The foreign court often recommended it, and there was a fixed constitution, but there were very few cases of the civic ministers electing the Minister of Rites on their own, and there was no precedent to follow.

So how should we start? Everyone looked at Qin Dewei again without realizing it. After all, this was what he proposed to the emperor.

Qin Dewei walked to Xu Zan, Minister of Personnel, and bowed: "Please ask the Tomb Priest to come forward to preside over the election."

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When doing things in the officialdom, you must have the excuse to be able to take the stage.

The foreign court recommended that the Minister of Personnel was presided over by the Minister of Personnel. This time, Qin Dewei also asked Secretary Xu to preside over the meeting, which was equivalent to asking professionals to be foreign aid.

But Xu Zan waved his hand and refused and said, "This is your official's business, and I am inappropriate in this."

As we all know, the government affairs offices of the outer court, the court, the temple, and the supervisors of the outer court have two different systems from the Hanlinfang Bureau and other inner court officials, which is the difference between the "palace and palace" written in "The Memorial of the Emperor".

Therefore, Xu Tianguan should show an attitude of avoiding suspicion. Of course, if he can really participate in the election of the Minister of Rites, Xu Tianguan would be extremely happy, after all, this can expand his influence.

However, the Ming Dynasty officialdom often requires the rule of "three words and three giving in" and cannot be publicly expressed impatiently, as that will ruin reputation.

Therefore, after Qin Dewei repeatedly invited him, Xu Tianguan could agree "helplessly".

Then, in Xu Tianguan's expectant gaze, Qin Dewei turned around, returned to Cichen's side, and said to everyone with his own will:

"If you recommend a candidate, you must have a presidency first. Since the Tomb Priest refuses, then I will preside over the presidency!"

Xu Tianguan: ""

The officials of Ci Lin were also a little speechless, but most people thought about it again and said that Qin Dewei was indeed qualified to preside over the meeting.

After all, Qin Dewei is a fifth-rank official and is definitely a middle-level figure in the Cichen system.

Most of the ci officials are editors, editors, attendants, and lecturers at the level, so how can they be qualified to compete with Qin Dewei?

Of course, there must be some people who are dissatisfied with Qin Dewei. For example, Cai Ang, who was the most inconsistent with Qin Dewei, questioned him on the spot:

"Why do you have to preside over it? There are many seniors in Cilin who are more experienced than you!"

Qin Dewei immediately replied: "Ah, yes, Senior Cai, you are right! Then Senior Cai will preside over the presidency!"

Then Qin Dewei said to everyone: "Senior Cai is highly respected. With the seniority of Senior Cai, no one will be dissatisfied with this recommendation!"

Everyone: ""

Qin Dewei, can you react normally today? Why are you not as expected when you answer every time?

Even Cai Ang, who is of the same grade as you, dare not argue with you. Are you Qin Dewei or Jiajing man? Are you not planning to have a face for canvassing?

Qin Dewei ignored what others thought and urged Cai Ang, "It's getting late, please start quickly, Senior Cai!"

"Ah, this" Cai Xueshi was caught off guard and pushed to the position of host by Qin Dewei, and for a moment he didn't know where to start.

He calmed his mind again before he spoke again: "Your Majesty ordered our ministers to recommend Da Zongbo, and I would like to ask you to speak freely and recommend the virtuous!"

"This won't work!" Qin Dewei interrupted Cai Ang rudely, "If as Senior Cai said, people will be talkative, messy, and each other, and they will not give in to each other. If they don't decide for so long, when will they delay?"

Everyone nodded secretly, by the way, it's this, this is the original Qin Dewei.

Cai Ang was furious and asked, "Then how do you think of the election?"

Qin Dewei replied without hesitation: "First, we must recommend the ci ministers, not outsiders!

Second, the Minister of Rites is the second rank, so only the senior officials from the third rank are selected as the candidates for the Minister of Rites!

If you have insufficient seniority or grade, don’t join in the fun this time!

Then, let you talk freely around these alternative characters, so that you can speak freely, so that you will be targeted and will not be distracted!"

A simple official position of Cichen is basically at its peak in the third rank. Cichen is a group that pays great attention to the predecessor and juniors, and has a strong atmosphere of placing students and evaluating students.

Therefore, Qin Dewei's suggestion of "picking out a few of the most experienced third-rank ci officials as alternatives" is very respectful of tradition and no one can refute it.

Cai Ang was also speechless. He was just like not being a host, and he was simply lonely.

In fact, there are only a few of the top civic officials, and everyone knows it. If you can't make a false statement, you can easily pick out three of the most recognized senior candidates.

The first alternative is Wen Renhe, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Hanlin scholar of the school, and a Jinshi in the 15th year of Hongzhi.

The second alternative is Zhang Chao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and a Hanlin scholar, and a Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengde.

The third one is Zhang Bi, the Zhanshi Mansion, who was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengde. He is also a third-rank official and has a high prestige.

If you do not add the official title of "Shishou" or "Shishou" or "Shishou" in the third-rank Zhanshifu is the highest-level official position in the Hanlinfang Bureau system.

At this time, everyone with the goal began to talk, especially the middle and senior poets of Qin Dewei who were of this level were more active in speaking.

Because the Ci minister system is getting more and more progressive, the top Ci minister is promoted to the Minister of Rites, then the middle and senior Ci ministers have hope of being replaced as the top Ci minister.

Qin Dewei said nothing at this time, and listened quietly to everyone's various remarks.

The ones who support Wen Renhe are the most important are two bachelors, Cai Ang and Jiang Rubi.

The person who supports Zhang Bi is the most important person is Sun Chengen, the youngest secretary of the Zhan Shi Mansion.

Of course, there are also those who support Zhang Chao, but there are slightly fewer supporters than the previous two.

Although Zhang Chao has a deep experience and is definitely an old senior Hanyuan, his rapid rise has been happening in the past three years.

Since Teacher Zhang rushed to the third grade, he has directly crossed many people since he was a fifth grade, which of course will also arouse some people's envy, jealousy and hatred.

Moreover, Teacher Zhang also has a good student Qin Dewei. It’s okay to be arrogant and domineering, but the upgrade speed is also very fast, which also makes many people feel a little emotional and implicated Zhang Chao.

So in this context, the number of people supporting Zhang Chao is smaller than the other two, or they are obviously at a disadvantage, and the situation is not optimistic.

The bigwigs of the cabinet and department who were watching the fun around them also expressed their opinions on these three alternatives, intending to influence the final candidates.

The chief minister Xia Yan and the Grand Secretary Yan Song regretted more and more, but the direction of regret was different.

What Yan Song regretted was that because there was always an official school surveillance outside the gate, he did not follow his son's deployment plan and colluded with the Zuodu Censor Huo Tao and the Minister of War Zhang Zan as soon as possible.

Otherwise, in this case, the combination of Grand Secretary and Zuodu Censor and Minister of War would definitely have a great say.

Maybe you can forcefully exert influence and have the opportunity to recommend the candidates in your mind.

Yan Song was a little suspicious that Qin Dewei arranged an official school of Jinyiwei outside the gate, not to deal with his son or humiliate the Yan family!

Qin Dewei is to prevent himself from connecting with other ministers and to make himself isolated and helpless at this time!

Thinking of this, Yan Song suddenly felt a little scared. Qin Dewei had already predicted the scene today at that time?

In other words, Qin Dewei has been planning for a long time, and he may have colluded with servants or maids at home and stole his own manuscripts?

What made the chief assistant Xia Yan regretted was that after his failure to elect Mao Bowen, he only hoped that Qin Dewei and Yan Song would fight, and did not prepare any other proactive plans.

In such an occasion, I can only be a marginal person and can't even find the opportunity to intervene.

After some other great Hanlins finished their statements, Qin Dewei sneered and said, "Then, it's time for me to say a few words."

Seeing this, the other editors and editors of Hanlins closed their mouths and waited for Qin Dewei to finish speaking.

But Qin Dewei did not make a direct statement, but looked at Yan Song and asked loudly: "The emperor had issued an order to ask Master Yan to recommend the new candidate for the Grand Priest today!

So I dared to guess that in Ge Lao Yan’s mind, there must be a candidate, right?

Otherwise, if you really can’t even get a personal choice, wouldn’t it be the crime of deceiving the monarch?”

Yan Song felt that if he didn't go to tear Qin Dewei with his physical hands today, he was very well-educated. How could he still have the mood to interact with Qin Dewei?

Qin Dewei didn't seem to need Yan Song to say anything, and continued to say to himself: "Just Ge Lao Yan doesn't want to say it, but I can guess something.

The candidate in Ge Lao Yan’s mind must be a person who can convince the public. After all, you are a newly appointed Grand Secretary, so you should seek stability.

There are only a handful of people who are qualified to serve as Minister of Rites and can convince the public.

Then among the three recognized most qualified candidates just now, perhaps there are those whom Ge Lao originally planned to recommend them."

For a moment, everyone felt that Qin Dewei's analysis was reasonable and logically full.

But the smartest people have realized what the significance of Qin Dewei's analysis is!

Qin Dewei showed a very sharp look and swept back and forth between the two popular candidates Wen Renhe and Zhang Bi.

Suddenly, he asked Wen Renhe: "Senior Wen! I'll ask boldly, have you ever had any contact with Ge Lao Yan?"

Wen Renhe replied without hesitation: "No!"

Qin Dewei quickly turned to Zhang Bi again and asked, "So Senior Zhang, I'd better ask, have you ever had any contact with Yan Song?"

But Zhang Bi hesitated and did not answer decisively as Wen Renhe did.

In fact, there is no need to answer anymore, hesitation can explain the problem!

Zhang Bi can't do anything either. There is no airtight wall in the world, and he can't guarantee that everything is seamless.

If he is proven to lie in the future, his political reputation will be completely bankrupt and the censor can directly impeach himself back to his hometown.

"Hehehehe" Qin Dewei smiled a few times with ulterior motives.

Yan Song is a superficial "political correctness", so Qin Dewei cannot say anything clearly, but can only express the connotation of "you know" with laughter.

After all, Yan Song's image in the eyes of others is a person who flatters the king and flatters the emperor without any bottom line.

Then Qin Dewei asked the youngest Zhan Shifu family, Sun Chengen, intrigue: "I just want to ask Senior Sun, do you still support Senior Zhang Bi?"

Sun Chengen was Zhang Bi's most powerful supporter just now, and he was extremely speechless at this time. He looked at Zhang Bi again, and his expression was a little wrong.
To be continued...