Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

There was a lot of noise in the courtroom, but Prince Xi, who used to always come out to fight the fire, was as quiet as a chicken today.

Prince Xi is the assistant minister, and Emperor Jiakang wanted to set up a cabinet just to get rid of him. Of course, Prince Xi was not happy, thinking that his good intentions were taken as the liver and lungs of a donkey.How can you give Emperor Jiakang a place again?

He is willing to stand on the Golden Luan Hall today, and he feels that he has given Emperor Jiakang enough face, and if he wants him to contribute more, it is impossible to think about it.

In desperation, Emperor Jiakang had to retreat in a hurry.The matter of Hu and Du's two ministers biting each other had to be postponed for later discussion.

At the beginning when Hu Xuemin bitten half of the officialdom in Fujian and Zhejiang, Emperor Jiakang was still a little suspicious, but now he was counterattacked by Du Dashi. If the cleansing was carried out according to the two people's words, not to mention Fujian and Zhejiang, the entire court would be empty.

Emperor Jiakang finally realized the severity of the party struggle.

At this time, let's talk about canceling the cabinet, Emperor Jiakang's prestige will be greatly reduced.

For this farce, Prince Xi no longer intervened, but hoped that both of them would suffer a loss, so that Emperor Jiakang would know that he was in the same boat.I want to run before I have learned to walk. I am so impatient.

The emperor retired, and the former emperor was the puppet emperor for almost ten years.Now that Emperor Jiakang has been in power for one year, he is so anxious to make Qiankun arbitrary, and designs to deprive him of his rights, of course Prince Xi will not bear it.

It should be known that Prince Xi not only made great contributions in the Qianyuan Dynasty, but the eldest prince was able to take the throne by virtue of his campaign in Fujian and Zhejiang. In addition to Prince Jia Lian Teng's support, Prince Xi also removed many obstacles for him in the capital.To dissuade Emperor Qianyuan from promoting the fifth prince's mother.

Otherwise, once nobleman Zhou is successfully promoted to the concubine position, there will naturally be a large number of civil and military officials who will become supporters of the fifth prince's mother and son, and the eldest prince may not be able to stand alone.

The eldest prince has the support of Jia Lian's prince Teng, Feng and Tang, so what?Is it possible to support the soldiers and rebel?

Prince Xi monopolizes the three important yamen, besides liking power, he may not have no intention of escorting the eldest prince.

In fact, Prince Xi was already thinking about whether to return the government to the emperor, but unexpectedly Emperor Jiakang conspired against him.

Prince Xi suddenly felt insulted.

Of course, Prince Xi would not subdue the factional struggle provoked by Emperor Jiakang this time.

Prince Xi wanted to see how Emperor Jiakang would respond!

Prince Xi let it go, thinking that Emperor Jiakang must be in a hurry.

But he forgot that it was Uncle Zhang's idea that Emperor Jiakang wanted to set up a cabinet.Now that something happened, he naturally wanted to ask Uncle Ji Zhang.

On this day, Emperor Jiakang summoned Zhang's uncle again and asked, "Aiqing thinks what should I do with the current situation? Does Aiqing think that Du Jiuyuan's performance of Hu Xuemin's revenge on the heroes is true?"

The uncle of the Zhang family said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I still have the same old saying. It is nonsense for Hu Xuemin to participate in the performance. It was the emperor's will for Dai Quan to walk in the six departments. Where is the emperor's involvement? Du Jiuyuan's performance is obviously In order to counter Hu Xuemin's far-fetched act, the reason why these two people are biting each other is to compete for the position of the second assistant!" Emperor Jiakang was silent for a while after hearing the words, and then sighed: "Could it be that I was wrong? Form a cabinet?"

Uncle Zhang said: "No, your majesty is twenty-five years old this year, and he is not a child. At the beginning, the first emperor appointed assistant ministers, but because your majesty served mostly in the army, he didn't understand government affairs. Now that you have been familiar with him for a year, your majesty can already If you are proficient in handling the affairs of state, you should naturally return the affairs to His Majesty. All government affairs should be approved by His Majesty Zhu. As for Hu and Du, they are just acting out of selfish motives and have nothing to do with Your Majesty. Furthermore, His Majesty wants to form a cabinet for a greater extent. Supporting the New Deal, if it hadn’t been for the pressure of Prince Xi and King Zhongjing Gu Nian’s honorable clan to hinder His Majesty’s implementation of the New Deal in Zhili, His Majesty would not be in a hurry to form a cabinet.” Emperor Jiakang sighed: “I remember that when my father was alive, Prince Xi’s uncle Repeatedly mentioning a whip method, why come to fight me again now?"

The uncle of the Zhang family said: "It is not difficult to understand. At the beginning, Prince Xi was a supporter of the late emperor. He wanted to help the late emperor build his prestige, help the late emperor fill the treasury, and help the late emperor fight against Japanese pirates. All this has been decided. He must To fight against those clans who opposed the late emperor, they must be suppressed in order to help the late emperor. Now it is different, Prince Xi himself has become the landlord of a thousand hectares of fertile land, and the naval battle is over. Maybe Prince Xi is not against it, he just thinks It should be slow, slow to influence, this is actually the same as the previous emperor, the emperor never objected to a whip. However, he always felt that the former emperor was too impatient. Now, Prince Xi also thinks that you are too impatient. "Emperor Jiakang's expression was unusually firm: "I don't want to be like my father. He wanted to reform the tax system, but my grandfather didn't agree. Emperor Father has been on the throne for ten years, and he has almost never done anything according to his own wishes. I don't want to follow the old path of Emperor Father. No one can force me!"

Generally, Uncle Zhang Ji would not intervene in such words.

Emperor Jiakang vented his anger, and then he asked, "Aiqing hasn't answered my question yet, how can we solve the current chaotic situation?"

Uncle Zhang said with a smile: "The factional disputes in the imperial court have never ceased in all dynasties. Hu and Du are in a muddle-headed lawsuit, and there is no good way to scold each other. How can this kind of anger be taken seriously? Two scholars are just fighting for the position of second assistant." , It’s no big deal.” Emperor Jiakang was stunned: “Being idle? But what they said is to understand the Japanese and to be rebellious? Is it just to let it go?”

Uncle Zhang asked: "If there are really so many officials who know the Japanese, can we win the war against the Japanese? It's just that Hu Du's should not interfere with your major affairs. It is bound to kill chickens and ban monkeys. You just happened to Liwei!" Emperor Jiakang said: "Aiqing's intention is to punish Hu and Du, and leave the rest alone?"

Uncle Zhang's family nodded: "Exactly, if your majesty listens to them false accusations, biting each other, and chasing down hundreds of officials, everyone will be in danger and have no intention of political affairs. You will also be entangled in this matter. Don't talk about implementing the New Deal, it will be established." The affairs of the cabinet will also be put on hold. This is exactly what the nobles of the clan wanted. Your Majesty should remember that the prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was involved in witchcraft. In the end, the villain succeeds, but the dynasty and the emperor suffer the most!"

Emperor Jiakang was shocked when he heard the words, yes, is he going to listen to the rumors of those two people and censor all the officials in the court?

This will not only delay the establishment of the cabinet, but also chill the hearts of all officials.

Once the officials lose trust in the court and the king, they will be complacent and cautious, and the court will be stagnant, and it will be difficult to implement the New Deal at that time.No matter how talented and ambitious I am, I will be alone.Doomed to be mediocre for a lifetime.

The next day, Emperor Jiakang called Daqi, and first characterized the mutual attack between Hu and Du as two fighting for the post of assistant.Emperor Jiakang said that he would not believe their nonsense.

In the end, Emperor Jiakang changed the subject: "Hu Xuemin, Du Jiuyuan, as an official of the six ministries, for a little self-interest, went so far as to commit false accusations and framing, and caused trouble for all officials. Du Jiuyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was dismissed from the position of Shangshu, and he was relegated to serve as a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, and he left Beijing immediately, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing unless he was called."

Hu Xuemin dropped ten levels straight down, Du Jiuyuan also dropped nine levels straight down, Emperor Jiakang even arranged them to repair the house together, this is to let them continue to fight with the capital, out of sight, out of mind, let them fight to the death!

Hu Xuemin and Du Jiuyuan were expelled from the Jinluan Hall, and Emperor Jiakang immediately appointed a new minister, transferred Guozijian Jijiu Lin Ruhai as the Minister of Rites, and promoted Yin Feng, the former minister of the Ministry of Officials, as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Finally, Emperor Jiakang appointed Zhang Jun, the uncle of the Zhang family, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, Huang Dayuan, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, as the second assistant, and the other six ministers as the elders of the cabinet.

In October of the first year of Jiakang, the cabinet was established!

Prince Xi was going to sit and watch Emperor Jiakang sit on the wax, but the cabinet ran aground, and he came forward to clean up the mess, but who knew that Emperor Jiakang would wipe the mud and beat Hu Xuemin to the end.The newly promoted Yin Feng is cunning, and Lin Ruhai is not one of his own.

Prince Xi really can't afford to lose money by stealing chickens.But he was working hard, ready to compete with the emperor as an auxiliary minister.

Suddenly there was a confrontational situation in the court. For the same matter, there were blue approvals from the assistant ministers and Zhu approvals from the emperor, and the replies were quite different.

Baiguan was dumbfounded.

Emperor Jiakang couldn't help it either, Prince Xi held the Shangfang Sword, and he was appointed by the late emperor as the assistant minister.

The emperor fought with his uncle, and Zhang's uncle was helpless.

Emperor Jiakang was extremely depressed, and he sent a private letter to Jia Lian in the court newspaper, complaining bitterly, saying that Prince Xi wanted to be the Supreme Emperor, and he treated himself like a child, pointing fingers at the government.

Jia Lian replied with a smile: My second uncle used to be a bully, so I instigated my father to fight him!

Emperor Jiakang took a look and immediately understood.

Let the queen Yu Liuyue summon the second concubine of Prince Zhongjing's mansion to have an audience.

The next day, the assistant minister, King Zhongjing, suddenly submitted a note, claiming that he was old and had no interest in political affairs, and asked to retire.

Emperor Jiakang repeatedly asked him to stay, and after King Zhongjing's three resignations, Emperor Jiakang approved this chapter of King Zhongjing, and happily sent down his will.

On the same day, Empress Jiang Yizhi promoted the second concubine who was pregnant by King Zhongjing to be the first concubine.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Jiakang promoted the King of Beijing County and the King of Nan'an County to be the former ministers of the imperial court, and put them in charge of Jinyiwei and the inner court guards.

Since then, Prince Xi's control over the internal officials has been completely emptied.