Jun Wu joked that there was no reason to retract the edict that had just been issued two days ago. That would be too much of a joke. Therefore, Emperor Jinghe could only issue another edict to grant Li You some grace as compensation to offset the previous edict.
negative impact.
But in the heart of Emperor Jinghe, he had already complained about the old ministers, especially Mr. Yuan Ge, who had tempted him to make a mistake. They were really making trouble out of nothing!
In the eyes of people who don't know the truth, if he squeezes out ministers who have similar roles to those in the East Palace just a few days after taking office, such an emperor is probably an unreliable political imbecile.
Such political tactics cannot be chosen during this time period.
Xu Shoufu, the great scholar of the Zhongji Palace, walked out of the Wenhua Palace, looked at the sunny September sky, and let out a long, bitter sigh.
When Xu Daohong was appointed as the second assistant, he was already strong enough. Fortunately, he had Peng Chunshi's assistance. This time, he was replaced as the second assistant by Peng Chunshi, a veteran bachelor who was also not a fuel-efficient person. Moreover, he knew everything about it and it was even more dangerous. Who could help him again?
Although he and Peng Chunshi had occasional bad blood in the past due to the mismatch in status and strength, they were still getting along and had always been allies. Not to mention the public quarrel with Ting Ju, but Peng Chunshi actually secretly communicated with the Queen Mother in the palace without telling him.
This is even more unacceptable. Once trust is lost, it is difficult to regain it.
Peng Weishi, the newly appointed Grand Scholar of Jianji Hall, walked out of the Wenhua Hall, looked at the sunny September sky, and sighed with deep sorrow.
Recently, he has not had any contact with the Queen Mother at all, but everyone in the court thinks that he and the Queen Mother colluded internally and externally to obtain the position of second minister.
If the Queen Mother was really powerful, she would have recognized it, but now that the Queen Mother has completely retired to the palace, and he is considered to have colluded with a Queen Mother who does not care about political affairs, what good can he gain? He is just afraid of being regarded as a brainiac!
Yuan Lide, the great scholar of Wenhua Palace, walked out of Wenhua Palace, looked at the sunny September sky, and sighed with deep sorrow.
He is still standing still! It has been eleven years since the late emperor's special abbreviation and he joined the cabinet! Eight years ago he was the Grand Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, and eight years later he is still the Grand Bachelor of Wenhua Palace!
From the end of the seventh year to the beginning of the eighth year of Jinghe's reign, he competed with Peng Chunshi for the advancement position, and finally Xu Yue and Xu Daohong took advantage! This year, he often accompanied the emperor's second assistant. Unexpectedly, the originally hopeless old Peng Ge shamelessly colluded with the Queen Mother Qian, and suddenly
The salted fish turns over!
He was worried that Li You would use tricks to manipulate Lu Kuan, so he wanted to take advantage of the favorable situation to squeeze Li You out of the court with the idea of being prepared, taking a preemptive strike, and preferring to kill him by mistake. In the end, he became a handle and was caught to cause trouble.
Looking back, it feels like picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon!
Subsequently, a formal edict was issued, and Peng Chunshi, the bachelor of Wuyingdian, was promoted to the bachelor of Jianjidian. According to the results of the court recommendation, Shaobao and Lu Kuan, the Minister of War, were appointed as the bachelor of Wuyingdian. He entered Zhiwenyuan Pavilion and still had the title of Shaobao.
The remaining bachelor's degrees remain unchanged.
At this point, the cabinet changes in Jinghe's ninth year have been settled.
After the news spread, Mr. Lu, with his rich seniority, skipped the two-year-old bachelor's degree and directly became the bachelor of Wuyingdian. It is not surprising, but also expected. After all, he was a concubine of the Hanlin Academy forty-five years ago.
Jishi, your seniority is too high.
However, the entire capital official circles have expressed that they feel very strange about the current combination of first assistant and second assistant. Generally speaking, the position of second assistant is often regarded as a candidate to succeed the first assistant. Other than that, it is not much different from ordinary bachelors.
In the current new combination, the second assistant, Mr. Peng Ge, is ten years older than the first assistant, Xu, which makes people speechless. Mr. Peng Ge does not hesitate to openly collude with the queen mother who has no power, but also wants to occupy the position of the second assistant. What is the purpose?
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Some amateur political analysts pointed out that in this cabinet personnel change, Mr. Yuan Ge was originally promoted as the second assistant, and Mr. Peng Ge cited the tacit understanding of Yan Shangshu to join the cabinet. However, Yan Shangshu was beaten by the sudden rise of Li You, and everyone watched.
After being defeated and sent away to Tingju, Peng Gelao faced the dilemma of getting nothing, so he had no choice but to take the second assistant position to show his strength.
There is another saying that the arrangement of the Tian family must have a deeper meaning. Peng Ge is already old, and he may not be able to serve as a secondary assistant for two or three years. And Xu Ge, the old man, is worried about returning to his hometown and will return to the court in two or three years.
, at that time, he will take over Peng Ge Lao's secondary assistant position again and achieve a smooth transition.
Otherwise, after Xu Cifu and Dingyou are over, how to arrange for reinstatement will definitely be a big problem, and it will cause turmoil if not careful.
Let's not talk about it, but it is said that after Li You had done everything he should do, he was waiting eagerly at home. He was very satisfied with the results of the cabinet changes, but after receiving the new edict issued to him, his inner evaluation was that he was disappointed.
The content of the edict was nothing but good words and encouragement, and he was given a chariot and a Qingluo umbrella, and the emperor specially approved a vacant place adjacent to the south of the palace city as the five-city admiral's office.
The royal chariot and green umbrella seemed to be compensation for guilt. The recommendation was given to someone else. I must be grateful for this honor, but Mr. Li had no special feelings about it.
It's not that Mr. Li is not loyal and patriotic enough, it's just that he has already had a bullfighting uniform, a gold book and an iron coupon, etc., and more sedans and umbrellas can no longer generate much excitement.
It's just that this government office gifted by the emperor has some practical value, and it also has great symbolic significance. Where is that place immediately south of the palace city? That is where the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the five departments (except the Criminal Department) are located. In later generations, it is
**on the square.
If it weren't for the favor of the emperor, how could a fifth-rank admiral's office in five cities have set up its office here.
In fact, deep down in his heart, Li You still has a little regret. It can be said that the outcome of this major change in the cabinet, whether it was Xu Peng's breakup, Senior Lu's coming to power, or Senior Peng Ge's appointment as second assistant, was all planned and facilitated by him.
of.
He is still somewhat complacent about his success, but so far few people know this, let alone public opinion. Therefore, he has an unpleasant feeling of walking at night in brocade clothes, and it is a pity that his superb skills cannot be appreciated by the public.
But he said that the affairs of the imperial court have nothing to do with Mr. Li now, and it is not a joke to avoid the imperial court and attend the imperial court. The position of the admiral of the five cities has gone around in a circle, and it seems that it has returned to the original point. The yamen still needs to be opened by Li You.
Mr. Li then started his journey of dealing with the bureaucratic machine again. He had to go to the Ministry of Personnel to allocate officials, go to the Household Department to ask for banknotes, go to the Ministry of Work to dispatch craftsmen to repair the government offices, and then go to the Ministry of Punishment to coordinate the case trial process, and go to the Ministry of Soldiers to coordinate the case review process.
Coordinate matters involving the government and the army... Before dealing with various ministries, Li You decided to go to the government office given by the emperor to inspect it, so that he could have a better idea. This address is located north of Mi Lane in Xijiang and south of the General Affairs Office.
, west of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
He entered Xijiangmi Lane in a sedan chair and walked quickly from west to east to the area of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion when he found an alley heading north. After turning into the alley and walking a few steps, he saw a slightly dilapidated vermilion gate.
This is about where it is. Li Qianxian got off the sedan, looked around, and found that there seemed to be just such a gate in this alley that was not too short, and it seemed quiet and lonely.
This is very strange. The nearby area is the area with the highest concentration of government offices in the capital. It is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is scarce. How could there be such extravagance and waste?
Li You felt a little disappointed. This courtyard was big enough. He, the admiral of the Five Cities, could not use so much space. Of course, the emperor only gave him a small area to use.
The long follower Han Zong beside him suddenly shuddered and whispered: "There is a fierceness!"
Li You scolded: "That's nonsense! Where can this evil spirit come from in broad daylight? Go and call the door! See if there is anyone left behind."
Before Han Zong could call, the door opened from the inside. It was probably because the people inside heard the noise outside.
Li You took a closer look and saw an old man in his fifties or sixties popping out of the door. He was wearing ordinary cloth clothes and trousers. He seemed to be a police officer who had been recruited to guard the courtyard.
When the old man saw a young man guarding the door, he quickly came up, kowtowed, and asked, "Master, what are you doing today?"
Li You replied: "I am the envoy to the right Qiandu of the school and the governor of the five cities. The imperial court has given me part of the courtyard here to use as a government office. Come and check it out today!"
The old man who stayed behind was obedient and led Li You inside. After passing the gate, Mr. Li thought of something again and asked, "What was this place used for before? Why is it abandoned now?"
The old man said calmly: "This place was the location of the imperial prison in those days. The northern and southern Jinyiwei Town and Fusi were located here. However, the imperial prison has been abandoned for a long time, and the Jinyiwei and Zhenfusi have all moved outside the Donghua Gate."
There is no need to say more about Jinyiwei, Beizhen Fusi, and the imperial edict, you know everything.
Li You was speechless. No wonder this alley was so quiet, with only one gate. It turned out that the most notorious imperial prison in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty was once located here. It was not without reason that Han Zong sensed the evil...
Li Qianxian began to be confused again. The emperor gave this place as a government office. Was it intentional, or was it an unintentional wave of his hand on the map? Does it have any special meaning? The power of God is unpredictable.
In fact, the emperor's idea is very simple. The great responsibility of the five-city admiral is to be responsible for the security and prison cases on the ground in the capital, so why waste the treasury to build another government prison? Directly reuse the waste of the original Beizhen Fusi government office. Only in this way can we show that we are a wise king.
The virtue of frugality. Besides, this place is close to the palace city, which can be regarded as a kind of grace and compensation for Li You.
Unexpectedly, this simple and unintentional act brought a lot of troubles to the suspicious and thoughtful Li Qianxian. With endless speculations, Mr. Li absentmindedly left the former Jinyiwei Prison and got into the sedan chair according to the plan.
Go to the Ministry of Industry.
After a long period of waffling with officials from the Camp and Repair Department of the Ministry of Industry, we were able to negotiate the dispatch of craftsmen and officers and soldiers to repair the government office, and agreed that the repairs would be completed before the year.
In fact, there is not much work. Although the government office building is old, it can be used first. The most important task is to build a wall to divide the territory of the five city admirals from the former Jinyiwei territory, which occupies a large area.
When they were leaving for a chat, Wailang, a member of the camp and maintenance department, said casually: "Li Qianxian has a good trick and manipulates all the elders at the palm of his hand. Mr. Peng Ge is the second assistant. It's only you who did it."
Li You was shocked. What he did was very covert. Why did it come out of this person's mouth so casually?
