Since the King of Jin was impeached in this matter, he is now subject to investigation. He can no longer be responsible for this matter before the results come out.
Prince Jin felt regretful upon hearing this. This was a new job he had gotten, and Lin Tianzuo had secretly put in a lot of effort to help him get it.
It's a pity that such a good opportunity to make achievements wasted. I don't know who will get the chance, I hope it won't be the sixth or seventh brother.
At the beginning, Chu Xuanhan relied on the fact that the Minister of Works was his grandfather and almost squeezed him out. Fortunately, Lin Tianzuo was strong enough.
Prince Jin secretly glanced at Prince Qi and Prince Rui. Both of them were very calm and did not show any joy at all.
Lin Tianzuo naturally did not want any prince to take over the matter and bring threat to Prince Jin, so he recommended someone from his own party.
Some of his followers agreed with him, while others deliberately recommended other people in order to confuse the public and avoid exposing their identities.
The right prime minister Chang Sun Rui also recommended a person, but he was not a member of the prince's party. As the prince's maternal grandfather, he had always been loyal to the emperor.
Besides, the prince is already the heir to the throne. As long as there is no fight for the throne, he will ascend to the throne sooner or later. His forming of cliques and pursuing personal interests will be disadvantageous to the prince.
The king hates others eyeing his position the most, especially Emperor Wenzong, who was suspicious by nature and could not tolerate his subjects being loyal to the prince while he was still in power.
Although forming cliques for personal gain is a taboo, civil and military officials will still take sides in private. As soon as Chang Sun Rui recommended someone, someone expressed his agreement.
Most officials agreed with the recommendations of the two prime ministers. Occasionally, some officials recommended others, but there were only a handful of vassals.
Emperor Wenzong looked at Chen Qi and said, "Mr. Chen, as the Minister of Works, you are in charge of the construction of the canal. Do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"
Chen Qi held the tablet in both hands and bowed his head. "Prince Qi has always been conscientious and thoughtful. I still want to recommend Prince Qi this time."
As Chu Xuanhan's grandfather, he should have avoided suspicion so as not to be considered as nepotism, but he did the opposite, just like last time.
Emperor Wenzong praised him in front of all the civil and military officials in the court at that time, saying that he recommended people without regard to personal relationship or suspicion when recommending people from outside the court, and that he was worthy of being a role model for all the officials.
Although someone had recommended Chu Xuanhan a long time ago, he had fewer followers and could not match the recommendation of the two prime ministers. He felt relieved at this time.
However, the next moment, he saw Rong Hai come out with a tablet in hand and say, "Prince Qi is indeed very capable, but I don't think he is suitable."
Rong Hai was already dissatisfied with Prince Qi because of what Mo Zhaohua had mentioned before, and Mo Yaohua's calculations made him even more furious.
Supervising the construction of the canal is beneficial to the country and the people. Everyone knows that this is a good opportunity to make achievements. How could Ronghai let Chu Xuanhan get away with it?
Emperor Wenzong was quite satisfied with Chu Xuanhan, and he also remembered that Chen Qi had recommended him last time, so he deliberately asked Chen Qi's opinion.
He didn't expect Rong Hai to object, so he could only ask, "Oh? Why?"
Rong Hai explained, "Prince Qi will hold his wedding ceremony next month. Even though the Ministry of Rites is preparing for it, Prince Qi must be overwhelmed by trivial matters."
Chu Xuanhan failed to win the position of Prince of Jin last time. This time, he learned from Chen Qi that Emperor Wenzong wanted to remove Prince of Jin from his position, so he was determined to win.
Hearing this, his heart suddenly sank and he had a bad feeling that Rong Hai was going to ruin his good fortune today.
Ronghai has officials who are well-trained by him or Fuguo Gong. Although the other party does not know why he wants to stop Prince Qi, they still come out to help.
"General Rong is right. The Shengjing section of the canal will be completed next month, and the supervisors will have to leave Shengjing by then."
Yuchi Changgong thought for a moment and followed suit, "I second your opinion. By then, Prince Qi will be newly married and it will be inconvenient for him to leave the capital."
He was the legitimate son of the general who guarded the country and Yuchi Jiuyue's father. Naturally, he didn't want his daughter to be alone after getting married.
Especially since Mo Yaohua is pregnant. Although it was agreed that the child would be registered under Yuchi Jiuyue's name, it is still not as good as a biological child.
Besides, she might not be pregnant with a son. It would be the best thing if Yuchi Jiuyue could get pregnant with the emperor's eldest grandson.
Chu Xuanhan lowered his eyes to hide the frost that had just appeared in his eyes. He really didn't expect that Yuchi Changgong would actually stop him.
But if you think about it carefully, you will understand the reason. As a father, Yuchi Changgong will definitely give priority to Yuchi Jiuyue.
With the opposition from Rong Hai and Yuchi Changgong, and their reasons were sufficient, plus there were other candidates, the number of vassals gradually increased.
Chen Qi still wanted to fight for it, "Prince Qi's wedding is certainly important, but the canal issue concerns the national economy and people's livelihood. Please distinguish which is more important."
"We in Dongling are full of talented people. It is not necessary for the prince to take action. I think the person recommended by the right prime minister is good and can take on this important task."
"The person recommended by the left prime minister is also very good, with both ability and integrity. He has made remarkable achievements in recent years and is fully capable of supervising the construction of the canal."
Chang Sun Rui and Lin Tianzuo have many followers, and many people speak for them. How can Chen Qi compete with them alone?
Emperor Wenzong didn't necessarily want Chu Xuanhan. There were plenty of people like him in the court, so he didn't speak for him and let the people below argue.
Because of his relationship with Prince Jin, between Lin Tianzuo and Changsun Rui, he finally chose the latter and decided on the person recommended by the Right Prime Minister.
Although Prince Jin was disappointed, it was better than Chu Xuanhan getting the upper hand. He could not tolerate anyone threatening him other than the Crown Prince.
This result made Chu Xuanhan furious, but he did not show the slightest anger on his face. In the eyes of outsiders, he seemed to be a noncompetitive person.
After the morning court session, all the civil and military officials went to their respective government offices. Rong Hai wrote a letter and had it secretly delivered to Prince Yu's palace.
After receiving the letter and reading it, Mo Zhaohua immediately asked Amber to go to the kitchen to make soup. After finishing the housework, he took the soup to the study to find Chu Xuanchi.
When she arrived outside the study, she took the soup from Amber's hand and walked in with a smile, "My husband, my uncle has vented his anger today."
Chu Xuanchi put down the writing brush in his hand, raised his eyes and looked at her with a smile, "Oh? How did your uncle vent his anger? Tell me so that I can be happy too."
Mo Zhaohua put down the soup bowl, took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to him, "Husband, you should read it yourself and drink the soup after you finish reading it."
Chu Xuanchi quickly read through the letter, "Uncle seems to be quite resentful towards Old Six. Is there any conflict between them?"
Ever since Mo Zhaohua came up with the treatment method, he no longer came to the study to read, but only came occasionally to bring snacks, hot soup, etc.
Therefore, Wuying deliberately moved her original chair next to Chu Xuanchi, and she sat on that chair at this time.
She explained: "Prince Qi obviously doesn't like Zhao Zhao, but he wants to marry Zhao Zhao to borrow the power of the Fuguogong Mansion. How can my uncle not feel resentful?"
Chu Xuanchi returned the letter, "It turns out Zhao Zhao has already told this to my uncle and the others."
Mo Zhaohua carefully folded the letter and put it away. "How can Zhao Zhao hide Prince Qi's plan? I should tell him the truth!"
Chu Xuanchi frowned, "Although I can vent my anger for what my uncle did today, I'm afraid that I will hate the Fuguogong Mansion from now on."
Mo Zhaohua tried to make a move towards him, signaling him to drink the soup, "Husband, do you think that what your uncle did was wrong? Shouldn't you stop Prince Qi?"
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