Zhu Youxiao needed a point to attract the attention of these civil servants and stop them from making trouble.
In the imperial court, nothing could attract more attention than the election of a cabinet minister. Once this news was released, many people would choose to take the next step. Their energy would not be focused on the division of cabinet power, but on the competition for the cabinet minister.
Under such circumstances, there will be fewer people causing trouble and the resistance will be much smaller.
In order to disrupt the situation, Zhu Youxiao came up with another idea. He turned to look at Chen Hong and said directly, "Let someone spread the word that the conditions for selecting cabinet ministers will likely be relaxed this time, and non-Hanlin scholars can also join the cabinet."
You must finish what you are doing. If you are going to make something happen, then make it bigger and muddy the waters.
After hearing this, Chen Hong quickly bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do it right away."
After saying this, Chen Hong turned around and walked outside.
Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked towards the harem.
Everything has been arranged, and now he can return to the harem to be with his wife and children.
At the same time, the Kong family in Quzhou.
These days, everyone in the Kong family is in a panic.
Ever since the news of what happened in Shandong reached Jiangnan, the Kong family hadn't had a good day, and they were extremely panicked. Who knew if the Northern Sect's affairs would affect them?
This was very worrying. However, the situation had become peaceful for a while now, with no rumors or real events happening, which actually made the Kong family feel relieved.
Quzhou government office.
A team of imperial envoys arrived here exhausted.
The leading eunuch looked even paler, and it was obvious that he was very tired after rushing all the way here, and his body was a little exhausted.
After receiving the news, the prefect of Quzhou did not dare to delay at all and waited at the gate of the yamen early in the morning.
Although Quzhou wasn't a remote place, it was still quite far from the capital. It wasn't a big place, and the court usually ignored it, let alone an imperial envoy. And there was no way an imperial edict would even come.
But who could have thought that an imperial envoy would come today, and he was the one who announced the imperial decree.
When the imperial envoy's team arrived, the prefect of Quzhou hurried to greet them, smiling and bowing, and said, "Quzhou Prefect Li Wenliang, greetings to the imperial envoy."
There were quite a few people in this team, including civil officials, military officers, and even Jinyiwei. But the leader was the eunuch.
He glanced at Li Wenliang and said, "We came to Quzhou to read the imperial edict to the Kong family. We have no intention of disturbing the local people. You lead the way and take us to the Kong family."
When he heard that the imperial edict was to be read out at the Kong family, Li Wenliang felt relieved. He was glad that it wasn't for him.
Now everyone in the court knows that if they are caught now, the possibility of bad things happening is too high.
Especially local officials, many of them have been raided and executed in the past two years. It is best not to find me now.
Li Wenliang quickly said, "Okay, sir, please come this way."
After saying this, Li Wenliang brought his men to the Kong family.
At this time, the Kong family had naturally heard the news and did not dare to delay. They quickly brought people out to welcome the imperial envoys.
The Kong family is not having a good time. The Northern Sect is already destroyed, and who knows what will happen to the Southern Sect.
Originally everyone thought that the Northern Sect was doomed, the Southern Sect might rise, and His Majesty might reward them.
But the reward never came, and everyone began to feel suspicious. Even the Kong family itself felt that it was doomed.
His Majesty might not pay any attention to the Southern Sect, and even if he did, it might be as a punishment. So the Southern Sect of the Kong Family became even more worried.
Now that I heard that the imperial edict has arrived, I feel so insecure.
Kong Shanggan and his family hurried out to greet them.
After seeing Kong Shanggan, the eunuch immediately unfolded the imperial edict and began to read it.
There is not much to say in terms of content. It lists the bad things done by the Northern Branch of the Kong family, says some good things about the Southern Branch, and then confers the title of Yansheng Duke on Kong Shanggan.
However, this Duke Yansheng could not stay in Quzhou and had to go to the capital.
The imperial edict was clearly written, not only conferring upon Kong Shanggan the title of Duke Yansheng, but also the position of president of the Royal Academy.
The entire Southern Branch of the Kong family had to move to the capital and were not allowed to stay in Quzhou.
This is to prevent the situation in the Northern Sect from happening again.
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