Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 271 The Official Earthquake (2)

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, there was a deathly silence in the Wenhua Palace, but everyone present showed different expressions and even gave birth to different emotions.

Han Yu's body paused slightly, and when he raised his head, a little astonishment appeared between his brows.

Wang Qia, Xu Guangqi, Wang Zaijin, and Huang Liji had serious expressions on their faces, but they didn't show a look of astonishment. Obviously, they had guessed it before.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren tried their best to control their excitement, and tried not to call out their emotions, which was too obvious.

As for Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, and Qian Xiangkun, they showed a bit of worry.

As the highest place in the Ming Dynasty's political arena, the cabinet is definitely the place where countless civil servants of the Ming Dynasty aspire. How many people have worked hard to squeeze into the cabinet.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty has a relatively special officialdom system. If you want to step into the cabinet, before the emperor of the Ming Dynasty makes it clear, you need to select the corresponding candidates through the court with the participation of the ministers of the court, and then submit them to the imperial court through the cabinet.

However, this unspoken rule of tacit approval has induced the formation of party struggles.

In order to be able to enter the cabinet and hold more power, it can be said that any means will appear.

Another system of the Guochao, the Jingcha, was originally intended to eliminate the lazy, amicable, mediocre officials who did not do practical things, corrupt officials who used power for personal gain, and old and frail officials in Beijing. Officials who were unable to handle government affairs retired, but in the end they became existences that exacerbated party disputes.

If the atmosphere is broken, no matter how good the system is, it will be useless.

For Emperor Chongzhen, he wanted the cabinet he belonged to to be able to check and balance and supervise each other.

So in the current chaotic situation, one must know how to take advantage of the situation, in the name of stabilizing the court, and directly remove the cabinet ministers he belongs to, instead of carrying out the so-called court promotion.

"As for the candidates for promotion to the cabinet, I have already selected them, and the central purpose has been drawn up. Please take a look at your cabinet and the military aircraft department."

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, glanced at the crowd with different expressions, and said calmly: "Don't emphasize anything to me, without the court's recommendation, this cabinet cannot easily add ministers, otherwise it will definitely make the court even more chaotic.

I call you over here.The purpose of adding cabinet ministers to the cabinet is to stabilize the chaotic court situation. If you can't even do this well, what use is there for you! ? "

When they heard that the emperor had drawn up a decree to promote a group of cabinet ministers, everyone was surprised. After hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, they all showed complicated expressions.

The emperor has already drawn up new cabinet ministers?
After promulgating the central decree, isn't the emperor afraid of the Six Divisions exercising the right to block and refute?
If this matter spreads to the court, I'm afraid the disturbance will not be small.

Will I be included in the list of newly added cabinet ministers?

If it is really denied, that day...

While everyone was pondering secretly, Wang Chengen held the Zhongzhi in his hand and walked towards Han Yu, which caused the eyes of the group to focus on Han Yu.

Seeing that Han Yu was hesitant, he took the imperial decree with both hands, and Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Han Qing, you, the chief minister of the cabinet, let's have a look first."

Han Yu, who heard this, couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief. The emperor didn't depose him, but asked him to continue serving as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

But for others, some emotions are complicated.

Han Yu, the chief minister of the cabinet, has not been deposed by the emperor, so even if they can really be promoted to the cabinet, the highest is the second minister.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, said:..."

The moment Han Yu opened the Zhongzhi, all the people standing around subconsciously looked at it, and then saw the content on the Zhongzhi, then the situation was different.

Nine cabinet ministers! ?
Son of Heaven, what kind of trouble is this!

Why would there be no me! ?
How did I get into the cabinet and still act as an agent for warehouse affairs?
The cabinet ministers headed by Han Yu, and the ministers of the military aircraft department headed by Wang Qia were all secretly shocked, and had different ideas about the newly defined cabinet team.

Emperor Chongzhen looked calm, put down the teacup in his hand, apparently not surprised by the reaction of the crowd, one master, one time, seven groups of assistants, this is very rare in Daming.

If there are too many ministers in the cabinet, there will be disagreements, and there will be turmoil accordingly. But in the current rotten Ming Dynasty, the choice of Emperor Chongzhen was carefully considered.

The first assistant is Han Yu, the second assistant is Wen Tiren, and the group assistants include Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun, Cheng Jiming, and Wu Zongda.

In this new cabinet team, there are three people from the Donglin Party and six people from the other factions. Some are pragmatic and some are pragmatic. The general direction of the cabinet in the future will move towards the trajectory preset by Emperor Chongzhen.

"Han Qing, the Yuan case that was settled earlier involved many people in the court, and some ministers of Yuanbu Temple were also arrested."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, met all the people watching, and walked towards Han Yu: "Now there is another collusion case in Xuanfu Town, and it has not been fully investigated yet.

Since Zhen Yuji proclaimed himself emperor, he has not encountered such a situation.

Many problems have been exposed in the country, which has caused the current situation in the court to be uncertain, and even the people are panicked, and everyone is in danger. I feel very sad in my heart.

Right now, the Jianlu Eight Banners are raging in Liaodong, the bandits are raging in Shaanxi and other places, and there are frequent disasters in various places under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Now I really don't want to see the chaos in the court continue like this.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Daming Hughes, you should share my worries a lot, as well as you cabinet ministers and military aircraft department ministers, the same is true.

The decree issued by me should be issued by the cabinet. At this time tomorrow, I will come to the Wenhua Palace to discuss the government affairs of the DPRK and China with the cabinet! "

The unquestionable tone made Han Yu more pressured. The emperor obviously threw the thunder into his own hands. If it is done well, everything will be safe.

If it is not done well, the situation may become serious.

I didn't hear what the emperor said just now, if the cabinet matter is uncertain, then the Yuan case and the collaborating with the enemy case, the underlying meaning is to continue to discuss it.

Thinking of this, Han Yu felt his scalp go numb, and he cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best to handle this matter well!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Han Yu's attitude.

With Han Yu, the chief assistant who is resistant to pressure and has some hard work, standing in front of me and helping me share the pressure of the court, this really saves a lot of trouble.

In the previous cabinet, there were three members of the Donglin Party, but Qian Longxi was killed, and Li Biao, who 'resigned', was eventually arrested.

In the current cabinet, the number of Donglin Party members has increased to three. I hope that the ministers in the court, especially some officials and censors on Kedao's side, and those who like to gain fame and reputation, will not know how to praise each other!
(End of this chapter)