Wang Chonggu was a native of Puzhou, Shanxi, Jiajing for 20 years, and was appointed as the head of the Criminal Department at the beginning, starting from Langzhong, successively serving as the prefect of Anqing and Runing, and was transferred to the deputy envoy of Changzhen Military Garrison, and the envoy of Shaanxi according to the inspection, and the official to the political envoy of Henan Youbu.

Henan's right political envoy is an official position from the second grade, and the imperial governor of Ningxia, the right governor of the Imperial Palace, is only the fourth grade, and it has fallen by three levels here.

It's just that in the official system of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing officials and local officials have already formed two different systems.

When Beijing officials are released to local areas, they are usually promoted to three levels and appointed, and it is not only difficult for local officials to jump into the Beijing official system, but also have to lower their ranks.

Like Xu Jie, who was exiled in the past, he was promoted from an official to the deputy envoy of Jiangxi Province who was the fourth grade, but he was "promoted" to return to Beijing to wash horses from the Fifth Rank Department and Economic Bureau.

Now that Wang Chonggu is a local official, if he can return to the Beijing official system with the right side of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the four grades, the essence is already "bright and dark". Even if he can't return to the headquarters of the capital in the future, he can still be transferred to the governors in various places, which is far better than a high-ranking but powerless political envoy.

It is precisely in this way that Yang Bo recommended Wang Chonggu to compete for the right place of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but not to harm this fellow villager in Puzhou, Shanxi, but to give Wang Chonggu the opportunity to change from a local official to a Beijing official, so as to start a new career journey.

Although Wang Chonggu did nothing in the Criminal Department in the past, and was released because of the middle and lower grades in the Beijing Chacha that year, he had a relatively beautiful resume in the local area.

When he was especially appointed as the deputy envoy of Changzhen's military garrison, although Nanzhili Changzhen was not on the front line of the anti-Japanese war, it was thanks to Hu Zongxian's booby-trapping of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, the two major Japanese gangs, that he followed Yu Dayou to kill some remnants, so that he was promoted to the Shaanxi Provincial Inspector for his merits.

Wang Chonggu has a beautiful resume, both in terms of qualifications and status is far better than Zhang Wei, when Yang Bo threw out this candidate, many people thought that Zhang Wei was bound to lose.

The court push of the governor usually elects two or three people, one main push and one or two accompanying pushers, and this time in addition to Zhang Wei, the right general secretary of the general secretary and Wang Chonggu, the right political secretary of Henan, there is also Xu Yi, who mentions the imperial history.

The location of Tingtui was arranged in the Ziguang Pavilion in Xiyuan, which was the place where Jiajing convened the ministers to discuss the matter, but they chose the side hall.

In addition to Huang Yangmeng, the right attendant of the household department and the governor of Cangchang, who was not present in Tongzhou City, and Dong Fen, the left attendant of the ministry, had left Beijing for Shandong, the twenty-three officials who were eligible to participate in the court push were present one after another to participate in the meeting push ceremony.

In the past, it was different from being able to meet each other every day, but now that so many ministers have gathered together, it is a rare gathering, and many officials have already talked enthusiastically with each other.

In the same year, fellow villagers and former colleagues have long been closely connected to each other. For example, Yang Bo, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Huang Guangsheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, were in the same year, Wu Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Lei Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, were fellow villagers, and Yan Ne, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Li Chunfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were old bureaucrats.

The relationship between the Shangshu level can be so close to each other, and the relationship between the three officials below such as the squire and the general envoy is even more complicated, causing everyone to talk very eagerly.

Xu Jie, a cabinet scholar, and Yuan Wei were also present, but they did not participate in the court push, but only came to observe. According to the convention, the official who presided over the local governor and the court was the official of the Ministry of Officials.

Although the status of cabinet ministers continued to rise, and in this dynasty, Yan Song's "solitary appearance" appeared, but the scholars were only officials of the fifth grade in the early Ming Dynasty, and they were not qualified to participate at all.

In this era of emphasizing the ancestral system, even if the power of the cabinet chief assistant is large enough, they still have to follow this tradition, so it has become a common practice for cabinet scholars not to participate in the court election.

Of course, although they did not participate directly, Xu Jie, as the leader of the Xu Party, and the fact that he was the link between Tingtui and the emperor, greatly affected the final result.

In this side hall, the corresponding chairs have already been prepared, and the officials are seated one after another.

The Ming Dynasty was a country that attached great importance to the sense of ritual, and sent Count Wu to worship the gods of clouds, rain, wind, Leiyue, Zhenhai, mountains and rivers, and sent dukes to worship the gods of the land and the gods of the five grains, and sacrificed to the Taimiao or Confucian saints was necessary for the important ministers of the court.

Originally, there were two kinds of pushing, but it was based on "standing pushing for respect, sitting for humility".

It was only in this dynasty that the appointment power of the cabinet, the Shangshu and some of the chamberlains and important governors was firmly in the hands of the emperor, and the appointment was carried out by "special decree".

Now the official court push is not very important official positions, and the status of each official participating in the court push is higher than the status of the person who is elected, so it is natural to use the seat push.

The official secretary sat on the left, the two elders watched on the right, and the rest of the officials were on both sides.

There is no fixed order between the five Shangshu and the Imperial History of Zuodu, Yan Ne, the Shangshu of the Household Department, and Li Chunfang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, are already Zhun Ge Lao, but the one sitting in the first place is Yang Bo, the Shangshu of the Military Department.

In this regard, many officials secretly exchanged glances and silently observed the development of the situation.

According to the past practice, sitting in the first place is the most senior Shangshu Lei Li of the Ministry of Industry, who has been in office for more than five years and is the most senior veteran Shangshu.

However, Yang Bo was a jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing, and it seems that he also counted the secretary of the military department who was suspended in the local area, but he sat on the first seat without concession.

The officials saw that the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Lei Li was sitting in the second position with a calm face, and the two elders above did not choose to say anything, as if Quan Dang did not see it.

It's just that everyone understands in their hearts that this Yang Weiyue is pampered and arrogant, and he is already going to slander himself as the first person under the elder.

Although Lin Haoran is still young, he is the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites after all. Because he was appointed in front of Ma Sen, the left attendant of the household department, he was also above Ma Sen, and in front of him were the three other six left attendants, and his status was already the twelfth.

He also saw Yang Bo grabbing the front of Lei Li, but he saw that Lei Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, did not have a dispute, so he, an "outsider", naturally would not talk much.

Officialdom is actually very delicate, and many things are not static, especially such an emperor who does not play cards according to the rules, which makes this court also chaotic.

Lu Guangzu suddenly walked in from outside in a hurry, muttering in Wu Shan's ear, Wu Shan's face was solemn, and he turned his head to look at Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran found that his father-in-law was looking at him, his face was full of innocence, and his eyes seemed to be lustful.

Wu Shan didn't have the skill of mind reading after all, and he didn't see through Lin Haoran's heart. First, he followed Xu Jie and Yuan Wei to talk in a low voice, and seemed to have an answer, so he walked to the hall.

This anomaly naturally couldn't escape everyone's attention, and the hall was already silent, and they all looked at Wu Shan curiously.

Wu Shan met everyone's curious gaze and said to the officials present: "Zhang Wei, the right general secretary of the General Administration Department, thinks that he lacks military talent and does not dare to compete for the post of governor of Ningxia, so he requests that his name be deleted!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many officials looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Wei's words were obviously an excuse, he knew that he couldn't compete with Wang Chonggu, the right-hand political envoy of Henan Province recommended by Yang Bo, so he chose to take the initiative to withdraw, so as to save a little face.

Yang Bo's brows furrowed slightly, in essence, he was a bold and careful person, but he looked up at Lin Haoran suspiciously.

Although Wang Chonggu's qualifications and prestige are far superior to Zhang Wei's, his influence is not as good as that of Wu Shan, and the names of Wang Chonggu, Zhang Wei and Xu Yi were sent to the emperor, and the emperor might not circle Zhang Wei.

Now even if Zhang Wei knows that he is losing, he does not have to flee from the battle like this, and this flaunts his lack of military talent, and it is even more cut off from the way of the governor or governor of the border area.

As soon as he thought of this, he wondered if this could be the boy's conspiracy.

Just looking at Lin Haoran's ugly face, he found that he seemed to be thinking too much, this is just a hairy boy with a brain after all. And now that Zhang Wei has escaped, he is afraid that he will also lack the skills to return to heaven.

"Huh...... It seems that this Wang Hongtu is also self-aware! When someone learned that Chen Wei had escaped, he whispered.

Wu Shan still maintained an unsmiling face, and announced again: "This election is Henan Right Imperial History King Chonggu and Tixue Imperial History Xu Yi, the resumes and previous inspections of these two have been delegated to you, and now a total of one worthy of the appointment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the right Imperial History Governor of Ningxia, I hope that all the monarchs can uphold the public heart and recommend the emperor to be promoted!" ”

The result of the court push is not final, and the emperor has the right to reject the re-election, or choose others from several candidates, and even appoint them through a "special decree".

The absence of a candidate is actually an irrelevant matter, especially since everyone knows that the position of the governor of Ningxia must belong to Wang Chonggu, a native of Puzhou, Shanxi, who belongs to Yang Bo.

Wu Shan nodded lightly to Lu Guangzu and the other officials, and asked these officials who assisted from the side to distribute the blank inscriptions, and let the officials present write down the candidates they liked.

This court push adopts the method of open casting, and there is no room for black-box operation, and the question book is written by everyone, and then sent to the case of Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, and there are officials who sing votes on the spot.

Xu Yi is Xu Jie's protégé and fellow villager, who has made great achievements in serving as the imperial history of the two Huai patrols in the past, and has the brand of the Xu Party, which is already very competitive.

It's just that history has gone a little wrong after all. Xu Yizuo's request to restore the old practice of Huai salt seems to be a move to protect the stove households, but with Lin Haoran cleaning up the salt administration, his past actions are more like favoring salt merchants, which makes things difficult for the two Huai salts.

Now it is already a grace that he can be promoted from the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial Envoy to the Imperial History, but if he wants to compete for the position of Ningxia Governor, he still lacks a little heat.

Qian Bangyan, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, was a person from Nanzhili, but he still voted for Wang Chonggu.

The result was not unexpected, Wang Chonggu, the political envoy of Henan's right, was named Gan Xia, the governor of the imperial history of the right of the Imperial Procuratorate, with a high vote, and Xu Yi, who was the right governor of the Imperial History, only got two votes, which can be described as a fiasco.

Yang Bo glanced at Lin Haoran proudly, but he saw a face without waves.

Lin Haoran had long expected this result, according to the news he had gotten, Xu Yi was actually taken out to accompany him, and Xu Jie did not plan to promote Xu Yi to the throne.

According to the current situation of Tingtui, although the northern officials of Yang Bo and the United States have been united, Guo Pu has already gone home, and Gao Gong has not yet ascended to the throne, and his influence is not as good as Xu Jie, nor is it as good as his father-in-law.

"The results of this court push have been completed, and I will jointly play with the Yuan Pavilion Elders' Association and present the results of the court push to the emperor! If you're all right, please come back now! After Xu Jie saw the results, he said gently to the officials present.

The officials were a little reluctant in their hearts, but they were still ready to leave.

But at this time, a person suddenly stood up and said: "Lord Yuanfu, since the matter of Yang Shangying's greed for ink has been investigated, I don't know how to deal with it?" ”

When Yang Bo saw Lin Haoran standing up from his seat, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and immediately looked at this person with a gloomy face, and said in his heart: This kid is really worrying!

When the officials heard this, they all looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie first glanced at Yang Bo, and then responded: "According to the rules of the Ministry of War, Yang Shangying, the governor of Zhejiang, has made outstanding achievements in resisting the Japanese in the past, so he has decided to dismiss him!" ”

This is the difference between someone and no one in the court, in the past, Qi Jiguang committed a crime and even lost the grace of the hereditary hundred households, but now Yang Shangying is just dismissed from his post and has no corresponding severe punishment.

Lin Haoran glanced at Yang Bo, and immediately said with a straight face: "The general army of Zhejiang is greedy for the salary of the soldiers in the army, and Zhao Bingran, the governor of Zhejiang, is not aware of it, how should he deal with it?" ”

This......

When the officials heard this, they couldn't help but smile bitterly, and they were already about to cause trouble again.

Li Dengyun, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, had a good relationship with Zhao Bingran, so he stood up and said: "Lin Shilang, what you said is not right!" Yang Shangying, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, is greedy for ink, what does this move have to do with Zhao Shanran? ”

"Zhao Bingran is in charge of Nanzhili and Zhejiang military affairs, and Yang Shangying is greedy for the food and salary of the Mexican army, but he is unconscious, so he is naturally suspected of dereliction of duty!" Lin Haoran immediately said-for-tat.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is using literature to control the military, Yang Shangying, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, is restrained by Zhao Shanran, and Yang Shangying, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, is now found to be greedy for ink, so Zhao Shanran can indeed escape the charge of negligence.

Of course, this can't directly convict Zhao Shanran, but it can already shake Zhao Bingran's position.

Li Dengyun, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, frowned, but he accused: "Lin Shilang, this is all your groundless speculation, I have no precedent for the general army to be greedy for ink and the governor to be responsible!" In addition, he is also the governor of Zhejiang, how can he know everything? ”

"I didn't say that I want Zhao Bingran to be held responsible! Li Shilang actually said that he was tired by the governor of Zhejiang, so this official proposed to cut his post of governor of Zhejiang and choose another fair official to take the position! Lin Haoran responded.

As soon as these words came out, many officials were immediately relieved, and their eyes looked at Lin Haoran with complicated eyes, knowing that they really lived up to the name of Lin Operator.