Hearing this, Yunxiang barely suppressed the anger in his heart. At this time, Yinzhen already said: "Feng Feng and the two were originally the seventh-rank censors. Let's promote them to the sixth-rank cabinet ministers this time."
Even though the cabinet minister is only a sixth-rank official, he is a member of the cabinet. He is responsible for reviewing and collating memorials. His future is far from being that of a censor. If he does well, he has a good chance of becoming a bachelor, or even a bachelor, which is a first-class job.
It's such a good job, so many people would rather give up being a fifth-rank official to be a sixth-rank official.
No one would have thought that Yinzhen would let these two people into the cabinet. They thought that even if they were promoted, they would only be promoted one level at most, and then thrown into an idle yamen. After all, Concubine Xi is the emperor's favorite concubine, how could the emperor not do anything about it?
Don't mind.
But now Yinzhen's actions really make people confused as to what the emperor was thinking.
Yunxiang was the first to be unable to bear it, "Your Majesty, Feng Feng and Liu Qi offended Concubine Xi. It's very merciful not to punish them. Why do you want to promote them as cabinet ministers again?"
Yinzhen said disapprovingly: "The two of them are imperial censors. Whether they are giving advice or stopping the imperial concubine Xi from driving, they are doing their duty faithfully. It is natural for them to be promoted." Before Yunxiang could speak again, Yinzhen had already done so.
He said again: "Okay, let's dismiss the court."
When all the ministers heard this, no matter what they were thinking in their hearts, they all held up their hands and said: "I will leave."
After they exited Yangxin Hall one by one, Yunxiang also said in a muffled voice: "Brother, please leave."
But Yinzhen said: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Come and talk to me for a while, Seventeenth too."
Yunxiang cupped his hands unceremoniously and said, "I'm afraid that what I say will make the emperor unhappy, so it's better to resign."
"You." Yinzhen shook his head. Seeing that all the ministers had retreated outside the palace, he said softly: "Don't you want to hear why I want to serve Feng and Feng as officials?"
"Your Majesty..." Yunxiang looked at Yinzhen in astonishment, not understanding what he meant by saying that. However, Yinzhen did not continue, but said: "Let's go, accompany me to the inner hall to sit for a while, I have something to do."
Let me hear your opinions."
Looking at Yinzhen's leaving figure, Yunxiang muttered: "What is the emperor planning?"
Yunli stepped forward and said, "Brother Thirteen guesses what you are doing with so many guesses. Don't you know it after listening to the emperor?"
"That's right." When he was about to take a step, he found Yunli supporting him and scolded him with a smile: "What are you doing? Are you going to fall halfway when you scold Brother Thirteen? Although Brother Thirteen is not as tall as you, he is not as tall as you.
As for it being useless, okay, let’s go our separate ways.”
Seeing that Yunxiang insisted on doing this, Yunli had no choice but to follow him with a smile. After entering the inner hall, Yinzhen, who was already sitting in the chair, raised his hand and said: "Everyone, sit down."
Yunxiang felt as if a cat was scratching him in his heart. Before he could sit still, he said: "Your Majesty, why do you want Jin, Feng and Liu to serve as cabinet ministers? Regardless of their motives, they did not report in advance but blocked the road in the street.
, this behavior is not what a righteous minister should do in the first place."
Yinzhen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Old Thirteen, when did you become so impatient? Look at Old Seventeen, he is much more stable than you."
Yunli bowed in his chair and said, "The emperor was joking. I just think that the emperor must have the emperor's intention for doing this. It's just that I and the thirteenth brother couldn't figure it out for a while."
Although the brotherhood with Yinzhen is not as deep as that of Yunxiang, Yunli knows better than anyone else how Yinzhen feels about Ling Ruo. That affection has already penetrated into the bone marrow and blood. In addition, as the emperor, he
How could he watch Ling Ruo being humiliated and do nothing if he was so arrogant?
Yinzhen glanced at Yunli approvingly and said: "Feng and Liu intercepted the ceremonial driver halfway, forced the concubine to remove the queen's ceremonial guard, and even chopped off the phoenix's head. I was really unhappy, but they are Yu Shiyan
Official, I don’t
If you can blame them, otherwise you will be against all the officials who speak out. And you have also seen what happened just now. Those officials all helped the two of them speak. Even though I am the emperor, I cannot be so directly an enemy of the officials.
"
Yunxiang had calmed down at this time and frowned: "Does the Emperor mean to compromise temporarily?"
"No." Yinzhen's answer shocked Yunxiang, but soon the questions in his heart were answered, "When they were Yanguan, I couldn't punish them for their crimes, but I gave them the status of Yanguan.
Of course it can be taken back. Without this life-saving talisman, not to mention a mere sixth-grade cabinet minister, even a fourth-grade or third-grade cabinet minister, there is no guarantee that they will be safe."
Hearing this, Yunxiang suddenly became enlightened and said with some excitement: "My brother understands that the emperor is using a roundabout method to punish the two of them."
When Feng and Liu became cabinet ministers, as long as they made a small mistake, Yinzhen could take the opportunity to punish them. Even if the officials understood Yinzhen's intentions, they would not be able to say anything. In this way
, not only punished the crime, but also avoided the situation of confrontation with hundreds of officials. This emperor's thought is really impressive.
After saying this, Yinzhen looked at Yunli and said, "Old Qi, you owe a lot to Concubine Xi and Hongli for being safe. Please tell me what kind of reward you want."
After hearing this, Yunli left his seat and knelt down and said: "My brother is both the emperor's minister and the emperor's younger brother. It is natural to do things for the emperor. How dare you take credit? What's more, my brother failed to bring back Princess Jingyue this time, and indirectly
He should be said to be guilty of causing the tragic death of the people in Baima Town."
"One thing comes to another, Han Yan is dead, how can you bring him back. As for Baima Town..." Thinking of the tragic death of the people in the town, Yinzhen couldn't help but sigh: "How can you bring Concubine Xi under Galdan's eyes?"
It's very rare to be rescued. I can't blame you for what happened in Baima Town."
"Yes, Old Seventeen, if it had been anyone else, I'm afraid they might not be able to do such a good job. It seems that the emperor really chose the right person when he asked you to go as envoy to Jungar." With that said, Yunxiang said to him.
Yinzhen said: "Your Majesty, Lao Qi is now the king of the county. How about giving him a prince?"
Yinzhen nodded slightly and said, "That's what I meant." Seeing that Yunli wanted to refuse, he raised his hand and said, "This is what you deserve, just handle it well." Seeing that Yinzhen had already made up his mind, Yunli had no choice but to accept it.
To express gratitude.
After talking about this matter, Yinzhen said: "Before Yunli, you told me carefully about Jungar's affairs. In the future, our Qing Dynasty and Jungar's will have a battle sooner or later, so before that, we must prepare a lot of food and grass."
, to be used when troops and horses are mobilized
.However, I have observed that many of the recently submitted documents mentioned that the price of rice is becoming increasingly expensive, far exceeding the price in the past ten years, and the rice stored in granaries in various places has also decreased compared with previous years. You two