Chapter 708: An Unexpected Surprise
To tell the truth, for the courtiers present, this is not a very difficult choice, the so-called dead friends do not die poor, after my death, he will be flooded, and he will abide by the so-called rules, how can there be real benefits in front of him.
For most officials, in the past, they adhered to the rule that non-jinshi were not awarded three grades, in order to ensure that their interests were not infringed upon, because they were all jinshi backgrounds, and allowing non-jinshi to enter the center of the ministry would undoubtedly squeeze their living space, so they would inevitably resist to the death.
And from another aspect, as the best people who have been killed from the imperial examination, no one will feel that they are worse than those so-called miscellaneous and school-born officials, and it should be said that there are many people among them who really feel that people from miscellaneous currents are not virtuous and incompetent, so they are not worthy of entering the ranks of high-ranking officials of the third grade.
But the current situation is that the old civilian forces above the court and the new imperial party are constantly clashing, and according to the lessons of history, the imperial party with the Son of Heaven as the backstage will one day win a comprehensive victory in this confrontation.
Looking at the current center, although the situation is still controlled by the old ministers of the first emperor, how many years can they last? Even if the Son of Heaven doesn't make a move on them, the bodies and bones of these bosses can't allow them to stay in the court for a long time.
And when they retreat, it will undoubtedly be the time when the imperial party will attack in a big way, and when the time comes, the power of the former emperor and the old ministers who have lost the support of the bigwigs will inevitably face the situation of extinction.
But now the emperor is willing to slow down this pace and extend this great purge, which may occur in a few years, to the next few years, or even more than ten years, so as to give these former emperors and former ministers enough security.
Compared with the imperial party, they do not have an advantage in age, but they have an advantage in seniority, and the imperial party originally had the blessing of the dragon's skill, which was enough to offset the disadvantage in seniority, but now that the Son of Heaven has given up this advantage, it also means that in the confrontation for a long time in the future, the first emperor's old minister will have the upper hand.
And the price they need to pay is to break the rule that non-Jinshi will not give three grades, which is actually nothing to the current line of the former emperors and former ministers.
From a rational point of view, their main threat is still the imperialist lineage, with or without this rule!
It's just that when this rule is there, what threatens them is the clear stream of the imperial party, and when this rule is not there, the threat to them is the old ministers of the imperial party, although there is a difference in the number of the two, but there is no difference in essence, but giving up this rule is equivalent to opening up a space for the old ministers of the palace.
As for the rest of the non-Jinshi officials, under the current situation of the imperial court, they are all reduced to the lower levels, and there is no Son of Heaven as a backstage, and there are no big figures in the court to speak for them, why do they want to enter the center.
If there is any harm, I am afraid that after this rule is broken, it will be very harmful to the latecomers, because as long as there is no rule that non-jinshi does not give three products, then slowly, there will always be non-jinshi officials who are promoted to the center, the first batch must be the emperor party, and then there are sporadic low-level officials who have hit the big luck, although the possibility is very small, but as long as this road is not blocked, there will always be lucky people.
Their ascension will undoubtedly squeeze out the space for later Jinshi to survive in the officialdom, but what does that have to do with themselves?
Most of the officials present couldn't help but raise this question, the replacement of officialdom is not fast, slow is not slow, the reshuffle of the center of the first generation often takes more than ten years under normal circumstances, and the people in the imperial party are still dominated by the clear stream, even among the center of the next generation, they occupy the main position, and the non-Jinshi officials are not enough to form a real force, and when they form a real force, it will take at least a few decades.
At that time, I am afraid that most of the people present have already become a handful of loess, so why worry about so much?
Instead of sticking to the rules and paving the way for future generations, it is better to seize the immediate interests, slow down the pace of the imperial party as much as possible within the scope allowed by the Son of Heaven, and strive for more space for the promotion of these former emperors and ministers.
None of the people who were able to enter the imperial court and occupy a high position were fools, and almost in an instant, they made their choice.
"The old minister leads the order, Your Majesty understands the righteousness, and should be a generation of holy monarchs, and the old minister can serve Your Majesty, and it is honorable!"
The first to stand up was Sun Shangshu, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, as the official of the Ministry of Officials, he was in charge of the selection of officials, and in a moment, Xu Guangqi's appointment was still a hot potato, but now, Sun Shangshu naturally saw the aspirations of the ministers, and immediately stood up, and gave the order neatly, and did not forget to flatter the Son of Heaven fiercely.
Zhu Changluo waited for a while, and seeing that no one refuted it, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"In this case, the affairs should be handed over to Sun Aiqing for disposal, in addition, I had rewarded Master Li with the merit of the dragon, and now I think that although I am in the heart of a fist, it is very inappropriate to be on the etiquette system, fortunately, the old man of Yuanfu and Master Li understand the righteousness, the previous decree is withdrawn, and the reward of Master Li is handed over to the Ministry of Officials to draw up!"
To be honest, today is really a surprise, Zhu Changluo originally planned, if it really doesn't work, even if it is forcibly approved by Xu Guangqi's appointment, after all, now that he has put Wang Xijue and Sun Piyang on the warship, as long as they don't want to fall out with themselves, then they will not oppose this resolution, and they will try their best to help.
With the two of them here, at least in terms of procedure, it can be completed smoothly, but Xu Guangqi's life in the future is afraid that it will not be very easy, but for the sake of the overall situation, he can only be wronged for a while.
Zhu Changluo knows very well that the bottom line, as long as it can't be kept, it will fall again and again, as long as there is an example of promoting non-Jinshi officials from the formal procedure to become the third grade, if you want to learn from it in the future, the resistance will be much smaller, and then slowly form a regular rule, Zhu Changluo can completely eliminate this rule invisibly.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Tingji suddenly appeared, stood on his side clearly, and put forward such a suggestion.
Although he understood that he was trying to relieve his predicament, coincidentally, his suggestion also implied Zhu Changluo's thoughts.
It is not only an implicit fit with Zhu Changluo's desire to promote Xu Guangqi to break the non-Jinshi without awarding three grades, but also with Zhu Changluo's desire to slow down the pace of the imperial party, so it is logical to pull Li Tingji along, and there is nothing incomprehensible.
A smile escaped from the corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth, looking at Fang Congzhe, who had a gloomy face, and Ye Xianggao, who was inexplicably surprised, and suddenly felt that it seemed that it was a good choice to leave Li Tingji......