And the next day, a crowd gradually gathered here in the east court outside the noon gate. Today is the day of the Imperial Minister's Minister's Book, and the public cannot afford not to pay attention to it.

According to the usual practice, the participants are ministers of the third rank or higher of the ministry, the head of the department, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and there are also thirty or forty people in total.

Of course, compared with the court meeting where hundreds of people are arguing at every turn, this scale is still small, and it is already a concentration of democratic centralism in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the scope of candidates for the secretary of the ministry is also very small, and basically can only be selected from the imperial history of the two capital ministries and the servants of the ministry, and don't even think about it beyond this range.

The ultimate goal is, of course, to enter the cabinet as a scholar. But if someone has left the circle of ministers, or has never entered the circle of ministers from the beginning, his ultimate goal can only be the secretary of the ministry.

In a sense, the official book is actually an idea left for officials other than the ministers, although this idea is very ethereal and often encroached upon by the ministers.

Most of the princes in the room were talking about each other or temporarily connecting in series, while looking around the room and silently counting people's heads. At this time, it should be almost there, and it doesn't matter how many are missing, whoever doesn't come is tantamount to automatically giving up their rights.

At this time, there was the sound of hurried footsteps from outside the house, and then I saw a young man standing at the door, lifting the curtain, and looking inside. If it weren't for the outstanding demeanor of this son, I am afraid that I would be scolded on the spot for being a thief and a rat with a sneaky eye, but sometimes the world is really face-looking.

In just a moment, all the princes in the room recognized who the young man outside the door was, or it was difficult to recognize it. Who is Fang Yingwu who is not a famous person? Then doubts appeared in my heart, what did Fang Yingwu do?

Fang Yingwu participated in the court push for the first time in his life. After confirming that this was the place, Shi Shiran walked in. He bowed to the princes who arrived first, and confessed: "The boy is late, I hope the princes will forgive the sins!" ”

The princes stared straight at Fang Yingwu, but they didn't speak, they knew that there would definitely be others to question, and they couldn't come forward themselves. Besides, he is not the host, so there is no need to force this head.

Sure enough, all the soldiers immediately came out of the crowd in the matter, and shouted at Fang Yingwu: "Today, all the monarchs are pushing the mound in this court, how can you participate, Lord Fang." I guess I stumbled into this place, right? Don't quit yet! ”

Although Zhang Shanji's words were not polite and carried a somewhat contemptuous tone, they did point out the doubts in everyone's hearts, Fang Yingwu really shouldn't come in. Although he is in the middle of the household department, he can only come in the middle of the department, and it is not the turn of the ordinary party to enter this house.

Fang Yingwu smiled, and humbly hugged his fists and said: "Tell Senior Zhang to see the smile, the junior is at home today, and suddenly the undergraduate has sent someone to the Lord Liu in the matter." Dao was seriously ill and couldn't get up, so he asked his junior to come to Dongchaofang to participate in today's court push instead of him. ”

This illness is really a coincidence, everyone has their own thoughts, pretending to be confused and acquiescing. But Zhang Shanji, who came forward to make trouble, refused to give up. Still asked: "The court pushes the mound and slaughters it is a major event in the temple, how can it be justified to give and receive it privately?" ”

Fang Yingwu still replied with a smile: "Master Zhang is serious, the juniors are just here to take a casual look." Be the eyes and ears of Senior Liu, and relay it to Senior Liu after going down. If Senior Liu has advice. Self-play solo. Besides, this is my household business, Lord Zhang should relax! ”

Just look at the letter and you'll be in for hell. The princes in the room are all sophisticated, and no one takes the four words "just take a look" seriously, as if "I'll say a few words casually".

Zhang Shanji wanted to say something, but someone coughed a few times, and Zhang Shanji realized something, so he couldn't help but return to the crowd.

It was almost time for Tingtui to start, and the room was silent, and after a while, no one spoke. At this time, everyone suddenly realized a question, who will be the host?

Under normal circumstances, the court officials are presided over by the secretary of the ministry, or the servant of the ministry. But now there is no secretary of the ministry, and it is not suitable for the official to be a candidate, and the presiding officer is actually absent for a while.

However, the experienced gods are here, and they don't bother with anything because of this. This kind of small matter will always be solved, either the Son of Heaven appoints someone else to preside over it, or the old minister who has no thoughts about the position of the secretary of the ministry but is senior and old takes the initiative to preside over it.

It didn't take long for a sound outside the door to come in: "I'm late, I didn't wait here early!" ”

In fact, this is very insincere, saying that it is late, but there is not even an apology such as "forgiveness", and it simply does not take the room full of people in their eyes.

But the experienced princes know that there must be a demon if there is an abnormality, and there must be a reason for it. Therefore there is no difference among the people, and the old God is still there.

Only Fang Yingwu heard the voice, his eyes suddenly widened, and he turned his head to stare at the door of the house. In the eyes of others, he sighed that this party was still young and fluffy after all, and his heart could not be cultivated, so he couldn't hold his breath at this time.

The door curtain flashed, and people were separated left and right, and then someone stepped into the room, and they were as young and handsome as Fang Yingwu, but they were wearing a gold-threaded red python robe

With Fang Yingwu's calm skills, he couldn't help but lose his voice and said: "Eunuch Wang! ”

The governor of a certain factory is relatively low-key in his daily life, and is known for his secretive deeds, and rarely shows his head in public in front of foreign officials. Therefore, there are really people in the room who don't know Wang Zhi, but when they hear Fang Yingwu's scream, and compare their appearance with the rumors, who can not know who the person who came?

But even if Wang Zhi is powerful, he is only the commander of Dongchang, and he does have the right to go to the yamen such as the Three Law Divisions to listen and monitor, but how can there be a rule for coming here to observe?

Wang Zhi glanced back and forth a few times, and the other party should ignore it, like a passerby, and said: "Don't have doubts, the emperor has an edict, and he ordered me to preside over the court push and report the results directly." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little uproar, and there was suddenly more buzzing in the room. If there is no suitable candidate among the ministers, it is understandable to send another eunuch to preside, and it is not worth the uproar, but the meaning behind this cannot but move everyone.

According to the usual practice, meeting with courtiers and directly participating in political affairs are generally carried out by the celebrant eunuchs, and among the 24 internal eunuchs, only the celebrant is specialized in this.

For example, the proclamation of the decree of the court meeting, internal and external meetings, and the confidential affairs of the handle are all done by the celebrant and the eunuch. The ministers were also accustomed to dealing with the celebrant eunuchs, and they also consciously distinguished the celebrant eunuchs from other eunuchs.

And Wang Zhi is only the commander of the Qincha Dongchang Factory, and he has no other internal supervisor official positions, but he can appear on this occasion today, what does it mean?

Anyone with a little political sensitivity can guess that this is the rhythm of preparing to take the position of the celebrant and eunuch! I showed up today, maybe just to say hello to the courtiers in advance.

Fang Yingwu regretted it, yesterday he was short-sighted and made a wrong choice in the wrong place in the face of two invitations, he should abandon Liu Mian and choose Wang Zhi! (To be continued......)