position might not be a rumor, but a fact!

This made Yu Cifu very unhappy.

Although Zhu Jian has only been in the cabinet for a few days, the signs of this are already obvious.

These days, in almost every cabinet meeting, Zhu Jian directly refutes Yu Shiyue's views, without any regard for the relationship between the two parties or the dignity of his second assistant.

Once or twice, Yu Shiyue even couldn't get off the stage.

In particular, this Zhu Jian had great merits, and he was highly praised by both the government and the public. In order to reward his merits, the emperor specially gave him the titles of Crown Prince, Taishi and Hubu Shangshu.

In this way, although Zhu Jian is only a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, in terms of title, he is already on par with Yu Shiyue, the second assistant.

During these days, the two parties have been in constant conflict. They have always been like a small transparent Jiang Yuan, and there is also a vague tendency to move closer to Zhu Jian.

After sitting in the public room dealing with several memorials, Yu Shiyue became more and more angry as he thought about it. Finally, he simply put down his pen, walked out of the room, looked at the white snow outside, and finally felt a little better.

At this time, the people from Zhongshu She came over carefully and cupped their hands.

"Elder Pavilion, the Chief Assistant has asked you all to hold a cabinet meeting."

The more he thought about it, Yu Shiyue asked in a dull voice with a dark face.

"But what did you say?"

"It is said that it is about the selection of the Supreme Emperor's Nangong Guard Commander."

This was indeed a matter that needed to be discussed carefully, so Yu Shiyue nodded and without much hesitation, walked towards the public room where the council was meeting.

On the way, he also began to recall various memorials related to this matter during this period, so as to express his views during the cabinet meeting.

Not long after, Yu Shiyue arrived at the public house, and everyone except Wang Ao had already arrived.

Seeing him come in, Jiang Yuan, Zhang Min, Li Shi and others all stood up and bowed slightly, but Zhu Jian was the only one who sat far away and nodded with a smile, as if he was the superior.

Yu Shiyue's expression darkened again, he saluted Jiang Yuan and others, and sat down in his seat.

After a while, Wang Ao came in, everyone stood up, and the cabinet meeting officially began.

"Today's cabinet discussion is about selecting the commander of the Supreme Emperor's Nangong Guards. This matter has been discussed for a long time in the court. The candidates given by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army are respectively the grandson of Feng Guogong, the Governor Qianshi Li Xi, and the Jingwei

The commander is Hang Yu, and the deputy general of the Beijing camp is Sun Yong."

"In addition, Ningyuan Marquis Renli recommended Meng Jun, the commander of the Shenwu right guard, Lin Cong, the imperial censor, recommended Wu Liang, the commander of the Jinyiwei with salary, and Qian Shi Yu Guang, the commander of the Shenwu left guard."

"How should the votes be drafted? Please share your opinions..."

This incident involving Commander Nangong caused quite a stir in the court.

Because of this incident, the ministers believed that the Queen Mother in the palace was overly interfering in government affairs, so they insisted that the Prince leave the cabinet early. Later, they all made trouble and shelved the move.

But now that the Supreme Emperor has returned to Beijing, this matter has naturally been put on the agenda again.

The order of speeches is based on the order of the cabinet, so the first one is Li Shi. However, during this period, Li Shi was basically in harmony with the cabinet and would not speak if he could. It was the same this time.

"The matter of guarding the Southern Palace of the Supreme Emperor is of great importance. I believe that this matter should be handled with great caution and not to be judged lightly. For these candidates, I have only seen their resumes and feel that they are all very suitable. If you want to choose one person,

, the official position and military bravery of Hang Yu, the commander of the Beijing Guard, should be suitable, you can consider it."

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Hang Yu will definitely not be able to get through. This person is a relative of Concubine Hang in the palace. Even if he is appointed, the Supreme Emperor will definitely not agree.

Therefore, this is a foil. Li Shi singled him out because he actually didn't want to express his opinion.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jian frowned and said decisively.

"Hang Yu was only promoted by His Majesty because he was a relative. How can he be qualified for such a big job? Absolutely not!"
Chapter completed!