Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Three. The Position of the Elder (3).
Although Huang Yourong had lost his use value, Emperor Deqing did not intend to let him leave the temple easily and return to his hometown.
Zhao Junchen could probably guess what Emperor Deqing was thinking.
In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, he was the emperor and the master of the Ming Dynasty. Everything in the world belonged to him, and the officials herding people on behalf of the emperor were equivalent to being servants under him, just helping him deal with it.
It’s just chores. Among them, corrupt officials are servants with dirty hands and feet, and clean servants are servants who don’t know how to look.
And Huang Yourong is naturally a dirty servant. Now he wants to retire and return home, resigning, but he has stolen the master's property privately over the years, and he must return it to the original owner before leaving!
At the beginning, in order to be able to retire smoothly and return to his hometown, Wen Guanliang "donated" most of the money he had embezzled in his life to internal funds, totaling up to nine million taels of silver. Then Emperor Deqing allowed Wen Guanliang to leave the temple, without
Investigate him for all his crimes.
Huang Yourong is not as greedy for money as Wen Guanliang, and his family wealth is naturally not as amazing as Wen Guanliang's, but he still has three to five million taels of silver. In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, all these silvers are his own, and now he naturally wants to let Huang Yourong take all of them.
Spit it out.
At this time, seeing that Huang Yourong was so ignorant, he just apologized a few words without any expression, and planned to leave the temple. Emperor Deqing naturally would not agree.
However, Huang Yourong was an old minister after all, and now he pitifully wanted to resign and return home, but Emperor Deqing could not openly make things difficult, otherwise it would affect the emperor's image.
Therefore, Emperor Deqing subconsciously found that Zhao Junchen needed to play the villain role.
Seeing Emperor Deqing's eyes on him, Zhao Junchen sighed secretly.
However, Zhao Junchen still did not have the strength to resist Emperor Deqing and needed to continue to endure it, so after a moment of silence, Zhao Junchen came out again and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that Mr. Huang Ge was old. Since
He has made up his mind to resign and return to the countryside, and the court cannot force him, otherwise it will inevitably be suspected of not being considerate of the veteran! Therefore, Your Majesty, you should grant Mr. Huang Ge's request and consider the replacement as soon as possible. "
As he said that, Zhao Junchen raised his head and glanced at Huang Yourong, and then said: "In addition, Mr. Huang Ge has been in the cabinet for many years. He has worked hard and made a lot of achievements. It is a pity that when he is about to take office, he has no beginning and no end, and he has failed in many achievements."
It is a pity that a lifetime of fame has been ruined due to his mistakes."
After saying that, Zhao Junchen shook his head with regret and sighed.
Seeing that Zhao Junchen actually felt sorry for Huang Yourong, all the officials in the Huangji Palace were stunned, and then they all felt that Zhao Junchen's move was just a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be compassionate.
But in fact, Zhao Junchen, the cat, was not only pretending to be compassionate, he even wanted to swallow Huang Yourong, a dead rat, skin and bones!
Although Zhao Junchen did this because there was a tiger behind him that was forcing him.
Under the surprised gazes of all the officials, Zhao Junchen continued: "It is precisely because of this that Mr. Huang Ge has received a lot of criticism these days. Many officials have ignored Mr. Huang Ge's many achievements and only stared at Huang Ge.
He pursued and attacked him for several wrongdoings, as if Mr. Huang was just a stupid and incompetent official, and his reputation was ruined in one fell swoop! But I think this evaluation is really unfair.
To be fair, Mr. Huang Ge has made many achievements throughout his life as an official. Your Majesty, it is impossible for you to appoint a dull and mediocre person to the important position of Mr. Huang. For an old minister like Mr. Huang Ge, it is impossible to work for the court all his life.
It is really unfair to only end up with a ruined reputation. Therefore, I believe that before Mr. Huang Ge officially takes office, the court should let all the officials make their own reports and comment on the merits and demerits of Mr. Huang Ge over the years, so that the world can
Now that I understand the greater merits and demerits of Mr. Huangge, I will take the opportunity to clear up Mr. Huangge’s name and end up in a good way!”
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen's face was filled with kindness, as if he was sincerely thinking about Huang Yourong.
However, after hearing Zhao Junchen's "goodwill gesture", Huang Yourong's expression suddenly changed, and a trace of uncontrollable resentment and panic flashed in his eyes.
At the same time, people like Lin Wei, Zhang Cheng and others suddenly turned their heads and looked at Zhao Junchen fiercely, wishing to eat Zhao Junchen alive!
After all, although Zhao Junchen said something nice, Huang Yourong is now in a situation where everyone is pushing him against him. To sum up Huang Yourong's merits and demerits at this time is actually to encourage all officials in the court to continue to impeach and criticize Huang Yourong. In the end, Huang Yourong only It would be an outcome of "the faults outweigh the merits", and it would even involve many major crimes. At that time, it would be impossible for Huang Yourong to retire and return home without incident.
Therefore, on the surface, Zhao Junchen wanted to clear Huang Yourong's name, but in fact, he wanted to liquidate Huang Yourong!
Seeing that Huang Yourong was clearly planning to leave the temple, Zhao Junchen still did not intend to let him go. He actually planned to torture Huang Yourong to death. How could Huang Yourong, Zhang Cheng, Lin Wei and others not be angry?
On the other side, Shen Changmao also frowned.
Although Huang Yourong has lost his use value, Shen Changmao once promised Huang Yourong that he would protect Huang Yourong from leaving the temple safely. Zhao Junchen's current insidious statement will undoubtedly make Shen Changmao break his trust in Huang Yourong. When the time comes, Lin Wei , the stance of Zhang Cheng and others may change.
At the same time, many officials felt chilled after seeing Zhao Junchen's statement, thinking that Zhao Junchen was narrow-minded and too vengeful.
However, before they could refute Zhao Junchen's point of view, Emperor Deqing said first: "What Zhao Aiqing said is reasonable. Mr. Huang Ge has worked hard and made great achievements. He should indeed be renamed. Let's do it according to Zhao Aiqing's suggestion."
After saying that, Emperor Deqing turned his eyes to Huang Yourong, his expression was also "full of goodwill", and said: "Mr. Huangge, you are an old minister. Since you want to retire and return to your hometown, I will not force you to stay. It's just you." You have been doing your best for me over the past few years, but I cannot let you leave the court amid controversy, so you should stay in the capital for a while. After I receive the memorial from hundreds of officials, I will announce your merits and demerits to the world. After that, I will ask you to retire and return to your hometown, this is also for the sake of clearing your name in future generations."
After hearing Emperor Deqing's decision, Huang Yourong looked dejected, but he also knew that the matter could not be reversed, so he had no choice but to salute Emperor Deqing again, bowed his head and said: "Old minister, I obey the order."
Looking at Huang Yourong's desolate back, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with a hint of envy.
Yes, although Huang Yourong was extremely depressed now, Zhao Junchen was very envious of his situation.
After all, Emperor Deqing didn't really want to punish Huang Yourong, he just wanted Huang Yourong to spit out the wealth he had accumulated over the years.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, in a few days, Huang Yourong will make up his mind and obediently offer most of his family property and savings to Emperor Deqing in exchange for a conclusion that "the merits outweigh the faults" and retire in peace. Returning to his hometown, he was far away from the center of the capital, a place of right and wrong, and away from the calculations and struggles of the officialdom, and became an insignificant rich man.
This ending was certainly extremely bleak for Huang Yourong, but it was the outcome that Zhao Junchen had dreamed of.
If Zhao Junchen only needs to give up most of his family wealth to stay away from the temple and plotting, get rid of Emperor Deqing's positioning of himself, and become an ordinary rich man from now on, then Zhao Junchen will definitely do this.
It's a pity that Emperor Deqing's positioning of Zhao Junchen is completely different from that of Huang Yourong. Huang Yourong was just a servant with unclean hands and feet, while Zhao Junchen still had to take the blame for Emperor Deqing, attract public resentment for Emperor Deqing, and even
He handled some matters for Emperor Deqing that were inconvenient for the world to know, and it was also the poor rooster that Emperor Deqing left to the next emperor to kill chickens and scare monkeys!
Therefore, even if Zhao Junchen offered most of his family wealth, Emperor Deqing would never let Zhao Junchen leave. Zhao Junchen could only continue to fight for it in the officialdom.
What's more, Zhao Junchen's many plans have reached this stage, but they are also involuntarily unable to stop.
In this way, although Huang Yourong lost his position as an old minister, it was a pity that he still could not leave the temple as he wished, and would have to continue to sit on the wax for a while.
However, in today's morning, Huang Yourong's situation was just an insignificant appetizer.
The really important thing is Huang Yourong's replacement!
Anyone would be jealous of the vacant position of Pavilion Elder. Each faction in the court also had their own plans, which would lead to countless changes in interests. Naturally, it attracted the attention of hundreds of officials.
So, following Emperor Deqing's question, all the officials shifted their attention.
Emperor Deqing asked: "Since Huang Yourong has retired from office, a position in the cabinet has become vacant. As for the replacement, do the nine ministers in the court have suitable candidates to recommend?"
After Emperor Deqing finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the Huangji Hall.
Then, as if a huge boulder was thrown into a calm lake, countless waves of light and undercurrent suddenly set off, and the major factions in the DPRK began to recommend their candidates.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two main ways for officials to join the cabinet, namely special promotion and court promotion.
The emperor directly appoints someone to join the cabinet. Initially, the cabinet was just to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. Naturally, it was decided by the emperor with just one sentence. However, as the power and influence of the cabinet grew, this method became less and less common.
Tingtui is composed of Jiuqing. In the Ming Dynasty, Jiuqing refers to the common name of the nine yamen chiefs of the Six Ministries, Ducha Yuan, General Affairs Department, and Dali Temple. It is different from the Jiuqing of Qin and Han dynasties and the supervisors stationed in the Six Ministries and Thirteen Roads by the Ducha Yuan.
The officials jointly negotiate and recommend candidates. Each major yamen has a say, but it is presided over by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Among them, the Metropolitan Inspectorate has the largest number of participants. In addition to the left and right imperial censors, there are six departments and thirteen supervisors.
Censor and others.
The final result is summarized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and reported to the cabinet for voting through the General Affairs Department, and is submitted to the emperor for approval and finally takes effect. The General Affairs Department will also send a copy of the discussion process to the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College for public opinion supervision.
Nowadays, even Emperor Deqing can only determine his cabinet ministers through court recommendation, and the power game between them is not as complicated as usual.
At the beginning, the reason why Emperor Deqing was able to support the "princeling" Cheng Yuandao to enter the cabinet was not only Zhao Junchen's statement, but also because the "princeling" was still in control of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at that time, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was always recommended by the imperial court.
The most important force.
But now, the momentum of the "princeling party" has been repeatedly frustrated, and it can no longer control the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Which party will fall into the hands of the newly vacant cabinet position depends on the level of the major factions' methods and the game of interests.
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It is foreseeable that an extremely exciting political game is about to begin.
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