The so-called split vote means that after the various recitals are sent to the cabinet, the recitals will be distributed to the major bachelors for votes. The Zhongshu Sheren who is responsible for this matter is called the Zhongshu in the sub-vote. The job... That's quite meaningful.

In recent years, there has been no such system, but why is it necessary to add a book of votes now? Isn't it redundant?

Li You thought about it for a while and suddenly realized, and guessed Xu Shangshu: "Although the lower officials are lowly and low, they have also heard of the first assistant to recuperate and the second assistant to the office, and now there are only four bachelors in the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion. From this point of view, could it be that there is a group of heroes in the cabinet who can't hold each other? ”

"Yes." Xu Shangshu nodded, and his praise for Li You in his heart was a little more, and he secretly said that this son was indeed as the student and Zhao Zongxian said, and his surname was good.

It is said that the Jinghe Dynasty continued the old system of the previous dynasty, and the cabinet scholar setting is still the standard title of the four halls and two pavilions. According to the convention, the order is the first auxiliary middle pole hall, the second auxiliary building pole hall, followed by the Wenhua hall, the Wuying hall, the Wenyuan pavilion, the east pavilion, theoretically there should be six university scholars and auxiliary politicians and counselors.

However, the actual situation today is that there are only five, and the second assistant of the Jianji Hall returned to his hometown last year.

I don't know why I can't decide on a candidate to fill the vacancy for a while, so there is a vacant cabinet seat, in fact, it doesn't matter, it's really not bad for this non-first assistant position.

But there is still a situation in the cabinet, when the first assistant of the dynasty, the young master, the prince and the prince, the secretary of the ministry and the scholar of the Zhongji Palace, Zhang Ge, is old and sick, so he recuperates behind closed doors and does not pay attention to politics for a long time.

His old man was the minister of the former emperor when he was dying, and the emperor's oral edict and the current enthronement edict were written by him himself, and he was highly respected. Even if he took four shares of money for nothing at home and went to the sea to rot, no one in the court dared to take the initiative to persuade him to retire to make room.

Insert a few words here, Zhang Gelao, the official secretary of the ministry, is a title, and he only enjoys political treatment and does not care about the ministry. Lord Xu's official department is the actual teaching, and he is counted as the official of the official of the yamen, and the heavenly official mound in the general sense.

There are many phenomena of several Shangshu at the same time, and most of them are added titles to show honor and rank, and the officials do not need to make a fuss.

In this way, the current cabinet actually has only four academics handling government affairs, and this is the problem.

They all know that the most important power of the cabinet is to draft votes, to put forward opinions on the handling of Chinese and foreign chapters, and then to become an official edict after being reviewed by the Queen Mother. Fortunately, the current Queen Mother is known for her virtue and virtue, and she is very supportive of the work of the cabinet, and she is not easy to do political self-authoritarianism, which is quite recognized by the ministers.

According to the old rules since Jiajing Wanli, when the first assistant is there, it is natural that the first assistant will hold the vote, and the first assistant will not be temporarily replaced by the second assistant. But at the moment, there is no first assistant, no secondary assistant, only four group assistants with similar qualifications.

These four university scholars are all ministers, who is convinced by whom? One day, when the three-digit inscription arrived in the cabinet, who would be responsible for presiding over the drafting?

People who do not have a politically sensitive surname may ask, everything is easy to discuss, what is there to fight for when you become a university scholar? But the key point is that whether the first assistant Zhang Ge Lao dies or goes to the country, he is destined to have little time, and there is no second assistant to make up for him in the cabinet. Who has the upper hand among the remaining four scholars, won't he become the future candidate for the first assistant?

Isn't the highest political ideal of any scholar the prime minister, although the scholars of the palace have the reputation of the old prime minister in words, but the first assistant is really the one closest to the prime minister.

The great opportunity is just around the corner, only one step away from the apex of the apex of the ministers, who of the four scholars is willing to concede the vote to the power?

The Queen Mother can't get along with this mud, and the Son of Heaven, who has not yet been in power, has no right to speak, and it is not a way for the stalemate to affect government affairs... However, it was said that the conversation between Li You and Master Xu, the secretary of the ministry, continued, and Li You suddenly said: "No one can do anything about this matter, presumably there are people who are full of knowledge and are familiar with the allusions of their ancestors and make suggestions to divide votes." ”

Xu Shangshu was a little proud by Li You's face, "The Queen Mother asked for a plan, and the official remembered the story of the Chongzhen Dynasty and offered this strategy." The Queen Mother issued an order to temporarily implement this system. ”

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen "worked hard" to refresh politics and created a cabinet voting system. After the Chinese and foreign chapters were sent to the cabinet, they were distributed to the scholars by the Chinese scholars, each of whom wrote his own ticket, signed his own name, did his own thing, and took his own responsibility, so as to save the vote like middle-aged and elderly women grabbing special eggs. Unexpectedly, this method was taken out and used again today.

I'm guessing you made it up... Master Li, who succeeded without leaving a trace, became more and more vigilant. Can the ministers and scholars speak patiently for a long time, is it the treatment of ordinary people?

What did Xu Tianguan think? Heavenly Officials, Cabinet... Heavenly Officials, Cabinet... Then he cautiously asked: "Now that the cabinet is vacant, the boss is already the head of the six departments, and he doesn't want to take advantage of the situation to become a university scholar to fill the vacancy?" In the shallow opinion of the following officials, it should not be difficult? ”

"A few months ago, the Queen Mother issued an edict to promote scholars, and the official was quite loud, but the official insisted on not accepting it." Xu Shangshu said without concealment.

In fact, there is nothing to hide, you can inquire casually. In the first half of this year, that is, when Li Tuiguan was still fighting with Shi Shen in Suzhou Mansion, Lord Xu, the secretary of the ministry, was very popular for entering the cabinet.

Many people are looking forward to Lord Xu entering the cabinet and vacating the super fat shortage of the Ministry of Officials... But Xu Shangshu surprisingly resolutely resigned, preferring to guard his official Shangshu without moving.

Lord Xu said to Li You's sentence with a bit of heartfelt meaning, "Next year is the year of Jingcha, and the official wants to do something, and he doesn't want to leave his post at this time." ”

The so-called Jingcha is a large-scale assessment of the officials in the capital once every six years, which is jointly maintained by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and those who do not meet the standards must be demoted and eliminated.

Xu Tianguan claimed to want to make a difference in Jingcha University, and obviously had an insider... Li You was very smart to stop asking, but from the tone of the old man, it could be heard that he didn't want to enter the cabinet, but just wanted to choose a good time.

"You don't have to worry about it." Xu Shangshu said again: "Letting you be the secretary of the middle is just to let you hear about the secrets, in case you need it, don't think about it." ”

Li Youxian said modestly: "The lower officials are afraid that they will not be able to make the boss like it." ”

Xu Shangshu: "You don't have to be humble, everyone said in unison that you are a little young and impetuous, but you have the ability to do things, and you can still be entrusted." ”

Li You's mind is clear, how can he not hear it? The four words of forehearing the secret are the most important in the words of the boss, and the pen of the topic, isn't it just to ventilate the news.

However, an idea came to him, it was not difficult for Xu Tianguan, who was about the same status as the cabinet minister, to enter the cabinet, could it be that he didn't want to be the last and most voiceless Dongge scholar according to the convention? Where did he calculate?

Master Li has not happily agreed so far, but he has not explicitly refused. Originally, with his surname, he would not want to do such an unpredictable thing.

If it is changed to another place, it is the Great Inner Forbidden Palace, the center of the empire... I don't know why, there is an inexplicable temptation that grabs his heart and sticks to it.

Every man has a dream of power in his heart. There are poetry clouds, drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women, waking up to the power of the world... Although he Li You can't be a supreme minister, it would be good to be able to go to this most powerful center of the Celestial Empire, which has hundreds of vassal domains and hundreds of state capitals in the east, west, north and south, and take a look at the bewitching scenery.

Does this count as a moth to a fire? Li You smiled bitterly, at least in this year when there is no Zhenfu Division and Dongchang, as long as you don't commit a big rebellion, your life safety is still guaranteed, and it's a big deal to dismiss the official and return to your hometown to raise children.

Of course, Xu Shangshu could see that Li You's heart was moved. This kind of thing can't be forced to go to others, it can only be a bad thing, and being willing to go is the best of both worlds. Then he said: "There is actually another candidate for this official, but he doesn't like it very much, he was going to do it, the document has been drafted, and he will add a seal to report it." But now I suddenly feel that it is more suitable for you, so I have an urgent move to send you to meet in person..."

Li You arched his hand and said: "The boss has been sent, and the subordinate officials should serve themselves, but there is one dissatisfaction. ”

"Say!" Xu Shangshu said.

"Xia Guan came from a humble background, and he went through hardships to have this seven-grade official body. It's okay if you don't get promoted, but the middle scholar is from the seventh grade, and the demote makes it a little difficult for the lower officials to be relieved. ”

Xu Shangshu smiled dumbly and said: "What's so difficult about this, you were a criminal officer before, so it is logical to increase the title of the left commentator of the Li Temple, and how about the Zhongshu Sheren directly to the house?" There was such an example in the previous dynasty, but it did not exceed the rules. How can I be unfortunate to you. ”

In terms of official rank, the official of the Ministry of Heaven is of course the most authoritative, and if he says so, then it is 100% fine.

The Dali Temple Commentator is the same as the Suzhou Prefecture Governor, but the Beijing official's seven grades are still slightly higher than the local seven grades in people's hearts. The dynasty did have a promotion path for the government to push the official line to enter Beijing and change to the judge of Dali Temple, so the change in Li You's identity is not strange.

But Li You, the left commentator of Dali Temple, is obviously the same as the Shangshu of the elders, and he is also a title, which is false.

It's just that the full name of the people is a certain scholar, and a certain Shangshu entered the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion, Li You can only be called the left commentator of Dali Temple, and the scholar of the middle school is directly in the house, which can be described as a world of difference.

According to the rules, the people of the Zhongshu House are not allowed to move directly into the six departments and Kedao as officials. This doesn't matter to Li You, anyway, with his background, the possible surname of being able to enter the six departments of science is almost zero, out of the Tianguan Mansion, the night is still dark, Li You feels like a dream, but he shivered in the cold wind.

"I'm really the right person, I have to be." He said to himself.

The candidates for the secretary of this sub-vote cannot be found from the existing civil officials, let alone those who are related to the scholars of various universities, so they must be selected by the officials to fill the vacancies.

Lord Tianguan wants to install a private person in this position, but his protégés and former officials are basically famous and famous, and no one wants to do anything to divide the votes, even if they are proud for a while, they will destroy their future. At this time, Master Li, who was just right and qualified, appeared... From Xu Shangshu's point of view, Li You is simply too suitable. EQ and IQ not to mention, first, it is politically reliable, it was discovered by the students he regarded as his nephew, and he also promoted it, under his brand, I believe that Li You will not be stupid enough to dare to be treacherous.

The second is that Li You's social relationship in the capital is relatively simple, and Zhao Zongxian and Lu Shangshu, who have some connections, are considered to be the same party, which is more reassuring.

The third is that Li You has a light weight and low cost, and he can't lose anything by breaking the clutter.

Li You walked a few steps, and suddenly woke up: "No! I'm the most inappropriate! ”

No matter who comes to the Zhongshusheren, there is a basic principle that "can write", not necessarily very good, but at least to be able to write the official italics more neatly, which is the basic skill of the main business of copying the Zhongshusheren.

This is not a problem for most people in the world, but it is a big trouble for Master Li. Xu Shangshu probably didn't expect that Li Caizi, who was famous for his talents, actually couldn't write... Li You was so immersed in all kinds of emotions that he even forgot about his bad words.

(To be continued)