Kyoshi, Cabinet.

The army has been on the march for dozens of days, no more than the border beacon fires, the Beijing division has already returned to a calm scene, no matter how tense the front line is, the imperial court still has to operate, in view of the emperor's importance to this war, the court is also very wise not to meddle indiscriminately, but to obey the emperor's arrangement.

Of course, they have more important things to do......

"Yuanfu, this is the crown prince's canonization ceremony submitted by the Ministry of Rites, please take a look!"

In the cabinet, Zhu Geng, a scholar, came to Wang Xijue's desk with a note in his hand, and said with a smile.

Although an edict has been issued in the palace, and the palace has decided on the candidate for the storage position, but for the bosses, they dare not take it lightly at all.

Although the messy rumors inside and outside the palace are very absurd, they are related to the country and cannot be risked in the slightest.

Therefore, after the elders sent the army out of Beijing, they unanimously focused on the crown prince's canonization ceremony.

"Well, this ritual note is very comprehensive, Feng Shangshu has been an old Ministry of Rites for many years, in this kind of thing, you can't go wrong!"

After carefully looking at the music handed over by Zhu Geng, Wang Xijue rubbed his somewhat sour eyes and spoke.

The crown prince's canonization ceremony is one of the most important canonization ceremonies in the imperial court, second only to the enthronement ceremony and the post-crown ceremony.

And this ritual note of the Ministry of Rites, to put it bluntly, is a feasible plan, which is written in detail from the preliminary preparation of the canonization ceremony to the implementation of the later stage in accordance with the regulations and etiquette of the imperial court, and the details of the later implementation, as well as the preparations that each yamen needs to make, in addition, it also includes various unexpected situations that may occur in this process, after all, this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who wants to participate in the canonization is just a little doll who has just been born, these are all to be taken into account.

But on the other hand, after the etiquette of the Ministry of Rites is noted, the later work will be easy to do, because when it comes to the specific implementation, there are naturally the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the attendants of each ministry to supervise the implementation, so they don't have to worry about it.

"That's true, Feng Shangshu is said to have stayed up for several days and nights in the Ministry of Rites this time, consulting countless rituals, before drawing up this ritual note, naturally there will be no major omissions, if there is no problem, the old man will send the ticket to the imperial front! But then again, the canonization of the crown prince is a big deal, although His Royal Highness the prince is young now, but the East Palace has to prepare early, what does Yuan Fu think? ”

Wang Xijue squinted his eyes, and he knew that this Zhu Geng would not come to him simply for a ritual note.

But it turned out that he was eyeing this matter!

According to the canonical system, the prince is established, and the East Palace should be prepared, although now His Royal Highness the Prince is still a little doll, but since the prince is established, the East Palace cannot be empty, more precisely, the official position of the East Palace cannot be empty.

There is no precedent for the abolition of the crown prince in the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, once he is made a prince, as long as he is not unlucky enough to die before ascending the throne, he is the future son of heaven who is ironclad.

Blending into the East Palace means blending into the team of the future Son of Heaven, so how can a cadre of ministers in the court not be blushing?

You must know that the previous Donggong team has a bright future, and the most favored by the Son of Heaven is down, and now it has a pivotal position in the court, as for the other parties Congzhe, Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, Sun Chengzong and others, they are even more successful and proud.

Such a living signboard is placed in front of him, and there is no room for a minister not to be moved, and Zhu Geng is naturally one of them......

"Elder Zhu Ge is right, the East Palace really needs to be prepared early, especially the structure of this Zhan Mansion, it should be built early!"

Wang Xijue raised his eyebrows and said softly.

Now, as transparent as Shoufu Boss, he has long understood Zhu Geng's intention today, he is here to listen to his own tone!

In fact, it's no wonder that Lord Zhu is in a hurry, since Shen has been going, the Zhejiang Party has been in a slump, and it is not as good as before, especially after experiencing a Chengtianmen turmoil, he was even more seized by the Son of Heaven and dismissed dozens of officials at one time, which can be regarded as a great injury.

It can be said that the Zhejiang Party wants to turn over, and this time the East Palace is rebuilt, which is the only chance!

"What Yuan Fu means, who is more suitable for the position of Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion?"

Suppressing his thoughts, Zhu Geng continued to ask.

The Zhan Mansion has one chief official, Zhan Shi, who is the third product, and two Zhan Shi, who are the second official, and the fourth product, who is in charge of the political affairs of the Zhan Mansion and counsels the prince.

Further down, there are all messy official positions, and they can't be the masters, not to mention, the prince is still young after all, and several chief officials of the Zhan Mansion can prepare in advance, but it is a little too early to build the entire East Palace at once.

And Zhu Ge Lao is obviously interested in the official positions of this Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi, in the final analysis, he Zhu Geng is still a big man, no matter how low he is, it is not worth his face to investigate.

"According to the examples of previous dynasties, Zhan Shi and Shao Zhan Shi were elected ministers with high moral integrity and outstanding talents, and they were generally selected from the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy, and I am afraid that this time I will not be able to escape this reason!"

Wang Xijue glanced at Zhu Geng and said lightly.

In fact, the current situation is already very clear, and Zhu Geng's status is very unfavorable!

Because in fact, there are many officials in the court who have thoughts about the Zhan Mansion, but in fact, there are not many who are competitive, and the imperial court still has extremely strict regulations for the officials of the Zhan Mansion.

Qingliuhua is mandatory, and it must be from the top few officials in the second class to be eligible to be included in the candidacy.

After all, as far as the East Palace is concerned, the primary purpose is to teach the crown prince, and talent is a must.

And the second is virtue, but if there is a little criticism of virtue, it is impossible to enter the East Palace, so as not to bring the crown prince badly.

The requirements for the seal officer and the second official of the Zhan Mansion are even stricter, basically except for the cabinet ministers and the Hanlin bachelor, they are not used!

In this way, the scope is actually very small, and the five ministers of the cabinet, plus Fang Congzhe, a scholar of Hanlin, have a total of six candidates.

And among these six people, it is not very likely that the first assistant Wang Xijue and the second assistant Zhen Zhenji are not very likely, first of all, because both of them are quite old and have low energy, and the other is that as the first assistant and the second assistant, they are already extremely popular ministers, and they are no longer suitable to serve as the prince's teacher, not to mention that they are too busy, it is more likely that one of the two of them will go to hang a name, as for the real power, they will not move.

So among the remaining four people, the situation is very clear, Shen Li, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, Zhu Geng, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, Li Tingji, a scholar of Wenyuange University, and Fang Congzhe, a scholar of Hanlin University.

These four people are obviously divided into two factions, Shen Li and Zhu Geng have long been one, needless to say that they belong to the Zhejiang Party, and it is needless to say that Li Tingji and Fang Congzhe are the imperial party, it should be said that this time it is a confrontation between the Zhejiang Party and the imperial party......