Sima Xunian knew that Qin Tianlin's son Qin Shuyun was going to return to the court, and he also thought that he would take up the post of Shangshu Provincial Military Department, after all, Shangshu Province is now the world of Qin Tianlin and Prince Ning, and it is more convenient to install Qin Shuyun in Shangshu Province. What's more, Qin Shuyun is currently the assassin of Yizhou, Yizhou is a border state, and the assassin is the same as the military of the state, he should be quite experienced in military affairs, and it is reasonable to serve as the secretary of the military department. But as soon as Qin Shuying said that he knew that Prince Ning's camp was going to arch him into Zhongshu Province, the position must be the vacancy after Zhang Huaixian, a former princeling's Zhengsanpin Zhongshu scholar, was cleared.

The Qin family is about to start moving, needless to say, Qin Guifei must have blown a lot of pillow wind.

The scholar is a very key political officer. According to the laws and regulations of the Dacheng Kingdom, the chapters played in various places were first reviewed by the doctors of the Menxia Province, and a preliminary opinion was issued, and then the Zhongshu Provincial Zhongshu Sheren judged the matter, formulated a handling plan, and then directly sent it to the emperor's table.

The emperor thought it was feasible, that is, the red letter was approved by the royal government, and the province of Fa Shangshu was executed, and the emperor thought that it was necessary to discuss it again, that is, he sent a copy of it to the Hanlin Academy, distributed it to the relevant officials for reading, and then discussed it in the political hall or the court.

Normally, when the emperor was reviewing the recitals, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy would serve the scholars on one side, and give reference opinions and copy them at any time according to the emperor's needs, so the scholars were also important decision-making figures.

This is an important part of the "mutual checks and balances" ruling system of Dacheng, the governors of the three provinces are already in a high position, if they also grasp the channels of the local officials to listen to the heavens, it is easy to put the emperor in the air, therefore, the local affairs of the power to be distributed to the counselors, the scholars and the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy and other people who are not too high, one to check and balance the power of the governors of the three provinces, and second, even if the emperor wants to be lazy, there are three elites in the court to prepare a plan for him, even if he closes his eyes and approves it, It won't be too much of a problem.

During the reign of the former crown prince, there were three people in Zhongshushe, two of whom were close associates promoted by the emperor in the Hanlin Academy, and had been in this position for more than ten years, and the other was Zhang Huaixian. During Zhang Huaixian's tenure, he wantonly tilted to protect Yangzhou and promote the prince's camp. When the crown prince fell, the emperor first cleaned him out.

Qin Shuyun will soon arrive in Chang'an, Sima Xunian expects that the emperor will soon propose to fill the vacancy of Zhongshusheren, if he intends to arrange Qin Shuyun, he will not give the opponents too many opportunities to defend, if Sima Yang cannot raise a strong competitor, he will inevitably fail.

Sure enough, at the court meeting the day after Qin Guifei returned to the palace with blessings, the emperor threw out the matter of selecting the scholars, and Prince Ning was the first to stand up and recommend Qin Shuyun, and naturally said a lot of good things. Sima Yang thought that Prince Ning's camp would continue to push Feng Jiong, but he didn't want the other party to be so impatient, and he was selfish and selfish, and he raised Qin Shuyun out, and he was a little caught off guard for a while, and he could only say a few words of opposition in general, and naturally he couldn't shake the emperor's mind without pain. Just as the emperor was about to make a decision, Sima Xunian stood up.

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks that the position of a scholar is very important, and those who are not inexperienced cannot be competent. Of course, Lord Qin is young and promising, but he has only served as a magistrate in Yizhou, and I am afraid that he is not very familiar with the major events in the world. ”

Sima Tao paused, his face was displeased, but he had to say that what Sima Xunian said was indeed reasonable, "Then according to Aiqing's opinion, who is suitable?" ”

"The minister thinks that Yang Zheng, the servant of the ministry, can be a big responsibility."

Yang Zheng, who was standing in the queue, was taken aback when he heard his name, and he didn't know what Sima Xunian meant, so he hurriedly knelt down and shouted "The minister is afraid".

Sima Tao didn't expect Sima Xunian to make such a move, but objectively speaking, Yang Zheng's resume is much brighter than Qin Shuyun's.

The Hongnong Yang clan has been a clan of gate lords since the time of the previous dynasty, and the training of successors is very strict. After Yang Zheng was admitted to the Jinshi, he was assigned to any district and county in the remote Jiaozhou, and then became the county commander, and then successively served as the director of the Nanhai Port City Shipping Division, the county guard, the Jiaozhou Sima, and the assassin Shi, etc., after returning to the court, followed Yang Hui and served in many institutions under Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province.

Although Yang Zhengqi's qualifications are mediocre, he is also decent, and it is also very reasonable to promote him from the current three-rank official to the three-rank middle scholar.

As soon as Sima Xunian's suggestion came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty felt the same way, and many people nodded their heads in favor of it, and Sima Tao was difficult to deal with for a while.

Hongnong Yang's family has a deep foundation in the court, and the emperor was also married to him in order to win over Yang Hui. Yang Hui did not have much sin in the case of Tibetan slaves, at most he was a moral failure.

The reason why Yang Hui was dismissed was not because he violated the law, but because he found an excuse, saying that the imperial court was sympathetic to his old age and gave him a special return to the field for retirement. Later, in order to appease the Yang family, the emperor also specially invited the patriarch of the Yang family, from the first grade of the Taishi Yang Xi, gossiping about homely. It can be seen that the Yang family is extraordinary.

At this time, many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China had come out to approve of Sima Xunian. Yang Anzhi, who is also from the Hongnong Yang family, has always regarded himself as high, and has never had deep friendships with Yang Xi, Yang Hui and others, nor has he participated in the political disputes in the court, but at this time he also stood up and supported Yang Zheng as a Zhongshu Sheren, which shows that Qin Shuyun is difficult to capture people's hearts.

The public opinion of the court has obviously tilted towards Yang Zheng. Sima Yang was unable to propose other strong contenders, so he could only remain silent.

When Sima Tao saw this scene, he knew that it was the trend of the times, and the issue of filling the vacancy was thrown out by himself, and it was not easy to suppress it now, so he could only agree with Yang Zheng to fill the vacancy. In order to balance, he still granted Qin Shuyun the post of governor of Sanpinshen and made him enter the political affairs hall.

Yang Zheng kowtowed and thanked him, full of suspicion.

After the court meeting, the hundred officials returned to the yamen, and Yang Zheng returned to the ministry to wait for the decree, and without waiting for the edict to come, he went to Sima Xunian to ask what happened.

"Master Sima, what do you mean by being above the court just now?"

"Lord Yang, I haven't congratulated you yet, congratulations on Gao Sheng."

"You don't want to repay my father for his kindness in bringing you to the court, not to mention, do you regard this as kindness?"

"Lord Yang, I still say the same thing, if you can learn your father's calmness, the future is limitless."

As he was talking, the shouts of the inner courtiers "Spread the Holy Decree" were heard outside the door, and the two hurriedly rushed out to kneel to greet them. As soon as the edict was issued, the Ministry of Officials immediately handled the transfer documents and case records of officials, and Yang Zheng was the official Zhongshu Sheren.

"Lord Sima, with the grace of today's promotion, Yang Zheng will think about it in the future."

Sima Xunian waved his hand, and Yang Zheng surrendered.

The twilight of spring is coming to an end, and the triennial spring festival is held as scheduled.

There are only three ways to select officials in Dacheng, one is the imperial examination, which is the most basic and highest-value way, and the elite eunuchs are almost all out of this, and if the high-level officials are not from the imperial examination, they will even be despised by their colleagues, and they will be ashamed of themselves.

The second is merit, the most common is military merit, the official from the background depends on the size of his merits, and is recognized by the eunuch class to varying degrees, like Sima Xunian, who is stable and stable, is naturally convinced, but if it is for the emperor to earn a so-called merit, in the eyes of the eunuch class, it is not in the stream at all, and it is shameful to be in company.

The third is the grace seal, the so-called grace seal, which is directly given by the emperor. The relatives of the emperor and the family of the gate lords, as long as they live to adulthood in good health, they basically have graces. Although Enfeng's official position can only be a title, a title, a loose official and other official positions without real positions, whether he can serve as a real official position depends on chance, but Enfeng gave the children of the nobility the privilege of entering the eunuch class without the imperial examination.

There is a certain gap between officials of different backgrounds. The root cause of Yang Anzhi's support for Yang Zheng is not that he is also from the Hongnong Yang family, but that although Yang Zheng has a grace title, he still attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and he is a serious Jinshi background.

And Qin Shuyun, as the nephew of Qin Guifei and the eldest son of Qin Tianlin, was awarded the Zhengliupin Sanguan Chao Lang just after the weak crown, and then rose to prominence until the governor of a state was the fourth pin. In the eyes of the elite court officials, the two of them were immediately superior.

In this Spring Festival, the biggest topic is that Song Zhongming once again entered the Shi and the first, and the title of the gold list.

Although Song Zhongming was not directly involved in the case, he was implicated and dismissed from the fame of Tanhua, but the emperor did not deprive him of the right to participate in the imperial examination.

He once again made some achievements in the imperial examination, which shows that he is smart, and his original name of Tanhua is well deserved.

When Sima Xunian saw Chuchen in the Chang'an Sect Division, he knew that Song Zhongming would not be willing to be subordinate, but he didn't expect his return to be so strong and fast.

Chang'an Teaching Division, Song Zhongming and Chuchen had a secret meeting late at night.

"Last time, Pei Guogong took you to appear in front of hundreds of officials, and your guests will not be less...... How are the secrets of those officials collected? Song Zhongming turned his back to the dust and asked coldly.

"There are some ...... Why did you stop me from telling Pei Guogong? ”

"The value of Pei Guogong has been exhausted."

Izuchen was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't we form an alliance with Pei Guogong, and he took me to Chang'an, and then I collected the handles of the ministers, and then handed them over to him to bring to Prince Rong?" ”

"Out of the dust!" Song Zhongming turned around, looked around, and said sharply, "Do you know what you're talking about!" ”

Zhong Ming ...... Didn't we say that we would do this for Pei Guogong and leave these places of right and wrong......"

"Leave? My father's revenge is unavenged, how can I leave?! ”

Izumi fell silent......

Song Zhongming saw her bow her head and was silent, sighed, stepped forward to support her arms, and said, "Out of the dust, we are just ants, repeatedly used and trampled by these high-ranking nobles, how can we have dignity?" People live for a lifetime, not to strive for glory and wealth, but also to strive for a trace of dignity and stability for half a lifetime, right? He hugged the dust sideways and continued, "Look at this vast world, the wind wheels and the water is turning, and no one can always dominate the world!" Let's wait for the time, the day of the first day is not far away......"

Izuchen was stunned for a while, and finally reached out to wrap his arms around his waist and nodded slightly.

Jinshi and the first is the carp leaping dragon gate, becoming the protégé of the Son of Heaven, named and sealed by the emperor himself, and entering the official career. Prince Ning praised Song Zhongming a lot, and said a lot of good things in front of Sima Tao, especially emphasizing that he took the exam twice and won both times, which is rare in the world.

Sima Tao nodded slightly and agreed, and when he was thinking about what official to give him, Qin Tianlin stepped forward to suggest that after saying that this person was a criminal official, he should not hastily arrange important positions, it was better to go to the irrelevant yamen to run errands first, exercise and observe for a period of time, confirm that his mind is correct, and reuse it.

Sima Tao was already suspicious and suspicious, and he was not very at ease with Song Zhongming, so he was very useful to Qin Tianlin's suggestion, so he asked Qin Tianlin what he thought. Qin Tianlin recommended him to serve as the "Director of the Host and Guest Department of the Zhengliu Rite Department", in charge of the tributary and foreign affairs etiquette of the feudal states, and assisted the host and guest Shi Langzhong in managing the Thirteen Prefectures of the World. As soon as this remark came out, the emperor was very satisfied, and the royal pen red approved the offering.