"In this case, who do you think Aiqing can take over the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?"

Jiajing's voice was not loud, but it was like a heavy hammer, knocking heavily on the hearts of everyone present.

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of ceremonial affairs and schools, and the Imperial Examination is divided into four divisions, namely the Department of Ceremonial Officials, the Department of Ritual Rites, the Department of Military Rites and the Management of Academic Affairs and the Imperial Examination, the Department of Ancestral Rites, the Department of Ritual and Fierce Rites, the Department of Host and Guest Officials in charge of the Guest Ceremony and the Reception of Foreign Guests, and the Department of Fine Dining and Officials, which is in charge of the feast, raising livestock and so on.

It can be said that the Ministry of Rites is the second only department to the Ministry of Officials.

Now that the emperor opened his mouth, he wanted a few ministers to nominate the right person, Yan Song and Xu Jie's breathing became shorter when they heard this.

If he can nominate his own person to sit in the position of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he will be able to greatly expand the number of henchmen under his command, and the balance between the strict party and the clear stream will also be completely broken.

"Your Majesty, for the candidate for the Ministry of Rites, Weichen wants to recommend someone to Your Majesty."

Yan Song took the lead and said respectfully.

"Oh, who does Elder Yan want to recommend to me?" Jiajing asked with an interested expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend it to Your Majesty, Liu Zhenxin, the servant of the Ministry of Officials."

"Liu Zhenxin?" After listening to the candidates recommended by Yan Song, Jiajing pondered for a long time.

"This Liu Zhenxin is not very good at doing things, and it is difficult to take on such a big responsibility." Jiajing shook his head and rejected Yan Song's recommendation.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also has someone who wants to recommend it to Your Majesty!" Seeing that Yan Song was deflated, Xu Jie, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel in a good mood, and followed closely out of the queue.

"Oh, Elder Xu Ge also has someone to recommend to me?" Jiajing's expression on his face remained unchanged and asked.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend to Your Majesty the right servant of the household department, Wang Ting, this person is very efficient and steady, he should be able to take on this great responsibility!"

"No, this Wang Ting's virtue is at a loss, let him serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public." Jiajing shook his head as before, and rejected Xu Jie's suggestion.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song and Xu Jie still did not give up, and proposed several candidates to Jiajing, but they were all rejected by Jiajing for various reasons.

"I wonder if Zhang Aiqing has any suitable candidates to recommend to me?" Perhaps feeling a little bored, Jiajing turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng on the side and said lightly.

Looking at the emperor's gaze falling on him, Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to recommend Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

"Oh, how so?" Jiajing asked with interest.

"Your Majesty, this Li Chunfang is the champion of Jiajing for twenty-six years, and since then, he has been in charge of compiling books, with a calm personality and capable actions! The most important thing is that in the case of the leakage of the imperial examination questions, he proved his innocence, how can such a capable official not be reused? ”

"Well, Zhang Aiqing's words make some sense, what do you think?" After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the others and asked.

Seeing that the emperor had already said this, everyone didn't understand that asking them for their opinions in front of them was just a formality, and the emperor already had a suitable candidate in his heart!

Thinking of this, everyone knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, the ministers and others implore Your Majesty to appoint Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang as the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

"Well, since everyone agrees, this matter is settled." Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Jiajing was in a good mood and said loudly.

"Your Majesty, it is now the day when the imperial court collects the salt tax, and Weichen requests that the left deputy capital Yan Maoqing be sent." After the selection of the Ministry of Rites was confirmed, Yan Song stood up and asked Jiajing.

"Well, I'm right, I hope this Yan Maoqing won't let me down!" Jiajing's gaze swept over Yan Song's body and said lightly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely let Yan Maoqing do his best to collect enough salt tax for the imperial court, if the salt tax collected this time is insufficient, let His Majesty dispose of it!"

Sensing the emperor's gaze, Yan Song stood up and made a military order to the emperor.

……

Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Governor's Palace.

After Hu Zongxian distributed the next affairs to everyone, he sent them all away.

"Your Excellency Governor, this is the news sent by General Qi."

At this moment, a subordinate hurriedly came and handed over the letter in his hand to Hu Zongxian.

"Well, I see, you go down." Hu Zongxian said, opened the envelope, and began to browse the messages on it.

"Good, good!" After reading the news handed over by Qi Jiguang, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but applaud.

It is written that the Japanese who are in charge of this transaction have opened their mouths under the punishment of Jinyiwei and explained the location of Wang Zhi, the leader of the Japanese invaders.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Zongxian returned to his study without stopping, spread out the pen and paper and began to write letters.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has discovered the hiding place of the Japanese leader Wang Zhi, the matter is very serious, in order to be able to completely exterminate this group of Japanese robbers, I ask the imperial court to send a sailor to assist......"

After the ink dried, Hu Zongxian summoned his subordinates and instructed: "Submit this letter to Your Majesty as soon as possible, without delay!" ”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the subordinate slapped the horse and left.

Hu Zongxian clutched the news passed by Qi Jiguang in his hand, and said quietly: "Wang Zhi, I finally let the official find your hiding place, and after the official catches you, he must put you to death!" ”

……

Since Tan Lun received the appointment of the imperial court, he has been serving as the governor of Fujian non-stop, and now the time has passed almost a week.

At first, the officials under his command still wanted to unite and fool him, the governor of Fujian, as before.

However, Tan Lun didn't say a word, and immediately dispatched the army to wipe out all the people who danced the most happily!

After that, no one dared to challenge the authority of Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian, and Tan Lun also used the strategy of radish and stick, and soon firmly held the governor's power in his own hands.

"Your Excellency, in recent years, the taxes and population of the entire Fujian Province have been recorded in this booklet." I saw my subordinate handing over the booklet with a respectful face.

"Well, I see, you go down and get busy." Tan Lun nodded, took the booklet from his subordinates, and looked through it carefully.

I don't know how long time has passed, but after confirming that it is correct, Tan Lun put down the booklet in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.

During these days, the words that Hu Zongxian had instructed Tan Lun when he took office have been repeated infinitely in Tan Lun's heart: "The governor of Fujian is a feudal official, that is, he is a feudal official, which means that your every move represents the face of the imperial court!" You are Your Majesty's local spokesperson, and you can only be unconditionally loyal to Your Majesty......"

After a long time, Tan Lun's gaze gradually became firmer, and he saw him get up from the chair, take out a stack of letters sent to him by the people of the Qingliu faction before, approach the candle flame that was burning in the study, and bring the pile of letters to the flame.

As soon as the orange flame touched the paper, it burned even more vigorously, and Tan Lun watched the pile of letters turn to ashes with his own eyes.

And the moment the letter turned to ashes, it meant that Tan Lun had betrayed his original camp and truly became a feudal official, and he would be unconditionally loyal to the emperor!

(End of chapter)