As things have progressed so far, there are already some subtleties.
According to the emperor's wishes, these people who were impeached by Shen Yi will be dealt with, and Shen Yi himself will stop here and stop fighting.
Of course, even if the two parties give up, Cui Yu can't make any more moves, otherwise the emperor will not be able to get through here either.
Shen Yi was not very satisfied with this result.
According to his original idea, during this court meeting, he would first slap Old Cui in the face, then slowly weaken the Prime Minister's power, and finally overthrow him.
As for the fact that there is no suitable candidate to serve as prime minister, this reason is even more ridiculous.
Among the scholars in the world, there may be some who sincerely do not want to be the emperor, but basically no one does not want to be the prime minister!
As long as he studies for fame, he cannot avoid this temptation.
What is Cui Yu?
Without Cui Yu, a lot of people would be forced to serve as prime minister.
The reason why His Majesty the Emperor wants to calm down the situation is naturally to stabilize the situation and prevent major changes in the court.
If Shen Yi really follows Chen Yu's method and impeaches Cui Yu for manipulating Chunwei, then this matter will immediately be pushed to the point where there is no room for maneuver.
Shen Yi would never do this kind of thing. He always "seeks stability" when doing things.
Therefore, today's meeting is a tentative attack.
"If I were truly a sage, there would be no contradictions in the court now, and everyone would be united."
The emperor said with a smile: "Shen Qing, you are probably not feeling well right now, are you?"
Mr. Shen quickly said: "I am only a third-rank official. I have a conflict with the Prime Minister. If I can let go of both sides, it is already His Majesty's protection. In my heart..."
"I am also thinking of His Majesty's sage."
The emperor smiled and reminded: "You are now the second grade."
Shen Yi bowed slightly and said nothing.
The emperor continued: "I know a little bit about the conflict between Cui Yu and Shen Qing. Half of it is because of the concubine Qi back then, and half of it is because of political disagreements."
"Now Cui Yu has agreed to the Northern Expedition and has not made things difficult for Shen Qing. What I mean is that in the face of the great cause of the Northern Expedition, personal grudges should be put aside for the time being."
Shen Yi nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right."
After a pause, he said: "Your Majesty...do you know Chen Yu?"
The emperor had his back turned to Shen Yi. Hearing this, he suddenly looked back at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "I know, Yang Jingzong's student."
"This Chen Yu..."
The emperor touched his chin and said: "He is capable and does things very appropriately. After Yang Jingzong became an official, I put him in the Ministry of Personnel in order to calm people's hearts."
"He did a very good job in the civil service department."
The emperor said calmly: "When the Yang family's father and son fell, everyone in the court thought that I would liquidate Yang Jingzong's disciples and former officials, but for the sake of the stability of the court, my methods were relatively peaceful."
"In addition, Chen Yu has done a good job in the civil service, so I don't have the nerve to do anything to him. I even promoted him in the past two years."
He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Why, Shen Qing also has trouble with him?"
"Well."
The emperor stroked his beard and said, "I remembered that back then, this Chen Yu served as a parent official in Jiangdu and wrongfully accused Shen Qing."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's all old news, I have already forgotten it."
"I just met Mr. Chen by chance that day. I thought this man was quite interesting. I suddenly thought of him just now, so I made a suggestion to His Majesty."
He lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty does not employ people based on factions, and uses talents in an eclectic way. I admire you very much."
The emperor turned around, patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Stop flattering."
"It's New Year's Eve again in a blink of an eye. You can bring your eldest son to the palace tomorrow. The princess in my family misses him very much."
Shen Yi paused, lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I obey."
"I excuse myself."
The emperor said "Yes": "Gao Ming, give me a gift."
Eunuch Gao quickly sent Shen Yi to the gate of Ganlu Palace before returning to the emperor.
At this moment, the emperor was looking out the window in trance.
Sensing Gao Ming's return, Emperor Hongde knocked his fingers on the table unconsciously and said, "Tell me, did Shen Yi guess something and give me some advice?"
Eunuch Gao lowered his head slightly and said, "I don't dare to speculate, but this time..."
"Shen Zhongcheng is very measured in his actions."
"When he mentioned Dr. Chen, it was mostly a test, rather than a suggestion."
"Um."
The emperor nodded slightly.
"Compare Chen Yu with him."
"Much worse."
No one knows that as early as when Prime Minister Yang was still in Jiankang, Chen Yu was already a die-hard loyalist of the emperor after he resigned from the post of Jiangdu magistrate and returned to Jiankang to meet the emperor once.
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The entrance to the imperial city.
Mr. Shen, who was dressed in a third-grade official uniform, had just come out of the gate of the imperial city when he saw a vermilion sedan parked not far away.
Mr. Shen glanced at it thoughtfully, but ignored it and prepared to go home with his hands behind his back.
The vermillion-colored sedan chair was slowly lowered, and Mr. Cui Yu, dressed in court uniform, stooped out.
At this time, he was only a dozen steps away from Shen Yi. His face was calm, but his eyes were very restless.
"Why is Shen Zhongcheng so disrespectful? He avoids me when he sees my sedan chair."
Shen Yi put his hands in the sleeves in front of him, stepped forward with a smile, and saluted with his hands raised: "I have been away from Jiankang for a long time. I don't recognize the princes' sedans. I don't know that the Prime Minister is here. I'm rude to you. Please forgive me." Forgive me."
Cui Yu looked Shen Yi up and down, and after being silent for a while, he sighed: "Zhong Cheng, are you free? Let's go have a drink together to warm up?"
Shen Yi thought for a while and asked, "It's the end of the year. If I'm a low-ranking official, I'm idle. Is the Prime Minister also idle?"
"The matters that should be dealt with this year were already dealt with during the court meeting on the 25th. Now there are only some fragments left."
Cui Yu said softly: "Zhongcheng doesn't appreciate me."
He pointed to a teahouse not far away and said, "Then go and sit in that teahouse. I go there often."
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely, nodded, and sat down in the teahouse with the little old man.
After sitting down, Shen Yi said softly: "Under the imperial city, everything is under the eyes of the internal guards. The prime minister is really big-hearted."
Cui Yu smiled and said: "In this Jiankang city, where is it that is not under the eyes of the internal guards?"
When Shen Yi heard this, he was thoughtful.
According to Cui Yu, Guiyun Tower is naturally under the watch of the internal guards.
However, Shen Yi was not sure whether Cui Yu knew about Guiyun Tower, so he didn't say much.
Cui Xianggong took a sip of hot tea, looked at Shen Yi, and sighed slightly: "Shen Zhongcheng, those scholars who ruined your reputation have nothing to do with me."
"How you deal with them has nothing to do with me."
After hearing this, Shen Yi looked up at Cui Yu with a smile on his face.
I felt secretly happy.
This is the prime minister of the current dynasty!
Although it wasn't very obvious, as soon as he said these words, he really bowed to himself!
The prime minister bowed his head!
However, Shen Yi's cultivation has reached a point. When he heard this, his face was like a flat lake, and he smiled lightly: "It has nothing to do with the Prime Minister. Does it have anything to do with the Prime Minister's disciples and former officials?"
"I don't know."
Cui Yu shook his head slightly.
"Even if there is a relationship, they have suffered enough today."
Prime Minister Cui paused and continued: "In the future, I should also have a long memory."
Shen Yi smiled and said nothing.
Cui Xiang took another sip of tea and sighed: "After today, I will be almost silent in court."
Faced with Shen Yi's offensive, if Cui Yu did not retaliate and go back afterwards, his prestige in the court would immediately plummet.
Jiankang's senior officials will no longer take him seriously as a prime minister, and his disciples and old officials will also become disloyal.
In the same way, Mr. Shen will definitely become famous. From now on, if others want to provoke him, they must consider whether they have the capital to be at the prime minister level!
However, Cui Yu's words are still exaggerated.
Loss of prestige is loss of prestige, but the aspects are still there, and everything can be slowly made up for elsewhere.
The premise is that he is still in the position of prime minister.
This is also the reason why he is waiting for Shen Yi here today.
Because although he knew that the emperor would be a peacemaker, he didn't know if the emperor could persuade him.
This young man is too protective of his arms.
At the moment, it doesn't matter if you suffer some losses, but it's important to keep your position.
After all, at this moment, the Northern Expedition is the top priority, and no one in the court can confront Shen Yi head-on.
Of course, Prime Minister Chen Jing may be a little bit possible.
After saying this, Prime Minister Cui looked up at Shen Yi and sighed: "And Zhongcheng, you will immediately become one of the most dazzling people in the court."
Shen Yi picked up the tea cup and toasted Cui Yu.
"Father is not as good as family."
"If it hadn't harmed my family, I would actually..."
"I don't want to be so arrogant."
(End of chapter)
