Zhu Houzhao didn't know Liu Yu.

It only took several months for Liu Yu to serve as the Minister of War in the Dynasty. Zhu Houzhao and Liu Yu had never met each other several times, so there was no way to appreciate it.

Zhu Houzhao promoted Liu Yu to serve as Minister of Personnel for two reasons:

First, because of Liu Jin's recommendation, second, Liu Yu occupied the position of Minister of War and moved Liu Yu to Minister of Personnel, so that he could free up his seat and facilitate Chen Xi to return to the court to take over.

Xie Qian gritted his teeth and asked: "Your Majesty, please think twice."

Zhu Houzhao said this when he saw Xie Qian still refused, he frowned and said in a muffled voice: "Gei Master Xie, if you object, you are intentionally against me. I advise you to think clearly... You are old and need someone to share many things. Returning to the court by Chen Qing's family is a good thing for you and the court. I made such a decision not entirely out of selfishness!"

Xie Qian was in a very difficult situation, but he didn't know how to take Zhu Houzhao back to life.

In the past, a rising star like Chen Xi who was young and lacked many qualifications was not qualified to enter the court and become a ministry, let alone become the Minister of the Six Ministers. Before that, even becoming a minister of the Ministry of War was obstructed by officials in the court, and even the position of Minister of the Ministry of War was not taken away.

But after Xu Jin fell, the Chinese civil servant group of the court lacked the competent figures to compete with Liu Jin. At this moment, the court officials felt that Chen Xi was the best choice to return to Beijing. Even if Chen Xi was allowed to serve as Minister of War, there would be no objection... The civil servants themselves did not want to come forward, so they let Chen Xi come and treat Chen Xi as a gun, not because they trusted Chen Xi's ability.

Jiao Fang and Wang Yang are both fencemen, one supports Liu Jin and the other relies on Xie Qian. They seem to be able to make suggestions, but in fact, they dare not express their opinions on such occasions, for fear that their words would not be in line with the emperor's wishes.

Xie Qian looked at Zhang Mao.

Zhang Mao looked calm and composed. It was obvious that he had the same interests as the Chinese civil servant group of the court and supported Chen Xi's return to the court, which made Xie Qian very angry. He wanted to come forward to question, Zhang Tingmian just let it go. In the future, you, the British Duke, will you obey the orders of Chen Xi, the new Minister of War?

According to the Ming Dynasty system, Zhang Mao had only the right to command military power, but did not have the right to transfer military power. The right to transfer military power belonged to the Ministry of War. Zhang Mao elected Chen Xi as Minister of War, which meant that Zhang Mao had to obey Chen Xi's orders.

Xie Qian was filled with mixed feelings. Dai Yi had already prepared the edict on the side, and held it in his hands to Zhu Houzhao and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is the edict that he ordered Lord Shen, the general manager of the Trilateral, to be the Minister of War. Do you think it is appropriate?"

Xie Qian couldn't help but frowned. Shouldn't the edict be drafted by the Hanlin Bachelor? Why is the eunuch who is the Silijian and the pen of the pen do this for now?

Xie Qian sighed: "The court is very different from the time when the late emperor was there, and all the rules are in chaos. Because the eunuch party is in power, the position of the court officials has dropped sharply. Perhaps this is the reason why all the civil and military officials in the court want Chen Xi to return to the court. The court lacks fresh blood and it is difficult to fight with Liu Jin. Chen Xi is highly valued by His Majesty, and in His Majesty's mind, he has the same status as Liu Jin, and he has no one left him."

Thinking of this, Xie Qian felt a little discouraged and worried, "Is it really that I am too selfish? I should obey Xu Jisheng's words and let Chen Xi return to the court earlier, so as to save the current painful situation of the civil service group's retreat?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the edict and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, that's roughly the case. Let the Chen Qing family return to Beijing five months ago... No, the time is too hasty, so it's scheduled to be before mid-June. The position of Minister of War cannot always be vacant. The two ministers of the Ministry of War will deal with the matter first. Anyway, the situation on the three sides has stabilized..."

Zhang Mao asked: "Your Majesty, who will take over as the general system of the trilateral system?"

Zhu Houzhao slapped his forehead: "Oh, I forgot this, who will let me go? Yang Yiqing? Wang Qiong? Both of them are good at abilities, and I don't know who will go better... Oh, right, hasn't the Duke Baoguo returned to the capital yet? Let him stay in the northwest and work for another term. Anyway, the three-sided money and grain deficit has been investigated almost completely. I think there should be no problem for him to stay..."

Hearing this, Xie Qian was so choked by his saliva that he coughed.

Zhu Houzhao asked with concern: "Gei Xie, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Qian raised his hand: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for losing my composure. I'm coughing and coughing... I'm choking."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, this is not a court meeting. We monarch and ministers don't have to be so restrained. If you can agree to Chen Qing's family return to the court, this is enough to show that you know the overall situation and are a model for the ministers."

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao said to Dai Yi again: "Eunuch Dai, you have planned to let the Duke Bao succeed to the Trilateral General System and let him train his troops well. I plan to go to the northwest during the summer and autumn this year. I have never been to Trilateral."

This time, before Xie Qian and Zhang Mao could speak, Liu Jin had already jumped out to dissuade him:

"Your Majesty, no, no! The Ming Dynasty border is full of chaos. If your imperial carriage is going to go to the West, the Tatars will definitely take the opportunity to invade. Your Majesty should not leave the capital."

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of displeasure: "Is that so? I don't think the problem is as serious as you said. I am the emperor, so I can go wherever I like. It's okay to go to the three sides. Let's put it aside before letting it go... Let's break up."

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao left with dissatisfaction. Liu Jin hurriedly chased him out, leaving Xie Qian, Liu Yu, Zhang Mao and others in the hall. Liu Yu was already complacent at this time and was almost dancing.

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Liu Yu served as Minister of Personnel, which was equivalent to completing two-level jumps.

When Xie Qian left the entrance of the Ganqing Palace Hall, he thought to himself: "What is Liu Yu's civil and military affairs in the court? Is his turn to be the Minister of Personnel?"

Xie Qian left the Ganqing Sect, and Zhang Mao followed him out.

Xie Qian turned around and stopped Zhang Mao and asked, "Honey Mr. Zhang, why are you not doing things in a normal way? Regarding Shen Zhihou's return to the court, it was Xu Jisheng who greeted you, right?"

Zhang Mao looked sideways and found that Liu Yu did not follow him. Jiao Fang and Wang Yang were eager to return to Silijian. He was the only one who was on the way out of the palace. Now Xie Qian is questioned, and there is no way to avoid it. So he said, "Yu Qiao, I just returned from the south. I dare not delay Your Majesty's wedding. How can you say that I and Ji Sheng secretly discussed it? This is wronged me... By the way, are you saying that Xu Jisheng supports Shen Zhihou's return to the court?"

Xie Qian speculated that Zhang Mao had secretly contact with Xu Jin, but Zhang Mao just refused to admit it, and he had no choice.

Zhang Mao sighed again: "Yu Qiao, don't be anxious. If Ji Sheng had this idea, he wouldn't be blamed. Ji Sheng used to impeach Liu Jin in the court but could not be able to. Now the eunuch party is in great power, and the clean current in the court is suppressed by the turbid current. As the chief minister, you have nothing to do. Isn't it normal for him to blame you?"

"Ji Sheng asked Zhihou to return to the court, and he also saw that His Majesty trusted him. As long as Zhihou had military power, even if Liu Jin was powerful, he would have no choice but to do anything to him."

Xie Qian glared at Zhang Mao, as if saying, "You still said that you didn't associate with Xu Jin?" How did you know that Xu Jisheng blamed me? Could it be that he complained in front of you?"

Xie Qian said: "Is there no one in the court able to fight with the eunuch party, and only let a young young man like Shen Zhihou take on the heavy responsibility? Liu Jin is powerful. If he insults secretly or slanders him in front of His Majesty, can Shen Zhihou enter the palace to meet the saint and resist the slander?"

Zhang Mao coughed twice, not wanting to argue with Xie Qian.

Just as Xie Qian was angrily making sense to Zhang Mao, a eunuch suddenly came over from a distance. Xie Qian looked up and saw that Zhang Yuan and several eunuchs came over.

Zhang Yuan seemed extremely respectful and walked to Xie Qian to salute: "Mr. Master, Master Xie, and Empress Dowager asked the two to go to Kunning Palace to talk."

Without Zhang Yuan's explanation, the two knew it well that Zhang Mao, Wang Jiao and Gao Feng had completed the process of proposing marriage before the emperor's wedding, and the queen had received it from the capital, and the wedding was about to take place.

This is the most concerned thing about Empress Zhang at the moment.

Zhang Mao reminded: "Yu Qiao, don't mention today's affairs when you meet the Queen Mother."

Xie Qian had a dark face and did not agree.

The two followed Zhang Yuan to the outside of Kunning Palace. Before they could get in, they saw Gao Feng coming from a distance. Liu Jin also appeared on the other road with several eunuchs.

"It's so unlucky, I can run into him anywhere."

Xie Qian muttered, Gao Feng didn't notice this, but Zhang Mao and Zhang Yuan heard it. Zhang Yuan even glanced at Xie Qian, with deep meaning in his eyes.

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In front of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhang Mao and Gao Feng reported a brief report on the process of going south to propose marriage.

Next to him were Li Jie, who had just become the Minister of Rites and Xia Lin, the Minister of the Honglu Temple. This time, Zhang Mao proposed to serve as the chief envoy, Wang Jiao and Gao Feng were both deputy envoys, among which Gao Feng was appointed by Empress Dowager Zhang.

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard everything went smoothly, she smiled and said, "Now the father-in-law has arrived in the capital, right?"

Zhang Mao said: "Yes, Xia Guozhang is now the Governor of the Former Army Governor's Office..."

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, actually, the Ai family really wants to meet with the father-in-law and learn about the situation of the queen, but unfortunately the etiquette is inconsistent. Eunuch Gao, you will go back and get 500 taels of silver from the inner treasury and send it to the father-in-law's house so that they can live a decent life in the capital. Later, the Ai family will tell the emperor that he will reward the queen's house."

Because Empress Dowager Zhang herself took office by choosing a concubine, now it is her son's turn to choose a concubine. She feels that her son's wife should be able to help her son, and that she should be loyal to the army by her mastering the army.

Gao Feng quickly agreed.

Empress Dowager Zhang said: "Shu Li, you are here to arrange the wedding. The Ai family can't wait to let the queen enter the palace. It's time for the emperor to start a family and establish a house."

Li Jie served as the Minister of Rites. The first thing he did after he took office was to complete the emperor's wedding. He felt confused in many aspects.

"Yes, the Queen Mother."

Although Li Jie agreed, his eyes drifted towards Xie Qian, hoping that Xie Qian, the chief minister of the cabinet, could help him.

But Xie Qian remained silent and waited for Empress Dowager Zhang to finish the emperor's wedding before he took the lead. Zhang Mao took the lead: "Empress Dowager, it is better to preside over the wedding ceremony by Shangshu Xie. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!