On the ninth day of June in the seventh year of Wantong, Gu Bingqian, the first assistant, put forward the proposal of establishing Zhang Hua as the heir apparent in the cabinet, and it was approved at the meeting of ministers with 22 votes in favor, five votes against, and 13 abstentions.
On the seventh day of July, Zhang Hua was established as the crown prince.
On September 11, Emperor Wan Tong abdicated, and Zhang Hua succeeded him, with the reign title of Xuan Shun.
On October 22nd, the cabinet was reorganized, Huang Ruliang retired from office, and Xu Guangqi, Minister of Agriculture, was added as cabinet minister.
Xu Guangqi's entry into the cabinet was also the product of a game between several parties.
Originally, Gu Bingqian wanted to appoint Li Banghua, the Minister of Rites, but was opposed by Guan Yingzhen and Qiao Yingjia.
In particular, Guan Yingzhen was very afraid of Li Banghua, so the parties reached a compromise and recommended Xu Guangqi, who was not very factional but was a native of Gu Bingqian's Nanzhi Township, as a cabinet minister.
Xu Guangqi was the candidate proposed by Feng Ziying.
Although he was not the most satisfactory candidate to all parties, he was a candidate acceptable to all parties, so in the end, Xu Guangqi entered the cabinet in a daze that no one expected.
Lian Guoshi was not appointed as the Minister of Commerce as initially expected, but was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture, replacing Xu Guangqi. However, the Minister of Commerce was still not changed, which surprised everyone.
Originally Zhu Guozhen was very close to Huang Ruliang, but unexpectedly Gu Bingqian actually retained Zhu Guozhen. Everyone realized that Gu Bingqian was not as weak as they thought, so he quietly recruited Zhu Guozhen.
Think about it, Zhu Guozhen was from Nanxun, Huzhou, which was very close to Gu Bingqian's Suzhou Kunshan. The two had known each other for a long time. Since Huang Ruliang had been defeated and those who understood current affairs were heroes, there was no need for Zhu Guozhen to hang himself on a tree.
However, the fact that Gu Bingqian completed such a round of recruitment quietly still made Guan Yingzhen and Qiao Yingjia shudder.
I used to think that Gu Bingqian had no ability and courage, but now it seems that every step from Yi Chu Yi Emperor to cabinet adjustment was just right.
In this round of personnel adjustments, although Li Banghua failed to join the cabinet, Xu Guangqi was a person who did things without much thought. After joining the cabinet, it was natural that Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant, followed the lead and achieved his goal.
In addition, Feng Ziying is also very cooperative with Gu Bingqian, otherwise Gu Bingqian would not use the position of Minister of Agriculture to reward Feng's people. It can be said that Gu Bingqian now has considerable say in the cabinet.
Now the right minister of the Ministry of official affairs who was vacated after Lian Guoshi was promoted to minister of the Ministry of Agriculture was taken up by Yang He, while the left deputy censor of the capital vacated by Yang He was promoted by Fu Shi.
"Yao Cao, come and sit down." Feng Ziying looked at Ma Shiying who looked humble and indifferent, and couldn't help but secretly praise him. He is indeed a famous figure in history. In this time and space, this guy became the number one scholar in this subject in the eighth year of Yonglong.
After the Hanlin Academy got into trouble, he followed his own advice and went directly to Henan. This was not easy.
You must know that when he served as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, Ma Shiying was promoted to the sixth rank. According to the convention, even if he wanted to stay in the court, as long as he came out of the Hanlin Academy, he would have to be promoted to at least three ranks, and he would immediately become an official of the fifth rank.
, that is to say, Ma Shiying was promoted much faster than those in his previous department such as Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, and Wang Yingxiong.
Feng Ziying's advice to Ma Shiying was to practice at the local level for a few years, so that he could have a good understanding of the difficulties and sufferings below, and also understand various affairs and contradictions among the people, which would be of great help in handling various government affairs after entering the DPRK in the future.
It stands to reason that characters like Ma Shiying, who was born in the top 10, are almost all arrogant people, and they may not listen to such obviously eccentric advice from others, even if it was given by Feng Ziying, but Ma Shiying listened, and she really
He left the local government and went to Luoyang, Henan Province as a Tongzhi, where he worked for four years. Then he was promoted to the prefect of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and he has been serving as the prefect of Jiujiang until now.
Now Feng Ziying felt that it was time for Ma Shiying to return to the court. In fact, he had served as the fourth-grade prefect for another five years. If he did not return to the court, it would be unjustifiable.
"Do you know the purpose of calling you back this time?" Feng Ziying said with a smile,
Ma Shiying was a little excited in her heart, but she couldn't show it. "When you see the move, Yaocao will never look back, no matter what."
Although he was born as a top scholar, Ma Shiying knew that there was no comparison between him and the man in front of him who was only a second-class jinshi and a cabinet minister. Although the other person did not shine much in the imperial examination, he was extremely talented in the process of becoming an official.
Every time his position changes, it will bring countless shocks and surprises to both the government and the public.
"Haha, it's not that serious. How can I still let you go through fire and water?" Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Okay, let's not beat around the bush. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is short of people, and the imperial court intends to call you back to serve as the right-hand censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
, you have to be mentally prepared."
The censor of Qiandu is also the fourth rank, but this is the fourth rank of the court official. Only the third-rank officials who have returned from the local area are eligible to be promoted to the third rank. Ma Shiying was transferred from the fourth rank prefect to the censor of Qiandu in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is actually a promotion.
, and it was upgraded by two levels.
There is no one in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This is what Feng Ziying has always been most worried about. After Fang Youdu got into trouble in the local area, Feng Ziying had arranged for him to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he was not qualified to be the censor of the capital.
Instead of holding a similar position, he was allowed to join the Procuratorate of the City and serve as censor, which could be considered as controlling the forces of the Five Cities Soldiers, Horses, and Patrol Battalions for Feng Ziying.
Feng Ziying knew very well that with the adjustment of the cabinet completed, the future structure would no longer be the same as before.
Although Gu Bingqian still relied on him, he was also trying his best to cultivate his own direct lineage, while Guan Yingzhen and Qiao Yingjia still had some vague fears and precautions against him.
Guan Yingzhen was worried that he would compete with him for the future position of chief minister, while Qiao Yingjia was worried that he would replace him as the leader of the northern scholars.
Especially because his reputation among the young and middle-aged northern scholars was so high, it made Qiao Yingjia feel a little bit thorny in his back. This could be felt from his conversation with Qiao Yingjia.
This is inevitable.
Although Feng Ziying hopes to downplay the regional color as much as possible, there are some things she cannot help herself with.
He is the most legendary character among the young scholars in the North, and it is inevitable that the younger generation of scholars in the North will respect and admire him very much.
Especially Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and even Chen Qiyu, the three young scholars known as the Three Heroes of Shanxi, have a particularly close relationship with me, and they have implicitly joined a group with themselves as the core, which directly threatens Qiao Yingjia's status as the leader of Shanxi scholars.
and influence.
Feng Ziying is also working hard to downplay this color. He Fengsheng has also become an important member of his group, and he is a scholar from Huguang, Ma Shiying also joined, he is a scholar from Southwest China, Wu Di, Xu Xie, Xu Qixun and others are
Jiangnan scholars, but this inherent view cannot be completely changed in a short time.
After a conversation, Feng Ziying had a more intuitive understanding of the students in this subject in Yonglong Year 8.
Ma Shiying and other Qingtan Academy students in this subject performed well. Ma Shiying, Chen Qiyu, Fu Zonglong, Sun Chuanting, Xue Wenzhou, Song Shixiang and others also began to shine.
Wang Yingxiong, Ma Shiying, and Fu Zonglong, the three representatives of the southwest scholars, were the three most outstanding scholars in the southwest from the 36th year of Yuanxi to the Wantong period. What a coincidence, Feng Ziying, Wang Yingxiong, and Fu Zonglong were both
He was a classmate of Qingtan Academy, but Fu Zonglong failed to pass the exam in Yonglong's fifth year, and had to wait until Yonglong's eighth year to pass the exam together with Ma Shiying.
Wang Yingxiong has a close relationship with Feng Ziying, and Ma Shiying is now very close to Feng Ziying. On the contrary, Fu Zonglong has a close relationship with Chen Qiyu, and is still on the periphery of this group. This has also attracted criticism from Zheng Chongjian and Sun Chuanting, who are close friends with Chen Qiyu. Wang Yingxiong is also blaming Fu Zonglong.
Don't know how to lift.
Feng Ziying also knows that she cannot win everyone's love and support, but it is unnecessary for people like Chen Qiyu and Fu Zonglong to deliberately distance themselves from themselves because they cannot lose face.
Of course, he also knew that it might take some time and opportunity to resolve the knot between them, so he didn't care at all. However, a group of classmates were very anxious and kept mediating to facilitate it.
In addition to the students who are close to each other in the academy and have always been close to each other, students who are older than Feng Ziying and others are now moving closer to Feng Ziying and others intentionally or unintentionally, such as Fang Zhenru, Song Tongyin, etc.
Ye Tinggui et al.
Tongyin and Ye Tinggui of the Song Dynasty were both scholars from the North. One was from Jimo, Shandong, the other was from Guide, Henan, and Fang Zhenru was from Shouxian County, Nanzhi.
Although Feng Ziying rose to prominence in the early days of her official career, people like Song Tongyin and Ye Tinggui had no intention of trying to follow Feng Ziying.
After all, no matter how amazing you are, you are just a Hanlin Academy editor. No matter if you become Yongping Tongzhi or Shuntianfu Cheng, for them, who are also Jinshi, these fourth and fifth-grade officials are still local.
Officials don't think highly of them in their hearts. Even if they knew that Feng Ziying's future was limitless, it didn't mean much to them at the time.
However, when Feng Ziying began to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and serve as the censor of the capital and the right minister of the Ministry of War to inspect Shaanxi, they could not help but ignore their classmates, who were seven or eight years older than Feng Ziying.
The imperial censor of the Imperial Procuratorate is a fourth-rank official, and the Minister of War is a third-rank official. Even if he is appointed as a temporary official, it may be unattainable and unreachable for many Jinshi in their lifetime, but Feng Ziying only took ten years to get there.
Later, as the censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, he pacified the south of the Yangtze River, controlled Hebei, and pacified Liaodong. He became a second-level official and could only be looked up to.
When Feng Ziying officially joined the cabinet and became one of the top people in Dazhou, no student was not proud to be his classmate, and no student could ignore this relationship.
No matter how noble you are, you are not asked to do anything humiliating or frivolous. You are just trying to connect with your classmates. Isn't this difficult?
There may be some people who can't wipe off this layer of shame, but they are very few and meaningless.
This chapter has been completed!