It snowed in the morning, and this was the first snow of the year. The snowflakes were not big, but the floating appearance seemed to take a long time to fall.

Zhu Yijun held down Queen Wang who was about to get up and said with a smile: "Don't get up, rest more. It's snowing outside. If you get up, it will be bad if you get up!" As he said that, Zhu Yijun kissed Queen Wang's forehead.

Hiding in the quilt, Queen Wang's pretty face turned slightly red, and she looked at Zhu Yijun in a daze.

"Sleep well!" Zhu Yijun smiled and patted her, and then asked someone to serve him to wear clothes.

After breakfast, Zhu Yijun came to the front wearing a cloak. The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Six Ministers were waiting here. Yesterday I received a Tongzhi and today I wanted to promote the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet today, so the atmosphere in the hall was a bit dull at this time.

The emperor wanted to recommend Hai Rui as the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. Everyone present knew how the matter ended, and they also knew how it ended.

Originally, everyone thought that this matter had passed, after all, the emperor was on a whim and did not continue to focus on this matter later. Now that this matter has been suddenly revealed, it is obviously not a coincidence.

Everyone knows what's going on. This is a struggle between the cabinet chief and the cabinet second.

Although the whole thing seemed to be triggered by Yang Shiyin, it was actually a long-standing one. Since Zhang Juzheng's death, Zhang Siwei has been unwilling to be the puppet chief minister and is determined to take power.

However, there are many factions within the Jiangling Sect, and Zhang Siwei's qualifications and reputation cannot suppress these people at all.

Whether it was Wang Guoguang, Minister of Personnel, Zeng Shengwu, Minister of Works, or even Minister of War Wu Dui, he was not attracted to Zhang Siwei. Not to mention the hard bones of Yan Qing, Minister of Justice, which made Zhang Siwei unable to stretch his hands at all.

In the cabinet, Ding Pansheng followed Shen Shi's leadership, which further led to Zhang Siwei's sense of urgency.

With the matter of raising Shiyin, it happened to be when Zhang Siwei attacked. Since the emperor issued an order to promote Zhang Siwei's student Li Zhi, Zhang Siwei suddenly became very powerful. There were more and more people following Zhang Siwei shaking the flag and shouting, especially those who had previously opposed Zhang Juzheng.

These people had opposed clearing the accounts and land before, but now they suddenly agreed to raise the scholars and silver. The transformation was so fast that they had no moral integrity at all.

As the second assistant to the cabinet, Shen Shixing now seems to have transformed into a conservative. Although Yu Youding and Pan Sheng support him, they seem to be less powerful than Zhang Siwei. The key is that Yang Shiyin was proposed by the emperor, and Shen Shixing is not so confident just by opposing the emperor.

The Six Ministers Yan Qing expressed his support, while the others have not expressed their opinions until now, and their attitude has become a mystery.

No matter from any aspect, today's court discussion is definitely not a simple court discussion, and may determine the future direction of the court affairs.

When Zhu Yijun stepped into the hall, the atmosphere became even more serious. Zhu Yijun walked in with an expressionless face, glanced across the faces of the ministers present, and then spoke: "Today's court discussion is to elect the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. Let's talk to you!"

"Return to Your Majesty, I recommend Chen Xu, the left censor of the Censorate. Since the Ministry of War released the case of the Arsenal Department, I feel that there is a problem with the supervision of the court. No one has discovered such a big case of the Arsenal Department and no one has found it."

"In order to prevent such a thing from happening in the future, I think it is appropriate to let Chen Xu, the left censor of the Censorate, enter the cabinet."

As soon as Zhang Siwei said that, including Zhu Yijun, he was stunned. The one recommended by Zhang Siwei was Chen Yu. This time, he raised the level of the whole thing and directly raised the level of the candidate to Jiuqing.

But this is not the key. The key is how Chen Hou and Zhang Siwei got together. This is the key!

Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Siwei. The old guy was indeed not simple. He just put forward Shen Shixing's plan. I guess the candidates prepared by Shen Shixing are not easy to take out? It seems that Shen Shixing can't beat Zhang Siwei, not only because of his status!

At this time, Shen Shixing didn't expect Zhang Siwei to recommend Chen Hu, and he didn't expect Chen Hu and Zhang Siwei to get together.

However, Shen Shixing also knew that if he didn't take out anything at this time, he would be afraid that he would suffer. Shen Shixing was worried about the tacit understanding between Zhang Siwei and the emperor, and now he was even more worried. After all, it was justified that Chen Yu entered the cabinet!

"I recommend Zhang Xueyan, Minister of Revenue!"

Shen Shixing gritted his teeth and directly carried out Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. In fact, the most suitable person to suppress Chen Yue was Yan Qing, the Minister of Justice. However, Yan Qing agreed to the Shangshi Yin in the morning, so Shen Shixing naturally could not recommend him.

"The Ministry of Revenue is an important yamen of the court. The court has just made some surplus in the past two years, and it is also appropriate to enter the cabinet of the Minister of Revenue."

"The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's land taxation, and the Minister of Revenue enters the cabinet, which is also conducive to subsequent land clearance and tax collection."

Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing again and sighed in his heart. None of these old foxes could be with each other. Shen Shixing clearly told himself that he had to rely on the Ministry of Revenue to clear the land and collect taxes.

Even if it is the upcoming Yangshi Silver, you cannot do without the Ministry of Accounts, so let the Minister of Revenue enter the cabinet!

However, in Shen Shixing's words, there was no mention of raising a silver medal, which was a thief.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing, then looked at Zhang Siwei. The expression on his face was a touch of playfulness, allowing the civil servants of the Ministry of Revenue and the local government to continue collecting taxes? Zhu Yijun felt that unless his head was twitched, he would never do such a thing.

If you don’t make it a separate tax office, will you be honest in collecting taxes?

Since we have to finish the tax and earn the acres and the gentry will pay the grain together, we must separate the tax collection yamen.

"I recommend Zeng Shengwu, Minister of Works!"

What people unexpectedly was that Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Personnel, spoke at this time.

You should know that Wang Guoguang was the Minister of Personnel. Although the Minister of Personnel did not enter the cabinet, the Minister of Personnel was called a heavenly official. His status and power were absolutely unmatched except for the chief minister of the cabinet and the second assistant of the cabinet.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Three candidates are right? Then let's discuss it!"

Entering the public agreement means that Zhu Yijun has agreed to these three candidates and officially entered the next process, which is to announce these three candidates and accept supervision from all officials. At this time, everyone thinks they are not suitable, so they can submit memorials and impeach them.

If there is no big problem, the emperor can select a cabinet Grand Secretary from among the three.

A court push that seemed calm but was actually full of intrigue was over. But everyone knows that the key is the key, and it is basically time for everyone to play the "Come and find fault" game together.

People who attack each other and look for their faults and shortcomings, it is best to knock down the other person.

After the court was disbanded, Zeng Shengwu came to Wang Guoguang and bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your support!"

After glaring at Shen Shixing, Wang Guoguang said angrily: "Don't do this, don't you see that these two people are really angry. I just can't stand their troubles. This is not going well, why are they making troubles?"

Zeng Shengwu sighed. Zhang Siwei wanted to take over power, but Shen Shixing didn't want Zhang Siwei to take over power. This is the key point of the contradiction.

As for Yangshiyin, Zhang Siwei can support the emperor without any bottom line, but whether Shen Shi can do it or not is he still has his own concerns. After all, the Jiangling sect is now spread all over the world, and he knows how many lands everyone has.

Zhang Siwei quickly approached the original opposition because he realized that he did not receive full support within the Jiangling faction and could not achieve his goal of monopolizing power.

With the support of the opposition, Zhang Siwei became even more unrestrained. After all, Zhang Siwei's Zhang family was a big salt merchant, and he could get support from salt merchants, including Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants, as well as many big merchants in Jiangnan.

These people don’t care much about land tax, and land tax is a small amount of money for them.

When you get the right to speak, you will have more benefits, especially when the Yan case is not over. This also makes Zhang Siwei receive unprecedented support, and countless people are waving flags and cheering for him and paving the way for him to take power.

Of course, there are also people who want to promote their own people, such as joining the cabinet or joining the Sixth Ministry.

The Jiangling School is different. Most of them are traditional gentry, and they pay attention to farming and reading and passing on their families. If you want to farming and reading and passing on their families, you have to have land. The big landlords are them. Including Xu Jie, who used to take land for life, they are all traditional gentry classes.

Although they also have a certain business, land is their foundation.

The policy of supporting the Shiqian completely provoked the war. Now it depends on how the war will spread.

After looking at Wang Guoguang, Zeng Shengwu said, "What should I do if Lord Shangshu is going to do?"

"What should I do?" Wang Guoguang glanced at Zeng Shengwu and said with a smile: "You are very boring, just like Zhang Juzheng. What should I do if I have so many, and what should I do if I want."

Looking at Wang Guoguang's back, Zeng Shengwu could only smile bitterly. Wang Guoguang's qualifications were placed there, and he had to listen to whatever he said.

Looking back at the palace, Zeng Shengwu sighed and walked out of the palace as he stepped on the snow on the ground.

Zhu Yijun returned to the palace and saw that Xu De had arrived, and he smiled and said, "It's just right here. I asked you to split it up. Are you ready?" As he said that, Zhu Yijun looked at Xu De with a serious look.

"Go back to the emperor, you're ready!" Xu De said, "The No. 2 of the inner factory in various places has been drawn out. There are No. 4 and a few capable personnel who follow them. You can wait for the Emperor's order at any time."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said with a smile: "It's great. Let them find the place first and prepare first, so they won't wait too long."

"Yes, the emperor!" Xu De agreed and said respectfully.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "It's done well, please join the Silijian! I originally wanted to promote you and Chen Ju together, but I haven't been able to talk to you in the past few days."
Chapter completed!