The weather is getting colder and colder, and the smell of the New Year in the capital is getting stronger and stronger, today is the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the imperial court will take the annual holiday in six days, and most of the government institutions will not go to work until the Lantern Festival after the New Year.

At this moment, in the cabinet located on the left hand of the noon gate, the four elders of the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe, the six Shangshu, the six squires, the imperial history of the left and right of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the general envoy Sitong political envoy, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and the Dali Siqing and other officialdom bigwigs are all here.

It is worth mentioning here that Wang Qiong, the former secretary of the ministry, has been appointed to the army, and the person who took over the post of secretary is named Qiao Yu, who was originally the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and has a close relationship with Yang Tinghe. This is normal, Yang Tinghe took great pains to abolish Wang Qiong, and the important position of the secretary of the ministry naturally had to be reserved for his own people.

In addition, Wang Xian, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was also deposed, he and Wang Qiong were in the same party, how could Lao Yang leave him, so he simply dismissed him and replaced him with Peng Ze as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Peng Ze had a grudge with Wang Qiong.

Therefore, Yang Gelao's position in the DPRK is now more stable, of course, with Fei Hong's secondary assistant, Yang Tinghe is still subject to certain checks and balances, and the cabinet is no longer his word.

Today, a group of officialdom bigwigs gathered in the cabinet, mainly to discuss two things, the first is to discuss the matter of giving Xu Jin a reward, and the second is to discuss the feasibility of Qingtianzhuang.

For the first thing, Emperor Jiajing has already given instructions that it must be set within today, and he has also set the tone, at least two levels of official promotion, and he will be crowned as an earl.

In fact, Xu Jin's recital was sent to the capital on the eighteenth day of the lunar month, and as expected, it instantly caused an uproar. Those royal relatives and nobles all scolded Xu Jin for being ill-intentioned and completely one-sided against Qingtianzhuang, while the court officials were polarized, some were opposed, but some were strongly supportive. For example, in the middle of the incident, Xia Yan complained bitterly about the harm caused by the land annexation, and resolutely supported the cleaning of the grange and returned the land annexed by the mighty force to the people, so that the cultivators could have their land.

In addition, many new science and technology scholars have also written to support Xu Jin, including Yang Weicong, the champion of the new department, and even Lu Jun, a mad student in Zhejiang, also expressed their support. As the so-called newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, these young scholars who have just entered the officialdom have a passion for serving the country, and they are naturally more energetic and courageous than those sleek old birds in officialdom.

Of course, the more important reason is that most of the old officials are vested interests, and the new scholars have only entered the officialdom, especially those from poor backgrounds, who have not benefited from the annexation of land, so they resolutely support Qingtianzhuang and return the people's land. It's called the ass decides the head!

Therefore, in the past few days, the court officials have been divided into two factions and argued, and the recital book was handed over like snowflakes, and the little emperor was made into one head and two big.

Zhu Houxuan naturally supported Xu Jin, after all, this is also the cornerstone of maintaining the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but Qingtianzhuang has damaged the interests of too many royal relatives and nobles, including the Xingwang line, these days there have been people who have gone to Zhu Houxi's biological mother Jiang Shi to complain, and there are also many nobles who have run to the Empress Dowager Zhang's to complain, such as Zhang Heling, Marquis of Ningshou, Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang, and Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, etc.

In addition, the emperor himself was the largest land annexer, and the imperial estates all over the country were the properties of the emperor's name, and those eunuchs occupied a large amount of land as imperial estates in the name of paying tribute to the imperial palace, and these imperial estates brought a lot of income to the emperor's inner treasury every year.

Since Zhu Houxi became the emperor, his life has been tight, and he is counting on getting more income to enrich the inner treasury, so this kid is also a little undecided about Qingtianzhuang, and in the end he simply threw it to the cabinet to discuss, and whether it will be successful depends on the results of the cabinet discussion.

At this time, Qiao Yu, the new secretary of the Ministry of Officials, took the lead in speaking, the Ministry of Officials is the department in charge of the assessment and appointment of officials, so what official should Xu Jin promote, the Ministry of Officials is undoubtedly the most right to speak, only to hear Qiao Yu cough lightly and said: "Xu Ziqian was ordered to repair the river embankment for disaster relief, from summer to cold, conscientious, and found out the case of the shortage of the granary, punished the evil and eliminated corruption, and recovered a lot of losses for our dynasty, and the official promotion of two products should also be." It just so happens that there are many vacancies in Shandong now, and this official thinks that Xu Ziqian is quite suitable to serve as the governor of Puzhou! ”

As soon as Qiao Yu said this, the audience couldn't help but look sideways, and Fei Hong's face was slightly gloomy, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

Zhizhou is a five-grade official, compared to Xu Jin's current six-grade Hanlin revision, it is indeed a two-grade improvement, but how can the officials who are released be compared with the Beijing officials, not to mention that Xu Jin is still a noble Hanlin cultivator, a close minister of the Son of Heaven. As the saying goes, if you are close to the water, you can only be promoted if you have a talent in the capital, far away from the center of power in the capital, if you want to go further, you can only rely on a small test in three years, a big test in six years, or even a full exam in nine years.

Therefore, Qiao Yu's proposal is undoubtedly very heart-wrenching, and on the surface, it is indeed a promotion of Xu Jin's two ranks, but it is actually a disguised suppression.

Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead in echoing and said: "This official seconded the proposal, Xu Ziqian's talent is obvious to all, if he is put in the local area for a few years, he will definitely be able to become the pillar of my dynasty in the future." ”

Fei Hong's brows furrowed even deeper, but Xu Jin was his protégé, and he should avoid suspicion in the matter of adding an official to Xu Jin, so as not to be accused of favoritism, so although he was dissatisfied, he could only hold back.

"Ahem, Mao Shangshu's words are wrong!" An old voice sounded, and the speaker was Sun Jiao, the left attendant of the household department.

This Sun Jiao is sixty-nine years old this year, with the same words, a native of Anluzhou, Hubei, in other words, Sun Jiao and the little emperor Zhu Houxi are fellow villagers. Sun Jiao was a scholar in the seventeenth year of Chenghua, went through Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, and then to Jiajing today, and was an out-and-out veteran of the Four Dynasties.

It is said that Sun Jiao had a good personal relationship with Zhu Houxi's father, Zhu Youqi, and he almost became an in-law at the beginning, Zhu Youqi took a fancy to one of Sun Jiao's granddaughters before his death, and intended to say that his son Zhu Houyu would be the princess, but Sun Jiao refused politely, he didn't want to marry the royal family. Despite this, this incident did not affect the friendship between Sun Jiao and Xingwang Zhu Youqing.

Originally, Sun Jiao had resigned and retired in the Zhengde Dynasty, but this year after Zhu Houxi ascended the throne, he was reinstated, and Sun Jiao returned to Beijing after Fei Hong.

At this time, Mao Cheng looked at Sun Jiao and said lightly: "Sun Shilang has any objections?" ”

Sun Jiao nodded and said, "The old man thinks that it is really overkill to release Xu Ziqian as Zhizhou. Moreover, Xu Ziqian rushed to repair the river embankment in Shandong for disaster relief, and quickly extinguished the plague and avoided the spread of the terrible plague. Therefore, the old man thinks that Xu Ziqian can be promoted to a bachelor in Hanlin. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience once again looked sideways, although the Hanlin attendant is also from the fifth rank of the official, two grades higher than the Hanlin cultivation, but this position is a proper son of heaven, the main responsibility is to teach and persuade the king to read, and he is also qualified to participate in the court discussion, this is a veritable emperor, and the possibility of joining the cabinet and auxiliary government in the future is extremely high.

So don't talk about Yang Ting and the party present, even the other officials refused, Hanlin Bachelor Shi Xuan immediately jumped out and objected: "No, Xu Jin can't be a bachelor!" ”

The Hanlin Scholar was in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and the Attendant Scholar was a subordinate official of the Hanlin Academy, so Shi Xuan was the first to jump out and oppose it.

Sun Jiao's old eyes rolled and said, "Why not?" Xu Ziqian even in the five yuan to explore the flowers and the first, poetry attainments in our dynasty is unparalleled, not to mention Xu Ziqian Yunwen Yunwu, is a general into the prime of the talent, as a bachelor to assist the Son of Heaven is more suitable. ”

Shi Xuan immediately retorted: "The scholar is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he has the heavy responsibility of assisting and persuading the king. Xu Ziqian's talent and ability are indeed there, but his conduct is poor, and this son is too sleek and flattering, so he is not suitable for the position of a bachelor. ”

Yang Tan, the head of the household department, immediately nodded and agreed: "What Lord Shi said is extremely true, and besides, Xu Ziqian is less than twenty years old, looking at my dynasty, when has there ever been such a young bachelor?" Xu Ziqian is too young to take up the position of bachelor student. ”

As soon as Yang Tan's words ended, Yuan Zonggao, the right attendant of the ministry, stood up and retorted: "Yang Shangshu's words are biased, as the so-called ambition is not old, Ganluo can also worship the prime minister at the age of eight, why can't Xu Ziqian serve as a bachelor?" Let's be fair, judging from Xu Ziqian's performance in Shandong, if you replace everyone here, I'm afraid few people can do it better than him. Therefore, it is really not appropriate to oppose Xu Ziqian as a bachelor to be a bachelor on the grounds of age! ”

Yuan Zonggao was originally the governor of the Xingwang Mansion, and after following Zhu Houyu into the court, he is now serving as the right attendant of the ministry, so Zhu Houyu is actually quite clever and has begun to cultivate his own power in the court.

Although Yang Tinghe knew this, as a courtier, if he couldn't even make this concession, and had to make the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty his own, then he would be no different from Cao Cao, Wang Mang and others, and even Qingshi couldn't tolerate him.

Shi Xuan snorted coldly and said, "Regardless of age and qualifications, from the point of conduct alone, Xu Ziqian is not suitable for the position of a bachelor. ”

Fei Hong stood up and said slowly: "Xu Ziqian is the old man's protégé, and the old man should have avoided suspicion, but Shi Shilang attacked Ziqian's character one after another, and the old man was really in his throat, and he had to complain about Ziqian. ”

Fei Hong said with anger on his face, and continued: "Dare to ask Shi Shilang, has Ziqian ever done things that are disloyal, unfilial, unkind, unjust, rude, and unbelieving? ”

As soon as Fei Hong said this, the audience fell silent in an instant, and the smell of gunpowder soared wildly.

Fei Ge Lao personally went into battle to fight for his disciples, this scene became more lively, will it evolve into a situation where the first assistant and the second assistant fight in the ring? It's really exciting!