Chapter 14 Candidates

But for Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying, the conflict between Liu Kongzhao and Zhang Shenyan was completely an accident, so Shi Kefa immediately said: "Zhang Tianguan, sincere uncle, today will push the cabinet ministers, it is a matter of the rise and fall of the country, the two of them must endure each other for the country!"

Ma Shiying also said the same caliber: "The matter of pushing is very important, please take a step back for both Sincerity Bo and Zhang Zongxian!"

With the two of them mediating, this conflict finally came to an end, but Shi Kefa and Lu Daqi both felt that the change in the situation was a bit out of control.

The reason why they allowed the military positions of the governors of the five armies to participate in the promotion was naturally because they hoped to use these military positions to suppress all dissent.

But almost half of these lords are now standing with Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the uncle.

And Liu Yongxi naturally knows what is going on.

In the process of King Fu's accession to the throne, these lords were all politically frustrated.

In the past, the Nanjing garrison hall was a three-legged triumph of civil ministers, lords, and eunuchs, and there were several Nanjing coordinated garrisons under the Nanjing garrison, which were also served by lords, and lords had a pivotal position in the south.

Now that Nanjing has been upgraded to the Beijing Division, there is only the cabinet, the six ministries, and the possible re-establishment of the celebrant and the celebrant who will be re-established, and most of the lords and ministers have actually been excluded from Nanjing's inner circle of power.

Although the two important ministers of Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong were not affected, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji was after Xu Da, and Xu Da was the head of the founding generals, so after Tianshun, Wei Guogong guarded Nanjing for generations, and Nanjing Baiguan Chaohe always ranked first, and Zhao Zhilong, the Duke of Xinguo, as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, naturally had the opportunity to continue to lead the Beijing camp, but the rest of the lords were completely unsettled.

Therefore, seeing the conflict between Liu Kongzhao and Zhang Shenyan, these lords and military officers naturally stood on Liu Kongzhao's side.

And Zhang Shenyan's face was also a little ugly, he didn't expect that he couldn't completely suppress Liu Kongzhao, a reckless man, but his expression quickly became more serious.

Today's ceremony is said to be very important, only slightly inferior to King Fu's ceremony of supervising the country, and the civil officials above the fifth rank in Nanjing and the military positions of the lords of the five military governors are almost the same, and even a few idle people like Liu Yongxi have also mixed in.

But this will eventually push the cabinet ministers, and a pawn like Liu Yongxi can only come to see the excitement but can't really intervene in the push, but Liu Yongxi has understood many keys after watching the crowd.

The meeting will be pushed to the Ministry of Officials to be in charge, and today it is also presided over by Zhang Shenyan, the newly appointed acting Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, who stood on the palace and said loudly: "The country is newly created, and His Majesty the Supervisor has no one in the cabinet, and the special court will recommend a few people for the prison to be selected!" ”

The reason why "Tingtui" is also called "will push" is that a number of candidates are selected by the officials above the fifth grade present for the emperor to select, and the first place is called "Zhengtui", the second is called "Accompanying Tui", and the last is "not pushed".

According to the practice of this dynasty, the emperor must give priority to the first-ranked "positive push", and can only click "escort push" as a last resort.

It's just that the first emperor Chongzhen is particularly suspicious, so his idea of selecting is also imaginative, and he points "accompanying push" and "not pushing" are commonplace, and refusing to push the list to ask for a new round of court push or directly outside the list is also a common thing, and there is even a story of divination, after the court push the list of ministers, the cabinet ministers are decided by the results of drawing lots.

However, this is the first court push after King Fu supervised the country, and everyone felt that His Royal Highness would definitely respect the results of this court push, so the results of this meeting will also completely change the situation of the court.

Zhang Shenyan continued: "I am now acting as a heavenly official, and it is inevitable that there will be melons and plums when I will push, so everyone try to give me a face to push me, and I have also made a rough list of specific candidates who will be pushed, everyone can be elected according to this list, it is a matter of the rise and fall of the country, everyone should not make a noise!" ”

While speaking, the head of the ministry had already sent the list of people who would be pushed, and although Liu Yongxi was considered an idle person, since he was the messenger sent by Empress Zhang to supervise the field, he naturally got a list of people who would be pushed.

It's just that he understands as soon as he gets the list!

In fact, many of the officials who got the list had the same questions.

Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Lu Daqi, Zhang Youyu, Cheng Note, these are all famous figures, even if they are not Shangshu, they are at least six servants!

But who is Ma Chongran? Is this Ma Shiying? But isn't Ma Shiying the word Yaocao? What is the matter with him and Ma Chongran?

Ma Shiying didn't expect Zhang Shenyan and the Donglin Party to play such a trick, although Liu Kongzhao on the side was anxious when he saw the name Ma Chongran, but Ma Shiying still shook his head.

Ma Shiying's word is "Chongran", "Yaocao" is just another word for Ma Shiying, but the alias of Ma Yaocao is much louder than the name Ma Chongran, everyone knows that Ma Yaocao is Ma Shiying, but they don't know that Ma Chongran is also Ma Shiying.

The list has just been sent down, and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, has already stood up and spoke: "I recommend Shi Da Sima to the cabinet!" ”

As soon as Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, said this, he was already cheering, and some people, whether they were civil officials or military officials, said loudly: "Da Sima should enter the cabinet!" ”

"When the country is dying, how can the southern soldiers not enter the cabinet!"

"Shi Daolin should be in the cabinet!"

"It is reasonable for Da Sima to enter the cabinet!"

If the Sixth Department of Beijing is headed by the Ministry of Officials, but the Sixth Department of Nanjing is headed by the Ministry of War, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department is not only "the counselor of the machine" but also "in charge of all the affairs of Nanjing's stay in the capital", Shi Kefa as the first civil minister in the whole Nanjing to enter the cabinet is naturally expected by everyone, not to mention that Nanjing is originally Donglin's absolute advantage in the territory, and the following Donglin officials have stood up to support Shi Kefa into the cabinet.

Now everyone has no objection to Shi Kefa's entry into the cabinet, and even Ma Shiying and Liu Kongzhao feel that it is natural for Shi Kefa to enter the cabinet.

And Shi Kefa thanked everyone and glanced at the crowd again, and put forward his own candidate: "I think the prime minister of Jiaozhou should also join the cabinet." ”

Jiaozhou is Nanjing Hubu Shangshu Gao Hongtu, he is a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong, so they all call him "Gao Jiaozhou".

Everyone was a little surprised by this candidate, after all, Gao Hongtu is not a vein of Donglin, and there have even been some conflicts in history, which has always been known for "not attached to Donglin", Shi Kefa did not recommend people in Donglin but instead recommended Gao Hongtu, which is really an unexpected result.

But Gao Hongtu also gestured to everyone, and everyone immediately understood that a consensus had been reached between him and Shi Kefa, so they immediately ushered in bursts of cheers, and Ma Shiying's expression suddenly became solemn.