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Li Chunfang's downfall was as swift as that of his predecessor.

But after Li Chunfang's fall, Mingting suddenly discovered a problem.

That is, after Li Chunfang's downfall, who can still serve as the Prime Minister of Zhongshu?

At this time, the Imperial College supervisors who had written a letter calling for Li Chunfang's overthrow were dumbfounded, the officials and censors were also dumbfounded, the governors and court officials who conspired to overthrow Li were dumbfounded, and the Empress Dowager Li was dumbfounded.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there was no one with enough prestige to become the Prime Minister of Zhongshu?

Not really.

This is very embarrassing.

Nowadays, the entire Ming court center and the famous officials left from the Jiajing court have almost all been eliminated in the political struggle.

And these famous ministers of the Jiajing Dynasty, from Yan Song to Xu Jie, from Xu Jie to Gao Gong Zhang Juzheng, all of them have top-notch skills and abilities. Even Li Chunfang, who everyone looks down upon, can still be considered a leader. Making up the numbers.

What’s next for Li Chunfang?

Because these Jiajing famous ministers were so shining that they almost suppressed the shine of other officials. After Li Chunfang, even the entire Ming court could not find a minister who could be heard by everyone.

Empress Dowager Li quickly summoned the ministers to discuss who would be in charge of the Ming Dynasty's national affairs after Li Chunfang stepped down.

Queen Mother Li sat behind the curtain, wringing her handkerchief tightly with her hands.

She regretted extremely at this moment why she had listened to her father and brother's slander and dismissed Li Chunfang.

Empress Dowager Li was not born into a famous family, and her knowledge and ability were extremely limited. She did not have the ambition of Empress Lu and Wu Zetian.

She couldn't even read the memorials sent by the court ministers, so there was no need to interfere in political affairs.

Ability is not good enough.

Who is Empress Lu? She started a business together with Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the Lu family itself was the founding father of the Han Dynasty.

Wu Zetian's family is actually not bad, and more importantly, Tang Gaozong has guided her for many years, and she has gradually learned to govern the country.

Empress Dowager Li's husband, Emperor Longqing, drove away from Hexi without even the emperor himself understanding how Empress Dowager Li was going to deal with such a mess in the Ming court.

Not to mention the young emperor's age.

The emperor is seriously ill, and it is hard to say whether he will survive this year.

As for the eunuch?

Then we have to see if anyone has the ability to be the eunuch?

Nowadays, military power and political power are in the hands of officials from foreign dynasties. Eunuchs cannot even defend the palace. Imperial power has declined like this. Feng Bao, the eunuch who is the chief of etiquette and holds the seal, sees the ministers of foreign dynasties nodding and bowing. How can he suppress the ministers? Quan eunuch.

Relative? Then don't even think about it.

The Li family father and son still bear the reputation of poisoning the emperor. They only do business and they have no ability to participate in government affairs.

But in politics, there is no turning back.

Li Chunfang has been dismissed, so it is impossible to let him out again. Substitution is necessary, but who should be replaced?

Empress Dowager Li summoned the ministers of Zhongshu Province and the Six Ministries, as well as the Yanguan Yushi of the Six Sections and the Imperial Examination Yuan, as well as the nobles in Beijing, as well as several relatives such as Li's father and son and the Empress Dowager Chen's brother, to discuss the candidates for the successor. .

Almost everyone present participated in the activity of dumping Li.

The Qing gossip official was the initiator, and Li and his son were the agitators. However, they were also arguing at this time and could not recommend a candidate who was capable of governing.

Some people said they wanted to invite Zhang Juzheng back from Tianjin, which was naturally opposed by a large number of officials.

Zhang Juzheng has a strong style. If he comes back to power, he will definitely liquidate those who betrayed him. Many people present participated in the overthrow of Zhang.

Others said they wanted to invite Gao Gong back, but many people opposed it.

Gao Gong is also arbitrary, and so many prime ministers have been forced out of office by Yan Guan, so when Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong come back, they will definitely purge Yan Guan. These Qingliu are firmly opposed.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng did not come back. When Li Chunfang was in power, there was no deputy prime minister in Zhongshu Province. The six ministers had no prestige at all, not to mention Qingliu. Their grades were low and it was impossible to govern.

The only choice left now is the local governors and ministers.

Qingyuan Bo Li Wei said cautiously:

"Queen Mother, I recommend Li Chengliang, Minister of the New Army, Governor of Shandong."

As soon as these words were said, the whole court exploded!

A civil servant immediately jumped out and said:

"Nonsense! Governor Li is a military attaché. How can we have a military attache to govern in our country!"

This time, the civil servants were surprisingly unanimous. They immediately united and recommended Chen Yiqin, the governor of Henan, to be the prime minister of Zhongshu.

Queen Mother Li looked at her father from behind the curtain. Based on her understanding of her father, she didn't know how much benefit he received from Li Chengliang before he jumped out to speak to him.

It is no wonder that the civil servants were fiercely opposed. Empress Dowager Li's political wisdom was clearly understood. Li Chengliang was a military commander. If he was appointed as the prime minister of Zhongshu, it would break the institutional tradition that the civil servants had finally established.

Who knew that this time Li Wei said rather forcefully:

"Master Li is the minister of the new army appointed by the imperial court. He ranks higher than the ministers of the six ministries and is also a civil servant. Why do you say that Master Li is a military man?"

A civil servant jumped out and said: "Li Chengliang is not an imperial examination official, let alone a Hanlin official. How can he serve as the Prime Minister of Zhongshu?"

Li Wei sneered and said: "Why not? Which rule of the imperial court says that only Hanlin officials can serve as prime ministers? Have all the prime ministers in the early years of our country participated in the imperial examination? Are they all Hanlin officials?"

Li Wei's words were naturally a quibble. The prime ministers in the early Ming Dynasty were all meritorious veterans who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world. The Yuan Dynasty had long stopped taking the imperial examination.

But this sentence is also very lethal. The Zhongshu Prime Minister system itself was created by Zhang Juzheng. In fact, it was only implemented a few years ago, and it is not an old system at all.

Moreover, there are many noble military officers and nobles in this court. If you directly call them nobles and nobles, I am afraid these nobles will draw their swords.

As the situation becomes more volatile, it has become the consensus of everyone to hold the barrel of a gun in hand.

And there is no doubt who the toughest gun barrel in Ming Dynasty is now.

Some civil servants who were still preparing to object fiercely seemed to be stuck in the neck and could not speak out their objections.

Everyone suddenly realized that the article bombarding Li Chunfang's resignation was the article published in "Shandong Xinbao", and it was also the article written by Li Chengliang's scholar Shan Haoxian.

When we think of Li Wei's sudden attack on the court, the man behind Li Chunfang's resignation was Li Chengliang, and the answer is readily apparent.

The courtiers broke into a cold sweat. At this moment, an official staggered into the court.

"The Queen Mother! Your Excellencies! The New Army Minister, Shandong Governor Li Chengliang, has led the New Army in two towns and has set off from Shandong. He wants to meet with the Queen Mother to discuss military matters!"