Wanli 1592

Chapter 1248 Negligence?

When Li Tingji came out of Xiao Ruxun's study, he didn't go back to the office of Qianqing Palace, but went directly to the cabinet.

At present, except that Wang Xijue is old and does not have enough energy to handle affairs in Qianqing Palace, and Ye Xianggao has to stay in the cabinet to support him, so Li Tingji is resident in the Qianqing Palace office, but for some important matters, Li Tingji also He will not make a direct decision, but go back to the cabinet to discuss with Wang Xijue and Ye Xianggao.

Now the cabinet of the Great Qin and the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty are no longer the same. Even so, the cabinet of the Great Qin is also an important power department. They are the emperor's mouthpiece and the firewall of the ministers.

When Li Tingji returned to the cabinet, Ye Xianggao was not there. I heard that he had gone to the Ministry of War to handle errands, and Wang Xijue was in charge of cabinet affairs.

Needless to say, since Wang Xijue became the first chief assistant of the Great Qin Empire, he hasn't done much. None of the government orders were proposed by Wang Xijue, but Xiao Ruxun directly proposed that they be handed over to the cabinet ministers to perfect and then promulgate. of.

Li Tingji also understood Wang Xijue's situation, and knew that Wang Xijue's existence was just Xiao Ruxun's puppet. The reason why Xiao Ruxun wanted to keep the 66-year-old Wang Xijue in this position was because he needed an obedient marionette.

Wang Xijue should not be too obedient, he will do what the emperor says, and he will execute everything the emperor says, as long as the emperor gives an order, he will do it immediately.

This is a very good accomplishment for Xiao Ruxun, but compared to the past Ming Dynasty, his chief assistant is actually comparable to the "Paper Paste Three Pavilions" of the Xianzong Dynasty.

This is in line with the meaning of the emperor, but not the meaning of the officials. It's just that the emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty is too strong, and no one dares to oppose the emperor. Therefore, Wang Xijue's position as the chief assistant is very secure. No one wants to be the chief assistant too much.

Li Tingji is very satisfied with the current position of the next assistant, and does not want to go any further. Ye Xianggao is also very satisfied with the current position, and does not want to go any further. What's more, they all have an embarrassing identity—— — Former minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Last year, the first year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun took advantage of Zhao Shiqing's death to launch an unprecedented purge of officials. In the midst of this great purge, those promoted by the emperor from the grassroots quickly took over their positions and took control of the central power.

With this, the emperor stabilized his position, strengthened the centralization of Daqin, and quickly stabilized Daqin's rule. Since then, the situation of these former Ming officials has become more embarrassing.

Many former ministers of the Ming Dynasty had high positions, such as Wang Xijue, Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao, the three cabinet heads, and some heads of other departments. They survived.

But more than them are the young people who were gradually excavated and promoted during Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition. They also have a quite clear understanding of this. Even more so.

All they can do is to do things seriously, behave honestly, spend the rest of their lives, and stop trying to make any waves, that's all.

The only thing that can make waves in the entire Great Qin Empire is the emperor himself, and there is no one else except him.

"Shoufu, this is something His Majesty told you, please take a look."

Li Tingji talked to Wang Xijue about Xiao Ruxun's birthday.

"Your Majesty wants to have a birthday? This is a good thing. My Daqin should also celebrate your Majesty's 30th birthday."

Wang Xijue nodded: "Oh, I want to invite the vassal states to celebrate together, um, this is very good, just to publicize how prosperous our Great Qin is, Er Zhang, Your Majesty entrusts you with this task, do you want to Do it well."

After saying that, Wang Xijue handed back Xiao Ruxun's warrant to Li Tingji. Li Tingji took the warrant with a hesitant expression on his face. He looked around to see that there was no one there, so he approached Wang Xijue, and said, "Shoufu, this morning! Some time ago, I heard that His Majesty ordered General Qi to send Yang Yinglong's daughter to the palace."

Wang Xijue froze for a moment, an inexplicable color flashed in his eyes.

"Er Zhang, are you serious at this time?"

"Of course it's true. Li Sheng, His Majesty's chief eunuch, personally went to pick him up and carried him away in a small sedan chair. He was going to the palace. Besides, didn't His Majesty just deliver an order saying that Li Rusong should take him to the palace?" Will the captured Japanese royal family be sent over?"

Wang Xijue lowered his throat: "What Er Zhang meant, the women of the Japanese royal family, your Majesty also..."

"That's probably the case. I never thought that those gossips outside are actually true."

There seemed to be some excitement on Li Tingji's face: "Your Majesty finally let go."

"Your Majesty let go?"

Wang Xijue looked around, and then said in a low voice, "Is there no response from the queen?"

"Even if there is, His Majesty has sent people into the palace, so what if there is? As long as there is no talk of status, isn't this a very simple matter?"

Li Tingji said in a low voice: "Shoufu, you said, this time His Majesty wanted to hold a birthday banquet, and this incident happened, does it mean that His Majesty plans to reopen the selection process for concubines to enter the palace in the future?"

Wang Xijue hesitated when he heard this.

"It's really hard to say, and, based on this alone, it can be concluded that His Majesty will reopen the draft and relax the government. Isn't it impossible?"

"The possibility is indeed unlikely, but at least it shows that His Majesty did not always intend to oppress the previous court in this way."

Li Tingji said: "Your Majesty accepted Yang Yinglong's daughter this time. It is estimated that the news will spread soon. Maybe at this birthday party, someone will imitate Qi Dayong and offer His Majesty something else, and If the people in the offices of the vassal states in Beijing know about this, they will not be indifferent, right?"

Wang Xijue took a deep breath and searched for a while.

"The power of the sky is unpredictable. I don't understand His Majesty's behavior. We are in an awkward situation. All the ministers can move, but I can't. I don't know what Your Majesty wants to do. Moreover, even if Your Majesty wants to relax, It can't be now, can it?"

Li Tingji felt that what Wang Xijue said made sense.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor had just issued an edict announcing Daqin's political program and military goals for the next five years. The emperor's dream of martial arts and martial arts had not yet reached its peak.

Generally speaking, there may be cases of centralized emperors slacking off in politics, but that will only happen after the cultural and martial arts have reached their psychological expectations.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wanted to slacken his administration, and that was something that happened more than 20 years after the emperor. It was more than 20 years after Kaiyuan, which was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention that there are also those emperors who have never been negligent in their lives. Today, His Majesty is only under 30 years old, full of energy, and has an extremely strong desire for power. Will such an emperor suddenly slack in politics?No matter how you think about it, it is impossible.

However, what Wang Xijue and Li Tingji can be sure of is that the emperor still has the idea of ​​rest and enjoyment in his heart, otherwise, he would not want this woman.

Of course, what the emperor wanted was not just this woman.

(End of this chapter)