On the fifth day of the sixth month, after the usual court meeting, the hundred officials went down to the court, and Emperor Jin did not leave a few ministers to the imperial study to discuss matters as usual, but went directly to the queen mother's Yongchun. Palace.

Except for Sima Bi, who led the troops in the north and could not be present and was attended by Li Weiting, the right attendant of the military department, the remaining five Shangshu all gathered in the political hall after the court meeting.

The political hall is a yamen built after Xie Taifu Zhishi, and the six Shangshu jointly exercise the power of the prime minister, and they are on duty in two by two. The political hall is usually the place where the recital is handled, and the six books have the right to reply or stay in the center. However, after being processed by the political affairs hall, they are often sent to the imperial study, checked by the eunuch Bingbi, and finally decided by the Jin Emperor.

This kind of handling of the music may seem cumbersome, but in fact it improves efficiency and, to a certain extent, prevents adultery. After the fold is handed in, it is generally copied and processed and the original text is archived for inspection. The eunuch had the right to inspect the original, which made it difficult for those who dared to do anything about the folding.

Of course, there is the letter that Lin Lingsi presented to Emperor Jin, which was found and taken away by Lin Lingsi before it was transcribed. At that time, in the entire political affairs hall, except for Lin Lingsi, even the officials who were responsible for transcribing the recital did not know what was written in the disappeared recital.

The Qi Wang Party was divided, and the original leader of the Qi Wang Party, Zhao Hongtai, was the Taifu Siqing, and did not belong to the political affairs hall system, so the influence of the Qi Wang Party was almost negligible in the political affairs hall.

The most authoritative person in the political hall today is Zheng Keming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. The second is Chen Hua, the head of the household.

Today's meeting in the political hall was initiated by these two people.

In the council hall of the political affairs hall, after the six people were seated, Chen Hua took the lead in speaking: "Colleagues, I invited you to the political affairs hall with Zheng Shangshu today because I have something to say. As an official in the same dynasty, they have been friends for decades, Chen Mou is not welcome today, let's talk about what it is. ”

"As you all know, Your Majesty wants to run a martial arts hall and promote martial arts. This matter can be big or small, and it has caused huge repercussions in China. Some opposed, some agreed, and some did not say a word. The great plan of the country is not only in the market, not only in the temple, but also in the Qianqiu, and in His Majesty. The political hall shares the worries of His Majesty, and for such a major event, we also need a voice within the political hall. So today, let's talk about it. ”

Chen Hua said it bluntly and did not shy away from it, wanting to let Dadu come up with an opinion, so everyone fell into contemplation.

After a long time, Zheng Keming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, got up, looked around for a week, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since you are not willing to be the first to speak, then Zheng should be the first bird." ”

After getting up and pacing two steps, Zheng Keming said slowly: "This matter of talking about Wutang, with all due respect, is really a faint move by His Majesty. ”

As soon as these words came out, the six people sitting there all reacted to it to a greater or lesser extent.

Lin Lingsi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, smiled slightly, as if he regarded Zheng Keming's rebellious words as a joke, and forgot them after hearing about them. Li Weiting, the right attendant of the military department, sat up slightly straighter, the solemnity on his face disappeared, and was replaced by indifference. Qian Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, twisted his beard, and his eyelashes trembled slightly. Shangshu of the Criminal Department was calm and motionless. Chen Hua lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and after putting down the teacup, there was no expression on his face.

Zheng Keming didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions, and he didn't think about what kind of information was hidden behind those expressions. As Chen Hua said, they are all people who have been in the past few decades, who doesn't know whom? Who is on whose side and who doesn't know?

Today, everyone came to show their attitude, each spoke loudly, and then prepared for war, and was really real in the court. Gun dry.

So Zheng Keming continued: "This move is undoubtedly a stupid move. I am not afraid to say this in front of His Majesty. Even if you impeach a certain family for bullying, you still have to say the same thing on the execution ground. There are three reasons why so-and-so said this. ”

"First, the Great Jin Dynasty established the country with martial arts, there are many martial families, and the sons of the princes are all people who can fight well, so why not select generals from the people? Bring sand to the beach. And just by trying to do the questions, you can choose a famous future? Joke! Not to mention the ancestors, just talk about my current General Sima and Xie Dashuai, which one crawled out of the pile of paper and pen? They all come out of the pile of the dead! Strengthening the country and the army still relies on going to the battlefield, not the general nonsense of the imperial examination! ”

Second, it is customary for vulgar people not to be elegant. That martial arts actually said that illiterate people can dictate and be written by scholars, what is this?! It's not something you made yourself, how can you convince others? The Lord will be illiterate, how can he give orders? What do you think about the military situation? This alone shows its irrationality. Besides, if all these illiterate people are promoted, who will plough the fields? Do we want the descendants of the founding heroes to remove the grass and fertilize it? It's a mess! ”

"In the past three years, I have been in the Jin Dynasty for two hundred years, and the county wang families are everywhere, how can the martial artists elected by the local government guarantee that they are all from poor backgrounds? How can you guarantee that it is not an impostor or a nepotistic in-law from a certain family? It's okay if you have the ability, if you don't have real talent and learning, you will be stuffed in, and then if you really fight, it is really a critical time, and these people will spoil a big thing, how can it be good? Who is responsible? So, it's still nonsense! ”

After Zheng Keming finished speaking, he walked back to his seat and sat down, took a sip of tea, and then glanced at everyone pleasantly.

After Zheng Keming finished speaking, Shangshu Gao Han of the Criminal Department paused slightly, and then said: "Gao thinks that what Zheng Shangshu said is very true. ”

After Gao Han finished speaking, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Qian Liang also expressed his position, and changed his rhetoric, which was similar to Zheng Keming, but adding a clause would accumulate redundancy for a long time, and the three redundancies would cost a lot of money like the Southern Song Dynasty, and it would be useless to the country.

Then Lin Lingsi objected.

"I think that what the three Shangshu said is inappropriate. Zheng Shangshu has three should not haves, and a certain one has three shoulds. ”

"On the one hand, there is such a thing as war, who said that vulgar people will not do it? Zhang Kouzhi is a vulgar person? Li Weigong, the founder of this dynasty, is he reckless? Qi Xuangong is a green forest? There are real men in the recklessness, as long as they can be used by the country, why not give them a chance? That's the first one that's right. ”

"The two generations of talented people come out, and a new generation replaces the old. If those mud-legged men can really fight, stronger than those sons of princes, why can't whoever leads the army and who ploughs the fields be reversed? They are all His Majesty's people, what are the differences between relatives and aliens? Since they are all the same, why can't the door of the court be open to them? Your Majesty is wise and martial, knows people and makes good use of them, this move is born by the common people, and it is a great enlightenment! This is the second one. ”

"Three, Zheng Shangshu said that the martial arts hall will create a tool for the family to control the government, which is really reversing right and wrong. Wuju is a soldier among the people, and it is not distributed within the walls of the Gaomen courtyard, and the origin of the individual is clearly written and can be seen at a glance. The whole process is supervised by the Tiqi Division, where will there be those who rely on nepotism to enter the door as Zheng Shangshu said? Could it be that Zheng Shangshu thinks that the supervision of the Tiqi Division cannot guarantee anything? Besides, in the selection process, the adults are also the chief officials, so under the eyes of the torch, can't they still find out what is wrong? On the contrary, probation is the most likely to breed corruption. Therefore, the martial arts hall should be done! This is the third one. ”

"It's three shoulds. As for the accumulation of redundancy that Gao Shangshu said, it seems that it is a joke. The so-called redundancy is just too many people. Since Wutang and Wuju can select talents, it means that there are people who are not suitable for some places, and if you find the right people, you will be transferred and laid off, where will there be redundancy? ”

"So, my lords, do you think what you said is reasonable?"

After Lin Lingsi finished speaking, he smiled and nodded at Li Weiting and Chen Hua, who had not spoken.

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When the six of them came out of the political hall, it was already noon, Zheng Keming had a slight smile on his face, Lin Lingsi was silent, and Chen Hua was still expressionless.

As a result, there were no unexpected reversals or anything like that. Except for Chen Hua's unclear attitude, the opposition and approval are three to two. Zheng Keming has the advantage in one fell swoop.

Zheng Keming and Lin Lingsi knew in their hearts that this was a private confrontation between several people, not on the table. And because it's not on the table, it's just above board, and it's outspoken. A statement is a statement, and the previous rhetoric is just an excuse for oneself, and the high-sounding statement cannot be true.

In fact, it is said that it is three to two, Zheng Keming, Lin Lingsi and Chen Hua all understand in their hearts that the gap between the two anti-dumping and anti-dumping is definitely not as simple as a simple three to two and one large.

The three on Zheng Keming's side are real three. Although each ministry is not a whole, the Shangshu of each ministry definitely represents the vast majority of opinions in each department. And it represents the power behind them, and the strength is even as much as a county, condensed, extremely huge.

On Lin Lingsi's side, it looks like two, but in fact, it has to shrink greatly. Not to mention that the Ministry of Rites is the most "upright" of the six departments today, and the strength is not strong, just talking about Li Weiting, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, he cannot represent the Ministry of War, at most, Li Weiting can represent half of the Ministry of War. Because there is still half of the military department, it is Zheng Keming's people, and it is Sima Bi's party.

Therefore, the strength on the books of the two sides now seems to be a little behind Lin Lingsi's side, but in fact, it has been surpassed by the anti-martial faction.

In the time of tonight, Emperor Jin is in the eternal spring of the queen mother. Gong, received a secret letter from Lin Lingsi, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

After reading the secret letter, Emperor Jin immediately returned to the imperial study, and then stayed up all night.

These things - Emperor Jin is diligent - Xie Shence is not concerned and disdainful. Xie Shence did not have dark circles under his eyes like Emperor Jin.

There's a reason for thinking this way. To borrow a phrase from later generations, you are frantically swiping the screen in the space to thank your parents, but unfortunately your parents are not online. Emperor Jin worked hard for his people, but it was a pity that his people could not stay outside the imperial study all night like the Ouchi guards and the Imperial Forest Army, and they could feel the warmth.

It's already time to be a child, Xie Shence and Caiyi and Caiyi's two maidservants who played well played cards until midnight, and after losing all the three taels of silver in their bodies, they dispersed.

Caiyi fetched water to burn Xie Shence's feet, Xie Shence looked at the night sky through the window, and hummed in his mouth:

“...... Quietly late at night...... The lights are bright in front of the window...... Are you writing ...... Printed on the window......"