Capital, Forbidden City, Wenyuan Pavilion.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang had just attended the court meeting, and there was nothing major in the court. Zhu Houzhao was as drowsy as a worshiper, and did not interfere with anything, so that everything was decided by the cabinet.

No one competed in the court, and Liu Jian and Li Dongyang took drastic measures to deal with the government affairs without any obstacles... Now that civil servants are in power, no one has challenged their authority.

Liu Jian sat down behind the desk, and the eunuch at the same time served tea and talked to Li Dongyang about government affairs for a while, involving several more important decisions made by the cabinet, and found that the effect was quite good.

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction: "Now it seems that you and me may not be needed in the court, and they can also operate normally. I have always wanted to transfer Dehui into the cabinet before, but Xi Xianhuang failed to make a move when he was alive. Now is the best opportunity to mention to Your Majesty! For this matter, you will go to Hanyuan to arrange a joint report, and it is still not appropriate for you and me to propose..."

Regarding the incident of Wang Hua's entry into the cabinet, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang kept mentioning it during the death of Emperor Xiaozong, but there was no further information until Emperor Xiaozong passed away. What Zhu Youzhang was most satisfied with was the combination of the three major scholars in the cabinet, namely Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian. Now that the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Jian felt that the court was as stable as a rock, so he wanted Wang Hua to take more responsibilities. He and Li Dongyang were both lazy in the court affairs and hoped to have more time to rest.

Li Dongyang said: "After a moment, I will arrange for Mr. Liang and others to submit a memorial to the court, and propose multiple candidates at once. Please ask Your Majesty to decide!"

"Um!"

Liu Jian nodded, "In addition to Dehui, Mr. Liang, Ji Zhi and Jiefu are also candidates. Just by his ability, Dehui can only be competent!"

Li Dongyang smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, this is how Dehui's entry into the cabinet is handled, but do you need to discuss it with Yu Qiao?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "Yu Qiao went to Tailing these days, and then he said he was sick. Since this is the case, he would have to rest for a few more days. When Dehui entered the cabinet, the court affairs were not so busy, so Yu Qiao could also save his worries! Later, the Ministry of Revenue had a memorial for the Xuanfu money and grain dispatch. You can read it for Dehui first, and ask him to draft a note and wait for me to review before submitting the memorial..."

Li Dongyang knew that he had made such a rash decision and decided to choose a cabinet candidate, which was to regard the court's laws as if nothing had happened, but both he and Liu Jian believed that it was not wrong to do so.

When the emperor was young, he didn't know how to choose cabinet candidates, so he was fully responsible for it. As for the sudden introduction of Liang Chu, Wang Yang, Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua, he was just a fool of himself. The focus was on Wang Hua, and the other three were just accompanying the prince to study.

As for Xie Qian's opinion, the two did not want to cause trouble and chose to ignore it directly.

Then this matter was passed on to Liang Chu by Li Dongyang, and Liang Chu and others asked the court for instructions. The memorial was quickly sent to the cabinet from the Tongzheng Envoy Office, and Liu Jian personally made a vote to "develop candidates as appropriate" and sent it to the Silijian.

According to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's idea, as long as Xiao Jingzhu approved the decision, this matter would be implemented, and there was no need to alarm the little emperor.

But the matter is of great importance. Xiao Jing did not dare to make sure of it himself, so he went to ask Empress Dowager Zhang for instructions. Empress Dowager Zhang could not decide and felt that he should inform Zhu Houzhao of the matter, which would be decided by Zhu Houzhao himself.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to the Ganqing Palace early the next morning after not returning home on another night, he finally learned about this. It was less than half an hour left before Wuchao.

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"What does it mean? I have just been out for a day and such a big thing happened in the palace! Aren't the three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet good? Why did you add one person out of thin air? Who agreed to Mr. Wang Hua and Wang's entry into the cabinet?"

Zhu Houzhao asked questions in a series of questions, but Xiao Jing couldn't answer them at all.

Xiao Jing was in a very difficult situation because the cabinet was dominant now, and Liu Jian and Li Dongyang pressed step by step. Even though the Xiaozong Dynasty had not decided before, he made a decision in a hasty way. In fact, he was bullying Zhu Houzhao and didn't know anything.

Although Zhu Houzhao was young, he knew that there was nothing small in the cabinet, and that an additional Grand Secretary would mean that he would add an opponent in the future.

He is now just temporarily putting down his fighting spirit with the civil servants and focusing on eating, drinking and having fun, rather than saying that he doesn't care and is ready to give power to the civil servants permanently.

Xiao Jing blushed and couldn't answer, but Liu Jin interrupted: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Isn't there any room for negotiation on this matter?"

"If your Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, just reject it in the memorial!"

Xiao Jing then realized that Zhu Houzhao could choose to refuse, and as the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, he had to think about the problem from the emperor's standpoint, and immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, what Eunuch Liu said!"

Zhu Houzhao glared at Xiao Jing: "Eunuch Xiao, how did you take charge of the rituals? Why are all matters big and small and big and small by the cabinet now? What do you do? I will express my attitude in this matter first. The decision of the late emperor to not increase the candidates for the cabinet will still work for me. Who wants to change it without authorization...no way!"

Liu Jin quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please do not get angry, take care of the dragon's body..."

This sounds kind-hearted, but it actually adds fuel to the fire. Liu Jin was already happy when he saw Xiao Jing not favored the emperor.

The position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor is of great importance. Many people are coveting this position, and Liu Jin is no exception. Of course, he also knows that it is unlikely that he will take this position with his qualifications, but now he is the most favored eunuch around the emperor, so it is normal to covet something.

Xiao Jing asked, "Your Majesty, how can I criticize this memorial?"

Zhu Houzhao snatched the memorial book from Xiao Jing's hand, picked up the red pen on the table, and drew a big fork on the memorial book, which means that this matter was not allowed.

Zhu Houzhao threw the memorial into Xiao Jing's arms: "Just this, I'm very tired today and don't want to participate in the court meeting. The matter is left to you. If it doesn't work well, Eunuch Xiao... Don't say that I'm making things difficult for you. The late emperor arranged for you to be my right-hand man, but no matter how I think you are helping the cabinet, and never consider my opinions!"

Xiao Jing was ashamed. He knew that once he could not get the emperor's favor, he would sooner or later retire from the position of eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor.

If someone else had changed, he would definitely be in a position of power, but Xiao Jing was different. He wanted to get off the annoying job of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor as soon as possible. He was under great pressure and was already exhausted. He hoped to live a peaceful life without being caught between the forces of all parties and being breathless.

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At noon, when the court was about to begin, Liu Jian had secretly informed Wang Hua and asked him to prepare for entering the pavilion. However, when he arrived at Fengtian Hall, he realized that Wu Chao had been cancelled.

When the ministers returned to their respective yamen, Li Dongyang said angrily: "It would be fine if it was once or twice. Now the court will be stopped every day, and there will be six or seven days in ten days. What is this saying? Is Your Majesty ignores the affairs of the court?"

Wang Hua couldn't help but look at Li Dongyang, thinking that while asking Your Majesty to ignore the affairs of the court, he also cared about whether Your Majesty participated in the afternoon court. He guessed that Your Majesty did not want to pay attention to his worries, so he said, "Why should Grand Secretary Li be worried? Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and is a little erratic, which is understandable..."

"What do you understand? Dehui, let me ask you, how many times did Your Majesty attend the lectures on the Seminar after ascending the throne? How many times did you call the ministers of Hanyuan to discuss the truth?" Li Dongyang asked.

Wang Hua himself couldn't answer because he didn't even have one time! After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he stopped studying. He had long been left by the lecturers of the East Palace. Now he was just sleeping and going out to the palace to play. He occasionally attended court meetings and was dozing off, and he didn't care about anything.

Liu Jian asked, "Binzhi, you have met Eunuch Xiao before. Did he say anything about Dehui's entry into the cabinet?"

Li Dongyang said annoyedly: "This is exactly where I am angry... When I saw Eunuch Xiao before, he hurriedly avoided it. I went up to ask him and ignored him, I was afraid that things didn't go so smoothly!"

Liu Jian thought for a while and said, "Since you can't see Your Majesty at the court meeting, let Mr. Liang go to see him and mention this matter in person. Dehui, then you go with Mr. Liang, let me tell you about your Majesty's words. If Your Majesty has no intention of increasing the candidates for the cabinet, let Mr. Liang ask for more requests, or... After that, I and Mr. Liang beg for the old man, and I will always send you to the cabinet..."

Wang Hua said gratefully: "Thank you for the promotion of the two cabinet masters, but... I may have some shortcomings in my knowledge and ability!"

Liu Jian said in a firm tone: "Dehui, you have been helping the cabinet for a long time. If you enter the cabinet, Binzhi and Yu Qiao are relieved. This matter is beneficial to the country and the people. You should state the interests of Your Majesty more. Your Majesty is young and energetic, so you can only ask him to make adjustments!"

Li Dongyang couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, obviously not optimistic about going to find Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jian instructed again: "I heard from the people in the palace that after Your Majesty ascended the throne, he left the palace several times. Now I don't know what the Empress Dowager thinks. If this matter does not work for Your Majesty, I will go and ask the Empress Dowager. It may be more appropriate for the Empress Dowager to take charge of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is now very concerned about the affairs of the court..."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang both understood the reason that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but in order to allow Wang Hua to enter the cabinet smoothly, they could not control so much.

Li Dongyang said: "Maybe, I will go to Yu Qiao's mansion again and ask Yu Qiao to say something... I'm afraid Yu Qiao has the idea of ​​begging for the old man to return to the field now!"

Wang Hua looked at Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in surprise and thought to himself: "I heard from the two cabinet masters that I want to ask cabinet master Xie to take the initiative to resign and let me replace him! This... is really appropriate?"
Chapter completed!