Li Xuan listened to Ma Wei's words and didn't answer too much. He just thought it was enough and said: "I will not treat you badly when you and I are my king and my ministers!"
Then he thought for a while and said to the secretary beside him: "Just a note, Ma Wei, the Minister of Rites, has been loyal to the emperor for twenty years. I am very relieved and awarded the bachelor of Wuyingdian!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Ma Wei again!
A vague smile appeared on Ma Wei's face. If there is anything imperfect and missing in his life, it is that he still lacks the title of bachelor and the position of a great minister!
Now, Li Xuan has fulfilled his wish!
Although in Li Xuan's heart, Ma Wei could not deserve such a bachelor's title with his abilities and achievements, Li Xuan still fulfilled his wish.
The next day, Li Xuan received a report that Ma Wei, who had just prepared to return home, died of illness on the road before reaching the train station at the age of fifty-three!
Later, Li Xuan personally issued an edict to confer the title of Marquis on Ma Wei, granting the right to inherit the original title for one generation, reduce the hereditary rank to the hereditary title of baron, and share the same embroidery with the country.
A few hours later, another decree came from the palace, and the Holy Emperor personally gave Ma Wei a posthumous title: Wenzhong.
Li Xuan personally sealed Ma Wei's coffin and gave him the posthumous title Wenzhong, which was highly respected among civil servants. This gave Ma Wei a high posthumous honor, but the matter itself did not cause any controversy among the top officials of the government and the opposition.
Because politics is very realistic and cruel, in the past two days, even if Ma Wei was about to die of illness, many ministers would still go to Ma Mansion to visit him in an endless stream. But when Ma Wei smoked up, the huge Ma Mansion was instantly It has become deserted.
However, although Ma Wei's death itself did not cause any controversy, the turmoil in the government caused by his death broke out in an instant!
Why, because Ma Wei was the minister on duty in the imperial study room and the minister of the Ministry of Rites during his lifetime, and he had always been in good health before the stroke. Li Xuan had no intention of letting him become an official, so he had not planned to find a successor for Ma Wei before. , According to Li Xuan's scheduled plan, the new round of personnel transfers for the ministers on duty in the imperial study should be made next year. As for Ma Wei's turn, it will be at least five or six years later.
But now, Ma Wei's sudden death has instantly shattered Li Xuan's original plan!
The ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room are a mess, and each minister on duty is from a different department. When he is on duty in the Imperial Study Room, he is mainly responsible for different matters.
During his lifetime, Ma Wei was mainly responsible for diplomacy, vassal affairs, education, publicity and other affairs in the imperial study. The other ministers on duty were responsible for mostly different matters. For example, Liu Bagou did not have any specific affairs, but he was responsible for the affairs. The general manager, and Qian Zuili, are mainly in charge of taxation and financial affairs.
Ma Wei died of illness, so there was an extra position on duty in the Imperial Study Room. To be more precise, there was an extra duty minister in charge of foreign affairs, vassal affairs, education, publicity and other affairs.
There is nothing about diplomacy and vassal affairs. These two powers are not very important, because the Tang Empire has no serious diplomatic relations at all. As for vassal affairs, there is also no such thing, because so far, the Tang Empire has only A vassal state, that is the Tang Jin Kingdom of the Tatars!
Although it is said that the Tang Dynasty and the Tatars fought life and death, it is undeniable that the Tang Jin Kingdom established by Anda Khan was a peaceful Tang vassal state, and he himself was the Shunyi King of the Tang Dynasty.
However, considering the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Tatars, there was no vassal affairs to deal with. Problems were usually dealt with directly by the army, and there was basically nothing to do with the vassal affairs personnel.
The power of propaganda is not considered a huge power, because those in charge of propaganda affairs in the Tang Empire are the Chaobao Department under the Ministry of Rites. The director of this department is usually the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although it seems to have a lot of weight,
, but in fact, the Tang Empire currently only has one newspaper, and there is no private or official second newspaper. This matter of public opinion propaganda is actually relatively simple.
However, educational rights are extremely important. Generally speaking, educational rights in the Tang Dynasty include imperial examination rights.
After all, the Tang Empire was a traditional feudal country. It still attached great importance to issues such as education and imperial examinations. The annual examinations were major events that could cause a stir in the country. The officialdom never looked down upon the annual examinations.
During this period, they were all on guard. The examination papers were directly escorted by the army, and the army was responsible for guarding and supervising the examination room. As for cheating in the examination room, it was also a first-rate crime.
Educational rights are so important also because nobles have always been regarded by civil servants as positions that support nobles and nobles.
Ma Wei died of illness, and the position left behind will most likely be taken over by officials in charge of education, diplomacy and other affairs.
But the problem is that many ministers have scanned the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but they can't find a very suitable candidate. For example, in theory, the person who has the best chance to succeed Ma Wei is the current Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.
This person just took up the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites at the end of last year. He has only been promoted for a few months. It is absolutely impossible for him to be promoted to a senior official of the second rank now.
He can't even be the Minister of Rites, let alone the Minister on Duty in the Imperial Study Room.
Although theoretically there are no restrictions on the ministers on duty, but looking at the ministers on duty over the years, which one has not stayed at the level of the second grade for several years, and first served as a walking minister in the royal study for a few years before he can become
The minister on duty.
If the left minister of the Ministry of Rites is no longer good, then people have to be selected from other institutions. But then the problem arises. There are not many people with professional counterparts, but there are a lot of people with the right qualifications and prestige.
Not to mention the senior Zuo Shilang, even the ministers from other departments were still eyeing the position of the minister on duty in the imperial study room left by Ma Wei.
If there is an opportunity, some thoughtful people will start to take action.
How to do activities?
To connect in private and then improve one's own reputation, or to gain the support of important ministers like Liu Bagou?
neither!
If you want to enter the imperial study, Liu Bagou's support is of some use, but His Majesty's respect and trust are the key!
Basically, those who are qualified to compete for the position of minister on duty are mostly senior officials at the level of second-grade minister, or senior officials at the level of second-grade minister, governor, etc. who have been working for many years.
No matter who they are, these people all have their names with Li Xuan and are independent people outside, but few of them are Liu Bagou's lackeys.
Well, an official who is quite the lackey of important ministers cannot climb to such a high position because Li Xuan does not allow it!
Putting an end to cliques has always been an important means of governing in feudal dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception.
Therefore, those who served as lackeys of important ministers such as Liu Bagou or Qian Zili were all labeled by Li Xuan as being able to get away as far as possible.
Therefore, if you want to compete for the position of the minister on duty in the imperial study room, it is useless to look for ministers like Liu Bagou on duty in the imperial study room. On the contrary, you will be disadvantaged in front of His Majesty.
The only and best way is to gain favor in front of the Holy Emperor!
And this kind of goodwill cannot be touted as casually as Wang Wenhua. Among the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wenhua has always been the only favorite. For more than 20 years, there has been no exception!
In recent years, it is not that no one has tried to imitate Wang Wenhua and rely on flattery to please Li Xuan to rise to power. As a result, no one has succeeded.
If you want to become the minister on duty in the Imperial Study Room, you must produce real materials.
Use your abilities to impress the Holy Emperor. As long as you impress the Holy Emperor, you will be able to get the position of the minister on duty in the Royal Study Room.
As a result, in the past few days, there have been a lot of ministers who came to see Li Xuan. They were all high-ranking officials from the second rank to the second rank. Moreover, these people either came to see the saint in private or during the morning meeting, or
On some other occasion, I took the opportunity to talk about education issues.
Some of them went directly to Li Xuan to tell them what problems there were in the current education and in what direction they should be improved.
Some simply said this in front of Li Xuan, some said it more directly, and some said it more obscurely.
However, the actions of these people are very consistent, that is, they are trying to impress Li Xuan on the issue of education and then rise to the top.
Regarding the actions of his ministers, Li Xuan felt that they were a little unkind. Ma Wei had just died a few days ago, and his coffin might not have been transported back to his hometown yet. These people could not wait to compete for the position left by Ma Wei.
This made Li Xuan sigh a little.
He thought he was ruthless enough, but even he himself couldn't let go when he saw the ministers who had followed him for more than 20 years die of illness. However, most of these ministers competing for high positions were veterans, and they were all old ministers.
He is a man who has served as a minister in the court together with Ma Wei for more than ten years.
However, although he was a little emotional, he could understand their thoughts. Everyone wanted to pick such a big peach despite everyone's reluctance.
In addition, Li Xuan is actually preparing to select a suitable person to enter the Imperial Study Room as soon as possible in the near future to take over the vacancy left by Ma Wei.
A country cannot be without a king for a day, and it cannot be without ministers for a day.
Without ministers, who would Li Xuan ask to do things?
Therefore, although Li Xuan was a little surprised by the methods of these ministers, he still did not have too much prejudice. Instead, he carefully read the transcripts of these ministers, listened to their views on education and other matters, and tried to find out from them
Choose a suitable person.
Ma Wei was mainly in charge of educational affairs during his lifetime. Although the affairs of the ministers on duty in the imperial study were not clearly divided, they were basically all responsible for their own affairs. Occasionally, there would be adjustments to the affairs in charge.
But it's usually not too big.
Therefore, the new minister on duty in the Royal Study Room who succeeds Ma Wei must also be proficient in education matters, and more importantly, the education policy he advocates must comply with the objective laws of the empire, and at the same time, it must comply with Li Xuan's subjective requirements!
However, after reading many ministers' excerpts and listening to many ministers' words.
Li Xuan frowned a little. For a while, he really couldn't find a suitable candidate!