After reaching a tacit understanding, He Mei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Li Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Li Huan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, jointly submitted a chapter to the Central Study Room.
When Zhongshu ordered Lin Yuyang to open this chapter, he immediately presented it to Emperor Wei.
In fact, even if the six ministers jointly submitted a letter, they could not change the decree that Emperor Wei had decided. This was well known to the six ministers.
Therefore, the real purpose of He Mei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was to ask for a promise from Emperor Wei, a promise that even if the princes attacked each other, the six ministries and officials who remained neutral would not be implicated.
"Your Majesty, this is a joint letter signed by He Mei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Li Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Li Huan, the Minister of the Ministry of War..."
Lin Yuyang personally handed this special seal to Emperor Wei.
Emperor Wei took the chapter and glanced at it briefly.
As he expected, four ministers including He Mei, the Minister of Personnel, made implicit objections in the memorial. They felt that the princes' duty at the Sixth Ministry would implicate some officials who wanted to remain neutral, and would be detrimental to
The stability of the entire six departments of the imperial court.
Emperor Wei did not comment on this.
Yes, the decision to put the princes in charge of the Six Ministries was made by Emperor Wei of his own accord. He neither consulted with the three ministers of Zhongshu nor consulted with the six ministers of the imperial court. It was an extremely rare "willful act" by Emperor Wei since he came to power.
Lift".
It was obviously decided yesterday, but the imperial edict was officially issued today. Why was Emperor Wei so hasty?
The reason is simple, because Emperor Wei wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible without giving any room for negotiation to the opponents.
You must know that although he was a relatively enlightened emperor, the Wei Dynasty still retained the rules of succession in an orderly manner. If this decision is not made as soon as possible, I believe there will be opposition from the government and the public.
After all, although Emperor Wei's move did not explicitly remove the crown prince Hongli from the East Palace, it was tantamount to weakening his status and power. At the same time, it also reduced the three powers of Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, and Qing Wang Hongxin.
The princes vying for the throne were elevated to the point where they were on an equal footing with Hongli, the crown prince of the East Palace.
What does this mean? Can’t people in the government and the opposition see it?
There is no doubt that this move will be firmly opposed by the Queen and Wang family. Therefore, Emperor Wei wants to decide this matter as soon as possible. After all, Jun Wuxi said that there is no official imperial edict issued by the emperor.
The principle of changing orders day by day.
I believe that He Mei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others also obviously considered this aspect. Therefore, the words they used in the chapter were quite tactful, and they emphasized that they hoped that the emperor would make a promise to the six ministers: the princes' previous battles for war,
Officials who remain neutral may not be involved.
"He Aiqing is older than me, but this is what he is thinking..."
After examining the chapter deeply for a long time, Emperor Wei shook his head with a smile. After a long time, he took up his pen and wrote two words on the memorial.
Yes!
"According to his wishes." Emperor Wei returned the seal to Lin Yuyang and said to him with a smile: "Lin Qing, ask the imperial guards to hand over this seal to He Mei and others. Otherwise, they may be afraid that
It’s uneasy.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhongshu ordered Lin Yuyang to take the seal and walk out of the Chui Gong Hall. He summoned several imperial guards and asked them to deliver the seal to He Mei, the Minister of Personnel.
"Lord He Mei is really on guard against the slightest possibility."
Next to him, the newly appointed Zhongshu Youcheng Feng Yu said with a smile.
Beside, Zhongshu Zuo Cheng Yuzi smiled and said nothing.
Everyone in the Chui Gong Hall could guess that since He Mei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the three ministers of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Husband jointly submitted a letter, this means that the ministers of the six departments of the imperial court have met in private.
It's no wonder that if this is ignored, the Ministry of Personnel will probably become the worst one, and will be targeted by the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of War, and Ministry of Households headed by the other three princes.
However, compared to this matter, Yu Ziqi was more worried about another point, and that was King Su Zhao Hongrun.
His Highness Prince Su was an old acquaintance of the secretaries and ministers in Chui Gong Palace. Take Yu Ziqi as an example. He watched with his own eyes that His Highness grew from the rebellious Eighth Prince to His Highness Prince Su who defeated Chu State.
, while feeling emotional, I also knew how aloof and arrogant that His Highness was.
Aloofness does not have any derogatory meaning here, it is just Yu Ziqi's evaluation of the character of His Highness Prince Su: This is an aloof and arrogant Eighth Highness, and no one can use strong means to make His Highness surrender, even if he is the emperor.
Because of this, Yu Ziqi was very curious as to why His Highness Prince Su had not come to Chui Gong Hall to make a fuss, forcing his father, Emperor Wei, to withdraw his orders.
Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked Emperor Wei: "Your Majesty, have you really convinced His Highness Prince Su?"
"Haha." When mentioning this matter, Emperor Wei couldn't help but feel a little proud. He smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Yu Qing, that scoundrel won't come to my Chui Gong Palace to make a big fuss this time. I made him defeated and speechless yesterday."
Word."
You secretly shot a cold arrow at His Royal Highness Prince Su behind his back. Isn't this something commendable?
Yu Ziqi smiled bitterly in his heart.
In fact, although they were not very clear about what happened at yesterday's ceremony to worship the heaven, they could probably guess the truth.
Yes, the Prince of the East Palace was very innocent. He was framed by Yong Wang Hongyu in vain. Not to mention the great loss of his majesty, his status was also reduced a lot by the Emperor of Wei. However, in Yu Ziqi's view, the Prince of the East Palace Hongli was not the most innocent prince.
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When it comes to innocence, who is more innocent than His Highness King Su?
That person just stayed out of the matter and watched a good show, but in the end he was tricked by Emperor Wei and had to go to the Ministry of Works to be on duty. This was what Yu Ziqi was most worried about.
Emperor Wei was not worried about this. In his opinion, although his son Zhao Hongrun was young, he knew how to abide by the rules. Therefore, he was not worried that the bad boy would continue to entangle himself in this matter.
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Winning is winning, losing is losing.
If you win, even if you make a mockery of the loser, that is the freedom of the winner; but if you lose, then you can go back to your den to lick your wounds and wait for the next good opportunity to restore your disadvantage.
Can.
This is the quality and cultivation that a superior person should possess.
If you stick to one failure and get entangled in it, it will look like an ugly lost dog at best, and it will be difficult to achieve elegance.
That bad boy...will go to the Ministry of Industry.
Emperor Wei thought secretly.
Because he remembered clearly that although his son Zhao Hongrun was dissatisfied at that time, he chose the Smelting Bureau under the Ministry of Industry after some serious consideration.
Having said that, Emperor Wei was not surprised that his son Zhao Hongrun chose the Ministry of Industry. After all, Zhao Hongrun had told him many times that the Ministry of Industry represented the basic national strength of the Wei Dynasty.
But why is it the Smelting Bureau?
You must know that among the other departments under the Ministry of Industry, the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau is larger in scale and has a larger scope of authority.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wei turned to the chief eunuch Tong Xian and said: "Tong Xian, send a few of the eunuchs to go to the Smelting Bureau every day to inquire about the news."
"Old slave understands."
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun, who was in Wenzhao Pavilion, had finished his lunch and left the palace with several clan guards.
However, what he went to was not the Smelting Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but the main compound of the Ministry of Punishment.
He directly came to see Zhou Yan, the Minister of Punishment.
At this time, Zhou Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was still waiting for news from He Mei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. When Leng Buding heard that his subordinates came to report that it was His Highness King Su who asked for an audience, he was really stunned.
After all, between public and private matters, the relationship between the Ministry of Punishment and His Highness, Prince Su, is beyond reach.
However, despite this, Zhou Yan still personally went out to greet His Highness Prince Su and invited him to the lobby of the main room of the Courtyard of the Ministry of Punishments.
After waiting for tea to be served, Zhou Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, looked Zhao Hongrun up and down and asked curiously: "I wonder what your Highness, Prince Su, is doing when he comes to our headquarters of the Ministry of Punishment this time?"
Zhao Hongrun sipped the tea in his cup and did not answer immediately. Instead, he glanced at several civil servants in the lobby.
Seeing this, Zhou Yan understood the situation and waved his hand to ask those officials to temporarily retreat from the lobby.
After the civil servants left the hall one by one, Zhao Hongrun put down the teacup in his hand and said to Zhou Yan with a smile: "In fact, after I returned to Daliang, I have been thinking about having the opportunity to visit Mr. Zhou. It's just that.
There were a lot of things going on in the past two days, so there was some delay."
Zhou Yan became even more puzzled when he heard this, because in his opinion, as a prince who refused to compete for the throne, Zhao Hongrun had absolutely no reason to win over him.
unless……
Obviously thinking of the so-called unless, Zhou Yan's face became much more solemn, and he asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, King Su, could it be that you got information from the Chu State about the last attack on the Chu State's envoy?"
This week...
Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhou Yan in surprise, but when he thought that the other party was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he felt relieved.
Think about it, if the dignified Minister of Criminal Affairs doesn't even have the ability to infer this, how can he be qualified to serve as the chief of the criminal justice department of the Wei Dynasty?
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun did not hide anything, nodded and said: "Yes, I came here today precisely for the case of the attack on the Chu State envoy in Yongqiu... How did Zhou Shangshu investigate that case?
Already?"
Zhou Yan glanced at Zhao Hongrun when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue yet."
Looking at Zhou Yan who seemed to be keeping secrets, Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized that even though he was now the king of Su, it was still inappropriate to interfere with other people's criminal affairs like this.
In order to show his sincerity and also to show his true feelings, Zhao Hongrun said without any secret: "In fact, when I was in Chu State, I mentioned this matter to Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng."
Zhou Yan's eyes tightened when he heard this, but then he shook his head and smiled: "How can Xiong Tuo admit such a crime? It's not trustworthy!"
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Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at Zhou Yan and said with a half-smile: "Master Zhou, before I made it clear whether Xiong Tuo would admit it or not, you concluded that he would not admit it... What are you trying to hide?"
"..." Zhou Yan's eyes changed slightly. (To be continued.)