readx; With so many cabinet ministers vacant in a short period of time, it is naturally imperative to do so. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis time, Zhu Youzhen did not delay the fortune for so long as he did when he first ascended the throne, but the edict was held at the court meeting immediately the next day. In such a short period of time, it is too late for anyone or any faction to engage in collusion and coordinate candidates.

Sure enough, at the court meeting the next day, the candidate list of Mei Bu actually reached more than 30 people. Although the Donglin Party still accounts for the majority, due to the rush of time, there are almost no candidates who are expected to return. Faced with the temptation of the position of cabinet minister, the struggle within the Donglin Party was also fierce, and many people thought that they were more qualified to enter the cabinet than others, so they did not give in to each other, and simply entered the candidate list together, comparing who had better luck.

Not to be outdone, the "Anti-Donglin League" headed by Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren put some of their newly recruited henchmen on the list.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the long list and said with a smile: "There are so many candidates for divination, if the prestige of the person who wins the fortune is too low and it is difficult to convince the public, even if he reluctantly enters the cabinet, I am afraid he will not be able to do well." Let's look at this, let's first conduct a primary election for these thirty people. The secretariat immediately copied several hundred copies of the list and checked it out at the court of officials of the fourth grade and above in Beijing. Each person can only check three people, and then select the top ten people who are checked the most, and then divination. ”

The emperor's plan seemed to be fair, and the ministers couldn't find fault with it, so they agreed. More than an hour later, the list of ten people selected for the Bu was counted, but it was much more than the Donglin Party people expected: there were only four candidates for the Donglin Party, and there were six non-Donglin Party candidates. In particular, the candidates proposed by Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, such as Wang Yingxiong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Fengyi, the right servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Qian Xiangkun, Zhan Shifu Zhan, Zhang Zhifa, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, and Min Hongxue, the governor of Yunnan, who had entered Beijing after his term of office expired, were all selected.

At this time, some smart people have understood. According to the normal election model, with the qualifications of Wang Yingxiong and others, it is impossible to rank ahead of some Donglin Party members. However, due to the rush of this time, the Donglin Party has not had time to form a unified opinion, and only three people can be selected from each list, which is equivalent to dispersing the votes of the Donglin Party. On the contrary, it was Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren's faction, because there were fewer candidates, and the checkbox was concentrated, but they squeezed into the list.

But it's come to this, and it's too late to regret it. As a result of the Bu, Donglin Party members Cheng Jiming and Wang Qia, and non-Donglin Party members Zhang Fengyi, Qian Xiangkun, and Zhang Zhifa were selected successively. In addition to the original cabinet ministers Li Biao, Qian Longxi, He Ruzhong, Wu Zongda, Bi Ziyan, Wen Zhenmeng, Wen Zhenmeng, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru, and Wen Tiren, the original ministers, there are 14 people.

There are a total of fifteen cabinet ministers, and just as Mei Bu was about to continue, Zhu Youzhen suddenly spoke: "Of course, the candidates are all ministers of the imperial court. However, at the moment, troops are being used everywhere, and there must be someone in the cabinet who knows the army, preferably one who has personally led the army. ”

Now the ministers were all dumbfounded, they did a lot of articles one by one, and they didn't know anything about leading the troops to fight. In the past, only Sun Chengzong and Wang Zaijin led soldiers among the cabinet ministers, but now both of them are no longer in the cabinet, and the rest of the people have never even been to the barracks, let alone leading the troops. But the emperor's words are also reasonable, especially when Zhu Youzhen has just arrested two cabinet ministers and sent the first assistant to the official, the monarch is in full swing, who dares to disobey the holy will?

Seeing that the ministers acquiesced, Zhu Youzhen nominated: "Yang Sichang, the right attendant of the military department, has served as the prefect of Jingyang County and the prefect of Xi'an, and he is familiar with civil affairs, and has fought against thieves many times. The strategy of 'four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net' to suppress thieves is deeply believed by him. The rebel army was defeated by hundreds of thousands of people on the west road, Gao Yingxiang gave the head, although it was the soldiers who used their lives, Sun Chuanting commanded well on the front line, but Yang Sichang guarded Xi'an in the rear, supported the food and ammunition, and also made great contributions, and he was the one who knew the soldiers and led the troops. I want to let Yang Sichang enter the cabinet, what do you think? ”

At this time, the ministers blew up again, and the veteran officials headed by Li Biao clearly expressed their opposition. The reason is also very simple, Yang Sichang was still a county governor of Qipin three years ago, and it is rare to be promoted to the prefect within three years, and he was suddenly promoted to the right attendant of the military department, and he was already suspected of being "lucky". If you want to enter the cabinet again, it is too much, and it is definitely not a normal procedure. The officials have their own set of strict rules for promoting officials, and officials have to be promoted one level at a time. If they all have the intention of being lucky, the order of officialdom will no longer exist, which will be very detrimental to the society.

And Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren naturally followed Zhu Youzhen's meaning and resolutely supported Yang Sichang's entry into the cabinet. In the past, the two had little say in the cabinet, but now it is different, plus Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Zhifa, their faction has accounted for one-third of the cabinet, and there is also a group of echo worms among the courtiers, which should not be underestimated.

What the Donglin Party people never expected was that the cabinet minister Wu Zongda actually supported Yang Sichang to enter the cabinet. Wu Zongda is an old Donglin party, and somehow he turned against him, singing and harmonizing with Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others! Coupled with Bi Ziyan and Xu Guangqi of the neutral faction, eight of the fourteen cabinet ministers have already expressed their support for Yang Sichang to enter the cabinet. In this way, Yang Sichang, who was only forty years old, took the last train of this Bu and became the youngest cabinet minister in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Then there is an extremely important event: to determine the candidates for the first assistant and the six books. There is nothing to fight for in the first assistant, according to the rules of the cabinet on seniority, Li Biao became the second cabinet chief assistant of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

However, the selection of the six Shangshu scholars caused fierce competition among the ministers. At present, there are vacancies in the three Shangshu of the six ministries, namely, the officials, soldiers, and criminal departments, and the actual power of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is the greatest. Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren's faction tried their best to compete for this position and let Zhou Yanru serve as the secretary of the ministry. However, this time Zhu Youzhen disappointed them, and he unexpectedly expressed his hope that Cheng Jiming could take on this position. Cheng Ji was a member of the Donglin Party, and the emperor finally supported it, and the Donglin Party members were all in favor, so Cheng Ji, who was not in Beijing, became the biggest winner of this Bu.

The secretary of the military department was appointed by Wang Qia. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhu Youzhen's real favor is Yang Sichang, and Wang Qia, who is still a scholar, may be difficult to grasp the real power.

The secretary of the Criminal Department was appointed by Zhu Youzhen to serve as Zhang Fengyi, on the grounds that he had served as the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and was very familiar with judicial work. Because the Donglin Party has already obtained two important positions, it is not easy to fight for the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, but they are all overshadowed in their hearts, and they feel that Liu Hongxun and Qiao Yunsheng are probably more than lucky.

Of course, for Sun Yuanhua, who was far away in Dengzhou, he only knew the results of the divination, and did not know anything about the specific process, let alone speculate. After listening to Sun Yuanhua's introduction, Mao Wenlong felt at a loss in his heart: What does the emperor want to do? As the saying goes, if someone in the court is good at being an official, whose thigh should he hug?

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