Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 527 Institutional Advantages of the Cabinet

In the Wenhua Palace, the emperor's tone was calm, but his attitude was firm enough.

This made a group of cabinet ministers present feel sad.

Your Majesty, what do you mean, just leave it alone?

What do you mean by waiting for the emotions to calm down, you will return to the court, that is, waiting for the Supreme Emperor to lose his temper and come back in despair.

However, the problem is that what the Supreme Emperor needs are steps, and the court is full of people. You can't really wait for the Supreme Emperor to figure it out, can you?
Of course, the most important thing is that from the point of view of the court, if the Supreme Emperor stays in the Xuanfu for a long time and does not return, there will be rumors among the people, which will damage the majesty of the court.

It is estimated that the current Supreme Emperor doesn't care about this.

Anyway, he is no longer in charge of the imperial court, so it doesn't matter what impact it will have.

But in the capital, Shu Liang's matter was always unstoppable.

They already knew it today, and in a few days, when the official document arrived at the post station, the ministers in the capital would naturally know about it.

At that time, all the officials will know how Shu Liang offended the Supreme Emperor in public, and sent the Supreme Emperor to stay in the Xuanfu without returning.

Shu Liang belongs to the Son of Heaven, and now the Son of Heaven has this obvious attitude of protecting him.

In this way, the pressure of the disharmony of the Tian family will all be on the emperor.

As the ministers in the first echelon among civil servants, all the people present were not unaware of Chen Yi's suppression of Ke Dao these days.

But it should be noted that these science and road officials are not so easy to handle.

Relying on his personal prestige, Chen Yi was able to suppress them for a while, but the deeper reason was that Chen Yi let them use other methods to achieve the purpose of keeping the Queen Mother from interfering in the government, so they were so quiet.

However, once the news of Shu Liang reaches the capital, this peace will surely cease to exist!

Among the hundreds of officials in the imperial court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, some of them were hard-headed, who didn't know what it means to be wise and protect one's life, and who were adaptable. They would also not tolerate such an offense against the imperial power by a eunuch, Shu Liang.

If it is said that this eunuch was ordered by the emperor, then in the eyes of the officials of Kedao, it will only be more serious.

When the empress dowager is involved in politics, they will impeach the empress dowager, and if the emperor does not follow the etiquette, they will also admonish the emperor.

Therefore, either Shu Liang was handed over to quell public anger, or the Supreme Emperor took the initiative to return to Beijing.

Otherwise, it is basically impossible for this matter to end.

The function of the cabinet is to reconcile the internal and external. Therefore, conflicts between the emperor and the outer dynasty were caused by the cabinet's dereliction of duty first.

This group of people, all of them bear the title of second-rank minister, and they don't get their salaries for nothing. If there is a quarrel, the most difficult person to deal with is the cabinet ministers.

Therefore, seeing the emperor's current indifferent attitude, several ministers in the cabinet were all sad.

After a while, Yu Shiyue also spoke after deliberating.

"Your Majesty, it is very inconvenient for the Supreme Emperor to stay in the Xuanfu. His Majesty just said that in order to welcome the return ceremony, all the yamen have been preparing for a long time. Stopping at this time will waste the resources of the court. It will also hinder the court, so I think that we still have to think of a way to let the Supreme Emperor go as soon as possible."

These words were a little softer, more like a probing tone, but the attitude showed it.

The other cabinet ministers also quickly echoed, as if they were not the ones who had just quarreled over the Eastern Palace Mengshi.

But this time, the emperor was obviously not so considerate, and instead said displeased.

"I, the Holy Mother, and the Queen's Wife have already sent home letters. Mr. Hu and Marquis Ren, two important officials, left the Ministry of Rites and the Chinese Army Commander's Mansion, and went across the mountains to meet them, but the Supreme Emperor insisted on not returning. Tell me, what can I think of? Is it possible that I really made a decree to force the Supreme Emperor to return to Beijing?"

This is a bit heavy to say.

As a subject, can I really teach the emperor how to do it?

Yu Shiyue also stepped back and winked, but Jiang Yuan could only bite the bullet and push forward.

With Gao Gu's departure, Yu Shiyue's position and the situation of the cabinet have also changed substantially.

Originally, Wang Ao was in the position of chief assistant and had the right to share the votes, but he had no influence in Beijing.

Yu Shiyue and Zhang Min, because of their low qualifications and the fact that they both came from the Ministry, naturally formed a loose alliance to protect themselves wisely.

The three forces maintain the fragile balance of the cabinet.

Later, once Gao Gu made a mistake and was sent to Nanjing, the cabinet became a situation where Wang Ao dominated and the other three parties competed for the second assistant.

Facing the position of the second assistant, Yu Shiyue and Zhang Min naturally alienated from the unstable alliance relationship, because the goal of the three is not the first assistant, so there is no threat to Wang Ao for the time being.

Therefore, everyone depends on their abilities, and Jiang Yuan's situation is not too bad.

But the problem is that in this struggle, Yu Shiyue is the one who wins in the end!
This is troublesome!
Above the court, alliances and divisions are common occurrences, and they are nothing more than profit-seeking.

Yu Shiyue became the second assistant, and if she wanted to gain a firm foothold and gain the right to speak, she was bound to have conflicts with Wang Ao.

Back then when Gao Gu was there, even if he wanted to win over Jiang Yuan to fight against Wang Ao, Yu Shiyue was no exception.

But the difference is that Yu Shiyue still wins over Zhang Min.

Although everyone once had a fight over the position of the second assistant, none of them acted excessively, and Zhang Min was not such a hard-to-see person. Therefore, after Yu Shiyue became the second assistant, the relationship between the two became better. .

But with such a move, Jiang Yuan will be embarrassed!

As we all know, Wang Ao, Gao Gu, and Chen Xun, two former Hanlin scholars, were quite at odds. During the Sutra feast, he was humiliated by the middleman.

Both came from Hanlin, if Jiang Yuan approached Wang Ao, not to mention whether the other party would mind, Jiang Yuan felt that the risk of being stabbed in the back by the Hanlin of the same year would outweigh the gain.

However, there are currently four members in the cabinet, Wang Ao has the right to vote, and no one is afraid. Zhang Min follows Yu Shiyue, and the right to speak is not low. He is the only one, and the position is neither awkward nor embarrassing.

On weekdays, the government affairs that are dealt with are trivial and mind-consuming, but they are of no practical use. During cabinet meetings, they can only be used as clay sculptures and wood carvings.

Now that he has offended the emperor, he thinks of him instead, which makes Jiang Yuan so depressed.

But even so, he couldn't help but speak.

If he doesn't express his opinion on such a big matter, he will really only be completely marginalized.

Fortunately, the first two have ruled out the wrong answers for him, so Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment and said.

"Your Majesty calm down, and the ministers naturally dare not be so offensive. However, even if the Supreme Emperor temporarily stays in the Xuanfu, all the utensils and utensils should not be simplified. In order to show His Majesty's filial piety, it is also necessary to send ministers to meet him. Yes, I believe that as long as you go there a few more times, as His Majesty said, the Supreme Emperor will come back naturally when his mind is at peace."

Therefore, this is the advantage of having a large number of people in the cabinet. If one person can't persuade, several people can persuade together, and if one angle can't persuade, each person should find a different angle.

This time, the emperor was moved, and the old man asked.

"Since this is the case, which Qing family will take the initiative to invite Ying to meet the Supreme Emperor?"

(End of this chapter)