After the first person was nominated, everyone in the cabinet, except Xu Guangqi, had complicated expressions on their faces.
They all realized one thing: Xu Guangqi's status was rising rapidly, putting a lot of pressure on Han Yu. Perhaps this was what His Majesty meant.
This was of course what Zhu Youxiao meant, because Emperor Jiajing had done this before. Even though Emperor Jiajing trusted Yan Song very much, he also arranged Xu Jie behind Yan Song to implicate Yan Song.
In the reputation of the literati, Xu Jie was much better than Yan Song, at least before he was exposed. But in fact, Xu Jie was richer than Yan Song. His family owned hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland in Jiangnan, and their tentacles extended to various industries. It can be said that it was a very large family business.
In comparison, Yan Song was not as wealthy as Xu Jie. So in many cases, it is hard to tell what is good and what is bad, what is loyal and what is treacherous. In many cases, there is no clear boundary.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Han Yu also felt tremendous pressure at this time.
For Han Yu, Xu Guangqi's promotion was a surprise in itself. In comparison, if it was Sun Chengzong who was promoted to the position of Second Assistant to the Cabinet, Han Yu would have been more accepting, but now it was Xu Guangqi who was promoted.
At this time, Han Yu realized that Xu Guangqi was capable of sitting in this position, and more importantly, this was arranged by His Majesty.
After Shen Tingyun was nominated, the other people did not nominate anyone else, but just randomly picked a few runners-up.
Because everyone knows that the Minister of Rites is already in Shen Tingyun's pocket. Given the current situation and the current circumstances, no one can challenge Shen Tingyun. After all, His Majesty will not agree.
Once Shen Tingyun's name was reported, His Majesty would definitely recognize him. They wanted to stop Shen Tingyun from becoming the Minister of Rites, and they could only do so at this moment. But could they stop him at this moment?
No one could stop Shen Tingyun from becoming the Minister of Rites because it was Xu Guangqi who nominated him.
Xu Guangqi was the second-in-command of the cabinet. If he wanted to nominate someone, no one could stop him. You couldn't stop the second-in-command from having a say. So at this point, there was no suspense. After arranging a few runners-up, the matter was hastily concluded.
Although this matter has been arranged, the other cabinet ministers are still very worried because they don't know in which direction things will develop.
If something happens, it will probably cause unpredictable consequences, because this time the incident is too big.
Han Yu, Sun Chengzong and others discussed with each other and made sure that there was always someone in the cabinet duty room, and they arranged a cabinet duty system.
Once there is any sudden situation or accident, the cabinet will be able to get the news at the first time and take timely action.
At the same time, the court was buzzing with discussion. Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong were arrested and imprisoned in the Jinyiwei prison. No one had expected things to turn out this way, no one had expected things to develop into what they were now.
The two factions reacted extremely strongly to what Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong did in order to gain fame for their straightforwardness.
Cui Chengxiu directly sent people to the capital to create public opinion, saying everywhere that Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong were traitors, and that they were forcing the emperor in this way, which was not what a minister should do.
Another group countered that if one publicized the emperor's faults among the literati, one should remonstrate with him; if the emperor refused to listen, one should die admonishing him. Therefore, Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong not only did nothing wrong, but actually did the right thing, demonstrating their loyalty and integrity.
For a time, the capital was in turmoil, and the quarrels were endless. However, most people could see that this was actually a matter of position on both sides.
If you oppose the previous policy, then you must support Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong; if you stand on Cui Chengxiu's side, then you must beat Sun Shenxing and Gao Panlong to the ground.
Censorate.
The prestige of the Censorate had been severely damaged by the case of Yang Lian and Zou Yuanbiao forming a clique for personal gain. However, in the recent period, the prestige of the Censorate had been very strong, and it seemed that it was recovering its previous status.
All of this was because of Cui Chengxiu. During this period, he was very high-profile, with the intention of becoming the leader of the Censorate, and at the same time he also united many people.
Some people even think that Cui Chengxiu has a stronger presence than Yu Maoheng, the Left Censor of the Censorate. However, those who are interested know that Cui Chengxiu is far inferior to Yu Maoheng.
When did Yu Maoheng come to power?
This was the time when the Censorate was at its lowest point and lacked the trust of His Majesty. What does it mean that Yu Maoheng took over the Censorate at that time?
This shows that Yu Maoheng was a person trusted by His Majesty, and His Majesty believed that he could control the Censorate at that time.
So even though Cui Chengxiu had been making a fuss recently, he knew in his heart that he couldn't compare to Yu Maoheng. Therefore, in the Censorate, Cui Chengxiu respected Yu Maoheng very much. This time, Yu Maoheng had tacitly approved of his fuss.
This time, several people gathered in the lobby of the Censorate, and everyone had a serious look on their faces.
Because Yu Maoheng didn't care much about their affairs before, even if they wanted to make trouble, Yu Maoheng didn't interfere. Obviously, this was a tacit understanding.
But this time, Yu Maoheng called everyone over, obviously he had something to explain.
After seeing everyone sit down, Yu Maoheng nodded slowly and said, "I called you all here today because I have something to discuss with you."
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