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Emperor Deqing and Zhou Shangjing have been fighting for many years, and he also knows the roots of Zhou Shangjing, and knows that Zhou Shangjing's impeachment of Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong is by no means so simple, I am afraid that it is just a means to retreat and want to capture the old people. On the surface, it is to impeach Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong, but in fact, it is secretly exonerating the two, if Zhou Shangjing is allowed to continue, under Zhou Shangjing's ingenious defense, I am afraid that Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong will soon be "guilty and excusable", in this way, the final punishment of Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong is naturally thunder and rain.

As a result, Emperor Deqing still looked angry, and did not give Zhou Shangjing a chance to explain his thoughts in detail at all, but asked directly: "Negligence and dereliction of duty?" This crime can be small or large, and the punishment can be light or severe, that is, it can be punished for the offense, or it can be dismissed from office...... So, according to Zhou Ge Lao, Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong should be punished? Or should he be removed from office? ”

Emperor Deqing's rhetorical question, can be said to be very particular, he took advantage of the current situation, pretended to be angry, and only gave Zhou Shangjing two choices, one is to fine, the other is to dismiss the official, and Zhao Junchen's assassination, the attack on Xichang, the nature is extremely bad, after Xue Gui and Zhang Bochong were implicated, it is obviously impossible to just punish the matter, otherwise it will not be able to convince all parties in the government and the opposition, so that Zhou Shangjing has only one choice left.

For the language trap of Emperor Deqing, Zhou Shangjing seemed to be completely unaware, only to see that his old face was full of serious expressions, a businesslike appearance, and said slowly: "As Your Majesty said, yesterday was the assassination of Zhao Junchen, the head of the household, and then the attack on Xichang, and the murderer of Zhao Shangshu was also intercepted and killed, the nature of this matter is bad, it can be said that it is rare in a hundred years, and the prestige of the imperial court has also been damaged a lot, and Xue Gui is the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and such a big case appeared in the capital, which is completely his dereliction of duty. If he is not severely punished, he will not be able to show the determination of the imperial court, so the minister thinks that Xue Gui should be taken away from the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin, but for the sake of his diligence over the years, he can temporarily serve as the governor of Shuntian Mansion and let him assist the new Shuntian Mansion Yin, after all, Xue Gui has been serving as Shuntian Mansion Yin for eight years, and he is most familiar with the situation in the capital, and now it is an extraordinary period, and several major cases yesterday must be solved as soon as possible. ”

After a pause, Zhou Shangjing changed his words and said: "However, the situation of Zhang Bochong, the secretary of the criminal department, is a little different, he has only served as the secretary of the criminal department for more than five months, and there are still four months to follow His Majesty on the southern tour, and he has not even had time to be familiar with the details of the criminal department, let alone control the criminal department. ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's suggestion, Emperor Deqing groaned slightly.

It seems that Zhou Shangjing wanted to make a deal with Emperor Deqing, at the cost of giving up the important position of Shuntian Mansion Yin, to preserve Zhang Bochong's position as the secretary of the criminal department.

In this regard, after thinking about it for a while, Emperor Deqing felt that this deal was still acceptable.

After all, as Zhou Shangjing said, Zhang Bochong's time to take over the position of secretary of the Criminal Department is still short, if Zhang Bochong is forcibly held responsible, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the officials, under Zhou Shangjing's full maintenance, it is difficult for Emperor Deqing to remove Zhang Bochong's official position, and it is not impossible to let Zhang Bochong go once.

Comparatively speaking, although the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin is not as prominent and dazzling as the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, this position can control and participate in all changes in the capital in a timely manner, and Shuntian Mansion is also qualified to undertake complaints from all over the country, which is equivalent to a small Criminal Department, but its importance is not inferior, and it can take the opportunity to take away Xue Gui's position as Shuntian Mansion Yin, so that Zhou Shangjing can lose control of Shuntian Mansion, but it is also a good result.

Although Emperor Deqing originally wanted to remove Zhang Bochong and Xue Gui from their official positions, that was only the most ideal result, and under Zhou Shangjing's precautions, Emperor Deqing was barely acceptable to achieve half of the goal.

So, Emperor Deqing nodded lightly and asked, "Then, who should take over the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin?" ”

Zhou Shangjing replied: "The position of Shuntian Mansion Yin is quite important, who should take over should naturally be determined by Your Majesty's Sacred Heart, and the old minister does not dare to interfere." ”

After hearing Zhou Shangjing's answer, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes, and he felt that Zhou Shangjing still knew how to advance and retreat.

Then, Emperor Deqing's eyes swept towards the hundred officials, wanting to find a candidate for the next Shuntian Mansion Yin among the hundred officials, and waiting for the recommendation of the important ministers.

However, under the gaze of Emperor Deqing, the officials were all looking at their noses, noses, mouths, and mouths, all of them were silent, as if they didn't know Emperor Deqing's intentions at all.

For a while, the Imperial Palace suddenly fell into silence.

If in normal times, there is a vacancy in the real power of the three grades in the DPRK, it will inevitably be a scene where the major factions do not give in to each other and hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China are desperately fighting, but today's situation is diametrically opposite, for the position of Shuntianfu Yin, the major factions and the hundred officials in the DPRK and the central government not only did not compete, but they all shrank their heads, for fear that Emperor Deqing would notice themselves and let themselves occupy this position.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Deqing was slightly stunned, but in a blink of an eye, he already understood the thoughts of the officials.

In the capital, the situation has always been complicated, the forces of all parties are intertwined, and a small matter will involve many powerful people, so although the position of Shuntianfu Yin is important, it has always been a crater, and the slightest mistake will offend people, and the slightest mistake will cause countless attention and accusations.

If this is the case, considering the importance of the Shuntian Mansion, although the officials will avoid it, the major forces of the imperial court will still compete for it.

But this time is different from the past, the case of Zhao Junchen's assassination and the attack on Xichang is confusing, it seems that it is widely implicated, and the day of solving the case seems to be far away, no matter who once sits in the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin, he must take over the case, if he cannot solve the case, he will still be reprimanded by Emperor Deqing, and at that time, the official position of Shuntian Mansion Yin has not yet been hot, I am afraid that it will be replaced again.

In this way, the position of Shuntianfu Yin has become synonymous with influencing the official career, and the officials are all "smart people" who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so how can they compete?

In fact, it was precisely because Zhou Shangjing saw this clearly that he took the initiative to give up the position of Shuntian Mansion Yin.

And although Emperor Deqing knew the importance of Shuntian Mansion, after getting the vacancy of Shuntian Mansion Yin, he still did not appoint his cronies, but looked for suitable candidates among the hundred officials, and it was with the same intention that he wanted to wait until this hot potato cooled a little before eating it in his mouth, otherwise he would only burn his tongue.

However, Emperor Deqing did not expect that all the officials thought of the pros and cons, and no one was willing to be the culprit.

In this way, the atmosphere is inevitably a little awkward.

A trace of annoyance flashed in Emperor Deqing's eyes, and he only felt that none of the hundred officials could share his worries.

And just as Emperor Deqing was about to forcibly appoint, Zhao Junchen suddenly glanced at Huo Zhengyuan, a scholar.

Then, Huo Zhengyuan suddenly came out of the queue and said: "The minister Huo Zhengyuan recommended himself and is willing to serve as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion!" ”

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…… (To be continued.) )