Chapter 66 Cabinet Candidate List (Ask for Monthly Pass Collection)

Zhu Youzhen stuffed nuts in his mouth and thought in his heart.

After Li Zhengyun finished speaking, he looked at Yang Yongzheng, who was still silent, and said with a smile, "I will visit Lord Liu of the Tea Division later, as long as the transfer divisions in various places are dredged, as in previous years, it will be a good year for a bumper harvest!"

Qian Zhongyong listened to Li Zhengyun's words, and his smile increased, he had a closer relationship with Li Zhengyun, as long as Li Zhengyun's business was good, his would naturally be good.

"Guest officer, I bought you the wine and food you wanted. ”

Running the hall carried the brocade box and ran up diligently.

Li Zhengyun was in a good mood, threw a spirit stone over, and said, "Okay, these are for you." ”

"Thank you, officer, you three slow use!" Zhu Youzhen, who was watching the table, hurriedly ran over again, looked at it and said, "Childe, do you want to order something?"

Zhu Youzhen was about to refuse, but Li Zhengyun over there waved his hand quite magnificently and said, "Give that little boy a copy too, count it in my account." ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Youzhen with an arrogant and polite face.

Yuan Chonghuan frowned, his expression indifferent.

Zhu Youzhen knew what Li Zhengyun meant, it was nothing more than not wanting him to talk too much, threw away the shell in his hand, clapped his hands and stood up, and smiled at the running hall: "No need, today this son is happy, everyone here today, this son is invited." ”

After saying that, he walked around the chair and downstairs.

The great joy of running the hall, followed Zhu Youjian and said, "The son is generous, and the little one has thanked you for the guests here." ”

Qian Zhongyong watched Zhu Youzhen pass by, and couldn't help but say with a hesitant face: "This is not simple, will it leak our conversation?"

Li Zhengyun was not afraid, and said: "It's just a gentleman, nothing more than that favored son, what's so scary!"

Yang Yong was thinking about what he had just said, and it didn't matter, so he didn't worry anymore.

Zhu You checked out the teahouse, looked at both sides, and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "The play is not good, where are we going next?"

Yuan Chonghuan stood behind Zhu Youzhen like a benchmark, but he didn't seem to hear Zhu Youzhen's words.

Zhu Youzhen was very helpless, looked at it, and said, "Forget it, just take a walk." ”

Zhu Youzhen walked slowly along the street, thinking as he walked.

His understanding of Da Ming is still too obvious, and there are many things that he can't see, such as the salt tax and tea tax, which can't be seen from the folds, and the ministers won't tell him.

It was only when he walked to a bridge that Zhu Youzhen stopped, looking at the clear, slowly flowing river, the breeze was coming, and the irritability in his heart was a little less.

"Your Majesty. ”

Suddenly, an attendant appeared behind him, bowed down and shouted softly.

Zhu Youzhen was stunned, turned his head to look over, it was actually Cao Huachun, his expression moved slightly, and said, "What's the matter?"

Cao Huachun lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Zongzhou has entered Beijing." ”

Zhu Youjian stood motionless, and his expression did not change. In fact, he didn't know what expression to use to express his current mood.

Zhu Youzhen took a long time before he turned his head, continued to look at the river, and said with emotion: "If the border commander wants to keep it, he won't keep it, and the minister who left the post said that he would enter Beijing when he entered Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty was really a good court, very relaxed." ”

Cao Huachun is the old man next to Zhu Youzhen, and he understands Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, so he will report it as soon as possible. Listening to his words, he remained motionless, as if he had not heard.

Liu Zongzhou's entry into Beijing could not be said to be another pressure from the Donglin Party, forcing Zhu Youzhen to compromise and not allowing him to continue to drag on.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a long time, shook his head and sighed, "It seems that it has to be increased." The decree was sent to the cabinet, and three days later, the cabinet auxiliary ministers were elected, and the list was drafted and the court was pushed. ”

"Yes. He said yes and left in a hurry.

Entering Beijing, Zhu Youzhen's mood became more and more bad, and after a few glances at the river, he turned around and said, "Go back to the palace." ”

The co-optation of cabinet auxiliary ministers said that the government and the opposition would explode, and there would be another battle in the court.

In the Wenyuan Cabinet, the cabinet ministers and the chief officials of the six ministries and nine secretaries are in full swing to draw up a list of candidates recommended for the cabinet.

"Your Majesty has urged us several times, I see that everyone should try to seek common ground while reserving differences if they have any different opinions, and we will draw up a list of cabinet candidates today, and it can't be too late. "Huang Liji, as the first assistant of the cabinet, first set the tone for this court and demanded that the results must be produced today.

Lai Zongdao said: "There is no need to discuss the officials at the level of the six ministries of Shangshu, Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Su Maoxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xue Fengxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, are automatically shortlisted for the cabinet waiting list. ”

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Naturally, the opinions of the ministers will not arouse the opposition of the ministers, after all, the gap between the six Shangshu and the cabinet ministers is only one step, and they naturally have the qualifications to enter the cabinet.

Guo Yunhou added: "The list of cabinet candidates should not be too long, I think it will be set at seven, in addition to the five Shangshu, everyone will elect two more places." ”

Lai Zongdao said: "Since the post of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites has been vacant, it is better for us to first determine the candidates for the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and let the candidates for the secretary of the Ministry of Rites be directly shortlisted for the cabinet candidates, so that the sixth place will be available." ”

Huang Liji received Zhu Youzhen's instructions, nodded and said: "I agree, I propose that Wen Tiren, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, be transferred to the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

As for Wen Tiren's ability, all the ministers are obvious to all, and the result of Wen Tiren's transfer to the Ministry of Rites and his automatic shortlisting for the cabinet is not surprising, so there are already six people on the candidate list, and there is still the last place left.

Guo Yunhou said: "Your Majesty has recently revived the Donglin Party, the first emperor Sun Chengzong, and the leader of Wenzong, Qian Qianyi, have all returned to the dynasty to serve in important positions, and it is very inappropriate for the cabinet candidates to have no Donglin Party members, so it is better to give this last place to the Donglin Party." ”

Guo Yunhou actually has nothing to do with the eunuch party, and he has always hated the party struggle, but it was only because he formed a cabinet with the eunuch party that he was "mistakenly injured" by the Donglin party as a eunuch.

Although he was misunderstood by the Donglin Party, Guo Yunhou still admired the conduct and discipline of the Donglin Party people very much.

It was because he was still impartially proposing to let the Donglin Party enter the cabinet candidate list in the atmosphere of the eunuch party in the Wenhua Palace.

Huang Liji's brows furrowed when he heard this, he has always been very vigilant and repulsive about the entry of Donglin Party members into the cabinet, and naturally he does not want Donglin Party members to enter the cabinet waiting list.

But now that the so-called eunuch party has occupied two cabinet ministers' positions, and the cabinet candidate list they have recommended is almost all eunuch party members, will this cause the jealousy of the Son of Heaven and suspect him of forming a party for personal gain?

Thinking of this possibility, Huang Liji said: "I agree with Lord Guo's opinion, the last place will be produced by the three members of the Donglin Party." However, Sun Kaiyang will serve as the governor of Jiliao,

Why don't you let you work hard for state affairs again, I think Qian Qianyi will be shortlisted for the cabinet on behalf of the Donglin Party, and young people should have more burdens!"

Even if party affiliation is not ruled out, Guo Yunhou's proposal of Sun Chengzong made Huang Liji extremely unhappy.

Come to think of it, Sun Chengzong is a veteran cabinet minister, who once served as the first emperor's teacher, and his influence is even greater than that of him, the first assistant of the cabinet, if Sun Chengzong enters the cabinet again, there will undoubtedly be an extra mother-in-law on his head, and no one will be happy.

Looking at it now, Qian Qianyi is not much of a threat to him, although Qian Qianyi's influence in the literary world is unmatched.

However, because of his young age and the fact that he mostly served in the local government, his influence in the court was almost none, and he could be handed over to His Majesty by letting him into the cabinet shortlist.

Lai Zongdao was also worried that Sun Chengzong's entry into the cabinet would make his status unsafe, so he hurriedly echoed Huang Liji's opinion, so Sun Chengzong, the most senior boss in Donglin, was blocked out of the door by the court, and he was not even shortlisted for the cabinet candidates.

On the contrary, Qian Qianyi, the leader of Wenzong of the Donglin Party with the most shallow qualifications, was lucky to enter the cabinet candidate list because he did not pose much threat to the current cabinet ministers.

All seven candidates were selected, and Huang Liji, as the host of the Tingtui meeting, concluded his statement: "Since everyone has made a decision, let's settle it like this." I and the old man who came to the pavilion entered the palace, and when His Majesty saw the Son of Heaven, he handed over the candidates for the cabinet. ”

Of course, everyone has no opinion on this, and they all praise it.

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Zhu Youzhen had just finished his platform call with Sun Chengzong, and Cao Huachun came to report quickly, and Huang Liji and Lai Zongdao's cabinet scholars jointly asked to see him.

Zhu Youzhen walked out of the platform and came to the center of the Jianji Hall to meet with the two cabinet scholars.

As for the intentions of these two people, Zhu Youzhen can guess how much that these days the leaders of the Donglin Party have entered Beijing one after another, and the momentum has been higher and higher, which is also increasingly heavy for the two cabinet ministers who were beaten by the Donglin Party as eunuchs.

Today, they came together, obviously to take advantage of their advantages as auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, communicate with the Son of Heaven in advance, and set the cabinet waiting list first, so as not to give the Donglin Party a chance to enter the cabinet.

"Wait, knock to see Your Majesty!" Huang Liji was the leader, and the two of them paid homage to Zhu Youzhen.

"No courtesy, flat body!" Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and instructed Cao Huachun: "Cao Huachun, show the two college students a seat." ”

After everyone was seated, Zhu Youzhen asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, why did you come to see me in such a hurry?"

Huang Liji, as the first assistant of the cabinet, naturally asked him to answer this question, "Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty ordered the expansion of the cabinet list at the beginning of the month, adding three cabinet scholars and assistants, and asked the cabinet to draw up a cabinet waiting list as soon as possible. Now, after waiting for the promotion of the six ministries and the nine secretaries, we have drawn up a cabinet waitlist, and I hereby reply to the decree. ”

After that, Huang Liji took out a fold and handed it to Cao Huachun, who was respectful and handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen opened the fold and saw that the six names in this list came into view, including: Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Su Maoxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Xue Fengxiang, and Qian Qianyi.