Chapter 811: Three Excerpts
In the Yanjing Cabinet Office, next to the State Council where cabinet officials are on duty, there is a small elegant hall, which has always been a place for cabinet officials to rest and eat. Generally speaking, the State Council will have two cabinet officials on duty, but this time, such a big incident happened, and the remaining officials in the cabinet are all here, and a series of consultations are carried out.
At the beginning of Yanjing, the six officials were sentenced to pass the pass, and the entire Yanjing was still under the jurisdiction of military power, mainly with the Three Imperial Forests, Dali Temple, Ministry of Justice, Yanjing Prefecture and Nine Gate officers and soldiers, maintaining the general order in the huge Yanjing city. It is naturally impossible to hold routine court meetings for a while. Moreover, news from the palace that the emperor has been in a bad state recently and cannot be ashamed of the wind and cold. All matters are temporarily agreed upon by the cabinet, so the cabinet officials have been dealing with many things without permission.
After several consecutive days, with the effective handling of the cabinet, the various departments and departments of the court began to return to normal. The rebels in the court either surrendered or resisted and were killed, and they were basically dealt with effectively. The whole situation was roughly stable, and the bloody smell that filled the air became much lighter after several days of cleaning.
There are a large number of positions in various departments, courts, departments, thirteen offices on the east road, and eight offices on the west road. This naturally requires many officials to take over. In the past, such opportunities occurred, the cabinet giants naturally had to fight for the red face. Then they sat down quietly and divided the power tacitly. However, this time, everyone in the cabinet seemed to have forgotten that they should add officials, but they only focused on doing a good job in the aftermath and purge the remaining party of the Soviet faction. No one would mention those vacant official positions for a while.
The cabinet giants have been in the yamen for several days, not mentioning the matter of the alternate officials, but there are many officials below. They take this opportunity to send some filial piety to the residences, hoping to raise their positions. Most of the officials were almost turned away in the residences.
A new political reshuffle has not yet been clarified, and even the giants of the aristocratic families are still considering it. Naturally, they will not let the officials below disrupt the situation.
It was noon, and in the small hall, Taishi Xiao and Han Xuanchang were both sitting on the elegant seat at this moment. Both of them were holding the hot tea they had just served and savoring it gently.
Putting down the teacup, Master Xiao finally sighed lightly, "The Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice and even the prison of Yanjing Prefecture are full of people. They have cried day and night like ghosts in the past few days. It is time to deal with it well. If this continues, it will not be a problem."
Han Xuanchang also put down his teacup and escaped from the disaster. These cabinet officials with strong concentration had already returned to their previous calm: "The Grand Master said so much. But how to deal with this matter should still be sent to the emperor. I received a note and counted the prisoners in detention. Nearly two thousand officials of the Su clan and his family were imprisoned. If the investigation really was to continue, many people would be involved. If they really wanted to be executed, I was afraid that there would be no less than ten thousand people...!"
Master Xiao nodded slightly and handled affairs day and night for several days, causing the originally paralyzed Yanjing governments to start to operate again. The cabinet officials all spent a lot of energy, and the old master seemed extremely tired.
"It should be punished, and it should be rewarded!" Master Xiao picked up the teacup and sipped again: "Mr. Han, the rebels have been pacified this time, and the father and son of the Su family were killed. The son of the son of the emperor has made a contribution. I have already drafted a memorial and asked the emperor to give it to the emperor. "He stroked his beard gently, smiled kindly, and stared at Han Xuanchang and said: "It is my life, if it were not the son of the son, I would have become a ghost under the sword of the father and son of the Su family!"
Han Xuanchang smiled and said, "The old master is auspicious, and he has his own heavenly appearance. How can the rebels hurt the master?"
Master Xiao shook his head and waved his hand and said, "What kind of auspicious people have their own appearance? That's all lies. It's hard to predict the good and bad luck. How can there be any real auspicious people in this world?"
Han Xuanchang just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.
Master Xiao glanced at Han Xuanchang and suddenly said, "Actually, this time is quite dangerous..." He paused, then slowly shook his head, and smiled, "Forget it, I won't say it anymore..."
Han Xuanchang saw Master Xiao’s strange expression and knew that the old man must have something to say. He smiled calmly and said, “It’s all up to the Taishi to stabilize so quickly in the capital. The Taishi’s command is all due to the Taishi’s guidance. The colleagues are attentive. What advice does the Taishi have? But it’s okay to say it. Xuanchang must listen.”
Master Xiao looked around casually, leaned forward slightly, approached Han Xuanchang, and whispered: "I rely on my seniority and call you Xuanchang. Lord Han, don't be surprised!"
"What is the Taishi saying?" Han Xuanchang is also a person with a brilliant mind. How could he not see the closeness that Taishi Xiao showed: "In terms of this, Taishi is originally Xuanchang's father. If I don't see him, I like Taishi to call me my name!"
Master Xiao smiled, then looked solemn and whispered: "Xuanchang, you must be very clear about something. I am not afraid of it here."
"Please speak with the Grand Master!"
"Xuanchang, I'll ask you, if the son had not set up a clever plan and got the support of the officers and soldiers of the nine gates in the city and broke through the Nankang Gate, what would this mutiny look like? If the official in the Flower Hall had not been ordered by the son and paid a huge price to rescue us, what would it be like?" Mr. Xiao asked softly with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
Han Xuanchang frowned.
Master Xiao smiled coldly: "When the son confronted the rebels, there was a knife hanging high..."
Han Xuanchang glanced at Master Xiao, his expression became even more solemn, and he said softly: "Master Master means..."
Master Xiao did not say it directly, but opened his left hand and pointed his right hand and wrote the word "huang" in the palm of his left hand. Han Xuanchang's face did not change his expression, stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
"Fortunately, the son was cautious and not only defeated the Su family's army, but also carefully planned it to break through the Nankang Gate and rescue us cabinet officials." Taishi Xiao said slowly: "If the son was careless and missed with one move, the result would be absolutely different from today. Moreover, the knife hanging on it is very likely to be chopped towards the son and the others."
Han Xuanchang frowned. He didn't know why Master Xiao said such things this time, but this old fox would never say nonsense for no reason. Since he had spoken out this topic that everyone knew well, there must be his reason.
Master Xiao sighed, shook his head, and smiled bitterly: "In less than two years, half of the nine aristocratic families have been gone now. If the son had not made great contributions this time, the Yan Kingdom would probably have no place for my aristocratic families to establish."
Han Xuanchang was silent for a moment and finally said, "Does the Grand Master have a good idea?"
Master Xiao smiled peacefully, took out three notes from his sleeve, and handed them to Han Xuanchang, "Xuanchang, I have prepared three notes, see if there is any mistake!"
Han Xuanchang didn't dare to pick him up for a moment, "Trial Master, this... Xuanchang didn't dare!"
"It's okay." Master Xiao smiled and said, "I have made up my mind. These three memorials must be presented. You always need to know. It's no difference if you look at them later or later. It's just that I don't know whether there is a confused pen in the memorial. So let Xuanchang help me take a look, Xuanchang doesn't have to refuse!"
Han Xuanchang hesitated for a moment, and finally bowed, "Xuanchang is rude." He immediately took the three notes carefully.
He opened the first note and glanced casually, and his face looked surprised. The note was a list of recommendations. There are many official positions in the court now. However, in the past few days, the cabinet officials have not put this matter on the agenda. However, Master Xiao had already drafted a waiting list.
This waiting list is not long, but there are more than 20 places, but they are all extremely important official positions, all of which are vacant from the Su clan.
Su Guanya was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel and had many disciples. He had his own people in the important departments of the central government of the court, and even Yan State had many Su family forces.
Unlike the destruction of other tribes, they mainly rely on the strength of their own tribes, and one of the most important forces of the Su family is the complex network of officials under their sects.
This time the fall of the Su family, there were many more officials involved than the destruction of other tribes. Moreover, if we continue to dig the bottom, we can still involve a large number of officials. It is precisely because of this that Han Xuanchang said that if we really want to investigate, at least tens of thousands of people will be involved.
The Su clan has many official positions from top to bottom, and these twenty positions are almost all important positions. The most eye-catching one is the candidate for the first-ranked candidate for the Minister of Personnel. Taishi Xiao suddenly wrote the name of Han Xince, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Su Guanya, the Minister of Personnel, was the master of Su Guanya. Now that Su Guanya is dead, the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty is vacant.
Although Han Xince was the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel and seemed to be just a line away from the Minister of Personnel, the court knew that the Ministry of Personnel had always been under Su Guanya's strong control. Han Xince, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was deeply excluded in the Ministry of Personnel and was almost kicked out of the Ministry of Personnel by Su Guanya several times. This person actually did not have much power in the Ministry of Personnel.
Now that Grand Master Xiao recommends Han Xince as the Minister of Personnel, once it becomes a reality, Han Xince can be called a fish leaping on the dragon gate. Not only does Han Xince himself become successful, but the entire Han clan will also become stronger.
Han Xuanchang really didn't expect that Master Xiao would make such a decision.
In amazement, he looked at Master Xiao, but saw Master Xiao’s face calm, holding tea, and drinking tea comfortably.
Han Xuanchang closed the first note, picked up the second note, opened it and read it, and was even more surprised. If the recommendation of Grand Master Xiao to Han Xince as the Minister of Personnel made Han Xuanchang very shocked, then this second note made Han Xuanchang feel even more incredible.
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ps: The first update will be delivered first, and the second update will be issued before twelve o'clock. Well, after I came back in the afternoon, after cleaning, I started to write at full speed.
Chapter completed!