Zhu Yijun had hated Yang Junmin for a long time, so Zhu Yijun handed the memorial to Shen Yicheng without any hesitation.
Shen Yicheng knew.
Therefore, he casually asked at the cabinet meeting, "Is Yang Butang planning to enter the cabinet? Or is he going to retire and return to his hometown? "
Yang Junmin was so scared that his face turned pale. Looking at the faint killing intent in Shen Yicheng's eyes, he froze from his soul to his body.
Shen Yicheng, the smiling tiger, was finally going to bare his fangs.
More importantly, all the bigwigs in the meeting were very dissatisfied with his secretly submitting the memorial. Shi Xing immediately opened fire at Yang Junmin, "Yang Butang, are you expressing your distrust of the imperial court's decision, or are you expressing your dissatisfaction with Minister Shen? If you're dissatisfied, say it. Don't submit the memorial to His Majesty secretly. It's embarrassing. "
"You … you … how dare you humiliate me like this!"
Yang Junmin was infuriated and sorrowful. He flung his sleeves and left the guild. After that, he didn't participate in any of the meetings.
He could only use this method to express his protest. However, this method was not only laughable, but also powerless. It vividly displayed Yang Junmin's helplessness and helplessness.
Jin was like the sun that was about to set. It was no longer as glorious as it used to be.
Under the joint attack of various forces, the Jin Shang's influence in the imperial court had completely declined. The battle of Datong in Shanxi was the final blow from the heavens to the Jin Shang. How could they not seize such a good opportunity?
Shen Yicheng would never let go. This time, Shen Yicheng would make good use of this opportunity to tear Jin Shang into pieces and devour them.
Shen Yicheng felt that the three additional cabinet members and the inspection of the capital should be treated as one.
Obviously, Minister Tsai Kuo-chen, who was in charge of the inspection of the capital, was someone that Shen Yicheng needed to win over. As long as Tsai Kuo-chen cooperated, this matter could be handled beautifully. They could remove Jin Shang's power from the imperial court and sweep Jin Shang with the momentum of this victory. Then, all the parties involved could divide the spoils.
That's right, the crux of the problem was to solve the problem of dividing the spoils. To put it bluntly, if Shen Yicheng could solve the problem, be it the disaster relief, the inspection of the capital, or the power struggle, they could all be solved according to Shen Yicheng's ideas. then, Shen Yicheng would truly become the Daming Prime Minister and wield the power of the empire.
What did Tsai Kuo-chen want?
It was very simple, he wanted to enter the cabinet.
Tsai Kuo-chen was a veteran of the Jiangxi faction and one of the most outstanding figures in the post-Yan Song era. During Yan Song's era, the Jiangxi faction was criticized for Yan Song's perverse behavior. As a native of Jiangxi, Tsai Kuo-chen asked to be sent to Nanjing to be an idle official to avoid being involved with Yan Song. At that time, he was only 27 years old.
Facts proved that Tsai Kuo-chen's choice was right. After paying the price of some time, he was promoted and supported by the Jiangxi faction in the post-Yan Song era. Finally, he entered the highest decision-making circle of the empire.
However, he had a very fatal weakness. He was not from a Hanlin Academy.
On this point, he was the same as Song Yingchang and Shi Xing. He belonged to the kind of people who were good at business but not from a good family background. At the very most, he could only be a minister, but not a minister. It was the lifelong regret of many ministers who were not from a Hanlin Academy.
Tsai Kuo-chen was old. Before he retired, his biggest wish was to enter the cabinet, even if it was only for a short period of time. He could be regarded as a minister and retire as a minister. How glorious would that be?
When the emperor gave the order to elect ministers, Tsai Kuo-chen had this idea. Later, he learned from his secret channel that Shen Yicheng had invited Shi Xing and Song Yingchang to his mansion for a meal. He didn't know what they said or did, but in the subsequent meetings, Shi Xing clearly supported Shen Yicheng. Although Song Yingchang didn't say much, he also seemed to be on Shen Yicheng's side.
It was not a temporary cooperation out of self-interest, but more like … an alliance.
What reason did Shen Yicheng use to win over these two people who seemed unimportant but were actually miraculous at the critical moment?
Apart from entering the cabinet, Tsai Kuo-chen couldn't think of any other way.
He was keenly aware that Shen Yicheng was trying to build a cabinet of his own in his own way, which was the kind of cabinet group with real power that followed his lead. It was not like Zhao Zhigao, who was a paper Prime Minister who led his own assistants. Zhao Zhigao's cabinet was also an empty shell. This old man didn't have the ability and determination to control his subordinates, but Shen Yicheng did.
Shen Yicheng had the strength and support group to aspire for the real power of the Prime Minister, which Zhao Zhigao didn't have.
Shen Yicheng's cabinet must be a cabinet with real power, the kind with strong authority. This was Shen Yicheng's goal. For this reason, he began to win over those he could, trying to split a group of people to support him, and the bargaining chips were very rich.
After realizing this, Tsai Kuo-chen had his own idea.
Shi Xing and Song Yingchang are in charge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice respectively. They can't play any decisive role at the moment, but you, Shen Yi, are trying to rope them in instead of me, who is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel and can play a decisive role. Don't you think this is very inappropriate?
Therefore, Tsai Kuo-chen showed his dissatisfaction to Shen Yicheng in a way that made Shen Yicheng understand it successfully.
Therefore, there was the dull atmosphere of today's cabinet meeting.
Under the premise that Yang Junmin was absent, Shen Li lost her power and no one cared about her, and Lord Shen Yicheng closed his eyes and rested without saying a word, the cabinet meeting was actually presided over by Shen Yicheng. And the core content of the previous meetings was that Shen Yicheng sought Tsai Kuo-chen's cooperation, so that they could finalize the guiding ideology of the whole big event.
The two of them argued for a long time. Finally, Shen Yicheng made a concession. He secretly agreed to write Tsai Kuo-chen's name on the recommendation list and submit it to the emperor, and put in a good word for him. As for whether things would go as he wished, it would depend on the emperor.
At that time, Shen Yicheng said it like this.
"I can fill in the name list for Cai Butang and put in a good word for him. But whether Cai Butang can finally enter the cabinet is not something I can control. It's all up to His Majesty. Cai Butang should understand that the best result is to get the imperial edict and enter the cabinet."
Tsai Kuo-chen also knew that he didn't have the identity of a Hanlin Academy, so it was absolutely impossible for him to pass the formal procedure of the court nomination. The only way was to follow the old path of Zhang Cong — to get the imperial edict and enter the cabinet.
And if Shi Xing and Song Yingchang wanted to enter the cabinet, they could only do it in this way, by reaching an agreement with the emperor. It was similar to the way the ministers reached a compromise, but the emperor was in the minority, while the ministers were in the majority. It seemed that the decision of the majority was more reasonable.
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