Hearing Zhao Jun's words, many ministers in the audience looked short of breath and had different expressions.

At present, because of the term of office or the commission of crimes, the former group of first-level officials has long since changed greatly.

For example, Cheng Lin, the former secretary of the Ministry of Finance, was dismissed for breaking the law, and the current secretary of the Ministry of Finance is Xia Zhu.

After the death of Han Ju, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he was replaced by Jia Changchao, but Jia Changchao used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Education, so the secretary of the Ministry of Education was changed to Zhang Dexiang.

Zhang Dexiang was previously the secretary of the Ministry of War, and was replaced by Fu Bi recommended by Fan Zhongyan, and the trial court, which is now the Supervision Yuan, was promoted to Zheng Erpin, and Han Qi served as it.

The term of office of Zheng Jian, the previous imperial historian, also expired, and he was transferred to Dali Temple as Dali Temple. The new Yushi Zhongcheng is Zhao Jun's youngest brother Yang Xue in Huainan, he is old and obedient, so he is naturally a very suitable candidate.

There is also Bao Zheng as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Jun raised the grade of Kaifeng Mansion Yin from the fourth grade to the second grade, and at the same time served as the alternate Tongzhi of the Constitutional Yuan, he also suddenly ranked among the most senior officials.

As a result, there are still many new faces among the heads of these first-level institutions, and the political scene and political ecology have changed dramatically from five years ago.

But there are still old faces.

Such as Zhang Dexiang, Li Ruogu, Ye Qingchen, Chen Zhizhong, Hu Su, Li Zheng, Du Yan and others.

It's just that due to his tenure, he was transferred to other positions.

For example, Li Ruogu used to be the secretary of the ministry, but now he has been transferred to the post of the secretary of the household department.

There is also Ye Qingchen, the former secretary of the Ministry of Households, who went to the Ministry of Taxation, Hu Su, the former secretary of the Ministry of Taxation, is now the secretary of the Ministry of Police, Du Yan, the former secretary of the Ministry of Police, is now serving as the right counselor, and Chen Zhizhong, the former right counselor, was transferred to the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and so on.

Today, there are as many as 16 first-level institutions, but there are only seven prime ministers with the right to nominate them, and one of them, Fan Zhongyan, is still in Hebei, which means that only six really have the right to nominature.

With such fierce competition, the expressions of the people below are naturally different.

During the field, Cai Qi and Song Shou glanced at each other, they were also old rivals, but now they showed helpless eyes.

Especially Cai Qi, although Song Shou does not have the right to nominate on the Lu Party's side, there is still a Jia Changchao. And with the death of Wang Zeng, he lost the right to nominate him, and I am afraid that when his next term is over, the Wang Party will completely withdraw from the stage of history.

However, Cai Qi was not discouraged, his eyes looked at Jiang Tang. Although Jiang Tang is a neutral, he was originally pushed up by the Wang Party after compromise, and he talked to Jiang Tang privately yesterday, hoping that he could help recommend members of the Wang Party.

Jiang Tang was just noncommittal at the time, and now I hope he can help with this.

There was silence in the vaulted hall.

After a while, Li Di was the first to speak: "The minister wants to recommend Xia Zhu, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Xia Zhu is conscientious, hard work, and in this important position in the Ministry of Finance, there has been no mistake for many years. ”

Xia Zhu's originally hanging heart finally let go.

Jiang Tang said: "The minister recommended Zheng Jian, the secretary of Dali Temple, Zheng Jian is fair and just, even if it involves the son of the prime minister, he is not afraid at all, and the court needs such an upright minister." ”

Cai Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Jia Changchao said: "The minister recommended the Ministry of Education Shangshu Zhang Dexiang, since the launch of the new education in the Song Dynasty, there have been more than 100 new schools, and more than 2,000 new teachers have been trained, which is inseparable from the hard work of the Ministry of Education. ”

Chen Zhizhong, Zhang Dexiang and the others below had calm faces, which was the result of the discussion of their Lu Party members.

The main thing is to recommend Zhang Dexiang to be a little more sure.

From the Jingyou period, the imperial court opened the first new school in Bianliang, promoted mathematics, physics and chemistry education, and cultivated many students.

However, it was not until the Qing calendar year that new schools began to be built one after another.

It's not that Da Song can't afford it, but that there is a lack of teachers.

At present, the financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty is very healthy, Zhao Jun's five-way trade plan is also very smooth, and the domestic commercial and agricultural environment is generally stable, so there is a lot of money to spare.

However, cultivating talents is not only about money, the so-called ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, education is a hundred years of planning, and it cannot be completed in just ten years.

Therefore, in the past ten years, we are only building a foundation, focusing on cultivating mathematics, physics and chemistry professionals and training teachers.

Nowadays, the teachers of the Great Song Xinxue are often practitioners who cannot pass the imperial examination, but even so the salary is very high, and they are all officials, that is, civil servants.

If you teach well and have excellent grades, you will also be recommended to participate in the official examination, which is much less difficult than the imperial examination, and there is also the possibility of entering the official career.

Therefore, in the case of increasingly fierce competition in the imperial examination, it is also an important career path to become a teacher and find a way to get the qualification for the official examination.

Although Zhang Dexiang is a member of the Lu Party, Jia Changchao's recommendation of him is naturally a plan for the Lu Party, but it cannot negate his achievements in the Ministry of Education over the years.

And Chen Zhizhong's political performance is worse, he was the boss of the Taiwan before, as a knife in Lu Yijian's hand to eliminate dissent, offended many people, after being recommended, it was not good that other prime ministers would not vote for him, so for the sake of safety, I still recommended Zhang Dexiang to go up.

After that, Yan Shu recommended Du Yan, Du Yan is upright, and he is also a supporter of the Qingli New Deal in history, neither the Lu Party nor the Wang Party, and has a good relationship with Yan Shu, so it is logical to recommend him.

When it was Zhang Shixun's turn, he was a little difficult, to be honest, Zhang Shixun and Li Di both belonged to the previous generation of prime ministers, and their qualifications were older than Lu Yijian, his only advantage was that he lived a long time, and he was originally a scholar, but he was pulled back by Sheng Du, an old friend.

At present, although there are some of his disciples and grandchildren in the government and the opposition, none of them have reached high positions.

And there was no one from him among the chief officials of the first-level organization, and after several days of consideration, he finally recommended the former secretary of the ministry, and the current secretary of the household department, Li Ruogu.

Li Ruogu is also an old man, and he has always been generous, and historical records record that he is "highly qualified and generous." Govern the people wisely, and love others. He is an excellent official with good political experience and moral integrity.

However, Zhang Shixun is naturally not doing charity, Li Ruogu has promoted many talented officials since he served as the secretary of the ministry for five years, and he is deeply loved by the minister, this time he released goodwill to the other party, and when his heirs and disciples need to be promoted in the future, he will also have such a helping hand.

Soon, the four prime ministers all gave recommended candidates, and the rest of the people present except for Han Qi, the governor of the Supervision Yuan, were not there, and the people who were not recommended all showed disappointed looks, but finally looked at Zhao Jun again.

Zhao Jun is the last recommended position.

Seeing that after everyone gave a recommendation, he slowly spoke: "The minister recommended the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Li Zheng, Li Gong has served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for ten years, according to the term of office, he should have been transferred five years ago, but the minister tried his best to let him stay in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, because the commercial development of the Great Song Dynasty in these years is inseparable from him, and now it is time to enter the hospital to govern to strengthen my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Li Zheng was stunned below, he was not Zhao Jun's cronies, but he had discussed business development with Zhao Jun before, and he still supported his business ideas, and Zhao Jun also saved his life at the beginning, so he was inclined to Zhao Jun's ruling policy in terms of government and opposition policies, but he could only be regarded as a political ally.

When it comes to closeness, Yang Zheng is Zhao Jun's cronie and disciple, Bao Zheng has always been the person Zhao Jun admires the most, and he often praises Bao Zheng on many occasions. Many people thought that according to Zhao Jun's character of excluding dissidents and liking to promote his own forces, he would definitely promote Yang Xu or Bao Zheng, but they didn't expect that it was Li Zheng who was recommended, which was really surprising.

"Well, all the prime ministers have already recommended a candidate, this morning is like this, the people who have been recommended are left, and Rong Zhen will discuss with you before making a decision."

Zhao Zhen said.

"Retreat!"

Wang Shouzhong's sharp voice shouted.

Six people, Xia Zhu, Zhang Dexiang, Zheng Jian, Du Yan, Li Ruogu, and Li Zheng, who had different faces, were left behind, and the rest of the hundred officials retreated.

Zhao Zhen and the others went to the apse of the vertical arch hall to discuss matters, and it is a major event to enter the political system, not only to see the votes of the prime ministers, but also to Zhao Zhen, the emperor, to nod, and the different factions should also be balanced, obviously also need to be seriously discussed.

At three o'clock in the morning, that is, at eight o'clock in the morning, in the apse of the vertical arch hall, everyone gathered and sat down.

Zhao Zhen sat on the main seat, looked around and said, "What do you think of these six recommended people?" ”

"The minister feels that Li Jian and Zheng Jian are a little unsuitable, the minister does not mean that they are incapable, but they have a relatively upright personality, and it is easy to form an unstable situation when they enter the Constitutional Yuan."

Song Shou was the first to speak.

Zhao Jun glanced at the other party, he knew that Song Shou was actually not attacking himself, in fact, since Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng retreated, no one dared to challenge his authority in the Constitutional Yuan now.

Zhao Jun and his party have only one from beginning to end, that is Xia Zhu, and he did not recommend Yang Zhu because Yang Zhao served as the Zhongcheng of the Imperial History, and it was impossible to quickly promote him to the Political Yuan.

And in the case that the Zhao Party has two votes in his hands, he will be a favor, and it is also a good candidate to recommend Li Zheng, who has always supported him.

Song Shou, the No. 2 person in the Lu Party, naturally knew this, so he would attack Xia Zhu, Du Yan, and Li Ruogu.

Because Xia Zhu is Zhao Jun's party, Du Yan and Li Ruogu are both recommended by neutrals, attacking them will offend Yan Shu and Zhang Shixun and push them into political rivals.

Therefore, if Li Jian and Zheng Jian are defeated in the primary election, then the probability of Zhang Dexiang being selected will increase a lot, not to mention that the fundamental purpose of doing so is actually to attack the Wang Party.

Cai Qi said: "Official, the minister thinks that Li Jian and Zhang Dexiang are not suitable, Zhang Dexiang has indeed made a lot of achievements over the years. However, Zheng Jian was in Yushitai before, and now in Dali Temple, Dali Temple, as the Supreme Court, should be the defender of legal order. ”

Good guys, both of these give themselves eye drops, right?

Zhao Jun's eyelids jumped wildly.

Although he really only wanted to get Xia Zhu in, Li Jian recommended him after all, and these two really didn't give him face.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "Brother, I don't think Zhang Dexiang and Zheng Ji are suitable. ”

Cai Qi and Song Shou were stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhao Jun.

What does it mean.

Zhao Jun is trying to upset the balance.

I have always thought that the four major forces of the Constitutional Yuan, Zhao Jun's faction, the Lu Party, and the Wang Party, followed by the neutral faction.

The Zhao Party is mainly Zhao Jun and Li Di.

The Lü party had Lü Yijian, Song Shou and Jia Changchao.

The royal party has Wang Zeng and Cai Qi.

The rest of Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Zhang Shixun, Jiang Tang and others belonged to the neutral faction.

Although Yan Shu's political leanings were slightly closer to Lü Yijian's, and Fan Zhongyan was more supportive of Wang Zeng, he remained largely neutral.

If according to Zhao Jun's current meaning, Zhang Dexiang and Zheng Jian are not admitted to the hospital, that is, three of Xia Zhu, Li Ruogu, Li Zheng, and Du Yan will be admitted to the hospital.

Even if Li Ruogu, who is the most difficult to enter the hospital among the three, is eliminated, in the case that the Lu Party and the Wang Party lack the backbone, the Zhao Party has one more person, although Li Zheng also seems to be a neutral, but he is definitely inclined to Zhao Jun, so isn't Zhao Jun the dominant family in the Constitutional Yuan?

This is obviously a taboo in politics.

Even if he has always been a dominant family before, he can't worry about everything, and there are still territories of various departments below, how can Zhao Jun be so powerful?

"The minister thinks it's inappropriate."

"The minister also thinks it's inappropriate."

"I think it's better to discuss."

Cai Qi and Song Shou hurriedly objected.

Jia Changchao also thinks no.

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun in embarrassment and said, "Big grandson."

"Then let's get rid of Zhang Dexiang first."

Zhao Jun looked around at everyone and said: "I heard that although the new school is in full swing, moral education has not kept up, and there are violent incidents in many schools in various places, which is a dereliction of duty by the Ministry of Education." ”

"Students are the pillars of the future and the pillars of the country, and while they are growing academically, they must also ensure their mental health, so that Zhang Dexiang can do a good job in education in the next five years."

As he spoke, he added: "I suggest that the Joint Police Department should set up a duty booth in every school in the future, and anyone who dares to participate in violence must be dealt with seriously and will not be tolerated." If there are people from the education department and the police department who shield those people, the Imperial Observatory and the Imperial City Division will investigate thoroughly! ”

"Isn't it more expensive?"

Yan Shu asked.

"No, now our school is not much, it can't cost a few dollars, and when more and more schools are built in the future, and the cost is getting bigger and bigger, our national strength has already dominated the whole world, so there is no need to worry about it at all."

Zhao Jun said.

"Well, so be it."

Zhao Zhen responded.

This made Song Shou and Jia Changchao's faces a little ugly.

They suspected that Zhao Jun was retaliating.

Back then, Lu Yijian often stumbled Zhao Jun and played conspiracy.

It's hard to say, now is the time for him to liquidate the Lu Party.

It seems that the outside world is cautious, and the rumors that he will not end well if he offended him are indeed true.

In the future, the Lu Party will only have two people, Song Shou and Jia Changchao, and it will be difficult to support it alone.

"Let's continue the discussion."

Zhao Jun said: "Xia Zhu is not a party and has outstanding ability, I think he can do it." ”

"Well, I'll have no opinion."

"Xia Zhu really can."

"Then Xia Zhu will decide on one first."

There was no objection from the crowd.

"Where's Li Zheng?"

Zhao Jun asked again.

"The Ministry of Industry and Commerce can't do without Li Zheng, so let's discuss this first."

Someone said.

"Then let's talk about it."

Zhao Jun groaned.

"Zheng Jian has never rubbed sand in his eyes, and the country needs such people to uphold justice."

Song Shou proposed.

"Du Yan is upright, I think it's okay."

Yan Shu said.

"Li Ruogu is a decent person and upright, and he should be admitted to the hospital."

Zhang Shixun said.

"Then the last two places are to choose between Li Yan and Zheng Jian, Du Yan and Li Ruogu."

Zhao Jun said: "My suggestion is to vote, and those who vote for Li Zheng can raise their hands." ”

Li Zheng was mentioned by Zhao Jun, but he was actually a neutralist.

Du Yan and Li Ruogu are also neutrals.

And Zheng Jian is the king's party.

Therefore, after Zhang Dexiang of the Lu Party was the first to be eliminated, he was actually one of the three neutrals and one of the Wang Party.

After Zhao Jun finished speaking, Song Shou and Jia Changchao of the Lu Party were the first to raise their hands.

They just said that Li Jian is not suitable.

But right now, Li Jian is fighting with Zheng Jian of the Wang Party, so he must support Li Jian, otherwise if the Wang Party comes in again, wouldn't it be two against two?

However, to their surprise, except for the two of them, no one actually raised their hands.

Even the promoter Zhao Jun clasped his hands on his chest, looking like he was watching a good show.

This made Song Shou and Jia Changchao's hearts sink.

Really.

Zhao Jun wanted Zheng Jian to come in and check and balance their Lu Party.

At the beginning, Lu Yijian designed to get Song Zhen down, so that the Wang Party had one less successor, so that in the last political Yuan, the Lu Party was always three people, suppressing the Wang Party.

Now I'm afraid that Zhao Jun wants to let the Wang Party come in, so that they can be two against two in the Constitutional Yuan.

And now that the Zhao Party has Li Di and Xia Zhu, even if it comprehensively suppresses the rest of the parties, it will completely become the unique boss of the Political Yuan.

Zhao Zhen's eyes rolled above, strictly speaking, this is not a good thing for him, but Zhao Jun is already the oldest, and there is no difference between having more and less younger brothers, so in the end, he didn't mention any other opinions.

"Then Li Consult two votes."

Zhao Jun said: "Next, vote for Zheng Jian's hand." ”

Cai Qi was the first to raise his hand.

Jiang Tang didn't lift it.

He can help the royal party nominate and repay the favor of the royal party, and he is not a member of the royal party, so it is naturally impossible to continue to help.

So right now, Zheng Jian actually only has one vote.

Then Li Di looked at Zhao Jun, he looked at Zhao Jun's movements and then raised his hand, so he didn't raise it just now.

However, to his surprise, Zheng Jian and Zhao Jun did not lift this time.

It's amazing.

But it didn't take long for Zhang Shixun to raise his hand, obviously there was no deal behind it.

"Two-on-two."

Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "If the vote is tied, please ask the official family to decide." ”

Zhao Zhen groaned and said, "Then Zheng Jian." ”

Song Shou and Jia Chang faced each other like ashes.

Cai Qi breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Next, Li Ruogu and Du Yan voted for Li Ruogu's raised hand."

Zhao Jun said.

He still didn't raise his hand.

His political goal has been achieved, so he doesn't bother to care about the struggle of other prime ministers, anyway, it has nothing to do with him.

Zhang Shixun and Cai Qi raised their hands.

"Vote for Du Yan, please raise your hand."

Zhao Jun still didn't raise his hand, Yan Shu, Song Shou and Jia Changchao raised their hands.

Although Yan Shu is a neutral, his position is slightly biased towards the Lu Party, and Song Shou and Jia Changchao are estimated to have sold personal favors to him this time, hoping that he can speak more for the Lu Party in the future.

"Okay, then Xia Zhu, Zheng Jian and Du Yan."

Zhao Zhen said with a final word.

Then he shouted: "Wang Shouzhong! ”

"Official."

Wang Shouzhong pushed the door in.

"Xuan Xiazhu, Zheng Jian and Du Yan!"

"Yes."

Wang Shouzhong went to the front hall to summon them.

Everyone sat up.

Because once the newcomer is admitted to the hospital, it's time to talk about the rules.

And this rule is to reveal Zhao Jun's identity.

(End of chapter)