long live the queen

Chapter 86

On this day, the cabinet came to the meeting room as in the past few days, and when they were thinking sadly about how to bring Yang Yi back, a high-pitched voice suddenly shouted from outside: "The imperial concubine is here!"

The members of the cabinet headed by Mao Yirong looked at each other, wondering what Wei Yunqing's intention was coming here at this moment?She came here on behalf of the emperor before, could it be that the emperor asked her to come instead this time?
Although Mao Yirong didn't like Wei Yunqing, if this would allow the emperor to make a decision on their disputed matters, he would reluctantly accept it.

The servant opened the door, and Wei Yunqing, who was dressed in a moon-white uniform, entered indifferently.

"My lords, we meet again." Wei Yunqing looked at the cabinet ministers generously, with a decent smile on the corner of his mouth.

"The humble ministers see the empress." Several cabinet ministers saluted one after another.However, under their calm faces, there were doubts hidden.

In the past, even if she was present, she always hid behind the curtain and kept a distance from them. If she didn't speak, no one would notice her existence.But this time, not only did she not come ahead of time to install the curtain and hide behind, she even met them so openly, which made them feel uncomfortable.

The person in front of her is, after all, one of His Majesty's harem, and she is his favorite woman. If they don't avoid suspicion like this, they will probably come to the truth.

Wei Yunqing didn't hide behind the curtain like in the past, it was just a way of expressing his attitude, and naturally he didn't care what the adults in front of him thought.

As if seeing their unease, Wei Yunqing smiled and said: "Masters, you don't need to be cautious, just pretend that this palace doesn't exist, just like before."

Wei Yunqing's words really had some effect. Several cabinet ministers looked at each other and really regarded her as air.However, they soon discovered that the facts were not what they thought.

At first, everything was normal. The cabinet ministers were discussing the question of whether the frontier generals would go or stay, and the supply of food and grass. Some of them were unresolved. Wei Yunqing wrote it down first, saying that it would be sent to the emperor.

Afterwards, the scope of affairs discussed by the cabinet ministers became larger. Mao Yirong took out the memorial and circulated it to the ministers. After everyone had read it, the memorial was in Wei Yunqing's hands. She generally had no difficulty in recognizing traditional characters. , but there are a lot of quotations in this article, and it took her a lot of effort to read it. At this time, the discussions among the cabinet ministers were already in full swing—they didn’t regard her as one of the discussants, so naturally they wouldn’t wait. She also read the memorial.

This memorial was sent by the Ministry of Officials. Because several veterans had returned to their hometowns recently, the Ministry of Officials proposed a few people to fill the vacancies. Other positions were easy to talk about.The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six ministries, which is in charge of the selection of officials, and the ranks, promotions, and transfers of officials in charge of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry are the oil and water departments in the oil and water.The actual person in charge of the Wenxuan Department is a doctor, a fifth rank, not high in rank, but powerful.This time, there are three people promoted by the Ministry of Officials, all of whom are officials from the other three subordinates of the Ministry of Officials, and the final list will be decided by the emperor—now that the emperor does not care, the cabinet will decide on his behalf, and finally it will be handed over to the emperor for approval.

Several adults in the cabinet were noisily supporting different candidates. Wei Yunqing listened carefully for a while, and found that one of the three had no supporters, which made her a little curious.Judging from her previous interactions with the cabinet ministers, these adults are not selfless people. The third person has no nomination and support, which shows that he has nothing to do with the cabinet. Of course... this does not mean that the third person is It is suitable to be the doctor of this essay selection department.

This Ministry of Officials is equivalent to the recruiting department for the Daliang court, and all the officials in it are HR. If there is no eye on the candidates, it will be a far-reaching disaster for Daliang after a long time.

While the cabinet ministers were still quarreling, Wei Yunqing asked Cao Jun beside him in a low voice: "Do you know the three people on this list, Eunuch Cao?"

Cao Jun had been listening to her for a long time, and when she heard her question, he laughed in a low voice and said, "Mrs. Hui, these three slaves happened to have heard some anecdotes. The daughter of Yu Gongyan, the doctor of the company, married the grandson of Lord Mao Yirong's family. It is very proud to say that Mr. Yu lives with Mr. Mao's in-laws on weekdays! And the son of Mr. An Bangan and Mr. Jin Yan, the inspector of seals, is a close friend, and he is well-known in this capital city. He is a fun-loving person. There is also Wang Mian, the head of the Ji Xun Division. He usually looks indifferent, but his daughter is married to the son of the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River! The ostentation at the wedding is really enviable to others , but some people envy it, and some people disdain it. After all, no matter how rich the richest man is, he is just a commoner. Many people say that Wang Mian is taking advantage of the money, which is very shameful to him!"

Wei Yunqing listened carefully, and praised casually: "Eunuch Cao, you know a lot."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Cao Jun said with a smile, "The servant is also sharing the worries for the mother!"

Wei Yunqing smiled, turned his head to look at the cabinet ministers, seized a moment when they were noisy, and interjected: "Several adults are arguing and arguing, but there is no result, why don't these three adults come over, everyone It's better to see and assess in person than to make a fuss out of thin air."

Several cabinet ministers never thought that Wei Yunqing would make such a suggestion when they were arguing most intensely, and they all looked over in puzzlement, while Mao Yirong said directly: "Go back to your mother, these three low-ranking ministers usually I have been in contact with them here, I am afraid that the ministers have already understood how they behave, and there is no need for them to come again."

What Mao Yirong said made sense, and of course Wei Yunqing also understood that she proposed to call the three of them here because she wanted to see them with her own eyes.

Wei Yunqing nodded, and turned to Cao Jun curiously: "Eunuch Cao, I remember that there is a rule in Daliang Law that officials are not allowed to form cliques in private, right?"

"My lady, you remember it right, and your slaves remember it too!" Cao Jun immediately replied, his voice was ups and downs, and the courtiers present had goosebumps all over their bodies.

Wei Yunqing turned his head to look at the cabinet ministers who seemed to have realized something, and suddenly sneered, "Your lords actually secretly formed a party without telling the emperor, what should they do?!"

Mao Yirong narrowed his eyes slightly, but replied forcefully: "Your Majesty, don't slander the ministers and others. The ministers will remember the teachings of Emperor Gao and the present, and they will never dare to do such a serious thing!"

"Just now, you said it yourself. You said you knew the candidates quite well. I'm surprised. If you don't have any cliques, and Mr. Mao, you belong to the Ministry of Rites, and you are separated from the officials under the four ministries of the Ministry of Officials. Why does the entire yamen know them better than the officials?" Wei Yunqing replied not to be outdone, "It seems that this matter should be reported to the emperor to let him know that someone doesn't take him seriously, and he must investigate carefully. Find out what's going on!"

Mao Yirong was sweating on his forehead, and his eyes briefly met Jin Yan beside him, and then he separated, only to hear him say loudly: "Go back to your mother, what I said to understand is just what I heard on weekdays."

"Oh? What about the other adults?" Wei Yunqing glanced at the others as he spoke.

Several cabinet ministers were silent for a moment, and then replied one after another: "The ministers and others have also heard about it."

How else can I say that?They are not afraid of Wei Yunqing, but the little emperor behind her.The emperor kept his promise, if he really thought that they formed a party for personal gain and wanted to deal with them, it would be difficult for them to stand up.That imperial prison...they don't want to go in.

Wei Yunqing withdrew his gaze in satisfaction, pretending to be stupefied: "So that's the case, then I misunderstood the adults. It's just that I can't believe all the rumors. The adults are watching, do you want to meet the three of them?"

Mao Yirong held his breath and said, "I think I should see you."

The rest of the cabinet ministers also expressed their opinions one after another, so the matter was settled like this.He sent a servant to pass the news, and asked the three candidates to come over immediately. At the same time, he sent someone to the Ministry of Officials to transfer the complete personnel files of the three.During the waiting time, the cabinet ministers continued to discuss matters.

Wei Yunqing drew half his attention, took a pen and paper and wrote something.Cao Jun watched from the side with doubts on his face.After a while, Wei Yunqing dried the ink of the last word, then turned his head and whispered to Cao Jun.Cao Jun nodded as he listened, and after a long time, interest appeared in his eyes, and he just found it interesting.He took what Wei Yunqing had written and quietly left the meeting room.

The cabinet ministers naturally saw the weird behavior of these two people, but in their view, as long as Wei Yunqing and the two don't disturb their discussion, it has nothing to do with them, so they didn't take it to heart.What they are worried about now is that after the three people come, there may be another argument, and they don't know if there will be a result.

After a while, Cao Jun came back and told Wei Yunqing in a low voice that the matter had been settled.On the other side, the cabinet discussion came to an end, and the three adults also came one after another.However, how to assess the person after calling him made it difficult for several cabinet ministers.The three candidates naturally have their resumes on file. If only comparing the past experiences of the three, it would be meaningless to ask people to come to the assessment.And if the candidates were really determined by their past experience, they wouldn't be noisy until now.

At this time, Wei Yunqing seemed to see the embarrassment of the cabinet, and suggested with a smile: "Since the department of Wenxuan is in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials, as the head of the department of Wenxuan, you must have the ability to judge candidates, otherwise it will It's a vegetarian meal for a corpse, a waste of the salary from the court. In this case, I would like to ask the three adults to choose someone for me first. There are a few palace people outside the door at the moment, all of whom belong to Yanxi Palace, and this palace is not good at judging people , just ask the three adults to help me choose one who can take care of my account and share my worries!"

Wei Yunqing's move was naturally a simulated recruitment.She gave the three adults a practical problem to see if they could solve the optimal solution smoothly, so as to judge their talent selection ability.She had ordered Cao Jun to make preliminary preparations before, and brought all the palace servants of Yanxi Palace here, and waited outside the door, waiting for the call from inside.Although it is said that the selection of a palace accountant is not at the same level as the selection of an official of the Liang court, but you can always see some clues from the small to the big.

However, Wei Yunqing's proposal was completely unreasonable in the eyes of the cabinet ministers, and Mao Yirong snorted coldly, "This is simply nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)