After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, there was a deathly silence in the Wenhua Palace, but everyone present showed different expressions and even had different emotions.

Han Xu's body paused slightly and he raised his head, with a bit of surprise between his brows.

Wang Qia, Xu Guangqi, Wang Zaijin, and Huang Liji looked solemn, but did not show any signs of surprise. They had obviously guessed this before.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren tried hard to control their excitement and try not to express their emotions too obviously.

As for Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun and others showed a bit of worry.

As the highest place in the Ming Dynasty's political arena, the cabinet was definitely the place where countless civil servants of the Ming Dynasty wanted to go. How many people worked very hard to get into the cabinet.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty has a relatively special officialdom system. If you want to step into the cabinet, before the Ming Emperor makes it clear, you need to select the corresponding candidates through the court recommendation with the participation of ministers in the court, and then submit them to the emperor through the cabinet.

However, this unspoken rule of acquiescence has induced the formation of party strife.

In order to be able to enter the cabinet and gain more power, any means will be used.

Another system of the imperial dynasty, the Jingchao, was originally intended to eliminate laziness, indifference, mediocre officials who do not do practical things, corrupt officials who seek power for personal gain, and old and infirm officials in the capital.

Officials who were unable to handle government affairs retired, but ended up exacerbating party strife.

When the atmosphere is broken, no matter how good the system is, it will be useless.

For Emperor Chongzhen, he wanted the cabinet to which he belonged to be able to check and balance and supervise each other.

So in the current chaos, we must know how to take advantage of the situation and directly remove his cabinet ministers in the name of stabilizing the court situation, instead of conducting so-called court promotions.

"I have already selected the candidates who will be promoted to the cabinet, and the central plan has been drawn up. Your cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department should take a look at it."

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, glanced at the people with different expressions and said calmly: "Don't stress anything to me. This cabinet cannot easily add ministers without the approval of the court, otherwise it will definitely make the court situation more chaotic.

I am asking you to come here. The purpose of adding ministers to the cabinet is to stabilize the chaotic situation of the court. If you can't even handle this, what use do I need you to do!?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard that the emperor had formulated a decree to promote a group of cabinet ministers. After hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, everyone showed complicated expressions.

The emperor has actually already drafted the new cabinet ministers?

After promulgating the edict, isn't the emperor afraid that Liu Ke will exercise his right to refute it?

If this matter reaches the court, I'm afraid the turmoil will not be small.

Will I be included in the list of new cabinet ministers?

If it is really rejected, then...

While everyone was secretly thinking about it, Wang Chengen held the imperial edict in his hand and walked towards Han Xu. This caused everyone's eyes to focus on Han Xu.

Seeing that Han Xu was hesitant and took the imperial edict with both hands, Emperor Chongzhen picked up the tea cup, took a sip and said: "Han Qing, as the chief minister of the cabinet, please take a look first."

After hearing this, Han Xu was secretly relieved. The emperor did not depose him, but instead asked him to continue to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet.

But for others, the mood is more complicated.

Han Xu, the chief minister of the cabinet, was not deposed by the emperor, so even if they could be promoted to the cabinet, they would only be a junior minister at best.

"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and he says:..."

The moment Han Xu opened the edict, everyone standing around him subconsciously looked over. However, when they saw the content of the edict, the situation was different.

Nine cabinet ministers!?

What kind of trouble is the emperor making!

Why is there no me!?

Why did I join the cabinet and still take charge of warehouse affairs?

The cabinet ministers headed by Han Xu and the military aircraft minister headed by Wang Qia were all secretly frightened and had different ideas about the newly defined cabinet team.

Emperor Chongzhen looked calm and put down the tea cup in his hand. Apparently he was not surprised by everyone's reaction. One master, one time, and seven groups of assistants were rare in the Ming Dynasty.

If there are too many ministers in the cabinet, there will be disagreements and corresponding turmoil. However, in the current messy Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen's choice was carefully considered.

The first assistant was Han Xu, the second assistant was Wen Tiren, and the group assistants were Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Daodeng, He Ruchong, Qian Xiangkun, Cheng Jiming, and Wu Zongda.

In this newly appointed cabinet team, there are three people from the Donglin Party and six people from other factions. Some are pragmatic and some are pragmatic. Their working styles and temperaments allow them to check and balance each other and supervise each other. This makes

The general direction of the cabinet in the future will be towards the trajectory set by Emperor Chongzhen.

"Han Qing, Yuan Eucalyptus, who was previously appointed, has a lot of involvement in the country, and some ministers of the monasteries and monasteries have been arrested."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, faced the gazes, and walked towards Han Xu: "Now in Xuanfu Town, another case of collaboration with the enemy has been revealed, and it has not been fully investigated yet.

Since I, Yuji, became emperor, I have never encountered such a situation.

Many problems have been exposed in the country, which has led to uncertainty in the current situation of the country, and even panic among people, and everyone is in danger. I feel very sad about this.

At present, the Eight Banners are raging in Liaodong, and the rogue bandits are raging in Shaanxi and other places. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, disasters have occurred frequently in various places. I really don’t want to see the government situation continue to be in such chaos.

As the chief minister of the cabinet and the leader of the Ming Dynasty, you should share my worries a lot, and the same goes for you cabinet ministers and ministers of the Military Aircraft Department.

Let the cabinet issue this imperial edict that I have issued. At this time tomorrow, I will come to the Wenhua Palace to discuss the government affairs of the DPRK and China with the cabinet!"

That unquestionable tone doubled the pressure on Han Xu. The emperor had obviously completely thrown this thunder into his own hands. If it was done well, everything would be fine.

If it is not done well, the situation will probably be very serious.

I didn't hear what the emperor just said. If the cabinet issue is uncertain, then Yuan Yu and the collaborator Yuan Yuan have the hidden intention of continuing to quarrel.

Thinking of this, Han Xu felt his scalp numb, and he bowed his hands and said: "I will do my best to handle this matter!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Han Xu's attitude.

Having Han Xu, the pressure-resistant and practical chief assistant, standing in front of him to help him bear the pressure of the court, this really saved him a lot of troubles.

In the previous cabinet, there were three members of the Donglin Party, but Qian Longxi was killed, and Li Biao, who "resigned", was eventually arrested.
Chapter completed!