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Zhengde sixteen years, April twenty-eighth.

On the sixth day after the new emperor ascended the throne, a battle in the court began.

When the court officials went to the court, they found that there was something different from the past, but it was Wang Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Xian, Minister of the Ministry of War. After the cabinet drafted the memorial, the new emperor wrote and approved it. The two were immediately arrested and sent to prison, and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment to inquire about the details of the crime.

It is equivalent to saying that the two top civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who were still arguing with them in the court yesterday have become prisoners after one night.

They were still defending themselves yesterday, and today they will ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice to give a preliminary solution, and there is a high possibility that the court will push the crime of the two of them.

This made the rest of the court officials who were not on good terms with Yang Tinghe, such as the minister of the Ministry of Industry Li Nai and the minister of household affairs Yang Tan, all feel in danger. They didn't even say a word before the court meeting. Everyone reported one after another.

As a result, at the beginning of the court meeting, the first person to get the new emperor's consent was not Li Nai and Yang Tan who wanted to go, but Chen Jin, the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and in charge of the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The reason for resigning is very simple, old and incapable...

This reason is absolutely absolute, and the court officials can't find any faults. After all, Chen Jin is seventy-five years old this year, and he is an example of a veteran in the court. , He didn't get any news about his resignation, so he just hung up.

Now that the new emperor is enthroned, Chen Jin sees that the faction in the court is so terrifying. Even if I am not very close to the courtiers, I have a good relationship with Yang Tinghe. you!

With Chen Jin's success in resigning, Li Nai and Yang Tan saw hope. Before the court discussed the crimes of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian, they publicly proposed to beg for old people to return to their fields.

This time Zhu Si didn't agree right away, instead he looked at Yang Tinghe and asked, "Mr. Yang Ge, what do you think of this matter?"

Yang Tinghe was annoyed.

What should be left has not been done yet, and now he has left something that should not be left. Originally, he hoped that Chen Jin could stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a few more days, probably because the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate felt that the ministers of the Central Court would suffer one after another. Next, the imperial court will usher in a large-scale reshuffle. The errands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not good enough, so Chen Jin resigns along the way.

Yang Tinghe said: "The two ministries of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry should do their best to serve the court at present, and it is not appropriate to step down!"

Zhu Si nodded, "Oh, does it mean that they may also get close to the former emperor's side, and need to be investigated by the Ministry of Punishment?"

The emperor's words are too frank, even Yang Tinghe hasn't said that yet, the emperor, you are quite straightforward.

The ministers thought of the imprisoning of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian. Although Yang Tinghe led the imprisonment of the two, Emperor Zhu's criticism was not ambiguous at all. It seemed that they had been waiting for this day. The three fires of the new emperor were still burning. Could it be that even Wang Qiong and Wang Xian are the targets that the new emperor is eager to punish?

"But I don't know if there is a suitable candidate in the court who can temporarily replace Yang Qing's family and Li Qing's family. If there is, it is not impossible for them to return to the field!"

Zhu Si was still very tough before, and there was some room for change in his next words.

This made Yang Tan and Li Na feel like they had narrowly escaped death.

Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the two of them.

Does the new emperor mean that there is no suitable candidate to replace us, and we will continue to stay in our posts. After Wang Qiong and Wang Xian are convicted of crimes in a few days, it will be our turn?
What are you afraid of?

The Ministry of Military Affairs came out to Wang Xuanxi and said: "I want to participate in the performance of the Minister of the Household Department, Li Wei. In the past few years, the large-scale construction projects have been dispatched by the middle officials, and the Ming Dynasty has spent tens of millions of dollars..."

Li Na felt a feeling of being hit by a boulder. The key was that the boulder began to greet him before he fell into the well.

Neither Li Na nor Yang Tan belonged to the kind of corrupt ministers who broke the law. In the past, most of the expenditures of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry were beyond the control of the two. In a special era, let alone the Ministry of Accounting and the Ministry of Industry, even the cabinet Where can you get better?Aren't your ticket proposals tampered with as soon as they are submitted?Some people even pretended to be edicts?What did you say?

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the cabinet has gained power, why do we use words and officials to attack us workers?

This is not fair!

Zhu Si asked in a cold voice: "If there is a memorial, all go to the Secretary of the General Administration. Why do you want to play it in the court hall? What do you think of such a memorial that has not been passed by Guan Bai? How do you approve it? Send it back!"

Wang Xuanxi didn't expect that Yang Ting intended to attack Li Na and Yang Tan, and now the new emperor would defend Li Na?Could it be that the new emperor and the chief assistant did not reach a consensus on this matter?Or is it that the new emperor is not coerced by the chief minister?
At this time, many people felt that the current new emperor was more like a puppet, and did not see that he had the intention of competing with the ministers, so that there was a deviation in judging the situation.

Zhu Sidao: "Li Shangshu deserves great credit, but I have heard that Zhao Huang, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, has made great achievements in river management. Since Li Shangshu intends to return to the land, it is better to let him go and replace him with Zhao Huang... I don't know, gentlemen. What's your opinion?"

The people present were momentarily stunned.

The process of court promotion should be that after the minister’s official announcement is approved, the minister will go to the emperor to thank the emperor and ask for his resignation. After the person leaves, he will be selected by the Ministry of officials or the cabinet. Generally, there are two or three candidates to choose from. who is more suitable.

But now the emperor directly proposes candidates, and only one is mentioned, and the cabinet ministers and officials are not allowed to speak...

Not suitable!
But it can also be said, who let Wang Qiong go to prison now, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is vacant?
Yang Tinghe didn't think much when he heard that Zhao Huang was the candidate. He didn't think that Zhao Huang would have any connection with the new emperor. On the contrary, Zhao Huang's ability was worthy of recognition. On a business trip.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties, the two positions of the right servant of the household department and the right servant of the Ministry of industry were quite special.

The right servant of the household department usually takes part-time job to manage the military pay of the Xuanfu, while the right servant of the Ministry of industry is generally sent to control the river, and the affairs of the ministry are generally managed by the two left servants.

Therefore, in the eyes of Chao Zhongchen, Zhao Huang belongs to the representative of the "practical school", but has little office experience, so directly promoting him to be Minister of the Ministry of Industry is suspected of leapfrogging, so it is better to let him experience as a left servant for a few years.

Historically, Zhao Huang was promoted to Zuo Shilang in the [-]th year of Zhengde, and was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the first year of Jiajing in the following year. In the sixth year of Jiajing, he begged the old man to return to the land, but the emperor tried his best to keep him.

But now that the emperor proposed this proposal, Yang Tinghe knew that the focus today was to determine the two key positions of Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of the Ministry of War, and there was really no need to argue too much about the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

In Yang Tinghe's view, it is completely acceptable for Li Na to go down and Zhao Huang to come up.

"My minister agrees."

It was Liang Chu, the second assistant of the cabinet, who came out and echoed Zhu Si's proposal.

Yang Tinghe didn't express anything, many ministers saw this and stood up to tell Zhao Huang's various good things, as if Zhao Huang was the best candidate for Minister of Industry after being selected by the reasonable court.

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Li Nai's official appointment was first decided, which was a temporary flexibility made by the emperor after being impeached by Wang Xuanxi. At the same time, he even selected the new minister of the Ministry of Industry, which the emperor and civil servants felt very suitable.

The next step is to discuss the crimes of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian.

Zhu Sidao: "These two people are closely related to the middle officials, and now they have to pursue their crimes. In addition, the crimes of Lu Wan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, have not been determined last year. The Ministry of Punishments will conduct an investigation together. It cannot be delayed for a long time. How to punish the crimes can wait for their crimes." Let's talk after we find out. I don't want the second part to be vacant, so please give me a candidate."

The meaning of the emperor is obvious.

The court discussed the crimes of Wang Qiong and Wang Xian. I know that they are guilty. You don't have to make trouble as soon as you come up.

You can wait for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate first. I don't plan to let Dongchang and Jin Yiwei take over. Let the Ministry of Criminal Justice investigate first. Isn't this the result you civil servants most want to see?

I will ask you now, who will be the two ministers?

Because Zhu Si had listened to Zhu Hao's opinion and knew that he had no right to speak in the selection of the two ministers of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, so he had no intention of fighting from the beginning, knowing that no matter how hard he fought, he would not be able to compete with Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe would listen to his opinions on the selection of Minister of Industry, not because of his emperor's face, but because of Zhao Huang's ability and his political stance that he was not from the new emperor's faction.

Right now, Yang Tinghe's power is rising, especially Wang Qiong and Wang Xian's imprisonment, all of which are the direct consequences of the factional struggle led by Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Si let the courtiers feel his toughness, but he couldn't tear himself apart with Yang Ting and Ming Ming, which required high speaking skills.

Ting pushed the results.

Shi Pang, the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Imperial Academy, received the support of Yang Tinghe and other civil servants, and used him to temporarily act as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

As for the Minister of the Ministry of War, it naturally fell on Peng Ze, who had a serious political dispute with Wang Qiong before.

Not surprisingly, they are all Yang Tinghe's people.

Seeing that the emperor agreed with his opinion, Yang Tinghe felt that the new emperor was very sensible. Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Si suddenly looked at Yang Tan, Shangshu of the Household Department, and said, "Shangshu Yang also begged his old man to return to the field. I always pay attention to a bowl of water. I want a famous Confucian who I met in Anlu and Sun Jiaosun who used to be a minister to preside over the errand, I wonder if you have any opinions?"

Such a sudden sentence is equivalent to agreeing to Yang Tan's resignation and proposing a new candidate for the Minister of the Household Department.

Yang Tinghe suddenly fell into a passive state.

Mainly in the past few years, the Ministry of Household Affairs has not been within his control.

Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao looks like a fool, but he is a smart man. The household department and the military department have been firmly in control of the six departments. It is also because he knows that he is fighting and needs the support of these two departments. The household department minister Yang Tan nominally went with the minister He was close, but he didn't do anything outrageous.

The emperor suddenly proposed that Sun Jiao, a veteran who had been idle for a long time, be the secretary of the household department. To a certain extent, Sun Jiao's prestige was sufficient.

And even if Sun Jiao was from Anlu, he might not have a close relationship with the new emperor after returning to the court.

Yang Tinghe feels that this discussion is not a bad idea.