Wei Wuhou

Chapter 792 The Weird Court Situation
On April [-]th of the fourth year of Marquis Wei, Wei Wuji held a grand meeting.

The last court meeting was to accept the state of Song, and the purpose of this court meeting is to appoint the county officials of Song County.

As in the past, the officials were still those officials. After entering the Wei Palace early, they began to wait for the court. When the time came, only the servants notified them to go to the court.

Everything is in order, but there is one more person in the court today, and this is Song Xiang, the original king of the Song Dynasty.

This is a court meeting to discuss the officials of the Song Dynasty. Since Song Xiang has chosen to be a Wei minister, Wei Wuji naturally wants to give the other party some face and let Song Xiang attend the court meeting.

The officials stood according to their ranks, and Wei Wuji also appeared in the hall afterward, and when he was seated, there was a mountain cry in the hall.

"I will pay my respects to your majesty!" All the ministers bowed.

Wei Wuji's face was dark. He knew that the officials of Wu'an had been more active these days because of the matter of the governor of Song County.

"Today's promotion to the imperial court is only for one thing, which is to decide on the candidates for the officials of the Song Dynasty!" Wei Wuji said in a deep voice.

In the main hall, all the officials listened to Wei Wuji's instructions honestly, and Song Xiang did the same.

"Song Qing..."

When Wei Wuji called Song Xiang, he thought he had heard it wrong, but when all the officials turned their eyes to him, he hurriedly stepped out of court.

"The minister is here!" Song Xiang replied.

Wei Wuji said: "The widow will implement the system of prefectures and counties in Song County, what do you think!"

Wei Wuji asked this question before, Song Xiang didn't expect to hear this question again, so he quickly replied: "Your Majesty is a wise man!"

Wei Wuji nodded, then looked at Guo Liangdong and said, "Prime Minister, I have asked you to clean up the capable county officials, do you have any results?"

Guo Liangdong slowly stepped out of the court, then took out a booklet from his arms, presented it respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty, ministers and other selected people are all doing this, and I invite you to be judged!"

After receiving the brochure from Yu Zhong, Wei Wuji looked at it casually, and then said: "Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Guo Liangdong bent his waist even more, and then said: "This minister is also responsible!"

In fact, Guo Liangdong was also relieved at this time, he had finally completed his errand, so he didn't have to worry about not satisfying the monarch's appetite.

Wei Wuji put the brochure aside, and then said to the ministers: "The position of county official is selected by the prime minister and others. Song County is still short of county guards, and all princes can recommend themselves. I will choose a virtuous person to take up the post!"

However, something strange happened to Wei Wuji.

Although a small number of courtiers showed joy, most of them did not change their faces, as if Wei Wuji said that the position of Sheriff was like nothing else.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Wei Wuji opened his mouth and said: "Everyone can recommend themselves. Others can stand up for someone if they think they are virtuous, and they can also speak out against them if they think someone is not talented!"

After saying this, the courtiers still looked the same as before, which really made Wei Wuji a little confused.

After a while, someone stood up from somewhere in the court and said: "Your Majesty, Shi Wanshen, the Minister and Prime Minister's governor, recommends himself to be the governor of Song County!"

The prime minister's chief, Shi, can be said to be the highest-ranking person in the court, except for the three princes and nine ministers. Wan Shenyan said that standing up and recommending himself will put pressure on all those who are interested in the position of county guard.

Wei Wuji then asked the group, "Masters, do you have supporters or opponents?"

An embarrassing scene appeared. As the most respected person under the Jiuqing, only five officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood up to support Wan Shenyan.

Is five people too many?Excluding the Sangong and Jiuqing, there are 120 seven other ministers here, but only five of them stood up to support Wan Shenyan.

Although Wei Wuji felt that there were fewer people, he couldn't stand up and canvass for Wan Shenyan, even though he felt that Wan Shenyan's appointment as Song County Magistrate was not bad.

After a while, Wei Wuji asked, "Is there anyone else who recommends himself for the post of Sheriff?"

Only then did someone stand up again, but this supporter was even more miserable. There were only three people, and one person stood up to oppose it.

Wei Wuji's face darkened, he could sense something was wrong, but he couldn't grasp the crux of the problem.

So he could only let the court continue, and after that, only five people recommended themselves for the position of county guard.

Comparing this with the situation two years ago, it was really a sky and an earth. Back then, the court was full of fights.

Even this time, Wei Wuji also received the wind, and the courtiers kept running around, why there was no sound in the court hall?

Wei Wuji was puzzled!
At this time, Cao Jun, who was standing behind the court, saw this situation and felt that his chance had come.

Under Cao Yun's persuasion, although Cao Jun felt unconvinced, he also looked down on the matter of serving as the sheriff.

But what happened in the hall just now rekindled his hope!

Even Wan Shenyan had only a little support. He wondered why Cao Jun couldn't stand up and give it a try, even if it was to show his face.

After taking a deep breath, Cao Jun stepped out of the courtroom, paid a deep obeisance to Wei Wuji who was on the throne, and then said, "Shi Cao Jun, the chief of the court and Wei's mansion, recommends himself to be the governor of Song County!"

This was Cao Jun's first speech at the court meeting, so he was very nervous, and his voice trembled a little.

Cao Jun stood up, and Wei Wuji was also surprised. He didn't understand why Cao Jun thought he could be the county guard.

To be honest, Cao Jun is the captain of the court, and Wei Wuji feels that Cao Jun is not that competent.

But Wei Wuji continued to do business as usual, and asked the officials: "Masters, do you have any supporters or opponents?"

At this time, something that really surprised Wei Wuji happened. A total of eleven ministers stood up and expressed their support for Cao Jun.

Not only Wei Wuji, but even Cao Jun himself was surprised by this.

Not only that, under Wei Wuji's observation, he found that quite a few courtiers in the palace were surprised that Cao Jun received such a big support.

Originally, Wei Wuji thought that these people would stand up and oppose, after all, Cao Jun was far from the position of sheriff.

However, in the end, no one stood up to oppose it, and Cao Jun became the one with the highest support rate among the courtiers.

At this time, Song Xiang also had some feelings for Wei Ting's treacherous Bo Yun. It is difficult for this kind of incomprehensible court situation to appear in the court of Song Dynasty.

Since he couldn't understand, Song Xiang could only keep his mouth shut and watch obediently, he would never say a word at this time.

Song Xiang could feel that this would be another game in the Wei court, and then he looked at the three important ministers in front of him.

Before coming to Wei State, Song Xiang had learned about the Wei State Chaotang, coupled with the hard work he had done in the past few days after entering Wei State, he knew that the Wei State Chaotang is now divided into three groups.

Although these people are equally loyal to the monarch, there are also struggles among the three groups.

When Song Xiang was thinking that those two groups were fighting, Wei Wuji, who was on the throne, was also thinking about this.

But he was even more aware that Cao Jun did not belong to these three groups, and this made things even more weird.

What made Wei Wuji even more upset was that he himself sometimes couldn't see the court situation clearly, which was something he had never done since he succeeded to the throne.

From this, he also understood that after the end of the simple factional disputes of the poor families of the family, the factional disputes in Wei's country had evolved to a higher level, and they were no longer as simple and straightforward as they used to be.

And this is precisely a test of the political level and wisdom of those in power.

After waving his hand to make Cao Jun retreat, Wei Wuji asked the courtiers again, but none of them wanted to recommend himself, but none of the courtiers responded.

After arriving here, according to the rules of Yi County Sheriff before, Cao Jun should become Song County Sheriff!
But Wei Wuji did not directly appoint him. Under the expectant eyes of the courtiers, Wei Wuji directly announced the end of the court meeting.

As for the ownership of the county guard that everyone is concerned about, Wei Wuji told the officials that he would announce the candidate at a certain date.

The court meeting was over, but after Cao Jun walked down the steps of the main hall, he was in a daze, and at the same time seemed a little disappointed.

He is already the one with the highest supporters, why didn't the monarch declare himself as the sheriff?Cao Jun roared in his heart.

And beside Cao Jun, when Wan Shenyan passed by, he didn't show any kindness to the junior, and left with a cold snort.

Cao Jun also recovered at this time, and snorted coldly at Wan Shenyan's back, he didn't think he was any worse than that old guy.

At this moment, a servant came to Cao Jun, bowed to Cao Jun and said, "Cao Jun, you have a call, please hurry up and see Cao Jun!"

(End of this chapter)