The emperor's heart alone

After the bustling street parade and deer-ming banquet, what followed was the granting of official positions to the newly promoted Jinshi.And everyone except a few people who knew the content of the imperial decree was shattered.

The No. [-] Scholar was compiled by Yu Zhaoming from the Sixth Grade Imperial Academy. Over the years, almost all the No. [-] scholars have held this position. The ministers of the court are not surprised. However, another decree before this made the ministers present at a loss. ——The emperor actually asked Xu Yunjin, the second son of the Xu family, to be the chief of the second-rank house of affairs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a very special existence.It specializes in court affairs, such as royal daily meals, clothing, etiquette, engineering, farms, animal husbandry, storage, etc. It also controls the palace's salt administration, accepting tributes and special offerings, etc.It has as many as a thousand officials, more than the household department with the most complicated affairs, and it is the largest institution of the Daping Dynasty.

There are ten departments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and each department is under the leadership of the third-rank general office doctor. Above the general office doctor is the second-rank internal affairs office.Throughout the ages, the two positions of the head of the House of Internal Affairs and the steward have always been held by members of the royal family. Before Shi Junji's decree, the head of the House of Internal Affairs was held by the current Second Prince.

Let’s not mention the whereabouts of the second prince, but only talk about the attitude of the ministers towards this matter. After the initial bewilderment, some people headed by the prime minister immediately knelt down and begged Shi Junji to take back his order. The ministers who have a better relationship with the Xu family After hesitating for a moment, he begged Shi Junji to take back his will, even Xu Tao and Xu Yunting were no exception.

Xu Yunjin has no fame and fame, and secondly, he is not a member of the royal family. Many people even don't know Xu Yunjin's existence. After all, the title of "Five Young Masters of the Capital" and "Four Young Masters of the Capital City" will not be noticed by those who are truly powerful , It's just a small fight, and it doesn't have much conflict with their own interests.Even many people who know Xu Yunjin have the impression of Xu Yunjin as a playboy, young and frivolous, how can such an important department as the Ministry of Internal Affairs let such a person take charge?Incapable, not having a good reputation, and being too young, these three points are enough to make everyone oppose Shi Junji's will.

Not to mention Xu Tao's meaning. In Xu Tao's eyes, Xu Yunjin is his youngest son, and even the son he loves the most. Doesn't he know what kind of person he is?Xu Tao is not worried about Xu Yunjin's ability, perhaps because of his recognition of his son, or perhaps because of an inexplicable feeling for Xu Yunjin, Xu Tao does not think that Xu Yunjin is not qualified for the position of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, ability has nothing to do with being able to sit firmly in this position.Even Xu Tao, who was born in a noble family, had to admit that in the officialdom, doing nothing is doing something, and how many people who are really promising will end well?As for Xu Yunjin's temperament, he knows best, he has no respect for the high-ranking ones, no desire to win over the low-ranking ones, no humility towards the same-ranking ones, how can such a temperament be like a fish in water in the officialdom?

And the Ministry of Internal Affairs has always been considered the place with the most lucrative resources. Who knows if Xu Yunjin's visit will hinder someone's fortune?What happened at that time, will Xu Yunjin be able to escape unscathed?Besides, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is busy with affairs, Xu Yunjin's health is not good, how can he hold such a heavy position?Even though Xu Tao always disliked Xu Yunjin for not studying, taking the imperial examinations, or entering an official career, but if he really had a chance to rise to the top, Xu Tao was also unwilling to let Xu Yunjin get involved in the officialdom.

Their Xu family has enough ability to make Xu Yunjin live a safe and prosperous life. Even if he left early, there is still Xu Yunting, but without Xu Yunting, there is still Xu Yue, and the grandson after that, so Xu Yunjin has to support himself up?

Xu Yunting was also unwilling to let Xu Yunjin become an official, but the reason was not the same as Xu Tao's.He knew the relationship between Xu Yunjin and Shi Junji, and what he was most worried about was not Xu Yunjin offending anyone, but that one day, when the two separated, Shi Junji became furious thinking of everything he had done before, and punished Xu Yunjin .Everything is good when you like it, and nothing is right when you don't like it.When you like it, a peach is a kind of sweetness, but when you don’t like it, you will be angry when you think of the peach you used to be—what am I?How dare you, a lowly person, feed me your leftovers?

Xu Yunting was afraid that something like this would happen in the future, Shi Junji was the most honorable person in the world, his anger was the anger of the world, Xu Yunjin couldn't bear it.He couldn't let the two separate, so he could only make the relationship between the two less after they separated, and the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have to say, really made Xu Yunting tremble with fear.

Where is the Ministry of Internal Affairs?To put it bluntly, it is a private matter of the royal family, in which filth can be seen everywhere, Xu Yunjin has seen such things a lot, can the emperor let him go in the future?Xu Yunting begged Shi Junji to take back his life, but he was completely thinking of Xu Yunjin.

As for other people's thoughts, it was nothing more than the fact that the Xu family was too popular, so how could Xu Yunjin be allowed to take on such an important task?There are also people who hold the idea that Xu Yunjin does not have such abilities, and if he enters the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he will inevitably be in chaos.What's more, the Mengyin family of the emperor is not out of the ordinary, it is an unwritten rule of the emperors of all dynasties, but how can the official position bestowed by the Mengyin people be the second rank of the imperial court?Usually it starts from the seventh rank and the seventh rank.

Shi Junji was not annoyed, he had expected everyone's reaction long ago, it would be abnormal if no one objected, but so what if someone objected?Who can stop what he decides?

"I ask you, is the House of Internal Affairs the outer court or the inner court?"

All the ministers looked at each other, some people thought of what the emperor was going to say next, and kept silent, some people didn't know what to say, but some people wanted to understand the meaning of the emperor but had to answer bravely, the prime minister took a step forward : "Back to the emperor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is under the inner court."

Shi Junji said: "The inner court belongs to the royal family, and royal affairs are private affairs, which have nothing to do with the outer court. This matter cannot be discussed any further, and we will withdraw from the court."

The ministers couldn't stop them, so they could only watch Shi Junji leave helplessly.However, when the court came down, there were countless officials seeking to see the emperor. Shi Junji only ordered Zhang Dequan, whoever asked to see him because of Xu Yunjin's affairs, would fight ten battles on the spot. As a result, most of them flinched. When the others were still persistent, Zhang Dequan carried out Shi Junji's order expressionlessly, asking for a meeting after ten battles, and continued fighting.

Xu Tao and Xu Yunting were terrified watching, Zhang Dequan caught a glimpse of their figures, and greeted them with a smile: "Master Xu Tao, please go back, the emperor has ordered that only Master Xu Yunting be allowed in."

Xu Tao took a look at Xu Yunting and heaved a sigh of relief. As long as he could see the emperor, he could talk about anything. Although it was strange that the emperor was anxious when he saw Xu Yunting, Xu Tao didn't think about it at this time, he just wanted Xu Yunting to tell the emperor well. , Let the emperor take back the decree just now.

Xu Tao said his goodbyes, and Xu Yunting followed Zhang Dequan into the inner hall of Changping Palace.

Shi Junji was standing in the inner hall coaxing the baby with a doting look on his face.

Zhang Dequan retreated silently, Xu Yunting didn't dare to breathe, and just knelt down to salute Shi Junji.

Shi Junji didn't seem to hear Xu Yunting's voice, still coaxing the child who was put on the bed, after a long while, he said softly: "Come here, see if this child is cute or not?"

Xu Yunting stood up cautiously, walked to Shi Junji's side, looked at the child in the bed, and couldn't help wondering, this child looked like a newborn, but he had never heard of any concubine in the harem giving birth Child, where did this child come from?

Xu Yunting didn't dare to speak out, Shi Junji was not angry, he still had a smile on his face, his voice was soft, but what he said frightened Xu Yunting: "This is Yunjin's child."

Xu Yunting knelt on the ground with a "plop".

Shi Junji didn't look at him, but said: "What are you doing? Yun Jin has a queen, you should be happy."

Xu Yunjin's mind was in confusion, what does the emperor mean?Yunjin's child?But Yun Jin has not yet married, and he doesn't even have a woman around him, so where did he get the child?What's more, according to the emperor's temperament, if it is really Yun Jin's child, how could the emperor tolerate the existence of this child so much?Even placed in the Changping Palace to raise him personally?But if it wasn't Xu Yunjin's child, then where did this child come from?Why did the emperor say that this child belongs to Xu Yunjin?

Xu Yunting heard Shi Junji say: "I won't let Yun Jin become my own son, so I will adopt one of my sons to Yun Jin, so that Yun Jin won't blame me, and it can be regarded as an explanation for your Xu family."

Xu Yunjin was so frightened that his whole body went limp, and he could hardly kneel down: "...the emperor..." Isn't the emperor's son the prince?Giving the prince to their Xu family as an adoptive child is something that they don't even dare to think about. How could Xu Yunting agree to such a ridiculous thing?

"I don't want to see any more portraits of women in Yunjin's place, and I don't want you to bother him about getting married again. Yunjin won't get married. You know better than anyone, don't you?" Shi Jun stared. Touching Xu Yunting's head, his voice gradually changed from soft to hard.

Xu Yunting could hear madness from Shi Junji's tone, yes, it was madness, if it wasn't madness, how could an emperor adopt his child to a minister's family?This kind of thing has never been heard in the unofficial history. To put it bluntly, the emperor is the master. No matter how high the position of these ministers is, they are just the slaves of the master. There is no reason to give the son of the master to the slave family as a son ?

"Please, please take the emperor's order back." Xu Yunting's voice was weak, "Yun Jin can't be the head of the House of Internal Affairs, let alone, let alone have a prince...as a son."

Shi Junji smiled: "I have to say, you Xu family members are very courageous."

Shi Junji squinted his eyes to look at the baby, and said slowly: "I can't let Yunjin be my empress dignifiedly, I can always let Yunjin be the master of the House of Internal Affairs."

Xu Yunting was startled, but he heard Shi Junji's meaning. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of court affairs. It can be said that it is No. 1 in the inner court. Even in front of the queen, there is no need to bow. The general manager seeks perfection, and the emperor can be said to be the No. 1 in the outer court. Two people, one in charge of the inside and the other in charge of the outside, aren't they just like a couple?