It turned out that Princess Guide's real goal was to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, not to defeat Mr. Peng Ge for the position of second assistant. Li You's guess was wrong. Although it was embarrassing in front of his mistress, he was completely relieved.
Li You was thinking when he heard the eldest princess say: "But if Mr. Pengge can't survive, it might as well be an opportunity, and I don't mind getting a little more benefit."
Mr. Li's face immediately straightened up, and he said solemnly: "Your Highness, what you said is wrong! Peng Ge is an old and virtuous man. He is one of the only two outstanding academicians from the late emperor to the present. How can he be treated frivolously! If the royal family is cold and ruthless,
It will inevitably chill the hearts of the old ministers, and you will not be able to take what you have stolen!"
Guide Chitose seemed to have heard the funniest joke. She didn't care about the image of a noble lady. She covered her mouth and leaned back and forth, laughing so hard that her ring jingled and her hairpin trembled.
In fact, the words that would make all insiders laugh are definitely Mr. Li’s true words...
Looking at the entire court, Li You is definitely one of the people who least wishes good luck to the great scholar Peng Chunshi; but at the same time, he is also one of the people who most hopes that Peng Ge will be safe and sound.
His wish was that Mr. Peng Ge would be safe and sound as his second assistant, with no disasters or troubles until Xu Guoshan and Ding You returned to the court at the end of his term.
According to the custom of Ming Dynasty officialdom, people who have served as bachelors will not condescend to take other official positions. If a bachelor leaves the cabinet for various reasons, he can only become an official or be dismissed from office. There is absolutely no such method as demotion, demotion, or transfer.
After the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty was formed, the only person who worked in other jobs after becoming a bachelor was probably Yang Yiqing, the trilateral leader of the Zhengde Jiajing period, but he was also ridiculed by people at the time.
Therefore, when Xu Guoshan returned to the dynasty, he had to continue to be a bachelor, and there was no other way to choose. At that time, the second assistant, Mr. Peng Ge, happened to be over 70 years old. According to the dynasty system, he could be invited to become an official when he reached 70 years old (
It is voluntary and not forced).
Therefore, the best solution for the imperial court must be for Mr. Peng Ge to become an official with dignity and Mr. Xu Ge to return to his position as a bachelor of Jianji Palace.
If Peng Ge refuses, it is normal at other times. There are many officials over seventy in the history of the country. But when someone is in urgent need of the court's placement, Peng Ge still refuses to serve for the court even when he is old.
It would be quite reprehensible to share the worries and leave voluntarily, and it can create public opinion and attack him for not leaving because he is old.
Therefore, Peng Ge always occupies the second assistant position, which is the most ideal situation in Li You's mind. If someone else occupies the position, it may not be so convenient in two or three years, because there is no reason to make room for Xu backer, unless he encounters
An extremely upright and upright man who took the initiative to resign and give up his position.
It can be said that in the past three years, if anyone wants to kill Mr. Peng Ge, the first person who will not agree is Mr. Li, Mr. Peng Ge’s nemesis. Whoever wants to kill Mr. Peng Ge must first step on Mr. Li! It sounds ironic.
, but this is the philosophy of the unity of opposites.
How could Princess Guide not be clear about her lover's thoughts? However, she didn't say anything. In fact, she still enjoyed the fun of fighting with Li You, otherwise it would be too dull after spending a long time together.
Of course, the premise is that she can be sure that although Li You has a lot of thoughts and little tricks, he will not completely fall out with her. Grasp this, it is better to turn a blind eye to Li You, otherwise he will be angry to death
.
After being involved so far, Li You is not someone who can be completely controlled by her, let alone the status of the eldest princess. I am afraid that the emperor is just a symbol and prop in the deepest part of his heart.
The eldest princess suddenly remembered something again and ordered: "You should release the Lu family members quickly. You should be angry enough."
Li You said nonchalantly: "Are you sure you want to let him go? I wanted to keep him as a hostage for you. If you are sure, I will do my best."
Princess Guide said confidently: "You don't need to rely on these weird tricks!"
"It's up to you." Li You nodded and stood up to leave. Now that His Royal Highness Chitose's thoughts were confirmed and she didn't seem to have any intention of having sex, it was time to leave.
His Highness Chitose suddenly remembered something, stopped Li You and asked: "Wait a minute, did you really misunderstand that I am plotting to become Peng Ge's second assistant, and then take action on your own?"
"Exactly, I was so frightened when I saw that you were so high-profile as never before. You publicly confessed your crime and confronted Mr. Ge."
Upon hearing this, Guide Chitose said bitterly: "If you were such a stupid person, you would have gone back to Suzhou to sell sweet potatoes. Based on my understanding of you, I suddenly feel that it is not that simple! You also said that you will not interfere in the near future.
It is very suspicious that we have gone back on our word this time about the affairs of the DPRK.”
"You're worrying too much." Li You waved his hand and left the eldest princess's residence.
But he said that Mr. Peng Ge had to spend some precious time to sort out his relationship with the Lu family, cut off direct contact with the Lu family, and gave relevant instructions to the relevant people to avoid being followed by others.
Talking about this, Mr. Peng Ge even felt that he had to thank the person who spread the rumor. Under normal circumstances, this kind of rumor was only moderately lethal, but it alerted him, and the effect was equivalent to alerting the enemy.
But then Mr. Peng Ge felt tired as never before. If it were in the past, how could such nonsense happen, and who would dare to make irresponsible remarks?
He believes that the biggest reason why these things happened is that he has entered the twilight period of his career. Moreover, he has suffered a series of setbacks in the past two years, and being the second assistant is not worthy of his name (it is impossible for him to take over the first assistant's class), which leads to
Others have formed a stereotype in their minds that he has reached the twilight stage.
From this, Mr. Peng Ge truly understood for once what it means to support people's support. A person who can't inspire confidence in others would be fine if he doesn't get tricked. How dare he expect to be given unreserved support?
Recently, he can be sensitively aware that his disciples have begun to be timid and no longer dare to go shirtless; his followers have begun to be wary and have slowed down; his collaborators have begun to be half-hearted, don't hug Pipa.
As for those enemies, they were just waiting to get a piece of the pie from themselves. Princess Guide publicly challenged him, which was a very typical thing.
He knew that Guide Chitose was not a brainless person, and there was a reason for being arrogant. First, he had to defend Li You brazenly even if he was punished, so as to sell favors, show favor to Li You's backers, and ask for help; second, he wanted to protect Li You even if he was punished.
Guide Chitose must have a back-up plan, and he only dared to play against him based on this confidence. It's just that he didn't understand what the other side's back-up plan was.
Drawing on decades of experience, Mr. Peng Ge felt that the quietness of the past two days was just the dullness before the storm. Soon, there would inevitably be a storm.
For decades, he has been the winner most of the time and has become the most senior cabinet minister. This often gives him strong confidence.
But this time I really have no confidence, but Mr. Peng Ge has become more open-minded. Let it go whether it is success or failure. Anyway, there are many dynasty prime ministers who have not died well!
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