The palace suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Wang Wen, wanting to see how the Minister of Civil Affairs would respond.
You must know that although Chen Xun's move is somewhat unruly, it cannot be said to be unreasonable. After all, if there is only one minister in charge of the six dignified departments, it would be miserable.
Moreover, the role of the Second Assistant Officer to the Seal Officer was not only to assist and assist, but also to supervise and restrain the officials. Although Wang Wen was trusted by the emperor, if he directly rejected Chen Xun's proposal, he would have taken the power and respected himself.
suspicion.
Although Mr. Wang usually has a bad temper, he is definitely unambiguous when it comes to dealing with things clearly. Even now when the other party obviously has some bad rules, Wang Wen still did not get angry directly, but spoke.
"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that the responsibilities of the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are very important, and you must be careful in selecting your successor. After I return, I will make a list of candidates in accordance with the selection rules and then submit it to Your Majesty."
The drag trick is the most commonly used and best method in the court, and Wang Wen is naturally very skilled at it.
After all, he had no intention of really controlling the Ministry of Personnel. Now that Yu Shan had entered the cabinet, it would be a matter of time before he was transferred to a new Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Wang Wen was not dissatisfied with this.
However, this time, as soon as he finished speaking, Luo Qi beside him said immediately.
"Your Majesty, I think what Master Wang said is true. The Ministry of Personnel is the head of the six departments and is responsible for the power of selection. The position of Minister cannot be ignored. Therefore, I feel that we should hold a court recommendation on a certain date to select the most suitable person for this position.
Job…”
There was a burst of low discussion in the hall, and a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of many people.
This is interesting. After so many years, this is the first time I have seen Mr. Wang from the Ministry of Personnel being so crowded.
However, now that things have happened, everyone has finally discovered that what happened today is probably not simple. Chen Xun and Luo Qi, singing and harmonizing like this, put Wang Wen into the trap step by step. To say that they had not passed the test beforehand, they
I don't believe it at all.
However, in this way, Wang Wen is being set up. It can't be done. He said that the minister of the Ministry of official affairs was an important matter, so he should consider it carefully. The other person used the same reason to ask for the promotion, so he should change his words. That's too stupid.
The demeanor of an important minister in the court.
Sure enough, after Luo Qi finished speaking, Wang Wen's face became very ugly, but he did not immediately object...
Seeing this situation, the superior Zhu Qiyu hesitated and said.
"In this case, the officials will prepare for the court promotion. As for the date, it will be set in fifteen days!"
Now that things have developed to this point, what can be seen is that there must be some involvement between Luo Qi and Chen Xun, and there may even be private communication between Wang Ao and Chen Xun.
However, until now, their ultimate purpose, or what their different purposes are, has not been clear.
Could it be said that it is really just to push Zhang Rui to the top?
A flash of doubt flashed in Zhu Qiyu's eyes, and he always felt that something was wrong. Because of this, although he knew that this was the result that Luo Qi and others wanted, he decided to go with the flow and see what their purpose was.
So, the morning court ended here, and the ministers left the palace with their own thoughts, discussing what happened today in twos and threes.
In terms of real power, the official position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is second only to the Seventh Minister. His status in the court can also be compared with that of some ministers who are relatively low in the cabinet. Nowadays, if you want to be recommended by the imperial court, it means
The selection is not entirely up to the officials.
According to the usual practice, although the final decision of the candidate list for court recommendation is still made by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, first of all, the number of candidates on the candidate list must be much larger. If two ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are to be selected, then the rule of choosing one of three should be followed.
, in the end, at least five to six were submitted to the emperor through court recommendation.
It can be deduced from this that there are at least fifteen candidates nominated. With so many candidates, it is impossible for the officials to cover all of them. Therefore, generally speaking, the source of this candidate list is basically the important ministers of the DPRK.
Make recommendations.
At this point, it is basically the time for the important ministers of the DPRK to compete. However, the specific process will not be discussed, but in the end, as long as the person they recommend, unless there are any particularly obvious flaws in their resume, they will generally enter.
among the list.
The reason for this is, firstly, that if you deliberately make things difficult in this matter, you will not only become enemies with the recommenders, but also be suspected of excessively taking power. Secondly, the list produced by these important officials in the DPRK,
Before the court recommendation begins, the emperor must go through the purpose. If the officials can obstruct someone, but cannot provide sufficient reasons, then the emperor will not be able to pass this test. After all, those who can recommend candidates
Important ministers, who do not have the power to meet the Holy Spirit at any time?
If there really was a confrontation, the officials would be at a disadvantage. Therefore, this gave many people a chance. Even if there was a rift between them and Wang Wen, as long as the backers behind them were willing to help, they would have a chance to be among the candidates.
As long as you are on the list, and then you are really promoted, then everyone will show their skills.
Therefore, as soon as this news came out, many people were ready to take action, thinking about how to go to their backers and take a good walk after going to the Yamen.
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"Commander of the Imperial Guard Lu Zhong..."
"Slave Shu Liang..."
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
At the same time, in the Qianqing Palace, Shu Liang and Lu Zhong looked at the emperor who was frowning and thinking, and they were very cautious.
The two of them, one is in charge of the East Factory and the other is in charge of the Jinyiwei, but they have not been summoned at the same time for a long time...
"Get flat."
Zhu Qiyu came to his senses and waved his hands gently, but his brows still did not relax. Looking at the two respectful people below, he didn't say anything and said directly.
"I have called you here today because I have something I want you to do."
Afterwards, Zhu Qiyu briefly explained what happened in the court today and continued.
"...Fifteen days later, it will be Tingtui. During this period, you must pay close attention to the movements of various official residences in the capital, especially the officials of third rank and above. Who did they go to see and when did they go?
Have to write it down."
"In addition, check this Zhang Rui and see if there is anything special about his daily interactions. I always feel that Chen Xun and Luo Qi have tried their best to elect him as the Minister of Civil Affairs this time.
There must be a reason behind it.”
Generally speaking, Zhu Qiyu is not willing to investigate a certain minister privately or monitor their actions, because doing so will make the ministers in the court panic.
However, what happened this time was so strange that he always felt that this was not just an ordinary court battle. If he didn't get to the bottom of it, he might not be able to rest at ease.
Seeing that the emperor was so serious, the two people below understood that this matter was not a trivial matter, so they immediately accepted the decree and hurried down to prepare...
In the next few days, the capital was very lively. There was a lot of discussion between the government and the public around the candidate for the Minister of Civil Affairs. Every night after Xiaya went down, many restaurants in the capital were always overcrowded.
At the same time, there are also many people wandering around in these restaurants and alleys with nothing to do.
It has to be said that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are still effective in handling affairs. Zhu Qiyu originally thought that Shu Liang should be the first to get the news. After all, most of Jin Yiwei's energy is no longer in the capital, but instead, Shu Liang was the first to come.
It was Lu Zhong who reciprocated.
Looking at the density in his hand, Zhu Qiyu lightly knocked on the desk in front of him and fell into thinking.
Although it is said that the errands are given to Dongchang and Jinyiwei, they have their own division of labor. Because Dongchang knows more about the dark side and is more familiar with the capital, he is mainly responsible for investigating the dealings of the ministers, but on the contrary
It was Jin Yiwei who, because of his official status, gave priority to checking Zhang Rui's resume and contacts.
Due to time constraints, not many things can be found, and most of them are superficial. However, it can also be seen that Zhang Rui does have a good official reputation. His promotion along the way, from ordinary science and technology officials to
From then on, he went out to serve as a local official. Until now, he has been serving as the governor of Youqiandu for five years, step by step, with nothing unusual.
There were many officials in Beijing who had daily dealings with him, but only a few of them had frequent contacts. How could such a person be recommended by Chen Xun and Luo Qi?
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Qiyu picked up the secret book again and looked at it carefully. Finally, he found a clue.
Zhang Rui was born as a Jinshi in the fifth year of Xuande's reign. He was initially promoted to the seventh-rank official, Kegeishizhong. After completing the examination in three years, he was moved to the seventh-ranked official, and he was promoted to the seventh-ranked official. After another seven years, he entered the Ministry of Rites and became the chief of the sixth-ranked official. After serving for two years, he
He was appointed as the fifth rank magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture. After serving for three years, he was rated as excellent in the general plan. He was promoted to the right-hand censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After another two years, he was appointed governor of Guangxi, where he remains today.
Strictly speaking, there is nothing special about this resume. Zhang Rui has been an official for twenty-four years since he became an official in the fifth year of Xuande. From a seventh-rank official to a fourth-rank official,
For the censor of the capital and the governor, this speed cannot be considered slow, but it cannot be considered fast either.
At other times, Zhu Qiyu might have just looked at it and passed it by, but this time things were too unusual, so he naturally discovered something unusual after paying careful attention.
From the time Zhang Rui was appointed as an official in the fifth year of Xuande's reign until he entered the Ministry of Rites, it took him nearly ten years to go from the seventh-rank minister to the sixth-rank chief. Although there were three small steps in the middle,
It is indeed lagging behind the Jinshi of the same period.
However, just after he entered the Ministry of Rites, within two years, he completed the leap from the sixth rank to the fifth rank. Although he changed from a capital official to a local official, this improvement in rank was a real improvement.
It's true, and he went to a prestigious place like Suzhou. An official position in a place like this is not something that an official with no background can easily get.
After he was transferred to Tongzhi of Suzhou Prefecture, he was first promoted to the rank of fourth-rank censor of Youqiandu, and two years later, he was appointed governor of Guangxi.
It was the custom of the imperial court that local governors, depending on the complexity of their affairs, would be dispatched by the deputy capital censor or the Qiandu censor. In other words, in some places, the deputy capital censor was responsible for the post, and in some places the Qiandu censor was concurrently responsible.
, and some particularly important areas will even be upgraded to the level of Right Capital Censor.
Therefore, according to this development path, within five years at most, Zhang Rui can use the springboard of governor to be promoted to deputy censor of the capital, complete the leap from the fourth rank to the third rank, and truly enter the ranks of the imperial officials.
However, the strange thing is that Zhang Rui has been serving as governor of Guangxi for seven years. Whether it is the completion of the three-year examination or the previous inspections in Beijing, he has not been promoted again...
Although the governor is in the local area, he is generally led by the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Therefore, nominally, he still belongs to the Beijing officials. Therefore, within the scope of the Beijing Procuratorate, as soon as he thought of this, Zhu Qiyu immediately ordered Huaien to search for a few months ago.
The results of the Beijing inspection reported by the Ministry of Personnel.
The task of Beijing inspection is huge and involves many officials. Even if it does not involve promotion or demotion, just summarizing their evaluation results and reasons would take up a huge amount of space.
Fortunately, as a high-ranking official in the border area, it was not difficult to find memorials about Zhang Rui. About tea time, Huai En returned to Zhu Qiyu with a memorial in his hands.
Zhu Qiyu opened it and took a look, finally clearing up a lot of doubts in his heart.
Judging from the evaluation results, Zhang Rui's political performance and official reputation are both pretty good, and he received a mid-to-high rating.
Generally speaking, this evaluation is enough to meet the standards for promotion. However, when it reaches the level of a governor, it is not easy to be promoted. It not only depends on whether he is good enough, but also whether there are pits that can be freed up for him.
, even if there is a pitfall, it still depends on whether there is someone better than him waiting for promotion.
In addition, he was only good enough for promotion and was not particularly outstanding, so in the end the official conclusion was that he should remain in office.
However, this is only a superficial reason. In the memorial submitted by the Ministry of officials, the officials did not say it clearly, but only made a faint mention of it, which is a hint of the reason why he is slightly inferior to others, that is...
This person is a former cabinet minister and a disciple of Gao Gu, the current Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing!
The reason why he was able to move from being the head of the Ministry of Rites to a prestigious place like Suzhou in just two years was because of Gao Gu's recommendation.
Previously, Luo Tong and Gao Gu worked in tandem to prevent the mutual market from passing the court meeting. At that time, their most powerful weapon was to accuse Wang Wen, who was envoy to Liaodong, of secretly reaching an agreement with Tuo Tuo Buhua. For this matter, both parties and
There was a heated argument in the court, and at one point they almost started fighting.
In the end, Luo Tong was locked up and imprisoned for planning the imprisonment. Gao Gu was also implicated and was sent to Nanjing to retire, completely withdrawing from the political center of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, it happened that Zhang Rui was about to finish the exam. As a disciple of Gao Gu, at this critical moment, his backer fell and he was able to keep his official position. It was considered that Wang Wen, the official minister, did not seek personal revenge.
As for promotion... just wait and see!
This chapter has been completed!