In the Wenhua Palace, the little emperor Zhu Houxi sat on the throne, and more than a dozen ministers such as the four elders of the cabinet, the six Shangshu, the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Inspectorate, and the Dali Siqing stood in front of the throne. The four elders of the current cabinet are Yang Tinghe, Fei Hong, Mao Ji and Jiang Mian, as for the original second assistant Liang Chu, after Fei Hong was reinstated, he resigned from the old man, and not long ago he took his family to buy a boat and went south, returning to his hometown in Lingnan to recuperate, and Liang Junzi finally had to start and finish well.

It is said that the relationship between Fei Hong and the first assistant Yang Tinghe has always been quite good, and since the reinstatement into the cabinet, the two have gotten along very harmoniously, but in today's emergency court meeting, there were differences of opinion, and the two had their own opinions, so they almost did not directly fight each other.

At this time, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the murder of the Qincha is not trivial, and it should be that the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple should each select one person as the Qincha to be responsible for investigating and trying this case. ”

The Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple are also known as the "Three Law Divisions", and some major and important cases are usually jointly tried by these three institutions, which is the so-called "Three Law Divisions Trial", and the murder of Qincha This kind of big case is indeed enough to be "tried by the Three Law Divisions", so Mao Cheng's proposal undoubtedly has a certain amount of truth.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Yang Tan, the head of the household department, immediately came out to express his support.

Yang Tan and Mao Cheng are both from Yang Tinghe's party, so the two of them stand on Yang Tinghe's side clearly, and when they suppressed Xu Jin, they also acted as the vanguard, so they naturally didn't want to see Xu Jin take advantage of this matter.

Political disputes are like this, the party is the same and different, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong, everyone is like-minded and naturally becomes a party, and everyone's political ideas are contrary, even if they are friends and relatives, they will turn against each other, this kind of example is not uncommon in history.

The reason why Yang Tinghe and others suppressed Xu Jin was actually the fundamental reason for the contradictory concept, the Yang Party was the old-fashioned imperial faction, they insisted on the authenticity of the emperor, and asked the new monarch to join the line of filial piety, but Xu Jin supported the little emperor and stood on the opposite side of the Yang Party, so he was naturally not liked by the Yang Party. In addition, Yang Tinghe was also worried that with the close relationship between Xu Jin and Xinjun, Xu Jin would become a Jiang Bin-style minister in the future, so he spared no effort to suppress him.

At the beginning, Yang Tinghe did not hesitate to "give" Xu Jin a credit, and he also wanted to get him out of Beijing to relieve the disaster, just because he was worried that his influence on Emperor Jiajing's thoughts in Beijing would be affected. Now Yang Tinghe has forced Emperor Jiajing to recognize Xiaozong as the emperor as he wished, but who knew that something happened in Shandong, and the disaster relief was making Xiao Huai's whereabouts unknown, and Xu Jin, who could only serve as a foil for the green leaves, was about to sit upright.

If Xu Jin is only the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, it naturally doesn't matter if he is promoted to the official position after returning to Beijing, and there are still a lot of idle posts waiting for him, but if Xu Jin is sitting upright, this disaster relief, the granary deficit case, and the murder of the Qin Mission, these credits together will not be a matter of being promoted to one and a half grades.

Yang Tinghe obviously didn't want to see Xu Jin rise to prominence, so he proposed to send another Qin messenger to try the case. Mao Cheng and Yang Tan are Yang Tinghe's left shoulder and right arm, so they naturally have to unswervingly shout for the boss.

"The minister also seconded the proposal, the stakes are very high, and this case should be tried by the three law divisions!" Zhang Zilan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also stood up and said, this product is not Yang Dang, but as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he naturally has to take credit for the department, and the trial of cases is originally the scope of responsibility of the Criminal Department.

The little emperor Zhu Houxi frowned, extremely unhappy in his heart, and said lightly: "Do other Aiqing have any objections?" ”

Fei Hong was silent with a calm face, Yang Tinghe lowered his eyes as if he was settled, and the other ministers in the hall had different expressions, but they did not speak.

Bi Yun, the celebrant and eunuch standing next to Zhu Houxi, couldn't help but sigh secretly, Fei Ge Lao still has a shallow foundation after all, and he is not as good as Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, and now there are three six Shangshu to support Yang Ge Lao, and this matter is probably a foregone conclusion.

At this moment, Wang Qiong, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers oppose another Qincha!" ”

Zhu Houxi perked up and hurriedly said, "Why? ”

Wang Qiong said loudly: "The minister thinks that it is inappropriate to send another Qin to Beijing. One is that it takes a long time and delays the time to investigate the case; Second, it is a waste of manpower and material resources, and now the treasury is tight, and it can be saved; Third...... Xu Ziqian made it very clear in the recital that the criminals who directly dug up the embankment have been caught, and as long as they are interrogated, they can find out the ins and outs, and they can't be convicted at all. ”

Zhu Houxi said with satisfaction: "Wang Shangshu is reasonable! ”

Many ministers in the palace also nodded slightly, although they despised Wang Qiong's smooth welcome, but they also had to admit that Wang Qiong's three reasons were indeed tenable.

Mao Cheng immediately retorted: "Xu Jin is young, and he has no experience in investigating cases, how can he take on such a big responsibility, not to mention that he also asked to supervise the military affairs of Shandong Province, and the military aircraft is not a child's play!" ”

Wang Qiong sneered: "Ganluo is still able to pay homage to the prime minister at the age of eight, why does Mao Shangshu choose people based on his age?" Xu Ziqian is young, but he is old, Xiao Yushi also mentioned in the transcript that Xu Ziqian's performance in this disaster relief is very good, and his ability cannot be questioned. What's more, this case involves Xu Ziqian himself, and the criminal who dug up the embankment was also captured by him, but now the imperial court does not trust him, and it is not chilling to send another Qin to investigate the case. ”

Wang Xian, the secretary of the military department, was Wang Qiong's old subordinate, and at this time he hurriedly stood up and echoed: "What Wang Shangshu said is extremely true, the minister heard that Xu Ziqian once led the army against King Ning, and won more with less, and he must be both civil and military, and it is not impossible to supervise the military affairs of Shandong!" ”

The two Shangshu expressed their support for Fei Hong, and the Libra that was already inclined to Yang Tinghe was pulled back, which is very rare in this kind of situation, and this situation will not occur when Liang Chu is still there. is an old guy with a keen sense of political smell in the field, and the cabinet in the future is probably no longer Yang Shoufu's word.

Zhu Houxi was secretly happy in his heart, he had long been tired of Yang Tinghe controlling the cabinet, so he was naturally happy that someone would stand up to balance Yang Tinghe's influence, and nodded: "I also think that Wang Shangshu is reasonable, what about other Aiqing's opinions?" ”

The eyes of the ministers couldn't help but look at the other two cabinet elders who had not yet expressed their position-Mao Ji and Jiang Mian. Now whichever side these two say they are in favor of, that side will win.

Wang Qiong's eyes flashed with a hint of pride, he was already at odds with those Qingliu officials of the Yang Party, the previous cabinet was ironclad, he chose to pretend to be a grandson, but now it is different, Fei Hong is just up for his protégé and Yang Tinghe, he is naturally willing to help Fei Hong, and at the same time he can please the little emperor, and he can also deepen the rift in the cabinet, which is simply a triple win.

Mao Ji and Jiang Mian were both a little embarrassed at this time, saying that both of them were relatively upright officials, and their personal relations with Fei Hong and Yang Tinghe were good.

"The minister agrees with Wang Shangshu's point of view, now that the treasury is tight, it is indeed inappropriate to send another Qincha to waste money, so he can order Xu Ziqian to take full charge of this case, and at the same time supervise the military affairs of Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, and then escort the criminal to the capital after being found out, and hand it over to the three law divisions for trial and conviction." Mao Ji was the first to express his position, and chose a compromise approach.

Jiang Mian actually didn't agree to suppress Xu Jin excessively, this son is indeed a rare talent, and it is a loss for the imperial court to abandon it, so he nodded and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

As soon as Jiang Ge said this, the matter was finally settled.

Zhu Houxi said happily: "Then according to what Mr. Mao said, Qin ordered Xu Jin to be in charge of all affairs for the Qin Mission, and added the title of Governor of Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion Military Affairs." Mr. Lao Yang will immediately draft the will! ”

"Command!" Although Yang Tinghe still looked calm, everyone present understood that the cabinet would probably not be Yang Ge's old man in the future.