Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1113 The Dust Settles
In the end, the conversation in front of the Wenhua Palace broke up unhappy.

To put it bluntly, this time, Wang Ao not only calculated the position of minister of the Ministry of War, but also calculated the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet by the way.

Judging from His Majesty's current style of conduct, the position of the cabinet in the court is lower than that of the six ministries. The most obvious sign is the difference in official rank.

All the ministers in the cabinet are given the title of six ministers, which seems to be on par with the six ministers. However, in addition to the title of minister, there are also the titles of the prince, three masters and three young masters.

The court practice, such as the titles of Sangong and Sangu, is not conferred lightly. Up to now, the third teacher of the prince and the third young master of the prince have also become honorary titles.

In today's imperial court, Wang Wenjia is a young teacher, Hu Wei is a young teacher, and Yu Qian is a young security guard. However, there are reasons for this. Guan Yi defeated Ren Li in the first battle and established morale. In addition, he has always been favored by the emperor, and many reasons have superimposed, so he has this honor.

In addition to him, Hu Wei and Yu Qian, because of their support, Li Xian, who contributed as much as they did in the process of the emperor's ascension to the throne, also received the honor of the Duke of the State.

In other words, the titles of these three orphans are almost irreproducible, so they should not be regarded as a routine.

However, the third teacher of the crown prince is different from the third young master of the crown prince. The last time His Highness the crown prince went out to study in the cabinet, the emperor almost gave honorary titles to all the important ministers in the court. At that time, many people talked about it without knowing what it meant.

But as long as you observe carefully, you can see the clues. Today's six departments and seven ministers, including Hu Wei and Wang Wen, who already have the title of three orphans, all have the title of prince and three masters.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Procuratorate plus the Prince Taishi, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households plus the Prince Taifu, the Ministry of Punishment plus the Prince Taibao, basically in the order of the six departments, the only exception is the Ministry of Industry Chen Xun, who added the Prince Taifu Master, however, his situation is special, he is the first minister to be transferred from the cabinet to Minister, and he still held the title of Hanlin Bachelor before. After being transferred to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the title will naturally be different, but it does not hinder anything.

In contrast, the ministers in the cabinet, although they still have the title of six ministers, they only add the title of the third young master of the prince. The first assistant is Wang Ao, and the second assistant is Yu Shiyue. It was Prince Shaofu or Prince Shaobao, even Yu Shiyue, who is now in charge of the affairs of the Eastern Palace, and Zhu Jian, who had made great contributions and made contributions to the prince's departure from the cabinet, were no exception.

It can be seen that this is by no means accidental, but the emperor deliberately did it.

Originally, the cabinet was not customized, but with the addition of the title of minister and the right to vote, there is a faint tendency to compete with the six ministries, but this is obviously what the emperor does not want to see.

Therefore, on top of this, by taking advantage of the opportunity of the crown prince leaving the cabinet, the relationship between the six ministries and the cabinet has been readjusted. Bring about the promotion of official rank.

However, the three masters of the prince are different. They are all from the first rank, and they are given this title. According to the convention, they can be regarded according to the first rank court position. Apart from the difference in salary, the position in the court hall, and even the robes are different. the difference.

Since the first rank is also the first rank, they are qualified to wear the scarlet crane robe of the highest rank among civil servants, but the second rank can only wear the scarlet golden pheasant robe of the second rank. This is the difference.

Although it is only the beginning of clues now, it is actually very easy to verify the authenticity of this guess.

Because in the future, Wang Ao will definitely be transferred to be Minister of the Ministry of War, and there will be new cabinet ministers in the cabinet. You only need to see whether the emperor will follow this rule and add officials when he makes the decree.

Moreover, since the cabinet system was completed, there has been no precedent for a minister to be transferred to a cabinet minister. Therefore, if Wang Ao can be successfully transferred to the minister of the Ministry of War this time, it can be regarded as a promotion.

If this is the case, it also means that the new chief minister of the cabinet will never be selected among the six ministers. In this way, either the cabinet ministers will be promoted, or they can only be the ministers of the six departments, the governors of various places, and the admirals. Produced among the ministers.

Wang Ao is an example of the latter. He was directly promoted to the first assistant minister from the admiral of Liaodong.

For other ministers, if they want to skip the step of the cabinet ministers and directly serve as the chief assistant, it is probably impossible. Besides, the court has just pushed out a few cabinet ministers. Although the candidates have not been finalized, they are qualified to join the cabinet Most of the ministers have basically been plowed once. At this time, the ministers will be promoted directly to the chief assistant, so what will these ministers who are about to join the cabinet think.

Therefore, the safest way is to choose from the cabinet. After Wang Ao left, there were only two people left in the cabinet. Yu Shiyue was in a special situation. It was impossible to be promoted to the chief assistant in a short period of time, so Zhang Min could only succeed.

In this game, Wang Ao did not have many calculations, and more importantly, Yu Shiyue hadn't seen any clues before such an arrangement. Without Zhang Min's cooperation, it would have been impossible.

After all, Yu Shiyue has to take care of the East Palace on weekdays and is busy with affairs, so Zhang Min is always watching over the cabinet for him. However, he ignores that there are only eternal interests above the court. Good friends, but in such a matter, it may not be Wang Ao's person.

Things have developed to this point, and the situation has become clear. Not long after Yu Shiyue left the palace, Wynn came to the cabinet with a decree.

"...The imperial edict ordered Wang Ao, a scholar of the Huagaidian University, to be transferred to be the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and he would be added to the Wenyuan Pavilion, along with Zhang Min, a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zhang Min, a scholar of the Huagaidian University, and a young teacher of the Prince, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"Honglu Temple Qing Luoqi, Huguang Zuobu Zhengshi Xiao Min, Military Minister Zuo Shilang Zhejiang Shen Yuanzhen, was appointed to Zhiwenyuan Pavilion, Prince Shao Fu was added, Luo Qi was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War, and he was appointed as a scholar of the Wuying Palace. Xiao Min joined the Ministry of Rites. Shangshu, Ren Wenhuadian University Bachelor, Sun Yuanzhen Processing Department Shangshu, Ren Wenyuange University Bachelor, hereby..."

Outside the cabinet office, Wynn looked solemn and passed on the will.

The faces of the people below were different, Wang Ao was smiling from the corner of his eyes, Zhang Min was a little surprised, as if he couldn't believe that the position of chief assistant actually fell on him.

As for Yu Shiyue, he knew the result would be like this, but his expression was very flat.

only……

"Sun Yuanzhen?"

While the other two were still rejoicing, Yu Shiyue noticed something special in the emperor's will.

You must know that Sun Yuanzhen was not included in the list of seven that Ting sent up. In this way...

"Your Majesty has ordered that Lord Sun join the cabinet to handle affairs."

Wynn obviously expected this question, and answered directly without much hesitation.

"Understood……"

Yu Shiyue nodded and said nothing.

Logically speaking, the will of the emperor implicitly overturned the result of the court's push, but the cabinet has a special system, no matter what the crown prince's three divisions and six ministers' titles are added, but after all, this official is only a regular fifth rank If the emperor wants to promote someone, it's just a matter of one sentence.

Second, although Ting Tui is the most formal selection process, in the final analysis, the final decision is still in the hands of the emperor. It is also possible to completely overturn the results.

In fact, this is also where the officialdom is complicated. Some things are codes, and some things are conventions. The two seem to be the same, but they are actually very different.

Just like the cabinet, the reason why it is regarded as relying on the honor and favor of the Sacred Heart to determine its power is because, according to the code, the cabinet is only the fifth rank, but according to the usual practice, the title of the second rank is added. Even if the emperor is dissatisfied, he still has to follow the rules, but the conventions are different. If the emperor is dissatisfied, he can naturally follow the rules.

Taking this court push as an example, if someone makes a fuss about the process of Sun Yuanzhen being elected to the cabinet, then it can only be said that he has no credit, but hastily entered the cabinet from a third-rank official and added a second-rank rank. .

However, almost no one would do this, because the best result of doing so would be that Sun Yuanzhen would still join the cabinet, but instead of adding a second-rank title for the time being, he would serve as a third-rank official as a counselor for maintenance, which would not actually prevent him from joining the cabinet. On the contrary, offending the emperor, no matter how you look at it, the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, in many cases, the various seemingly complicated settings of the imperial court actually have their own intentions.

Back to Sun Yuanzhen, Yu Shiyue did not have a deep impression of this person, but only vaguely remembered that he was a Jinshi in Yongle for 13 years, and he was well-known in the local area. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, Sun Yuanzhen is now in Zhejiang. The errand should be the military counselor.

Such a person, the emperor suddenly transferred him back to the capital, and Zhongzhi specially briefed him into the cabinet. What is the intention of the emperor?
Yu Shiyue thought so, Huai En had already handed over his hand and said goodbye, just when Yu Shiyue was about to go back to the public house, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Wang Ao's face with an inexplicably sad look...

The minister of the Ministry of War was selected, and the chief assistant of the cabinet was also selected accordingly. In addition, the candidates for the cabinet were finally announced, and several decrees were issued one after another, which really caused a lot of discussion in the capital.

Some people are busy building relationships, and some people are busy looking for old ones. In short, this transfer has brought about changes in the central structure for a long time. After these decrees, the court and China are bound to form a new one. form.

Under this opportunity, some people are a crisis, some people are an opportunity, it depends on how to grasp it...

At the same time, with the issuance of these orders, Yu Qian's sick leave was finally over, and he appeared again in the morning court.

It's just that, even though he was in the court, Yu Qian still kept the appearance of not being close to strangers or acquaintances. After a few days, he didn't say a word in the court. Yi summed up the affairs of Huangzhuang, or he handed over affairs to Wang Ao at the Ministry of War.

Yu Shiyue has always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Yu Qian, but every time he approached, Yu Qian found an excuse to leave, coming and going again and again, and he temporarily stopped thinking about it.

However, just when Yu Shiyue felt that Yu Qian might keep avoiding him, when he went down to the government that day, he had just returned to the mansion, but someone came to report, saying.

"Master, Yu Shaobao is waiting in the front hall..."

Hearing this, Yu Shiyue was surprised, but did not delay, changed her clothes, and went directly to the front hall.

"... Yu Shaobao came to visit, and Yu was disappointed, and I hope you will forgive me!"

Entering the hall, Yu Qian also greeted him, and before the other party could speak, Yu Shiyue said with a smile.

Although the words are polite, the teasing meaning in them is very obvious.

Hearing this, Yu Qian on the opposite side gave a wry smile and said.

"Brother Shi Chao, what are you talking about, I was rude these days, and I should apologize to Brother Shi Chao today."

"Humph……"

Yu Shiyue snorted, but didn't care too much, and sat down with Yu Qian.

Even today, he can probably see that Yu Qian is avoiding suspicion.

Although I don't know what Yu Qian experienced in the prison, but after he was released from prison, it was a certainty that he would not be able to stay in the Ministry of War.

What Yu Shiyue can see, he believes Yu Qian can also see.

The emperor intends to suppress the Ministry of War, so before the new Minister of the Ministry of War is selected, Yu Qian will naturally act in a low-key manner. After all, with his influence in the Ministry of War, no matter what he does, it may be interpreted too much by others. The solution is to report illness at home and avoid the limelight first.

It's just that if you understand it, you can understand it. What makes Yu Shiyue dissatisfied is that Yu Qian avoids suspicion, but it's not necessary, even he should be turned away...

"You should know everything about the Ministry of War, what do you think?"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yu Shiyue put the trace of unhappiness behind him. The reason why he always wanted to see Yu Qian was that in the end, he just wanted to hear his views on the current court situation.

Although it can be seen from Yu Qian's behavior of staying behind closed doors, it is not as convenient as talking face to face.

When this question was asked, Yu Qian didn't have much reaction, just said.

"What do I think, shouldn't brother Shi Chao be the clearest?"

"At the beginning, when I asked Brother Yu to recommend Xiang Wenyao, you and I talked about it. The current situation is much better than I expected."

After saying a word, Yu Shiyue was a little silent.

Yes, of course he knew that Yu Qian had realized this a long time ago.

At the beginning, in order to rectify the army, Yu Qian promoted several doctors one after another, and asked him to help, and sent Xiang Wenyao to the Ministry of War. Because of this matter, there was a fierce quarrel between the court and the middle. In the end, the emperor himself came forward to settle it. Li Shi, who had nothing to do with Yu Qiansu, and Shen Jing, Wang Wen's capable general, were transferred to the Ministry of War, and the court discussion was barely quelled.

However, what should come will always come. As one of the six ministries, the Ministry of War cannot be controlled by Yu Qian for a long time. Therefore, after the rectification of the army is over, it will be a matter of time before the Ministry of War is suppressed, but even so, it is too late. sooner.

Sighing, Yu Shiyue pondered for a moment and asked.

"I know what you think, but you just retreat like this, what should you do, Hong Chang, Gu, Fang Gao?"

(End of this chapter)