Pavilion is a building.
Therefore, Wenyuan Pavilion is actually a two-story pavilion with a double-eaved hip roof, a brick and wood structure, and six bays.
There are four official residences on both sides of the pavilion. Not far in front of the pavilion, there are two rows of squares in the east and west, which are the offices of the scribes in the imperial edict-making room.
This is the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet, and its regulations are far from comparable to those of various ministries and government offices.
But this is the real center of the Ming Dynasty. Every decision and every proposal here will affect the nerves of the whole world...
At this time, Mr. Chen was on duty in the room on the east side of the second floor of Wenyuan Pavilion.
The three grand secretaries were looking at Lord Xu's resignation letter with worried looks on their faces.
"Don't practice silent meditation. You two, come up with an idea."
Li Chunfang made a bitter face and urged the two silent people.
"What do I have to say?" Chen Yiqin said unhappily, "His son was so angry yesterday, but he didn't allow us to say a few words of New Year's greetings? What does he think of us? His followers?"
Zhang Juzheng silently stroked his beard and remained silent.
"No one has ever said anything to him. What's the point of being so sensitive?" Chen Yiqin continued to complain: "Now that he has submitted his resignation letter, everyone will link it to what happened yesterday..."
"Forget it, stop complaining." Li Chunfang said with a wry smile: "What's the point of complaining? Let's first think about what the Yuanfu wants to achieve and what we should do."
As he said this, his eyes were looking at Zhang Juzheng.
In terms of understanding of Lord Xu, Xu Fan might be ranked second, far inferior to this disciple of Lord Xu.
"Master, you should have a backup plan." Zhang Juzheng finally smoothed his beard, and his thoughts became clear instantly. "I'm afraid there is another mystery in the memorial sent by Xu Fan."
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Chunfang went out and ordered a secretary to bring the pile of memorials from his duty room.
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After a while, the memorial was brought over and the three of them quickly began to check it.
The memorial from Duke Chengguo was soon found.
Looking at the draft attached to the title page, he agreed to the request of Duke Chengguo to return the four Tengxiang guards to the Imperial Horse Administration and to set up eunuchs for sitting camps and three camps. In addition to the two items, he added another ancestral rule of sending eunuchs to guard the local areas...
"This, this..." Chen Yiqin stuttered for a long time before he said, "What are you going to do?"
"If these three things continue, the days of eunuchs monopolizing power and people living in misery will not be far away." Li Chunfang also took a breath and said, "We must stop it no matter what!"
"Prime Minister is defeating the three of us." Zhang Juzheng also showed a rare bitter smile. In fact, when he first saw Xu Jie's resignation letter, he was secretly delighted.
That means you are one step closer to your goal.
Zhang Juzheng felt that things would not be so simple just from his understanding of the teacher...
It turns out not to be that simple.
Now Lord Xu clearly stirred up a hornet's nest, then turned around and ran away, leaving the three of them with stings all over their heads.
Do you want to challenge me again? Try being stung by a bee...
The current situation of the three of them is really embarrassing and uncomfortable.
Although in order to prevent the cabinet ministers from usurping the authority of the emperor, each memorial must be read by at least two grand secretaries. If it is a major matter, all cabinet ministers must sign it together. However, according to the rules, the cabinet ministers are not allowed to question the draft written by the prime minister himself.
The other Grand Secretaries had to copy the draft of the Prime Minister and send it to the Imperial Household Department for approval, to show that the cabinet had a unified opinion and there was no dispute.
It is conceivable that the Imperial Household Department has been eagerly awaiting this memorial.
Those damn eunuchs would never have thought in their dreams that Lord Xu would actually give them such a passionate show, right?
It will definitely be approved and sealed immediately, making it an irreversible imperial decree!
Anyone who dared to stop them would be regarded by the eunuchs as the murderer of their father.
I'm afraid even Feng Bao would not speak for Zhang Juzheng on this matter.
After all, this matter was caused by the Imperial Stables, and the first thing we did was to fight for the Imperial Stables.
No matter how good our relationship is, you cannot offend my fundamental interests!
Especially when the biggest obstacle before, Lord Xu, has already agreed, why do you, Uncle, want to stop it? What is your intention?
So Zhang Juzheng quickly gave up the idea of going to Feng Bao to discuss the matter.
That was simply aimed at breaking up the relationship...
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Even His Majesty cannot be sought, after all, the memorial submitted by Duke Chengguo may have been written by His Majesty.
Although the three of them went to the Qianqing Palace and persuaded His Majesty with emotion and reason, they might be able to get His Majesty to stay there temporarily.
But those eunuchs will be furious, and will also cry to Longqing and persuade the emperor not to give up this great opportunity...
They are the closest people to the emperor, and this matter itself is something that the emperor absolutely cannot refuse, so in the end things will happen.
No one can change it.
There is no other way. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it...
After the three men realized the situation, they quickly took the two memorials and called the young cabinet minister to go to Zhilu together.
Just then, Lord Xu was seen sitting on a sedan chair and leaving the yard, with his attendants following behind him carrying large and small bags, looking as if they were going home and never to come back.
The three of them bowed deeply and apologized profusely.
"What took you so long to come back?" Elder Xu opened his eyes slightly, but only looked at Xu Fan and said, "Hurry up and pack your things."
"Yes, father." Xu Fan responded and walked towards the west room.
"Young Minister, don't go. Help us persuade the Prime Minister." Li Chunfang called out to Xu Fan.
Xu Fan couldn't help but sneer. Thinking about how Li Gancao messed up the task he entrusted to him after the imperial examination and had a bad attitude, he felt extremely happy.
Not to mention, Zhang Juzheng had confronted him earlier today.
He deliberately asked, "Mr. Li, what do you want me to advise my father?"
"I advise the Prime Minister not to submit his resignation, and to reconsider the memorial submitted by Duke Cheng." Li Chunfang ignored the embarrassment and bowed deeply to Lord Xu, saying, "Yesterday, I offended the Prime Minister unintentionally. I apologize to him."
Zhang Juzheng and Chen Yiqin also bowed deeply and apologized to Lord Xu again.
"No, it should be me who thanks you."
But Lord Xu, who was on the sedan chair, said sincerely, "You are right. I should not always oppose Your Majesty. I should return my power to Your Majesty."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes, leaned against the sedan chair and said, "I am old and confused, so I'd better go home and hug my grandchildren. I'll leave the cabinet affairs to you three from now on. Let's go."
After receiving the order, the sedan bearers continued to carry the sedan forward.
The three men accompanied the emperor all the way to Xihua Gate, and tried to persuade Yuan Fu to change his mind, but to no avail. They had no choice but to stand still and watch the sedan chair go further and further away.
"It's going to be chaos." Li Chunfang didn't seem happy at all about becoming the leader of the cabinet.
"Why don't we put the memorial on hold for now?" Chen Yiqin suggested.
"No." Zhang Juzheng shook his head decisively and whispered, "Young Minister will go home tonight and will definitely have a meeting..."
I’m afraid that public opinion will explode tomorrow if he finds out that the cabinet has not submitted the memorial yet.
The censor's spearhead would instantly be directed at the three of them, without any buffer.
Moreover, the emperor would complain, and the eunuchs would be even more resentful, so he would be neither a human nor an outsider.
"Submit it first." Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "I'll see if I can persuade His Majesty to stay for a few days, and then we can think of a solution."
"Alas, this is just putting us on the fire." Chen Yiqin's head was buzzing.
"What do you think?" Li Chunfang looked at the fiery red sunset in the sky and felt like spitting... Oh no, spitting blood.
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