At six quarters of the hour (eight thirty), Yuzhu led the ministers of the South Study House and stood respectfully in front of the door of Qingxi Bookstore.
Zhang Tingyu looked at Yuzhu's back and said to himself, this guy is really brave!
That's right, Yuzhu was very courageous. He led a team to meet the old emperor, and he came on time, without fear of being punished for being late.
As long as the old emperor stayed in Changchun Garden, as usual, he would summon the prime ministers between the fourth quarter (eight o'clock) and the eighth quarter of each day.
In the morning, the emperor summoned the prime ministers with a very interesting name: calling.
Calling out refers specifically to the old emperor's small-scale summons to important ministers.
To be called Daqi is to accept congratulations from officials in Beijing with a rank of four or above on a formal occasion.
As we all know, in the Qing Dynasty, the smaller the number of people in a meeting, the faster decisions could be made.
On the contrary, the more people attending a meeting, the more it is a ceremonial retreat.
Over the decades since the old emperor took power, the central power organization of the Qing Dynasty was basically divided into three parts: the Political Affairs Office, the Cabinet, and the South Study Room.
Among them, the members of the Political Affairs Office include princes, county princes, Baylor, Beizi, Dukes, Gushan Ezhen and other Eight Banner nobles. These people are collectively referred to as: Council of Ministers.
It is actually not difficult for the king and his ministers to play the right tune.
The difficulty lies in the unbearable waiting.
The old emperor is getting older, so he wakes up sometimes very early, sometimes very late, and there is no certain pattern to follow.
After a while, Wang Chaoqing came out with a fly whisk in his hand. He approached Yuzhu in a flattering manner and said servilely: "Long live the Lord, please come in with me, Prime Minister."
In the Qingxi Bookstore, the place where the old emperor often stayed was not large, and it was impossible for more than twenty important ministers to go in together.
Therefore, the daily summons for important ministers, that is, the summons, is usually divided into three to five.
Among them, the one ranked first is: Ming Touqi.
The truth is often hidden in the subtleties.
Don't underestimate the words "called touqi".
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the ministers are among the "Ming Touqi", they must be the pillar ministers among the important ministers of the imperial court and truly hold real power!
Yuzhu glanced at Song Zhu opposite him and found that his face was ugly, so he deliberately asked Wang Chaoqing: "Master Wang, Khan Ama didn't invite Song Lao Zhongtang to go in with him?"
As soon as Wang Chaoqing heard this, he broke into cold sweat and his heartbeat accelerated rapidly.
Ouch, my dear mother, Yu Xiangguo, are you deliberately trying to stir up trouble?
Yes, Yuzhu just wanted to tease Song Zhu and deliberately made it difficult for Song Zhu to come down from the stage.
There was no way, Yuzhu didn't want to compete with Song Zhu for power, but the old emperor forced him to get involved.
Otherwise, why would the old emperor equip the jade pillar with eight pen-stick styles?
The old emperor was suspicious by nature, and his method of controlling government affairs was, from beginning to end, nothing more than four words: conflict with different opinions.
Whether it was Suo'etu and Mingzhu, or Lao Er and Lao Ba, the vicious fight between them was essentially instigated and connived by the old emperor.
The test questions asked by the old emperor were very clear: Yuzhu, if you can't beat Song Zhu, the chief Manchu scholar, why not go home and plant sweet potatoes!
Since the old emperor condoned vicious fighting, what's so scary about Yuzhu?
Let's fight. Anyway, it's already the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi's reign. How many years does the old emperor have left to live?
Yuzhu's experience in fighting is too rich!
Under normal circumstances, the most intolerable thing for senior bureaucrats with high qualifications is young people provoking authority in public!
The higher the status of bureaucrats, the more important their prestige is!
To put it bluntly, most of the officials above the court are just wallflowers.
Wherever the favor is strong and the wealth is strong, these losers will fall to that side to avoid being completely liquidated because they are in the wrong team!
The old emperor is inside, and even if Song Zhu is dissatisfied with Yuzhu, the city government will restrain the urge to attack if necessary.
Just when Wang Chaoqing thought that Yuzhu would continue to pursue him, unexpectedly, Yuzhu said calmly: "Why are you standing still? Lead the way?"
Zhang Tingyu, who was behind, looked at the back of Yuzhu who was alone in the audience, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. Song Zhu's prestige was hit, but he just gave up on it. Alas, it was very difficult to deal with!
The old emperor was also wilted and bad. He raised his head and deliberately only called Yuzhu to come in. Isn't this an obvious attempt to stir up trouble?
If this happens every day and every time, no matter how powerful Songzhu is, no matter how high his prestige, no matter how senior he is, he cannot withstand the frustration of his declining grace.
"Your Majesty Yuzhu, I respectfully send you your holy greetings!"
"Get up and have a seat." The old emperor offered him a seat for the first time.
You must know that in the past twenty years, the old emperor has never given a seat when formally summoning the prime minister.
Yuzhu was neither stupid nor stupid. He thanked him politely, but did not sit on the brocade stool. He still hung his head and stood steadily five feet away.
"I tell you to sit down, so you sit down." The old emperor saw Yuzhu's thoughts and deliberately threatened him, "Do you want me to move the stool for you myself?"
This is what Yuzhu has been waiting for!
Now that the old emperor has spoken, I can't help but sit down!
Yuzhu then sat on the brocade stool, looking sideways at the hem of the old emperor's dragon robe, waiting for further information.
"Song Zhu is old and not good at managing money." The old emperor stared at Yuzhu and slowly pushed Song Zhu out.
Yuzhu understood in his heart that the old emperor wanted to overhaul the palace, but Song Zhu couldn't get the money, so he was somewhat out of favor.
To be honest, Yuzhu has never understood that as he gets older, the old emperor loves to build palaces more and more.
Not to mention anything else, in Changchun Garden alone, how many millions of taels of silver are not poured into it every year?
In addition, on the way from the capital to Rehe, magnificent palaces were built one after another.
Not satisfied with this, the old emperor thought about expanding the Jingming Garden on Yuquan Mountain.
Simply diverting water from Yuquan Mountain is an extremely huge project, costing at least tens of millions of taels of silver.
If Yuzhu wanted to be a virtuous prime minister, at this time, he should advise the old emperor to cherish the people's strength and rest with the people more.
However, Yuzhu's ambition is to become a thief.
Hey, Xian Xiang, get out of here!
"When I return to Khan Ama, the Ministry of Finance will definitely say that there is a lack of money, right?" Yuzhu took the old emperor's thoughts into account and deliberately gave Song Zhu eye drops.
After the fourth child was transferred to manage the Ministry of Industry, the Bachelor of Management of the Ministry of Household Affairs has always been Song Zhu.
As we all know, among the six departments of the Qing Dynasty, the two departments of officials and households had the most real power.
The Ministry of War cannot control the Eight Banners soldiers, but can only manage the military and political affairs of the Green Camp soldiers. Its real power is actually very small.
As for the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment, they are all executive yamen and have no decision-making power.
The old emperor deliberately lured away the money shortage, just waiting for Yuzhu to attack the Ministry of Household Affairs.
To attack the Ministry of Finance is to fight against Songzhu.
Only when Yuzhu and Songzhu formed a fierce fight could the old emperor sleep peacefully at night!
(PS: I have been quite diligent this month and have updated 120,000 words. It is already the last day of the month, do you still have monthly tickets left to wait for the birth of babies?)