marquis of jingan

Chapter 263
As soon as Yang Xiang said these words, all the eyes of the entire court were focused on the Zhongshu Xianggong, including the other prime ministers of Zhongshu, who also looked at Yang Jingzong in unison.

In the later period of the late emperor, that is, after losing the battle, because of his low will, he was not willing to ask about the affairs of the court, and most of the affairs were left to several prime ministers of Zhongshu. Since then, Yang Jingzong has been He is presiding over the government.

Counting the time, by the seventh year of Hongde this year, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu has been in charge of the country for more than ten years.

But now, this situation is likely to change!

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Yang Jingzong below, his gaze changed slightly, but there was no expression on his face, he just said lightly: "What's the matter, Prime Minister Yang, but it's okay to say."

Yang Jingzong took out the memorial from his sleeve, held it in both hands, bowed his head respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, last spring, the old minister wrote a letter to beg for the bones to return to his hometown, but His Majesty missed the past and didn't give permission, so the old minister reluctantly returned to the court. Served as an officer for a year..."

The old man Yang sighed, and his tone was quite sad: "The old minister is getting old. In the past year, the old minister has often blurred his eyes and lost his mind. He is also muddled in Zhongshu, but he is barely getting by, and the corpse is just a vegetarian meal..."

He knelt down tremblingly, touched his head to the ground, and made a big salute almost to the ground: "Old minister... I implore Your Majesty to remember the old minister's old age, and allow the old minister to beg for the bones to return home..."

Seeing Yang Jingzong kneel down, the little emperor also panicked.

After all, since he became emperor at the age of ten, it was Old Man Yang who was in charge of the court. His feelings for Old Man Yang can be said to be love-hate. Seeing him like this, the little emperor frowned and sighed: "Gao Ming, go and help old Xiangguo up, and move a chair for old Xiangguo."

Eunuch Gao quickly responded, and walked under the palace himself, helped old man Yang up, and then asked someone to move a chair for old man Yang to sit down.

The Son of Heaven on the throne was silent for a while, then looked at the civil and military officials below, and said silently: "Your Excellencies, since last year, Prime Minister Yang has written several times to report his old age. This year, the old matter is brought up again. What do you think?"

As soon as the little emperor finished speaking, the prime minister Zhang Jing, who was in the first row of civil servants on the left, left his shift silently. The old man first glanced at Yang Jingzong, then quickly glanced at the emperor, then held the court wat in his hand, bowed his head respectfully : "Your Majesty, the old minister is only one year younger than Xiang Yang, and his body is even worse than Xiang Yang. This year in the Zhongshu Province, he also felt that he would eat a vegetarian meal in his corpse. He is ashamed of the heavy responsibility to His Majesty and the Zhongshu."

"I... also ask to beg for bones..."

Among the five prime ministers in Zhongshu, two of them resigned at once.

Although this incident has already spread in Jiankang City, everyone will inevitably feel shocked when it comes to an end.

Everyone in the Deqing Palace was silent, and a needle could be heard.

The little emperor glanced at the two prime ministers who were about to resign, and after a long silence, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "You two prime ministers, are you unwilling to help me for a few more years?"

The two old men looked at each other and sighed in unison.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have to do something, but they really can't..."

Forcing Yang Jingzong to retire was originally the little emperor's political purpose, but such a thing as forcing the old Xiangguo to retreat must be manageable on the scene, and it must not make people think that he, the emperor, is mean and ungrateful.

Therefore, there was the scene sentence just now.

As for Zhang Jing...

If the Zhongshu Province does not have Yang Jingzong, Zhang Jing will become the "Prime Minister" in the Zhongshu Province, and the power in the court will not be well balanced at that time. Therefore, for the emperor, it is the best for the two prime ministers to resign together. good result.

Although it was a little sudden, the little emperor was still a little excited.

He sat on the dragon chair, pretending to be reluctant to leave, and after talking to the two prime ministers for a long time, he sighed and said: "Since the two prime ministers insist on retiring, I can't force the two prime ministers anymore." ,but…"

The little emperor glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "However, the two prime ministers have been in Zhongshu for many years and have rich experience in political affairs. According to my opinion, after you resign, you should not rush back to your hometown and live in the capital for a few more years. In this way, if there is anything I don’t understand, I can still ask the two ministers about it.”

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the two prime ministers and said with a smile, "What do you two think?"

There are many advantages to keeping the two old men in the capital. One of them is that they can be used as consultants. If something difficult to solve happens, the two old guys can be invited to the palace as tools. people.

The more important reason was that the little emperor was worried that these two old guys were too far away from him.

These two old fellows hold a huge amount of political resources. If they are not in Jiankang and return to their hometown, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The little emperor will not know what they want to do.

And if they stay in Jiankang, then the inner guards all over Jiankang can take good care of them for the emperor.

You don't need to look at it for a lifetime, but look at it for two, three, three, five years, and the two old guys will almost "walk away".

Generally, as long as it is not in its position, the speed of tea cooling is very fast.

Of course, this kind of method is only needed by the young emperor who has just taken charge of the government. The emperor who is in the prime of life and in his prime does not need to be afraid of two prime ministers.

After hearing the emperor's words, the two old men naturally did not dare to refuse, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to His Majesty the emperor to thank him.

After dealing with the matter of the two old men, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the remaining three prime ministers of the Zhongshu Province, and then slowly said: "Today, two prime ministers resigned in Dachen, but the position of the Zhongshu Province is not good. It’s the sixteenth and twenty-first day of the first month, the six ministries and nine ministers, and all officials from the third rank and above, enter the palace to discuss matters, and the court will propose a new prime minister candidate and send it to me.”

He said slowly: "Do you have any objections?"

The resignation of the two veteran prime ministers means that the next little emperor will officially take over the imperial court and become a veritable son of heaven who promises everything he promises.

At this time, naturally no one would sing against him.

Civil and military officials knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor, saying that His Majesty is wise.

His majesty the wise emperor didn't pay attention to these flattery sounds, or he was already immune to hearing them. He waved his hand and signaled all the officials to flatten, and then he also stood up from the dragon chair, and said lazily: "Okay!" Alright, if you don't have anything important to do, the court meeting will be here today."

He looked at the other three prime ministers who had read Zhongshu, and said with a smile: "Recently, the three prime ministers have worked harder."

The qualifications of the three prime ministers are not deep, or they are all prime ministers who worshiped Hong De, especially one of the prime ministers, who just joined the Zhongshu Province after the emperor's prime minister Cui Yu last year, all three of them bowed their heads quickly, The sound is neat.

"The matter of the minister..."

"Ah."

The emperor walked down the hall with his hands behind his back, "That's all for today, let's all go away."

After all, His Majesty the Emperor left.

As soon as the emperor left, the Deqing Palace exploded instantly.

Many civil and military ministers gathered in front of the two resigned prime ministers, sighing.

Some people left a few bitter tears, clamoring to advance and retreat with Enxiang.

It's all about scenes, after all, it doesn't cost money to shed a few tears.

Old man Yang sat on the imperial chair, looked around everyone, his face was surprisingly calm.

"Okay, everyone."

"There is no one in this world who can't live without someone."

Yang Xiang was in a very good mood, and even smiled. He looked at Zhang Jing and said with a chuckle: "Without us two old fellows, the court is still the court..."

"It won't collapse."

(End of this chapter)