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With the intervention of the Empress Dowager, the matter was naturally resolved quickly.

The next day, when the emperor received the handwritten letter from the retired emperor, he asked, "Can the retired emperor write now?"

Eunuch Tang, who came to deliver the letter, coughed twice and muttered softly, "Not only can he not write, he was almost scolded by the Empress Dowager."

what!

The emperor wanted to ask what the Empress Dowager had said to make the Emperor so angry...

But after thinking it over again and again, he didn't ask.

He wanted to maintain the noble image of the Empress Dowager in his mind, so it was better not to know those unnecessary details.

Half a month later, the emperor announced that Jun Lan's enthronement ceremony would be held in the East Palace next month.

Considering that this matter was against the rules in the first place, and the new emperor had ascended the throne, he was taking advantage of the situation and clamoring for new changes every day.

The old ministers in the court, who were already dissatisfied, seized on this matter and started arguing with the emperor.

Fortunately, the emperor was not without help.

Needless to say, Prime Minister Meng is on the side of the new emperor.

Without the emperor saying anything, Prime Minister Meng consciously "bite" people in the court.

As for Prime Minister Yin, he retired and returned to his hometown after the emperor ascended the throne.

And his sons who were officials in the court were demoted or dismissed because of various minor mistakes in their work.

Seeing this scene, nearly three or four hundred people in the Yin Mansion, including a large number of close and distant relatives, simply followed Prime Minister Yin back to the Yin family's hometown.

The Yin family has experienced ups and downs for a hundred years, and they really understand the principle of hiding from the spotlight and biding their time.

In fact, this is already the best ending for the Yin family.

If the emperor had not wanted to pursue the rebellion of Prince Qi and Prince Ning excessively, Yin Xiang's entire family, young and old, would have been buried with him.

Also retiring to his hometown along with Prime Minister Yin was Minister Lu of the Ministry of Personnel.

The family background of Minister Lu was not as profound as that of the Yin family, so after much deliberation, the Minister decided to let his two sons resign from their official positions.

After resigning from his official position, Minister Lu planned to return to his hometown to open a college.

Rather than being frustrated and trembling in the court, it is better to train the next generation and wait for the new emperor to die~~~

The old Lu family felt that Minister Lu’s plan made sense.

As for the vacant position of Lu Shangshu, who will take his place?......

Zhang Shenzhi inexplicably picked up the purse and actually became the Minister of Personnel.

Although Zhang Shenzhi is an ordinary person with mediocre talents, and his family can be considered a scholarly family, Zhang Shenzhi is the only one who can be called famous now.

When the new emperor first took charge of government, the most difficult thing was to control the old foxes in the court.

Someone like Zhang Shenzhi, whose political talent is somewhat mediocre but who is a genuine third place winner in the imperial examination, and who has some family connections, but not that deep, is simply the new emperor's natural choice for the position of Shangshu!

In addition, Zhang Shenzhi had previously shown a positive attitude in supporting the new emperor...

The emperor really had no better candidate for the position of Shangshu than Zhang Shenzhi.

Then let him do it for now, and we’ll talk about the future later.

And this was just one of the reasons why Zhang Shenzhi was so active in supporting the new emperor: he wanted to make himself familiar to the new emperor.

Another important reason was that Madam Zhang told him that Dadunzi beat the King of Qi and the King of Ning half to death, and chopped off the hand of General Kuang's youngest son as if it were a pig's trotter.

If the new emperor's throne is unstable and either Prince Ning or Prince Qi counterattacks, not only will the nine clans of the Zhang family be buried with them, but their ancestral graves will also be dug up and their ancestors' corpses will be whipped......

Zhang Shenzhi immediately said that he wanted to sever the father-son relationship with Zhang Dezhao.

Then he turned around and started fighting with those court officials who were clamoring that the new emperor's ascension to the throne was a complete conspiracy.

With these two capable bulldogs... no, these two capable generals, the emperor's grand court meetings were never not lively.

This time Jun Lan was going to hold the enthronement ceremony in the East Palace, and because of the quarreling between two capable generals, the grand court meeting was so lively that it almost became a temple fair.

Somehow, Prime Minister Meng became a fierce prime minister and started fighting with the Minister of War Cheng Qi in the court.

When the Shangshu and the Prime Minister started fighting, naturally someone would go and separate them, and then the entire court would become a mess.

As a result, Cheng Qi accidentally fell, hit his head on the ground, and fainted on the spot.

The emperor quickly called for the imperial physician to come and treat the patient. After the imperial physician took a look at the patient, he gave him a few needles, and the patient became... motionless.

Fortunately, the person did not die on the spot in the hall, so the emperor ordered people to send Minister Cheng back quickly, and thoughtfully sent two imperial doctors to accompany him.

After dealing with the matter of Minister Cheng, the emperor angrily reprimanded Prime Minister Meng.

Meng Xiang said he was innocent.

It was obvious that when Minister Cheng fell, he was pulled away by someone. How could this be blamed on him?

If we really talk about this matter... Prime Minister Meng said that the Assistant Minister of War was standing next to Minister Cheng at the time, so maybe he was the one who did it.

........You should know that the Minister of War is Cheng Qi’s cousin!

The two of them will prosper together and suffer together, so it is impossible for the Vice Minister to harm the Minister of War!

Finally, Zhang Shenzhi, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, "It's hard to say... After all, something happened to Minister Cheng, so the position of Minister of War is vacant..."

"...... Minister Zhang, be careful with your words and actions!" The Minister of War said sinisterly, "Don't judge others by your own standards."

Zhang Shenzhi shouted, "What a joke! Minister Lu retired on his own accord, and the emperor still has his petition!"

Also, I am different from you. In order to become the Shangshu, you dared to depose your immediate superior in front of the emperor.

But my immediate superior is still running a school in his hometown!"

"Minister Zhang, you are slandering me!" The Minister of War was so angry that he almost went crazy, "Which eye of yours saw me push Minister Cheng?!"

"Just because I didn't see it doesn't mean no one in the court saw it!! Justice is clear~ Retribution will come~ Just wait!"

After Zhang Shenzhi finished speaking, he clasped his fists towards the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, do you think what I said is correct?!"

The Minister of War was about to retort, but the emperor suddenly said, "That's enough. Even if the Minister of War did it, he must have done it carelessly. Stop it!"

Isn't it just about the canonization ceremony for Princess Jingshu? Stop arguing!

I do not want you to cause any more trouble over this matter. Since you all think that Princess Jingshu should not hold the enthronement ceremony in the East Palace, I will grant her another mansion and let her hold the enthronement ceremony in her own mansion. Is that all right?"

"Your Majesty is wise~~~~" Prime Minister Meng quickly clasped his fists and said, "This is the most appropriate way to do it."

"No, Your Majesty. Please listen to my explanation. Minister Cheng is really not me..."

The Minister of War wanted to say more, but was interrupted by the Emperor, "Didn't I say I don't blame you? What? You still want me to punish you? Fine, I will punish you to reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors for half a month! In addition, you will have to pay for all the prescriptions issued by the Imperial Hospital!!"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War felt a pang in his heart.

This matter of Princess Jingshu's enthronement ceremony...I'm afraid it's just an excuse!

In fact, was the emperor looking for an excuse to clean up the military department? !

The person who just pushed Minister Cheng...

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War glanced at Zhang Shenzhi standing among the civil officials...

Could it be him? !

Zhang Shenzhi: I guessed it right~

But what can I do? !

The emperor has already made the final decision on the matter, so who can say anything?

For the first time, Zhang Shenzhi felt the joy of doing evil together with the emperor.