Chapter 55 Catch the Lot and Determine the First Assistant

The official on the fold is called Cai Guoyong, is the thirty-eighth year of Wanli Jinshi, at that time the official position was given in the scholar, to put it bluntly, it is a miscellaneous in the cabinet, responsible for writing edicts, edicts, silver books, iron coupons were later ordered to supervise the salary to Liao, see the border defense of the waste of Chi, after returning to the upward admonition not long, there was a military rebellion in the Kuandian area, people are convinced that it has the foresight of the Ming Shengshan Shanxi Provincial Imperial History, on the sparse seven political views on governing the country: physiognomy, Chu Jinglu, selection of generals, preparation of military supplies, cherishing talents, opening the road, drum side officials

However, these opinions of his Shangchen are all nonsense, everyone knows it, but no one operates it, and it is also in vain for a few years, and he was transferred to the imperial history of Fujian Province, which is really not very good, and in the first year of Chongjing, it is still an imperial history

After being mixed in Beijing for a long time, people naturally became sleek, and they could also understand the weather vane and looked at the hundred officials who wrote to ask the emperor to transfer Yue Su back to Beijing to succeed him as the first assistant, but it was fruitless, he realized that the queen mother did not want to transfer Yue Su back to follow a simple analysis of the court situation

At present, the first assistant of the cabinet is vacant, and he might as well take advantage of this opportunity to rush up of course, he is now just a small imperial history, the position of the first assistant, no one will take his turn to take his turn, but, since he sees the queen mother's mind, it is better to follow the queen mother's will, the last twist and turn, and end the queen mother's urgent need, in this way, the queen mother knows that there is such a number one person as herself, and if she doesn't do it well, she can be promoted to a few levels, which is called political speculation

Cai Guoyong wrote a fold and handed it over, and the content of his fold was: Many officials have asked Lord Yue to return to Beijing to fill the post of first assistant, and the minister feels that it is inappropriate for Lord Yue to quell the rebellion in Fujian and recover the lost territory for the imperial court. The minister thinks that he can first let the hundred officials recommend a chief assistant to come out, and deal with the government without knowing what the emperor wants?

Zhang Yan saw this recital, and immediately nodded in agreement and agreed according to Cai Guoyong's words, first using Yue Su's need to quell the rebellion as the reason, otherwise let Yue Su come back to succeed the first assistant, and then publicly recommend a first assistant, since Yue Su can't come back, there will definitely be no him in the list of public recommendations, among the others, I will choose one who has a little ability and doesn't have much background, that is

According to the queen mother's will, the celebrant passed down the will and asked the hundred officials to recommend a first assistant

In fact, in the cabinet, since Yue Su, there are other officials, but among these people, either promoted by Yue Su, or the third ranked one promoted by Fang Congzhe, who happens to be Yue Su's person, if you let this guy be the first assistant, it is better to ask Yue Su to come back Without this guy, and not Yue Su, and then selecting people from the cabinet members, it is obviously unreasonable, and the courtiers can't believe the public push, so they can gag everyone's mouths, so that the people of the Yue Party can't say anything

But the public push, in fact, is still what these powerful people say, you call the public push, isn't it, then let's push the public, anyway, after the public push, you can't say anything else The two most powerful forces in Beijing are naturally the Yue Party and the Qichu and Zhejiang parties, the officials of the Yue Party, of course, the officials of the party who are elected, don't look at Yang Yishan is still just a servant of the Ministry of Officials, but even his name is impressively in the past Lord Yang is the most unaccustomed to party struggle, dislike fame and fortune, but since entering the power of the big dyeing workshop, People have also changed, and even forgot that they are not Shu Jishi, and they still think that they are Yue Su

The rest of the senior officials in the Geyue Party are even less likely to be listed on the three parties, and the three parties are no exception, headed by Qi Shijiao, and several three party officials in the cabinet, all of whose names are written as for the non-three party members, there are also other officials who are nominated, for example, Han Yike, who was sent home by Wei Zhongxian back then, has some competitive officials like this, whether it is the Yue Party or the three parties, they will not let their names be seen by the Queen Mother, just find a reason, and take it off This reason is very simple, that is, the number of recommended votes is too small, Can't admit because a total of ten people can only be proposed, the Yue Party occupies four places, the three parties account for four places, and the votes for recommending other officials are very scattered, so they can't all be given to the Queen Mother

Of course, the officials of these two parties can also divide the last two places equally, but in this way, it is too much to say, the queen mother is not satisfied, and other courtiers will also be a little dissatisfied with the prince to study, run the tricks, and come out to be the denominator

In the end, these two dragon characters finally stood out, one is called Yang Jingchen, and the other is called Zhou Daodeng, these two are more or less famous, otherwise everyone will say that there is fraud in them, but they can't be too qualified, and they will be selected by the Queen Mother

Let's talk about Yang Jingchen first, this brother is a forty-one year jinshi of Wanli, and now lives in the Ministry of Rites, and another Zhou Daodeng of Zhan Shifu is also a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but now he is not in the court, but Zhishi is at home This brother is a superb, no wonder he can be selected, the reason is that Zhou Daodeng is stupid and modest, and his many years of officialdom career is to seriously pretend to be a grandson, whether he is an official or a worker, at this time he does not seek no merit, but no fault, For example, when he just served as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, some people were dissatisfied, and they were noisy and asked him to step down, Zhou Daodeng's grandson's character was undoubtedly revealed at this time, and the emperor did not give an order, so he took the initiative to resign

Among the ten people, six were in the cabinet, two were the leaders of the Yue Party and the three parties in Beijing, and the other two were soy sauce folds and were sent to the celebrant and transferred by Zou Yi to the Queen Mother

Zhang Yan looked at the names on it, there were nine of them she knew, eight of them were Yue Su and Fang Congzhe's people, and the remaining two, Yang Jingchen was from Zhan Shifu, so naturally he would not be a stranger, but his qualifications were not enough at all As for this Zhou Daodeng brother, he had never heard of it at all, where did such a person appear

Zhang Yan immediately asked Zou Yi what Zhou Daodeng did, and Zou Yi told Zhou Daodeng about his worries at home, but he didn't mention the glorious history of this guy, only that he was impeached and invited himself, but during his tenure, he was not at fault

Originally, Zhang Yan was still very inclined to Fang Congzhe's side, but today when I read this public list, my nose was almost crooked, isn't this a partnership between your two parties to ask for the first assistant of the cabinet from me, if you are above board, it doesn't matter if I give you the first assistant, but now, if you want to cheat the first assistant from me, there is no door, don't you propose that these two people who are not qualified enough and will not be selected by me, okay, then I will choose one of the two of them As for who it is, let it be fate

Subsequently, Zhang Yan sent Zou Yi and his maids and eunuchs out, took out two notes by herself, wrote the names of Yang Jingchen and Zhou Daodeng respectively, and then put them in the porcelain bowl, shook for a while, and waited until the porcelain bowl was uncovered, and it was impossible to tell whose name was written on it, however, Zhang Yan still preferred to let Yang Jingchen be the first assistant, and he was also an acquaintance

remembered that before shaking it, Yang Jingchen's name was on the left, so Zhang Yan reached out and grabbed the paper ball on the left, and then opened it to take a look

I saw three words written on it - Zhou Daodeng

Seeing that it was this guy's name, Zhang Yan was a little reluctant, and secretly thought to herself, the position of the first assistant could not be given to such a person, even if it was given to Fang Congzhe's person, at least it would be beneficial to the country's society, and to such a guy who didn't know the roots, once he was entrusted to a non-person, wouldn't the Ming dynasty be defeated

With this idea, Zhang Yan simply put Zhou Daodeng's paper ball on the group again, and rewrote four names, which are the three party officials led by Qi Shijiao

This time it was six small paper balls, and she put them under the cup again, shook them for a while, and then opened them, prayed to the heavens, and reached out to grab one

After unfolding it, I looked at the name on it, and suddenly, I only felt that my head was "buzzing", because the name on it was still Zhou Daodeng

"Could it be that this is arranged by God?"

Zhang Yan pondered in her heart, since she caught this name twice, maybe this Zhou Daodeng is the first assistant arranged by God for the Ming Dynasty, since this is the case, then summon him to the Beijing Division, take a look first, if it is really a talent, what can you do if you order him to be the first assistant? Anyway, this person was also recommended by your public, who dares to disagree?

After making up his mind, Zhang Yan recruited Zou Yi in again and told him that he would send Zhou Dao to Beijing, and the emperor would personally interrogate him

As soon as he heard this, Zou Yi was immediately stunned, this old fox thought that after the Queen Mother saw the behavior of the two parties, she would be angry and choose Yang Jingchen as the first assistant Yang Jingchen is more or less a talent, let him be the first assistant, it is also an expedient measure, how to choose and choose, and chose this Zhou Daodeng

Zou Yi is really puzzled, but he doesn't dare to disobey the will of the Queen Mother, who makes his position unstable, it's all a matter of the Queen Mother's words

There is no way but to bow down and receive the order, how does he know that the reason why the Queen Mother was able to choose Zhou Daodeng was because of the lot

Next, Zou Yi acted on the order, summoned Zhou Dao to enter Beijing, and had a dialogue in front of the emperor

As the saying goes, if this person is lucky, when he goes out, he can be tripped by a gold ingot, and Zhou Daodeng doesn't know what kind of luck he went, or if there was green smoke on the ancestral tomb, he was selected in a daze to be the first assistant

When this benevolent brother received the holy decree, he didn't know what was going on, and he entered Beijing in a daze

Zhou Daodeng thought that it would be good for the capable official to be reinstated, but who wanted to enter Beijing, but what was waiting for him was the position under one person

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