"Your Majesty, Zhongguan Wang asked your servant to reply. The meeting at Huangji Palace has come to a conclusion."
"A bunch of slickers!"
Before the plate of pastries was finished, a young eunuch accompanying him arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion, and Chongzhen cursed.
"Go and tell Wang Cheng'en that I'm busy and ask the courtiers to wait for a while!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he finished the pastries in his hands, then picked up two plates with pastries and handed them to Fang Zhenghua who was waiting on the side.
"You two should eat some pastries to cushion your stomachs first. I'll take a nap and let them dry out."
After saying that, he walked to the side and lay down on the couch.
Fang Zhenghua didn't know whether to laugh or cry while holding the plate. He didn't know whether to eat now or not.
Don't eat, I'm very hungry now, and the pastries are very fragrant. Come on, eat in Dongnuan Pavilion. If this spreads out, you will be sprayed to death by those censors.
Looking at the looks in the eyes of several disciples, Fang Zhenghua glared angrily, and then kowtowed to Chongzhen, feeling deeply moved in his heart.
He got up and went outside the Nuan Pavilion, laughing and scolding in a low voice: "It's time for each person to have a cup of tea during the shift."
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen's slight snoring sounded.
The ministers in Huangji Hall were all complaining about Chongzhen.
What business can you deal with? All the courtiers are in the Huangji Palace. What business can you handle?
From the time I went to court in the morning to now, I first dealt with the disaster in Shaanxi, then went to the Imperial College to work for an hour, and now I am back to discuss disaster relief matters. It is already past lunch time.
Not to mention eating, I didn't even have time to take a sip of tea. I was hungry and thirsty at the moment, which was easy to say, but I couldn't bear to be anxious.
"Wang Zhongguan, can we go pay our respects?"
"Whatever, but I can tell you that His Majesty may come at any time. Today His Majesty..."
Wang Chengen did not say the following words, but the meaning was obvious. Your Majesty killed many people today. If you miss, go ahead.
Sure enough, all the ministers became quiet.
Another half an hour later, Chongzhen woke up and went straight to the Huangji Palace. Looking at the ministers who were about to salute, Chongzhen said: "Without ceremony, tell me the result!"
"Your Majesty, after deliberation, I still feel that Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are more qualified. However, the ministers also have their own preferences between the two. Now among the ministers, they choose Sun Chengzong to stand on the right and Yuan Keli on the left."
"There are a total of 69 ministers attending the morning court today, 27 of them chose Sun Chengzong, and 42 of them chose Yuan Keli. Please ask for your Majesty's Holy Judgment."
Chongzhen looked at the ministers on the left and right, with an elusive smile on his lips.
All the members of the Eunuch Party chose Yuan Keli, while those of the Donglin Party chose Sun Chengzong, and most of the military generals and nobles also chose Yuan Keli.
Regarding this result, Chongzhen was not surprised at all, because Sun Chengzong was squeezed out by the eunuch party, and he certainly did not want Sun Chengzong to return to the court.
The military general Xungui chose Yuan Keli because Sun Chengzong was the governor of Ji Liao. He basically pulled up the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong.
The eunuchs and generals naturally do not want someone who can control the military to come back, which will greatly increase their pressure.
The Donglin Party chose Sun Chengzong because they wanted to win over Sun Chengzong. The Eunuch Party classified Sun Chengzong into the Donglin Party.
But that's not the case at all. He is upright and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.
No matter what the plans of the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party and others are, as long as one of the two returns to the court, their goals will be considered achieved.
"Now that you have made your choice, please make sure that Yuan Keli will be the imperial envoy to Shaanxi this time.
I remember that after Yuan Aiqing left office, Nandu also presented Zishu as a gift to Dr. Guanglu and the Crown Prince's Taibao. Then I will add the Grand Master of Zhongji Palace. After the disaster relief is over, he will join the cabinet to participate in machine affairs, and the cabinet can draft decrees. "
As soon as Chongzhen said this, the ministers fell silent instantly, and Shi Fenglai was confused.
Other titles are easy to name, but Grand Bachelor is a cabinet position.
The Ming Dynasty had four halls and two pavilions, namely Zhongji Hall (Huagai Hall), Jianji Hall (Jinshen Hall), Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Dongge and other great scholars.
There is no hierarchy between the various palaces. The first assistant, second assistant, and assistant ministers are distinguished according to their concurrent positions. The addition of a bachelor is only related to the position in the queue when going to court, which is a kind of honor.
For example, Huang Liji, who was just killed, was joined by Wenyuan, Wuying, Jianjidian Grand Scholar and Minister of Rites (virtuous post), and he was the first assistant.
If Chongzhen does not appoint a new chief assistant, then Shi Fenglai, a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, will succeed Huang Liji as the new chief assistant.
But now Yuan Keli has added the title of Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, as well as the imperial envoy and the title he held before leaving office, and he is now the proper chief assistant.
Once he got it, the duck flew away, how could he not be depressed.
"What? Shi Aiqing has any objections?"
"I have no objection, I accept the order!"
Shi Fenglai, who was named by Chongzhen, responded immediately, and then said: "Your Majesty, I remember that Master Yuan gave a speech on the third day of August in the seventh year of Tianqi, and since then he has never wanted to be an official. This..."
"It doesn't matter, I will write a letter about the great disaster in Shaanxi Province. I believe that Yuan Aiqing will not ignore the people in the fire and water."
Some of the ministers were full of disdain. The emperor was still young after all. It was a miscalculation to suppress Yuan Keli with justice.
If this was really the case, under such circumstances as the Ming Dynasty, he would not have given up his ambition to become an official, but would have tried to turn the tide.
Naturally, Chongzhen did not know what the ministers were thinking, but continued: "Everyone, we just discussed the issues of troop deployment, food adjustment, whether the people believe it or not, and the last issue of whether the people will rebel again if there is not enough food, the Shaanxi disaster Even if the matter is settled, do you have any good ideas regarding this matter?"
The ministers shook their heads one after another.
From the current point of view, there is not enough food. This is an inevitable problem. When there is not enough food, it will inevitably trigger civil unrest.
If they had a way, they would have recommended themselves long ago, why wait until now?
Furthermore, the emperor has proposed solutions to the previous problems, and this last one also clearly has a solution.
Now if they speak out, if they have the same idea as the emperor, wouldn't it mean that they are taking away the credit from the emperor?
It's not like you're looking for death, so to be on the safe side, it's better to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"Since you ladies have no suggestions, I will make one."
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the edge of the platform, staring at the courtiers.
"Please give me your Majesty's instructions!"
