Everyone thought that the emperor would not announce the candidate for the crown prince during his lifetime. It would have to be after his death.
Also, even if a prince is established, the original cabinet ministers must be ordered to assist him well.
But why were those people allowed to retire and return home, and let Xie Yanzhi be the chief assistant?
It sounds nice to say Enzhun, but none of those cabinet elders submitted their resignation letters to retire and return home!
Furthermore, regardless of how many years Ji Ming has been in the Hanlin Academy, he is not qualified.
Let’s talk about Xie Yanzhi. Even though he is extremely talented, there is no reason for him to jump directly from a fourth-grade prefect to the chief minister!
Yes, the emperor has always been special to him.
But is this specialness a little too outrageous now?
Originally, everyone thought that Xie Yanzhi would definitely be promoted when he returned to Beijing.
They even thought about where he would go to the Sixth Department and how they would ask him to retreat in the face of difficulties.
Who would have thought that he would be in the cabinet and hold the position of chief minister.
The establishment of the crown prince and the adjustment of cabinet personnel, all of this shows that the emperor is paving the way for the second prince, no, the new emperor to ascend the throne!
How can those people be willing to accept this? How can they be convinced?
There are many civil servants who find it difficult to rise to the next level in their lifetime, but Xie Yanzhi and the like just jump.
Outrageous, outrageous.
No matter how smart Xie Yanzhi is, he has no family background and no foundation. How can he be qualified?
From that day on, Xie Yanzhi no longer had time to think about when to pick up his wife and children back to Beijing. Instead, he fell into all kinds of difficulties from the courtiers.
Fortunately, he was extremely smart, had a few friends who were close friends by fate, was favored by the prince, and had good luck, so he would not fall into the trap dug by others.
Time flies and it’s New Year’s Eve.
News about Xie Yanzhi's appointment as chief assistant finally reached Lanxia City.
At this time, the yamen had already been sealed. After hearing the good news, Mr. Wen didn't even bother to celebrate the festival, so he personally took his wife and master to Renyi Village.
Now that Xie Yanzhi is the chief minister, it is expected that after the new emperor ascends the throne, Li Yuan's imperial edict will also have to be promoted.
As a foreigner, it is difficult for him to meet other people's family members, but his wife can!
It’s New Year’s Eve for the Lijiaao people, and everyone is happy.
Even if it was raining outside, it could not extinguish the joy in their hearts.
As the copper bell rang in the village, everyone immediately put down whatever they were doing and rushed to the private school.
Yes, the private school in Lijia'ao occupies a large area due to donations from the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the past.
Now when everyone has something to do, they gather here to discuss it while the students are relaxing.
This is better than every time they go to Li's Ancestral Hall.
Those worshiped there are, after all, the ancestors of the Li family.
It is not good for people with foreign surnames to go in, and it is equally bad not to go in.
It can be said that it is more or less uncomfortable!
Since the private school was on holiday, everyone gathered in the school.
Li Qinghua looked at the villagers who came with a smile on his face. When he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced loudly.
"Folks, let me tell you two pieces of good news. First, I got the news today that the town in Liuyun County has been built. If you want to go back to find your relatives next year, you can ask me to open the way. There is another one. , no more than ten people may leave at any time, and no more than two months at a time.”
When the people of Lijia'ao heard that the county seat of Liuyun County had been built, some cried with joy on the spot.
Over the years since they came here, their lives have gotten better and better, but their hearts still care about their relatives far away in Liuyun County.
Especially those daughters-in-law who married into Lijiaao.
At the beginning, many of their natal families did not go with them.
After Li Qinghua gave them time to cry, he announced the second thing.
"The only good news left is that our Li Jia'ao's number one son-in-law is now the chief minister of the cabinet and a first-rank official in the court!"
Nowadays, the people of Lijiaao, because their children are in private schools, even if they are illiterate, they still know some official positions.
After hearing Yipin, the person who was still crying with joy now stopped crying and looked at Li Qinghua with disbelief in his eyes.
After Li Qinghua nodded affirmatively, everyone cheered.
No one knows better than them the benefits of having someone in the clan serve as an official.
Especially a high-ranking official like that!
They came all the way here, and the reason why they lived so well, and were looked down upon when they walked out, and respected when they entered the yamen, didn't that depend on having a good son-in-law?
Their number one son-in-law was only a fourth-grade prefect before, but now he is a first-grade official in the court. What does this mean?
From now on, they will be respected not only in Lanxia City, but also in Luyang Mansion!
Li Yuan knew the news that Li Qinghua got here earlier than they did.
She planned to take the children back to Beijing on the fourth day of the new year!
Junzi will take the examination in February, and Canniang is pregnant. No matter what, she has to go back as soon as possible.
While thinking this, I suddenly heard Li Miao's voice coming from outside the door.
"Auntie, Aunt Yan Jiao is here!"
When Li Yuan heard this, she got up and walked out.
Yan Jiao came alone, without her children.
As soon as he saw Li Yuan, he took her hand and entered the house again.
After sitting down, he looked around to make sure no one spoke before speaking.
"Sister Yuan, when are you going to the capital? I plan to take my uncle, aunt, and children with you. I received a letter from Yun Ping yesterday, saying that he will take part in the examination in February!"
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Participating in the examination? As Xue Yunping? Then, where are you from? Do you have the documents? Is it possible?"
Yan Jiao smiled bitterly: "I don't know what's going on. That's what Yunping said when he wrote back. When he and brother-in-law Xie left before, he also told me that if everything goes well, in three years, he will use Lanxia City Participate in the scientific examination as a human being.”
"The county examination will be held in February, the prefecture examination in April, the hospital examination in June, followed by the rural examination in August, and then the general examination and palace examination in the following year. He plans to do it in one step in three years. But who would have thought that this time he would write When the letter came back, he actually said that he wanted to take part in the examination, and those things in front of him..."
In the past few years, Yan Jiao has been personally taught by Ying Lei, Xue Yunping, in Dongfeng Mansion.
Not only has her knowledge increased a lot, but she also knows the situation in the court very well.
When she said this, her eyes were full of worry.
But now, except for Li Yuan, she dare not tell anyone about these things, and no one can share her worries.
Her family, Yun Ping, was different from ordinary people. The blood flowing through his body was the blood of King Anlin.
If someone exposes him one day, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Even if he wants to take part in the examination now, it may be because of the prince's wishes!
It is said that the king's heart is unpredictable, who knows what will happen in the future?
She didn't want to think about it here and wanted to go to the capital to see what was going on.
