Li Chen's first topic in the morning was to push Su Zhenting to the front desk.
Because he was involved in an early rebellion case, Su Zhenting was beaten to the end by the Daxing Emperor. Although he still had the hereditary title of General and Champion, these were empty titles and no real power.
At the moment, Li Chen is in urgent need of hiring people, not to mention a handsome man like Su Zhenting who has unparalleled prestige and appeal in the military. He cannot let him go.
When this issue was raised, it naturally aroused strong opposition from the civil service group.
"Your Highness, I have some objections."
Hu Xianpi, the left minister of the Ministry of War, stood up.
Teng Huaiyi was dismissed, and the one who was most promising to take over was him, the second-in-command of the Ministry of War.
If Su Zhenting successfully airborne, with Su Zhenting's prestige, he would never be able to climb to the position of Minister of War in his lifetime.
"General Su is a prince with a different surname, and his official rank is superior, while the Minister of War is only a second-rank official. Doesn't this mess up the imperial order? Your Highness, please think again."
Hu Xianpi is obviously a smart man. He knows that Su Zhenting is more than enough to hold this position in terms of ability and qualifications. If he tries to find fault in this aspect, he will only arouse the dissatisfaction of the prince and the counterattack of the general group. Instead, he will think that Su Zhenting's grade is too high.
Therefore, no one can say that his opinions are wrong.
Sure enough, after Hu Xianpi's words came to light, Wang Tenghuan immediately held up his hands and said: "Master Hu is right. Throughout the dynasties, any official position has been linked to the grade, so that it is orderly. If General Su, who is a superior person, condescends to the second-grade ministerial post, it will indeed be
This is unreasonable, please think again, Your Highness."
As soon as Wang Tenghuan, the number two person in the cabinet, spoke, the civil servant group immediately had a backbone, and they all admonished: "Your Highness, please think again."
Li Chen looked expressionless as he looked at the civil service group that was raising objections.
He finally understood why in the feudal era, except for the founding emperor who had the authority of his word, most of the other subsequent emperors had to compete with their courtiers.
If the emperor's proposal was opposed by all the courtiers, then even the emperor would not be able to kill all the opponents and then forcefully carry out his order.
What's more, he is still just the prince.
Together, the ministers have the power to make him regress.
Looking at Zhao Xuanji, who had remained silent, Li Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.
He knew that all of this seemed to have nothing to do with Zhao Xuanji, but in fact it all revolved around Zhao Xuanji. This old fox was his biggest opponent in the court.
As if sensing Li Chen's gaze, Zhao Xuanji raised his head slightly and glanced at Li Chen, then smiled modestly and continued to lower his head without saying anything.
The first political game has begun. Prince, you want to hold an early morning court. So if you hold this early morning court as you wish, what if it does not happen?
Without support, you are just a clown who stands taller.
If the prince can't even take the first move without saying anything, then he'd better not humiliate himself.
"What Mr. Wang and Mr. Hu said about this matter makes sense, but I didn't think it through well."
As soon as Li Chen's words came out, everyone in the civil and military dynasty was stunned.
Especially Hu Xianpi and Wang Tenghuan, their expressions were as if they had seen something unbelievable, and there was an uncomfortable feeling of a punch that they had packed up but hit the cotton lightly and weakly, which made them almost vomit blood.
Even Zhao Xuanji was a little surprised.
No one thought that Li Chen would give in so easily?
But then Li Chen said something that caused even greater waves.
"Since the position of Minister of the Ministry of War is not consistent with the rank of General Su, then General Su should be promoted to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, with a first-grade position, to coordinate the world's military forces, and actually control the left and right sides of Gyeonggi, Nanzhili, and Shuntian Prefecture.
, the front, rear, center, and five armies total a total of 300,000 elite divisions."
