The impeachment of Liu Jin by Xu Jin was soon resulted in his own right.

After Xu Jin found that he could not pull Liu Jin off the horse, he took the initiative to ask the beggar to return to the land and submitted the report to the cabinet, but Xie Qian disagreed.

According to Xu Jin's idea, after he retreated, under the promotion of Liu Jin, the Minister of War Liu Yu would inevitably take over as the Minister of Personnel, and the Minister of War could only be the Minister of War Shen Xi returned to the court to take responsibility.

On March 15th, Zhu Houzhao summoned Xie to the Ganqing Palace to discuss matters.

Xu Jin has not been to court these days. Xie Qian realized that the day when Xu Jin was not far away from court was not far away, and many things seemed to be irreversible.

The question now is no longer whether Xu Jin left the court, but who will serve as the Minister of Personnel after Xu Jin retired, and if Liu Yujin was the Minister of Personnel, who will serve as the Minister of War.

When Xie Qian arrived, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Jiao Fang and Wang Yang were both there. In addition, there were Liu Yu, the Minister of War, Liu Jin, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, and Dai Yi, the eunuch in charge of the Sili Supervisor. In addition, there was one person, Zhang Mao, the British Duke who had just proposed marriage from Nanjing a few days ago.

Seeing these people, Xie Qian felt a little calmer. Especially when he saw Zhang Mao, he knew that his opposition to Liu Jin would not be so strong.

The few people who Liu Jin feared the most were Xu Jin, the relatives of Zhang's family and Zhang Mao.

Liu Jin is not qualified to be involved in the army. As the Duke of England, Zhang Mao has always held the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which is equivalent to controlling the military power of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Mao has never liked to participate in the government affairs, and he is a decent person and will not be used by eunuchs like Liu Jin.

When Xie Qian arrived, Zhu Houzhao seemed a little impatient and complained: "Geor Master Xie seems to be late..."

Xie Qian said: "After the Spring Festival, I have been dealing with many matters. I have just visited the Ministry of Justice and asked about the prison for the Spring Festival."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and made an opening remark: "This time I announce that you are here, there are two things to say. The first thing is about my wedding. The Duke of England and Mr. Wang have returned from the south, and the proposal for marriage has been basically completed. The wedding date should be determined by the Ministry of Rites. Uh... no one from the Ministry of Rites, right?"

Liu Jin asked, "Your Majesty, I'm going to find someone to spread the word?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his hand: "Forget it, let's find someone to notify me after the discussion. Wouldn't it be decided? Let Eunuch Gao discuss with the Empress Dowager, and then let the Imperial Heaven Supervision choose a good day."

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Xie Qian and said, "The second thing is about the resignation of Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel. I have approved it. Shangshu Xu is nearly 70 years old and should return to his hometown to live a life of life, so as not to make trouble in the court. Today I impeach this and that tomorrow I will impeach that. The Ministry of Personnel is a place to assess officials in the court, not to be used for crimes, otherwise it will be replaced by the Censorate... Since Shangshu Xu retired, someone should make up for it. Today I will discuss with you who will serve as the Minister of Personnel..."

Xie Qian felt distressed and thought: "If such a thing was proposed during the court discussion, there would be many references, but now His Majesty is putting it privately. There are only a few people in front of him, which cannot represent the ideas of most officials in the court."

He looked at Liu Jin and then looked at Liu Yu. Now it seems that Liu Yu has become the Minister of Personnel. The question raised by Zhu Houzhao seems to be a discussion, but the original intention is to give a clear answer to those present, and this answer is about to come out.

Zhang Mao has never liked to express his opinions on the government affairs and stood by and watched the fun.

As internal surveillance, Liu Jin and Dai Yi dare not speak casually on such issues even if they are powerful now. Liu Yu cannot recommend him. In fact, Zhu Houzhao just asked Xie Qian.

Xie Qian would not recommend Liu Yu because he knew very well that Liu Yu had already lost his integrity and defected to the eunuch party. He had recently suffered a lot of bad deeds. In addition, Xu Jin had proposed the proposal that "Liu Yu was the Minister of Personnel and Chen Xi was the Minister of War." Xie Qian was even more unwilling to become a reality, so he said: "Go to Your Majesty, Liu Ji, the Left Minister of Personnel, was in the court for many years. He was born in Hanyuan and did things properly and orderly. I think it is safe to be the Minister of Personnel."

Xie Qian did not recommend Liu Yu, but recommended Liu Ji, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to clearly adopt an attitude of refusing to cooperate with the eunuch party. Liu Jin glared at Xie Qian when he heard this, but did not dare to speak.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly: "Georg Xie is right, Mr. Liu is doing well. He has made a lot of efforts in the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel before. It is reasonable that the Minister of Personnel retired and let the Left Minister of Personnel be supplemented. However, the recent changes of Minister of Personnel have been supplemented by the other five ministers, right?"

When he said this, Zhu Hou took care of Liu Jin.

Liu Jin said respectfully, "Go back to Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is."

Zhu Houzhao said: "Xie Ge Lao, you recommend Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel, and I think Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War is more suitable. What do you think?"

Xie Qian was unhappy and had to discuss with him what he had already decided to show how much the emperor attached to the ministers' opinions. It was simply a waste of time. He immediately said coldly: "If Your Majesty had decided long ago, then the old minister would have no objection."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Don't be angry, I have decided on this matter long ago. I think that Liu Shangshu has been in charge of the Ministry of War these days and has done things appropriately. I decided that he will be the Minister of Personnel. As for the position of Minister of War, I am going to summon the three-sided general Chen Qing's family to return to the court..."

Xie Qian was about to refuse, but Liu Jin spoke first: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? You said that you would wait until the war in the Northwest was completely over before the trilateral general Shen would be summoned to return to the court."

Here, Xie Qian was unwilling to Chen Xi as the Minister of War, and Liu Jin was even more unhappy. Liu Jin knew that Chen Xi was much better than Xu Jin, and Korean people were much more powerful. The key was that Zhu Houzhao trusted Chen Xi very much and treated Chen Xi as his life mentor.

One mountain cannot withstand two tigers, and Liu Jin obstructed Chen Xi's return to the court in every possible way.

Since Liu Jin spoke, Xie Qian didn't say anything else. He didn't want to sing a opposite tune with Zhu Houzhao directly.

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Isn't the chaos in the northwest almost over? With Chen Qing's family here, the Tartars were all cowardly. From the end of last year to now, I haven't heard of the Tartars committing the border. It has been three or four months now. The world is peaceful, so it's most suitable to let Chen Qing's family return to the court."

Liu Jin looked at Xie Qian and speculated whether Xie Qian would stop Chen Xi from returning to the court, but he did not dare to take risks. He also said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Tatars dare not move is because the three-sided general manager, Lord Shen, who has been invincible through many battles and has made the Tatars cry and howl and look intimidated. If no one comes back to the court, will the Tatars make a comeback?"

After being refuted by Liu Jin one after another, Zhu Houzhao's face turned red. He stood up suddenly and stared at Liu Jin and asked in a slight manner: "Hey, Eunuch Liu, you are wrong today. You have to refute whatever I say, and you have to be unable to get along with me? Is it really like what others say, I am the emperor, and can you be the emperor?"

Zhu Houzhao's words are truly heart-wrenching. The thing that people like him who were born with a golden key in their hearts is to be refuted. He does not have the good temper of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youzang. What he believes is right will not change because of other people's opinions.

Even if Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Jin very much, he would not allow Liu Jin to speak out in front of him, especially in the presence of the minister.

Liu Jin was so scared that he knelt down and said repeatedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare! Your Majesty, I just provide a fool's opinion. If Your Majesty thinks it is appropriate for Lord Shen to return to the court, I will never dare to hinder me."

Xie Qian saw that Liu Jin was immediately surrendered after Zhu Houzhao got angry and thought to himself: "Now that Liu Jin doesn't help him, I am the only one who comes by myself. I will definitely not let Chen Xi return to the court."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao stood up from the dragon chaise, went down the jade steps, walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, and said with a rumor: "It is reasonable to return to the court for Chen Qing's family. I believe that among so many civil officials in the court, Chen Qing's family has the highest ability to command troops, otherwise there would be no victory against the Tartars. Let's look at the Duke Bao... These people are too stupid and incompetent. I received a memorial from the King of War. It turns out that during the years when the Duke Bao Bao was in power, the officialdom on the three sides was in chaos, and there were many corruption... I want Chen Qing's family to return to the court now, who has any objection?"

Even Liu Jin didn't say anything, so Dai Yi naturally didn't dare to say anything, but Liu Yu and Chen Xi did not celebrate the festival and completely obeyed Liu Jin's words and actions.

As for Zhang Mao, he regarded himself as a spectator and remained silent.

Only Xie Qian can come out to obstruct him at this moment. Xie Qian was a little anxious and thought to himself: "Why did it happen for a long time? It's exactly the same as Xu Jisheng said. I want Chen Xi's son to return to the court to take the lead in fighting with Liu Jin? There are so many people in the court, so what is the point of letting a yellow-mouthed child take the lead?"

Xie Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Chen Xi, the three-sided general manager, is still inexperienced, and people are afraid that they will not be convinced when they return to the court."

Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient, and came to Xie Qian to stand firmly. After sighing, he said earnestly: "Gei Xie, don't sing against me in everything. What does the Chen Qing family have to do with you? Don't you know? Letting Chen Qing family return to the court to serve as the Minister of the Six Ministers is something you have been operating all the time. However, because Liu Shaofu was in power, he looked down on the Chen Qing family, so this matter was hindered. Now I am helping Chen Qing family, not harming him."

Xie Qian was about to defend himself, but Zhang Mao smiled and said, "Shangshu Xie, I think what Your Majesty is right. It is a good thing to let a young talent like Zhihou return to the court to take on important tasks."

Xie Qian glared at Zhang Mao and thought to himself: "When did you get bribed by Xu Jisheng?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't wait for Xie Qian to express his opinion and said directly: "Even the British Duke supports it, then this matter is settled. Eunuch Liu, go and write an edict, and let Chen Qing's family return to the court to serve as Minister of War... Haha, I can finally get together with Chen Qing's family." 8)
Chapter completed!