In the main hall of the court, Li Zhen had a gloomy face and a serious expression.
Before that, he received news that he was not the only auxiliary minister left by Xianfeng. There were also Prince Zheng Duanhua, Grand Scholar Sushun, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Minister of Military Aircraft Mu Yin, Du Han and Kuang Yuan. With the addition of Jing Shou, the imperial minister, and Li Zhen, they are still the eight auxiliary ministers, which are the same number as the eight auxiliary ministers in history. The difference is that the historical military minister Jiao Youying is missing at this time, because at this time Jiao Youying was still an official outside the country and did not take charge of the central government.
Li Zhen was very dissatisfied with this.
He originally thought that he was the only assistant minister, but he did not expect that seven other people suddenly appeared.
In fact, you can understand it after careful analysis.
Xianfeng wanted Zai Chun to succeed to the throne smoothly and had people assist Zai Chun. It was absolutely impossible for Li Zhen's family to dominate. After Xianfeng's arrangements, eight ministers were left behind, which divided the power. Not only that, Li Zhen had to face the exclusion of the other seven ministers, and the situation was not good. Fortunately, Li Zhen had a relationship with Ci Xi and Ci'an. Otherwise, Li Zhen, the auxiliary minister, would definitely be in trouble.
Xianfeng went to great lengths to ensure that Zaichun could be the emperor.
Eight auxiliary ministers were left, and two seals were left.
Before his death, Xianfeng specially made two seals: "Yu Shang" and "Tong Dao Tang", and used these two seals as talisman to issue the edict. Among these two seals, the seal of "Yu Shang" was the first; The seal of "Tongdaotang" is the seal (end). Xianfeng handed the seal of "Yu Shang" to Ci'an to take it away; and the seal of "Tongdaotang" was given to the crown prince Zaichun to take it away. Because Zaichun was young, "Tongdaotang" Zhang was actually in charge of Cixi.
With two seals, the eight auxiliary ministers only had the power to sort out state affairs, but did not issue decrees and other orders. In other words, the rights of Ci'an and Cixi were superior to those of the eight ministers, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty always had a harem. Due to the regulations prohibiting interference in political affairs, Ci'an and Cixi only had the right to make decisions, but not the right to participate, and were unable to participate in major national affairs.
Therefore, this restricted the rights of Ci'an and Cixi.
Obviously, the purpose of Xianfeng's great efforts was to allow Ci'an and Cixi to rule together with the eight ministers after his death, so as to avoid the situation where the eight ministers had exclusive power, and also avoid the situation where Ci'an and Cixi had exclusive power.
Li Zhen stood in the main hall, thinking about what Ci'an and Cixi had told him, and felt slightly cold in his heart.
These two people didn't tell him all the truth.
Now that he was about to go to court, he realized that there were other auxiliary ministers, which caught him off guard.
"Tap, step,,."
The sound of messy and rapid footsteps came, disrupting Li Zhen's thoughts.
Li Zhen looked up and saw that the ministers from the morning court were coming and entering the hall one after another. Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Du Han, Sushun and others walked in and saw Li Zhen who was standing in the hall early. Sushun saw He was very unhappy because it was definitely inappropriate for Li Zhen to stay in the palace as a man, so he whispered: "Staying in the palace is not a good thing."
Although his voice was small, it was amplified in the hall, and Du Han, Duan Hua, Yi and others all heard it.
Du Han watched with interest, as if watching a show.
Li Zhen turned his face and said: "Master Sushun spits out feces when he opens his mouth. Have you eaten enough this morning? You are a member of the royal family and have no education at all. I really don't know how you have survived in the past few decades. You are living like a pig." You are gone, and you are still living like a dog. You are a high-ranking bachelor, but you are talking arrogantly and wantonly. If there is no big event today, I will give you a lesson immediately and teach you how to behave and how to speak. "
What he said was sonorous and powerful, echoing in the hall, and all the officials heard it.
The corners of Sushun's mouth twitched, and his eyes were full of surprise.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhen's reaction was so enthusiastic.
He just spoke just to test Li Zhen's reaction.
If Li Zhen didn't fight back, Sushun could try his best to suppress Li Zhen. If Li Zhen spoke to fight back, he would definitely have to think twice so as not to push Li Zhen. However, Li Zhen's unexpected loud reply made Sushun lost face, and now that he was in the palace, it was hard for Sushun to fight back, otherwise he would really be ignoring the emperor.
Sushun suffered the loss of being dumb and continued to move forward shamelessly.
All the officials stood still in order and waited for Xianfeng to go to court.
They still didn't know that Xianfeng was dead and were still looking forward to it. Li Zhen looked at the expectant looks in the eyes of all the officials and felt quite interesting in his heart. After waiting for five minutes, seeing that the officials were getting impatient, Li Zhen spoke. He said: "My colleagues, the emperor's condition has worsened and he cannot come to court today. However, the emperor has entrusted me to come and announce his decree."
"Speak directly, don't talk nonsense."
Sushun snorted and said immediately.
Li Zhen said with a smile: "If Lord Sushun can't wait any longer, I will allow you to leave first. Someone will notify you after the emperor's decree is read out."
Sushun opened his mouth, but was speechless again.
Li Zhen looked at Duan Hua and said in a deep voice: "Prince Zheng receives the edict." After the words fell, a eunuch came over with a bright yellow imperial edict and handed it to Li Zhen. Li Zhen looked at Duan Hua, and Duan Hua But he was stunned for a moment, then walked out, knelt in front of Li Zhen, raised his hands, and said loudly: "Your Majesty Duanhua accepts the order."
Immediately, Li Zhen read out the imperial edict appointing Duan Hua to take over as the auxiliary minister. Duan Hua stood up and returned to the queue with the imperial edict, his eyes flashing with excitement. He did not expect that at his age, he could still become the auxiliary minister. .
Li Zhen looked at Zaiyuan and said, "Prince Yi, Zaiyuan accepted the order."
"I am here to accept the order."
Li Zhen read out the appointment to Zai Yuan again. After receiving the imperial edict, Zai Yuan stood back politely.
"Duhan accepts the order."
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"Mu Yin accepts the order."
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"Jingshou accepts the order."
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"Kuang Yuan accepts the order."
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Li Zhen read out the imperial edict one after another and promulgated all the appointments of Duan Hua, Zai Yuan, Du Han, Mu Yin, Jing Shou, and Kuang Yuan. Only Su Shun was left. At this time, Su Shun was anxious. All the ministers had been appointed, but he was not the only one. This made Sushun feel very sad. He looked at Li Zhen and wanted to question him, but he could not ask about this matter at will.
Sushun felt uncomfortable, and so did Yi.
Even though Yi was planning to compete for the throne, he was not involved now, and he felt very disappointed. Li Zhen stared at Sushun and Yi, taking in their expressions.
He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Sushun accepts the order."
"I accept the order."
Sushun was excited and immediately knelt down with a plop.
The corners of Li Zhen's mouth were slightly raised, and he held the imperial edict in his right hand. However, he did not immediately open his hand to read it out. Instead, he said unhurriedly: "Master Sushun, after all, there is a distance of nearly eight feet between you and me. You are so How can you receive the order if you are kneeling far away? In my opinion, it is better to come closer and kneel down to receive the order more conveniently."
When Su Shun heard this, his cheeks felt hot and his ears turned red.
These words are so shocking.
But when it came to the imperial edict, he still stood up obediently, walked to Li Zhen and knelt down. Sushun made up his mind that when he became the auxiliary minister, he would be the first to deal with Li Zhen, getting rid of this man who had humiliated him again and again.