Chapter two hundred and thirty nine rumors in the palace
Li You, who was fined his salary "again", hid in his room and snickered repeatedly. If the Queen Mother, Chitose, or the outer court alone collided with the cabinet of Jinghe in its early heyday, it would be difficult to win.
But everyone united to support him, and the cabinet gradually declined. Given the general trend, what did he have to fear?
It’s just that not many people see this trend clearly at present. The authorities are fascinated, and bystanders are also fascinated. That is to say, Li You, who has had more contact with all parties recently and has an accurate grasp of the mentality of all parties, is the man in the middle who should be concerned about one thing and the other. Instead, he takes the lead.
Realizing this, he sighed and said that a crisis means a turning point, and future generations will not deceive me.
In Li Sheren's eyes, the cabinet is still well-known and has its own airs. It is still the de facto prime minister in the eyes of all officials in the imperial court. However, the situation faced by the cabinet has become much worse, and status and strength have begun to become unequal. Such a goal is not feasible.
Not the best person to gain reputation?
If the great scholars, who are still immersed in the glory of the prime minister who is inferior to one person, superior to ten thousand people, and the most popular minister, and are proud of this, know that they are regarded as "bandits" who are threatening their own dignity, they don't know how they would feel.
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The five current academicians (including the first assistant who has been recovering from illness for two years), except for the last Dongge academician Yangge, who was recommended by the court last year, the others were appointed by the late emperor. From the time Emperor Jinghe ascended the throne to the present
, eight years have passed, the peace time is a bit long...
Li Sheren was relieved that he had finally found a way out of Huashan and began to work.
While working, he did not forget to take revenge. Mr. Yuan Ge was very displeasing to Li Sheren, so Li You assigned all the troublesome matters and matters that would offend others to Mr. Yuan Ge. In the long run, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.
That's right. Nowadays, we have a ticket-sharing system. Once the system is divided, the responsibility will be assigned to each person. Yuan Ge always can't push it away even if he wants to, and he can't even think about dragging others to shoulder the responsibility.
After sorting it out in the afternoon, Li You personally carried a stack of chapter books and went to Wenyuan Pavilion to look for Mr. Yang Ge. People and things should not be done in a bad way. He had recognized Mr. Yang Ge as his benefactor a few days ago. At this time, he must do it.
Go make a statement.
Li You left the East Pavilion and then entered the Wenyuan Pavilion. All the colleagues he met along the way, Shusheren, all avoided him, as if they were afraid of him like a tiger. The majestic Li Sheren was a little proud and very vain.
In the cabinet, only the cabinet minister should be treated like this.
Speaking of the architectural structure of Wenyuan Pavilion, the most important place in the world, the front width is five bays and the depth is two bays.
The room with two entrances in the middle is the so-called "middle hall". Those who have watched the braided drama should be familiar with this word, and it originated from here. In the middle hall, there are tablets of saints, and there are several seats, facing east and west, for the elders of the pavilion.
The only door to and from Wenyuan Pavilion, the meeting place, is also opened in the middle hall.
Both sides of the central hall lead to the offices where the pavilion elders work. According to the width and depth, they are divided into eight rooms. Among them, there are four rooms on the left and right, half on the south side and half on the north side.
Li You entered Wenyuan Pavilion and entered the west corridor of the central hall. When he saw the candlelight flickering in a room inside, he knew that it must be where Mr. Yang Ge lived.
I guess some readers are asking what kind of candles to light in this broad daylight? You know, after Wenyuan Pavilion was renovated according to the plan approved by Emperor Sejong, windows were opened on the south side facing the courtyard, but the north side was still an airtight wall. I guess it was
For the sake of safety, after all, the north side is adjacent to the palace corridor and there is a lot of traffic.
Therefore, among the eight rooms outside the central hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, only four rooms on the south side have windows, while the four rooms on the north side do not. Since you can enter inside and have no windows, you can imagine the visibility of the four rooms on the north side.
Lighting is essential all day long.
Normally, there are six grand masters. The first four four-room grand masters naturally occupy the four rooms with windows on the south side. As for Wenyuan Pavilion, there is a lot of choice for the two rear grand masters in the east pavilion. They can be on the north side.
You can move in freely in the dark room and no one will come to rob you.
So when Li You saw a room with candles on the west side of the central hall, he knew that it was Mr. Yang Ge's territory.
Mr. Yang Ge's attitude towards Li You is quite cold, which is what Li You expected. Today he has scanned the face of the entire cabinet. It's surprising that Mr. Yang Ge has a good attitude.
Li You gently placed the memorial on the case next to him, and smiled at Mr. Yang Ge: "I was angry for a moment today, and I lost my mind and said and acted without reason. Please don't mind me, Mr. Yang."
Mr. Yang Ge sarcastically said: "A moment of anger? It's obvious that it's all deliberate. How can a brainless person sit firmly in the position of winning the vote?"
"My original intention was not to be angry with Mr. Yuan Ge, but I was at loggerheads with him. When I was reckless, I inevitably accidentally hit the passenger car. It was not intentional."
What Li You said means that my goal is just Mr. Yuan Ge.
Of course Mr. Yang Ge understood what he was saying. He raised his hand to stop Li You from continuing, but his expression gradually softened. He sighed in his heart, fame and fortune are bound by the bridle, and he would not be able to jump over it after all. He also said a lesson: "
Don’t think that just because you are a relative of the Queen Mother, you can stay in the palace..."
What? Relatives of the Queen Mother? Li You hurriedly interjected: "What do you mean by relatives of the Queen Mother?"
"Stop pretending to deny it." Mr. Yang Ge said impatiently: "There are rumors today that you are a descendant of the Queen Mother's maternal clan in Suzhou. I vaguely remember that the Queen Mother's biological mother was given a posthumous gift back then, and her surname was indeed Li. Comparing the before and after, this
The words are true, otherwise why would the Queen Mother be so partial? Everyone in the palace knows that the Queen Mother values family ties."
Li You was speechless. It had only been half a day before such a rumor came out. Coincidentally, the Queen Mother's mother's surname was also Li... Coincidentally, he was also from Suzhou... There were more than a million people with the surname Li in the world. Of course he knew his own family affairs, and he must be half the same as the Queen Mother.
It has nothing to do with money.
Li You thought again, no wonder that when he came in and out just now, his colleague Pan, who was also from Zhongshushe, was in awe of him. It turned out that he was regarded as a relative of the Queen Mother. As a low-key and low-key inner court official, he offended Mr. Ge.
Maybe I just can't become an official, but if I offend the Queen Mother Bingzheng, I'm afraid I won't be able to become a human being.
"This rumor is really untrue." Li You said sincerely.
But Mr. Yang Ge obviously didn't believe it. After giving Li You a lesson, he waved his hand and sent him away.
As the sun set, Li You got off work. On the way home, he always felt as if he had forgotten something today.
Then he took out a notebook from his sleeve, and then he remembered that the Henan Province Procuratorate had visited him yesterday and told him to appear in court today, but he had completely forgotten about it.
Just forget about such small things.
The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs promoted him to the throne, the Minister of the Ministry of War was his predecessor, and the Yushi of Zuodu was his protective umbrella. Guide Qianshui had feelings for him and felt that he had established a firm foothold. Li You's madness and contempt when he was in Suzhou Prefecture returned.
He tore the notebook into pieces and threw it into the Jinshui River.
The next day, October 27, is the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday Festival, and the court has a day off. Ever since the workaholic Emperor Taizu set the rules, it is rare for officials of the country and court to have a holiday throughout the year, and there are really only a handful of them.
In order to show the emperor's filial piety, the Queen Mother gave everyone a holiday on her birthday. At the same time, everything was kept simple and the ministers did not have to attend the celebration. It indeed had the effect of universal celebration.
Although he doesn't have to be a straight man, Li You still has activities to attend. He received an invitation last night. The Jiaofang Department has rehearsed some new programs. Several Langguan directors from the Ministry of Etiquette of the department in charge invited Li Caizi, a famous poet in the Jiangnan cultural circle, to go with them today.
Provide guidance on work and care for the production and life of registered women.
There was a free lunch, and Li You happily took it.