Four hundred and fifty-seven chapters before court push
It is indeed beneficial to make more friends. Li You has only been in Beijing for two days, and he already understands everything inside and out so thoroughly.
I also heard that the Emperor is still about half a month away and will not return to Beijing until August 15th. The Emperor's return to Beijing means the beginning of his personal rule. In other words, the Empress Dowager Cisheng's ten years in power is almost over.
Anyone with a little sensitivity can know how exciting the next half month will be...especially when the Empress Dowager Cisheng moves frequently.
At the time of political handover, there is either violent turmoil or unusual calm, but this time, the official circles in the capital generally believe that it is the former.
Since last month, Cisheng Palace has issued an edict to open up channels of communication among the relatives and seek advice on the strategies for governing the country. It has summoned the relatives for more than ten consecutive days to discuss state affairs, during which no ministers were seen.
On the 22nd of last month, the Empress Dowager Cisheng held an examination in the inner court. All the descendants of the honorary family who did not have Spyker and Enyin were able to participate. A total of forty-three outstanding candidates were selected, and the graduates were directly awarded with honors and official careers.
Qualifications for office.
The civil servants watched this situation with a cold eye, and other than a few indifferent memorials, they did not take much action. They saw the Queen Mother's intentions very clearly. At present, these are just to create momentum and have not affected actual interests.
So what if we frequently summoned our relatives? The government was still controlled by the civil servants; so what if we granted forty-three titles of supervisors? Every year, there are hundreds of graduate supervisors in the Imperial College, and we don’t care if there are dozens more.
In addition, since the respected former chief assistant Zhang Ruoyu ignored the aftermath, the civil servants were leaderless and suspicious of each other. It was difficult for them to respond quickly when encountering problems.
On the sixth day of August, which was the fourth day after Li You came to Beijing, another news spread throughout the yamen in the capital. A yamen in the palace called Si Lijian had reopened. The courtiers had long been mentally prepared for this, but like Li You
It was as helpless as expected.
For the cabinet, it is equivalent to an extra link.
In the past, after they drafted the promissory notes for foreign court memorials, they were sent directly to the Holy Emperor. They were scanned briefly and then packaged and approved. Because the Holy Spirit generally did not have the energy to read so many trivial memorials. Unless the cabinet considered it to be particularly important, it would naturally be
Take it out separately.
After that, probably the drafted memorial was sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, who held the pen. The eunuchs in the hall checked it carefully and carefully and described it with a red pen. Minor matters were approved, and major matters were summarized and reported to the emperor.
In comparison, the bachelors certainly prefer the former, and they like a less energetic boss to take charge of them directly, instead of letting the ceremonial eunuchs and eunuchs who are as numerous and energetic as the cabinet serve as supervisors.
In the eyes of the Grand Master, the Supervisor of Ceremonies is like an overseer, but in the eyes of the Six Ministries, the Cabinet is not like an overseer. The Grand Scholar does not like the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approving candidates, but the Six Ministries also do not like the power of the Cabinet to draft votes. In the end
The result is that no one can rebel.
It is said that Empress Dowager Qian intends to re-establish the Supervisor of Ceremonies this time. As soon as the news came out, those eunuchs in the palace who were physically disabled and strong-willed, but who worked hard to educate themselves immediately became popular. They all cried with joy and ran to tell each other. They felt that the clouds were clear and the moon was bright.
, what I have learned finally comes into use.
Don’t blame them for getting carried away. The Secretary of Ceremony is different from other palace yamen. Without education, he will definitely not be able to do it. Otherwise, he will only be teased by the ministers. What can an eunuch who is uneducated and cannot understand the memorial do when he joins the Department of Ceremony?
So you must use knowledgeable people.
Probably only Wei Zhongxian of the Tianqi Dynasty could break into the Office of Ceremonies as an illiterate person and become a legendary figure. But even this powerful nine-thousand-year-old man could only serve as a eunuch with a pen and the chief eunuch in charge of the office of rites.
When he was not in charge of political affairs, he could only pretend to be mute. Nine Thousand Years Old's power and reputation came more from the Admiral Dongchang than from the Chief Ceremony Supervisor.
Nowadays, there are not many talents in the palace, and every eunuch with knowledge and ideals has a high chance of being reused and selected as the Chief of Ceremonies!
After three months of preparation and overt and covert competition, Mai Chengen, the Grand Duke next to the Queen Mother, finally came out on top and became the Chief of Ceremonies, the chief eunuch in the palace.
Jian Bingbi eunuch.
This combination of the three giants was expected by many people. What actually kept the outside world guessing was who among the three eunuchs would be the top one. Now the answer has been revealed, and Mai Chengen had the last laugh.
In addition, the palace selected six more eunuchs. Li You found Wang Qinian's name in this list... and couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that this person would finally take this step.
However, Li You could see that the majestic power of the Secretary of Ceremony at that time was based on the comprehensive expansion of eunuch power. In addition to banning the red, he could supervise the Beijing Camp, supervise the East Factory, and dispatch eunuchs to guard the whole country. In this way
The Secretary of Ceremony is the one who can stand up to foreign dynasties without falling behind.
Nowadays, the new Chief of Ceremonies is actually a smaller version than before. Probably the Queen Mother also knows this inherent shortcoming, so she wants to make up for it by promoting relatives.
The Queen Mother's actions are far from over, and she finally got involved with Li You.
On the seventh day of August, the Empress Dowager issued an edict. On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, the Empress Dowager would hold a meeting in Wuying Hall to select the right censor of the Fifth Grade Inspection School and the censor of Youqiandu, and the selection of the admiral for the military and horse command department of the five cities. On the day of the edict, the junior officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs would enter the palace.
The temporary wooden sign and relevant imperial edict copies were sent to Li You.
Mr. Li looked at the edict and sighed secretly, what was supposed to come finally came.
Princess Guide summoned Li You again and asked through the screen: "I'll ask you again, can you resign voluntarily? If I give you other compensation."
Master Li asked back: "Why did you come to ask again? Or was someone else asking you to ask?"
"You don't have to worry about this. I plan to build a new yamen after the ancient times, that is, the Shaofu. This is the emperor's private yamen. It is rated as a third-grade yamen. It is responsible for the income of the royal industry. It includes the Imperial Salt, Weaving, Imperial Store, and Huangzhuang.
Secretary." Princess Guide seduced: "If you are interested, you can be the fourth-rank Shaofu Shaoqing, how about helping me?"
Hearing this, Li You secretly thought that His Highness Qiantius was quite smart. He knew that after leaving the palace, he would not be able to maintain his power for long by just relying on old friendships. So he deliberately created a new yamen with a status similar to that of Guanglu Temple and Shangbaosi between the palace and the court.
, and transferred many internal supervision affairs in the palace, and continued to exert its influence through entities.
He thought thoughtfully, "Is it related to Wu Guangen's failure to become the eunuch of the palm seal? The Queen Mother gave you permission to set up a young mansion, but you gave up the eunuch of the palm print?"
Guide Qiansui avoided answering and only asked: "Are you willing to come?"
A bargaining chip for the fourth grade... Li You smiled and said: "I have to go to the palace to try. If I don't get what I want, it won't be too late for His Highness to take me in!"
Princess Guide had no choice but to say, "I knew you would say this. At the Queen Mother's place, I wanted to offer you a eunuch with a palm seal in exchange for your wish, but the Queen Mother firmly refused. I had to settle for the next best thing and change to a young master.
.I can conclude now that you will definitely lose, so you should just prepare to be my young minister."
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