Yangxin Palace Hall!
Jiang Chen played with the commander's seal in his hand and looked at the twenty-three wooden tokens in front of him!
These twenty-three wooden tablets were the wooden tablets of the twenty-four yamen of the internal court!
Among them, the Governor's wooden token had been burned by Jiang Chen, which meant that the Governor was already under his control!
At this moment, he took out the Imperial Steed Superintendent's wooden token and casually threw it into the bonfire at the side!
"The Imperial Horse Inspectorate has been dealt with. There's only one department left!”Jiang Chen muttered to himself.
Not every department in the internal court had real power and role, such as the imperial supervisor. They were only responsible for purchasing, or the imperial kitchen supervisor was responsible for cooking. They didn't have much use and didn't have too many powerful officials, so they couldn't pose a threat to Jiang Chen!
Jiang Chen could regain control of these departments with a word, so he didn't care!
What Jiang Chen really cared about was a department with real power like the Imperial Steed Bureau. At the very least, it had to be like the Imperial Steed Bureau. It could be useful to Jiang Chen or pose a threat!
Actually, such a department was rare in the internal court. There were only two or three of them!
One of them was the Imperial Steed Superintendent. The Imperial Steed Superintendent held the commander's seal and had the authority to mobilize the Imperial Army. In the internal court, his authority was far beyond imagination!
However, even so, the Imperial Horse Superintendent's seal was not ranked first among the 24 yamens in the internal court. It was only ranked second!
The real number one should be the seal of the ceremonial supervisor!
The Bureau of Rites was originally a department in charge of the etiquette of the palace. It did not have any real power to speak of!
However, the eunuch with the seal of the ceremonial director had a special privilege, which was the privilege of wearing red!
The meaning of " approving the red " was actually very simple. Ministers used blue pens to write memorials, while the emperor used red pens to approve them. Hence, it was called approving the red!
After the Emperor deposed the Prime Minister, his workload increased greatly. In order to distribute his workload and balance the officials in the court, he gave the Seal Eunuch and the Pen Eunuch the privilege of " approving red "!
When the ministers sent the memorials, the ceremonial supervisor would write down the main points and write down his own opinions. Then, the emperor would chant the incantation, and finally, the ceremonial supervisor would seal and approve the memorials before sending them to the cabinet for the cabinet ministers to execute!
This way, the power of the ceremonial supervisor and the pen wielding eunuch would grow day by day!
It was still fine when the imperial power was stable, but if the imperial power was unstable, the " approval " would no longer be dictated by the emperor. The emperor did not even need to look at it. It would be directly controlled by the seal of the director of ceremonies and the pen of the director of ceremonies!
In short, if the imperial power was unstable, the emperor would become a puppet. The entire country's management would be completely controlled by the ceremonial supervisor!
When the ministers sent memorials, the director of ceremonies could change them at will and add his own opinions!
Of course, the ceremonial supervisor only had the right to add opinions. The final decision was still the seal of the ceremonial supervisor!
Therefore, among the ceremonial supervisors, the ceremonial supervisor's palm print was the largest!
This was also the reason why the Imperial Steed Superintendent, who held the commander's seal, could only be ranked second in the internal court!
This was because the power of the ceremonial director was even greater. It was so great that his power was not only limited to the palace, but also to the entire country!
Most importantly, no official could restrict them!
After all, even if an official sent a memorial to impeach him, it would go through the hands of the ritual supervisor. Why would the ritual supervisor make a move on him?
One could see how much power the ceremonial director had!
And if Jiang Chen wanted to control the entire internal court and thus control the court, the ceremonial director was a department he had to control!
At the same time, Jiang Chen also heard from Liu Zhuo that the current director of ceremonies was named Wei Guoquan. He was also the director of ceremonies, and his power was overwhelming. He could even cover the sky in the court!
He alone could contend with the entire cabinet and even the civil and military officials!
Apart from that, his power was so great that many officials of the imperial court called his residence of the ceremonial supervisor's seal Small Yangxin Palace Hall. The meaning behind this was self-evident!
Even his trusted aides and some lackeys in the court called him Lord Thousand Years, saying that he was the real emperor!
Moreover, there were some nursery rhymes among the people that sang," All officials bow to you for nine thousand years, but you don't see the authority of the young emperor!"
It could be seen how much power Wei Guoquan had!
Wei Guoquan naturally treated himself as the emperor. All the memorials were sent to his residence for approval. He did not take the emperor seriously at all!
How could such an existence be left alive!
Pa--
Jiang Chen slammed the board on the table and said,""Seal of the ceremonial supervisor, Wei Guoquan? Nine thousand years? I'm afraid you won't be able to live!"
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