But the current situation is special. The emperor is bedridden, and the country cannot be left without an owner for a day. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already nine years old. There is no problem in finding a few auxiliary ministers to cooperate with him in supervising the country's governance.
Therefore, we convened a small court meeting with central officials in the afternoon to confirm the matter, and will hold a large court meeting tomorrow to announce it.
In line with the process.
Important officials of the Ming Dynasty gathered in front of the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.
Lu Zhong, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Zhu Xiang, the governor of Fusi Town in Beizhen, had already been standing at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, one on the left and the other on the right.
Jiang Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Shiyue, the minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Yu Qian, the minister of the Ministry of War, Hu Miao, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Fengjing, the minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wang Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Wang Ao were all present.
Six books and seven ministers.
Wang Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was seventy-eight years old, so the imperial court appointed Wang Ao as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel to assist him.
However, another big boss did not receive such treatment.
Hu Hui, an important official in the Six Dynasties!
Hu Hui was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen. He had been looking for Jianwen for ten years during the Zhu Di dynasty. During the Xuande period, he was appointed as the Minister of Rites and has never been moved. He is the most prestigious minister of the auxiliary state in today's world, except Yu Qian.
Hu Bi is already eighty-two years old, but perhaps he is very energetic because he has been searching for Jianwen for ten years.
Or maybe it was for personal reasons, so he didn't have another Minister of Rites to assist him.
Two people came to the cabinet.
The first assistant is Chen Xun, and the assistant minister is Wang Wen.
Nowadays, there is no dominant cabinet in the cabinet. The cabinet is in a situation where both ministries and ministries dislike each other, that is, the six ministries and the cabinet dislike each other. This is also the reason why Yu Qian has never been in the cabinet.
However, these two people in the cabinet were deeply trusted by Zhu Qiyu.
Chen Xun, Crown Prince Tutor, Bachelor of Huagaidian, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet.
Wang Wen, Prince Shaobao, was a bachelor of Dongge and a bachelor of Jinshendian. He also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In the Ming Dynasty, second-rank officials entered the cabinet, starting from Wang Wen.
From the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, only Shi Heng, the Right Commander of the Left Army Commander's Mansion, came.
After the defense of Beijing, the power of the Minister of War expanded rapidly, taking over part of the military power, command and management rights of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, which made the status of the governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion embarrassing.
This is why Zhu Qiyu is so afraid of Yu Qian.
Everyone gathered outside Qianqing Hall.
The eunuch was never seen coming out to pay his respects. While waiting, someone came.
Queen Hang.
He came from His Majesty's bedroom with his personal maids and eunuchs, and after signaling everyone to excuse themselves, he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion first, where he heard the sound of the Crown Prince greeting the Queen.
Someone else is coming.
Empress Dowager Sun, followed by the eunuch and eunuch, Liu Yongcheng, and Hao Yi, the eunuch of the imperial eunuch.
They are all heavyweights.
Perhaps he heard the voices of the ministers paying homage to the Queen Mother. Dai Yi, the personal eunuch of His Highness the Crown Prince, came out of the palace. His already childish voice became sharper, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince greets the ministers!"
All the ministers looked at each other.
The timing of His Royal Highness’s announcement to everyone was so clever!
The Empress Dowager Sun had just arrived. As the Empress Dowager, she had a distinguished status, so she must be the first to enter the Qianqing Hall, followed closely by the ministers. As a result, the Crown Prince came to announce to the ministers.
Can your Empress Dowager Sun enter?
Entering is equivalent to accepting being announced as a minister to His Highness the Crown Prince - even though the Queen Mother has a distinguished status and high seniority, she is still only the Queen Mother after all, and the Crown Prince is the future head of the country.
If you don't go in, you have to follow the ministers.
More embarrassing.
All the ministers, including Yu Qian, secretly exclaimed that His Highness the Crown Prince is so scheming!
However, most people think that this is not what His Highness the Crown Prince meant.
It was Queen Hang's idea.
Although they are not biological children, the relationship between Empress Hang and Empress Dowager Sun is that of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been long-standing and profound. It is completely understandable that Empress Hang would act like this.
On the one hand, it embarrassed the Queen Mother Sun, and on the other hand, it established the authority of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Empress Dowager Sun looked extremely embarrassed.
After hesitating for a moment, he decided to enter the palace first.
Yu Qian was just about to follow him, but was unexpectedly stopped by Hu Hui, a veteran of the Six Dynasties. Hu Hui, who was still in good spirits, touched his beard, shook his head at Qian, and signaled to wait a moment.
Yu Qian was stunned, and others also reacted.
I can't help but be impressed.
As expected of a veteran minister who had served six emperors, Hu Hu asked everyone to wait a moment before entering, thus invisibly separating the ministers from the Queen Mother, so the announcement just now did not include the Queen Mother Sun.
This relieved the embarrassment of Queen Mother Sun.
In the imperial study room, Zhu Jianji sat in Zhu Qiyu's seat, while the Queen Mother and the Empress sat on the sofa next to them. After all the ministers knelt down and saluted, they waited silently.
Zhu Jianji put his hands on the table and looked down at everyone with a golden sword.
The group of people in front of me are the most elite group of people in this era in the entire Ming Dynasty. Among them are Yu Qian, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and Hu Hui, a veteran of the Six Dynasties.
Now they all bow before themselves.
This feeling……
Very cool!
He nodded slightly and said, "Everyone, please get up."
Fight or not, you have enough momentum.
Now the cheap daddy is bedridden. This prince is the biggest in the world, not to mention that I am young. Facing a group of old fools, not to mention showing off my power, at least I can't lose my momentum.
Otherwise, how can we control them in the future?
He also said: "Dai Yi, give seats to Hu Shangshu and Wang Shangshu."
These two old men are too old.
If you keep standing, you are afraid that they will faint in Dongnuan Pavilion.
After Hu Xi and Wang Zhi were seated, Zhu Jianji glanced at Queen Hang, who immediately stood up and said: "My ministers, your Majesty woke up once yesterday and gave you a verbal instruction."
Today's discussion is about supervising the affairs of the country for the prince.
After Queen Hang finished speaking, she glanced sideways at Queen Mother Sun.
Unexpectedly, Queen Mother Sun seemed not to hear.
Zhu Jianji was greatly surprised. This old witch could sit still today. What was she planning?
Many ministers had no choice but to kneel down one after another.
Queen Hang took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty said: I am lying on the couch. I need to nourish my body and mind and ignore state affairs for the time being. The prince is nine years old and is a smart and talented person. He can supervise the affairs of the country and govern the country. I hope that all the ministries will do their best to assist you."
All the ministers shouted to obey the order.
Zhu Jianji exclaimed in his heart, could he supervise the country's governance if it went so smoothly?
Before she could even think about it, she saw Queen Mother Sun slowly getting up and saying solemnly: "Your Majesty is seriously ill. It is reasonable for the Crown Prince to supervise the affairs of the country, and the Ai family also believes that it should be so. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is young, has Your Majesty ever ordered the ministers?"
Work assistant administration?"
Queen Hang was no match for Queen Mother Sun. She didn't react at all and shook her head instinctively.
Your Majesty did not say that.
Apart from Yu Qian, who else can be the minister who can assist the government?
But in the current situation, who dares to ask Yu Qian to assist? Is it because the old Zhu family has sat on the throne for too long and is tired of it?
Empress Dowager Sun said without any doubt: "Then let the Ai family take charge of the government!"
Seeing this, Zhu Jianji secretly thought that something was wrong. His mind suddenly changed. He immediately smiled and said with a half-truth and half-false look: "Grandma Huang, do you want to be Wu Zetian?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone's hair stood on end!
