Chapter 2659 The Gui scroll picture is so poor that it draws fire from the bottom of the cauldron

 Qi Yongtai knew that he could not delay it any longer.

 He was not sure whether he would wake up next time he fell asleep.

He didn't expect that his body would suddenly deteriorate to such an extent. It was like a person who was usually in good health suddenly fell seriously ill and couldn't get out of bed. Moreover, he could feel that the energy in his body was rapidly decreasing. Disappeared, and every other day, he felt that his weakness had increased, and it was even difficult for him to drink the decoction.

But the situation in Beijing has not yet settled down. He also knows that Li Sancai has repeatedly contacted Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang to communicate, and also contacted Ye Fang. It is obvious that this is to compete for the position of chief assistant, but he is confident to convince Guan Ying Zhen and Huang Ruliang continued to support, and believed that Ye Fang was not the kind of person who ignored his own honor, but it was indeed possible that Ye Fang would remain silent on this matter and not give him as much support as they expected.

Gu Bingqian’s performance is indeed not very good, so what?

 Could it be that Li Sancai is any better than Gu Bingqian?

Gu Bingqian has never been Qi Yongtai's favorite first assistant. He is more optimistic about his disciples. However, with Ziying's junior qualifications, it is extremely difficult to even join the cabinet. It is obviously not possible to be the first assistant without ten years of experience, so let Gu Bingqian be the first assistant. The weak first assistant position is the most suitable for his purpose. Gu Bingqian will serve for one term, and Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang will compete for the next term. It doesn't matter who wins. But in the next term, it is time for Ziying to stand out.

According to Qi Yongtai's idea, in ten years' time both officials and Huang will be sixty years old, so they can naturally consider becoming officials. Ziying will be the most suitable to take over. Even if it is postponed for another five years, it is not unacceptable. Ziying will also be able to take over at that time. Just turned forty.

Gu Bingqian's five years as the weak first assistant were the five years most suitable for Feng Ziying's self-development and growth after joining the cabinet. Gu Bingqian's qualifications and prestige were difficult to control people like Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang, so he could only rely more on Feng Ziying. This is Ziying. This is the best opportunity for Ying to exercise, and Ziying needs such an excellent opportunity the most.

Qi Yongtai even felt that if Gu Bingqian used Ziying well, he might not be able to serve for two full terms, and directly drag Guan and Huang to serve. By then, it would be impossible, or even very possible, for Ziying to be directly promoted to the position of first assistant.

Judging from Ziying's current attitude, Qi Yongtai has no reason not to expect this kind of miracle to happen.

Qiao Yingjia's negotiations with Han Xu, Sun Juxiang and others still had some effect. Although Han Xu and Sun Juxiang both felt that recommending Feng Ziying to the cabinet so hastily was counterproductive and was even more detrimental to Feng Ziying's long-term development, they also admitted that Feng Ziying's recent The year has grown rapidly, and they have made great achievements in the past three years. Shaanxi has shown a scene of national peace and prosperity under the rule as proof. Therefore, with the insistence of Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, several people also accepted Qi Qiao's proposal. Opinion.

As for Cui Jingrong and Wang Yongguang, Qi Yongtai talked in person and basically reached an agreement.

Of course, it is impossible for everyone to be satisfied. Apart from these leaders, there are still some more influential scholars who are not satisfied with this. They think that Feng Ziying is just a chance encounter and his achievements are exaggerated. Another person can do the same. With such achievements, Feng Ziying's rise to the top is quite controversial, and it is even more difficult to accept her rise to the cabinet.

 Qi Yongtai did not call Feng Ziying back in advance because he considered that calling Feng Ziying back before convincing everyone would appear too domineering and arbitrary. He could call Feng Ziying back after convincing everyone.

 The governor is originally a temporary position and can be recalled at any time. Now that he comes back, he can be considered to be awarded the title of Grand Bachelor of the East Pavilion and join the cabinet as the most basic Grand Bachelor.

 Qi Yongtai did not intend to delay this series of operations, and wanted to complete them in one go. Gu Bingqian was awarded the bachelor degree of Jianji Hall, Qiao Yingjia was awarded the bachelor degree of Wuying Hall, and Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang were awarded the bachelor degree of Wenhua Hall.

 Before taking up an official position himself, the emperor would retain the title of Grand Master and Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, and then take up the official post.

Qi Yongtai also knew that Emperor Wan Tong had been unhappy with him for a long time, but he didn't think that the other party dared to make a fuss about such things. It was a denial of his own honor. No scholar in the world would agree, and of course he couldn't fall in love with him. , since I have been awarded Grand Master and Grand Bachelor of Zhongji Palace, I must retire, otherwise my reputation will be damaged.

 For scholars, this is the most important thing.

"Has everything been drawn up?" Qi Yongtai gasped, "Go and invite Liuji, Dongxian and Mingqi to come first, and then go to Wenyuan Pavilion."

The staff and senior attendants all understood what their boss was thinking, and said respectfully: "It's all been drawn up. If the three adults come and see it, and there's nothing wrong with it, just wait for everyone to countersign."

It doesn't matter if Li Sancai and Tang Binyin don't countersign. In addition to himself, the first assistant, the cabinet only needs two more countersigners. Even the more powerful chief assistant directly deprives cabinet ministers of the opportunity to countersign. The same thing. Yes, of course, it may be easy to become alienated from others, and the result will be your downfall.

 There is no chief minister who cannot even get two cabinet ministers to support him. Then this chief minister is a failure and is not worthy of being the chief minister.

Gu Bingqian, Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang all arrived quickly and understood Qi Yongtai's intention of summoning the three of them now.

“Brother Chengfeng, are you too eager now?” Guan Yingzhen couldn’t help but ask, “How about some more advice from Daofu?”

"Dongxian, if it can be done, why should I worry so much? I can just make some more concessions. I have made two preparations, but we all know his thoughts. He went to see Zhang Jingqiu the day before yesterday. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover. Already..."

 Qi Yongtai's words made the three of them suddenly change their expressions: "Zhang Jingqiu? Did he go to see Zhang Jingqiu?"

Zhang Jingqiu is the most typical "imperialist" in the court. It was Emperor Yonglong who promoted him in the first place. In fact, both Gu Bingqian and Li Sancai had something to do with Emperor Yonglong's promotion, but Gu and Li are different from Zhang Jingqiu. , they were just close to the emperor, which was completely different from Zhang Jingqiu, a civil servant who was purely dependent on the emperor. Therefore, once Emperor Yonglong was unable to take charge, Zhang Jingqiu was quickly marginalized, and in the end he could only become an official. But after all, Zhang Jingqiu had been in the court for many years. He has served as Minister of War and Yushi of Zuodu for a short period of time, and he still has some connections, and there has been little movement since he retired. However, Emperor Wan Tong also tried to win over him after he ascended the throne, but no news came out. Obviously Zhang Jingqiu also I am not very optimistic about Emperor Wan Tong.

 But now if Li Sancai goes to find Zhang Jingqiu, the meaning will be different. It means that Li Sancai is ready to start to "bring order to the chaos" and rally a group of people.

He was originally from the north, and one or two Shaanxi scholars were leaning toward him. Tang Binyin, Zhang Jingqiu, and Gao Panlong, who had retired with hatred. If we add Gu Tianjun, Zhu Guozhen, and others who were always eager to try, they would still have considerable momentum.

"Well, according to the news from the Ministry of Punishment, Lu Song's Long Jinwei has also closed his eyes and listened. Maybe he has some other thoughts. I have been in poor health for a while, and I can't take care of a lot of energy. Liuji The name is not justified, so it is difficult to deal with some things,..." Qi Yongtai paused, "So I think it is better sooner rather than later. Liuji will take over as the first assistant, and Dongxian you will take over as the second assistant,..."

This is a bit uncomfortable for Huang Ruliang, but Qi Yongtai has clearly told him that if there are no special changes, Gu Bingqian will be the first assistant. If Guan Yingzhen takes over as the first assistant, he will take over as the assistant, and the next one will take over in sequence. This time, as compensation, Xu Xie, a native of his hometown, was promoted to be the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture. This was quite an unusual promotion.

“Brother Chengfeng, over there with the emperor,...” Gu Bingqian hesitated for a moment, “How do you think about the prince’s issue?”

Gu Bingqian was a little worried. If he didn't compromise on the crown prince's position, Emperor Wan Tong might not easily pass the cabinet vote. And if the emperor didn't grant imperial approval and seal, the process would not go through.

"I am also considering this issue." Qi Yongtai said calmly: "But at this time, I gave in and compromised. Liuji, it may be even more difficult for you as the first assistant in the next step. The emperor will press forward step by step on various issues. How do you deal with it? The result of taking one step back is to take a hundred steps back. Have you considered this?"

"But if the emperor delays the approval and seal, what should we do?" Guan Yingzhen asked back: "If it were an ordinary matter, the emperor would not take this step easily, but this is a change of chief minister of the cabinet. Of course he understands the importance, and I also know that Brother Chengfeng, your current body cannot support you, so you will definitely get into trouble..."

Qi Yongtai pondered for a moment, "It's okay if you don't want imperial approval. Just use the seal. Xia Bingzhong's palm print. He can trace the emperor's calligraphy eighty-nine points. I've seen it. Ordinary people can't recognize it. There's no problem with him. Just use the seal." , I said hello to him."

Gu Guanhuang and others looked at each other. They did not expect that Qi Yongtai, who had always been upright and solemn, would dare to operate like this at this time. It seemed that he had already considered this issue. As long as the matter was settled, the emperor would deny that this was his personal approval. It doesn't matter anymore, the new cabinet has already taken office, and it's time for him, the emperor, to "perform his duties" honestly.

And Xia Bingzhong has long been integrated with the ministers of the cabinet, and he is also an important chess piece placed by the cabinet in the palace. The Shangsanqinjun also communicates with him regularly, so there is no problem at all.

However, Xia Bingzhong has always been firmly in the palace, and even Emperor Wan Tong cannot touch him. This would not be possible without the full support of the cabinet.

"That's the case, then there's no problem." Guan Yingzhen and Huang Ruliang exchanged glances and nodded. Qi Yongtai had already thought it through, but Gu Bingqian was obviously a person who didn't have any ideas and liked to be confused. In the future, the cabinet would have to The two officials and Huang came to support the overall situation, which was why Huang Ruliang could reluctantly accept it.

 (End of this chapter)