This kind of system, like the cabinet, did not exist since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but was purely a system that became more and more popular over time.

From the highest-level cabinet elders, Shangshu, and Zuodu Yushi, to the lower-level squires, the deputy imperial envoys, or the governors with the title of Yudu Yushi, and even the general soldiers, they are all elected through this procedure. And this time, because it is the Shangshu of the Tingtui Military Department, the participants are not only the officials of the six departments, Dali Temple, and the Tongzheng Division, but also the officials of the science and Taoism who have a grade from the seventh grade to the seventh grade, which can be said to be the most alternative group in the Tingtui.

Because corresponding to the low rank, the number of officials in the science and Taoism is very large, far exceeding the number of officials above the five grades of the six departments of the DPRK, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Division, and the Dali Temple who participated in the court push. Therefore, no matter who is in power, he has always spared no effort to beat and co-opt the officials of the science and Taoism. The so-called private circulation of those who have won the Tao is the truth in the minds of many science and technology officials.

Moreover, in recent years, in addition to the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, even the Governor of Xuanda, the Trilateral General System, the Governor of Jiliao, the Governor of Liangguang, and the Ting Tui of the General Soldiers and Deputy General Soldiers of various places all need to have the participation of science and technology officials.

However, Wang Fulin, the superintendent of Guangdong Province who had to come to participate in this trip, was by no means radiant when he came. Everyone knows that this time it is Wang Chonggu who is being pushed, and Yin Zhengmao, Liu Yingjie and Zhang Xueyan are accompanying him. The last three escorts, Yin Zhengmao can't get on, and if he gets on Wang Daokun, he has to give way and leave, and he has to give up the household that is easy to run a little bit of fascination. Liu Yingjie, the governor of Jiliao, can only be said to be decent. For the first two brilliant soldiers, they gave complete trust. This can be credited constantly. Zhang Xueyan's other qualifications are a little shallow. Ranked last. Ling Yunyi, whom Wang Fulin once mentioned, was not on the list at all, after all, his qualifications were a little worse than Yin Zhengmao, and he was not like Zhang Xueyan who fought Jurchen on the one hand and Mongolia on the other in Liaodong.

Even if Wang Fulin had already secretly operated through Tan Lun, even if he swore in front of Wang Daokun that he would go back and pick Wang Chonggu's mistakes and pull people down, this kind of grasp is certain, so in the eyes of others, he can be called a sad look.

This is a court push in the Mandarin Palace. The position fully reflects the same sequence of respect and humility as the previous dynasty, Da Jiuqing and Zhangke, Zhangdao stand in the east, Xiao Jiuqing stands in the west, in addition to the people of Tongzheng Department and Dali Temple, as for Wang Fulin's group of science and road officials, it is directly standing south and facing north, and the group of black pressure and several other groups of thin people form a sharp contrast. In contrast, although there are many officials above the fifth grade in the Guozijian and Hanlin Academy, and the elders of the cabinet are all high-grade officials, they do not have the right to appear on this kind of court push occasion. If you want to influence the results of Tingtui, you have to rely on the various means and arrangements behind it.

And Zhang Xueyan, as the governor of Liaodong, was not here. Liu Yingjie was also not there, Wang Chonggu, who was being pushed, and Yin Zhengmao, another escort, naturally did not appear here because of avoiding suspicion, and there were two fewer of the six Shangshu, which looked even more lonely. When Zhang Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, personally presided over it, Wen Xuan Shilang briefly introduced the situation of the secretary of the military department, and then handed over the election book to Zhang Han, and this court push was officially started.

Unlike the folk who think that there will be a good quarrel on the top of the court, before the list of the positive push and the accompanying push was released, all kinds of interest exchanges and disputes have been completed, and now it is just a bearer election, and the booklet turns around, and everyone draws a circle under the name of the positive push and the accompanying push.

As a squire of the military department, when it was Wang Daokun's turn to make the booklet, it was naturally only a dozen or twenty people who had just made a mark. It's just that after the first glance, he knew that Wang Chonggu would undoubtedly win, and after squinting his eyes, he didn't hesitate to pick up his pen and draw a circle under one of the names. Although it is said to be anonymous, people who are on the left and right, and even those with better eyes, can roughly estimate who he chose, and they have different expressions for a while.

It turned out that Wang Daokun chose Wang Chonggu without hesitation!

Wang Daokun, who has always been incompatible with the Jin Party, chose Wang Chonggu, and most people's choices can be imagined - after all, in terms of qualifications and military exploits, Wang Chonggu is still above Tan Lun, if it weren't for Zhang Juzheng's support for Tan Lun, Tan Lun, who is not as old as Wang Chonggu and is physically weak, would have been ousted from the throne of the military department long ago. Moreover, in the sequence of Ming Dynasty's military exploits, the war exploits against Mongolia are far better than those of the anti-Japanese war, the barbarians and all kinds of rebellion, so Wang Chonggu previously condescended to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, but made an exception to the special Zhuguo, which is the reward of the second order of martial arts, although it does not have any substantive significance, but it means extraordinary military exploits for civilian officials.

Even if many people know that Wang Chonggu has made great achievements in battle, he has also used his power to open a horse market, and this is obviously for the benefit of the Jin Party, but at this time, this old high-ranking military department Shangshu can be called an irreversible trend, who will stop it?

As the lowest-ranking superintendent of the Imperial History of the Canton Road of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, when such a booklet was passed to Wang Fulin, the general trend was naturally decided. However, when the people on the left and right were all unabashedly looking at him, he was expressionless, and very calmly drew a circle on a name.

Others thought that Wang Daokun would choose to push Yin Zhengmao or Zhang Xueyan, but Wang Daokun chose Wang Chonggu, and now the few science and Daoists around Wang Fulin all thought that he would choose Wang Chonggu with the crowd, but he directly circled Zhang Xueyan!

casually gave the booklet to the next person, and Wang Fulin calmly looked at his nose and nose, and waited for the end of this court push.

When the final results came out, it was really Wang Chonggu who was the first to be promoted, Yin Zhengmao to be the second, Liu Yingjie to be promoted, and Zhang Xueyan to be the last. When Zhang Han, the secretary of the ministry, went to ask the Son of Heaven to adjudicate with such a result, the other people who dispersed knew that it was unlikely that something unexpected would happen.

The first assistant Zhang Juzheng has been in power for so many years, although there was an accident when the court pushed the official book, the Wanli Emperor or Zhang Juzheng himself, skipped the first push and the second push, and chose to push Zhang Han to fill the gap in the Shangshu of the ministry, but this is actually a big failure of the court push, so in most cases. The results of the court push will be respected. In particular, Zhang Siwei of the Jin Party was introduced into the cabinet by Zhang Juzheng himself. Zhang Juzheng didn't speak before, and Wang Chonggu, the secretary of the military department, can be seen to be decided.

There are also people who privately discuss who will fall into the vacant criminal department book, and when will the next court promotion of the criminal department book be. And when Wang Fulin walked out in this chaotic discussion, he felt that someone patted him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, he found that it was Qian Ruyi, the head of Guangdong Road.

"How did it feel to participate in Tingtui for the first time? However, the next time the court pushes the criminal department to the book. Then we won't need to. ”

Wang Fulin just now of course saw Qian Ruyi standing in the seat of the head of the imperial history and looking at it with satisfaction, at this moment, seeing that he seemed to be joking, but there was a bit of mockery in his eyes, as if he knew that he had just selected Zhang Xueyan, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Anyway, everyone has known the result for a long time, this Tingtui is just a formality, and it doesn't matter who I choose." I only have three days left to leave, and after three days, I will go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to listen to the teachings of my seniors. ”

Seeing Wang Fulin arching his hand and walking away, Qian Ruyi thought that the rumored Wang Fulin was personally given by Zhang Juzheng after being summoned, and Chen Zan didn't say anything after knowing it. Then this kid visited Zhang Juzheng's private house, and he was envious, jealous and hateful at the same time. I couldn't help but slander myself. Wang Daokun knows that he can't go against the general trend, you young and vigorous boy still dare to do it, I'll spread it out for you when I turn around, and see how Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu deal with you when the time comes!

Without Qian Ruyi deliberately spreading it, Wang Daokun had already learned such news from other people's mouths. He, the squire of the military department, also needs to participate in the next Shangshu Tingtui of the Criminal Department, and he was originally thinking about whether to send a letter to Liu Yingjie through Qi Jiguang, who has a good relationship with him, or not to be overly obsessed with this so-called favor, but who knows but heard that Wang Fulin, who obviously solved a big problem through Tan Lun as soon as he came back, actually made such a move in this court push!

At this moment, he has always been conscientious about the affairs of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and he made an exception to disperse the Yamen on this day, and after returning home in a sedan chair, as soon as he entered the door, he asked the Lin steward who greeted him: "Fu Linke is back?" ”

"Childe is back, and he is in the second master's study."

Among Wang Fulin's subordinates, some call him a son, and some like to call him a petty official, and Wang Daokun is the same. Steward Lin changed his cautious title because Wang Fulin was now an adult and was about to have a child, and at this moment he saw that Wang Daokun's face was not good. But hearing such an answer, Wang Daokun immediately rushed to Wang Daoguan's courtyard, and when he arrived at the door, he heard Wang Daoguan's voice and Wang Fulin's voice, and listened to a few words, and it was also for the previous court push.

Did the news spread so quickly, or did Wang Fulin come back and confess himself?

However, unlike the usual situation when Wang Fulin was vigorous about everything, now he found that Wang Fulin in the room never said a word and did not make any sound. Faced with this rare situation, Wang Daokun glanced at Liu Bo and Feng Zhong, who were just silently saluting, and suddenly had a not-so-good premonition in his heart.

He immediately instructed Qi Buping, who was following behind him: "You stay here, no matter what happens, even if the lady comes in person, stop it first." ”

"Yes, don't worry, sir."

Although the people outside did not report that Wang Daokun was coming, after Wang Daokun entered the door, he found that Wang Daokun and Wang Daokun brothers were all in the house, and Wang Fulin was sitting alone on a chair in a daze, and none of the three was surprised by his early return.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but get angry, and he didn't sit down, but asked bluntly: "Fu Lin, tell me, what's going on?" It wasn't you who made such a suggestion to Da Sima at the beginning, why did you have to go against Wang Chonggu in the end? Since you already knew that it was the mantis arm that used the car, why bother? ”

"If there are no other accidents, of course I will also circle Wang Chonggu, even if it is the icing on the cake, it will not make him find an excuse to deal with me from the surface, but I just got a piece of news that is difficult to determine, so I have to make this decision."

Wang Fulin, who was silent just now, suddenly spoke, Wang Daoguan and Wang Daohui exchanged glances, and at the same time realized that I was afraid that this news was not trivial, so Wang Fulin must wait until Wang Daokun came to talk about it. Sure enough, when Wang Fulin told what he saw when Steward Xu went to Jiangling Mansion, not to mention Wang Daoguan and Wang Daohui, even Wang Daokun screamed out of frustration.

"How is this possible! It can't be the man's gibberish, right? ”

"Doesn't my uncle think that he would rather believe it than believe it? You know, Mrs. Zhang is seventy-four. ”

Wang Daokun was stunned by Wang Fulin's words, and then sat down irritably, rubbing his temples vigorously, only to feel that everything was simply not going well recently. However, he was a person who had been a high-ranking official for many years, and he reacted earlier than the inexplicably surprised Wang Daoguan and Wang Daohui brothers, but he raised his eyebrows after a moment.

"If it is really Shoufu who may return to his hometown to worry about the system, then the cabinet will only be left with Lu Tiaoyang and Zhang Siwei. Lu Tiaoyang is old, Zhang Siwei must be rising, at this juncture, you let me and Wang Chonggu be false and wronged, why do you want to turn your face with it? ”

Wang Fulin knew what Wang Daokun meant, and immediately asked: "Could it be that Uncle wants to do the opposite, and you and Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei continue to carry it hard, but let me grovel to them and sue for peace?" Uncle is a soldier in the military department, as long as Shoufu is still there, your kindness, they will always have to give a certain response, even if they play more tricks in secret. But my little superintendent of the imperial history drove away two political envoys in Guangdong at the beginning, is it too late to run away now? ”

"For now, please ask my uncle to separate you and me first. Just because I was young and vigorous, I didn't know what to do, so I fell out with you, and then I moved out. For the rest of the matter, my uncle doesn't have to care about me anymore, as long as he deals with Wang Chonggu in the military department. ”

Wang Daoguan couldn't help it: "What the hell is going on?" Even if Shoufu may have to worry about the system within one or two years, what does it have to do with you having to carry Wang Chonggu to death? ”

"With the self-respecting nature of Lord Shoufu since he took office, and he can't listen to criticism, he will go to Ding Worry about the system for 27 months, see his decree become a dead letter, and give up the cabinet to others, maybe he will face the counterattack of others? Obviously, Lord Shoufu has made too many enemies in the past five years, and once he goes to the throne, it will definitely cause a strong backlash, so he doesn't dare to be even more unwilling to give way, then he is bound to win the favor. Since the founding of this dynasty, there have been a lot of love from the elders, but most of them were in the years from Yongle to Chenghua! ”

Of course, Wang Daokun knew that from Yongle to Chenghua, it was the early and middle stage of the formation of the cabinet system, so for the sake of convenience, all the ministers of Ding Wei had experienced the seizure of affection, Yang Rong, Hu Guang, Huang Huai, Jin Youzi, Yang Pu, Jiang Yuan, Wang Wen, Lu Yuan, Li Xian, and Liu Ji were a full ten people. But since the Chenghua Dynasty, the elders of the pavilion have all been worried about Ding without exception, and they are not ambiguous, which has also become a common practice in the later dynasty.

"So, in case the first assistant wants to be worried, and he wants to win the affection, may I ask your uncle what is your attitude at that time?"

"I ......" Wang Daokun opened his mouth, and then said horizontally, "The dynasty rules the world with filial piety, not to mention that there is a clear text when Hongzhi is not in charge of the Golden Revolution, and it is not allowed to win love, of course I have to write to discourage it at that time!" ”

"My uncle is a squire in the military department, and once he writes to admonish him, he is likely to be disgusted by Shoufu, and he will find a reason to return to his hometown. And I, as a speech official, if the first assistant is angry, then he will definitely be the first to suffer. But if I follow other people who support love and shout, to be honest, I'm afraid that my uncle won't be able to bear my dog's leg at that time, right? The Wang clan of Songmingshan finally came out with three jinshi, and swept away two at once, wouldn't the second uncle be implicated? Since you find a clue, don't put your eggs in one basket, so as not to be served in one pot in the future. As for the fact that I deliberately hated Wang Chonggu, I planned to let him and my other enemies use some strength to drive me out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Speaking of which, in the face of the three stunned faces, Wang Fulin thought to himself that it was fortunate that Ye Qinglong brought such a person as Steward Xu to the Jingshi, otherwise he would not have planned to leave Kedao so quickly, let alone think about dealing with Zhang Juzheng's love turmoil so quickly, and of course, he would never think about how to use this matter to kill a few enemies!

But before he could move out of Wang's mansion, he had to take two more people with him.

PS: Just one update (to be continued.) )