During the Zhengde period, the court push system was not perfect, there was no difference between sitting and standing pushing, and even there was no formal difference between the cabinet ministers and the officials of the six ministries.

Moreover, only officials above the third grade are eligible to participate in the court push, and for the time being, the science and road officials have not been pulled into the pile - in terms of grade, the top of the six branches is the seventh grade, and there is no voting right in the Zhengde Dynasty.

In addition, although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is an ornament, as long as it is a military attache above the third rank, it can also participate in the court promotion of relevant positions. For example, military officials can also vote for military posts, such as local governors, which proves that civilian officials have not completely overwhelmed military attachés. If it is a few decades later, it will be the governor of Zhengyi, and it will not be allowed to mix with the matter of Tingtui.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, Wang Yuan participated in the court push for the first time in a real sense, because he had no right to speak before when he participated.

A few days ago, the Metropolitan Procuratorate made preparations to make a booklet of the information on the officials who were eligible to be elected and distribute it to the officials participating in the court promotion. This is to make voters more familiar with the candidates, which is quite a bit of a later election.

On the day of Tingtui, the secretary should have presided over the meeting. But now that the secretary of the ministry is vacant, and the left waiter of the ministry is a candidate, he simply invited the secretary of the ministry to preside over it.

The Ministry of Officials Wenxuan Shilang, as the deputy host of the meeting, first delivered a speech: "The Ministry of Officials is still the book, and the heavenly officials are also." Its position is vacant, which is not conducive to the social ...... Mao Shangshu, please draw the title. ””

said a lot of things, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, announced the start of the court push: "The choice of the secretary of the ministry, Jiang Mian is the positive push, and Liao Ji is the escort." ”

This is to determine the candidates for the main and vice, and during the Zhengde years, there were only two candidates.

Starting from Jiajing, not only did a large number of officials participate in the voting, but even the number of candidates has gradually increased, and ten candidates have occurred.

Of course, if you are not satisfied with the candidate, you can also write the names of other officials - in this case, it is usually the emperor who is playing tricks and quietly ordering the minister to recommend the official of his choice. Moreover, it was the case that there was a major conflict between the emperor and the courtiers, because the emperor himself was qualified to nominate officials.

Wang Yuan received a blank piece of paper, and he wrote directly: "Liao Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, is unswerving, iron-faced, selfless, well-known, and abides by the courtiers." The position of the heavenly official, the great weapon of the country, the person who was elected to serve the public, I intend to push Mao Ji. ”

This is a "strip pair", it doesn't need to be written too much, and it can't be signed.

Before Emperor Wanli fooled around, the court was voted by secret ballot, and it was impossible to quarrel and debate on the spot.

Moreover, officials are all in a cabinet style, and it is easy to confuse handwriting, and it is impossible to determine who voted for whom by recognizing the handwriting.

When all the voters have collected their pens, the officials of the Ministry of Literature and Election began to collect votes, and the Ministry of Literature and Election Division was responsible for counting the votes. The results of the votes will not be announced, nor will they affect the results of the election, because they will be handed over to the emperor.

Generally speaking, the emperor should choose the main candidate, and no matter how bad it is, he should also choose a deputy candidate, which is a manifestation of the monarch's respect for the ministers.

However, the emperor was sometimes dissatisfied with all the candidates, so he had to make a second court push. If the emperor is still not satisfied, then the third court push will be carried out, and it will not be pushed out, then the emperor will personally nominate the candidate!

The list of candidates is drawn up by the cabinet and submitted to the celebrant, who then submits it to the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao did not immediately reply, but called Wang Yuan to the leopard room: "Who is Erlang pushing?" ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, according to the old system, ministers are not allowed to reveal. ”

"Say it." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Wang Yuan said: "Liao Tingchen." ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Liao Ji is your person?" ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly defended: "When Liao Tingchen (Liao Ji) was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials was Yang Yingning (Yang Yiqing) Yang Ge Lao. ”

Zhu Houzhao instantly understood: "That Liao Ji should be Yang Yiqing's person." Lu Wan has been a secretary for several years, but he didn't drive Liao Ji away, it seems that this Liao Ji really has some ability. ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Yuan flattered.

"Let's choose Liao Ji." Zhu Houzhao replied with a red pen.

The selection of the official secretary is so determined, and the final decision is still in the hands of the emperor.

I am afraid that a certain person will be in favor of the government and the opposition, and the list of candidates will be full of his henchmen, so that the emperor has no choice at all.

The really bad thing is Wanli, which made Tingtui a secret ballot. It can simply be noisy, depending on who is louder, and those who are disobedient will be retaliated against, which breeds the soil of fierce party strife in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the next month, Wang Yuan couldn't do anything except give lessons to the prince, because he also had to promote the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials and the Left Waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Yang Tinghe's henchman Jiang Mian, at this time in charge of the Imperial House and the Hanlin Academy, since the Ministry of Officials did not fight, naturally he would not fight for the left servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Yang Tinghe is engaged in tandem over there, and Wang Yuan, Jin Gui, Yang Yiqing and others are also in tandem.

Everyone fought back and forth, and the emperor came to make a stroke of money, and transferred Wang Feng into Beijing according to the inspection of Guangdong, and appointed him as the left attendant of the ministry.

The courtiers were all dumbfounded.

The old man Huang Ke was confused, called Wang Yuan to drink, and asked, "What is the situation with this Wang Hong?" ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I have some understanding of this matter, Wang Feng has entered the eyes of His Majesty." He was not a henchman, but he took the initiative to defeat the Francophile in Tuen Mun and demolished the castle built by the Franco. His Majesty is bent on overseas expansion, and Wang Feng knows a lot about naval warfare, so I am afraid that he will be transferred to the military department in the future. ”

"Just a province and a province are directly promoted to the left servant of the ministry, which is also a bit outrageous." Huang Ke shook his head and sighed.

Although the two official positions are both positive and third-grade, one is in the sky and the other is still in the ground.

attracted the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty because it was extremely absurd.

But it's just Zuo Shilang, not Shangshu, the emperor really has the power to appoint it, and Wang Feng is also qualified to serve as a minister.

It is estimated that Zhu Houzhao was troubled by the courtiers' quarrels, and suddenly threw an olive branch to Yang Tinghe, proposing to pull Jiang Mian into the cabinet. This political deal made Yang Tinghe very satisfied, and Zhu Houzhao also took the opportunity to promote his henchmen to take charge of the imperial house.

Who's that henchman?

Qiao Yu, a student of Yang Yiqing, previously served as the No. 1 real power figure in Nanjing's military department, the official of Nanjing.

The hundred officials of the imperial court finally reacted, and the final winner of this political struggle was actually the fucking Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde!

Zhu Houzhao not only promoted Wang Hong, who was proficient in maritime affairs, to be the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, but also used Qiao Yuzhang to control the Imperial House and the Hanlin Academy. Yang Tinghe could only cooperate with the emperor in order for Jiang Mian to enter the cabinet, and the emperor and Shoufu completed the transaction, what else did the other ministers have to say?

Wang Yuan's harvest also kept Li Qi, and he elected Zhao Huang as the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, which was equivalent to controlling the entire Ministry of Industry.

As for Admiral Zhu Ying's water master, it was given by Zhang Yong for free.

Well, Zhang Yong began to float.

After Zhu Houzhao played with the hundred officials and applauded, he once again neglected the government and ignored the affairs of the court, and handed everything over to Zhang Yongbing. Yang Tinghe accounted for half of the cabinet members, and secretly colluded with Zhang Yong, and began to frantically promote his cronies to be middle-level officials, and the handling of the government was all based on his will.

Even, the two joined forces to block the inside and outside. If the six ministries want to do something, either through Yang Tinghe or through Zhang Yong, otherwise they can only ask Wang Yuan to hand over the excerpt.

Wang Yuan is really at the pinnacle of power, after all, except for Yang Tinghe and Zhang Yong, only he can speak now.