Chapter 429 428 Gao Gong is anxious

The news brought by Chen Ju is naturally very bad for Wei Guangde.

The Heavenly Office of the Ministry of Personnel has been taken first by Yan Song. Ouyang Bijin. With his kinship with Yan Song, although sometimes he and Yan Song don’t seem to be in harmony, he is a relative after all, and he will definitely be on his own at critical moments.

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As for the other vacant position as Minister of Rites and the chance to redeem the cabinet ministers, Wei Guangde was still very curious whether he, Brother Chen, had a definite news.

Although Yuan Wei's recent promotion has almost set the position of Minister of Rites, Wei Guangde still wants to ask.

"Brother Chen, I would like to ask a question, that is, the position of Minister of Rites. Does Your Majesty already have a crush on Yuan Wei?"

Chen Ju blinked and thought for a while before saying, "It's hard to say, Your Majesty will only keep this kind of thing in his heart."

However, looking at Wei Guangde's slightly disappointed expression, he smiled and said, "Actually, with my observation, Yuan Wei may not be the Minister of Rites."

“How to say it?”

Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

"Yuan Wei's promotion path is not so much a plan to be promoted to the Minister of Rites, but rather a journey into the cabinet."

Chen Ju talked jokingly: "If Yuan Wei was really put into the cabinet by the emperor, the position of Minister of Rites would be vacant. You should know that although the cabinet ministers were all entitled to the title of Minister of Rites, they did not take charge of the department."

"Brother means that Yuan Wei may enter the cabinet this year?"

Wei Guangde sensitively grasped the meaning in Chen Ju's words and asked.

"Mr. Lu has retired, and the cabinet is now strict. Xu and the other two must not do it."

Chen Ju smiled and said, "Yuan Wei is a person who is very loyal to the emperor, so the emperor can rest assured to put him in the cabinet."

The meaning in Chen Ju's words was a bit deeper. Wei Guangde was silent for a moment before slowly figuring out a little taste.

Now the two cabinet ministers in the cabinet have their own strength in the court. Although they are still dependent on the emperor, after all, there are still small groups of interests, so it is hard to say whether they will have an entanglement with the imperial power.

At that time, even if Emperor Jiajing can forcibly advance his will, the situation will definitely be very bad.

If an obedient person was put in the cabinet and mixed with sand, the situation might be better.

As for obedient people, the officials and ministers who work hard on Qingci should be the ones that Emperor Jiajing can be assured and useful as possible.

Because these people were considered by the outside world to flatter the emperor with Qing Ci, they had bad reputations in the officialdom and scholars, so they could only rely on the emperor with all their might.

They have been out of a clean yamen like the Hanlin Academy for a short time and have little connection with the court. They have not yet formed their own interest groups, so they can naturally use them with confidence.

"If Yuan Wei enters the cabinet, who will the Minister of Rites be the last one? Will Yan Ne?"

Yan Ne is now the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the closest person to the position of Minister of Rites.

"It is possible for Yan Ne, Guo Pu, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong, but Gao Gong is the most likely one to be the Left Minister of the Department."

Chen Ju said lightly, "Listen to my godfather, the emperor seems to have a bad impression of him recently, and I don't know if the factory guards have reported on what happened recently.

By the way, Li Chunfang's situation is similar to Gao Gong, and perhaps he also serves as the Left Minister. It's hard to say which department it is, but his situation is different from Gao Gong. His starting point is slightly lower now, after all, he has not stayed yet.

The department is in charge of the Hanlin Academy.”

When Wei Guangde heard this, he was shocked.

Of course, it was not that Gao Gong and Li Chunfang might have stayed in the army as the left minister, but what Chen Ju said earlier, the factory guards surveillance.

I have heard before that the emperor will definitely not decide if he wants to use someone with a slap in his head, but will send factory guards to monitor him and observe for a while before considering whether to enable it.

"Brother Chen, you have a wide connection in the palace. I don't know if I have been secretly caught by someone."

Wei Guangde didn't finish his words, but he still expressed his feelings about himself.

"The Beijing officials are all within the scope of factory and security supervision, but there are differences in priorities."

Chen Ju just replied with a clear answer.

Saying it means not saying it.

Wei Guangde thought to himself, but it was hard to continue asking.

"Yan Ne is the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Guo Pu is the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel. They are not the candidates for the Shangshu who are determined by His Majesty."

Wei Guangde suddenly felt a little moved and said in a low voice.

"Maybe, I remember that last year, my godfather told me that the Ministry of Rites might have to change people. At that time, Wu Shan was still busy with King Jing's vassal affairs, and I only found out later."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju suddenly stopped, as if he had noticed that he had lost his words. He looked at Wei Guangde opposite him and smiled and said, "Is there anything else I want to know? I'm still safe in you, brother, if you have anything, ask me.

OK, I will definitely tell you everything.”

In the past, Chen Ju would not have been so generous in front of Wei Guangde and said everything he knew.

After all, one time and another, now King Yu's status is stable. As an attendant, Chen Ju will have to consider the issue of the new emperor sooner or later.

Now try to make friends with King Yu, and King Yu will naturally feel at ease when he ascends the throne in the future.

In the inner court, the emperor's trust is the most important thing.

After separating from Chen Ju, Wei Guangde directly asked Zhang San to return to Prince Yu's Mansion in a carriage.

It was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon in the next generation. The major yamen in the court had already been disbanded. In the past, the officials in the Prince Chang Yu's mansion, except for Yin Shidan, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng usually left directly without any trouble.

But today Wei Guangde returned to the royal palace, not only Yin Shidan and Zhang Juzheng were also on the academy, but even Gao Gong came.

I think it was probably when Wei Guangde left the palace to meet Chen Ju, and King Yu sent someone to call Gao Gong.

When Wei Guangde walked outside, he heard the laughter of the people in the house, and wanted to invite him to the palace for a banquet as usual.

Now King Yu is in a really happy and relaxed mood, and he is becoming more and more frequent when holding wine and banquets.

After all, not only Wei Guangde, but also the people in the royal palace did not expect to find any useful news from Chen Ju today.

In King Yu's opinion, only old eunuchs like Huang Jin and Gao Zhong might be able to guess some.

After Wei Guangde entered the house to pay homage to King Yu and others, he did not keep it a secret and directly told everyone what he heard from Chen Ju.

Hearing that at noon today, Yan Song had already taken down the position of Minister of Personnel, Gao Gong's face went from nervousness and anger to his final loss.

Although Gao Gong had realized that it was not good since Yuan Wei was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel. In the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, his status was not that high, but he could not hide his disappointment in the end.

"Suqing, although there is no chance this time, it is not possible to take the position of Left Minister, that is, just waiting for the next opportunity."

Of course, Yin Shidan noticed Gao Gong's expression and hurriedly persuaded him.

Gao Gong smiled bitterly, but said nothing.

What Wei Guangde said before was naturally only involved the possible arrangements for the official positions of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. After all, the emperor had never consulted anyone, and Chen Ju only told Wei Guangde what he heard from Gao Zhong and what he guessed.

In addition, Wei Guangde mentioned the matter of the Censorate again, which was what Xu Jie said at the beginning, but he didn't know if Gao Gong knew about it.

Yin Shidan spoke again at this time and continued, "We still have to learn from Mr. Xu. We have already taken a fancy to the seat of the Censorate, but we never show any signs of dew."

Hearing Yin Shidan say this, Wei Guangde glanced at Zhang Juzheng.

If Xu Jie is indeed an experienced Taoist, he has long focused on the Censorate and even arranged people, but it has not been discovered by the outside world.

"No wonder."

At this time, King Yu suddenly laughed and said, "At that time, Mr. Pan, as the Left Minister of Justice, replaced Mr. Zheng, as the Left Minister of Justice, took the lead in the Ministry of Justice. He took leave after working for a few months. I was still wondering, the position of Mr. Pan, retired before the implementation of the position of Mr. Shang, was first to be resigned.

, It turns out that I am waiting here."

Not many people knew about Pan En at that time. Wei Guangde noticed that except Gao Gong, everyone else in the room seemed to have a look of surprise on his face, including Zhang Juzheng.

Now Pan En has recovered from illness and returned to the court, but the Minister of Justice has been appointed. When he recovers from illness, the Right Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate happened to be hanging, so he went directly to the Censorate.

Thinking about it now, only Ge Xu's methods of seeking jobs are clever.

However, these are not comparable to those of the people in Prince Yu’s mansion. With the old master in the dynasty, they can naturally do many things that others cannot do.

"Yes, Master Xu's face in His Majesty is not as good as Master Yan. He cannot directly ask Lord Pan for official positions like Master Zhang, so he can only find ways to wait for the official position to be vacant and get the qualifications."

Yin Shidan said.

Speaking this is actually expressing a meaning to Gao Gong. You have been in the Ministry of Rites for a short time. If you lack holy relatives, don’t just think about getting ahead. You can’t compare with Yuan Wei and others, or have a degree.

For better.

Wei Guangde thought that he would study Xu Jie's way of employing people these days, learn some experience from him, and promote his own people in the future, such as Lao Kan.

Wei Guangde also realized the importance of the Censorate because of his impeachment memorial, so he had the idea of ​​pushing Lao Kan to take charge of the Censorate.

Look at Pan En's promotion and the career of the Zuodu Censors before, it's time to start working well and prepare a team for yourself.

Everyone in the room had their own thoughts, and they soon dispersed.

Today, when King Yu saw Gao Gong was in a bad mood, he naturally did not arrange a banquet for entertainment. I am afraid no one would want to drink this cup.

The next day, the cabinet received the decree from Xiyuan.

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The people in Prince Yu's mansion had already heard the wind yesterday, but they were not surprised, but the news was very surprised by the ministers in the court.

Wu Peng retired, Wu Shan lived in vain, and two Shangshu positions were vacant. Many people thought it would be a battle between dragons and tigers, and they would compete very well when they could push them, but they did not expect that Emperor Jiajing directly gave the people.

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To be continued...