Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 234 The New North Korea-China Situation (two chapters in one)

Back in Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu thought about the scene just pushed up by the court again, and after thinking that there was nothing wrong, he relaxed all over.

The significance of this court meeting is so great that only he himself knows the most in his heart.

Simply speaking from the transfer of officials, the appointment of three cabinet ministers and two ministers at one time this time can be regarded as the biggest move in these days.

His original plan was to let Zhang Min succeed the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and then let Yu Shiyue, Jiang Yuan and Wang Yining join the cabinet.

Whether it is from the perspective of the stability of the court or from the perspective of the cabinet's role in coordinating internal and external affairs, the situation of the cabinet must always check each other.

Jiang Yuan is Chen Xun's student, and Wang Yining is close to Gao Gu. After the two of them enter the cabinet, they will continue to be attached to Chen Xun and Gao Gu.

As for Chen Xun and Gao Gu, they seem to be close now, but in fact, they are secretly guarding against each other, so at most it is a loose alliance.

As for Yu Shiyue, he has always been at odds with the Imperial Academy. Some time ago, because of Wang Zhen's case, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with Jiang Yuan. Jin Yiwei has recorded all these news.

Therefore, after he enters the cabinet, there is a high probability that he will move closer to Wang Ao.

Of course, Yu Shiyue will definitely not completely vote for Wang Ao. Although he is weak in the cabinet, he has a lot of connections with the Six Ministries.

Before Yu Shiyue became Minister of Dali Temple, he served as the Deputy Imperial Envoy for a long time, assisting Chen Yi in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the two had a deep friendship.

In addition, his relationship with Yu Qian is also very good.

With such confidence, even if he is in the cabinet, he does not need to be completely attached to Wang Ao, and there is a high probability that he will tend to be in a loosely united state.

In this way, there are two loose alliances in the cabinet, restraining each other, but because of the loose alliance relationship, it is impossible to really have a fierce conflict.

Even if Wang Ao and Chen Xun have serious conflicts, they still have to worry about whether they will be taken advantage of by the other two.

The more complicated the relationship between the cabinet, the more in line with Zhu Qiyu's expectations for the cabinet.

The Qunfu system determines that they are as independent as the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Only by not confronting each other can we truly have the greatest effect on him as the emperor.

It should be said that Chen Xun's guess was accurate.

Zhu Qiyu's positioning of the cabinet is in the lower middle of the six ministries.

He has seen the scene in the late Ming Dynasty, when the cabinet suppressed the six ministries, and the chief and assistant officials were extremely courteous. This is not a good thing.

This kind of strength, developed to the extreme, will cause party disputes.

The imperial court now also pays attention to personal connections, but it has never given birth to the so-called party formation like the former Song Dynasty.

The reason is that today's imperial court is headed by the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

If these ministers want to be ministers, they need personal connections, but they are not the most important condition.

Both the Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are yamen that handle affairs, so to be the chief of these yamen, one must have solid political achievements.

Take Zhang Min as an example, the reason why the ruling and opposition parties thought that he might take over as Shangshu was not because he flattered some courtiers (the emperor was not counted), but because he overcame many pressures and carried out the reform of craftsmen.

Moreover, he presided over the construction of many water conservancy, roads, temples and other projects under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry before, with remarkable achievements.

In the same way, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the same. If you want to be the censor of Zuodu, it is not enough if you have not uncovered a few corrupt officials who shocked the government and the public, or invited the court to change the stereotypes and bad habits of the governor's place. qualified.

In other words, anyone who wants to become a minister must either have outstanding achievements in the local government and be deeply loved.

Or, in the position of servant, he must do some solid achievements in a down-to-earth manner.

Only with these solid political achievements as a foundation, their personal connections can play the role of icing on the cake and help them ascend to the position of minister.

But the cabinet is different!
The role of the cabinet is to reconcile the internal and external, so what is required of ministers is not political achievements, but prestige.

For a minister who wants to join the cabinet, apart from Jane being in the heart of the emperor, the best way is to have a group of ministers who cheer for him.

The more "virtuous and respected" he is, the greater his influence on the ruling and opposition parties, and the easier it is for the emperor to mediate when there is a conflict between the emperor and the outer court.

This is because the position itself has different requirements for officials, and there is no distinction between good and bad.

But once the cabinet surpasses the six ministries and becomes the head of the court, the problem becomes serious.

But all officials who have entered the officialdom do not want to climb up.

When the six ministries and seven ministers are at the top of civil servants, they will work hard in the direction of the ministries and hall officials to make political achievements.

When the chief assistant of the cabinet is the apex of civil servants, they will naturally work hard in the direction of the cabinet, to support them, and to form a party.

Human nature is such that it cannot be changed.

This, speaking of it, was his fault, to be precise, it was his fault in the previous life.

The cabinet grew out of his hands. The biggest mistake he made in this matter back then was to let Wang Wen, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, join the cabinet as the chief assistant.

This precedent was set by him, and it also planted the disaster that the cabinet surpassed the six ministries.

With this precedent, in the next few generations, the six ministers were inferior to others, and they all thought about how to get from ministers to cabinet ministers.

You must know that those who can achieve the position of Shangshu have strong personal connections. Under their deliberate management in order to join the cabinet, the speed of forming cliques is beyond imagination.

Therefore, the cabinet must be limited.

In his hands, in the future, only cabinet ministers will be promoted to the six ministers, and there will never be ministers promoted to the cabinet.

When the cabinet is like the ministers of various ministries, it becomes one of the springboards and transitions for courtiers to attack the position of minister.

Then, even if the party struggle cannot be eliminated, the disaster can be reduced as much as possible.

This is also the best way he can think of for the time being.

The cabinet is now on the rise, but it can still be contained.

A while ago, he wanted to let Wang Zhi enter the cabinet as the chief assistant, but he received collective opposition from the courtiers, and everyone thought it was relegation.

This time in the battle of Oarat, Wang Wen should take the lead, followed by Wang Ao. In the end, Wang Ao became the chief assistant, and Wang Wen took over as the heavenly official.

This all illustrates a point.

That is, although the cabinet is now powerful, in fact, in the hearts of the courtiers, there is still a deep-rooted belief that the status of the six ministries and seven ministers is more noble than the cabinet ministers.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qiyu changed his ways to add officials to the six ministries.

In the current six ministers, Wang Wen from the Ministry of Officials added the Shaoshi, Yu Qian from the Ministry of War added the Shaobao, Hu Yu from the Ministry of Rites added the Shaofu, and Chen Xun from the Ministry of Industry added the Prince Taifu, all from the rank of first rank.

Although Chen Yi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shen Yi from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Jin Lian from the Ministry of Punishment have not been promoted yet, Zhu Qiyu is also planning to make arrangements slowly.

In contrast, all the ministers in the cabinet, before moving to the real post, he did not intend to give another title.

Things like status can't just rely on people's cognition, but more importantly, rely on institutional constraints.

He added the title of Minister of the Second Rank to the cabinet so that the cabinet could stand shoulder to shoulder with the six ministries and become one of the central yamen.

Then the best way for the chiefs of the six departments to overwhelm them is to add the title of first rank.

In this way, whether it is from the perception of the officials or from the level of rank, it can be guaranteed that the six ministers will always overwhelm the cabinet ministers.

As long as the six departments are still the head of the court, the ultimate goal of the officials is to become a minister.

Even in this process, planning to join the cabinet is used as a springboard, and he will definitely not devote all his energy to making friends as in the previous life.

People's energy is limited. If you want to make political achievements in a down-to-earth manner, you cannot have the energy to form a large party.

If there really is a person who only cares about forming a party, then the end of his official career is the cabinet, and he will have no hope of being a minister for life.

Zhu Qiyu believed that anyone with ambition would not be so blind.

Even if such a person does appear, as long as Liu Bu's transcendent status is maintained, he can be suppressed to death.

Of course, Chen Xun is a special case. He has been transferred in Hanlin Qingliu, and he has no achievements that are too impressive.

However, he was the only one left.

In the future, Zhu Qiyu will gradually send the officials of the Hanlin Academy to Kedao, Ministry or localities.

Anyway, it is impossible to let them join the cabinet directly, even the bachelors of the Imperial Academy!
From this point of view, Gao Gu is actually quite miserable.

He recommended Chen Xun, but delayed himself.

It should be said that Chen Xun's title of minister was not what Zhu Qiyu planned at the beginning.

After all, Chen Xun has been circulating in the Hanlin, and the practice of the six ministers needs to be supported by political achievements.

However, just the day before the court push, he received Gao Gu's memorial, recommending Chen Xunqian to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Although the memorial is from Gao Gu, it is impossible for him to do this kind of thing beyond Chen Xun, unless he wants to become a deadly enemy with Chen Xun.

So, nine times out of ten, this is what Chen Xun himself meant.

Zhu Qiyu was indeed hesitant at the time, but after thinking about it for a while, he was ready.

The reason for doing this is to once again strengthen the faith in the hearts of the courtiers, and clearly tell them that the six ministers are more valuable than the cabinet's second ministers.

I believe that smart courtiers can already see some clues.

On the court tweet, he said "Jin Chen Xun is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry", a Jin character, which means that this is a promotion, not a mediocrity, let alone a relegation.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry is not ranked high among the Qiqing, most of the time he is in the tail position, but the second assistant is the number two in the cabinet.

If the second assistant was transferred to the minister of the Ministry of Industry, if it was a promotion, then the position between the six ministries and the cabinet would be clear.

As for Chen Xun's Qingliu qualifications, this is indeed a problem, but not a big one.

Compared with the newly established cabinet, there are no precedents for various rules to follow. The promotion and circulation of the six ministers has its own set of deep-rooted old rules that have been formed since the founding of the country.

Occasionally making a small exception is the emperor's prerogative, and it cannot really be shaken.

What's more, just like Wang Ao's succession as chief assistant, he will be provoked by Chen Xun and Gao Gu, so Chen Xun will inevitably be challenged when he becomes Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Because he only has Qingliu qualifications, this kind of challenge will be more intense and difficult than that of ordinary officials who succeed Shangshu.

At least, those officials of the Ministry of Industry will not obey him very much.

Thinking of the next few years, Zhu Qiyu sighed.

If there is no accident, in the next few years, the most difficult thing to live will be the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry.

On the Ministry of Households side, he already has a case in his belly, but on the Ministry of Industry side, Chen Xun can only carry it by himself.

But then again.

It was Chen Xun's own idea to go to the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Qiyu complied with his wish, as to whether he can continue, it depends on his own ability.

Originally, he planned to let Jiang Yuan or Yu Shiyue be promoted back to the ministry to be ministers in a few years, so as to once again declare the status of the six ministries and the cabinet.

What happened to Chen Xun just advanced the process.

So in fact, Zhu Qiyu didn't care whether this person was Chen Xun or Gao Gu, Chen Xun dared to take this risk because he had the courage.

Relatively speaking, Gao Gu was a lot less lucky.

Because, this kind of thing only needs to be done once, so that the courtiers can see that the six ministries are more valuable than the cabinet, and that's enough.

If there is no accident, Chen Xun should be the only official who can be promoted from the cabinet to the sixth department without sufficient political achievements.

After that, Zhu Qiyu will not set this precedent again. He will not say these words to others, but he will definitely do so.

In other words, unless Gao Gu can be ruthless, he will be transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate on a flat basis, with the false title of Yudu Yushi, and then released as the governor of Beijing, or he will lower his value and become a servant of the Six Departments in order to accumulate enough political achievements.

Otherwise, he can only hang around in the cabinet for the rest of his life, with no hope of becoming a minister.

But the problem is that if Gao Gu wants to discover this, it will probably take a few years later to realize that Jiang Yuan and others have been promoted and he is still standing still.

Therefore, Gao Gu's future career goal can only be to kill Wang Ao and succeed him as Chief Assistant.

But even the first assistant can only be compared with the ordinary Qiqing at best, and is always slightly weaker than the three giants of the outer dynasty, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

What's more, with Wang Ao's methods, it is not certain who will win and who will lose!

However, this is not what Zhu Qiyu has to worry about right now.

At least for now, after this adjustment, there should be no particularly large-scale changes in the high-level structure of the imperial court.

Of course, following Chen Xun's change, Zhu Qiyu's original layout for the cabinet also underwent some changes.

Now that Chen Xun is no longer in the cabinet, if Wang Yining and Jiang Yuan enter the cabinet at the same time, they will inevitably choose to attach themselves to Gao Gu. After all, they are both from Hanlin.

In this way, the three parties work together, even Wang Ao, the chief assistant, is hard to resist. In order to fight against Gao Gu, he and Yu Shiyue will inevitably form a closer ally from a loose alliance.

The cabinet will be the same as it is now, turning into a pattern of tense bipolar opposition.

This is not what Zhu Qiyu wants.

Therefore, Wang Yining had to be wronged and continued to work in the Ministry of Rites.

If Wang Yining is removed and Zhang Min joins the cabinet, the situation will change again.

Since the cabinet is a group assistant, even if the chief assistant has the right to vote, it is not the superior of other cabinet ministers.

None of the courtiers who can do this are willing to be inferior to others.

If it was possible, with Yu Shiyue's two major backers in the outer dynasty, he would definitely not want to attach to Wang Ao.

Then his other choice is to win over Zhang Min, who has nothing to rely on and doesn't know why he suddenly joined the cabinet.

In this way, Wang Ao holds the right to split the votes, Gao Gu has Jiang Yuan to help, Yu Shiyue and Zhang Min join forces, and the three pillars stand together, which is the most stable situation.

So far, his adjustments to civil servants can be regarded as the end of the big stage.

Although there will be adjustments in the future, it will not be such a large-scale frequent adjustment.

However, Zhu Qiyu was a little surprised.

The heavenly official resigned directly after the court's push.

He promised Wang Zhi that after presiding over the court, he would be able to retire completely, but he never expected that Wang Zhi would be in such a hurry.

Reminiscent of Wang Zhi's first two official announcements not long ago, it also seemed extremely urgent.

Although Wang Zhi had always wanted to retire long before the Civil War, his unusual sense of urgency still made Zhu Qiyu instinctively feel a little strange.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu suddenly beckoned, and immediately a servant stepped forward, knelt on the ground and asked.

"What is the emperor's order?"

"Go and summon Shu Liang, I have something to tell him."

Looking at the figure of the servant leaving in a hurry, a stern look flashed in Zhu Qiyu's eyes.

Wang Zhi, a veteran of the Five Dynasties, a heavenly official in the official department, the head of the six departments, and the head of a hundred officials.

With your identity, status, prestige, connections.

Why, it is so urgent to get out of the vortex of the court situation.

What are you in a hurry for?
Or... you are not in a hurry, but you have noticed some signs.

Does this sign make you feel afraid even with your current status?

　Two in one, this chapter for today.

　　If you have time, start to make up for the monthly tickets you owe and add more changes.

　　This chapter can be regarded as a big summary of the personnel transfer on Wenchen's side, and the next chapter will open a new volume~~~
　　I recommend a historical article "500 Years of the Great Qin Dynasty". It is well written and you can read it.

　　
　
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