In the Wenhua Palace, the officials of the two factions insisted on their own words, the ministers of the Protector faction resolutely opposed Xu Jin's patrol of Gansu, while the upstart faction strongly supported Xu Jin to take command of Tulu and Tibet, and the two sides quarreled.

Emperor Jiajing is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart, at this moment he is sitting on the throne and watching the fire, his handsome face is slightly tense, obviously in an extremely unhappy mood.

It's no wonder that Emperor Jiajing raised Zhang Xuan and these upstarts in order to clamp down on Yang Tinghe and other ministers of the Protectors, and now the Protector faction has been suppressed, and the upstart faction has grown, and now he has even targeted Xu Jin again, fighting for power and profit, can Emperor Jiajing not be annoyed?

However, as the so-called palms and backs of hands are meat, Xu Jin and Zhang Xuan are both his trusted confidants, Emperor Jiajing is inevitably in a dilemma at the moment, however, in Zhu Houxi's mind, Zhang Zhang's weight is naturally inferior to Xu Jin's, plus this time it is the upstart faction that picks up the matter first, Zhu Houxi's emotional balance is naturally more inclined to Xu Jin.

"Silence!" Seeing that the emperor's face was getting more and more ugly, Bi Yun, the celebrant and eunuch, hurriedly stepped forward and waved the court whip to stop the two sides of the argument.

Emperor Jiajing's gaze coldly swept over Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, and finally landed on Xu Jin, and asked slowly, "What does Xu Qing think?" ”

Obviously, Emperor Jiajing expressed his position and asked Xu Jin to respect Xu Jin's personal wishes. As a result, the eyes of the audience were accustomed to Xu Jin to see how he chose.

Xu Jin Zhenzhen said eloquently: "Your Majesty, as Lord Xia Yan said, the minister has been busy with the silver number recently, and he is really lacking in skills, Lord Wang Qiong is familiar with military affairs, and he knows everything about the west, so he is an excellent candidate to patrol Gansu." ”

As soon as Xu Jin said this, the officials of the Protector faction were relieved, but the upstart faction was disappointed, and secretly scolded Xu Ziqian for not planting, isn't it called Xu Changsheng, why don't you dare to take command and fight Tulubo? Isn't it afraid that you will lose the battle and ruin your reputation?

Emperor Jiajing originally had other tasks to be assigned to Xu Jin, and when he saw that Xu Jin was unwilling to go to Gansu, he was no longer reluctant, and nodded: "In this way, Wang Qiong will replace Chen Jiuchou to supervise the two states of Gansu, and this matter will be decided, and there is no need to discuss it again." ”

Emperor Jiajing made a final decision, ending the argument between the two factions, Zhang Xuan lowered his head casually, but the hand holding the wat was secretly exerting force, he colluded with Wang Qiong today, and did have the intention of sending Xu Jin to Beijing, which was also a temptation, testing the weight of himself and Xu Jin in the mind of Emperor Jiajing, and at this moment, Zhang Xuan tried to come out, which made him a little disappointed and made him recognize the facts!

Emperor Jiajing obviously didn't want to make any more troubles, so he directly announced: "Now that the court will start to promote the candidates for cabinet ministers, I plan to add two or three cabinet ministers to assist in handling government affairs, do you have suitable candidates?" ”

The ministers in the hall were suddenly in high spirits, and the drama meat finally came, and Cheng Guixu of the Zhan Shifu Mansion took the lead in standing up and said: "The minister recommends the Lord of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

Officials from the upstart faction jumped out one after another to express their approval, including Zhang Xuan and Wang Qiong.

Zhu Houxi couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, Xi Shu supported him in the ceremony, so this kid also meant to let Xi Shu enter the cabinet.

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but be secretly happy when he saw this, he only replaced Mao Cheng last year to sit in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, if he entered the cabinet again in just one year, what kind of scenery it is, the old man is the pinnacle of life that all civil officials dream of!

"The minister is against!" Qin Jin, the head of the household, said loudly.

"The minister is against!" The official secretary also appeared to express his opposition.

was opposed by two scholars at once, and Lord Xi's face suddenly darkened, but the opponents still came one after another, and the ministers of the Protector faction came out one after another to oppose Xi Shu's entry into the cabinet.

In the end, two of the six Shangshu were against and two were in favor, and the ratio of support and opposition among the court officials was probably half-opened, and Xi Shu's heart couldn't help but rise, and he looked at Emperor Jiajing with a blank eye.

Emperor Jiajing frowned and asked, "Mr. Fei thinks Lord Xi is suitable?" ”

Fei Hong shook his head and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Xi is not suitable to be a minister. ”

Fei Hong is generous and benevolent, and Xi Shu has no festivals, he is just talking about things, although Xi Shu is old enough, but lack of ability, when presiding over the funeral of Empress Dowager Zhang, Xi Shu is full of mistakes and omissions, and makes a lot of jokes. In addition, this person is not open-minded and has no opinions, so he is not suitable to serve as an auxiliary cabinet minister.

Fei Hong, the first assistant of the cabinet, objected, and Xi Shu was naturally out of play, and suddenly he was drenched with a bucket of cold water on his head, and he secretly hated it in his heart!

Zhu Houxi saw that Fei Hong vetoed Xi Shu, so he had to say: "Then Mr. Fei has a suitable candidate?" ”

Fei Hong replied: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that Yang Yiqing, the former general system of the three sides, and Xie Qian, the former cabinet of Zhishi, are suitable. ”

Zhu Houxi frowned and said: "At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I also issued an edict to use Xie Ge Lao, but Xie Ge Lao refused on the grounds of his advanced age, and now Xie Ge Lao is eighty years old, I am afraid that he is even more reluctant to go out, as for Yang Ge Lao (Yang Yiqing once entered the cabinet during the Zhengde Dynasty) is appropriate." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers also think that President Yang is suitable!" Qin Jin, the head of the household, came out of the line.

Next, Yang Dan, the secretary of the ministry, also expressed their support for Yang Yiqing's entry into the cabinet. Zhu Houxi hesitated for a moment and asked Xu Jin, "What does Xu Qing think?" ”

Xu Jin bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, President Yang's literary and martial arts are enough to enter the phase!" ”

Zhu Houxi nodded when he heard this, he was originally quite satisfied with Yang Yiqing's resume, and seeing that Xu Jin's evaluation of Yang Yiqing was so high, he made up his mind even more.

Yang Yiqing is neither a protector nor an upstart faction, so the resistance to entering the cabinet is small, and his personal brilliant resume also adds a lot of points, so his entry into the cabinet was quickly passed.

It is said that during the Zhengde Dynasty, Yang Yiqing briefly entered the cabinet, but he offended Jiang Bin and Qian Ning, the two ministers, and was finally forced to become a minister, and now he is still idle at home, but he is also an old man over seventy.

Next, he continued to recommend the candidate for the second minister, but the people recommended by the Protector faction did not agree with the upstart faction, and the people recommended by the upstart faction did not agree with the Protector faction, so they quarreled for more than an hour, and the second cabinet minister was still not elected.

Seeing that the time to get off work was coming, in the end Emperor Jiajing had to issue an order to suspend the court, and discuss it again tomorrow, so they quarreled for two days, and the result finally came out on the third day.

This result shocked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the top leaders of all the ministries and institutes did not enter the cabinet, but a squire entered the cabinet, which is really ridiculous, but after thinking about it carefully, I immediately felt that this was taken for granted.

Let's say that this Jia Yongbiao is a Jinhe, a Jinshi in the ninth year of Hongzhi, who is already in his early sixties, whether it is enough qualifications and age, the key is that he is still a neutral faction, and he can balance the interests of the Protector faction and the nouveau riche faction.

So, under the battle between the Protector faction and the upstart faction, the god of luck descended on Jia Shilang's head, and it was really shit that couldn't stop it!

In this way, Jia Yong ascended to the sky as the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, became a cabinet minister, and concurrently led the Hanlin University Scholar and was in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy.

However, although Jia Yong was transported into the cabinet by shit, he did not receive the title of Scholar of the Palace for the time being, and he was only responsible for managing the edict and the affairs of the counselor's office, and could not participate in the maintenance of the machine, to put it bluntly, he was a castrated version of the cabinet minister. (Note: This is true, Jia Yong was a miscellaneous person when he first entered the cabinet, and he did not have the title of palace scholar, nor could he participate in the maintenance of the aircraft.) ）

In the next few days, the court discussion continued, presumably in order to balance the power of the upstart faction and the Protector faction in the court, under the intention of Emperor Jiajing, Fang Xianfu of the Newcomer faction sat in the position of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Hu Shining of the Protector faction sat in the position of the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

In this way, after several days of fighting, a personnel change that affected the entire court was finally settled.