Now His Majesty's wedding is the most important event in the court. There have been fewer memorials in recent days, and the Qianqing Palace was once very quiet.
Although there are a lot of troubles and worries in the court, His Majesty's wedding is the most important thing at the moment, and all other things must give way.
No matter who it is or what the matter is, they must give way to the most important happy event of the royal family.
In fact, the things Zhu Youxiao did were basically effective, so he could get married with peace of mind.
The period before the wedding was the most leisurely time for Zhu Youxiao since he traveled through time.
In the cabinet, although Han Yu is the chief minister, he has no status now.
Han Yu had few people to rely on. The Donglin Party had been beaten to pieces, and there was still Sun Chengzong who was sharing power with Han Yu, so Han Yu's authority as the chief minister of the cabinet was not very strong.
The second assistant minister in the cabinet is Xu Guangqi, who currently has a weak foundation. This is why Zhu Youxiao did not promote Xu Guangqi to the position of first assistant, allowing him to develop as second assistant for a while. For Xu Guangqi, it is better to develop slowly and not waste time.
In order to allow Xu Guangqi to develop properly, Zhu Youxiao gave the position of Minister of Rites to Shen Tingyun, so that Xu Guangqi and others could properly cultivate talents. At the same time, Yu Maoheng of the Censorate was also very close to Xu Guangqi, which gave them control of the mouthpiece.
As for how to use this mouthpiece, Zhu Youxiao felt that he didn't need to intervene. Xu Guangqi and others benefited much more from this than he did. It seemed like a talent.
As for Sun Chengzong, he now controls the Ministry of War and has the support of some of the former Donglin masters, so his position is relatively stable. If there is any problem with the higher-ups, Sun Chengzong can even take over and control the situation directly.
The last cabinet minister was Huang Kezun, the Minister of Justice. He seemed to be in a weak position, but he was the cleanest person in the cabinet, had no party affiliation, and was quite capable. Zhu Youxiao placed Huang Kezun in the cabinet just to serve as a backup.
The four cabinet ministers each have their own strengths and weaknesses, and each has his own uses. This is the check and balance arranged by Zhu Youxiao.
In addition to the four cabinet ministers, among the six ministers, the Minister of Rites had been replaced by Zhu Youxiao by Shen Tingyun, the Minister of War was replaced by Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Revenue was replaced by Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Punishment was Huang Kezun, and the Minister of Works was Zhao Nanxing.
Zhu Youxiao can use these people with confidence, at least there will be no problem for the time being. They are enough for him to stabilize the situation in the court.
The last Minister of Personnel is currently Zhou Jiamo.
Zhou Jiamo is a very interesting person. He did not participate in this incident from beginning to end, as if everything had nothing to do with him, which surprised Zhu Youxiao.
It wasn't because of Zhou Jiamo's attitude towards the matter. There were many officials in the court who didn't participate, and he was no exception. Although Zhou Jiamo was the Minister of Personnel and held a prominent position, this was not surprising.
What really surprised Zhu Youxiao was that Zhou Jiamo could actually hide himself.
You have to know that Zhou Jiamo was the Minister of Personnel, but no one involved him in the whole matter. He just hid in the position of Minister of Personnel. This is not something that ordinary people can do.
Zhu Youxiao also looked up some information about Zhou Jiamo and his previous work.
Zhou Jiamo was from Tianmen, Hubei. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing's reign. His first official position was the head of the Ministry of Revenue. Then he went to the local area to serve as a prefect. He was promoted all the way up from prefect to governor, and finally served as the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Works, and was finally promoted to the Minister of Personnel.
This was a man of considerable skill, for when Zhou Jiamo was promoted to the position of Minister of Personnel, it was the end of the Wanli reign, when the three factions of Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu were vying for power. The Ministry of Personnel had no say in the appointment, dismissal, or promotion of officials. However, when Zhou Jiamo took office, he still selected many of his own people, at least regaining power.
Zhu Youxiao was also unsure about Zhou Jiamo's identity and didn't know whether he was a member of the Donglin Party.
However, before doing these things, Zhu Youxiao had already made up his mind that if Zhou Jiamo was not implicated this time, it would be fine; but if he was involved, he would get rid of him.
As it turned out, Zhou Jiamo was a smart man and he was really not involved.
However, Zhu Youxiao felt that Zhou Jiamo would not stay in the position of Minister of Personnel for too long, because someone would find a way to get him out.
Several grand secretaries in the cabinet would not allow Zhou Jiamo to continue serving as the Minister of Personnel for too long.
Whether it is Han Yu, Xu Guangqi, or Sun Chengzong, if they want to place their own people in the local area, they need to have people in the Ministry of Personnel to have the final say.
Now Zhou Jiamo was sitting in that position, which was like a roadblock. No one in the cabinet was happy about it, not even Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi is now in urgent need of expanding his strength. Even if he doesn't want to do so, his subordinates will want to do so, so they need to arrange their own people to the local area, and this naturally requires getting rid of Zhou Jiamo.
Under such circumstances, unless Zhou Jiamo chose one of the cabinet members to join him, it would be difficult for him to protect himself.
Zhu Youxiao did not interfere much in this matter. He thought it was a normal struggle among officials in the court, and it would not be good for him to intervene.
Now Zhu Youxiao could sit back and watch his ministers fight among themselves.
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