Chapter 734: Open the skylight and speak eloquently
Of course, from Xia Yan's perspective, this current node is indeed a good opportunity to expand his power.
Qin Dewei is no longer in the court and can no longer exert direct influence on court affairs in his personal capacity;
And some time ago, Yan Song caused the "Tianri Zhaozhao" misfortune by cooperating with Zhai Luan, and he has been keeping his tail between his legs recently.
This kind of situation where both opponents are "weak" is very rare. It is absolutely an opportunity that cannot be missed and will never come back. If you don't seize the opportunity to expand, you are not worthy of being the first assistant.
And Xia Yan also believes that as long as he takes the lead, Yan Song, Zhai Luan and the others will follow. They are all people who have "suffered from Qin for a long time".
At this moment, Wang Tingxiang suddenly pulled out a few pages of paper. Many people seemed to have seen this action before.
It seems that most of Qin Dewei's close people have behaved this way. During the discussion, they suddenly took out a few pieces of paper and read from them.
Everyone subconsciously wondered, could Qin Dewei, who was seven or eight hundred miles away, still be able to send a temporary note by flying pigeons?
This is too miraculous! It is obviously impossible for Qin Dewei to predict the accurate news of this court meeting.
But Wang Tingxiang didn't read it as before, he just held the paper and looked deeply at Xia Yan.
Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said: "This is the love letter written by Mao Bowen, the Governor-General of Xuanda University, to the Ministry of War."
Everyone was very surprised when they heard this sentence, mainly because this kind of situation is rare.
This kind of petition is not a memorial, but a parallel official document between various government agencies. It is mainly used to explain the situation and does not have any binding force. It is similar to the "information briefing" five hundred years later. .
What surprised everyone was that, first, as the Governor of Xuanda, if Mao Bowen really had something to do, he could just write a memorial to the court. Why bother writing a parallel official document to the Ministry of War?
Second, the Ministry of War is headed by Wang Tingxiang. What practical effect can Mao Bowen write such a non-binding message to the Ministry of War?
To put it bluntly, Wang Tingxiang is not responsible even if he throws this "information briefing" away as rubbish.
Third, even if Mao Bowen really encounters something, writing a private letter to Xia Shoufu is more useful than writing an "information briefing" to the Ministry of War.
Before everyone was surprised for a long time, Wang Tingxiang continued: "In this speech, Mao Bowen accused Qin Dewei of being domineering, which made him unable to normalize military affairs as governor, and claimed that he had already intended to resign!"
Everyone: ""
Somehow, everyone couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, this was just an "information briefing", not a memorial or a bullet, and the court did not have to come up with any opinions on how to deal with it.
Otherwise, it might be too big of a commotion.
When Xia Yan, the chief minister, suddenly heard this, his first reaction was naturally to be furious! Naturally, he sent Mao Bowen to go to the Governor-General to declare Da Da, in order to contain Qin Dewei.
In fact, Xia Shoufu did not expect Mao Bowen to compete with Qin Dewei at all. As long as Mao Bowen could slightly interfere with Qin Dewei and make it difficult for Qin Dewei to distract from court affairs, Mao Bowen would have played a role.
But he didn't expect Mao Bowen to kneel down so quickly and so simply! He was even in the mood to resign!
As for the rest of the people who were relatively calm, they felt that the situation was extremely weird, and it could even be said that there were weird things everywhere.
Governor Mao wrote an "information briefing" to Qin Dewei's close confidant Wang Tingxiang, accusing Qin Dewei of being unjust. What was his purpose? Can Wang Tingxiang still make decisions for Governor Mao?
Also, if Governor Mao wanted to sue Qin Dewei, why didn't he write to his backer Xia Yan? Was he suppressed by Qin Dewei?
And why did Governor Mao dare to publicly accuse Qin Dewei of being domineering and say that he was being persecuted? Aren't you afraid that Qin Dewei would kill him?
In addition, did Qin Dewei really have foresight, knowing that there would be this court meeting, and prepared these for Wang Tingxiang in advance?
Finally, why did Wang Tingxiang disclose the contents of this "information briefing"? According to convention, it should be secretly shown to Xia Yan first, and then a compromise should be reached secretly. This is the political norm.
Everything is difficult to understand, incredible, and cannot be explained with common sense.
Probably the only thing that is not weird is that Mao Bowen was forced by Qin Dewei in Datong to the point where he wanted to resign.
Everyone seemed not surprised at all by this, but they just didn't know what Governor Mao had gone through.
Some ignorant people curiously asked: "After Qin Dewei resigned from the governor's assignment, he has no position and no power in Datong. How can he be domineering to the governor?"
Wang Tingxiang held up some pieces of paper in his hand and explained: "Qin Dewei has acted as the governor of Datong."
Many people were speechless. After handing over the governor's defense, he immediately became the governor's defense. How could ordinary people imagine this kind of cunning operation?
The court meeting gradually became colder. The situation was so strange that everyone fell into a long examination and no one spoke.
Wang Tingxiang was not in a hurry, and quietly waited for others to finish thinking.
Qin Dewei, who is far away in Datong, of course has no idea what is happening in the capital. He is just a time traveler and not a god who can figure things out.
But from the fact that Mao Bowen was forcibly appointed as the Minister of War and the title of Governor-General, Qin Dewei must have realized that Xia Shoufu had some ideas about the position of Minister of War.
If he didn't have this political sensitivity, even if Qin Dewei was a time traveler, his grave would have been three feet high.
So in this case, the one who will be squeezed or criticized must be Wang Tingxiang, which can be easily inferred.
Therefore, Qin Dewei first tempted Mao Bowen by "throwing off responsibility" and made Mao Bowen have the idea of asking for help from the capital, thus shaking Mao Bowen's will.
After Mao Bowen relented slightly, he suddenly changed his face and continued to press, asking Mao Bowen to write a love speech to the Ministry of War.
For Mao Bowen, the advantage of this is that he can send official documents to the capital as quickly as possible through the postal transmission system belonging to the Ministry of War, so that the results can be obtained as soon as possible and his own suffering time can be reduced.
Anyway, sooner or later, this content will have to be read by Xia Yan, the chief assistant. There doesn't seem to be much difference between writing to Xia Yan directly and writing to Xia Yan through the Ministry of War.
So Mao Bowen, who had been repeatedly beaten by Qin Dewei, finally wrote this love speech that seemed fascinating to others.
This is the "talisman" Qin Dewei prepared for Wang Tingxiang. If Wang Tingxiang is squeezed by Xia Shoufu, he can use this to fight against him.
Of course, how to use the "talisman" and when to use it depends on the meeting between the king and the court.
As an old bureaucrat who has been in politics for more than 40 years and has an extremely rich resume, Wang Tingxiang has no problem with his ability to adapt to situations. Qin Dewei is still relieved, so he doesn't think much about it.
In Qin Dewei's expectation, as long as he found a key node and Wang Tingxiang secretly showed the "talisman" to Xia Shoufu, Xia Shoufu would have to compromise. This was a secret operation in politics.
But Qin Dewei also did not expect that Wang Tingxiang would directly make the "talisman" public on such an occasion where internal and external ministers were discussing together.
Who would have thought that an old bureaucrat with more than 40 years of experience would actually do such a drastic thing.
Anyway, there are many inside stories here. At this moment, everyone at the court meeting just felt that as outsiders, they were really shrouded in fog.
Xia Yan ran against Wang Tingxiang and wanted Mao Bowen to replace Wang Tingxiang as Minister of War. Then Qin Dewei seemed to force Mao Bowen to resign in advance.
Both sides seemed to be playing chess, but in the eyes of outsiders, the chess game was completely foggy. All we could know was that Xia Shoufu, who was taking the first move, was afraid that he would not be able to move forward.
After Xia Yan was angry, he also realized the crux of the problem. You, Wang Tingxiang, had something in your hands, but you didn't want to operate in secret, but openly lifted the chessboard!
Then he suppressed his anger and shouted: "When the Ministry of War received such a message, why didn't it first close Bai and the cabinet?"
In the current climate where the cabinet is gradually taking precedence over the six ministries, important documents from the six ministries are often shown to the cabinet first and then go through the process.
Prime Minister Wang Ting said tit for tat: "The Ministry of War is the Ministry of War of the Emperor, not the Ministry of War of the Cabinet!"
This sentence directly challenges and denies the authority of the cabinet. It is the most sensitive topic between the cabinet and the six ministries.
Xia Shoufu became even more angry and asked sternly: "Why doesn't the cabinet hear about it?"
In terms of official qualifications, Wang Tingxiang was probably second only to Xu Zan in the court. Naturally, he also had a temper. He contradicted him and said: "The authority of the cabinet is in Wenyuan Pavilion!"
With this sentence, the elders of the pavilion left Wenyuan Pavilion in anger and entered Zhiwuyi Hall, and their collective blood pressure soared.
Probably only Zhai Luan, who was on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion, was neither happy nor sad. Anyway, when Wang Tingxiang said "the Taoism is in Wenyuan Pavilion", he was not referring to himself.
Everyone was stunned listening to the conversation between Xia Yan and Wang Tingxiang. The two of them really dared to say anything.
Not to mention others, even Wang Yiqi, Zhang Chao and other members of his own family were astonished and wondered what happened to Wang Tingxiang today.
Some people can guess a little bit. It was probably Xia Yan's previous attitude that angered Wang Tingxiang. The clay figurine is also angry, let alone a minister of the Ministry of War?
Zhang Chao, the Minister of Rites, suddenly remembered that he was the host today, and quickly stood up and said: "Wang Junchuan, be careful! Don't cause any extraneous matters!"
However, Wang Tingxiang raised his head and said: "I have been an official for more than 40 years, and most of the time I have done practical things in the local area. However, after entering the court for the past six years, it has been the most unsatisfactory time to do things!
So far, it can be concluded that among the cabinet ministers, the one who can really do things is Qin Dewei!
Xia Yan, if you want to take away me as the Minister of War and let Mao Bowen replace me, it's not impossible!
But can you please organize a great victory at Toyosu Beach first? Even if the military success is only 10% of the victory at Toyosu Beach, I, Wang Tingxiang, will be convinced!
Don’t forget, Mao Bowen’s conquest of Annan was given to you by Qin Dewei in vain!
And what did you, Xia Yan, do? When the soldiers came back from the expedition and the mats were not warm, you hurriedly replaced the governor. Is this the pattern of your chief assistant? "
If everything is open and the sky is open to speak out, and there are people who are not afraid of the power of the leader and subordinates and expose all superficial hypocrisy here, then Xia Yan's followers will really have nothing to say.
Yan Song, who was standing aside, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had a premonition today that Qin Dewei would not give up. In addition, he had been in a bad year recently, so he kept a low profile and avoided being "publicly executed" like Xia Yan.
But Leng Buding heard Wang Tingxiang turn around and say to himself: "My words are the same for you Yan Song!
Don’t think others don’t know who forced Qin Dewei to write Tianri Zhaozhao!”
Yan Song was also angry. You, Wang Tingxiang, just criticized Xia Yan casually. What did you do to find Yan Song?
Moreover, the main culprit who forced Qin Dewei to write "Tianri Zhaozhao" was Zhai Luan, so what did Yan Song have to do with him? Yan Song was just trying to add insult to injury!
Wang Tingxiang waved a few pieces of paper in his hand and said to the elders: "I always thought that Qin Dewei was not aboveboard enough in his conduct.
Later I realized that otherwise I wouldn’t be able to protect myself in front of you!
After Qin Dewei returns to the court, another military aircraft office should be set up in Wenyuan Pavilion so that Qin Dewei can avoid the interference of the cabinet and concentrate on his work."
Zhang Chao was afraid that if Wang Tingxiang continued to speak, he would lose his position as Minister of War, so he interrupted Wang Tingxiang rudely.
Besides, Qin Dewei also emphasized that Xia Yan's suppression of Yan Song should be maintained. Who would have thought that Wang Tingxiang would go on a rampage against Xia Yan today.
"Wang Junchuan, don't say any more irrelevant words! Let's continue the discussion now. The minister who presented the prisoners has been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the expedition, and summoned Qin Dewei back to the capital. Everyone should have agreed?"
Everyone was speechless. It is true that like disciples, like teachers, most of the people who spoke just now clearly agreed with Wang Tingxiang's offering of prisoners, but in your Zhang Chao summary, they all agreed with Qin Dewei's offering of prisoners?
But in the end, no one came forward to refute, and they had no choice but to acquiesce to the facts, and Qin Dewei was appointed as the Minister of Prisoner Offering.
Zhang Chao struck while the iron was hot and said: "Who should be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment on behalf of the imperial court to punish prisoners according to the law?"
Xia Yan waved his hand feebly and said, "No one else is needed. Let Mao Bowen, the governor-general of military affairs, take off his duties and return to the Ministry of Punishment!"
Although I don’t know why, Mao Bowen has already knelt like that. What’s the use of staying in Datong?
There are candidates for the key positions in the prisoner presentation ceremony, and the topics that Zhang Chao will preside over are almost the same.
Suddenly someone asked again: "If Mao Bowen returns to the court, who should Governor Xuanda appoint?"
It stands to reason that when such an important official position becomes vacant, many people must come forward to recommend candidates, but today, uncharacteristically, no one responded.
Because everyone had thought that the angry Qin Dewei was still holding the governorship of Datong, and anyone who became the governor would be destined to die.
Someone said: "Then let's recommend the new governor of Datong first. The governor is not a permanent official position. Now that the northern captives have retreated and will not go south for the time being, it is not necessary to have a governor."
It is better to quickly ask Qin Dewei to put down the governor's defense. Otherwise, how can we send officials to Datong City?
Wang Tingxiang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said without hesitation: "Zhan Rong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, can do it."
The governor of the border town should have been jointly nominated by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, so it was natural for Wang Tingxiang to speak.
The first thing many people thought of was that he seemed to be the one who sold the house to Qin Dewei.
After waiting for a while, no one expressed their opinion.
Prime Minister Wang Ting said to Xu Zan, the Minister of Civil Affairs: "If no one objects, I will report this to the emperor."
At this point, the discussion on prisoner gifts and related personnel issues was basically completed. After Zhang Chao, the Minister of Rites, recorded the results, he spoke again: "The following is about how to award rewards to generals who leave the fortress."
The so-called general is probably Bai Jue, the chief military officer, and the commander is Qin Dewei. In fact, everyone knows that only Qin Dewei is referred to here.
As for the issue of rewards for military ministers such as Bai Jue and Bai Zongbing, there are rules of their own. It is enough to act according to the rules and there is no need to discuss them in the court.