Han slapped Wenren Taibo on the arm, making him angry.
Wenren Taibo realized that he had offended someone and quickly apologized.
Xiaocao sat aside, cough, it was a bit difficult to hold back and pretend not to see it.
After all, she was still concerned about her daughter's presence, so Han just snorted coldly at Wenren Taibo and didn't think much of it.
After the matter was told, Xiaocao did not stay long and left back to her own courtyard, telling the one on the throne that she just needed to pass on a message and she did not need to do anything else. She was not good at these things, so she only needed to do what she was good at.
Just two days after Xiaocao conveyed Emperor Xuanren's message, the news of the Minister of Rites submitting a petition to beg for his death was exposed, and Emperor Xuanren had already approved it. According to the Minister of Rites' age and health, he was expected to be promoted this year, but no one expected that he would be chosen at this time. The position of Minister of War was still undecided, and now another position was vacant
Is this just to join in the fun, or what? You should at least give them some time to think about their previous decision.
Then, Emperor Xuanren did not give them a chance. Within two days of approving the memorial from the Minister of Rites, he decided on the candidate for the Minister of War. It was the father of Princess Duan, who had been in the local government for nearly ten years and had made remarkable political achievements. Princess Duan could be considered an "old woman", so this man was already in his fifties. From all aspects, there was no problem for him to take the position of Minister of War.
Many people had guesses about this, but they were still dissatisfied with the final result. After all, this was obviously to support the power of Prince Duan. Knowing that Emperor Xuanren valued Prince Duan, as soon as his eyes recovered, he had not yet taken up the task of returning to court to participate in politics, but he had already caught up with the corresponding things, as if he was afraid of falling behind by even a little and letting Prince Duan suffer injustice.
As expected, as long as Prince Duan was there, he was the only candidate for succession in Emperor Xuanren's heart. Who knows when Prince Duan would reinstate the crown prince. This realization made the other princes feel as if their internal organs were being eaten by thousands of insects and ants. However, even so, they were helpless, so much so that some people became depressed and temporarily stopped thinking about competing for the throne. Of course, this was probably only temporary. Even if they didn't want to fight anymore, the people behind them would push them to continue fighting, and they would never give up until the last moment.
The person for the Minister of War has been chosen, and they are just waiting for him to come back to take office. There is also the Minister of Rites, who is completely unprepared because they had not heard the news before. However, he will not be someone from the line of Prince Duan. After all, Emperor Xuanren is still young and strong, and Prince Duan will not be easily suppressed by his other brothers. Even if they are supporting Prince Duan's power, it cannot be too strong. There is no time to make any arrangements, but they are thinking about who is the most likely one.
List the candidates one by one in your mind, exclude external factors, and focus on the candidate himself. If you find that this candidate is someone close to you, you will feel a little happy. As for those who feel hopeless, you can't help feeling unwilling. However, since the final result is not out, no one dares to show it.
"As for the Minister of Rites..."
Emperor Xuanren was twirling the jade beads nonchalantly, but the court officials held their breath and looked extremely nervous.
"I heard you love me."
Wenren Taibo came out and said, "I am here."
"You will take over the position of Minister of Rites."
"As you wish."
It is conceivable that this result shocked many people. Even the veteran officials in the court had obviously not expected this at all. Wenren Taibo was capable, and it was hard to say what his future would be like. After all, he was not the only capable person. But with the addition of Princess Anguo who was favored by the emperor, things were different. It was expected that he would one day become a minister and enter the cabinet, but that would be at least ten years later.
However, the Emperor actually let him serve as the Minister of Rites on behalf of others. Although it was only an acting position, as long as nothing unexpected happened, it would be a matter of time before he would be promoted to the official position. Moreover, it might have taken him ten years or even longer to take the position. Now, as long as the Ministry of Rites continued to perform well under his leadership, he would be able to become the Minister of Rites in three to five years, or even shorter time.
It should be noted that among the civil servants, the ones with the highest actual positions were the six ministers and the two chief censors of the Censorate. Now, there is only one chief censor left, and among the seven big men, Wenren Taibo, who is over 40 years old, occupies a position - he does not have the title of minister, but has the actual power of a minister, with a difference in title but equal power - this is indeed very rare in non-special periods when the internal and external are stable, and it will probably cause psychological imbalance to many people, and may even bring about a lot of trouble.
However, this will also be a test for Wenren Taibo. If he can overcome it, he will only live up to the name faster.
The matter was settled lightly by Emperor Xuanren, but his attitude also showed that he didn't want to listen to anyone's nagging. Therefore, even the Xiadu Censor did not say much on the matter. On the other hand, it was probably a recognition of Wenren Taibo's ability.
The only thing Wenren Taibo lacked originally was seniority, but this fact was erased because he had a good daughter. From this, we can see how much favor Emperor Xuanren had for Princess Anguo. He had already made exceptions again and again, but still felt it was not enough and even wanted to promote her family. However, the emperor's life was snatched back from the hands of the King of Hell by Princess Anguo, so it seems that no matter how much favor the emperor has, it is not excessive.
In the imperial city, Princess Anguo ranks ahead of Young Master Fan in the list of people who should not be offended. If Young Master Fan is offended, it may not be a big deal as long as it is not too serious. But if Princess Anguo is annoyed, and if one day someone asks her for help and she ignores you, it may be fatal.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that one should be cautious when causing trouble for Wenren Taibo. Thinking about it this way, some people suddenly felt extremely aggrieved.
So, our Princess Anguo, after supporting her fiancé, also supported her father. Of course, in fact, there must be more than that. As the saying goes, when one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit. Those who are close to Xiaocao will benefit to varying degrees. The most obvious one is not those in the imperial city, but Wen Renxu in the local area. He has not had a smooth journey since he took office. When he met those who have been rooted in the local area for many years, they would be friendly with him on the surface, but would make trouble in private. However, after the change in Xiaocao's identity spread to the local area, this pattern changed in a short period of time. Wen Renxu believed that sooner or later he would sort things out. However, his fourth sister did help a lot.
Following the incident with the Minister of Rites, King Dingbei officially returned to the Five Military Commandery to exercise his due powers. After all, King Dingbei was just his title, and Left Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army was his position. It's just that he had been called King Dingbei for too long, and had been in the Northern Frontier, so he almost forgot this.
Everyone originally thought that he would become an idle prince, no longer having real power, but who would have thought that he was brought back to work before his injury was fully healed. I don't know whether I should envy Prince Dingbei for still being in the emperor's favor, or pity him for being injured and still being exploited.
It's just that the Prince of Dingbei is even more popular. Now that he has returned to work, it is impossible for the Prince of Dingbei's Mansion to continue to close its doors to visitors. It's time for some fun.
After Xiaocao officially "took over" the Imperial Medical Bureau, while working on the issue of opening classes, she remembered what Wei Tingyu had told her when they were in Zhao County, that some of the medicines had problems. Now that she wanted to intervene, naturally no one dared to say anything.
He simply took out all the medicinal herbs from the Imperial Hospital and cleared them aside, but found that the problem was far more serious than Wei Tingyu knew, which made Xiaocao's face darken.