In fact, the bigwigs of the imperial court, especially the bigwigs of the foreign courts, are basically all-rounders!

The cabinet does not say for the time being, the Qing Dynasty has its own set of processes, but the Outer Dynasty is not, the six Shangshu of the Outer Dynasty, plus the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and called the Seven Qings.

In fact, there is an invisible ranking above the court, and the first place is naturally the undoubted official Shangshu, the head of the foreign court.

Next is the Hubu Shangshu and the Zuodu Yushi, which is the second most powerful figure above the court, and the next is the military department, the criminal department, and the Ministry of Industry.

As for the Ministry of Rites, it is a rather strange official position, if you talk about real power, there is no doubt that it is the last position among the Seven Secretaries, but the Ministry of Rites is the only clear official position among the Seven Secretaries, so it cannot be judged solely on real power.

Then the problem is, if an official, after entering the Shiji and the first, if he can't enter the Hanlin Academy to become a Shujishi, then he will be sent to the foreign dynasty to start moving, and the official department is the apex, but before that, the official must be transferred to the six departments of the capital for a long time before he has the opportunity to become the official secretary.

And the only criterion for becoming a secretary is that first of all, you must be one of the Seven Secretaries!

For example, Sun Piyang was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and was in charge of the election.

That is to say, before becoming the secretary of the ministry, Sun Tianguan had already been transferred to the sixth ministry for a long time, and naturally he had also been in the household department, and had been a household servant for a long time, so Zhao Shiqing was not surprised that Sun Piyang was so familiar with economic matters.

To his surprise, this should not have been said by Sun Shangshu!

There are always some unspoken rules in the imperial court, such as not exceeding your authority, you know, now is not discussing whether to replace the mining tax with a whip law, but how to replace the mining tax with a whip law.

If it is the former, naturally everyone present must express their attitude, but the latter, to put it mildly, is the business of the head of the household department.

It should be Zhao Shiqing who should express his opinion, even if the matter is tricky and needs to be discussed by everyone, it should be put forward by Zhao Shiqing, not by Sun Piyang directly.

His behavior, just like Zhao Shiqing, the head of the household department, went to the ministry to instruct Sun Shangshu and which official position should be arranged, which is a serious ultra vires behavior.

If all the courtiers are like this, then won't the entire court be chaotic?

It should be said that people who have reached this point are aware of this taboo, so since the big guys expressed their attitudes just now, it has been Wang Xijue and Zhao Shiqing who have asked each other questions, and everyone has remained silent with interest, just wait for the two to discuss a result, and today's court discussion should be over.

But the strange thing is that Sun Piyang actually spoke, and said a whole set of plans freely.

The plan is good, but this kind of behavior does violate the rules, so for a while, all the courtiers were a little stunned, and a familiar doubt rose in their hearts, Sun Tianguan was stimulated today, right?

"Ahem, this matter is in the hands of the household, what Sun Shangshu just said is also quite reasonable, I don't know what Da Situ thinks?"

Coughing lightly, Wang Xijue asked helplessly.

Sun Piyang's behavior is a violation of the rules, but this rule is an unspoken rule, and he can't directly blame Sun Piyang, so he has to turn a big thing into a small matter, and send the initiative back to Zhao Shiqing's hands, which can be regarded as a round.

"I don't have any opinion, what Otsuka Zai said is very true, and the old man also thinks it is quite appropriate, so that he can implement it in one place first, so that the court can see the effect, and then make a conclusion! But this place has to be carefully chosen......"

Zhao Shiqing gathered his thoughts, but said with a smile.

Since the first assistant boss came forward to play a round, he couldn't help but give this face, not to mention that after Sun Shangshu finished speaking, he gave him an apologetic look, obviously because he was distressed, not intentionally offended.

Zhao Shiqing is not a person with a small amount of energy, and he will expose the matter by pushing the boat down the river.

However, his last sentence aroused everyone's interest, and where should this first knife be chosen is a topic that needs to be discussed......

You know, where the place of execution is chosen, it is closely related to who is sent!

If this whip law is to be implemented, it must be successful, this is the consensus of all the bigwigs present, otherwise, what will they do to persuade the emperor to abolish the mining tax.

So to a certain extent, this is an errand to get political achievements, and naturally they all want to get on their side.

"In the old man's opinion, since it is to make up for the use of the national treasury, it is natural to choose a state capital with a large tax, and it must be a large grain-producing government, otherwise it is difficult to see the effect! And half of the taxes in our dynasty rely on the southeast, of which Suzhou is the heaviest, followed by Songjiang Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion and Huzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion again. ”

Zhao Shiqing said softly.

After saying that, he kept silent, he naturally knew that although such a major event was the weight of the household's discourse, it was no longer something that the household could decide on its own.

Just like when the imperial court selects important cabinet ministers, it will not be fully handed over to the ministers, but the officials will put forward a list of candidates, and then the specific candidates will be finalized after the court discussion.

Now it happens to be a court meeting, so Zhao Shangshu simply mentioned a few candidates, and waited for others to speak their minds.

"Su Song Road is a heavy tax land, not to be moved lightly, Changzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion are a little insufficient, so the old man thinks that it is more appropriate to choose Jiaxing Mansion or Huzhou Mansion!"

As soon as Zhao Shiqing's voice fell, Li Tingji, a cabinet scholar who had been silent for a long time, spoke.

Everyone's hearts moved, and they suddenly remembered, according to the practice of the imperial court, the errand sent to the local area must follow the principle of avoiding the hometown, lest the ministers go to the locality, first, all kinds of personal relations, to do things to restrain their hands, and second, to prevent officials and local gentry from colluding and concealing the imperial court, so whether the officials are released or go to the local place to run errands, the yamen must not be stationed within 500 miles around the hometown.

Among the six candidates pointed out by Zhao Shiqing, Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion and Changzhou Mansion belong to Nanzhili, while Jiaxing Mansion, Huzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion belong to Zhejiang Province.

Li Gelao's words are very obvious!

You must know that a certain pavilion elder present is the leader of the Zhejiang Party, and most of the people under him are from Zhejiang......

"This is a bad statement, the imperial court has already set a major policy, it will be elected as a heavily taxed place, showing the determination of the imperial court, how can it be fearful, the old man thinks, when Su and Song choose one of the two mansions!"

Zhu Geng, who was targeted, did not let in the slightest, and said-for-tat.

The ministers are silent, Su Songdao is the important place of the country, the affairs are complicated, the non-virtuous and respectable, the seniors can't control the scene, and the imperial party led by the last cabinet elder is the most lacking in the court, what is most lacking is seniority......