Chapter 49: Political Maneuvering
Although the word Tingtui is simple, for Daming officialdom, Tingtui is definitely a big deal. Where it is a court push, what has to be decided is the personnel issues of the high-level, especially this is the first time that Zhu Yijun has presided over the court push.
Officials inside and outside the court are paying attention to this matter, and everyone wants to see the emperor's ability through this matter, or to see the emperor's quality.
Although many things were done in the name of the emperor in the past, everyone knew that Zhang Ju was in charge, and this time the court push was very crucial.
When Zhu Yijun walked into the court push scene in a dragon robe, more than a dozen ministers hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and only when Zhu Yijun sat down did Zhu Yijun speak: "All Aiqing are exempt from courtesy!" When everyone got up, Zhu Yijun's gaze swept over everyone's faces.
The people who participated in the court push included six Shangshu, and in addition to the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, Dali Siqing, and the political envoy, this is the nine Qings of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to these Jiuqing, there are also two cabinet scholars, Zhang Siwei and Lu Tiaoyang. In addition to these two people, there are also several squires of the six departments, but they are all foils, or bystanders.
Familiarity with the process is also a kind of preferential treatment for them, including Zeng Shengwu, the left attendant of the military department.
Ma Ziqiang and Shen Shixing are going to be pushed into the cabinet by the court, these two people are also here at this time, from the official position, Ma Ziqiang is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he should be here. Shen Shixing is the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and he is also eligible to participate.
"Lu Aiqing, let's start!" Zhu Yijun glanced at Lu Tiaoyang and said.
According to the normal process, Tingtui is presided over by the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, is not there, and the heavy responsibility of presiding naturally falls on Lu Tiaoyang. Lu Tiaoyang was also the only person present who was sitting except for Zhu Yijun.
This is also the special treatment of the first and second assistants, and only these two people can sit at the time of the court.
"Obey the order!" Lu Tiaoyang stood up and sat down again after receiving the order, and then spoke: "The first item of today's court push, the cabinet is vacant, and Zhang Ge Lao recommended Ma Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Shen Shilang of the Ministry of Officials to enter the cabinet. ”
When Ma Ziqiang heard Lu Tiaoyang say this, his heart immediately lifted.
Entering the cabinet can be said to be the ultimate pursuit of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Ziqiang's qualifications are not enough, and he is weak when he is promoted, and now he is about to enter the cabinet, how can he not be nervous. I couldn't help but look around and listened quietly.
Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers in the hall with a smile on his face.
Cabinet Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei are the first to look forward to Zhang Juzheng, and now they are recommending the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Ma Ziqiang, and the Ministry of Rites is naturally no problem. There is no one in the Ministry of Officials for the time being, and since Zhang Han Zhishi, the Ministry of Officials has become Zhang Juzheng himself.
It can be seen that Zhang Juzheng doesn't want to hand over the ministry for the time being, and Shen Shixing, the left servant of the ministry who represents the ministry, naturally won't be stupid enough to jump out. In addition to Ma Ziqiang, he is also going to enter the cabinet.
Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household department, was originally the governor of Liaodong, single-handedly promoted Li Chengliang, and under the leadership of him and Li Chengliang, Liaodong defeated the barbarians. Zhang Xueyan was also promoted by Zhang Juzheng, and he received a lot of support from Zhang Juzheng when he was in Liaodong.
Li Youzi, the head of the household department, is a loyal fan of Zhang Juzheng and the initiator of Zhang Juzheng's love.
Wang Chonggu, the secretary of the military department, had already supported Zhang Juzheng's reform, and he had the idea that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he was going to go home, so he naturally stood aside and did not speak.
The Ministry of Industry Shangshu is Guo Chaobin, known as the favored minister of the Jiangling family.
is notoriously pragmatic, never participates in the seizure of power, and is Zhang Juzheng's confidant. Guo Chaobin did not participate in this kind of thing, not to mention that it was recommended by Zhang Juzheng, and he would not stand up against it.
Wu Baipeng, formerly known as Wu Bopeng, was praised by the emperor for his meritorious service in resisting the Japanese, and the emperor was rewarded for giving the imperial pen "to people from the hundred" and then renamed "Baipeng". understands war, is strong, has a fiery temperament, and is a person who can't rub sand in his eyes.
Of course, he doesn't like any etiquette dogma, so he is also very compatible with Zhang Juzheng, and he can be regarded as a supporter of Zhang Juzheng.
In the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, basically all of them are Zhang Juzheng's people, whether it is Shangshu or Shilang, they are basically promoted by Zhang Juzheng.
Chen Zhan, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, is upright, a very serious person, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, with profound qualifications, and Zhang Juzheng does not dare to offend easily.
It's just that this person sits very firmly in the position of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is also because he does not easily participate in the affairs of the regime in the DPRK and China. Adhering to the principle that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has little involvement in everything, he just squinted his eyes and didn't speak.
Zhu Yijun looked at them one by one, and everyone's information went through their minds.
This is still the top power center of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Juzheng has installed so many people, so what about the local governor? Obviously, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as having power all over the world. It's just that whether these people support Zhang Juzheng's reform policy or support Zhang Juzheng as a person, Zhu Yijun doesn't know.
It is no wonder that in history, if Emperor Wanli wants to take back power, he must come to a big sweep, but such a sweep will inevitably implicate the innocent, and at the same time, it will inevitably make personnel issues become the mainstream.
drove out the Jiangling faction, came the Qizhejiang Chu Party, drove away the Qizhejiang Chu Party, and came to the Donglin Party, just thinking about driving it away is not enough.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of two words: balance, imperial power lies in balance, and sure enough, these two words are the key. An emperor who can't balance can't do well, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, that one is a master!
In the future, the party balanced the relatives and family valves headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, and the effect was also very good.
It's just that Li Zhi didn't expect that he had cultivated an eternal empress, who would dare to think before Wu Zetian. Li Zhi may have been prepared for Wu Zetian to listen to the government after his death, or to be Empress Lu, but he didn't expect her to ascend the throne.
Wu Zetian is ruthless!
However, Wu Zetian can only return the government to the Li family in the end, which also shows the limitations of women, her son's surname is Li, and she can't give the world to her nephew! For Li Zhi, the meat is rotten in the pot after all.
The people below didn't speak, and Zhu Yijun didn't speak, looking at Zhang Siwei with a smile, and then at Shen Shixing with a smile.
There are more than a dozen people here, but they are the highest authority of the Ming Dynasty, everyone's thoughts are different, everyone's thoughts are different, and the interest groups represented by each person are different, but they are sitting here, and Zhu Yijun has to admire Zhang Juzheng's wrist.
It is not the key to make them honest, the key is to make them obedient and do things according to their own ideas, which is a political trick.