Emperor Su He was reviewing the memorials in the Qianqing Palace. He opened a new memorial again and frowned when he saw the content above.
"Nonsense, this is simply nonsense."
Emperor Su He read the contents of the memorial. This was another memorial to impeach the eldest prince Su Shu.
"Notify the Secretary of General Affairs that the memorials for the recent impeachment of officials due to the eldest prince's anti-corruption campaign do not need to be sent to me."
When Emperor Su He was speaking, he threw the memorial in his hand directly to the ground.
These ministers of the empire usually boast that they are honest officials, but now they are interceding for corrupt officials.
The eldest prince Su Shu has done a good job in anti-corruption.
He did not make false accusations against good officials. All the officials he arrested were corrupt officials who had verified the evidence.
The eldest prince Su Shu himself made no mistakes, and his job was to fight corruption.
How could Emperor Su He punish an outstanding prince because of the plea of corrupt officials and friends?
Even though there are too many relatives and friends of these corrupt officials, there are more than thirty people.
These thirty people are not just thirty people, but people who can deliver the memorial to Emperor Su He. They are not simple people.
Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi motioned to the young eunuch to pick up the memorials on the ground and put them in the Liuzhong area.
That is the area where His Majesty the Emperor's memorial to the Emperor's failure to reply is stored, which shows His Majesty the Emperor's attitude towards this matter.
At the same time, he respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, I have taken note of this matter and will definitely convey it to the General Affairs Department accurately."
Emperor Su He nodded, and he ordered again: "Zhou Aiqing, send someone to keep an eye on the situation of the eldest prince Su Shu.
This guy is engaged in anti-corruption, but his thinking is too simple.
I'm not worried about those people being upright and solving problems through the government.
I am afraid that some people will jump over the wall and use some dirty tricks.
The eldest prince, Su Shu, has little social experience and is disturbed by these insidious tricks.
Don't worry about normal officialdom struggles, the people of the Suzaku Guard will stop those dirty tricks."
Zhou Fangzhi bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will not let anyone interfere with the work of the eldest prince."
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In the Wenhua Hall, Prime Minister Qian Mingyi saw everyone's sighing expressions. He slapped the table with his hand and said angrily: "What on earth do you people do?
Matters related to wireless telegraphy are matters that His Majesty personally monitors.
This kind of thing must be the highest priority for all yamen, how come there are still people who can't understand this matter clearly."
Honeysuckle, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Master Qian, there is nothing we can do.
It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Without officials to handle things, I, the minister, can't be allowed to work at the grassroots level personally.
During this period, all the officials and ministers of our Ministry of Works were arrested, four of the chief officials of each department were arrested, and nine of the Yuanwailang who were responsible for specific matters were arrested.
Now that the Ministry of Industry and Engineering is still functioning normally, instead of being completely paralyzed, that means I am still quite capable as a paper framer."
Song Kangnian, Minister of Education, heard the complaints of Jinyinhua, Minister of Industry.
He also said helplessly: "The Ministry of Rites has been split by His Majesty, and the Ministry of Education has just been established.
We were preparing to study and deploy this year's imperial examination. Most of the officials in charge of the imperial examination were arrested.
If they were like Su Wenbao, who embezzled millions of taels of silver coins, the people would not be angry if they were not arrested.
Many people have been stripped of their honors and thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment just because of a few thousand taels of silver."
Maoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, mocked: "Corruption and bribery do not matter the amount. As long as they violate the criminal laws of the empire, they will be arrested in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
As soon as Maoxiang said these words, he immediately felt faintly rejected.
But he must say this, he just wants to support the eldest prince Su Shu.
Maoxiang was not a meritorious official of Conglong, nor was he an outstanding civil servant of the first generation in the Hanzhong imperial examination.
His official career was not as smooth as others.
He has been traveling between Luzon and Cochin these years.
It was a good time for him to return to Beijing to report on his work this time. It was the time when the six ministries were reorganized and the imperial court was selecting the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Maoxiang, who is close to the water, gets the moon first, and by finding old friends and other methods, he finally became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
But it is almost impossible for him to enter the cabinet.
Maoxiang also has his own ambitions, so he can only find another way. The simplest way is to follow the dragon's power.
He was planning to embrace the eldest prince Su Shu, believing that only the eldest prince had a chance to become the heir apparent.
As long as the eldest prince can ascend to the throne, he must arrange his own people, and he has great hope of entering the cabinet.
If you bet on a certain prince, success will lead to great success, but failure will bring down the family.
People who are wealthy will not put all their chips on the table until things become clear.
Only people like Maoxiang who have no way forward and are unwilling to give up will choose to leave no escape route and put all their chips on the table.
The eldest prince Su Shu was able to arrest people so quickly precisely because of his help as the Minister of Punishment.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi saw something was wrong in the atmosphere. He slammed the table and said: "I won't listen to your reasons. Among the six ministers, the capable ones are promoted and the mediocre ones are demoted.
If you can't handle it well, then replace it with someone who can handle it."
The hot wind was blowing in the Wenhua Pavilion, and everyone who was originally looking worried, when they heard Prime Minister Qian Mingyi's words, they felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured down on them, and they felt a chill in their hearts.
The Prime Minister of the Cabinet does not have the power to directly remove ministers from various ministries.
However, the prime minister of the cabinet must be a minister trusted by the emperor. He has won the emperor's trust in the selection of ministers in various ministries.
What Prime Minister Qian Mingyi just said is definitely not empty talk.
Li Yan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, said helplessly: "I didn't even know that the Audit Department would have such great power.
Now that all the ministries can no longer bear it, the eldest prince Su Shu will continue to arrest him.
He wants to restore order to the empire and eliminate all the rats."
As soon as Li Yan said these words, everyone's already a little cold heart became even more painful.
The eldest prince, Su Shu, was too ruthless in his anti-corruption campaign. It was just a small amount of corruption. When he discovered it, he immediately arrested the officials and sent them to the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
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When Li Tianyang, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, heard what Li Yan said, he said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "Brother Li is not the Minister of Finance, the eldest prince Su Shu is your subordinate.
It is impossible for a dignified minister to be unable to control his subordinates who are several levels below."
Li Yan quickly shook his head and said: "His Majesty has already approved what the eldest prince Su Shu has done, so there is no need for me to make extra trouble."
He looked at Li Tianyang with an evil look, he was digging a hole for himself.
The eldest prince Su Shu is likely to become the crown prince of the empire and the future emperor.
Even if he doesn't take the initiative to get close to the eldest prince Su Shu now, he can't offend him.
Li Yan has now become the leader of the eldest prince Su Shu. He must seize this opportunity and handle the affairs around the eldest prince Su Shu.
He can now also see that each minister has his own ideas in mind.
This is also the reason why the eldest prince Su Shu caused chaos in the officialdom, but no one tried their best to stop it.
The officials in the room were silent. After Prime Minister Qian Mingyi's master knocked on the door twice, he walked up to Prime Minister Qian Mingyi and whispered a few words in his ear.
Qian Mingyi waved his hand, and the master immediately retreated.
Qian Mingyi, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, looked at everyone and said: "The news I just received, all the memorials to impeach the eldest prince Su Shu have been retained by your Majesty.
Now you also understand His Majesty's attitude.
Don't expect that arrested officials can be released easily.
If any yamen is short of personnel, report it immediately to the Ministry of Personnel, which will arrange for officials who meet the requirements to take up the posts.
The work of each department must be done well, and whoever does not do well will step down and make way for others."
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi said what some officials had been expecting, and their faces immediately turned green.
Pan Hongcai, Minister of the Ministry of People's Livelihood, was still muttering in a low voice: "What can we do?
The people who have been arrested now can be eliminated, but under this situation, the full staff will not be able to survive for long.
People are now in a state of panic, as no one knows whether they will be the next to enter.
Officials have no intention of doing their jobs, let alone work efficiently."
Pan Hongcai, as a civilian-turned-military official, had been Li Dazhuang's comrade for many years, and his relationship with the Li family was well known.
For his own benefit, he must support the second prince Su Lei and is not satisfied with the performance of the eldest prince Su Shu.
Cabinet Minister Wu Hongyi said in a sad and heroic tone: "As seniors, we must not let the eldest prince mess around.
The eldest prince Su Shu should concentrate on doing what auditing should do.
We must unite and do whatever it takes.”
Li Yan, the Minister of Finance, said disdainfully: "What the eldest prince Su Shu is doing now is nothing out of the ordinary.
He just has many friends, and some of them are willing to help.
Master Wu wants to force the eldest prince Su Shu in this way, but he has completely miscalculated."
Qu Xiangyang has been silently observing the situation. Most people choose to protect themselves and do not want to get involved in the fight.
The supporters and opponents of the eldest prince Su Shu used the Wenhua Palace as the stage to compete for the remaining ministers who were wavering.
Lin Wenjing went to supervise a major customs smuggling case. The case was a bit complicated and she has not returned yet.
Otherwise, as Lin Wenjing, she would be more suitable to stand up and smooth things over.
In this current situation, Qu Xiangyang can only stand up on his own.
If this matter is not resolved, the cabinet will soon be paralyzed.
Once such extremely serious consequences really occur, these cabinet ministers will have no choice but to retire and return home early.
"I have just heard your discussion. The goal is very consistent, that is, whether the eldest prince Su Shu should be restricted.
This method of directly colliding with the royal family is not advisable.
Once this is really done, no one can predict the serious consequences it will cause.
As ministers, why should we be aggressive?
Why not take a step back and have a brighter future? The eldest prince Su Shu served in the Ministry of Finance and performed very well.
According to the empire's procedures, he should be transferred to a local place to continue training."
Cabinet Minister Qu Xiangyang's remarks directly made many officials shine.
They are now unable to solve the problems caused by the eldest prince Su Shu.
If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who caused the problem.
The eldest prince Su Shu is different from others. He cannot solve it simply and crudely, but he can also solve it skillfully.
This is the common practice in official circles of promotion and demotion.
As for doing this, it will push the eldest prince Su Shu one step closer to the position of prince.
But this consequence has nothing to do with any of them.
Only Pan Hong felt something was wrong, but he, a retired military official, had little in common with other officials.
He wanted to stop the eldest prince Su Shu, but he didn't know how to stop him. In the end, he could only sigh.
Qu Xiangyang's arrangement has been favored by many people.
They suddenly realized that as long as they changed their thinking, the matter could be easily solved.
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Emperor Su He looked at the memorandum handed over by the cabinet with a smile on his face.
"This group of officials in the cabinet are helpless against a young boy.
They were ready to drive Shu'er away like a plague, out of sight and out of mind.
This is a test for Shuer, and it is not a test for the cabinet."
The cabinet met the eldest prince Su Shu, who held the "Law of Dahua" in one hand and was not afraid of them at all, and just wanted to do things impartially.
The cabinet tried every means, but to no avail.
Emperor Su He read the memorial, and these people used all kinds of flattering words to praise the eldest prince Su Shu.
They believed that the eldest prince Su Shu was a once-in-a-century genius and should be allowed to go somewhere for training.
Emperor Su He has not yet thought about what the eldest prince Su Shu should do next.
According to the recommendations of many cabinet ministers, arrangements were made for the eldest prince Su Shu to enter the place.
This move would be too big. Emperor Su He would send a signal to the outside world that he wanted to make the eldest prince Su Shu the heir apparent.
When Emperor Su He eats now, even if he wants to replace rice with steamed buns, he will be interpreted by some boring people, let alone things involving the crown prince.
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The eldest prince Su Shu has not tempered himself and has not thought carefully about many things. If he continues to do so, it will only intensify conflicts.
Emperor Su He thought about the consequences of these two arrangements.
He looked up at the full moon outside and thought about what he should do.
"Ministers all know that taking a step back will open up the world.
Why should I struggle? The main purpose now is to train a prince.
No matter how fast this prince progresses.
As for meeting a genius prince in the future, it depends on which of these two princes is more suitable to be the emperor.
Which prince will ultimately inherit the throne will always be in my hands."
When Emperor Su He thought of this, he immediately approved the memorial in the memorial to Prime Minister Qian Mingyi and other officials.
The eldest prince Su Shu performed well in office and was promoted to the fourth rank of Shuntian Prefect.
The youngest prefect of the Dahua Empire has appeared.
Shuntianfu is Gyeonggi, and it is at the foot of the emperor.
Emperor Su He could closely observe what the eldest prince Su Shu did?
This imperial edict spread quickly from the palace, shocking many people.
The speed at which the eldest prince Su Shu was promoted was really fast, and he gave people the impression that he was following a process.
Many officials thought of this, their eyes narrowed slightly, thinking about the future for themselves and their families.
In the palace, the second prince Su Lei heard the news and his face turned red with anger.
He originally competed with the eldest prince Su Shu for the position of crown prince.
Now that his competitors were so far ahead of him, he was extremely anxious.
The second prince Su Lei immediately set off to meet his mother, hoping that her mother would give him some advice.
