Qianqing Palace.

This day is the day of Tingtui.

Zhu Houzhao also specially returned to the Qianqing Palace, sat on the dragon chair, and looked at the cabinet scholars of the Ming Dynasty and the nine secretaries of the six ministries.

These people formed the ruling core of the Ming Empire.

But it was these people who became the key chess pieces in the game of the Ming Dynasty.

Maybe it's related to the original "democratic and free" atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, or maybe it really feels that the new emperor Zhu Houzhao is an emperor who doesn't care about anything more and doesn't have to care that this is in front of the emperor, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, etc. did not hide their disgust for Ma Wensheng and others.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian's unkind gaze at Ma Wensheng and Liu Jin as if watching a play, and just smiled secretly.

Ma Wensheng was in a good mood at this time, especially when he saw Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers gritting their teeth and being helpless about him.

However, Ma Wensheng was one of the few ministers who knew that Emperor Zhu Houzhao's mind was not a young and ignorant minister, so he didn't dare to show the slightest domineering appearance in Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jian and the others only thought that Ma Wensheng would definitely choose his own people this time, and even Xie Qian had directly soured: "In the future, there will be more horses in this military department." ”

Ma Wensheng did not fight back explicitly, he believed that His Majesty Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on it, was clear.

Only Ma Wensheng himself knows that although he is nominally the official who elected the secretary of the military department, but in fact, he knows that he is not choosing the secretary of the military department for himself, but choosing a reliable secretary of the military department for His Majesty, so he has to be cautious and can't just consider whether he is a person from his own faction.

Since Zhu Houzhao looked for Ma Wensheng late at night that day, Ma Wensheng began to realize that Zhu Houzhao was not an emperor without a city government, and in the last court meeting about the little prince's buckle, he was also the only minister who carefully observed Zhu Houzhao, and he had already seen that Zhu Houzhao had long been dissatisfied with Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, otherwise he would not have guessed that Liu Daxia's death was related to Zhu Houzhao.

Even because of Liu Daxia's death, Ma Wensheng began to have some fear of Zhu Houzhao, and did not dare to form a party for himself too obviously, so this time the military selection department Shangshu can be appointed as an official, he basically chooses officials with both qualifications and ability, not all of them are his protégés, but one thing is certain, they are not the protégés of the three cabinets.

Ma Wensheng reported to Zhu Houzhao and the Jiuqing Cabinet present the candidates for the new post of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and explained their resumes one by one, including Wang Shi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Wang Hua, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Jin, the left attendant of the Military Department, and Yang Yiqing, the left deputy governor of Shaanxi.

Among them, only Wang Hua, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jin, the left attendant of the Military Department, are not people who have an officialdom relationship with Ma Wensheng, but they are not people from the cabinet such as Liu Jian, and they are all people who do not form parties or go to the outside world.

Although the other people are Ma Wensheng, they are indeed capable, and Wang Shi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, needless to say, has official qualifications there, and there is no point to refute at all from the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu to the Military Department Shangshu.

After Ma Wensheng recommended the candidacy for the Ministry of War, it was the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries who voted on it.

Obviously, Liu Jian and others didn't want to cheapen Ma Wensheng, so they deliberately voted for Wang Hua, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jin, the left waiter of the Ministry of War.

In other words, it is impossible for the new military department to be a member of the party such as Liu Jian or Ma Wensheng.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile secretly, thinking that this would be cheaper for himself, because as the emperor, what he wants is someone who does not form a party, this kind of person means that he is in a party with the emperor, and the dispute between friends has always been a great harm to the dynasty, and these people who do not form friends are naturally more conducive to their own government.

Generally speaking, Tingtui would choose two, and in the end, the emperor himself would choose one.

As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao still has this right.

Because when all forces are balanced, he, the emperor, is the only person who has the effect of law

Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian and others all looked at Zhu Houzhao, and they wanted to know who Zhu Houzhao would choose.

Zhu Houzhao directly supported his forehead: "It's too difficult to choose, if Liu Aiqing didn't die, it wouldn't be so troublesome." ”

Zhu Houzhao's sentence made Liu Jian and others more convinced that Zhu Houzhao was a faint gentleman who was not enterprising, so they despised him even more, and naturally they were even more suspicious that Liu Daxia was blown up by Zhu Houzhao.

Ma Wensheng smiled slightly, admiring his acting skills as His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhu Hou glanced at Liu Jin, and at this time, Liu Jin needed to come out and continue to perform Zhu Houzhao's script.

So, the smart Liu Jin decisively said one more sentence behind Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, since it is difficult to choose, it is better to think about it first, after all, this military department is an important official position related to the safety of my Ming Dynasty, how can you be hasty, now Your Majesty is also tired, it is time to go back to the leopard room to rest, and it is not too late to give an answer when the time comes." ”

"What Liu Daban said is very true, you Aiqing, I am also lacking, who should be the secretary of the military department, let me think about it again, you should step back first, and I will determine the new candidate for the secretary of the military department at that time."

Zhu Houzhao stretched and yawned as he spoke.

Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars were quite annoyed in their hearts, they were not annoyed by Zhu Houzhao's cynical appearance, but annoyed that Liu Jin, a eunuch, came to the court to push the scene and even successfully interfered in the government.

In their opinion, Liu Jin's ambition to deliberately manipulate the government is already a real hammer!

This made Liu Jian and other cabinet scholars feel the crisis, and they began to worry more and more that Liu Jin would be in charge of the inner court, and His Majesty would listen to him, which would mean that Liu Jin would be in power all over the world.

What's more, it seems that Liu Jin is still in collusion with the elders of the Four Dynasties like Ma Wensheng.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others all had bad faces, and they all had a feeling that Liu Jin and Ma Wensheng were going to frame them.

Regardless of whether Liu Jian and others have persecution paranoia, Zhu Houzhao is in a very good mood now, and it can even be said that he has experienced the pleasure of being an emperor for the first time now.

Because now, with just one word from him, he can decide on a high-ranking official equivalent to the Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff.

Although for Wang Hua, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Jin, the left waiter of the Ministry of War, Zhu Houzhao can choose anyone, and he is more at ease with these two people, the former is from the champion, his son Wang Yangming is very famous and is a figure that Zhu Houzhao has always wanted to meet, and the latter is from the governor of the border town, and now he has a relationship with himself as the emperor through Liu Jin.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't choose casually, he already had a candidate he wanted, but he wouldn't let this person be promoted to the secretary of the military department in vain.

Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin, thinking that now he was afraid that Liu Jin had already carried a lot of pots for himself, and he had to give Liu Jin a little sweetness.

So, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Liu Jin, I give you the opportunity to be a favor, you go and ask Xu Jin if he is interested in joining the Zhongjun Society that I asked you to organize the day before yesterday, if you want, apply to join, but don't say that it is what I mean, say that it is what you mean, just say that the Zhongjun Society can help him become the secretary of the military department, in terms of fame and qualifications, he is not as good as Wang Hua, he is from the top of the family." ”