Chapter 447 446 Balance

"I met Mr. Xu. He said that his Majesty summoned him and Mr. Yan before, saying that this matter was said. His Majesty had already decided that Guo Pu would be the Minister of Personnel."

Li Fang brought back a lot of news, and the result of the refusal was that Guo Pu, the secretary of the Zhan Shi Mansion, and Li Jikan, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing, but Emperor Jiajing had already decided that Guo Pu would replace Ouyang Bijin.

Everyone in the room was speechless.

Wei Guangde completely understood that Emperor Jiajing was actually tightening his rights, from delegating power to Yan Song in the past to tightening it now, appointing the officials who wrote Qing Ci to him before to take office.

They naturally know what they rely on if they have their current official positions. From then on, they will also move closely around Emperor Jiajing. Perhaps this is also the preparations made for King Yu to ascend the throne. He cannot allow a powerful political force to exist during the period of the throne.

Yan Song, a once prominent figure, finally came to the end of his political career and was about to come to an end.

Wei Guangde didn't know what others thought, that's how he understood.

In fact, it seems that the people in the palace have already seen this, so Chen Ju pointed out the names of those people at the beginning.

Thinking of the conversation Yan Song had asked him for, Shoufu Yan should have expected that today would be there.

Ouyang Bijin retired, and Yan Song's power among the six tribes and nine ministers was completely disintegrated, and this was only in the emperor's mind.

Look at Yan Song now and Wei Zhongxian, who was scolded miserably in later generations, are actually just a chess piece of the emperor and a target for setting up.

Wei Guangde was still thinking about this, and he heard Li Fang say again, "There is another thing, Master Xu said that he would like to tell Your Highness first."

"What's the matter?"

King Yu was in a bad mood at this moment. When he heard Xu Jie still say something, he asked casually.

"Heror Xu Ge said that the matter of Tang Ruyi entering Prince Yu's mansion has been decided, and he will issue an order to enter the mansion in the next two days."

Li Fang answered hurriedly.

"Yeah, I got it."

King Yu nodded. The palace prophet knew about this, and the cabinet might not know about it, so Xu Jie told Li Fang about it.

Seeing that King Yu was not in high spirits, Yin Shidan spoke, "Tang Xiuzhu is the young master of Shangshu of Tang, and everyone may know who he is, so you should pay attention to speaking and doing things in the palace in the future."

Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde naturally knew what Yin Shide meant. Whether Tang Long was Yan Song's person was not known. Wei Guangde didn't know that Wei Guangde was still in Bengshan Fort and Niba at that time.

But everyone said this, Wei Guangde probably didn't think it was too different. At least Tang Long and Yan Song had a good relationship, and even if they didn't seek refuge, they would have a deep relationship.

Where is Prince Yu’s Mansion?

Why did Emperor Jiajing throw Tang Ruyi into Prince Yu’s mansion?

Did Emperor Jiajing not know about Tang Ruyi’s situation?

No, it has spread in the court, and it is impossible for the palace to know about this, otherwise the Dongchang would have become a slut.

Wei Guangde felt that Emperor Jiajing must have known this, and there must be some purpose in sending people to Prince Yu's Mansion.

But why do you need to mix sand into Prince Yu’s mansion?

Wei Guangde was a little confused. Isn’t this a discomfort for the people in Prince Yu’s Mansion?

In the afternoon, Wei Guangde got on his carriage and walked home swaying. The car suddenly stopped halfway and then felt that the front of the car was tilted towards the side of the road.

It should be giving way to the car opposite.

Wei Guangde thought to himself, after waiting for a while, shouts came from outside the car window, which was the sound of the sedan chair lifting the sedan chair and unifying its pace.

Wei Guangde knew that he must have been to a place with a narrower road surface, and the person opposite should have a higher status than him, so the carriage had to give way.

After waiting for a while, the sedan chairman on the opposite side had passed and the carriage moved again. Wei Guangde asked, "Which mansion was from before?"

The coachman Li San answered at this time, "The sedan chair of Ouyang Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, so the young one avoided it."

"Yeah, I got it."

Wei Guangde casually answered, "If you let Ouyang enter the sedan chair, just let him go, he won't be able to stay in the capital for long."

When officials retire, they must return to their hometowns according to the system. This is also a way for the Ming Dynasty to control the population of the capital.

Of course, there are also people who stay in the capital, but there are sufficient reasons. For example, if your son is an official in the capital, he will return to his hometown and have no one to support him. In this case, you can apply to stay in the capital.

Thinking about these things casually in his mind, suddenly, Wei Guangde felt a flash of inspiration, as if he had figured out the thoughts of Emperor Jiajing.

What thoughts are naturally the purpose of Tang Ruyi entering Prince Yu's mansion.

Of course, it has nothing to do with Tang Ruyi. He is only in his forties and is still far from resigning.

Emperor Jiajing sent people who had a relationship with the Yan family to Prince Yu's mansion. Why?

This should be paving the way for King Yu to rule in the future, or to place forces from all parties in the court and in the country around King Yu, so that he can have an early understanding of the government. Perhaps, this is also a way for emperors to educate.

Let’s see what happened to King Yu before Tang Ruyi entered the mansion. The Yu faction led by Gao Gong quickly gathered around King Yu after entering the court to serve King Yu. The purpose of this was naturally to become successful after King Yu ascended the throne.

However, these people have also been tested. When King Jing was in Beijing, these people were unyielding to King Yu, at least they were loyal to him.

Who else?

Xu Jie's power.

Prince Yu's Mansion was suppressed by Prince Jing's Mansion and lived a difficult life, while Xu Jie was suppressed by Yan Song in the cabinet, which was difficult for him to move forward.

The two weak-powered ones got together, and they were born to be opponents of King Jing's Mansion and the Yan family.

As for the third force in the court, it was separated from these two factions. Although it was sometimes biased towards King Yu, it did not surrender.

It can be said that King Yu has never had much contact with Yan officials, which is naturally not conducive to his promotion and employment in the future and balance the court.

Now Emperor Jiajing arranged the Yanshi officials into the Yu Palace. Perhaps because he was worried that after King Yu took office, he believed the instigation of the ministers of the hidden residence, and he would remove the Yanshi officials regardless of the situation.

What will happen at that time? One party will dominate, and there can be a unified voice but there is a lack of checks and balances, which is not conducive to the imperial power.

Let King Yu contact the strict officials when he was in secret, so that he could understand them, at least he would not be too perverse and believe them at the time. At least he would retain this force and balance the situation.

As for why Wei Guangde thought of this, it was naturally because Ouyang Bijin, who had just passed by, was ordered to retire by Emperor Jiajing.

At this time, Wei Guangde had a bold guess in his mind, ranging from half a year to a year, and perhaps Yan Song would follow Ouyang Bijing's footsteps.

Once Yan Song fails, the Yan party will inevitably disperse. At that time, they will be panicked all day long, which is not conducive to maintaining the stability of the state.

Of course, at this time, Emperor Jiajing had to start to make some moves before it could make sense. Letting Tang Ruyi enter the Yu Palace as a lecturer in the palace was one of the actions. Otherwise, with King Yu in his twenties, he would not have to be given so many lecturers to teach.

In fact, now, there are three people in Prince Yu’s Mansion, Yin Shidan, Zhang Juzheng and himself, and there is not much to talk about on weekdays.

With Tang Ruyi beside King Yu, other members of the strict party will naturally feel much more at ease and can slowly sort out who should deal with and who should keep.

When the carriage reached his gate, Wei Guangde finally understood the intention of the person in Xiyuan.

However, he didn't plan to say this guess, at least he had to look at the direction of the wind and then quietly tell King Yu if he would take time to talk to Chen Ju one day.

The next day, the memorial sent by the Ministry of Personnel into Xiyuan was criticized and sent back to the cabinet, so Prince Yu's Mansion naturally knew the details as soon as possible.

Looking at the end of the memorial, Emperor Jiajing still wrote his own comments: The ministers who wrote the article have not been able to correct it for a long time. I will use the simple example to describe it and make a statement.

Several important officials in the court saw the comments from Emperor Jiajing, and now they were writing memorials in their respective duty rooms.

"What does Your Majesty mean? Is there anyone else going to be dismissed from office?"

Yin Shidan was a little puzzled, not understanding whether Emperor Jiajing's words meant that ministers could not do anything or something, but now those people are busy with some apology, which shows that they know what the reason is.

After all, the cabinet is always the cabinet. Even if King Yu is already the crown prince, it is not legitimate after all. It is normal for many court news not to know about it.

Just like Yang Bo’s plan to fight against the Fujian bandits, the Ministry of War knew about the situation more than Wei Guangde knew in Prince Yu’s mansion, so he could propose countermeasures in a targeted manner. Wei Guangde could only think about going to Jiangnan and then looking at the actual situation to think about countermeasures.

As for this incident, Wei Guangde only subconsciously believed that Emperor Jiajing should have blown the wind to those people before, but he didn't expect that in the end, the person who would push him would also add Li Ji, and now he asked them to discuss it in the form of Guo Pu and tell their respective opinions.

What era is now? The emperor must be more powerful than the sky. He spoke with the constitution and followed the law. Who dared to be serious with him? Naturally, he could only keep saying that Guo Pu is the most suitable candidate to serve as the Minister of Personnel.

A bunch of memorials were sent to the Xiyuan, and they were soon sent back to the cabinet by Emperor Jiajing, at a very fast speed.

After all, the position of Minister of Personnel cannot be left empty for too long, and even Emperor Jiajing wants to implement this matter as soon as possible.

This time, Emperor Jiajing only commented after Yan Song's memorial: The ministers who wrote the articles were slackened and relocated, and even if they were not suitable for being stagnant, they would not be able to make corrections. I would like to recommend that all the ministers were not devoted to their hearts, but they would be determined to be honest and cautious without asking any questions. Since the resignation, all the officials were slapped and lost their official positions. I would like to replace them and ordered them not to refuse.

At the same time, an edict was also delivered, "The Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is in charge of the Zhan Shifu Office, Guo Puhui's department is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and he is promoted to the Minister of Personnel and the Prince's Shaobao."

In the comments of Emperor Jiajing, there was a saying of "Yu Pu, don't say anything", so Guo Pu naturally would not imitate others and wanted to have a "three words and three resignations", but he still expressed his gratitude overnight.

Guo Pu's replacement of Ouyang Bijin in charge of the Ministry of Personnel was a complete confirmation, and he received the noble title of Prince Shaobao, which was naturally very excited.

Emperor Jiajing actually criticized Guo Pu’s gratitude memorial very seriously, and his words were naturally praised.

"You are pure and honest, diligent and sincere, and you will be kind to me. You should carefully evaluate common people's duties before obeying orders, and use the ultimate intention of using the deputy to use the simplified and simple words."

Emperor Jiajing's comment on Guo Pu immediately made him become a new nobleman in the court for a while. There were already long queues in front of Guo's mansion, and there were endless powerful people visiting and making friends.

It is quite good for the important officials in the court. They just want to celebrate when they meet, and the officials in the middle and lower levels are trying their best to curry favor with each other.

I don’t know when it started, but in the mouths of the lower-level officials, Yuan Wei, Guo Pu, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang were gradually regarded as the new "Qing Ci Prime Minister" after Yan Song.

Compared with Yan Song, they naturally did not have any kind intentions, but no one dared to say these words in person, that is, a few words behind their backs.

It is impossible to remind people of the four people. After the beginning of the year, these people were promoted rapidly by the emperor and all of them were included in the ranks of important officials. What before them?

In the eyes of the officials below, it is nothing more than a Qing Ci to attract favor.

In fact, it is only they who know whether it is jealous or something. At least Wei Guangde is very envious.

Time flies, and November is about to begin, and it is the winter solstice again.
To be continued...