Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 109: The king and his subjects are arguing, who can resist?
At this time at Shen Yi Guan's home, the imperial physician had been taking Shen Yi Guan's pulse for a long time, until his scalp was numb.

Chen Ju just waited quietly by the side, his eyes calm and his expression showing no sadness or joy.

Shen Yikuan, who was lying on the bed, didn't know that the emperor was going to suspend court because of him. He only showed a weak but grateful look and felt extremely embarrassed in his heart.

The imperial physician couldn't just sit there like a statue forever, so he finally moved.

"Your Majesty, I am deeply troubled by your concern..." He had to say something, "It's just that I'm a little ill..."

"I am here to see the emperor on his behalf by order." Chen Ju saw Shen Yi Guan open his mouth and asked the imperial physician about the emperor, "What is the condition of the Prime Minister?"

The imperial physician recalled the strong and steady pulse under his fingers, and cursed inwardly. He knelt in front of Chen Ju and said, "To answer your majesty's question: Although the elder is a little weak, his pulse is still stable. If he can rest for a few days, he should be able to recover..."

Gong was visiting the emperor on his behalf, so the person asking the questions was the emperor, right?
Do you want to deceive the king?
Chen Ju nodded: "That's good."

Then he looked at Shen Yi Guan and said slowly: "State affairs are complicated, and Your Majesty still relies on Elder Shen. Fortunately, there is nothing serious. I hope that you will recover soon and return to the cabinet. Elder Shen, is there anything you want me to say on your behalf?"

"I thank your majesty for your kindness... I will follow the doctor's advice, rest quickly, and recover soon..."

This is very strange.

Shen Yi Guan felt bitter: Your Majesty, you are shameless...

Didn’t we agree to pretend to be confused?
Chen Ju looked at him again with a stern face, then said goodbye and left.

Shen Yikuan looked at his back and felt worried!

Can't you let me go home? Your Majesty, you can promote whoever you want to use!

Now that this has happened, shouldn’t he recover quickly and wait for both the government and the public to confirm that Shen Yikuan was faking illness?
Some things can’t be spoken out loud!

Not long after Chen Ju left, a secretary came to his house and said that the emperor had retired and Shen and Wang were very worried, so they asked him to get well soon.

Is this human language? Can you recover just by wanting to?

We don’t even use the word “hope” anymore, we use the word “please”!

After asking, he found out how the emperor behaved during court meetings. Shen Yi Guan sat up from the bed, his beard trembling: "Wait... wait until I recover before holding court meetings?"

The secretary lowered his head and dared not look at the medical miracle in front of him. He said softly, "The ministers have been admonishing for a long time, but His Majesty has not responded. He only sent the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department to let the ministers go back to the yamen to handle the affairs first."

"Master...Master..." At this moment, the housekeeper of Shen Yiguan's house also rushed over, "The Right Deputy Chief Censor of the Censorate, the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of Rites..."

He mentioned eight officials in a row, and then asked worriedly, "...They all want to visit the master to see him. Will they come or not?"

Shen Yi Guan's face turned pale. Before he could answer, the doorman came over: "Butler...butler...four more have arrived..."

The Secretary of the Central Secretariat lowered his head even deeper.

After the court was dismissed, he came from the cabinet, so of course he would be faster.

But the ministers were afraid that someone would have made an appointment as soon as they left the Meridian Gate and would arrive soon after.

The Prime Minister was really in a dilemma now.

If you avoid seeing someone, you can only use the excuse of being seriously ill, so naturally the day of recovery should not be soon: illness comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread being pulled.

If I want to see them, then since my illness is not serious, will those people go easy on me?

Everyone knows that the new king is very diligent, but now we must face a fact: the new king may not be diligent, just like his father.

If he no longer attends court and takes care of government affairs, who is forcing such a diligent new king to become more and more like his father?

Shen Yi Guan! If you have the ability to pretend to be sick, then you have the ability to open the door! Don't hide in there and pretend to be seriously ill. I know you are fine!
Tell me the truth, are you recovered or not?

"... Tell all the adults that with the grace of His Majesty, the imperial physician has already examined me. It's just that my old body is weak, and the disease only seems serious when it comes, but it's actually not serious. I just need to rest for three to five days... No! I will feel a little better in two or three days..." Shen Yikuan's heart was full of excitement: the emperor suspended meetings and court meetings just because he was sick. How much he relied on him!

The reason why Zhao Zhigao was able to play the role of a paralyzed person was because the emperor at that time did not care whether he was in charge or not, because Shen Yikuan was in charge anyway.

But even though there are two people, Prince Shen, in the cabinet now, the emperor deliberately acts as if the cabinet cannot function without him, Shen Yikuan.

How could an emperor resort to such a dirty trick? !
In the cabinet, Wang Xijue was losing his temper again.

"We finally got a new emperor who is diligent, but none of us dare to take up any responsibility!" Wang Xijue spread his hands, "Rumo, is this the way to be a minister?"

Shen Shixing had figured it out: "Jianwu is the Prime Minister... Your Majesty, he must be regretting this plan."

"Humph! Such tricks can only deceive benevolent and mediocre monarchs!" Wang Xijue looked down on him, then laughed again, "Today he can understand what I experienced in the past. I'm afraid they won't give up until they see me. Thinking back to the time when I went to Zhang Jiangling's mansion..."

His smile stopped here.

When Zhang Juzheng was criticized for seizing a woman's love, Wang Xijue brought a dozen officials to Zhang Juzheng's house, but of course they were turned away at first.

The hot-tempered Wang Xijue broke into the Zhang family's mourning hall and asked Zhang Juzheng why he did not resign from his post to observe mourning. He also caused the emperor to punish those who disagreed with the seizure of love.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng, who was powerful in the government, was criticized so much that he knelt in front of the spirit tablet, put a knife to his neck and burst into tears: "The emperor wants to keep me, but my disciples want to drive me away. What can I do? The only option is to kill myself!"

Later, Zhu Yijun got his revenge by making the proposal of enfeoffment of three kings known to the court, which should have been discussed secretly with Wang Xijue and not disclosed to outsiders. Wang Xijue was also blocked by the Minister of Rites, the Six Departments' Secretaries and other officials.

Zhang Juzheng could not be unfilial at that time, Wang Xijue could not flatter the emperor and join the three kings in conferring titles together, and Shen Yikuan could not evade his responsibility by using his status as the Prime Minister.

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Shen Shixing sighed and said, "It is understandable that it is difficult to be a cabinet minister. In any case, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was personally selected by His Majesty, and His Majesty's intention is clear. Li Renfu can now use the excuse of His Majesty's will and wait for Yang Yiqian to take up the post before discussing it. It doesn't matter whether you return to the cabinet sooner or later after recovering from your illness. As for being brave enough to take on responsibilities, I'm afraid only cabinet ministers can take on the responsibility first."

"Rumo means..." Wang Xijue looked at the memorials sent to the cabinet.

Shen Shixing smiled and nodded: "Brother Yuan Yu, have you forgotten? When the Supreme Emperor has not been to court for a long time, political affairs can still be passed up and down through memorials. In any case, some of them should be prepared in advance and submitted to the emperor for judgment."

Wang Xijue repeatedly expressed his approval.

That’s right, if drafting a bill can “please the Holy Spirit”, then what does a temporary suspension of court matter?
The fact that the emperor had previously brought many matters to court for discussion did not mean that he could not deal with some matters by voting and approving them.

Nowadays, many people are forced to shirk their responsibilities on important matters because no one takes up the responsibility.

For the emperor, if the plan is proposed by cabinet ministers, then the emperor will certainly have more room to maneuver.

"Of course it should be signed by the cabinet ministers." Wang Xijue laughed. "Even if Shen Jianwu is recovering from illness, he should not be too weak to write his name, right?"

Shen Shixing also laughed: "It is the Prime Minister who should take the initiative."

After anxiously persuading many court officials to return home and giving them repeated assurances, Shen Yikuan was exhausted.

In the afternoon, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat went to Shen Yikuan's house with a memorial document on which Shen Shixing and Shen Yikuan had given their opinions or which was simply drafted in the name of the cabinet.

Shen Yi Guan "tries" to read the draft strategies and cabinet petitions, and looks at the secretary with an unpleasant expression: "Lord Shen and Lord Wang, do you want me to submit your petition together?"

"...Yes. Lord Wang said that the Prime Minister is a senior official entrusted by the Emperor, and Your Majesty relies on him especially. For important matters of the country, only when the Prime Minister takes the initiative and the cabinet ministers second the proposal, can Your Majesty rest assured to approve them..."

The Secretary of the Central Secretariat lowered his head to look at his shoes, not daring to breathe.

The Prime Minister is sick, and they are so tired running around.

Shen Yikuan stared blankly at the memorials and petitions in front of him.

It’s better to be healthy.

Being sick is so uncomfortable!

(End of this chapter)