Daming primary school students

This round of bickering between Yan Song and Zhang Chao stopped if they didn't win.After all, in his mind, the most important thing now is the position of chief assistant.

Although he, Yan Song, is now respected as the ruler, as long as he is not the chief assistant, his name will not be justified after all.

In politics, status is still very important. Even Cao Mengde knew that "the emperor is used to command the princes".

Only when he becomes the chief assistant can he have the "righteousness" to centralize and integrate power, and gain political advantage over the Qin Party.

After thousands of calculations, Elder Yan Ge felt that this might be the only way to defeat the Qin Party.

The cabinet is the place where seniority is ranked the most. If there is no emperor's hand-picked appointment, the position is generally ranked according to the order of entry into the cabinet.

As long as Zhai Luan is driven away, Yan Song will naturally be the chief assistant!
No matter how powerful Qin Dewei is, it is impossible for him to be at the front of the cabinet, and it is even more impossible for him to be the chief assistant before Yan Song. This is Yan Song's chance to finally reverse the Qin Party!
At this time, both Yan Song and Zhang Chao had arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, but the chief assistant Zhai Luan hadn't arrived yet, which was normal.

After all, Zhai Shoufu relied on his status and was the last one to arrive every day to show the noble status of Shoufu.

Anyway, he doesn't have much real power, and he doesn't have much to do when it's early, so it's better to go later to save face.

Today, Zhai Shoufu's sedan chair was walking along Chang'an Avenue unhurriedly. When he was approaching the right gate of Chang'an, his attendants suddenly noticed a crowded place by the wall, and many officials were surrounding there.

As the entourage of the chief minister, of course he has certain political sensitivity, so he immediately reported to Chief Minister Zhai: "There seems to be a new post posted ahead."

Jietie was originally a form of official document, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it also had the meaning of "big-character poster" and often became a political tool.

It must have a political nature to be secretly posted near the right gate of Chang'an, and there are so many officials passing by.

Immediately, Zhai Luan asked his attendant to go to Jietie to find out the details, and it didn't take long to see the attendant running back quickly.

Moreover, the entourage was still holding a large piece of paper in his hand, and reported to Zhai Shoufu: "The little one has already removed the large-character post from the wall, and the master should take a look for himself."

After Zhai Luan took it in person in surprise, he stared at it and saw that the content on the paper could be summed up as follows: Chief Assistant Zhai Luan.
"You bastard!" Di Luan was furious, tearing up the paper in his hand, and cursed loudly.

Just listening to other people's ears, I don't know who they are scolding.

Although in the past ten years, from Zhang Fujing to Xia Yan, from Yan Song to Qin Dewei, Zhai Luan has not been able to fight against each other, but the most basic political judgment ability is still there.

There must be more than one political post like this, and there must be some on the streets elsewhere!
It's obvious that someone wants to make trouble, so let's spread the word by posting first!
With anger, Zhai Shoufu also came to Wenyuan Pavilion and walked into the middle hall.

The original cabinet ministers all worked in separate cubicles with poor light, and the central hall was the place where saints were worshipped and meetings were held.

But after Qin Dewei led the trend, the cabinet ministers were not willing to go to the cubicles, and they all gathered in the middle hall, making the middle hall a collective office for the cabinet ministers.

"Yan Song! This is too much!" Zhai Shoufu yelled directly at Yan Song after he entered.

Yan Song raised his head and said in confusion, "Why did you say that?"

Zhai Luan responded, "You know what you do!"

Yan Song secretly laughed, judging from the expression of Zhai Luan's words, there was probably only incompetence and rage left, and there was no other way.

This is called both a conspiracy and a conspiracy. The conspiracy is that everyone can guess that Yan Song wants to be the chief assistant, and the conspiracy is that outsiders don't know what specific means he uses.

In fact, he had never been worried about Zhai Luan. What he was most worried about was that the Qin Party would protect Zhai Luan in order to prevent him from becoming the chief assistant.

One side of the conspiracy is to persecute Zhai Luan, and the other side of the conspiracy is to guard against the Qin Party, or to dig holes for the Qin Party.

If the Qin Party really does not

He tried his best to protect Zhai Luan despite previous suspicions, and then showing evidence of Zhai Luan's imperial examination fraud would be equivalent to a blow to the face and prestige of the Qin Party.

The following plots proceeded exactly in the direction most people guessed, and many political struggle operations have basic routines.

Suddenly, some people in Kedao began to impeach the chief assistant Zhai Luan for "vegetarian meal in the corpse", and then some people followed up in the sixth part.

In addition to those who speculate in politics, those who really feel that Zhai Luan is not worthy of being the chief assistant, those who follow the trend without knowing the truth, those who are cheap and skilled, etc., after a few days, there are as many as [-] memorials to impeach Zhai Luan.

This can be regarded as a public opinion momentum that has begun to take shape, enough to attract the attention of the official, and the official must respond.

According to normal rules, when encountering such impeachment, the minister should take the initiative to resign, and then thank the guests behind closed doors, symbolizing that he is waiting for the emperor to deal with the crime.

But this time Zhai Shoufu also went all out, uncharacteristically did not make a gesture of resignation, still occupied the position of Shoufu and did not let go, and continued to go to Wenyuan Pavilion every day.

As a result, Zhai Shoufu's "confrontational" attitude caused dissatisfaction among more officials of science and technology, and a new wave of verbal criticism appeared.

Zhai Shoufu was completely shameless, and still refused to make a gesture of resignation, and openly declared: "Official positions are bestowed by His Majesty, and only His Majesty can take them back!"

So there was another "political crisis" in the Ming Dynasty. It was "not big" because it didn't seem to affect the operation of government affairs; it was "not small" because it involved the nominally highest civil servant. .

Yan Song saw that the time was ripe, so he asked the Prince Jian Guo to deal with it.Empress Dowager Zhang, who was a half-regent, issued a decree on behalf of the prince of the country, ordering ministers of the third rank and above at home and abroad to discuss the matter.

It should be said that there is nothing wrong with this decree, and no ministers can raise objections, and they are even happy to see its success.

The emperor is still in a coma, and there is no one in the imperial court who can speak the constitution of heaven and make decisions arbitrarily.

Therefore, letting the key ministers hold a collective meeting and make a resolution is almost the only way to legally resolve the "political crisis."

On the next day, the ministers gathered in twos and threes in the east court room outside the Meridian Gate, waiting for the start of the "meeting".

For some reason, many people felt that something was missing after they arrived.

The young man who stood in the front three rows most of the time and contracted two-thirds of the excitement of the imperial court when there was a meeting was gone this time.

Then some officials sighed to their friends: "In the past, some people said that as long as Qin Dewei is in court, there will be no peace, and now it seems that this is not always the case.

Right now Qin Dewei has been away from the court for three months, but there is another disturbance in the temple, this cannot be blamed on Qin Dewei, can it? "

Mr. Yan Ge just heard this sentence when he came in, and he gave the official who said this a hard look. This person must be a child who deliberately helped Qin Dewei clean up the ground!
Seeing today's "protagonist" Yan Song come in (no one thinks that Zhai Luan is the protagonist), everyone stopped discussing and rested their minds and stopped talking.

In fact, many people are a little bit confused in their hearts, not knowing how to hold today's meeting and how to work hard.

According to the usual practice, it is nothing more than to use their own abilities, and the ultimate goal is to impress the emperor, just work hard in this direction.

But now we are in an extraordinary period, the emperor doesn't care about things, and the queen mother can't really manage things, so in which direction should we work hard?
Everyone's doubts are different, Yan Song Yange also has his own hidden worries, because so far, the Qin Party has been too quiet.

In the momentum of public opinion for the impeachment of Zhai Shoufu, the Qin Party seemed to have nothing to do with it.He neither came out to defend Zhai Luan, nor did he add insult to injury, did nothing, not even made a public statement.

This "phenomenon" of no response made Elder Yan Ge lose the basis for judging the Qin Party's intentions, and he couldn't help feeling a little worried in his heart.

According to the usual practice, if there are no special circumstances, this kind of meeting is usually presided over by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the head of the foreign dynasty.

Xu Zan and Xu Tianguan looked around the room and felt that the number of people was about the same, so they cleared it up.
Throat, ready to start.

"Wait!" Suddenly someone spoke, and everyone followed the reputation, and it turned out to be Chen Chun, the imperial censor.

Anyone who is knowledgeable knows that this person is Qin Dewei in the same year, and is also one of Qin Dewei's agents in Kedao.

Among the backbone of the new generation of the Qin Party, Chen Chun is in Ke Dao, Zhao Zhenji is in the Ministry of Officials, and Xu Gu is in the Central Committee, all of which are relatively well-known "tools".

Then I heard Chen Chun ask Xu Tianguan: "Today we are discussing the question of whether the chief assistant will stay or not. If the chief assistant leaves, he will definitely elect a minister to replace him in the cabinet. Does Tianguan have any intention?"

After thinking about it, everyone understood what Chen Chun meant.

Xu Zan and Xu Tianguan are the most experienced officials in the court and the head of the foreign court. If a new scholar is to be elected, Xu Tianguan is almost an undisputed candidate.

But if Xu Tianguan is a natural candidate for the cabinet, can he remain impartial when he presides over the meeting today?Do you want to avoid suspicion?

Institutionally speaking, this is indeed a problem.

Xu Zan frowned and thought for a while, "This old man has absolutely no intention of joining the cabinet! I don't accept nomination either!"

Just not to join the cabinet, this is probably the last stubbornness of the heavenly official.

The juniors younger than him, such as Xia Yan and Yan Song, all joined the cabinet, and even became the chief assistant, only he was still staying outside.

Under normal circumstances, the cabinet is arranged according to the order of entering the cabinet. If Xu Zan enters the cabinet, he will be the last bachelor with the oldest age.

Not only does he have to help the juniors, but he probably won't have the chance to be the chief assistant!
So after calculation, Xu Tianguan resolutely gave up the chance to join the cabinet and continued to maintain the dignity of the leader of the foreign dynasty.

In this way, everyone will have no problem. Xu Tianguan, who has no desire to join the cabinet, should be able to guarantee justice in theory.

Only Yan Song quickly calculated the gains and losses one step ahead, and the Qin Party ran on Xu Tianguan and made it clear that he would not join the cabinet. Could it be that he wanted to increase the number of people from the Qin Party to join the cabinet?Is this to let go or not to let go?
Xu Tianguan understood everyone's mentality clearly, but it had nothing to do with him. After a cold snort, he started the topic, and asked Zhai Luan: "There are dozens of bullets in the foreign court, what can the first one say? Are you indifferent? "

Zhai Luan was actually a loner in the court, and he didn't even have anyone who could help him speak, so he could only grit his teeth and replied: "The chief assistant is hand-picked by the emperor, and non-human ministers can control him!"

Immediately, an official from the strict party stepped forward and accused Zhai Luan, saying: "The public opinion is raging, and Mr. Zhai Ge doesn't know how to avoid it! I have never seen someone who looks like he is greedy for power and position!"

A few more people stood up, you and I besieged a few words, and suddenly Zhai Shoufu entered the rhythm of being criticized by thousands of people.

Although Zhai Shoufu is already in such a mess, he also has the last stubbornness: "The first assistant is under the orders of the emperor, and he cannot be free to abandon it lightly.

If you feel that my virtue is not enough, just dismiss me, don't let me take the initiative to resign! "

In Yan Song's eyes, this meant that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.The premise of everything is that if there is no evidence of a crime, you, Zhai Luan, can of course be as stubborn as you want.

At this moment, Zhang Chao stood up, and said, "Actually, I have seen most of those dozens of bullets, there are so many vain ones!
Most of the so-called crimes are also very vain, and it is difficult to see the truth!If you rely on these to make it easier to be the first assistant, it will be a lot of money. "

This is the first one to help Zhai Luan speak, and his identity is so sensitive - he is Qin Dewei's teacher, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

This is Qin Dewei wanting to protect Zhai Luan?The ultimate intention of the Qin Party is to prevent Yan Song from ascending to power and continue to maintain Zhai Luan as the puppet chief assistant?
Yan Song was pleasantly surprised. He had already lost hope, and thought that the Qin Party would really stand still.

Unexpectedly, the twists and turns, finally saw Qin Dang and Zhai Luan standing together!When the Qin Party gets deeper into it, it will be able to throw out the real hammer of Zhai Luan's imperial examination fraud!
Thinking of this, Yan Song immediately gave the party feathers a hint, and hurriedly fought with the Qin party to drag the Qin party back!

Then the strict party came forward and accused Zhang Chao of protecting his colleagues, and the scene became more and more lively.

Suddenly Chen Chun, the censor who questioned Xu Tianguan just now, stood up again and said to Zhang Chao: "Many teachers do not know about the inside information. I advise teachers not to cover up for the sake of friendship with colleagues."

Most people were stunned when they heard this. Is this an internal strife within the Qin Party?
Chen Chun was Qin Dewei's thug in the same year, and also Zhang Chao's protégé, how could he disagree with the teacher's position?
A few people who know how to do it think about it, Chen Chun seems to often play the role of anti-gang inside the Qin Party, this time too?

When everyone was puzzled, Chen Chun said to Zhai Luan again: "Old Zhai Ge! I am here to impeach you. Your son colluded with the examiners in Shuntianfu Township Examination last year. There is a case of fraud!"

Among so many impeachments against Zhai Luan, this is the most specific one!Compared with his "vegetarian meal in corpse position" and the like, it is of course the most lethal.

This time it was Yan Ge's turn to be stunned. Some people in the Qin Party also brought up the fraud in the imperial examination. Is this a coincidence or some reason?
The point is, this is obviously his trump card, so why did Qin Dang show it first?

Zhai Luan was furious immediately, feeling the threat, and immediately refuted: "You still have no evidence and no certificate, and you're spitting blood!"

Chen Chun did not back down and said: "First, the Taizu Emperor Gao had an edict to allow the censor to hear rumors, so even if the subordinate officials have no real evidence, it will not hinder the impeachment.

Second, although there is no empirical evidence below, it does not mean that others do not! "

After finishing these two sentences, Chen Chun suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Yan Song: "Mr. Yan Ge must have evidence!"

Yan Song: ""

With Yan Ge's IQ, he couldn't understand for a while, what kind of trouble is your Qin Party going to do!

The rest of the people were also speechless, why could the rhythm of the court meeting be full of Qin's weirdness when Qin Dewei was clearly not there?
Chen Chun withdrew his hand pointing at Mr. Yan Ge, and while his arm was swinging, several notes suddenly fell out of his wide sleeve.

Everyone looked at the familiar notes and suddenly realized.