"This cabinet department seconded what Cao Zhongtang said."

Miao Zhen, who ranked second to last in the cabinet, stood up at this moment to agree with Cao Nai's opinion.

Miao Zhen and Gao Gu entered the cabinet in the same orthodox ten years, and theoretically the two sides entered the cabinet at the same time and ranked in no particular order, and the orthodox dynasty did not have any secondary and third auxiliary statements.

Therefore, the status of cabinet ministers is determined by the official positions they hold concurrently and the rank they hold.

Miao Zhen and Gao Gu are both studying and teaching bachelors from the Hanlin of the Five Grades, but in terms of the title, Miao Zhen added the title of the Ministry of War, and Gao Gu added the title of the Ministry of Works.

Among the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the Ministry of Industry ranked last, and naturally the status of the Gao Gu cabinet was not as good as that of Miao Zhen.

Hearing Miao Xin's secondment, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of Ma Yu's mouth.

Now among the five cabinet ministers, plus three of them have made it clear that they do not agree with Shen Yichen as the speaker of Jingyan. Coupled with Chen Xun's acquiescence, it means that half of the eight ministers elected voted no.

Shen Yichen stopped outside the seat of the speaker, it is a foregone conclusion!

But in this world, there are not so many absolute things, I saw Qian Xili, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, stand up and say: "This official is offended, I don't agree with what Ma Yuanfu said!" ”

Qian Xili would jump out to object, as early as Ma Yu expected, after all, he also had the reputation of Shen Yichen's test master.

And compared to himself, the relationship between Qian Xili and Shen Yichen doesn't know how much closer.

And Qian Xili has always been a tough person, and he doesn't pretend to be a color to Wang Zhen, not to mention that he was recommended by the Yan Lecturer today.

So Ma Yu replied as usual: "The young sect is too worried, and the election is to gather everyone's opinions, how can you say that it is offensive?" ”

"It's just that I don't know what Uncle Shaozong opposes?"

"Xie Ma Yuanfu is generous, and this official thinks that Shen Shi is a bachelor and a country, and he is good at learning. And out of the town of Shandong to control the water, showing its style of governing the world, serving as a lecturer is a blessing for the country! ”

Qian Xili's righteous words gave Shen Yichen a very high evaluation, completely overturning the objections of Ma Yu and Cao Nai.

Since the ninth year of orthodoxy, Qian Xili has been ashamed of the fact that many civil and military officials have made Wang Zhenqimen, and disdainful of being with him in the court.

Until the end of the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Qian Xili's determination has become stronger and stronger, and it is only a matter of time before the bones return to their hometown.

Regardless of whether Shen Yichen flattered Wang Zhen before, but in the matter of Qian, he was the only Wenchen who dared to stand up and openly confront Wang Zhen. Based on this alone, even if there is no relationship between the master and the protégé, Qian Xili will inevitably support Shen Yichen to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

Because of this son, it may be the key to balancing the dictatorship of eunuch Wang Zhen in the future court!

"Shen Shi's ability to govern the world with a bachelor's degree is doubtful, but he is young and frivolous, and he is at the time when His Majesty is determined to forge ahead. At this time, stepping into the ranks of Jingyan lecturers, is it really a blessing for the country? ”

Cao Nai asked rhetorically, he was also a tough straight man.

And after the "Three Yangs" era passed, during the years of Wang Zhen's dictatorship, Cao Nai was also the only cabinet minister who had the courage to fight.

The history books commented: "Wang Zhen is authoritarian, no one dares to be resentful, after Yang Shiqi's death, only Nai can still take care of things, and he is more obedient." ”

Daming is now peaceful, but there is an undercurrent. If Shen Yichen is in power, with his character, I am afraid that he will hit it off with the emperor, and then the people will be miserable!

"Freshly dressed and angry horse boy, how can a young man not be vigorous?"

"Cao Zhongtang thinks about it carefully, behind the seemingly reckless behavior of Shen Shi's bachelor's degree, is there a move to corrupt the situation?"

"From the official's point of view, Shen Shi is bold and careful, and he is far-sighted, and he will never get carried away!"

Qian Xili bluntly supported it, frivolity is just a manifestation of Shen Yichen, and he is still young and old in his bones!

"How can the major affairs of the family and the country be child's play, how can Uncle Shaozong ensure that Shen Shi will not get carried away when he studies for a bachelor's degree?"

Cao Nai's rhetorical question made Qian Xili not know how to answer for a while, but at this moment, Ni Qian, another scholar of the Hanlin Academy, stood up.

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"No one can guarantee the future, but the lower officials believe that Shen Shi is studying for a bachelor and can abide by the court's outline!"

Ni Qian said loudly, he always remembered what Shen Yichen said, the younger generation does not care about the deeds, right and wrong, and there are descendants to comment.

How Qingshi commented on Shen Yichen, Ni Qian didn't know.

But he knows that the people of Shandong will evaluate Shen Yichen!

Shen Yichen once practiced his words with deeds in front of him, and his deeds did not care about his heart.

So why can't you trust him again, can sweep away the officialdom and turn things around?

Cao Nai really never expected that Ni Qian would resolutely support Shen Yichen with such an attitude.

You must know that Shen Yichen did not respect his predecessors in the Hanlin Academy, and was assigned by Ni Qian to revise the "Huanyu Tongzhi", which clearly dug a big hole for him.

It stands to reason that Ni Qian shouldn't object to this son serving as a lecturer in Jingyan?

What surprised Cao Nai was far more than Ni Qian, and the cabinet minister Gao Qian, who had been silent, also stood up and spoke at this moment.

"The cabinet department seconded the statement of Uncle Shaozong that Shen served in the East Pavilion for half a year, and his government affairs were impeccable. When he went out of the town to control the water in Shandong, he saw a pure heart for the country and the people. ”

"Jingyan is the emperor's teacher, I believe that Shen Shi can do the work of His Majesty Zuo by studying for a bachelor's degree!"

Gao Qi's words almost reversed the situation, even if Ma Yu, the first assistant of the cabinet, froze the surging smile on his face at this moment, he didn't expect Gao Gu to "betray" the cabinet and choose to support Shen Yichen.

Although the cabinet members at the end of the Orthodox Dynasty were all selected and elected to the cabinet by the "Three Yangs", after careful study, there are still some differences.

Ma Yu has the most seniority, and he entered the cabinet in five years of orthodoxy, and more people who knew him were Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi, who were in power at that time.

When Gao Gu entered the cabinet, Yang Rongdu had been dead for five years, and he naturally preferred Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu emotionally.

Therefore, Yang Pu had a lot of private entrustment with Gao Qian, but Ma Yu didn't know about it.

With Gao Gu's approval, then among the eight people who are now elected, the number of votes has formed three to four, and the opinion of Wang Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, has become a crucial vote.

At this time, everyone present looked at Wang Zhi, waiting for him to express his decision.

Faced with this kind of scene, Wang Zhi felt a little incredible in his heart. The previous Hanlin elected the Jingyan speaker, to be honest, it was just a formality, the candidate had already been determined, and the officials jointly signed Chen Song to the emperor for approval.

Who would have thought that this time, there would be internal disputes between the cabinet and Hanlin, and he, a celestial official, would become the decisive factor.

After thinking for a while, Wang Zhi made a decision in his heart.

"This official thinks that sometimes being young and vigorous is not necessarily a bad thing, if you don't have that youthful spirit, how can you abide by the literati's original heart?"

Wang Zhi experienced the disaster of being framed in prison at the beginning of the year, and he had a hatred for Wang Zhen, and he also had a helpless fear.

The emperor's cover-up and favoritism almost made Wang Zhen invincible, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were even more intimidating and did not dare to compete with him.

After all, there is only one head, and whoever comes out will die.

Thinking about it, among the hundred officials, only Shen Yichen, a kid, has the courage to disobey Wang Zhen.

Regardless of whether the final outcome of his tenure as a lecturer is good or bad, at least now he can rely on the Xunqi group behind him to balance the situation of the gradual imbalance in the court.

Even if Wang Zhi's original goal was to support his nephew He Pingyan to ascend to the throne, he had to make a compromise at this time and let Shen Yichen go up to fight with Wang Zhendou first.

With the approval of Wang Zhi, the official of the ministry, the number of votes was four to four, and Ma Yu's faction vaguely became the weak side.

It can be said that this result was completely unexpected by Ma Yu, Shen Yichen's son has been out of Shandong for more than a year, and no one is in the center of the court, let alone attracting courtiers from all walks of life to form a party for personal gain.

Why do you get half of the support?

Ma Yu couldn't figure it out, but he had to admit the result of the election.

After seeing Ma Yu cough, he stood up and said slowly: "Since your colleagues have already given their opinions, then we will name Shen Shi as His Majesty." The final result is up to His Majesty. ”

Nominally, it was appointed by the emperor, but in fact, it was the same as the three-ding-a test paper recommended by the chief examiner of the palace examination, and it was almost impossible for the emperor to refuse the election of the ministers.

It also means that from this moment on, Shen Yichen has stepped into the ranks of Jingyan lecturers and will become the emperor of orthodoxy for twelve years!

The cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, and the Hanlin Academy, who jointly signed Chen Zuo, arrived at the imperial eucalyptus of Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong on the second day.

Wang Zhen stood next to the throne in this matter, his eyes often staring at this Shangshu inadvertently, and he had already seen it in advance before presenting it to the emperor.

After all, it is the cabinet, the ministry, and the Hanlin Academy, even if he controls the right to approve the red, Wang Zhen does not dare to deceive and conceal this matter, so he can only honestly submit it to Zhu Qizhen for hand-picking.

After reviewing a recital, Zhu Qizhen set his eyes on Chen Zuo, the speaker of Jingyan, and then picked it up.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen didn't open it for the first time, but said to Wang Zhen in a mocking tone: "Sir, you said that next year's Jingyan, who will become the emperor?" ”

For Jing Yanri, the oppressive education in his childhood made Zhu Qizhen have a disgust in his bones. These officials and literati never considered the emperor's feelings, but only wanted to build the emperor into a satisfactory emperor in their hearts according to their own goals and ideas.

But as an emperor, it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to take the lead in denying respect for teachers, he can only endure the displeasure in his heart every year, and appoint one person to become the emperor's teacher through the extension of the lecture.

So at this moment, seeing the list of Jingyan lecturers, he couldn't help but have a hint of banter and mockery in his tone.

"The slave doesn't know, maybe it's a respected old minister."

Even if he knew who it was after watching the recital, Wang Zhen still showed a posture that he didn't know at all at this moment.

This is one of the reasons why Wang Zhenneng won the trust of Zhu Qizhen, no matter how powerful the foreign dynasty is, he is always a humble servant in front of the emperor, and he will not claim the title of "sir".

"Probably so."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, according to the recommendation habits of the Hanlin Academy in previous years, the orthodox twelve-year Jingyan lecturer will most likely be the top three tripods of a certain section of the Renxuan and the two dynasties.

With this unexpected gesture, Zhu Qizhen casually opened the Shangshu chapter, in fact, it doesn't matter which old minister is in it at all, what they talk about is nothing more than the set of "inner saints and outer kings".

But this time, after seeing the name proposed in the concerto, Zhu Qizhen Tong Kong Menglie shrank for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"It's interesting, it's really interesting, the cabinet and the old masters of the Hanlin Academy have actually deviated from the norm."

According to Zhu Qizhen's estimate, Shen Yichen has just been promoted to a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and if he wants to get the seat of the Jingyan lecturer, he has to stay up for at least three or five years.

Unexpectedly, he came from behind, skipping the predecessors of the previous three tripods in mathematics, and served as the emperor's division in the year of the weak crown.

"Sir, look, have the emperors of the past dynasties ever had such a young Jingyan lecturer?"

Zhu Qizhen handed the chapter to Wang Zhen and asked him to see the content on it.

After seeing Shen Yichen's name, Wang Zhen pretended to be extremely surprised, and then replied: "Shen is a bachelor and serves as a lecturer in Jingyan, this is ......"

"How?"

Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen and stopped talking, so he asked.

"Too young, contrary to the Jingyan lecturer set by Yang Shiqi and Yang Yuanfu back then, he must be old and thick."

A wise man must make a mistake in his thousand thoughts, Wang Zhen originally wanted to borrow this kind of casual objection to tentatively imply that the emperor was not old enough to become a lecturer in Jingyan.

But he forgot a more important thing, that is, compared to Shen Yichen's youth, Zhu Qizhen was even more disgusted with the Jingyan Ri lecture system!

For countless days and nights before he became pro-government, he was forced by Sanyang and the Empress Dowager to study by the Empress Dowager, and if there was a slight indecency, he was admonished by various regulations, and even punished by the Empress Dowager!

"Is there an immutable rule in the world, Shen Yichen is the three elements and the first of my hand-picking, and his knowledge and talent are unparalleled in the world, so why be young?"

"I'm just as young, and I need such enterprising ministers!"

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Wang Zhen secretly regretted in his heart that he had paid too much attention to the affairs of the previous dynasty during this time and had relaxed his closeness to the emperor, otherwise he would not have made such a low-level mistake.

But the words have already been spoken, and they have also played a counterproductive role, Wang Zhen will not insist on persuading according to his own ideas like those brainless ministers.

On the contrary, he was very knowledgeable about the current affairs and agreed with the emperor and said: "Your Majesty is at the age of pioneering and enterprising, and the eloquence is probably needed to be realized by the ministers of the auxiliary department. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"There is no one who knows me more than Mr."

Zhu Qizhen looked relieved, sure enough, only Mr. could understand his thoughts.

Compared with the old-fashioned "inner saint and outer king", Shen Yichen's style of acting and academic concepts are more appetizing to Zhu Qizhen.

"Approve the Ministry of Officials, I have appointed Shen Yichen, a bachelor of Hanlin, to serve as a lecturer in Jingyan!"

Shen Yichen's approval of the lecturer of Jingyan was quickly transmitted to the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Officials to register and make a book, and in just a few days, it spread almost all over the officialdom of the Beijing Division.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a precedent of serving as an emperor in the year of a weak crown, and Shen Yichen unknowingly created another history.

For these, Shen Yichen did not have too many mood swings, which may have something to do with Ma Yu's early discussion.

At this moment, he was wearing a crimson unicorn court robe, standing in front of the bronze mirror to tidy up his clothes. Chen Qingtong, who was beside him, also changed into a five-grade pleasant life woman dress, and prepared to follow Shen Yichen into the palace to participate in the Zhengdan court meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The twelve years of orthodoxy of Ming Yingzong have finally arrived.