Ever since San Yang retired and returned to his hometown, the position of chief minister in the cabinet had been vacant.
The position of the chief assistant of the cabinet was extremely important. It was related to the formation of the power of a civil servant group.
There was already a factional struggle between the old and new officials in the royal court, and now the old and new officials were fighting even more fiercely in the royal court because of the new policy.
Back then, Zhu Qizhen only wanted to balance the court, which was why there was a factional struggle between the old and new officials, but both sides were evenly matched.
The time was ripe to promote the cabinet chief.
The two factions were led by the Minister of Rites, Xu Youzhen, and the Minister of Revenue, Wang Anshi.
One of them represented the interests of the diehards, while the other represented the interests of the New Deal Faction.
On one side were the old officials left behind after the Empress Dowager returned to power, and on the other side were the new cabinet officials promoted by the Emperor after he took over the government.
The two sides formed two major factions that restrained each other.
This was a method that Zhu Qizhen used to consolidate his imperial power and prevent the civil officials from joining forces to restrict him.
According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, which of the emperors in the later period wasn't slowly played to death by the civil officials?
Zhu Qizhen was not one of those mediocre emperors. He had learned the mind of the emperor, so he would not be in a passive position in the imperial court.
In the battle between the two sides, only Yu Qian stayed out of it and remained neutral.
He was an old official of the Empress Dowager, and at the same time, a new official that the Emperor valued and promoted. His status was not ordinary.
The emperor had only been on the throne for less than a year, and he had been promoted from assistant minister to minister. Now, he had even entered the cabinet. Many old officials said that his future was limitless.
The Empress Dowager was indebted to him, and the Emperor was indebted to him for promoting him.
It was not good to offend either side. He could only stay out of it and watch the two sides fight in the court.
In fact, Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen had some conflicts, but that was only between him and Xu Youzhen. It did not mean that he had conflicts with those old officials.
Now that Xu Youzhen represented those old ministers, Yu Qian did not choose to stand up and refute Xu Youzhen.
Zhu Qi Zhen took all of this into his eyes and thought about it for a long time before realizing that the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet had been decided.
In any case, Yu Qian did not represent a new subject, nor did he represent an old subject.
Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds if he was given the position of chief assistant of the cabinet?
This way, he would not offend the new officials, nor would he offend the old officials.
And Zhu Qizhen could still hand over many difficult decisions to Yu Qian, letting her be the bad guy while he stayed out of it.
In any case, those ministers would not dare to say anything bad about the Emperor.
Zhu Qizhen said to the ministers in the imperial court,"Ever since Grand Secretary Yang retired and returned to his hometown, the position of Chief Assistant Minister has been vacant. After a few days of consideration, I have decided to let Yu Qian be the new Chief Assistant Minister.”
When Yu Qian heard Zhu Qizhen's words, his heart turned cold. Was the Emperor trying to pull the hatred of the officials in the court onto him?
He quickly prostrated on the ground and said,"I'm afraid I can't take on such a big responsibility. The emperor should choose another suitable person."”
"Yu Qian, are you planning to defy the imperial edict?”
"I don't dare…I…"
"Alright. I have seen your ability. Back then, when I personally led the army, I saw your talent when you were in charge of the country. This matter has been decided. You don't have to refuse.”
Yu Qian felt a wave of depression in her heart.
"This subject receives the decree to thank you."
"Retreat."
After announcing this matter, Zhu Qizhen immediately left the court under the escort of Eunuch Cao Rui.
The ministers of the court all came to congratulate Yu Qian.
Now that Yu Qian had been promoted to a high official and was now a First Rank official, how many officials in the court would be envious of him?
There was no lack of people who were familiar with Yu Qian's old and new officials among the congratulatory people. They all sincerely congratulated Yu Qian.
"Lord Yu, congratulations to Gao Qian. We have to rely on your guidance.”
Who could understand Yu Qian's pain?
He had been pushed onto the grill by the Emperor. Wouldn't these ministers annoy him to death in the future?
Their emperor had really played a good game of chess. In any case, these ministers in the court were just chess pieces in his eyes, at his mercy.
Xu Youzhen had some conflicts with Yu Qian before, and during the defense of the capital, he had been the first to oppose him.
Now that he had become the chief minister of the cabinet, and he was still a small minister, it would not be appropriate if he did not go up and express his gratitude.
Xu Youzhen quickly came in front of Yu Qian and smiled shamelessly."Lord Yu, Xu Youzhen came here to apologize to Lord Yu.”
"For what?"
"Previously, Youzhen had offended you. I hope that you can be magnanimous and not take it to heart. We are all working for the emperor in the court, so it is normal for us to have different opinions. Please don't take it to heart. I have never had any intention of targeting you, and I don't dare to do so now.”
Yu Qian rolled his eyes and snorted,"I'm not as petty as you think." If Lord Xu has nothing urgent to say, he will take his leave.”
Yu Qian left without looking back.
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