Chapter 0315 Ministry of Industry! Ministry of Industry!
In the Chui Gong Hall, the officials who were making noise together with Zhao Yuanyan and Wang Qinruo, under the scoldings of Li Di and Wang Zeng, shrank their necks like mice that had encountered a cat.
Kou Zhun couldn't say some things, but Li Di and Wang Zeng didn't need to take them into account.
Li Di stared at Zhao Yuanyan. Although he didn't curse, all kinds of sarcastic words came out of his mouth in an endless stream.
Zhao Yuanyan was so distraught that he kept frowning.
Wang Zeng stared at the civil and military ministers and cursed.
After the two scolded each other, they seemed to feel that it was not enough, and they fined them a sum of salary before giving up.
Although Li Di and Wang Zeng suppressed all the officials in their capacity as political advisors, no one dared to speak, but they did not convince them.
The officials seemed to be breathing secretly, standing motionless in the middle of the Chui Gong Hall.
Li Di and Wang Zeng frowned when they saw this.
Li Di said angrily: "What are you doing? Are you forcing me to have a baby?"
The officials were silent and no one answered, but their attitude said everything.
Li Di and Wang Zeng all looked at Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun's face was extremely gloomy, but he didn't say a word.
Instead, he looked at Kou Ji, who didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Kou Ji's eyes passed over Zhao Yuanyan, Wang Qinruo, Li Shen and others one by one.
He saw something different.
"Should we call you the Yuanyan Party? Or should we call you the Usurper Faction?"
Kou Ji sneered inwardly.
If his prediction was correct, 80% of these people would vote for Zhao Yuanyan.
They joined together and petitioned for their promotion, and Kou Ji more or less guessed it.
Rather than saying that they were petitioning for promotion, it would be better to say that they were testing Kou Zhun.
Test how far Kou Zhun can give in.
As long as they test the bottom line of Kou Zhun's concession, they can freely act in the court.
The mastermind behind all this should be Wang Qinruo.
He was 'recuperating' at home for half a year, and he had enough time to plan all this.
"Zhao Yuanyan probably can't bear it anymore...but how can I let you get what you want?"
Kou Ji laughed in his heart.
After feeling Kou Zhun's eyes on him, Kou Ji took a step forward and said loudly: "Ask the official family, Grand Master, since the officials are so kind and willing to recommend me to be a minister, then I will do it."
Ashamed to receive it.
If it is an official family, and the Grand Master feels that the minister's official position is humble and his qualifications are too low, and his promotion to a minister is not in line with the court rules, then the minister can use the fourth-rank official title to manage or promote official affairs."
When Kou Zhun heard this, he was stunned and stared at Kou Ji thoughtfully.
He roughly understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
The official position remains unchanged and the authority is increased.
Li Di and Wang Zeng also understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji's suggestion is a good way to break the deadlock in Chui Gong Hall.
Wang Zeng said immediately: "Your proposal is good."
Wang Zeng looked at Kou Zhun and Li Di and said: "Since the civil and military hospitality of the entire dynasty is hard to resist, how about we follow Kou Ji's instructions?"
Li Di looked around at the civil and military officials of the court, nodded coldly: "Then let's do it."
Kou Zhun still didn't speak.
Li Di and Wang Zeng both glanced at him.
Seeing that he had no intention of speaking, Li Di coughed dryly, stared at Kou Ji and said: "Right now, the Ministry of Justice is in charge of both the King and the Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the same old man. You can choose one of them and take charge of the other."
Kou Ji straightened up, put away the imperial hut, and said with a smile: "Both the Criminal Department and the Household Department are not suitable for lowering officials."
Li Di was stunned.
Wang Zeng frowned and said, "You want to go to the Ministry of Works?"
Li Di didn't look good when he heard Wang Zeng's guess.
Compared with the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Works is not called a yamen.
The Ministry of Justice is now a full-fledged yamen with real power, and it is also the only yamen with complete power among the six bureaus.
The person in charge of the Criminal Department has only slightly less authority than the three chief ministers and the three ministers in the inner court.
Although the Ministry of Husbandry is not as good as the Ministry of Punishments, it at least gained some power when the Criminal Division was deposed. In addition, when Li Di served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Husbandry, he gained more power from the Third Division.
The power in the hands of those in charge of the Household Department is not as good as that of the Criminal Department, or even that of the Three Yamen, but it is three points stronger than the other departments.
In comparison, the Ministry of Industry is the weakest yamen among the six departments.
Even weaker than the Ministry of Rites, which has a very low sense of existence.
Although the Ministry of Rites does not have much power, it can occasionally show its face when the court holds various important ceremonies.
The Ministry of Industry is different.
Not only does the Ministry of Industry have no power, it doesn't even have a chance to show its face.
In the fortifications of the imperial court, there was a Shaofu, general, and three supervisors of Dushui.
Almost all the fortifications inside and outside the imperial court were taken care of by these three eunuchs.
The Ministry of Industry can't get anything out of it.
There is a joke among the people that the Ministry of Industry is the "lonely garden" of the imperial court.
Where is the Solitude Garden?
It was a place to support the elderly and orphans.
In other words, the Ministry of Industry was the pension agency of the imperial court.
A powerful official in Kou Ji, Cao Shilang, was transferred to the Ministry of Works to take charge of the first department. It seemed that he was promoted and had great power.
In fact, he has no power at all.
If Kou Ji had not brought it up on his own initiative, but someone else had said it, all civil and military officials in the court would have doubted whether this person wanted to harm Kou Ji.
Under Wang Zeng's questioning, Kou Ji nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I plan to transfer to the Ministry of Industry."
Wang Zeng and Li Di looked at each other, frowning, and their hearts were full of doubts.
They didn't understand Kou Ji's intention of going to the Ministry of Works.
They looked at Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun seemed to understand Kou Ji's 'intention', and the look on his face softened a bit, and he said: "It would be good to sit in the Qingshui Yamen of the Ministry of Industry for a few years to hone your temperament."
He bluntly said that the Ministry of Industry is a clean water yamen.
But no one thought what he said was wrong.
As soon as Kou Zhun said these words, Wang Zeng, Li Di, as well as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also understood Kou Ji's 'intention'.
They all felt that Kou Ji was using this method of rising and falling covertly to deal with the deadlock in Chui Gong Hall.
It not only satisfied the petitions of the officials, but also satisfied the fears of Kou Zhun, Li Di and Wang Zeng that he would be promoted too quickly.
"Zhongshu Sheren, drafting the edict..."
"The powerful official Cao Shilang, the chief of the Concierge Court, and the governor of Baozhou, Kou Ji, were moved to the official position of the Ministry of Works. He was ranked the fourth rank and was in charge of all the affairs of the Ministry of Works. His power was equal to that of the powerful official Cao Shangshu..."
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As soon as Kou Zhun opened his mouth, Kou Ji was promoted from the fourth-rank official position to a full fourth-rank official position.
At the same time, all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, large and small, were handed over to Kou Ji.
The so-called management of official affairs of the Ministry of Industry can also be called management of official affairs of the Ministry of Industry.
The word "Guan Gou" is mostly used when officials are not qualified enough and have insufficient grades, but they have to hold great power.
The Manchu civil and military officials had no objections to this.
For some of them, as long as Kou Ji was transferred from the official department, they didn't care whether he was promoted or demoted.
For other people, as long as Kou Ji's position is promoted under their pressure, their goal will be achieved.
After Zhongshu Sheren drafted the edict, he sent it to Zhao Zhen.
Kou Zhun nodded.
Zhao Zhen stamped the imperial edict with a jade seal.
Chen Lin held the edict in her hand and read it out in front of the civil and military officials of the court.
After Chen Lin finished reading the edict, Kou Ji, the powerful official Cao Shilang, became in charge of the official affairs of the Ministry of Works.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty held their hands in congratulations.
Kou Ji smiled and said nothing.
Kou Zhun announced the dismissal of the court.
Zhao Yuanyan was the first to leave Chui Gong Hall.
Before leaving, he glanced at Wang Qinruo meaningfully.
Wang Qinruo nodded in understanding, and after Zhao Yuanyan left, he invited Li Shen and others to a banquet in a courtyard outside Bianjing City in the name of a banquet.
The group of people gathered together and left the Chui Gong Hall.
Other officials also gathered together in twos and threes, discussing today's events in the court and walking out of the hall.
Li Di, Wang Zeng, and Kou Ji were the last to leave.
Li Di stuffed the Chao Hua into his sleeves, and pulled the sleeves long. He walked up to Kou Ji and sighed, "Hey! There is no good place for you to go, but to the Ministry of Works."
What else does the Ministry of Industry have besides a group of officials who are refusing to resign from the imperial court and are just waiting to die?"
Wang Zeng held the Chao Hut in both hands and walked up to Kou Ji. He said with some hatred that iron cannot be made into steel: "Since the first year of Tianxi, no official in the Ministry of Works has been promoted. Before Tianxi, there were no transfers of officials in the Ministry of Works.
rare.
Except for a few people who also serve as ministers of the Ministry of Works, other officials of the Ministry of Works basically stay at the Ministry of Works until death.
Whether it is the Ministry of Justice that I am temporarily acting for, or the Ministry of Husbandry that Prime Minister Li is temporarily acting for, they are both good places.
As long as you go, will I and Prime Minister Li still make things difficult for you?
When the time comes, the two of us will definitely hand over the power in our hands to you and firmly occupy the title of Minister. Even if others want to use this to suppress you, they will not be able to.
This is what Mr. Li meant when he opened his mouth to remind you.
But you didn't understand what Li Xiang meant. You had to go to the Qingshui Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to eat and wait to die.
I’m so angry!”
Kou Ji bowed his hands to Li Di and Wang Zeng and said, "I naturally know the good intentions of these two elders. But the reason why I chose to go to the Ministry of Industry is also due to my own motives."
Li Di and Wang Zeng were stunned when they heard this.
Li Di sneered and said, "What? You went to the Ministry of Works and you still wanted to plan and seize the power of the Shaofu Supervisor, the General Supervisor, and the Water Supervisor?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's not a bad idea."
Li Di snorted coldly: "I advise you to put aside this idea. Among the three prisons, the Du Shui Supervisor is the best. The Du Shui Supervisor is on the same level as you. If you want to seize power from him, you can still make some plans.
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But the Shaofu Supervisor will be the Supervisor, and the Supervisors of the two Supervisors are all from the third rank, and their official positions are higher than yours.
More importantly, the Shaofujian was in charge of the imperial money-making department, and the general supervisor was in charge of the ordnance forging.
There are many people inside, and the entanglements of interests are complicated.
Many military honors, civil servants, clan members and royal families are involved in it, which is far beyond what you, a small fourth-rank official, can do.
Your attempt to seize power from both of their prisons is purely wishful thinking."
After a pause, Li Di continued: "In terms of qualifications, ability, merits, and connections, Lin Te is far better than you. But when he was serving in the Ministry of Works, he did not dare to touch the young supervisor, and he would not be a supervisor at all.
Before Lin Te, there were several veterans with outstanding achievements who also served as ministers of the Ministry of Industry.
None of them dared to touch the young master's supervisor, who will be the supervisor."
Wang Zeng pointed to himself at the side and said: "Even if I, who is involved in political affairs, want to move the young man's supervisor and make him a prisoner, he will probably fall into the quagmire and be unable to get out."
Kou Ji knew that Li Di and Wang Zeng had told him this for his own good, but he had made up his mind to go to the Ministry of Works and would never change it.
Kou Ji once again handed over to the two of them and said, "Thank you both for your kindness. I have my own plans."
When Li Di and Wang Zeng heard this, they looked at each other and let out a long sigh.
They are not stupid.
Of course it can be seen that Kou Ji insisted on going to the Ministry of Industry because he definitely wanted to cause trouble.
It's just that the water of the Ministry of Works and the Shaofu Supervisor, who will be the supervisor, is a bit too turbid, so turbid that they dare not intervene easily.
But Kou Ji insisted on hitting a wall.
How could they not sigh in their hearts?
Seeing the two sighing, Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "You two don't have to worry about me. If I don't do anything in the Ministry of Industry, I can be transferred out at any time.
Anyway, the boy is still young, and you have three elders to protect him..."
When Li Di and Wang Zeng heard this, they reluctantly nodded.
Kou Ji added: "The little trouble the boy has is not a trouble. It is nothing compared to the trouble the court is about to face."
"The trouble the court is about to face?"
Li Di and Wang Zeng were both stunned.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "If the kid's guess is correct, I'm afraid that Da Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan is not innocent."
Li Di, Wang Zeng's expression changed slightly.
Li Di asked: "What do you mean by this? Did you hear something?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "It's not that I heard it, but that I saw it."
"See?"
They both frowned at the same time.
Kou Ji continued: "Didn't you two notice that Zhao Yuanyan, Wang Qinruo and Li Shen were wearing the same pair of trousers when you were in the hall just now? Today in the Chui Gong Hall, if the three of them had not joined forces to force me, I would not have been transferred to the Ministry of Industry.
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The expressions of Li Di and Wang Zeng changed again and again.
If Wang Qinruo and Li Chen have any plans, Li Di and Wang Zeng probably won't care.
After all, as an important minister in the court, it would be abnormal if he didn't take care of the city and plan.
But if Zhao Yuanyan is added, it will be a big difference.
With Zhao Yuanyan's current status and being so close to important officials in the court, there is almost no need to guess what he wants to do.
"You go back to the mansion first. We are going to Zishi Hall to discuss matters with your grandfather."
Li Di and Wang Zeng made some guesses based on Kou Ji's words, but they didn't reveal anything.
Li Di ordered Kou Ji to stop talking to Kou Ji.
Together with Wang Zeng, he hurried out of Chuigong Hall and went to Zishi Hall to find Kou Zhun.
After the two of them left, Kou Ji let out a sigh of relief and said to himself: "You dare to dig a hole for me? Then don't blame me for being rude."
Kou Ji stepped out of the Chui Gong Hall, stood outside the hall, and took another deep breath.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then the smile became brighter and brighter.
"Ministry of Industry, in your eyes, that is Qingshui Yamen, but in my eyes, that is the home court!"